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1.  Writing Skill
2. FRAME WH-QUESTION
3. TRANSFORMATION: INTERROGATIVE AND ASSERTIVE
4. TRANSFORMATION: Affirmative –Negative
5. REWRITE AS SIMPLE SENTENCE
6. USE OF WH-QUESTION IN CONVERSATION
7. Change Passive Voice Into Active Voice
8. Grammar Worksheet Std 11 MS Board
9. Use of Not Only ..But Also
10. Grammar Worksheet std 12
11. Direct Speech And Indirect Speech
12. Synthesis
13. Add a question tag.
14.  Parts Of Speech शब्दाच्या जाती
15. Unless, If...not
16. Use of "Neither---nor"
17. Relative Clause
18. Use Of "TOO" And "Enough"
19. Do as Directed
20. Nouns And Their Adjectives
21. Clauses
22. Sentence and And Types of Sentence
23. UNIT TEST Class XII
24. Degrees of Comparison
25. प्रश्नांचि उत्तरे कशी लिहावी
26. Assertive And Exclamatory Sentences
27. Three Forms of Verbs
28. Adverb Clause Of Time
29. Why Grammar
30. Question Paper STD XI English M S Board
31. Rhetorical Questions
32. Modal Auxiliary
33. Simple Complex and Compound
34. Structure and Uses Of Tense
35. Teaching Approaches , Methods and Techniques
36. Let's learn Articles: 
37. Communication Skill Worksheet 
38. Sample Paper STD. 12 English
39. Appeal Writing
40. Note Making
41. View and Counter-view
42. Speech Writing
43. Do as directed: Class 10
44. Active Voice And Passive Voice
45. Rewrite in the ways instructed
46. Begin-with
47. HSC 2015 grammar questions
48. STD 12 :Rapid Reading Based Dialogue Writing.
49. Do as directed STD 11
50. News Writing
51. Subject Verb Agreement
52. Grammar-hsc-2017
53. Do as directed-grade 11
54. Holiday-homework
    
55. Activity Sheet No 1

Information Transfer : Note Making

Features of Good Notes

Notes are brief. The relevant details or facts are included. All illustrations, descriptions, explanations,examples,repetition are left out.
Full sentences are not used. Key words or broken sentences are used.Abbreviation can be used.

Notes are presented in tabular form, tree diagram and point form. As an examination point of view, Students need to read an extract and make notes or complete notes in the suitable format.

Scheme of Marking:
Presentation 1
Proper sequence 1
Covering all points 2

Read the following extract and complete the table diagram

What is soil? The original materials from which it has been formed through long ages are the earth's crust. There are three kinds of rocks, made in three different ways. Igneous rocks were made when the molten material of which the earth consisted long ago become cooler and solidified; granite, a very hard rock, is one of these. Another kind of rock is sedimentary rock, formed when rivers brought down small pieces of material with them as they flowed into the sea. The matter which they brought down with them fell to the bottoms of the sea, and this sediment was slowly pressed and cemented together by other substances into rock. Then the crust of the earth moved; the bottoms of the seas were raised, and when they reached a sufficient height become dry land. Sedimentary rocks found in all kinds of places, even on high mountains. Shale, limestone, and chalk are sedimentary rocks.
The third kind of rock is metaphoric, a rock which has been made by change due to heat. This was formed, for instance, when the lava thrown out by volcanoes affected the material over which it flowed. The heat changed the surface underneath and produced different kinds of rocks, of which slate and marble are two.

Types of Rocks	Made in the ways	Examples
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Types of Rocks	Made in the ways	Examples
1. Igneous Rocks	molten material become cooler and solidified	granite
2. Sedimentary Rocks	rivers brought down small pieces of material bottoms of the sea, and this sediment was slowly pressed and cemented together by other substances into rock.	Shale, limestone, and chalk
3. Metaphoric Rocks	made by change due to heat, when the lava thrown out by volcanoes affected the material over which it flowed.	slate, marble

The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) which is located at Trombay in Mumbai,
was the brainchild of Dr. Homi Bhabha, the father of India’s nuclear programme. Dr. Bhabha
took a personal interest in designing the centre because he felt that with an indigenous
nuclear programme India would become a powerful nation. This centre, which was started
on January 3, 1954, was originally called the Atomic Energy Establishment. It was renamed
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre on January 12, 1966 after Dr. Bhabha’s death.
Over the years, BARC has done work in different scientific disciplines, including
medicine and agriculture. BARC has played a major role in increasing the share of the
nuclear power programme for generating electricity and lighting up the rural areas of
the country. BARC is, however, chiefly known for successfully conducting the Pokhran
tests both in May 1974 and May 1998.

Ans.       THE BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE

Location	Trombay, Mumbai
Names	Originally named ‘Atomic Energy Establishment’ renamed Bhabha Atomic Research Centre on 12 January 1966
Date of establishment	3 January 1954
Works Done	In different scientific disciplines including medicine, agriculture; chief work in nuclear power for generating electricity, lighting up rural areas of the country; chiefly known for conducting the Pokhran tests, May 1974 and May 1998.

News Writing

Read the following passage and complete the tree diagram  :

1.There are many different kinds of musical instruments. They are divided
into three main classes according to the way that they are played. Some instruments
are played by blowing air into them. These are called wind instruments. Some of
these are said to be of the woodwind family. Examples of woodwind instruments
are the flute, the clarinet and the horn. There are also various other wind
instruments such as the mouth-organ and the bagpipes. Some instruments are
played by banging or striking them. Instruments like this are called percussion
instruments. The last big group of musical instruments have strings. There are
two kinds of stringed instruments. Examples are the harp and the guitar, the violin
and the cello.

2. Draw a tree diagram that contains the main points and important supporting
details from the following text about flowering plants.
Flowering plants are of various types. Herbaceous flowering plants grow, set seed
and die within one year; biennial plant complete their life cycles in two years;
Perennials on the other hand, can live and grow for many years once they have been
planted. Plants that flourish and flower during the rainy season are mostly herbaceous
annuals such as the Aster, Zinnia, and Sweet pea. Of the herbaceous perennials the most
common are members of the Daisy family. The beautifully scented Rose and Jasmine
are both Woody and Semi-Woody perennials. There are two other types of plants;
bulbous plants and aquatic plants. The former grow from bulbs and tubers planted in the
ground; examples of this type are Gladiolus and Tulip. The latter, as their name
suggests, grow in water, the most exquisite example being the Lotus or Water Lily. Both
bulbous and aquatic plants are usually perennials.

                                           












Format of Tree Diagram

Que-1 - Draw a table diagram to represent the information given in the following passage.

There are many different kinds of musical instruments. They are divided into three main classes according to the way that they are played. For example, some instruments are played by blowing air into them. These are called wind instruments. In some of these the air is made to vibrate inside a wooden tube, and these are said to be of the woodwind family. Examples of woodwind instruments are the flute, the clarinet and the bassoon. Other instruments are made of brass, the trumpet and the horn, for example. There are also various other wind instruments like such as the mouth organ and the bagpipes.
Some instruments are played by banging or striking them. One obvious example is the drum, of which there are various kinds. Instruments like this are called percussion instruments.
The last big group of musical instruments are the ones which have strings. There are two main kinds of stringed instrument those in which the music is made by plucking the strings, and those where the player draws a bow across the strings. Examples of the former are the harp and the guitar. Examples of the latter are the violin and the cello.

Sr. Musical Instrument Played as Examples



Que 2 Draw a tree diagram of your family starting with your a grandparents up to your generation.

Que. 3 Read the following passage and make a note of it in form of a tree diagram.

The term 'cancer', derived from Latin term `cancrum', means crab. Cancer is lawless growth without control. This disorder threatens a person's life. There are four groups of cancer. They are carcinomas, sarcomas, lymphomas and lukermias. About 85% of cancers are Carcinomas which include cervical, breast, tongue, stomach, skin and,brain cancers. Sarcomas constitute only about 3% ofhuman cancer, which are in the form of solid tumors growing from connective tissue, cartilage, bone and muscle. Lymphomas are the cancers in which there is excessive production of Lymphomas and the lymph nodes and spleen. (5%of human cancers.) Lukermias include cancerous growth of lenncocytes and are characterised by excessive production of cells. They constitute 7% of human cancers.

Que 4 Read the following passage and make a note of important points shown at the end of the passage.

Never, ever start any workout, even if it is just walking, without warming up first. And this is where most people try to take a shortcut. Warming up prepares your whole system for extra activity ahead. Ina resting state, muscles are short and somewhat stiff. Making sudden demands on them can muse a pulled muscles or a strained back. Warming up stretches muscles and loosens joints, so your body performs with better flexibility and speed. It gradually increases blood supply to the heart and makes the lungs ready to operate at full capacity, reducing the risk of sudden strain
What counts as a good warm up? No mater what your main exercise is, experts insist that you take two or three minutes to loosen up, rotating the joints and gently stretching muscles. Start the sport or workout in lower gear, using the same movements that you expect of use later Build up for a few minute still you are breathing slightly faster and perspiring lightly. At this point, you are warmed up.

Before warm up :
Effects of warm up
Examples of warm up :
Warmed up stage :
benefits of warm up :
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Que 5 Make a summary of the passage highlighting Rabindranath Tagore's views on education.

Rabindranath took great pains to gather round him as teachers a group of young men who really understood what he was trying to do in his school and who would know how to teach children literature, or science, or history in a way which made these subjects alive and interesting. He knew by his own experience that all knowledge about the world we live in, and about the men who live in it is interesting to children, if only it is taught to them in the right way. A boy puts tremendous energy and enthusiasm into his play and hobbies, because he is working at something in which he is deeply interested and which he has chosen for himself. Rabindranath wanted to remove all false distinctions between work and pay and encourage the boys to put the some energy and enjoyment into all the activities -of their life
Que 6 Read the passage and draw a tree diagram showing the classification.
Science is a systematized body of knowledge which collects facts, analyses them and establishes a causal relationship of a particular phenomenon. Science can be divided in to natural and social sciences. Natural science is mainly concerned with the physical world. It includes both physical and biological science physical and biological sciences. Physical sciences consist of physics, chemistry geography, etc., and deal with inanimate or non-living things. Biological science includes biology, zoology, physiology, etc., and deals with the living beings or organism. In natural sciences experiments can be conducted under controlled conditions to frame out the causal relationship between different factors or elements to establish a principle or law. Under social sciences we study subject like economics, sociology, History, philosophy, etc. Social science study Interaction of persons with society. It deals with questions concerning social life A person's behaviour in society, that is his social life cannot be experimented under controlled conditions. Therefore, there cannot be exact, precise laws or principles is social science.

Que 7 Given below is a table showing the result of a study on the ways to improve English. Write a paragraph depicting the information.

How to Improve your English

Reading Story book (75%), 

Newspapers (60%)
Listening : TV news (60%), 

Conversation (in publics places) (40%)

conversation classes (25%)
Speaking : With superiors (in the office) at meeting (10%)
with friends (at home, in clubs or restaurants) (20%) 

Writing Official (memos, emails, faxes)20%
Informal (Letters, e-mails to friends) 30%
OR
Que 8. Prepare a leaflet for making the Public aware of the need of `Eye Donation'. Make use of the following ponts.

1) Prepare an attractive slogan.
2) Make a persuasive appeal
3) Tell about the need of eye-donation
4) Add your own ideas

View And Counter-view

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View and counter view is like a debate. As every coin has two sides, many social, economical, educational, political issues have views and counterviews. As in debate , participants cut the points of his earlier  counterparts and bring his point home, while preparing counterview in the exam students have cut the points given in the paper and write his side . In short counterview means an opposite or opposing view.

Scheme of Marking

Presentation                                                      1

Appropriate counter-view argument                2

Language, style, grammar                                1

Total                                                                 4

Prepare a paragraph with an appropriate title to be used for the counter-view section on the following topic in about 120 words:

         You can take the help of the following points from the View Section

             "Ambition breeds ruin"

1)Ambition gives rise to jealousy, greed, hatred.

 2)Ambition overrides humane feelings-success at whatever cost.  

 3)Ambition has no room for family, service for others, charity, love, compassion.

 4)Ambition brings with it loss of peace, restfulness and contentment

Counterview

Low Ambition Is A Crime

Ambition works as a stimuli. It gives direction to work on.Thinking that it spreads jealousy and hatred is just a negative mindset. Ambitious person strives hard to achieve his goal. Failure is a stepping stone not a slippery one. Keeping ambition high is human. It does not override any feeling for cheap goal. The true ambitious person knows his positive approach. Such persons will fulfill ambition with strenuous efforts without hurting others rights. It is absurd to think that ambition has no place for family,service, charity,love and compassion. In fact ambition is perceived because of love for family and service and charity for nation. Ambitious person finds peace and contentment in striving to achieve goal. So who says ambition breeds ruin? It brings crown.

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Prepare a paragraph with an appropriate title to be used for the counter-view section on the following topic in about 120 words:

Study says homework does not help students score better grades

View Section

"Homework Still a Key Part of Education" It engages the child with his study more effectively. It engages the child with what is going on in the class. Homework inculcates students with life skills.

View section  मध्ये  दिलेल्या मुद्यांच्या विरोधी बाजूने counter-View  साठी paragraph तयार करावा .

COUNTERVIEW

Homework should be abolished

School is stressing out our youngsters, as evidenced in the high number of school students committing suicide.
We should, therefore, be committed to removing stress from the school system. A primary contributor to stress is the oppressive burden of daily homework given to the student. Wrestling with piles of homework parent and kids alike are exhausted. The truth is that much of the take-home assignments are needless.
After long-drawn school hours, kids return home and immediately get down to tackling the day's homework.
Where is the time to relax and do other extra-curricular activities? Little wonder that kids, these days,
appear highly-strung and reluctant to go to school. School-related stomach aches, headaches, sleep problems and depression are on the rise. The constant pressure of moving from one deadline to another leaves them perpetually harassed. Parents too have a hard time, often doing a major part of the homework to help out the child. Is homework necessary to get good grades? There's no foundation for this belief. The fear and pressure of homework exhaust students, killing their curiosity and most importantly their keenness and desire to learn. In many countries like the US, Denmark and Japan, schools have cut down on or entirely eliminated homework, since it contributes nothing to learning or creativity.

At home the debate over homework is yet to have an impact. Even though there's been discussion around inordinately heavy school bags which burden children, directly linked to the issue of homework.

2. Prepare a paragraph with an appropriate title to be used for the Counter-View Section on the following topic in about 120 words.

“Demonetization: a trap to catch a lion or mouse?”

You can take the help of the following points from the View Section

1. Demonetization helps the government to track people who are having large sums of unaccounted cash
2. Black money, illegal activities like terrorism funding, gambling, and also inflating will get reduced
3.  Government gets a good amount of tax revenue which can be used by the government towards the betterment of society by providing good infrastructure

The biggest disadvantage of demonetization is that for few days there is chaos and frenzy among public. Everybody wants to get rid of demonetized notes as soon as possible. Sometimes it leads to law and order problem and chaotic situation especially in banks.  Because this is the only medium to change the old currency units to new currency units. Another disadvantage is that destruction of old currency units and printing of new currency new units involves costs. It has to be borne by the government and if the costs are higher than benefits then there is no use of demonetization. Another problem is that majority of times this move is targeted towards black money but if people have not kept cash as their black money and rotated or used that money in other asset classes like real estate, gold and so on then there is no guarantee that demonetization will help in catching corrupt people.

3.Counterview on the topic ‘should there be a law to force children to look after their old parents?                                                                            

                                                                                                                                                               The care and worry for the parents should be heartfelt. The law will compel the children to keep parents at the home but not at heart. No court can make children feel worried about their parent. Law helps those who make complaint. Would parents take legal action against children? They would prefer to suffer. Values are not taught, these are to be caught . Elderly people should be well protected and given the due care . It is the responsibility of the children . If any youth does not bother to look after his parents, instead of punishing that youth , his parents should be given helping hand by govt. or NGO. the government should open old age security home.Enforced help will do no better job. 

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Speech Writing

1.Speech on World Literacy Day

Good evening, honourable dignitaries of the dais, the president of the function hon. Mr. B.B. Patil, hon. Principal,  Mahatma Gandhi College of Science, Gadchandur, respected teachers, dear friends,  Today the 8 th September is being celebrated as the World Literacy Day all over the world.As per the report of the global monitoring, it has been observed that one among every 5 men and two third women are illiterate. Hence, to increase the literacy rate World Literacy Day is celebrated Literacy is wide open door to the knowledge . In an earlier era literacy was considered as privilege of upper classes and sin for the masses. With the efforts of revolutionary social workers, the closed windows and doors of knowledge, education, and literacy were flung opened. Today we breathe democracy almost all over the world. Other forms of government in the world also opened the doors of education and literacy. The importance of literacy is far beyond the imagination. The spread of literacy among the women of the world is not at par. The awareness programs for this have to organised. Celebrating World Literacy Day can be a part of it. The real celebration will be on that day when no woman is deprived of education. I have to conclude my speech here. Thanks for availing opportunity of being part of this grand program.

2.Speech on Students' Day

Respected Principal, honourable teachers and dear students, I feel proud to speak on such a great occasion.  We are gathered here to celebrate  November 7 as ‘Students’ Day’, to mark Dr B R Ambedkar’s entry into school education 117 years back in 1900.  Babasaheb's  enrolment in school was the dawn of a new era. It was because of the Constitution given by Dr Ambedkar to the nation that the values of freedom, equality, brotherhood and rule of law took roots in the society.Hence the enrolment of Dr B R Ambedkar as a student in the school is a landmark event and proves to be one that changed the course of our history. Dr Ambedkar was a life-long student and cultivated his interest to learn throughout his life. Friends,it is rightly said that every student is the future of the country and education is the only means for progress.The very purpose of observing this day as Students' Day is  to make the students aware that hard work alone can ensure their progress.Dr Ambedkar enrolled as a student on November 7, 1900 at Pratapsingh High School in the state’s Satara district.He started his schooling in a hostile condition. He set an example for students how much,how far and how long one can study. He is an inspiration for all . Nothing can prevent from studying. Should we give excuses for not preparing due to power failure? My dear colleagues, Babasaheb used to study sitting under the lamp post. Who doesn't know this ? Being a student I am very much delighted to be a witness of Students' Day celebration. I have to take leave of you as many other students are going share their views. Thanks for listening me peacefully.

   3.   SAVE ENVIRONMENT SAVE HUMAN BEING .

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Honourable  chairperson, chief guests, and the dignitaries as well as the most respected dear students .
      Friends, we commemorate so many special days such as Republic day, Independence day, World literary day and so on . But well here is one day that deserves  not only commemoration but our total dedication --- world environment Day, 5 June .Today we are celebrating the world environment day in our college. As a student we all know the importance of the day. Every year on this day  we celebrate the programme in our college to create awareness  in the minds of  our friends , neighbours , our companions and those who live in our surroundings . 
 friends our mother earth has made our life worth living,  trees and plants provide us everything .Not only oxygen but also everything ,you name it and you will find its source in the nature .friends  we have learnt the poem 'The felling of the banyan tree '.We learnt that how the devotees of materialism have ruined the beauty of the nature, they have not only ruined the beauty of the nature but also polluted the atmosphere of the world .I'm saying here 'the world ' because they are many in number . In this poem we learnt fifty men chopped the trunk of the tree, through this we can measure the intensity  of their  destructive attitude , really it is a fearful thing no less horrible . And if it goes on ..... one day we will have to leave this world for ever .
    friends ,  think of our next generation . Today we say that had our ancestors paid heed to the family planning like programmes we wound not have to face the problems we are facing today.   But whatever it may be , we have to set the things straight . Today we all have to make a commitment to plant as many trees as we can. And let's take care that they  are grown.
Make awareness about it .Mobilize people for this greater cause. Friends it's not the environment you will be protcting  ... You are protecting your own life and the lives of your beloved ones.
  Thank you  ...
  

[The above speech on 

Save Environment is prepared by 

 V. A. Navghare  sir]

4.Speech Writing

Very good morning to all ,  Honourable principal dear teachers and madam and my sweet   little friends  I am Anuj Wasudeo Mahure studying in class 1 standard . I tell you about Gandhiji. He is known as Bapu , Mahatma Gandhi, and father of nation.Today on 2 nd october we remember him every year .He was born on 2nd October 1869 at Porbunder in Gujrat. His  full name is Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.He gave us freedom from British . He believed in peaceful ways. He had love for all mankind . He sang bhajans . His favourite bhajans was Raghupati Raghav Rajaram . Let us sing together .            
(या नंतर ते भजन चारओळी )

Jai hind Thank you very much