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प्रश्न
What might success mean to the following people? Think about it and write.
A student
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उत्तर
- Get high grades on the exam and understand all ideas.
- demonstrating sustained improvement in academic performance, or winning a competition or tournament.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) must be installed in every classroom.
Give your views, either for or against this statement.
Photographs
What is the tone of the poem?
The eight other runners pulled up on their heels
The ones who had trained for so long to complete
one by one they all turned around and went back to help him
And brought the young boy to his feet.
Then all the nine runners joined hands and continued
The hundred-yard dash now reduced to a walk
And a banner above that said (Special Olympics)
Could not have been more on the mark.
That's how the race ended, with nine gold medals
They came to the finish line holding hands still
And a standing ovation and nine beaming faces
Said more than these words ever will.
Read the lines given above and answer the following question:
Explain with reference to context.
Discuss the theme of supernatural and paranormal as presented in the story?
Fill in the blank with an appropriate word:
The old woman could not get ……… the shock.
Think of a time when you found yourself in an embarrassing situation. Narrate how you got into that situation, how you dealt with it and the lesson you learned from it.
Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in brackets. Do not copy the passage, but write in the correct serial order the word or phrase appropriate to the blank space.
Example:
(0) One morning, I (0) ……. (see) the python curled up on the dressing table.
Answer: saw.
It was (1) ……. (gaze) at its own reflection in the mirror. I (2) ……… (go) for grandfather, but by the time we (3) ……… (return) to the room, the python (4) …….. (move) on. He was seen in the garden, and once the cook saw him, (5) ……… (crawl) up the ladder to the roof. Then we (6) …….. (find) him on the dressing table again, (7) (admire) himself in the mirror. “He’s trying to look better for Aunt Mabel,” I said. I (8) ……. (regret) this remark immediately because grandmother overheard it and held up my pocket money for the rest of the week!
Infer the meaning of the following words from the context.
| Padding | transient |
Now, look up the dictionary to see if your inference is right.
Notice these expressions in the text. Infer their meaning from the context.
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forensic reconstruction
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scudded across
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casket grey
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Resurrection
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funerary treasures
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Circumvented
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computed tomography
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eerie detail
Which do you think are the most poetic lines? Why?
Identify instances of ironical comment in the story.
We add ‘un-’ to make opposites. For example, true — untrue. Add ‘un’– to the word below to make its opposite. Then look up the meaning of the word you have formed in the dictionary.
educated: ____________
The words in the box are all words that describe movement. Use them to fill in the blank in the sentence below.
When the cobra tried to bite it, the mongoose ____________ aside.
Glance through the text again and explain the qualities of Tenzing Norgay. Pick lines that show his unique qualities. One is done for you.
| Sr No. | Qualities | Lines |
| 1. | Patriotic | I told Colonel Hunt that I was carrying the Indian flag with me and I would like it to be on the top with other flags. |
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Choose the correct alternative for the given line. Focus on the inference of the poet.
‘Earth has not anything to show more fair:’
The line means - _________________.
Write a character sketch of Papa Panov in your own words.
What does the poet say about the crocodile? Write in your own words. (in about fifty words)
Reference to context.
Draw pictures of the speakers of the above lines.
Do you want to try to write your own paragraph now?
Write a paragraph on Cow.
- ______
- ______
- ______
- ______
- ______
Alice follows the strange rabbit because she wants to know a number of things. Re-arrange the words to make the questions that Alice has in her mind, and put a question mark (?).
hurry is in a why he
Why did the grandmother accompany the author to school?
The photographer had made changes ______.
What did Aunt Jane like about Jack’s ‘little nest’?
Write a paragraph of about 150 word, on the following topic.
The importance of Good Health
Write an e-mail to the Principal of a neighbouring school inviting their pupils to attend the classes if they so wish. Give all details of the classes to be held.
In your opinion what things will help to make the world a better place? Discuss with your friends and write down at least three of the things.
Write about your own experience. Do you remember an occasion when you did something successfully for the first time? Write about it in short (10-12 lines). Prepare an outline of your composition before you write it.
Which is the last play you saw?
Imagine someone has invited your family to a programme and you were the only person at home when the invitation was given orally.
Write a note (4-5 lines) to pass on the message to the other people in your family. Or, Write an imaginary conversation in which you pass on the message to your parents.
