HSC Commerce (English Medium) इयत्ता १२ वी - Maharashtra State Board Question Bank Solutions for English

The poet has connected the need to preserve Nature with the belief of a particular community and her childhood memories.
Write down the measures you would take to convince the people regarding the need to conserve the Nature.

Write down the expressions related to ‘the seasons’ from the extract.

Match column ‘A’ with column ‘B’.

Prepare the arguments for group discussion on the topic-
‘A balanced progress never harms the Nature.’

Compose 4 to 6 lines on ‘Gift of the Seasons’.

Write an appreciation of the poem ‘Small Towns and the River’. Refer to the earlier poems for the points to be covered for appreciation.

1. About the poem/poet and the title
2. Theme
3. Poetic style
4. The language/poetic devices used in the poem
5. Special features
6. Message, values, morals in the poem
7. Your opinion about the poem

Collect information about rivers in Maharashtra.

Further reading:

1. ‘The River Poems’ - Mamang Dai
2. ‘The World Is Too Much With Us’ - William Wordsworth

Discuss in pairs and guess the correct alternative for the following.

To summarise means _______ .

Discuss in pairs and guess the correct alternative for the following.

The type of summary that consists of a paragraph to express the main idea is _______.

There are various ways of incorporating other writers’ works into your own writing. They differ according to the closeness of your writing to the source writing. Match the ways of writing in brief given in column (A) with their descriptions in column (B).

Complete the following as instructed. Read the passage and write its summary according to the given steps.

Communication is a part of our everyday life. We greet one another, smile or frown, depending on our moods. Animals, too, communicate, much to our surprise. Just like us, interaction among animals can be both verbal or non-verbal. Singing is one way in which animals can interact with one another. Male blackbirds often use their melodious songs to catch the attention of the females. These songs are usually rich in notes variation, encoding various kinds of messages. Songs are also used to warn and keep off other blackbirds from their territory, usually a place where they dwell and reproduce.
Large mammals in the oceans sing too, according to adventurous sailors. Enormous whales groan and grunt while smaller dolphins and porpoises produce pings, whistles, and clicks. These sounds are surprisingly received by other mates as far as several hundred kilometers away.

Cut redundant words:

We’re often inefficient in our language, using more words than necessary. Consider the following phrases. Find five more redundant words.

1. “Circle around” can become “circle.”
2. “Write down” can become “write.”
3. “Added bonus” is simply a “bonus.”
4. “Get to the point as quickly as possible” is really “get to the point.”
5. “Close proximity” is “close.”
6. “During the course of” is “during.”

Adverbs clutter up your copy. You can usually live without them. Just delete italicized word and rewrite.

“That’s usually a good thing to do.”

Adverbs clutter up your copy. You can usually live without them. Just delete italicized word and rewrite.

“That’s fairly good coffee.”

Adverbs clutter up your copy. You can usually live without them. Just delete italicized word and rewrite.

“I totally agree.”

Adverbs clutter up your copy. You can usually live without them. Just delete italicized word and rewrite.

“Actually, I disagree.” 

One word substitutes are words that replace a group of words or a full-sentence effectively without creating any ambiguity in the meaning of the sentences.

(a) The life story of man written by himself: autobiography

(b) A sound that cannot be heard: inaudible

(c) A list of books: catalogue

(d) A sentence whose meaning is unclear: ambiguous

Find as many examples as you can from the internet and make a list.

Use of noun in apposition:

Apposition is a grammatical construction in which two elements, normally noun phrases, are placed side by side, with one element serving to identify the other in a different way; the two elements are said to be in apposition.
Apposition can be used to make compound sentences short and simple.
Neha is their eldest child and she is very intelligent.
- Neha, their eldest child, is very intelligent. [Here, Neha and their eldest child are the same person.] Provide two such examples of apposition.

Transforming Complex to Simple: By using phrases like ‘too...to’ or using noun phrase instead of a clause:

Nagpur is the city where oranges grow.
- Oranges grow in Nagpur

The old man is so weak that he cannot walk.
- The old man is too weak to walk.

Change the following sentence into simple:

Mr Rohit is the member and he is also the director.