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प्रश्न
The sound words
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उत्तर
‘chirrup’, ‘chitterings’ ‘trillings’, ‘whistle-chirrup’, ‘whisperings’.
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Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) must be installed in every classroom.
Give your views, either for or against this statement.
Fill in the blank with the suitable word.
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Fill in the blank with the suitable word.
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Analyse the symbol of Clouds, Sky, and Heavens.
Alack, it was I who leaped at the sun
To give it my loving friends to keep!
Naught man could do,have I left undone:
And you see my harvest, what I reap
This very day, now a year is run.
Read the above lines and answer the question that follow.
Explain with reference to the context.
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To give it my loving friends to keep!
Naught man could do,have I left undone:
And you see my harvest, what I reap
This very day, now a year is run.
Read the above lines and answer the question that follow.
What does the word ‘harvest ‘ connote here?
Which is the turning point in the poem?
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Fill in the blank with an appropriate word:
I don't know what they were arguing __________ but I could hear angry voices.
The chairman says that he will look________their complaints.
This book runs________a hundred and fifty pages.
What could the narrator hear as he was lying down?
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(Begin : Unless …………….)
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
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(ii) Who has made him aware of his mistake? How does it make the speaker aware of his mistake? What does it seem to say?
(iii) What are the three sounds heard?
(iv) What has been said earlier by the poet about the owner of the woods?
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Fill in the blank with an appropriate word:
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Howard Carter’s investigation was resented.
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Discuss in groups of four.
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‘My Favourite Place’
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- what you do there
- why you like it
You may instead write about a place you dislike, or are afraid of.
Look at these sentences.
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- Gerbils spend the hottest part of the day in cool underground burrows.
Now form pairs. Ask questions using a suitable form of the word in brackets. Try to answer the questions too.
Do you know
1. Which animal is the _______________________ (tall)?
2. Which animal runs the _______________________ (fast)?
3. Which place on earth is the _______________________ (hot) or the _______________________ (cold)?
4. Which animal is the _______________________ (large)?
5. Which is the ————————————— (tall) mountain in the world?
6. Which is the _______________________ (rainy) place on earth?
7. Which is the ________________________ (old) living animal?
Can you add some questions of your own?
The person who makes mistake or commits crime should be punished because _________________.
- _______________________________
- _______________________________
- _______________________________
- _______________________________
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- Title
- Introductory paragraph (about the poem, type, nature, tone)
- Main body (central idea, the gist of the poem)
- Conclusion (opinion, views, appeal).
Give suggestions to protect our national heritage monuments.
There are ample career opportunities in film making and producing films.
The following professions which require different professional skills, and write them accordingly.
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| 1. Actor-Male or Female | Acting, voice modulation, Body language, facial expressions, etc. |
| 2. Director | |
| 3. Producer | |
| 4. Music-director | |
| 5. Script-writer | |
| 6. Lyrist | |
| 7. Cameramen | |
| 8. Cinematographer | |
| 9. Set-designer | |
| 10. Costume-designer |
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A special type of embroidery
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An inspiring incident in the life of a great leader.
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Complete the paragraph with suitable words from the box.
| around, across, with, along, to, after, next to, into, from. |
One day, as I was walking ______ the bank of the river, I saw my friend running ______ the field. He was calling my name and waving ______ me. I stopped and waited. ______ sometime he reached where I was standing. He said, “I went all ______ the town looking for you. I have some exciting news to share ______ you. Do you remember the old house ______ the neem tree? Guess who is moving ______ that house? Janak Das, the great magician. Now we can learn lots of magic tricks ______ him.”
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What difficulty did she experience while eating Chinese food?
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______ was Portia’s; faithful servant.
Find some examples of antithesis from your mother tongue and translate them into English.
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