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प्रश्न
The following note comes from an army booklet, “Advice to New Recruits.” Complete the instructions by filling in the blanks with suitable modals.
Welcome to Ranor Barracks!
Follow the rules, accept the advice and you will find your life in the army interesting and fulfilling.
You ________ have your hair cut very short in the first month. After that you ________
grow it longer but it ________ never touch your collar. Your uniform ________ be kept clean and tidy. Boots and buttons ________ be polished daily. You ________ use cell phones on the campus but you ________ switch them off during the training sessions. Before joining you ________ have a medical check-up. You ________ undergo medical examinations once a year during service.
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उत्तर
Welcome to Ranor Barracks !
You must have your hair cut very short in the first month. After that you can grow it longer but it must never touch your collar. Your uniform must be kept clean and tidy. Boots and buttons have to be polished daily. You cannot use cell phones on the campus but you must switch them off during the training sessions. Before joining you must have a medical check-up. You have to undergo medical examinations once a year during service.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Listen to an excerpt from a news telecast on a national channel carefully and complete the table given below.
| S. No. | Name of the Brave-heart | Place they belong to | Reason for Award |
| 1 | Saumik Mishra | Uttar Pradesh | foiled theft |
| 2 | Prachi Santosh Sen | saved a child | |
| 3 | Kavita Kanwar | Chhattisgarh | |
| 4 | Jodhpur | dodged marriage to 40 year old | |
| 5 | Rahul-balloon seller | Delhi/ National Capital |
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| 6 | M. Marudu Pandi | Tamil Nadu | averted rail disaster |
| 7 | Bangalore | saved a baby caught in bull fight | |
| 8 | Silver Kharbani | Meghalaya | |
| 9 | Yumkhaibam Addison Singh | saved an eight year old from drowning | |
| 10 | Uttar Pradesh | saved people from drowning | |
| 11 | Haryana/Jind | helped nab armed miscreants | |
| 12 | Kritika Jhanwar | fought off robbers |
Answer the following question:
Why was Mrs. Bramble upset when she came to hear that Bill had decided not to fight?
Answer the following question:
Why was Harold upset that his father had not told him about his true identity? Give two reasons.
(a) Listen to a recording of the poem.
(b) What choice did the poet have to make?
(c) Did he regret his choice? Why/why not?
Identify the rhyme scheme of the poem.
Answer the following question.
Think about million little ways in which the rain embraces the trees. Mention a few of
them.
The poet draws conclusions about the family without having met them. He does this in lines such as :
Something went wrong, says the empty house
in the weed-choked yard ...
This is a style of English that is very suitable for a poem. But in ordinary speech or writing we use expressions such as :
|
So it is Therefore it is |
probable likely possible |
that |
| It |
seems appears |
that....... | because..... |
| This suggests that ... |
For example, we could say :
• There are large shoes in the farmhouse. So it is likely that the farmer was a big man.
• It seems that they had a child, because there is a sandbox made from a tractor tyre.
• The kitchen shelves were covered with oil cloth. This suggests that a woman lived in the farmhouse.
Make other sentences like this, using ideas from the poem.
Answer the following question briefly.
Do you think the punishment given to the convict was justified? Why/ Why not?
Why is the convict eager to reach Paris?
Complete the following news item by choosing the correct word from the options given below.

(a) (i) has celebrated
(ii) was celebrating
(iii) celebrated
(iv) was celebrated
(ii) was
(iii) was being
(iv) has been
(ii) had inaugurated
(iii) inaugurated
(iv) inaugurating
(ii) planted
(iii) were planting
(iv) had planted
(ii) had been urging
(iii) urged
(iv) urging
(ii) was presented
(iii) were presenting
(iv) had presented
Answer the following question by ticking the correct option :
What did the man do to prove his point?
: Duties and Privileges
. In some schools the student - council members are assigned duties at the
beginning of every academic year.
Write a job description to be given to the newly elected Environment
Monitor of your school.
You may do this individually. Later your class as a whole can come out with one
duty list to be displayed on the soft-board. You may use the words given in the
box below.
can, may, can’t, mustn’t, must, should, have to.
Duties and privileges of an Environment Monitor.
e.g. You must ensure that the campus is clean.
Did you know?
should and ought to have similar meanings. They show obligation or duty. However there is a slight difference in meaning.
ought to has an objective meaning whereas should is more subjective.
We ought to / should save water.
We ought to save money but we are unable to. (In this sentence should will not be appropriate.).
Here are a police constable's notes or his investigation or the murder at Manor House. After reading the notes, discuss where the murder could have taken place. What was the motive behind the evil act? How was the act committed?
| Murder at Manor House Birlstone : January 6th Manor House - state of wild confusion and alarm - white faced servants - frightened butler - man horribly injured- terrible marks - we have no clues yet |
Prevention is better than cure.
Swine flu has been declared (as) a pandemic.
In groups of four discuss the following.
(a) What has been done by the authorities to cope with the problem?
(b) What are the consequences of such a major world-wide infection?
Write out the answer to the questions as a flowchart using the passive form of the verb.
Fill in the empty bubbles in Column C with reports of what was said in Column A, as in the box given above.

You will now hold an actual class debate on the topic 'Computers and Children: A Boon or a Bane'.
In groups of four decide whether your group is FOR or AGAINST the motion. Then draft your debate. Each member of the group must participate in the written as well as the spoken matter. The spoken matter can be divided thus
• One introduces the topic
• One discusses points favouring the motion
• One argues the opponent's points
• One concludes
The song 'We Are the World' has been sung by many famous singers of the West. Do you know why it is called 'We Are the World'? Why was it recorded? What were the singers trying to do? Did they succeed?
Student/ teacher can sing the song.
Listen to the song and check whether you have guessed right in Question 1. Listen again until you are ready to sing along with it.
When both students have completed their half of the table above, exchange information, by asking and answering questions e.g.
1. What's the weight of the football?
2. When do you get a penalty in hockey?
As you receive information from your partner, write it down in the other half of the table above. (Do not let your partner look at your table!)
Common Combinations using Prepositions
Link the words from the different columns to produce meaningful sentences. One has been completed as an example. If you wish, write out the correct sentences in your notebook.

