Activities On Concrete Jungle

We used to think seven generations ahead
Now we are become selfish
Only thinking about me, myself and I
Only thinking in the present, not learning from the past.
We used to stroll barefoot through the overgrown grass,
Its morning dew tickling our feet
Now we step outside onto the rugged concrete
No more natural than the over processed food we eat
We used to walk down the snow sprinkled trail,
Maybe catch a glimpse of a bobcat, playing eye tricks with its tail
Now there is only one type of bobcat we see
The one that is fur free, clearing the pavement of all debris
We used to walk through a footpath in a forest of pine
The smell intoxicating our lungs and mind
Now the only smell to be found comes from plastic trees
Swaying on my rear-view mirror, labelled pine breeze
We used to watch the valley play hide and seek
Shadowed by the mountain's immeasurable peak
Considered the largest thing known to man
Now skyscrapers are the most extravagant and titanic part of the plan
We used to sit next to the stream, the wind caressing our crown
Watching the magnificent untamed beasts roam far, far from town
Now they are just characters of folktales, memories we pass down
An adjective to describe someone, no more a noun
This could be our reality
If we continue to live in impracticality
No more vast, endless oceans-
Only littered swamps, the colour of a witch's potions.
No more soaring birds overhead-
Only planes, so loud they rock your bed.
No more woods
No more natural goods
We have little time
To change our self centered, one track minds
Before we are stuck with a great heap of jumble
Left only with an artificial concrete jungle.

A1  Complete the statements : 
1. We would  think.......................... in past.
2  You think about ................nowadays.
A2 Differntiate poet's thinking about the past and present.
A3 Compare the past and the present lifestyle.
A4 Enlist the types of food we eat.
A5 Say whether the following sentences are true or false.
a) We would catch a glimpse of bobcat.
b) The smell in cities intoxicates our lungs and mind.
c) The valley plays hide and seek.
d) The mountain's immeasurable peak is the second largest thing known to man.
A6 Narrate the experience of poet walking through the jungle.
A7 "Its morning dew tickling our feet" Name and Explain the figures of speech.
Pick out an example of alliteration.
A8 "The one that is fur free"Name and Explain the figures of speech.

Pick out an example of personification
A9 Suggest solutions to avoid embarrassing condition of environment.
À10. Enlist the problems referred to in the extract.
A11 State the would be reality of nature  if we continue impractically.
A12 Compose four lines telling importance of jungle.
A13 Arrange these lines as abab rhyme scheme. 
No more vast, endless oceans-
Only littered swamps, the colour of a witch's potions.
No more soaring birds overhead-
Only planes, so loud they rock your bed.

Std XII English : Activity Sheet

Section A - Prose

(Reading skill, Grammar, Note-making and Summary)


Q 1 (A) Do the activity , read the following extract and do all the activities given below: (12M) (Each activity carries 2 marks)
Fill in the blanks
a) Michael's father was ......... by profession.Orthodontist. Write complete sentence.
b) His mother was ............ by profession. Stockbroker
Growing up in Houston, Texas, Michael and his two brothers were imbued by their parents, Alexander and Lorraine – he an orthodontist, she s stockbroker – with the desire to learn and the drive to work hard. Even so, stories about the middle boy began to be told early. Like the time a saleswoman came asking to speak to “Mr. Michael Dell” about his getting a high school equivalency diploma. Moments later, eight-year-old Michael was explaining that he thought it might be a good idea to get high school out of the way. A few years later Michael had another good idea, to trade stamps by advertising in stamp magazines.
With the $2000 he made, he bought his first personal computer. Then he took it apart to figure out how it worked. In high school Michael had a job selling newspaper subscriptions. Newlyweds, he figured, were the best prospects, so he hired friends to copy the names and addresses of recent recipients of marriage licenses. These he entered into his computer, then sent a personalized letter offering each couple a free two-week subscription. This time Dell made $ 18,000 and bought an expensive BMW car. The car salesman was flabbergasted when the 17-year-old paid cash.
Questions:

A2. Narrate Michael's trading.
ANS:Michael in his early age started trading stamps by advertising in stamp magazines. In high school days he used to sell newspaper.
A3. Arrange jumbled sentences in order of the occurrence in the extract.
a) Michael bought an expensive car.
b) He bought his first personal computer.
c) He earned $2000 by advertising in stamp magazine.
d) He made $ 18,000 by selling newspapers.
ANS: cbda (Students should write/copy complete sentences as answers)
A4. Find out the words from the extract which mean:
(i) Filled with a quality - imbued (ii) understand - figure out
A5. Put your views about Dell's idea of earning while learning.
(Students are expected to express their views. so answers may be varied students to students.)
(5) Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed:
(i) If you think you have a good idea, try it. (Use ‘Unless)
Ans: Unless you think you have a good idea, don't try it.
(ii) This time Dell made $ 18,000 and bought an expensive BMW car. (Rewrite it as simple sentence.)
This time making $ 18,000 Dell bought an expensive BMW car.

(B) Grammar (Do as directed):

(i) My friend is..... able translator and.......impartial editor as well.(Rewrite it using appropriate article) an,an Write complete sentence.
(ii) I was..........my regular walk through the forest ..........9 a.m. (Fill in the blanks with proper prepositions.)on,at(Write complete sentence.
(iii) I whispered to him hesitantly, “Could you stay here for a day?” Gandhiji said, “It is very difficult.” (Change it into indirect speech.)
Ans:I asked him hesitantly if he could stay there for a day. Gandhiji replied that it was very difficult.



Q.2 (A) Read the following extract and answer the question given blow: (12M) (Each activity carries 2 marks)
A1 Complete the statements:
a) The narrator left India in 1975 because ........ he went to the US for graduate studies.
b) You might languish in a long waiting list and never receive a telephone connection because..........having telephone was a rare privilege

When I left India in 1975 to go the US for graduate studies, we had perhaps 600 million residents in the country and just two million land-line telephones. Having a telephone was a rare privilege; if you weren’t an important government official, or a doctor, or a journalist, you might languish in a long waiting list and never receive a phone. Telephones were such a rarity (after all, 90% of the population had no access to a telephone line) that elected members of Parliament had amongst their privileges the right to allocate 15 telephone connections to whomever they deemed worthy. And if you did have a phone, it wasn’t necessarily a blessing. I spent my high school years in Calcutta, and I remember that if you picked up your phone, you had no guarantee you would reach the number you had dialed. Sometimes you were connected to someone else’s ongoing conversation, and they had no idea you were able to hear them; there was even a technical term for it, the ‘cross-connection’
(appropriately, since these were connections that made us very cross. If you wanted to call another city, say Delhi, you had to book a ‘trunk call’ in the morning and then sit by the telephone all day waiting for it to come through; or you could pay eight times the going rate for a ‘lighting call’- but even lighting struck slowly in India in those days, so it only took half an hour instead of the usual three or four or
more to be connected.
Questions:

A2 Enlist the special rights elected members of parliament used to have .
Ans: Elected members of Parliament had amongst their privileges the right to allocate 15 telephone connections to whomever they deemed worthy.
A3 Differentiate between a ‘trunk call’ and a ‘lighting call’.
Ans : A trunk call was system to call another city.One had to book a call in the morning and wait for three / four hours to get in touch. Lightening call was a similar system in which one could call within half an hour.
A4 Match the words in column A with their meanings in column B:

Column ‘A’	Column ‘B’
(i) Privilege	(a) means to reach or get
(ii) Access	(b) remedy
	(c) special right

Ans: i)-c; ii)-a
A5 The cell phone has made us global. Explain.
(Personal Response)
(5) Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed:

(i) You could pay eight times the going rate for a ‘lighting call’. (Rewrite it using model auxiliary showing compulsion.)
Ans:You must pay eight times the going rate for a ‘lighting call’.
(ii) I spent my high school years in Calcutta. (Rewrite it using Past perfect Tense)

Ans:I had spent my high school years in Calcutta.
(B) Note-making: (3M)

Read the following extract carefully and make the notes with the help of the clues given below:
Naturally occurring platinum and platinum-rich alloys have been known for a long time. The Spaniards named the metal ‘platina’ or little silver, when they first encountered it in Colombia. The platinum group metals are rhodium, ruthenium, palladium, osmium, iridium and platinum. Of these, platinum is the most important. These metals are very similar in many ways and are extremely rare. On an average, there is only a gramme of ruthenium in each tone of rock and barely a gramme of rhodium in over a 1000 tonnes of rocks! Platinum’s wear and tarnish resistance characteristics are well suited for making fine jewelry. Other distinctive properties include-resistance to chemical attack,
excellent high temperature characteristic and stable electrical properties. These metals are uniquely durable and can be used extremely efficiently- meaning that a very little goes a very long way. When recycled, over 96 percent can be recovered. The platinum group metals- or PGMS – plays an important role in our everyday life, for they are used in so many things from foundation pens to aircraft turbine. In facts, one in four of the goods manufactured today either contain one or the other of these metals. The catalytic converter – a pollution control device – is the largest application of platinum group metals.

Platinum Group of Metals

* First encountered	*_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
* Platinum group metals include	*_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Iridium and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
* Nature	* Similar in many ways, extremely rare.
* Availability	*_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ barely a gramme of rhodium_ _ _ _ _ .
* Distinctive properties	*_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ *_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ * resistance to chemical attack * durable, long-lasting
* Platinum groups	*_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
metals used in:	*_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Platinum Group of Metals

* First encountered	*in Colombia.
* Platinum group metals include	*rhodium, ruthenium, palladium, osmium, iridium and platinum.
* Nature	* Similar in many ways, extremely rare.
* Availability	*only a gramme of ruthenium in each tone of rock and barely a gramme of rhodium in over a 1000 tonnes of rocks.
* Distinctive properties	*Platinum’s wear and tarnish resistance *high temperature characteristic * resistance to chemical attack * durable, long-lasting
* Platinum groups	*high temperature characteristic
metals used in:	*pens to aircraft turbine

Q.3 (A) Read the following extract and answer the questions given below: (12M) (Each activity carries 2 marks)
A3 Say whether the following statements are true or false.
a) Many of our young people spend more time in their classroom than before TV sets.
b) Teenagers are considerably influenced by the electronic media.
c) The television has become the single most powerful influence in their lives.
d) There are many advantages of T. V.
Ans : a)False b)True c) True d)True. Students should write given statements also.
We often hear this statement that’ many of our young people spend more time before their TV sets, than they do in their classrooms or with their textbooks. : A bit exaggerated though it may sound, it is nearly true and our teenagers are being considerably influenced by the electronic media, particularly the TV. The television has become the single most powerful influence in the lives of many of our youngsters today. Too often this happens to us much before we realize it ourselves. I am in no way trying to deny the many advantages of TV, or minimize its manifold contributions to our world. On the other hand, I consider, TV as one of the greatest scientific achievements of our times,bringing people closer than ever before. Television’s use of the modern satellite technology brings today even the remotest regions of the world to us in seconds, making the world a small (global) village. As we know, television also provides us with a fuller and more impressive coverage of current events than any other media. The TV does serve, in addition, as a medium of education as well as entertainment. Besides helping us to learn subjects taught in school, college in greater depth, it enables us (National Geographic, Discovery channel etc.) to see and appreciate from close quarters (without having to go there, which is very expensive or even impossible for most of us) the wonders of God’s creation in any part of the world.
Questions:


A2. Write at least two advantages of TV from the passage.
Ans: Television brings even the remotest regions of the world together, making the world a small (global) village. Television also provides us with a fuller and more impressive coverage of current events than any other media. The TV does serve, in addition, as a medium of education as well as entertainment.
A3. The TV does serve in addition to education and entertainment. Opine.
Ans: TV helps us to learn subjects taught in school, college in greater depth. It enables us (National Geographic, Discovery channel etc.) to see and appreciate from close quarters the wonders of God’s creation in any part of the world.

A4. Find out the synonyms of the following words from the extract:
(i) refuse - deny(ii) an activity designed to give pleasure - entertainment (iii) costly - expensive (iv) surprise -wonders


A5. Do you agree with the statement that many of our young people spend more time with their TV
set? Justify your answer.

A6. Rewrite the following sentence in the ways instructed:

(i) Our young people spend more time before their TV set than in their classrooms.
(Rewrite it using positive degree)
Ans : Our young people do not spend as much time in their classroom as they do before TV sets.
(ii) The TV does serve as a medium of education as well as an entertainment.
(Rewrite it using ‘not only……but also’)
Ans : The TV does serve not only as a medium of education but also as an entertainment.

(B) Summary: (M3)
Write a brief summary of the above extract with the help of the given clues and suggest a suitable title. Clues: TV – misunderstanding – influence on youngsters – advantages – other benefits.




SECTION– B (Poetry)

Q.4 (A) Read the following extract and answer the questions given below: (8M)

All drawn pass
leaving them in the dark.
They do not fear death,
they died long ago.
Old women once
were continents.
They had deep woods in them,
lakes, mountains, volcanoes ,
even raging gulfs.
When the earth was in heat
they melted, shrank,
leaving only their maps.
You can fold them
and keep them handy:
who knows, they might help you find
your way home.
Questions
A1 Complete the web :
Old women
|_______|____________| |
| | |
Ans: continents , woods, lakes,volcanoes
A2 Point out the examples of geographical imagery mentioned in the extract.
Ans:They had deep woods in them,
lakes, mountains, volcanoes ,
even raging gulfs.
A3 “All dawns pass leaving them in dark.” Identify The figure of speech.
Ans: Antithesis : 'dawns' and 'dark' opposite ideas are used for poetic effect.
A4 Describe your grandmother in poetic manner.
Ans:
SECTION – C (Rapid Reading and Composition)

Q.5 (A) Read the following extract carefully and complete the activities : (4M)
I was walking around the camp, around the barracks, near the barbed wire fence where the guards could not easily see. I was alone.
On the other side of the fence, I spotted someone: a little girl with light, almost luminous curls. She was half- hidden behind a birch tree. I glanced around to make sure no one saw me. I called to her softly in German, “Do you have something to eat?” She didn’t understand. I inched closer to the fence and repeated the question in Polish. She stepped forward. I was thin and gaunt, with rags wrapped around my feet, but the girl looked unafraid. In her eyes I saw life. She pulled an apple from her woolen jacket and threw it over fence. I grabbed the fruit and, as I started to run away, I heard her say faintly, “I’ll see you tomorrow.” I returned to the same spot by the fence at the same time every day. She was always there with something for me to eat – a hunk of bread or better yet, an apple. We didn’t dare speak or linger. To be caught would mean death for us, both. I didn’t know anything about her. Just a kind farm girl, except that she understand Polish.
What was her name? Why was she risking her life for me?
A1. Describe the characters that appear in the extract.
Ans : The narrator and a girl are two characters in the story extract.The narrator is thin and gaunt with rags wrapped around his feet. The girl was little with luminous curls.
Add an imaginary extract after the extract.
(B) Read the following extract carefully and complete the activities: (4M)

George : (contemptuously) I wasn’t afraid of the bulldog.

Tom : No, may be you weren’t; but I’m not sure that the savage beast hasn’t torn
off a bit of young Alfie’s suit, and if he has there won’t half be a row!
(Alfie fidgets nervously at the mention of his damaged suit)

Tom : (down R.C.) How much money have we collected?

Ginger : (crossing C. to George) let’s have a look under the light.
(after counting coppers, with the aid of George’s torch) Eight pence half penny.

Tom : (in a tone of disgust) only eight pence half penny – between four of us – after yelling
our heads off all the evening! Crikey! Money’s a bit tight round these parts, isn’t it?

George : I told you it was too early for carol-singing. It’s too soon after Guy Fawke’s day.

(Faint distant scream off R.)

Tom : (startled) What was that?

George : What was what?

Tom : That noise – it sounded like a scream.

George : Nonsense.

Alfie : (L) Let’s go home.

George : You chaps do get scared easily. It wouldn’t do for you to be in the club that Bert
Williams and I are running. We go out looking for adventures like this.

Ginger : Club? I thought it was a gang.

George : Gangs are getting too common. We have tuned ours into a club – “The Do and Dare Club” we call it and no one in it must ever show a sign of fear.

Tom : I shouldn’t think you’d have many members. Why, everybody’s afraid of something – if
it’s not one thing, it’s bounded to be another.

George : (in a very superior tone) Ours isn’t a club for kids; it’s for daring young fellows keen on
adventure.
A1 Throw light on the language used in the extract.
Ans : The language used here in the extract is simple and appropriate to situation.Language used here is befitting the age of the characters.
A2 Convert the extract into a short continuous write-up in about 120 words.
You may begin with:”George wasn’t afraid of the bull-dog….”

SECTION – D (Writing Skills)

Q.6 (A) Letter Writing:

Write any ONE of the following letters:
(4M)
(1) Write an application in response to the advertisement using information given in the CV
Provided.

Wanted Smart, young Computer Operators / cum Data Entry Operators having good Knowledge of English and Marathi. Write to: The manager, Vision Infotech, D.N. Road, Dhantoli, Nagpur.

Name : Saurabh Akolkar Address : 25, Parth Society, M. G. Road, Aurangabad – 431001 Age : 24 years Nationality : Indian Experience: Working as a Computer Operator at ‘Wonder Travels,’ Mumbai. Academic Achievements: Sr.           Exams. Passed         University/ Boards       Years of Passing                Percentage 1.                  B.Com                            Mumbai                    March-2010                          64% 2.                  MSCIT                           MKCL                                  2011                          82% 3.      Diploma in Information             MKCL                                  2012                          90%             Technology

OR
(2) Write a letter to the manager of your local bus depot pointing out that there are very few buses on your route in the morning and these are invariably late, thereby causing inconvenience to many junior college students and other passengers. Request him to solve the problem.

(B) Write on any ONE of the following items as directed:
(4M)
(1) Write a short tourist leaflet on any hill station you know with the help of the following points:

(i) How to reach there?
(ii) Where to stay?
(iii) What to see?
(iv) Shopping attractions.
(v) Add your own points.

OR
(2) Read the following intro and write a headline, a date-line and a short continuing paragraph
(Any one)
(i) Intro
A Medical check-up camp has been organised at local Shri Lami Narayan Vidyalaya under Joint auspices of Ashish Homeo-clinic and District General Hospital on December 27.
OR
(ii) Intro
Dozens of people were feared dead in Myanmar after a landslide hit a jade mining region.
(C) Write on any ONE of the items as directed:
(4M)


(1) View – Counter –view

Prepare a paragraph to be used for the Counter –View Section on the following topic (about 120
words)

‘Study says homework does not help students score better grades.’

View Section

Homework: Still a key part of Education

(i) It helps students to get better standardized test scores.

(ii) It engages the child with his study more effectively.

(iii) Integrates the child with what is going on in the classroom.

(iv) Homework inculcates student with life skills.
OR
2. Observe the diagram and prepare a paragraph.

Q.7 (A) Framing Interview Questions:
(4M)
Imagine you are going to interview some important personality. prepare a set of 8-10 questions/ focusing on his/ her social behavior and the activities he/she carries out.

(B) Speech Writing: (3M)
Write a short speech to be delivered in your college on Tree Plantation on the occasion of ‘The World Earth Day.’ with the help of the following points (about 100 words):
(1) Air, water and noise pollution.

(2) Depletion of natural resources.

(3) Trees prevent soil erosion

(4) Live in harmony with nature.

Rapid Reading and Composition

इयत्ता ११  व १२ English -(MS - BOARD ) च्या प्रश्नपत्रिकेत Section - C (Rapid Reading and Composition) या विभागामध्ये साधारणता चार प्रकारचे प्रश्न विचारले जातात. ते पुढीलप्रमाणे

1 . Imagine that you are "--------" Or Rewrite the extract as if "----" are narrating it.

त्या कहाणीतील पात्राच्या जागेवर आपण स्वतः आहो असे समजून त्या उतार्याचे Composition करावे . या साठी त्या उताऱ्यात असणाऱ्या प्रथम पुरुषी सर्वनामाचे (I , me, my  ) चे रुपांतर तृतीय पुरुषी सर्वनामामध्ये (क्रमशा he/she , him/her/ ,his/her) करावे . तसेच तृतीय पुरुषी सर्वनामाचे रुपांतर प्रथम पुरुषी सर्वनामामध्ये करावे . उताऱ्यातील वाक्ये जशीच्या तशी न वापरता साध्या सोप्या स्व भाषेत (इंग्लिश) मध्येच लिहावे .मुळ उतार्याच्या 60% ते 70 % Composition असावे .
Example: 1 Imagine that you are one of Herman's brother and rewrite the extract as if Herman's brother is narrating it. 2 Marks

An extract from 'The Girl With An Apple' " It was the last I ever saw of her.
My brothers and I were transported in a cattle car to Germany.
We arrived at the Buchenwald concentration camp one night weeks later and were led into a crowded barrack. The next day, we were issued uniforms and identification numbers.
“Don't call me Herman anymore.” I said to my brother. “Call me 94983.”
I was put to work in the camp’s crematorium, loading the dead into a hand-cranked elevator.
I, too, felt dead. Hardened, I had become a number.
Soon my brothers and I were sent to Schlieben, one of Buchenwald's sub-camps near Berlin.
One morning I thought I heard my mother’s voice.
“Son,” she said softly but clearly, “I am going to send you an angel.”
Then I woke up. Just a dream. A beautiful dream.
But in this place there could be no angels. There was only work. And hunger. And fear.
A couple of days later, I was walking around the camp, around the barracks, near the barbed-wire fence where the guards could not easily see. I was alone.
On the other side of the fence, I spotted someone: a little girl with light, almost luminous curls. She was half hidden behind a birch tree.
I glanced around to make sure no one saw me. I called to her softly in German. “Do you have something to eat?”
She didn’t understand.


We were transported in a cattle car to Germany.We reached concentration camp a week later. The next day My brother Herman and all other inmates were issued uniforms and identification numbers. Herman warned me not to call him Herman any more. He suggested to call him with 94983 the number which was then his identity in the camp. Herman was put to work in the crematorium . He had to load the dead into a hand-cranked elevator. It grieved him but he became hardened. Soon we were sent to Schlieben near Berlin. Herman told me that in his dream he heard mother's voice telling about sending an angel. We didn't believe about this dream coming true in such a place.But a couple of days later Herman met with a girl who didn't understand German.( Later this girl turned into an angel for Herman.)

2. Convert the above extract into a short continuous write-up in about 120 words.

हा प्रश्न Rapid Reading Section मधील One Act Play ला भार मिळावा म्हणूनच समावेशीत करण्यात आला असावा. Dialogue Writing चा counterpart म्हणूनही ह्या प्रश्नाला महत्व आहे . ह्या प्रश्नाचे composition करायचे म्हणजे त्या उतार्यातील व्यक्तींमध्ये झालेला संवाद वर्णनात्मक पद्धतीत मांडावा लागतो . write up सुरु करतांना Begin with .... अशी सूचना दिली असल्यास त्याचा उपयोग करून पुढे सुरुवात करावी . दिलेल्या उताऱ्यातील  कंसा मधील directions  योग्य तो उपयोग करावा. Reporting verbs(pointed out, suggested, requested, called upon, shouted, advised, addressed, informed etc) चा योग्य उपयोग करून direct conversation चे indirect speech करून घ्यावे . सगळेच वाक्य /शब्द composition मध्ये वापरण्याची आवशकता नाही. यात Paraphrase करणे अपेक्षित आहे
.

Example :Convert the above extract into a short continuous write-up in about 120 words. 2 Marks

Extract from R.R 5 NO FEAR pg 189

Tom : (off L.) I say, we’re getting soaked to the skin. We’d better stand in
this doorway out of the rain.
George : (off L.) What’s up? Are you kids afraid of a drop of rain?
Tom : (off L.) I’m not, but young Alfie’s got his best suit on, and if he gets it wet
there'll be a row when we get home. Here, Alfie – get in the doorway. Hello,
I say. The door’s unfastened !
(Enter Tom and Alfie L. Their collars are turned up, and they appear wet
and cold. )
Tom : (glancing about ) Coo ! This is a rum-looking place.
Akfue : (in doorway) You’re not going in, are you ?
Tom : (taking a few cautious steps). I don’t see why not. There’s no one to stop us.
(Calling off L.) Come on, George! Come on, Ginger! Come in here, out of the
rain.
Ginger : (entering L. with George). Suppose we get “run in” for housebreaking?
George : (coming down L. C. and speaking with a very superior air ). Don’t talk
rot, Ginger. We’ve not broken in. The door was unlocked, wasn’t it ?
Tom : (down L.) I shouldn’t think anybody’d mind us taking shelter from a storm
like this. It’s raining cats and elephants.
George : (to Ginger). Just the sort of night you would pick for carol-singing.
Ginger : (L.). Have you got your torch George? It’s that dark I can’t see where
I’m going.
(George flashes a pocket torch. The boys look about them but not so far up
stage as to notice the white models, nor do they see the skull, towards which
their backs are turned.)

Composition  

Tom suggested that as the kids were getting soaked to the skin , they should stand in that doorway. To that George teased if all those kids were afraid of  rain. Tom asserted that he was not afraid but he suggested to get out of the rain because of Alfie's new suit. If Alfie's suit got wet there would be row on reaching home. So he asked Alfie to get in the doorway. He found the door unfastened. Tom glanced about in the house and expressed that the place was rum-looking one. Alfie warned not to go in. Tom didn't heed to his warning . He took few cautious steps. He felt that there was nobody to stop them. He called upon to George and Ginger to come inside the house to get rid of rain. Getting in Ginger expressed his fear of getting caught for housebreaking. George asked him not to talk like that. They have not broken house. The door was already unlocked. Tom also said that nobody would take objection on taking shelter from storm.

3. Read the extract and convert it into dialogue between........

या प्रकारच्या composition मध्ये दिलेल्या दोन  पात्रांमध्ये संवाद तयार करायचा असतो . दिलेल्या उताऱ्यात त्या दोन  व्यक्ती मध्ये  काहीसा संवाद असतो त्याचा उपयोग करून उताऱ्यातील संदर्भ लक्षात घेवून तसेच कल्पनेचा वापर करून dialogue writing करावे .
Read the extract and write a short piece of dialogue between Charles and Oliver. 2  Marks

Frederick had a very famous wrestler, called Charles, in his court. He was champion of the country, and had fought many brave and strong young men. Now, Orlando was a fine wrestler, too, and decided to try his strength against Charles. Charles came to see Oliver about this, asking him to persuade Orlando to give up his idea.
‘I am a professional wrestler, sir,’ Charles explained to Oliver, 'and I must always fight to win, in order to keep my reputation. Anyone who fights me runs the risk of being badly hurt. Please warn your younger brother, and persuade him to change his mind.’
But the wicked Oliver thought this was a good opportunity to get rid of Orlando, so he told Charles all kinds of lies about the young man. He pretended that Orlando was bad and ungrateful, and deserved any punishment which Charles could give him. ‘I would rather you broke his neck than his finger,’ Oliver said, 'and you have my permission to do what you like with the boy.’
So Charles promised to do his best to kill Orlando.



Charles:Hey. Oliver, would you persuade Orlando to give up the idea of wrestling?
Oliver :Why do you warn?
Charles:I'm professional wrestler . And I must always fight to win.Anyone who fights me runs the risk of being badly hurt.
Oliver :But Orlando is ungrateful and deserve the punishment. I would rather you break his neck than finger.
Charles:You want me to hurt him.
Oliver : Yes, You have my permission to do what you like with the boy.
Charles:I promise you to do my best to kill Orlando.

4. Extend the extract by adding an imaginary paragraph of your own in about 120 words.

हा प्रश्न writing skill शी निगडीत आहेच तसेच कल्पना शक्तीला चालना  देणारा आहे. दिलेल्या वेळेत कल्पना करणे व त्यानुसार paragraph लिहिणे  अपेक्षित आहे. त्या उताऱ्यात जे घडले त्या नंतर काय घडेल याचा विचार करून composition तयार करावें . 

Example: 

Read the following extract and extend it by adding an imaginary paragraph of your own in about 120 words.

Extract from "The Girl With An Apple"   'A couple of days later,................................................ I heard her say faintly,"I'll see you tomorrow."