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What might success mean to the following people? Think about it and write. A sportsman

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What might success mean to the following people? Think about it and write.

A sportsman

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winning a tournament or earning the highest rank in that particular sport making your own record by participating in several sorts of sports, winning medals and trophies.

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पाठ 4.1: What is Success ? - Warming up! [पृष्ठ ९५]

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पाठ 4.1 What is Success ?
Warming up! | Q 2. (d) | पृष्ठ ९५

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Which poetic device is used in the line: ‘Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom,’


You are the editor of your school magazine. You have recently attended a cultural program in your city. Write an account of this program (in approximately 300 words) using the points given below:

Date and venue — occasion — Chief Guest — other invitees — inauguration — events —other important features — highlights — reaction of audience — conclusion.

Write a composition (350 - 400 words) on the following:

Write an original short story that begins with the words : “The day started off well enough, whoever thought it would ……….”


Join the following sentence to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so. 

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Every one of them was an experienced mountaineer.

(Begin: There was no .................................) 


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Why does the author aver that the growth of the world population is one of the strongest factors distorting the future of human society?


Distinguish between the following pairs of sentences.

The team played two matches successively.


What was John Garrideb's objective in inventing the story of Alexander Hamilton Garrideb and his legacy?


You are the class representative and you have been asked by the Principal to conduct an interview of a cop. Frame 8-10 questions with the help of the following points, give introduction and conclusion.

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  • special training
  • developing the skill to identify and locate criminals
  • dealing with criminals
  • achievements and awards.

Describe a recent quarrel that you have had with your brother, sister, or friend. How did it start? What did you quarrel about? How did it end?


Use the phrase in a sentence of your own, after finding out its meaning.

went on


Write a summary of the poem.

  • Title
  • Introductory paragraph (about the poem/ type/nature/tone)
  • Main body (central idea/gist of the poem)
  • Conclusion/ opinions/views/appeal.

A brilliant student from your school has won a Mathematics Quiz at the National Level.

Frame questions to interview him/her when the school felicitates him/her. Follow the steps given below.

  1. Greetings
  2. Introduction of the interviewee and achievements.
  3. 2 or 3 questions about growing years.
  4. 4 to 6 questions about the achievements.
  5. 2 or 3 questions about future plans and prospects.
  6. Expression of thanks and good wishes.

Write a short passage/essay on ‘Women Power’ in the Neolithic, Medieval, and Present Times.


Write 3 to 5 sentences about the following character.

Bertha


Read the following and draw a tree diagram to show this information. 

Things in our surroundings form two groups - living things and non-living things. Living things are of two kinds, plants and animals. There are two types of plants - flowering plants and non-flowering plants. If we consider animals, we see that some animals lay eggs. They are oviparous animals. Some animals give birth to their young ones. They are viviparous animals. 

Your mom made your favourite dinner. ______


Draft Letter for the following.

You are Sanjay. Your colony utilizes solar energy to light the common areas. You find many friends of your colony forgetting to switch off the lights in the common area. As a responsible citizen, write a letter to a newspaper, echoing the importance to conserve and preserve solar energy.


Draft Letter for the following.

You are Raja. The street lights of your area do not work properly. As a responsible citizen, write a letter to the newspaper enlightening them about the problem and also suggest ways to brighten the area.


Letters to friends and close family are written in the same way as you speak to them.

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Model Public School

Kolkata

10th July 2000     date

My dear Ma,     greeting

This is my first letter after the summer vacation. We started our classes the day after we reached the hostel. I have settled in well.      introduction

We have a new teacher for clay modeling and pottery. She tells us how to make fruits and vegetables with clay. We then paint them. They look so real.   body

We have an inter-house poetry recitation coming up in August. I am really excited about it. It is a long poem but we learn it together with our teacher.

It is nice to be back in school with my friends and teachers. I remember you and Baba a lot. Give my love to grandmother and grandfather.  ending

Do write back soon.

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  1. Who has written the letter?________
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  3. Where is the writer of the letter? _________
  4. What is the name of his hostel? _________
  5. On which date was this letter written?________

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  3. What did you take with you?
  4. What was the first thing you saw when you reached your destination?
  5. What did you like best about the place?
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  7. What did you miss about home?

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(ii) Inevitable role of plastic – man’s day-to-day life

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(iii) Reaction of microplastic in human body and ill effects

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(ii) Ingestion by aquatic and terrestrial animals–blocking of intestines and respiratory passages

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(i) Suggestions for restricted use – alternatives for one-time use of plastics

(ii) Segregation of plastic waste – for recycling


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Write an original short story in which a woman, her strange neighbour and a police officer form the main characters.


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