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प्रश्न
Your examinations are only two months ahead. Plan your schedule of studies and write in your notebook.
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उत्तर
Do it yourself.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Join the following sentences to make one complete sentence without using and but or so :
(i) He was very ill. He did not take any medicine.
(ii) You come back from your holiday. We will discuss the problem.
(iii) He remained absent on Friday. It was foolish of him.
(iv) Rahul ran all the way to the bus stop. He missed the bus.
Arun was asked by his mother to explain the missing buttons on his shirt.
(Rewrite: Using ‘explanation’)
Why does the poet use repetition in the poem?
What do you think is the poet’s attitude towards the following 3 things: nature, memory, loneliness?
What is the central idea of the poem?
The author shows death as a relief from a harsh life. Justify with reference to the story.
Relate something unpleasant that happened to you during your childhood that nevertheless helped you to grow up and mature.
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 correct serial order the word or phrase appropriate to the blank space.
Example:
(0) beginning
Alice was (0)__________(begin) to get very tired of (1)__________(sit) by her sister on the bank and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had (2)__________(peep) into the book her sister was reading, but it (3)__________ (have) no pictures or conversations in it, "and what is the use of a book," (4)__________(think) Alice, "without pictures or conversations?" Alice wondered whether the pleasure of (5)__________(make) a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes (6)__________(run) close by her. Alice did not think this was very remarkable, until the Rabbit actually (7)__________ (take) a watch out of its waistcoat-pocket, and (8) (look) at it, and then hurried on.
(A) As soon as she reached home, she learnt that she had to leave for London.
(B) Hardly……………………………
Not many people read for pleasure these days.
(Begin: Few ................................. )
The movement words
There is a parallel drawn between rain and music. Which words indicate this? Explain the similarity between the two.
Look for some more poems in the rain and see how this one is different from them.
Maintain a record of the trees cut down and the parks demolished in your area or any other act that violates the environment. Write to newspapers reporting on any such acts that disturb you.
Based on the text enact your own version of the play. Work in pairs.
Distinguish between the following pairs of sentences.
Green stripes could be used or alternatively black ones.
Comment on the relationship shared by Mammachi and Pappachi.
How does the author succeed in raising crucial social issues not through open criticism but through subtle suggestion?
Make a list of items that are referred to differently in British and American English, for example, 'lift' (BE) 'elevator' (AmE).
Go to your school/college library and read some other stories by O’Henry like, ‘The Gift of the Magi’, ‘The Last Leaf’ and ‘After Twenty years’. Write the stories in short in your notebook.
Multiple Choice Question:
Which phrase means the same as to ‘quarrel’?
Use the phrase in a sentence of your own, after finding out its meaning.
cheered along
Suppose you are Rasheed. Describe in your own words your visit to the fair. Do not refer to the Lucky Shop.
Discuss the following with your partner and complete the following sentence.
Food adulteration means _________________.
'Organic farming is the need of the time'. Write your views in favour of and against the statement.
| Views | Counterviews |
| 1. | |
| 2. | |
| 3. | |
| 4. |
Rewrite the given statements in their order of occurrence.
The most difficult task of maintaining the hold on Tiger Hill was achieved in this way:
- 8 Sikh was ordered to attack and capture Helmet and India Gate.
- Bodies of the Pakistani soldiers were collected and buried appropriately.
- During the ferocious artillery duels, the Grenadiers hung on their precarious perch with grit and determination.
- Sikh fought back successfully two counterattacks with forty to fifty personnel.
- An ad-hoc column of 8 Sikh climbed the steep rock and captured India Gate.
- In spite of heavy casualties, 8 Sikh captured Helmet on 5 July.
Compose 8 to 10 lines. Narrate an incident in your life without using any rhyming pattern.
Find out the words and phrases which describe the following. One is done for you.
| sight | touching in its majesty |
| air | |
| river | |
| house | |
| morning | |
| sun |
Write a few lines about what Mathilde had and what she dreamt about.
Form groups of 5-8. Prepare short autobiographical speeches for each of these animals (10-15 lines). Use the following points :
- How the animal lives - It’s the only way he/she can.
- How he interacts with nature and other animals.
- How humans interact with that species - whether it is fair, necessary, or desirable, etc.
- The possible ill effects of the way human beings treat the animals, for the whole living world.
- The animal getting ready to bid farewell to this world.
Imagine you are Sayali. Write your diary for every day of your trip to the moon, and for the day you gave the earrings to your mother.
Think and write in your own words.
How can the tender maiden Autumn become a full-grown woman? What change in nature does this imply?
Gather information on any one of the following by talking to your elders, family members, and from other sources in your mother tongue and write a short note on it in English.
A special type of embroidery
Answer the following question :
Is the influence of foreign customs always beneficial?
Following are the ways to preserve ‘World Heritage Sites.’ Transfer these points into a small paragraph. Suggest a suitable title.
- Practical conservation of posterity
- Human/animal trespassing
- Unmonitored/uncontrolled/unrestricted access
- Threat of local administrative negligence
Read the script from:
| Joan (Girl) | Good morning, Captain squire (up to) |
| Joan |
(Simply) Polly and Jack have promised to come with me. |
Write a summary of that part of the script (in Indirect speech) in 15 to 20 lines.
Write a speech for your school Literary Association celebration with the given lead.
| 1) Opening | |
| 2) Purpose | |
| 3) Audience | |
| 4) Language – Some Good Describing Words (Adverbs And Adjectives), Emotive Words, Imagery etc. | |
| 5) Ending |
Write a newspaper article in about 100 words, comparing the achievements of the two sportswomen based on the information you have already collected.
Answer the following questions in a paragraph about 80 -100 words
It is said, “The choices made by one, shape one’s destiny”. Ponder on the thought and write a paragraph.
Have you experienced any unexpected turn of events in your life? What happened? How did you feel about it at that moment? How do you feel about it now?
Write an article for your school magazine describing your experience in about 150 words.
Look at the picture given below and frame your own slogan.
Look at the picture given below and frame your own slogan.
Create a poster for the following.
Say ‘No to Drugs’ – Design a poster for it is not more than 50 words. You may use slogans/ phrases.
Create a pamphlet for the following:
Make an attractive pamphlet for your school’s Fair organised for raising funds for (any) relief (Specify the date, time, types of stalls, and the reasons for the fair).
Develop the following hints.
Akbar - Birbal - courtiers jealous of Birbal - ask Akbar - test Birbal wiseness - Courtier puts a question - How many crows in Agra - Birbal asks for a week - every day sitting on the terrace - looking at the crows- after a week - courtier asks - Birbal says 156757 crows - asks the courtier to check- Akbar laughs.
The word in the sentence is jumbled. Write them in order.
was island the inhabited.
Match the following and write complete sentences in the lines below.
| What was happening? | What happened? | |
| i | I was writing a letter. | the lights went out. |
| ii | Paul was looking out of the window | the bell rang. |
| iii | He was looking for his dog. | he noticed a lovely butterfly. |
| iv | I was just completing the last answer. | he fell off the ladder. |
| v | The man was painting the wall. | I met Arun. |
| vi | Amit was doing his homework. | my pen ran out. |
| vii | My mother was cooking dinner. | ma’am said, “Stop writing.” |
- I was writing a letter when ___________
- ________________
- *When I met Arun, he was looking for his dog.
- *_____________
- __________________
- _____________________
- _____________________
Punctuate the following sentence.
the dog wags its tail when its pleased but a cat waves its tail when its angry.
Some word have similar sound, but different meaning. Choose the correct word from the option and fill in the blank.
He is our school ______.
Imagine that you will go to the bookshop tomorrow. What will you do there? Write five sentences beginning with –
- I shall______
- I shall______
- I shall______
- I shall______
- I shall______
Who was the tall man?
How did Woman 5 spend her time in the waiting hall?
What were the strange instruments the nurse carried to the surgery? How did the waiting patients interpret her act?
Expand EMI -
Write a composition in approximately 350 – 400 words on the following subject:
(You are reminded that you will be rewarded for orderly and coherent presentation of material, use of appropriate style and general accuracy of spelling, punctuation, and grammar.)
Write an original short story entitled: ‘The Missed Call’.
Write a dialogue between a student and teacher on 'Importance of Yoga'.
When Luz Long said, 'something must be eating you' he meant that Jesse Owens must be ______.
To whom does Portia compare Bassanio as he steps forward to take the casket test?
Do you like stories from the past? What type of stories do you like?
