Saturday 13 December 2014

Do as Directed 1



Join the following sentences to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so:



1Polar bears are fierce territorial animals. Grizzly Bears are the same.

Polar bears as well as Grizzly Bears are fierce territorial animals.


2.The book fell to the floor. It opened to a page I had never read before.

After falling to the floor, the book opened to a unread page.


3.Rekha had a headache all morning. She remained alert through out the meeting.

Inspite of having a headache all morning, Rekha remained alert through out the meeting.

4.Beena is fine. That is all I know.

What I know is Beena is fine.


5. He lost his silver pen. It was his birthday present.

He lost his silver pen which was his birthday present.

6. I wish he was there .He could have helped us.
If he was there, he could have helped us.

7. He is a thief. He was beaten in the village.

He was beaten in the village as he was a thief.

8. He is walking slowly. He won't catch the train.

He would not catch the train because he is walking slowly.



Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given after each.
Make other changes that may be necessary, but do not change the meaning of each sentence.

1. If my dog is hungry, he barks.(Begin : Unless....)
Unless my dog is hungry, he does not bark.

2.Your essay impressed us.(Begin with : We....)
We were impressed with your essay.

3.Meera said,"I am going to bake a cake for your birthday tomorrow."(Write in reported speech)
Meera said that she was going to bake a cake for his birthday the next day.

4.As soon as she had finished one project, she started working on the text. (Begin : Hardly...)

Hardly had she finished one project when she started working on the text.
5. I did not intend to come late.(Use : 'intention)
My intention was to come late.
To come late was not my intention.

6.No other orator was as powerful as Demosthenes. (Begin :Demosthenes)
Demosthenes was more powerful than any other orator.

7.He arrived safely though it was chaotic outside. (Begin :Despite....)
Despite being chaotic outside, he arrived safely.
8.It is too late to change your mind.(Use : so...that)
It is so late that you can not change your mind.
9. No sooner did the president arrive than the band started playing.(Begin with: As soon as.... )

As soon as the president arrived, the band started playing.
10.He went to bed after finishing his work.(Use "and")
He finished his work and went to bed.
11. It is not his intention to leave the company.(Rewrite using verb form of "intention")
He does not intend to leave the company.

12. He is one of the most dedicated doctors in the hospital.(Begin with : Very few.....)
Very few doctors are as dedicated as he.

13.He will not be pardoned unless he apologizes.(Remove 'unless')
He will not be pardoned if he does not apologize.
He will be pardoned if he apologizes.

14.Despite being raining heavily he managed to reach his destination.(Use "but" as conjunction)
It was raining heavily but he managed to reach his destination.

15.Beyond this I cannot tell you.(Rewrite as complex sentence)
This is what I can tell you.

16.Hardly had the function started when the electricity failed.(Rewrite as negative)
No sooner had the function started than the electricity failed.


Friday 5 December 2014

Sample Activity Sheet : Class- XII Sub - English






HSC English Activity Sheet

1A) Read the first activity, read the extract and then do all the
activities : 12
A1. Pick out the ways the writer scared the birds. 2

We were an agrarian people. And my main hobby in my early teens was to wander through paddy fields to see the different kinds of birds and how they nest. On the outskirts of the paddyfields there had been many coconuts trees. Beautifully crafted nests of the weaver-birds-thookkanaam kuruvikal-would be seen dangling from the ends of palm leaves. Hundreds of these little birds would land on the paddy of the rice-plants at this stage of the paddy, my father would send me to our field with a tin-drum to scare these birds away. But often I have enjoyed the sight of these little birds balancing on the tender stalks and squeezing the milk out of the green rice when the paddy is ripe enough to harvest flocks of parrots would land there and cut the ripe stalks with their sharp beaks and fly away with the stalks dangling in their beaks. I have always liked to see this sight also.
The nests of parrots were neatly crafted holes in the trunks of palm trees, I continued to wonder how they made these holes on the hard trunks until I saw the patient work of the woodpeckers. They were the carpenters and their long sharp and strong beaks, chisel. They make the holes (in search of worms inside the weak spots of the trunks) and the parrots occupy them. If I heard the sound tak, tak, tak, I knew it was woodpecker chiseling a hard trunk. I would go after him. It seems that the woodpecker is the only bird which can walk perpendicularly on the tree trunks how beautiful the sight was!

A2. Describe the weaver birds 2
A3. Choose the statements which refers to the beautiful sight for narrator
a) The birds at the nests
b) Perpendicular walking of woodpecker.
c) Paddy field at the time of harvesting
d) Landing of parrots on paddy, cutting stalks and flying away. 2
A4. Give the synonyms of a) outskirts b)dangling c) patient d) perpendicularly

5. Do you like to watch birds? Why? 2
A6.Rewrite the sentences as per the instructions. 2
a) I saw the patient work of the woodpeckers. (Change the voice)
b) I would go after him (Use ‘used to’)
Q2. Read the activity, read the extract and do all the ativities.
A1. Read the following statements. Write true or false. Correct the false statements.

1) The duck was excellent in running.
2) The rabbit was poor in swimming.
3) The squirrel was excellent in flying.
4) The eagle was the successful candidate getting top marks.Once upon a time the animals decided they must do something heroic to meet the problems of a “new world” so they organized a school.

They had adopted an activity curriculum consisting of running, climbing, swimming and flying. To make it easier to administer the curriculum, all the animals took all the subjects.The duck was excellent in swimming. In fact, better than his instructor. But he made only passing grades in flying and was very poor in running.

Since he was slow in running, he had
to stay after school and also drop swimming in order to practice running. This was kept up until his webbed feet were badly worn and he was only average in swimming.But average was acceptable in school so nobody worried about that, except the duck.

The rabbit started at the top of the class in running but had a nervous breakdown because of so much makeup work in swimming.
The squirrel was excellent in climbing until he developed frustration in the flying
class where his teacher made him start from the ground up instead of the treetop down. He also developed a “charlie horse” from overexertion and then got a C in
climbing and D in running.

The eagle was a problem child and was disciplined severely. In the climbing class, he beat all the others to the top of the tree but insisted on using his own way to get there.

At the end of the year, an abnormal eel that could swim exceeding well and also run, climb and fly a little had the highest average and was valedictorian.
The prairie dogs stayed out of school and fought the tax levy because the administration would not add digging and burrowing to the curriculum. They
apprenticed their children to a badger and later joined the groundhogs and gophers to start a successful private school.
Does this fable have a moral?

A2. Complete the sentence
All the animals have to take all the subjects because - - - -
A3. The eel was valedictorian. The reason of it is - - - - - - - (Give reason)
A4. Tell what message you get from the extract.
A5. Write any four words used to test the physical fitness. (Write words that are not used in this extract)
A6. Do as directed.
a) The eagle was a problem child and was disciplined severely.
(Make simple sentence)
b) The duck was excellent in swimming.
(Make exclamatory sentence)


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B. Note – making (4 marks)

Draw Tree Diagram with the help of following points.
A Tissue may be defined as a group of cells having some shape, size, origin,
function and the same type of development. Tissues are basically classified into two groups namely, meristematic tissues, and
permanent tissues. Meristematic tissues are divided into two, these are position based and origin based. Permanent tissues are further
divided into two groups. They are simple tissues and complex tissues. On their basis of their position in the plant body meristematic tissues
are classified as aplicle – intercalary, and lateral. On the basis of origin, meristematic tissues are divided into 3 groups; they are
Pro – meristem, Primary – meristem and secondary – meristem. Simple tissues are classified into 3 groups, namely parenchyma, collechyma,
sclerenchyma, The two complex tissues are found in vascular plant. They are xylem and phloem.


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