CBSE solutions for Class 10 English Course Communicative (Main Course Book Interact in English) chapter 3 - Space Travel [Latest edition]

Copy and complete the following table with information from the passage :

Complete the following sentence with information given in the passage above :

Peggy Whitson has been described as a ‘walking laboratory’ because …………………….

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Peggy feels that returning to earth is not a pleasant experience as ……………………

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Pam Melroy and her crew members were applauded when ……………………

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The historic moment during Pam Melroy’s space flight was …………………

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According to Melroy the space station is important because ……………………

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‘Being a rookie’ means …………………….

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Sunita Williams donated her hair because …………………….

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Sunita Williams broke the record of …………………….

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Barbara had to wait for her turn to go into space because …………………….

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Morgan’s work on the space shuttle was to …………………….

In your groups find out about the famous Indian astronauts and their achievements. Is there any woman astronaut in India ? Report your findings to the rest of the class.

You are very impressed by the achievements of the women astronauts and decide to give a speech on how Indian girls should also make a mark in this field. Write the speech. The following points may help you make your speech interesting :

– Start with a suitable salutation (Good Morning )
– Think of an impressive introduction (a quote/a humorous story/questions, etc.)
– List out the points that appealed to you in the article
– List out the reasons why there are hardly any women in the Indian space programmes
– Think of ways in which this can be changed
– Think of an interesting conclusion