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(a) Narendra Singh – broke record – long jump – regional meet – Principal sent congratulations – also President Youth Federation
(b) Narendra Singh from St. Michael’s School has broken the regional long jump record. The principal of St. Michael’s has sent his congratulations. Best wishes have also come from the President of the Youth Federation.

Work individually, and note down some events that occurred recently in your school or local area in the same way as the example in (a). Write a short report about it in the space given below.
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Exchange notes with your partner. Read out your partner’s information as a news broad¬cast. Use the present perfect tense to report I express actions completed in the recent past but whose effect still remains.

Use your imagination to make the news item sound exciting

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A spate of unfortunate events in Madurai — valuables worth Rs. 50,000 stolen — a car snatched at dagger point — a cloth merchant stabbed in broad daylight — the Accountant of the Sugar Mill deprived of cash while coming out of the bank — Some girls teased and molested by some youths — Superintendent of Police assured early arrest of the culprits.

There has been a spate of some unfortunate events in Madurai. The thieves entered a house at night and decamped with valuables worth Rs. 50,000. A cloth merchant has been stabbed in broad daylight over a rupee. The Accountant of the Sugar Mill has been deprived of his briefcase. He was carrying the salary of the staff in it. Some girls have been molested by some youths. The Superintendent of Police has assured early arrest of the culprits.

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पाठ 1.1: Verb Forms - Exercises [पृष्ठ ९]

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सीबीएसई English Communicative Workbook Interact in English [English] Class 9
पाठ 1.1 Verb Forms
Exercises | Q 11 | पृष्ठ ९

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Answer the following question briefly
Could the grandmother succeed in accomplishing her desire to read? How?


Answer the following question briefly:

How did Private Quelch manage to anger the Corporal?


Based on your reading of the story, answer the following question by choosing
the correct option.

“Bully”, said Pescud brightening at once.
He means to say that____


Answer the following questions:

Name the different things that can be found floating in the brook.


Identify the rhyme scheme of the poem.


Answer the following question.

 Why is the rain divine?


Answer the following question.

"I am like earthly life … "
Why does the poet compare rain to earthly life?


Answer the following question.

Explain the ending of the song.


Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow by choosing the correct options.
But the sign has been hanging on the gate for over a month now and I am beginning to
be afraid that the day I bought it was when I was the real fool.

a) Why is Juliette disappointed?
(i) she is unable to get a role of cook in the films.
(ii) her maid is leaving as she has got a role in the films.
(iii) she is unable to find a suitable buyer for her villa.
(iv) Gaston is offering a very low price for the villa.


b) Why does she call herself a fool?
(i) she has decided to sell her villa.
(ii) there are no buyers for the villa.
(iii) she had bought the villa for more than it was worth.
(iv) the villa was too close to the film studios.


The Convict goes to Paris, sells the silver candlesticks and starts a business. The
business prospers and he starts a reformatory for ex-convicts. He writes a letter to the
Bishop telling him of this reformatory and seeks his blessings.
As the convict, Jean Valjean, write the letter to the Bishop.


Now try to build your own similes for the following :

  1. The rock stood…
  2. The waves leapt…
  3. The sea shone …
  4. The sun set…
  5. The rain fell heavily …
  6. The birds soared …
  7. Dawn broke …
  8. The stars…
  9. The wind shook the trees …

Add other similes of your own and write them in your notebook. 


Be the Master of Ceremonies!

The Honey Bee Creative Club of your school is organising an annual cultural programme. You are the compere for the programme. Complete the following details by filling in with suitable modals and phrases. This will help you when you address a large audience.

Good evening, respected principal, teachers and my dear friends. Welcome to the Honey Bee Creative Club Cultural programme. The guest (a)_________ arrive. Many (b)__________presented this evening. We (c)__________ the programme with an invocation. The dancers are (d)__________ entertain you by performing the bhangra. The school choir (e)_________a song on National Integration. The programme (f)__________ with a formal vote of thanks by the principal.


Rearrange the following to form meaningful sentences. The first one has been done as an example. Write the answers against the correct numbers.

Put into / as the / at low / baby can / he is / as soon / water / toddle / tide
As soon as the baby can toddle he is put into water at low tide.

(a) water / the baby / in the/ there / plays/ sits and
(b) long enough / the mother / him/ does not / to worry / there / leave him
(c) older / at low tide / as / wade about / allowed to / he is / he grows
(d) look out / water / keep a / into deep / sharp / does not stray / so that he/ his elders
(e) permitted to / from which / judgment / he may / make small mistakes / he is / learn to make better
(f) are given / to swim / small canoes / the children / they / own / are able/ of their / when


Study the following sentences. Select one underlined word which is incorrect. Write the incorrect word in the box below, as shown in the example.

e.g. Sarawak is a beautiful place which lies almost on an Equator and is rich in natural resources.

 

(a) It has an Equatorial climate that mean it is hot with heavy rains almost every after-noon.

 

(b) Heavy clouds prevent the sun from heating the ground too intense.

 

(c) In an interior of Sarawak, there are huge reserves of hardwood timber.

 

(d) Sarawak is also an oil product.

 

(e) Great efforts are been made to conserve these resources.

 

On a cold winter night you hear a loud shrieking noise at repeated intervals. What might have caused this?
Write down your ideas using the pattern below.

it

might

could

must

have been

the owl hooting

a ghost____________


Answer the following question by ticking the correct option. 

John Douglas had won quite a reputation for himself in Birlstone because of his __________________


Copy the worksheet in your notebooks and work in pairs to complete the worksheet to know all about yourself. This will enable you to discover your hidden strengths, work on your weaknesses, and develop your personality. 

Johari Window Work Sheet 

A B C
How I describe myself?  How I describe my friend ? How my friend describes me?  (Fill this part from what the friend says about you) 
  • Favourites 
    (Colour, food etc.) 
  • Feelings related to important issues (e.g. subjects , friends)
  • Experiences 
    (achievement,failures)
  • Attitudes
  • Aims
  • Motivation
  • Fears
  • Streangth
  • Weakness
  • Favourites (colour , food etc.)
  • Feelings related to important issues (e.g. subjects,friends)
  • Experience(achievements,failures)
  • Attitudes 
  • Aims 
  • Motivation 
  • Fears 
  • Strength 
  • Weakness 

____________

____________

_____________

___________

_____________

______________

______________

______________


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. 


Group the prepositions in the box below to indicate their use as prepositions of place (P), movement (M) or time (T). There may be more than one category for each.

between ________
along ________
since ________
up ________
among ________
in front of ________
after ________
past ________
on ________
behind ________
round ________
for ________
across ________
through ________
before ________
until ________
beside ________
out of ________
at ________
under ________
during ________

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