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प्रश्न
Share your opinions/ feelings with your partner about a stranger who has a villainous look/appearance.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Form groups and use the following topic for discussion. Take the help of your college library and your teacher.
Qualities of an ideal politician
Given below are five main qualities for true sportsmanship.
| i. | Determination |
| ii. | Optimisation |
| iii. | Stamina |
| iv. | Perseverance |
| v. | Decisiveness |
Get into groups of four. Each group will choose one quality to talk about to the whole class for about one minute. But before you talk, you have two minutes to think about it. You can make notes if you wish.
When are folk dances and folk music usually performed?
Pick out two words from the article on folk culture and folklore of Tamil Nadu with which you can form anagrams. Take turns and ask your partner to solve the anagram and come out with the right words.
Figures of speech
Anaphora: Repetition of a word or a phrase at the beginning of a sequence of sentences, paragraphs, and lines.
(e.g.) How handsome are your gauzy wings, how brilliant are your eyes!
Figures of speech
Anaphora: Repetition of a word or a phrase at the beginning of a sequence of sentences, paragraphs, and lines.
(e.g.) How handsome are your gauzy wings, how brilliant are your eyes!
Identify the figures of speech.
”Your eyes are like the diamond bright, but mine are dull as lead!”
Identify the character or speaker of the following line.
She stood petrified with astonishment peering over her glasses.
Divide the students into groups of five and conduct a group discussion on the topic "Importance of Mathematics in Our Everyday Life". The teacher will act as a moderator.
Imagine you are interviewing an astronaut about his/her experiences in space. Select a partner to be an astronaut and present the interview as a role-play in front of the class.
Imagine you are going to celebrate your forthcoming birthday at an orphanage/old age home.
Deliver a short speech about your birthday celebration by using the following hints.
- The reasons for choosing an orphanage/old-age home.
- The people who accompany you.
- The food which you are going to offer them.
- The useful gifts/articles which you are going to give them.
- Other events like cake cutting, conducting games, etc.
I used to admire ______.
Last year at this time I ______.
Mock anchoring for annual day celebration.
“Who took my English book?”
He was curious to know who ______.
Read the different verb form where they remain the same in the direct and indirect speech in the following case. Fill in the blank with missing indirect speech.
If the reporting verb is in the present tense.
Read the different verb form where they remain the same in the direct and indirect speech in the following case. Fill in the blank with missing indirect speech.
In if-clauses and time-clauses.
Present the review of a movie that you have watched recently.
Identify the poetic lines where the following figures of speech are employed and complete the tabular column.
| Figure of speech | Meaning | Lines |
| Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa. e.g. “The Western wave was all a-flame. ” The “Western wave” is a synecdoche as it refers to the sea by the name of one of its parts i.e. wave. |
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| Paradox |
A figure of speech in which a statement appears to contradict itself. e.g. To bring peace we must war. Be cruel to be kind. |
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| Onomatopoeia |
A figure of speech wherein the word imitates the sound associated with the object it refers to. e.g. Pitter-patter, pitter-patter Raindrops on my pane. |
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| Rhetorical Questions |
A figure of speech in the form of a question that is asked to make a point rather than to elicit an answer. e.g. And what is so rare as a day in June? |
Role-play the conversation in the class.
| Manoj: | Hi Priya! How are you? |
| Priya: | I am fine, and what about you? |
| Manoj: | I am fine too. What are you doing in this early morning? |
| Priya: | I am taking care of my garden. |
| Manoj: | Oh! What a beautiful garden it is! |
| Priya: | It is beautiful as I work every day in it. |
| Manoj: | Who helps you in your work? |
| Priya: | I do it myself. It is my hobby and I have cultivated vegetables. |
| Manoj: | Oh! that’s nice. How long have you been doing this? |
| Priya: | I have been doing this for ...... |
| Manoj: | .................................... |
| Priya: | .................................... |
| Manoj: | .................................... |
| Priya: | .................................... |
| Manoj: | .................................... |
Change the following into Indirect Speech.
“Bring me a glass of milk,” said the swami to the villagers.
Change the following into Indirect Speech.
“Halt!” shouted the officer to his men.
Change the following into Indirect Speech.
“Hurry up,” he said to his servant, “do not waste time.”
Change the following into Direct Speech.
The stranger asked Nasrin where she lived.
Pick out the line which tells you about seasons (in Sec II). Which seasons are mentioned?
Name the character or speaker.
“Wake up. Your ship is ready.”
Join in either of the following groups and say some valid points to win.
| Group A. | I like to live in the Earth because ______ | |
| Group B. | I like to live in the Mars because ______ |
See how they speak at this situation and practise as if you were in that situation.
Pick and support any one of the three daughters. Say some sentences for the one you support and say some sentences against the other two to win.
| I support the first daughter because ....... | I support the second daughter because ....... | I support the third daughter because ....... |
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Join in one of the two groups. Choose one character, speak two sentences for and against it.
| I support Kaliyan because ______ |
| I oppose the rich man because ______ |
Learn how they speak in the bank and practise as if you were in that situation.
Answer these questions about yourself.
- What is your name?
- What languages do you speak?
- How old are you?
- Which is your favourite food?
- Where did you go yesterday?
- Which country do you belong to?
- When do you go to sleep?
- Why do you drink milk?
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beneath, breeze, meet, fear, each, meadow. |
Some letter are missing in each word.
pl ______ se
Some letter are missing in each word.
t ______ se
Some letter are missing in each word.
t ______ ch
Some letter are missing in each word.
f ______ t
Now add more words with and and put them inside the bubbles.
Are you afraid of the dark? Why?
What do you do when it is dark?
Listen and repeat Ca -t
How do people who cannot see, read?
Do you think that –
Do birds have secrets?
Make a story of the poem and share it with your friends. You can change Hiawatha’s name and give the name of your classmate. Start the story which other children can continue. Happy Hiawatha, hungry hippopotamus, high horse, heavy hand.
You could begin like this –
Once upon a time there was a boy called
Tell the class a joke in your mother tongue.
The word galore means in great numbers. Do you also have a class library or a school library which keeps many books? Can you borrow books?
All cultures have their own folk songs in which each line is repeated. This line is sung in a chorus. Sing a folk song in your own language.
In a group, mime an activity (picnic, fair/mela, cricket match, etc.) which you enjoy. The rest of the class should guess the activity and say whether it is done in a group/alone.
There are many reasons why something happens.
For example
| Event | Reasons |
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Work in pairs and arrive at five points that bring out the benefits and challenges of living in either a nuclear family or a joint family. Share your views with your class.
In groups of five, discuss the following topic taking examples from Mary Kom’s life.
Athletes cannot run with money in their pockets. They must run with hope in their heart and dreams in their head.
The following expressions may help you in connecting ideas and presenting your views to the class.
- In my opinion…
- I wholeheartedly support…
- At the outset, let me say…
- I should like to draw your attention to…
This phrase originates from the fable ‘The Monkey and the Cat’. Explain how Macavity contradicts the phrase ‘cat’s paw’.
Build a conversation for the following situation with a minimum of five exchange.
Two friends about the NSS camp which they are going to attend.
How will you organize or plan for a trip or an event? Do you have the habit of preparing a check-list? Discuss.
Organize a class debate on the motion ‘The advantages of social websites’. (Use the expressions for arguments like - First, firstly, I mean, My point is, In my opinion, Let me consider, etc.)
