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Read the following extract and answer the questions given below:
If you do not get lowered in your own eyes
While you raise yourself in those of others,
If you do not give in to gossips and lies
Rather heed them not, saying, 'who bothers?'
You may be the person I am looking for.
If you crave not for praise when you win
And look not for sympathy while you lose,
If cheers let not your head toss or spin
And after a set-back, you offer no excuse,
You may be the person I and looking for.
(1) What should be your reaction towards gossips and lies?
(2) Who are your role models? Why?
(3) Give the rhyming pairs of words from the first stanza.
(4) Which line is repeated in this extract and what is its effect?
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Solution
- We should not give in to gossips and lies. We should not even pay attention to them. Clearly speaking we should not bother about them.
- My role model is my parents. Who are very simple and humble in their character. They do not seek praise while in achievements and do not expect sympathy while losing. They are ready to face any challenge which comes across in their life.
- eyes - lies
Others - brothers - “You may be the person I am looking for” - This line gives the importance of that person to whom the poet is looking for.
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What is the emphasis placed by Ruskin on accuracy?
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any animal that catches mice ______
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(d) ________________________
(e) ________________________
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AIR / LAND / WATER
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| A | B |
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The First successful Cardiac Surgeon ______
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| 2. | ||
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| 5. |
Dos and Don'ts for Email Etiquettes. Discuss and add one or two Dos and Don'ts on your own.
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Differentiate between characters and characterization.
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Read the passage and answer the following:
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Read the poem : ‘Where lies the land...’ by A. C. Clough.
Present these points in the form of a review, and give it a suitable title.
Prepare a ‘PowerPoint’ presentation, using one slide for each of the above points. Present your review in a PPT format in the classroom.
Answer in your own words.
What did Neel realise from his encounter with his ancestors?
Find the different units of measurement mentioned in the passage and get more information about them from the internet.
Find from the Internet and write down.
Which character from the play sings this song?
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Write other meaningful words that begin/end with stepmother.
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flowers - falling leaves
Form groups of four or five.
Try to find the answers to the following questions through observation and by talking to your teachers, parents and others. Discuss your answers in the group.
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- How can we help in the task of clearing or removing garbage?
How do we come to know that Kasim was a generous man?
Rearrange the following sentences in a coherent order.
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Read the data below and answer the following question.
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They all have an excellent ending
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- Alice and White Rabbit.
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Pick out the rhyming words.
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Read the poem aloud in pairs.
The boy was so inspired by Mithali that he was happy for his sister to play cricket.
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Find example of alliteration and write them in the blank.
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| 1. | Mars | blue ice giant |
| 2. | Saturn | red storm |
| 3. | Jupiter | red planet |
| 4. | Neptune | ring and moons |
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What happened to the two girls at the end of the war?
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List the characters that appear in the scene. What human characteristics do they exhibit?
Read scene I of the play carefully and answer the question below.
Match the following.
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| a. | Father Wolf | with a grey nose…feeds her four cubs |
| b. | Tabaqui | the big one from Waingunga River with a lame foot |
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Choose the odd one out.
Choose the odd one out.
Look at the picture and Choose the correct word.
They would rest on the tree.
Identify the character or the speaker.
“I was cruel and selfish.”
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Write the rhyming word.
away
What did the five friends call themselves?
Kani took Teddy out for a ____.
Imagine your world and write its qualities in the cloud.
Tenzin’s family first lived in ______.
Fill in the blank with rhyming word.
anthill- ______
Why did the king want a leader who knows to grow a plant?
What would you like to learn in school? why?
Bihar people saved trees by______ painting.
What is the main idea of the story?
The child won’t ______ anything, if he closes his ears.
One day Chris tried to draw a ______.
Why did he rub the circle again and again?
Write the correct word.
| rooster, king, hen, tiger, queen, tigress. |
Write about the places where the poet wants us to run.
Who came to Akbar’s court?
What did the boy make with the trunk of the tree?
Choose the right word.
Chintha Chettu is a tamarind ______.
What did the animals do when they saw the blue jackal?
Who according to Gandhi, can fight against evil and how?
Match the following items from column-A with those column-B:
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| (a) Geoffrey Chaucer | (i) Trinidad |
| (b) Daniel Defoe | (ii) Wuthering Heights |
| (c) V.S. Naipaul | (iii) Robinson Crusoe |
| (d) Emile Bronte | (iv) The Canterbury Tales |
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Enact any one anecdote in the classroom.
Arrange a ‘Jokes’ session in the classroom where each student tells a joke. The jokes must be told in English.
