Balbharati solutions for English - My English Coursebook 10th Standard SSC Maharashtra State Board chapter 2 - His First Flight [Latest edition]

Form Groups of 5. Remember your past days and share with your friends about memories of your first day at school or your first attempt at cooking.

What role did your parents, siblings play to help you to overcome your fear?

Discuss and answer.

Complete the following table.

Find more such idioms using the following key word.

fly

Find more such idioms using the following key word.

name of animals

Find more such idioms using the following key word.

colours

State whether the following statement is true or false.

The young seagull was not confident about the ability of his wings.

State whether the following statement is true or false.

The young seagull’s parents guided and improved his siblings in the art of flying.

State whether the following statement is true or false.

When the young seagull pretended to be falling asleep, his parents noticed him.

State whether the following statement is true or false.

Flying across the young seagull, the mother dropped a piece of fish into his beak.

The seagull was afraid to fly because _______________.

Young birds are afraid to make their first flight because ____________.

Human beings find it difficult to face great challenges because ____________.

Read the following word carefully and make a meaningful sentence of your own, and write in your notebook.

Plaintively-

Read the following word carefully and make a meaningful sentence of your own, and write in your notebook.

monstrous-

Read the following word carefully and make a meaningful sentence of your own, and write in your notebook.

beckon-

Read the following word carefully and make a meaningful sentence of your own, and write in your notebook.

curveting-

Read the following word carefully and make a meaningful sentence of your own, and write in your notebook.

whet-

Read the following word carefully and make a meaningful sentence of your own, and write in your notebook.

soar-

Read the following word carefully and fill in the blank by choosing the appropriate word given in option.

Arun is full of ______.

Read the following word carefully and fill in the blank by choosing the appropriate word given in options.

The violin played very ______.

Read the following word carefully and fill in the blank by choosing the appropriate word given in options.

Ravi said, “Are you really ______ of the dark?”

Read the following word carefully and fill in the blank by choosing the appropriate word given in options.

The whole village ______ into darkness.

Read the following word carefully and fill in the blank by choosing the appropriate word given in options.

The lions ______ their prey, hungrily.

Read the following word carefully and fill in the blank by choosing the appropriate word given in options.

He ______ through the report.

Read the following word carefully and fill in the blank by choosing the appropriate word given in options.

One by one, the stars ______ in the sky.

Read about the space mission of Sunita Williams. Imagine you are going to interview her. Frame 10 to 12 interview relevant questions regarding-

1. her early life, training
2. education
3. her actual flight into space
4. future plans
5. her message to viewers.

Describe in your notebook the challenges you faced while learning to ride a bicycle, swimming or any skill. Take hints from the web to complete your write -up.

Collect career options related to flying. Find out the institutes where training of your options is given.
Find out the detailed information about the fees, duration of the training and future prospects of it.

Collect or draw different pictures of birds from your surroundings and write about them. Make a chart with some information about each.

Give the Homophones of the following.

1. blue
2. bear
3. beet
4. to
5. son

Pick the Homophones from the text.

1. see-
2. wood-
3. there-
4. scene-
5. won-
6. eye-
7. peace-
8. threw-
9. hence-
10. knot-

Explain how the underlined Homographs differ in meaning.

1. He saw his two brothers.
2. The woodcutter cut the weakened branch with his sharp saw.

Explain how the underlined Homographs differ in meaning.

1. The bird injured his wings.
2. He lives in the ‘c’ wing of the building.

Explain how the underlined Homographs differ in meaning.

1. The aeroplane will land at 9.00 pm. sharp.
2. He owns 10 acres of land.

Explain how the underlined Homographs differ in meaning.

1. The head of the institution was on leave.
2. He bent his head down with chin.

Read the following sentence carefully, underline the verb and find out the tense in the sentence.

The sun was now ascending the sky.

Read the following sentence carefully, underline the verb and find out the tense in the sentence.

Still they took no notice of him.

Read the following sentence carefully, underline the verb and find out the tense in the sentence.

She is standing on a little high hump on the plateau.

Read the following sentence carefully, underline the verb and find out the tense in the sentence.

He leaned out eagerly.

Read the following sentence carefully, underline the verb and find out the tense in the sentence.

He just felt dizzy.

Create a Personal Particular for your class with support from your teacher and collect personal and educational information.