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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.
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Why does the poet use repletion in the poem?
Who holds ‘all the growth of our land’? Which land has the poet in mind?
Why does the bride have preference for yellow coloured bangles for her wedding morning?
Later, too, the old man uses the expression famous victory? Why?
How was the country affected by the war?
What are the advantages of reading mentioned by Dahl?
Whose dirty looks are referred to?
Why does the poet say I gazed and gazed but a little thought / what wealth that show to me had brought?
His tune is heard on the distant hill’. Explain
What arc the poetic devices used in Maya Angelou’s poem “Caged Bird”?
What event is referred to in the poem?
Fill in the blank with an appropriate word:
The poet's mother was stung __________ a scorpion.
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) From his perch behind the clock, Hugo could (0)……. (see) everything.
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word:
- The teacher spoke for Raju when he was wrongly accused of stealing money.
- We can visit her at the hostel at 3 pm and 6 pm on Saturdays.
- The Sinha's have lived in New Delhi 1943.
- Little children are often afraid of the dark.
- Sneha has applied for a scholarship.
- It took Ahmed many months to get the loss of his friend.
- She turned the generous offer made by the manager.
- We were asked to take our footwear as we were entering a place of worship.
Fill in the blank with an appropriate word:
The young child carried the heavy bucket _______ the stairs.
"School days are the happiest days of our lives." Express your views either for or against this statement.
What do you think are the reasons for the extinction of languages?
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“Are we to leave our successors a scorched planet of advancing deserts, impoverished landscapes and an ailing environment?”
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The team played two matches successively.
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| Sr. No | A | B |
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| 1. | Constitution | a. | It is the freedom to go where you want, do what you want, etc. |
| 2. | Liberty | b. | It is the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, or opportunities. |
| 3. | Equality | c. | It is a sense of common brotherhood. |
| 4. | Fraternity | d. | It is an aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organization, or other types of entity and commonly determine how that entity is to be governed. |
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- 'can'
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- A polite request to attend the function. the function will take place.)
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Say ‘WHY’?
The writer found his stay abroad very profitable.
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Examples:
- behold – look
- afeared – frightened
- forsooth – indeed
- hither – this place
Now find out some archaic words from your mother tongue or another language that you are proficient in and write down at least ten of them, and against each, their modern equivalent and meaning in English.
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Have you ever eaten any fruit/vegetable picking it straight from the tree or field? Write about that experience in 3-5 lines.
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- ______
- ______
- ______
- ______
Discuss in pairs and write what your father and mother do for your family.
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Father |
Mother |
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| be | eat | go | travel | start | read | visit |
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Write points and counterpoints on the following topic:
You should study all subjects in your mother tongue
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.
What makes you happy?
Do you like to watch plays?
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.
How do Prospero, Ferdinand and Caliban perceive Miranda? Give one example of each of their perceptions, from the Acts studied, to support your answer. Write your answer in a short paragraph of about 100-150 words.
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You become what you read. Present your reflections on this statement.
