Application Based Grammar

This English test consists of 40 multiple-choice questions. We suggest you allow 30 min. to 

complete the test. Good luck. 

Write the best answer :

1. I come ……Italy.

A. To

B. From

C. At

D. In

2. ……….do you go to gym ?

A. How often

B. Where

C. How

D. Why

3. I like ………in my spare time.

A. Reading

B. Read

C. To read

D. To reading

 

4. Chopin .................. music when he was three. 

A . can read 

 B. could read 

C . can to read 

D . can't read 

5. Whose key is that? 

A. It's of Cate. 

B. It's Cate's. 

C. It's Cate. 

D. It's to Cate. 

6. His office is on the first ...........

A. level 

B. ground 

C. stage 

D. floor 

7. I speak Hebrew and French but Ann .........

A. don't 

B. doesn't 

C. speaks 

D. doesn't speaks 

8. I can't find my glasses. Can you look for.., please? 

A. they

B. them

C. it

D. their

9. He is interested ......... learning Romanian. 

 A. in 

 B . on 

 C . to

 D .for 

10. ……...... there any car on the street? 

a. Are

b. Is

c. Am

d. Isn't

11. Would you like .......... to drink, sir? 

 A. anything 

 B .anywhere 

 C .nothing 

 D .something 

 12.(On the phone) Hello. Juliet ......... 

e. speak

f. speaking

g. talking

h. talk

13.The doctor gave me a ..........for some medicine last week. 

 A. note 

 B . recipe 

 C . prescription 

 D. receipt 

14.What .................... next weekend? 

A. do you do

B. are you doing

C. will you do

D. did you do 

15. I ................... my mobile phone since 2009. 

 A . have had 

 B . have 

 C . had 

D . am having 

16. 'Why are you so hungry?' 

I ............ breakfast this morning.' 

A. didn't have

B. don 't have 

C. hadn't

D. haven't

17. How long……………. English ?

 A . are you learning 

B . have you been learning 

 C . do you learn 

 D . you learn 

18. Look ! The bus ....................... 

A.are coming

B. coming

C.comes

D.come

19. We ................. the flight tickets yet. 

  A . don't book 

 B . have booked 

  C . haven't booked 

 D . didn't book 

 20.------ 'I have never been to Africa.' - ' ........... have I.' 

a. Either

b. Neither

c. So

d. No

21. When Simon .........back tonight, he'll do the washing up.

 A. will come 

 B. comes 

 C. come 

 D. shall come 

22.'Have you visited Birmingham?' ' ............ '

a. - Not

b. - Ever

c. - Already

d. - Not yet

 23. Would you mind ............... the gate, please? 

 A. closing 

 B . to close 

 C . close 

. D . closed 

24.My mother ............. the carpet when I got home yesterday afternoon.

a. is hoovering

b. was hoovering

c. were hoovering

d. has been hoovering

 25. I……….. smoke when I was 20.

 A . use to 

 B . used to 

 C . wouldn't 

 D . couldn't 

26.My aunt .................. come to our wedding reception next month.

a. aren't going to 

b. isn't going to

c. isn't

d. will

 27. You should………. Martial arts.

A . get off

 B . start up

 C. take up

 D. take off

28.I promise I .................. study harder. 

a. will

b. am going to

c. may

d. must

29..Could you tell me when ................................. ?

 A. does the train leave

 B. the train leaves

 C. does leave the train

 D. leaves the train

30. Emma is ................... Carla.      

a.tall as

b.as tall as

c.taller that

d.more tall

 31............. did you travel with?

 A . How

  B . Who

 C . Whose

  D . What

32.Where is ..................... chemist's, please?

a. the nearest

b. nearer

c. the most near

d. more near

 33. Look out! You ..................... off the bike.

 A . will fall

 B . are going to fall

 C . are falling

 D . might fall

34.Is that purse ............. ? 

a. to you 

b. you 

c. yours

d. your

35. You ....... see a doctor.

A. did

B . would

 C . should

 D . had

36.My mobile phone ………. . . . . . . . . . . 

A has been stolen

B has stolen

C have been stolen

D stole

37.If only I ……… . . . . . richer.

 A . am

 B . was

 C . were

 D . have been

38.Carla ……….. me to go to university.

A. Tell

 B. told

C. made

D. suggested

 39.I am fed up …………… . . . this exercise.

 A . to do

 B. to doing

 C. with doing

 D. for doing

40.I've spoken to a boy …... father died of cancer last week. .

A .who

B. whose

C. that

D. which

 

Hobby as Learning - Unlock your potential During the lockdown

Review of A Webinar

I attended a webinar on 'Hobby as Learning by Prof Rajesh Patil' organised by Shree Maa Gayatri English School, Akola .

The topic seems to be novel and interesting one. Rajesh Patil is a well known teacher for his novel hobbies and innovative techniques in uncovering the knowledge resources. After the formal introduction of the speaker, the webinar began. It was a great experience to  see the speaker displaying his skills through the charts. Collection of matchboxes, coins and feathers is his hobby. Collecting 15000 matchboxes is something beyond imagination. A simple question that arises what is there to learn from this. The speaker simply explained that learners inculcate the skill of minute observation. Pictures on the matchboxes tell the whole story. Pictures of flowers, fruits, deities, monuments, instruments, two wheelers, three wheelers, planes and trains are classified into different charts. The speaker displayed the prized possession of matches from different countries and even the earliest matchbox of India made of yellow phosphor . From this students can gather the knowledge about different shapes and colours. This develops the curiosity among the students. The speaker converted his hobby into his school project. He handed over the matchboxes, a cutter, glue, sketch pens, sheets. The students cut the pictures, classified them and prepared charts. It helped students learn a lot. 

In the webinar the speaker showed his collection of coins. He explained how teachers can make use of coins to teach in the classroom. Contents related with history and culture can be easily simplified with use of coins. He displayed coins of different countries and era. He has some special coins issued for special purpose .  

Quiz Flashcards

Common Errors

Spot the error and rewrite the correct sentences.

1. The number of people do not matter.

Correct : The number of people does not matter.

2. I am liking to see movies at the theatre.

Correct :  I  like to see movies at the theatre.

3. I never forgets the given responsibility.

 Correct : I never forget the given responsibility.

4. He has often ask me to think before I speak.

Correct : He  often asks me to think before I speak.

5. No sooner did I challenged the man than he accepted it.

Correct : No sooner did I challenge the man than he accepted it.

6. We are the more strongest community in the world.

Correct : We are the strongest community in the world.

7. I entered the room for search the documents.

Correct : I entered the room for searching the documents.

Or

I entered the room to search the documents.

8. We can plant the trees in order saving the earth.

Correct : We can plant the trees in order to save the earth.

9. I usually asks my employees to be punctual in their tasks.

Correct : I usually ask my employees to be punctual in their tasks.

10. The training came to an end before you left the city.

Correct : The training had come to an end before you left the city.

11. If you challenge me, I had accept it.

Correct : If you challenge me, I will accept it.

12. The manager was looking into the missing file.

Correct : The manager was looking for the missing file.

13. She is more taller than all her brothers in the family.

Correct : She is taller than all her brothers in the family.

14. He said he did not wanted to go to bazaar yesterday

Correct :  He said that he did not want to go to bazaar the day before.

Developing Writing Skills: Feelings

Giving students opportunity to write will help them to learn the language quickly.

Let's them know the words and use in sentences of their own. Writing short sentences will make them confident.

Read the following words and make your own sentences using them.  Express your feelings by using these sentences. 

Jolly, curious, low, welcome, broken, beautiful, amazing, irritated, stressed, incomplete, hyper, mischievous , amazed, pissed off, fed up, puzzled, furious, refreshed, accomplished,  worried, funny, bad, down, inspired, satisfied, calm, confused, goofy, missing, good, sarcastic,  lonely, strong, concerned, depressed , surprised, perplexed, frustrated, pretty, guilty, safe, free, lost, old, lazy, worse, horrible, comfortable, stupid, ashamed, terrible, positive, chill, hopeful, joyful, tired, motivated,  proud, alone, thoughtful, nostalgic, angry,  sick, delightful , drained, emotional, confident, awesome 

Meaning of the above words given below in order.

आनंदी, उत्सुक, कमी, स्वागत, तुटलेले, सुंदर, आश्चर्यकारक, चिडलेले, तणावग्रस्त, अपूर्ण, अति, खोडकर, चकित, चिडलेले, कंटाळलेले, गोंधळलेले, चिडलेले, ताजेतवाने, निपुण,  काळजीत, मजेदार, वाईट, खाली , प्रेरित, समाधानी,  शांत, गोंधळलेले, मूर्ख, गहाळ, चांगले, व्यंग्यात्मक, एकाकी, मजबूत, संबंधित, उदास, आश्चर्यचकित, गोंधळलेले, निराश, सुंदर, दोषी, सुरक्षित, मुक्त, हरवलेले, जुने, आळशी, वाईट, भयानक , आरामदायक, मूर्ख, लज्जित, भयंकर, सकारात्मक, थंड, आशावादी, आनंदी, थकलेले, प्रेरित, अभिमान, एकटे, विचारशील, उदासीन, रागावलेले, आजारी, आनंददायक, निचरा, भावनिक, आत्मविश्वास, अद्भुत

1. I am curious to read this new book. 

2. 

Developing Writing Skills

Complete the following expressions.

Expressing opinions

I believe……

 I think…….

Could I make a point, please? In my opinion……

It seems to me……

Expressing agreement

Absolutely You’re right……

I fully agree with…..

Expressing disagreement

I’m afraid I don’t agree with….. I’m sorry but I see it a little differently.

I can see your point but….. You may have something there but…..

I respect your point of view, but I’m sorry I can’t go along with you 

Suggesting

I think we should…… Why don’t we…..?

Let’s…… Couldn’t we……?

Don’t you think we could….?

Asking for opinion

What is your opinion on….? 

What do you feel about…?

I wonder what do you think about…..?

 I’d like to know your stand on…..

Interrupting

I’m sorry to interrupt but….

Excuse me. Could I add something, please?

That’s true. Sorry, but…..

Handling Interruptions

Just a moment please. Could I finish what I am saying?

If you would just let me finish……. 

Could you wait for a minute, please.

Concluding

To summarise/conclude,…… 

We can conclude by saying……

Let’s run quickly through the main ideas before concluding

How to prepare online test.

Online Test अशी बनवावी

1. www.testmoz.com या संकेस्थळावर जावे.

2. Build Test वर क्लिक करावे.

3. Test चे नाव टाकावे.

4. Password तयार करावा. 

5. Create Test वर क्लिक करावे.

6. त्यानंतर नवीन पेज येईल. तेथे Add questions वर क्लिक करावे. 

7. Insert वर क्लिक करून प्रश्नाचा प्रकार निवडावा उदा. Multiple choice questions (MCQ Type - one answer, multiple answers), Fill in the blank, Match the pair (select right answer option) etc.

8.  questions टाईप करा

9.  answers टाईप करा

10 . बरो्बर उत्तर निवडा. (ब्लॅक डॉट)

11. Publish Test.

12. Share the link.

13. Do not forget the password. 

14. Result can be viewed.

15. Check the setting for further. 

Testmoz is (very) simple.

1 Adjust a few settings.

In a few clicks, you can completely customize your test.

2 Add your questions.

On a single page, you can insert, edit, and rearrange all your questions.

3 Distribute the URL.

Just email / whatsapp the URL (link)to your students, or post on your website, and you're done.

And when the results are in,
Testmoz has the most comprehensive results page.

At a glance you can see how everyone performed. You can search, sort, filter, partition, tag, archive, print, and email the results. You can dive into a student's results to see all their answers, leave feedback on their responses, and manually adjust their scores. Whether you have 10 results, or 10,000, Testmoz loads fast.

Who uses Testmoz?

Teachers

Use Testmoz to automatically grade your tests so you can get back to teaching. Create homework quizzes for your students and reuse them year after year. You can print out paper copies for in-class assignments 

                     Dashboard

This is the control panel where you can adjust settings, add questions, publish the test, and view results.

Tasks

Bookmark the page and write down your password

It is absolutely critical that you do this! There is no way to recover the URL or password.

1.Adjust settings

Change the test name, description and what happens after the test is graded.

2.Add questions

It's not much of a test if it doesn't have questions.

3.Publish & distribute

Publish your test, distribute it to your students and start collecting results.

4.View results

See how well your students did on the test.

Prafulla Mahure

Blogger,

Mahatma Gandhi Jr College Gadchandur

www.englishwithmahure.blogspot.com 

www.learningfacility.blogspot.com

English Syllabus for Competitive Exams

 

1. Passage Completion 
2. Sentence Rearrangement 
3. Subject-Verb Agreement
4. Grammar
5. Antonyms
6. Vocabulary
7. Synonyms 
8. Comprehension 
9. Error Correction 
10. Unseen Passages 
11. Word Formation 
12. Fill in the Blanks 
13. Theme detection 
14. Idioms & Phrases 
15. Sentence Completion

Gerund And Infinitive

Grammar for Std 9, Std 10, Std 11,Std 12.

You will understand what is gerund and what is Infinitive after studying this post. Gerund and Infinitive are explained with their examples. There is exercise on gerund and infinitive.

Gerund

When the —'ing' form of a verb is used as a noun, it is known as a gerund and a verbal noun. 

 1. The fighting went on. 

Here, we see that the —'ing' form of the verb 'fight' is used as a subject in 'The fighting went on'. It does a work of a noun.

2. I like swimming.

In this sentence 'swimming' is used as object of the verb 'like' . It performs the function of noun. So it is gerund. Subject and object are either noun or pronoun.

Gerund can be used as subject, object and complement.

3. My hobby is gardening. 

Here gardening is gerund because it is used as complement i.e. noun.

4. I enjoy reading stories.

Here reading is an object of the verb enjoy so it performs the function of noun. The word reading has its own object 'stories' ( reading what?) so it performs the function of verb. Here it performs two functions : verb and noun so it is called verbal noun. It is also derived from verb.

5. I am fond of reading.

Used as an object of a preposition 

Read the following examples of gerunds :

Gardening is an art. 

Cooking is a science. 

I enjoy reading poems.

He entered the shop for buying books.

I like reading more than writing.

Dying is better than surrendering.

The duck was excellent in swimming.

She likes swimming.

Now read the following sentences and fill in the blanks appropriately using gerund foms given below:

sing, shine, buy, play, study, ski, sell

• Chandan is not at all a keen student. He prefers......... to.......
• My mother is fond of music. .......... is her pastime activity.
•  I like .......... my shoes.
• .............is a winter sport in Kashmir.
• .............and............ is the profession of any shop keeper.

Infinitives 

Sometimes the form of a verb in a sentence names the action but does not change according to tense, number or person. Such a form is known as a non-finite form or an infinitive. An infinitive is used with or without 'to'.

Infinitive is a base form of verb and occurs without inflections. 

Examples: How did people first begin to drink tea? Can you name the beverage?

Like gerund Infinitive also performs the functions of noun and verb.

 Underline the infinitive in the following sentences.

To die is better than to surrender.

To collect stamps is my hobby.

It was funny to read words that stood still.

Can I read the book?

To be or not to be - that is the question.

We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next, to find ourselves.

We travel to bring what little we can,…..

Yet one of the subtler beauties of travel is that it enables you to bring  new eyes to people you encounter.

I stand here to thank Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.

India's present epoch maker has come here to bless the state.

The State of Maharashtra is going to last forever.

Let its brightness grey.

Modal auxiliaries 'will', 'shall', 'would', 'should', 'can', 'could', 'may', 'might' and 'must' are followed by bare infinitives (infinitives without 'to')

Verbs like 'let', 'make', 'see', 'hear', 'feel', 'watch' and 'notice' are usually followed by object + bare infinitive.

Now fill in the blanks by using the appropriate infinitive:

i. The driver was arrested for failing ——(report, to report) the accident.

ii My father made me (go, to go) for a walk.

iii. Ramesh was made ———(pay, to pay) back the money.

Sarika did not let me ————(see, to see) what she was doing.

Rewrite underlined gerund as Infinitive.

1. Begging is a curse on humanity. 

Ans : To beg is a curse on humanity.

2. I like swimming.

Ans : I like to swim.

Rewrite underlined word as gerund.

1. We stopped under a Kusum tree to take a break.

Ans : We stopped under a Kusum tree for taking a break.

2. But there was no other soul to listen to my sound.

Ans : But there was no other soul for listening to my sound.

3. I like to collect stamps.

Ans : I like collecting stamps.

Transitive and Intransitive Verbs

Transitive  and Intransitive Verbs

Transitive verbs have objects. Intransitive verbs have no objects .

She is fetching water. (Present continuous tense)

In this sentence verb 'fetching' has object 'water'. So the verb 'fetching' is transitive verb. 

Farmers grow (🍅 🍅) tomatoes in the field.

In this sentence verb 'grow' has object 'tomatoes'. So the verb 'grow' is transitive verb.

Tomatoes grow in the field.

In this sentence verb 'grow' has no object because action does not pass on. So the verb 'grow' here is intransitive verb. 

Some verbs are transitive and Intransitive depending upon the function in the sentence. 

Indicate whether the Verbs in the following sentences are Transitive or Intransitive. Name the Object of each Transitive Verb' and the Complement of each Verb of Incomplete Prediction.


In the following sentences the verbs in bold types are intransitive , word or group of words in red colour are complements. The underlined verbs are transitive and the words in blue colour are objects.

1. The boy stood on the burning deck. Intransitive
2. Tony has fallen sick. Intransitive
3. The water is very cold.
4. The man saw the accident with his own eyes. Transitive The man saw what? The answer is accident.So object of ‘saw’ is ‘accident'
5. The baby fell asleep.
6. They are French.
7. The rumour seems true.
8. He did not tell the truth.
9. They made her queen.
10. The bad boys hide their faults.
11. He is hiding behind the tree.
12. We patiently waited at the station.
13. The bird flew down and took away the cheese.
14. Our children like sweets.

Do it yourself. 

Transitive  and Intransitive Verbs

Click Study Idioms and Phrases

1. The peon rang the bell.
2. The bell rang after the first period.
3. Sam sang a beautiful song.
4. They sang well in the function.
5. Who has broken the window?
6. The windows broke in the storm.
7. She called her servant a fool.
8. His parents named her Patricia.
9. He painted the box red.
10. You look sad.
11. The milk turned sour.

English Grammar Online Test

Instructions : 1. Choose the options carefully . 

2. There are different grammar based questions . 

3. Choose the appropriate counterparts for the given statements . 

4. There will 20 questions each time randomly selected. 

5. New questions will be added twice a week  

Whatsapp Chat Series

🌏Study From Home Project🌏

Whatsapp Chat Series





Objective :To enable students to speak English

Skill : Dialogue Writing, Use of "either.. or", neither... nor" 'not only... but also'.

Topic : Dialogue between two students

Ajay: Hi, Vinay. Shall we play outside?
Vinay : Hey, Ajay. No, not at all. Safety first.
Ajay : How long yaar! I am fed up of being confined to rooms.
Vinay: I too. But we have to remain inside for some more days. Why don't you play indoor game?
Ajay : I have neither a brother nor a sister to play with me. Whom should I play with?
Vinay: I play with my parents . You can play carrom, chess, ludo and cards with either your father or your mother..
Ajay : Hum. Great idea. I will ask not only my mother but also my father. Thanks for the suggestion. Bye. See you tomorrow online.
Vinay: Bye. But don't forget to sanitize your cell phone and wash your hands.


🌏Study From Home Project🌏

Whatsapp Chat Series No. 2




Objective :To enable students to speak English

Skill : Dialogue Writing, Use of "enough to ", Exclamatory sentences " .

Topic : Dialogue between two students

*Ajay* : Good morning, Vinay. 🌷
*Vinay* : Good morning. How was your day?
*Ajay* : A lot of fun. We played carrom.
*Vinay* : Humm! Who played with you?
*Ajay* : My father. We first Sanitized the board.
*Vinay*: Hey, it's necessary.
*Ajay* : My father played well enough to win the board. Then my mother joined the game. She too played well. How did you pass your day?
*Vinay*: I played chess with my brother. I read Amar Chitrakatha. I helped my mother in the kitchen.
*Ajay*: Really! What a good boy you are!
*Vinay*: Now I will help my mother to knead Kanik(dough) .
*Ajay*: You mean wheat flour?
*Vinay*: Ya. Thank you. Bye.
*Ajay* : Bye


🌏Study From Home Project🌏

Whatsapp Chat Series

By: Prafulla Mahure
MAHATMA GANDHI JR COLLEGE GADCHANDUR



Objective :To enable students to speak English

Skill : Dialogue Writing, Use of "Simple Past Tense and Simple Present Tense ", modal auxiliaries :should, must " 'Rhetorical Questions, question tag'.

Topic : Dialogue between two students
Ajay: Good evening .
Vinay : Good evening.
Ajay : Yesterday you promised to help your mother. What did you do?
Vinay: I swept the house and cleaned my clothes. What did you do?
Ajay: I made tea for my family.
Vinay: And then?
Ajay: I washed utensils. I chopped an onion and peeled boiled potatoes.
Vinay: Isn't it a tough job working in the kitchen? Who knows how the mother does this everyday?
Ajay : Really it is a tough job.
Vinay : Ya, we should help her everyday.
Ajay: My mother suggested me to wash hands before and after doing any work.
Vinay : She is right, isn't she?
Ajay : Yes, she is. We must follow.
Vinay: Ok, good bye.
Ajay : Bye.

Whatsapp Responses on Poetic Creativity

Compose four lines expressing the grief of having lost nature due to modernisation.

Developers develop cities
Turn deaf ears to the cries
Of environmentalists. Duties

We have to stop nature fries.

By Prafulla Mahure, Gadchandur 

The sound of chirping birds has lost,
The sound of children's small fights is lost
For now we are modernised
We sit at home and enjoy the world at our fingertips.
By Sanam Sheikh


In the name of modernization,
We have forgotten our civilization.
The builders cut the trees for construction,
That leads to the nature's destruction.
By Vaishali Jane Nagpur

Nature, you are a great creator,
Centuries passed and we have crossed so many borders,
Robbing your bounties.
Today we stand on the verge of destruction,
Nature you are a great destructor.

By Madhavi Paul, Chandrapur

Ohh!! Nature, Once lost dark will be future,

Care now, staying mature,

Corona is my feature,

Badly bruised but saving my creature.

By Anna Pardeshi


"Silent mornings are things of the past
Vast green spaces were not meant to last
All that lasted today is civilization and it's lust
We took Nature for granted and everything we got as a Gift
Only to be reminded by Her......No more That's It!!"
  By Sagrika KC College, Mumbai

We have become modernized.
But don't you think we are sad?
We had to pay a huge price.
For this gradual rise.

By Sheela Narshimhan, Mumbai

Civilization taught man
Greed, avarice, thirst
Now he will learn
Environment first
By Kailas Mahajan , Mumbai

Destroy arms ammunition and their makers 
They are real enemies of future

By Mahepaikar Sheikh.

Film Review

Write a review of the film that you have watched. Give details about the film using following supporting points. 

✅ Title of the film

✅ The star cast

✅ The central idea

✅ The reason you like the film

✅ The message given

Story: Rancho(Amir Khan) , Raju and Farhan enter the best engineering college. They want to learn lessons of life. It cannot be taught through books and classrooms. Principal Viru Sahastrabuddhe is no help at all.He believes in enforcing knowledge and information.

Movie Review:  It is indeed a great movie getting the seetis and taalis. It is a movie reflecting educational system and parental aspirations.
The three idiots, Rancchoddas Shyamaldas Chanchad (Aamir Khan), Raju Rastogi (Sharman Joshi) and Farhan Qureshi (R Madhavan), are perfect revolutionist of the new age Indian. They choose to live life on their own terms. They pave new roads deviating from the rat race. Naturally, they end up heroes taking the road less travelled by.
The film begins with the entry of our threesome in the city's elite engineering college. They face the mandatory ragging sessions. New entrant Ranccho becomes leader . Rancho not only leads his friends through the maze of India's competitive and high-pressure education system but also he tutors them on several life mantras.

So, you have the threesome in a confrontation with authority, as represented through the Viru Sahastrabuddhe (Boman Irani), the unsmiling Principal. He advocates to kill the competition, because there is only one place at the top. Students like Chatur (Omi) end up as duhs in real life and non-conformists (Rancho ), could end up as eventual winners. More importantly, they could be high not only in IQ (intelligence quotient) but in EQ (emotional quotient) too, never losing their humaneness and social networking skills.
The high point of the film is the fact that director Rajkumar Hirani says so much, without losing his sense of humour. The film keeps audience laughing despite being high on fundas. Certain sequences almost have you rolling in the aisle, like the ragging sequence, Omi's chamatkar/balatkar speech, the threesome's wedding crasher sequence, their mournful meal with Raju's mournful mum and Rancho's sundry demos to prove how Kareena has chosen the wrong guy for herself. The second half of the film does falter in parts, specially the child birth sequence.

Amongst the performances, Aamir Khan is stupendous as the rule-breaker Rancho. But the rest of the cast doesn't remain in the shadows. Both Sharman and Madhavan manage to carve their independent characters as lovable rebels too. Even Kareena shines out, despite her short role. A special mention for Boman Irani who is impeccable as `Virus', newcomer Omi who perfectly slips into the stereotype of the best.
Story: Rajkumar Hirani and Abhijat Joshi script a warm and rude education system that prepares rats for a rat race.
Dialogue: Witty and wild, the film walks away with the best comic scene of the year citation with its uproarious `balatkar' speech.

Music: The songs do come alive on screen, specially Zoobie-Doobie and Aal Izz Well.

Choreography: Nice one .

Cinematography: The streets of Delhi and the picture postcard beauty of Ladakh are captured.

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Preposition Exercise

Fill in the blanks with appropriate word:
1.She dispensed .......... her old textbooks.
2.The artist persists.......... painting landscapes even if they are not in
vogue.
3.Please tell the ambulance to stand........... in case of emergency.
4.The thief who stole the painting from the museum is still ...........
large.
5.Most victims of the earthquake are safe and ............ recovery.
6.The child fell ........... meekly to his parent's wishes.
7.This cruise liner is bound ........... the Maldives.

Key to the exercise

1.She dispensed with her old textbooks.
2.The artist persists in painting landscapes even if they are not in
vogue.
3.Please tell the ambulance to stand by in case of emergency.
4.The thief who stole the painting from the museum is still at
large.
5.Most victims of the earthquake are safe and in recovery.
6.The child fell in meekly to his parent's wishes.
7.This cruise liner is bound for the Maldives.

Speech by Dr. Prashant Thakre

Prashant Thakre Director Edustation delivered a speech on the occasion of Farewell Party to the students of std 10 at Mahatma Gandhi Vidhyalaya Gadchandur. The speech was motivational and inspiring. With simple and short stories he elaborated the importance of positive attitude, perseverance, confidence, smart work and presence of mind.



Honourable dignitaries on and off the dias, dear students. Happy to know that you are gathered here for farewell. I wish you all to fare well in the coming exam.

Friends, a tiny creature like an ant finds the sugar hidden anywhere in the cupboard.
When such a tiny creature hits the target, how is it impossible for us having a larger brain? Think about it. Be positive. Know your strength and overcome the weaknesses. Learn perseverance from ants and implement it in your life. If you think you can, you can. This attitude has a lion's share in my leading success. You are in the tender age. You should listen to good stories, lectures and speeches. Implement the strategies you learn and ride on success.

Efforts bring opportunities. So make efforts and get along with opportunities with wholeheartedly. Once an educational institution published an advertisement wanting a swimming teacher. Naturally the required qualifications as we guess, was the candidate should know swimming and be a swimmer. One unemployed youth wanted to make efforts. He sent an application to the institute. But he could not swim. So he bought books on swimming and studied the books. He got an interview call. He reached the institute. He met with nine other candidates who were swimmers and had applied for the post. The interview began and one by one the candidates were interviewed. Since the other nine candidates were swimmers, they did not read books on swimming. In the interview they failed to answer the question regarding swimming. The youth who had read books excelled in the interview. Selection committee believes in questioning. The youth made efforts of sending an application and got the opportunity of facing interview. He got the job of swimming teacher though he was not a swimmer. He was determined to make efforts. He went to the classroom. He had to teach swimming. It was ordeal for him. He did not give up though he did not know swimming. He was afraid of entering into the water. But he tried to tackle the problem. In his first lecture, he asked how many of them could swim. Six students raised hands. He took them to swimming tank. He asked them to show their swimming skills. He found them that three of them were good at swimming. He asked the trio to help other three. Then those six students were instructed to train other non swimmer. He just kept on instructing. In a period of 30 days all the thirty students became good swimmer. Seeing this the Headmaster of the school got impressed. The governing body of the school decided to honour the teacher for his commendable job. They decided honor him at the swimming tank. He got afraid. But he remained cool. The day of honour came. All guests, teachers and students gathered near the swimming tank. He was also there near the tank. Students were overjoyed as their teacher was being honoured. In the mean time the swimming teacher fell into the swimming tank. We knew that he could not swim. He started crying for help. The students dived and saved him. He was frightened. Students brought out water from his body. He was still frightened. He thought the reality came to fore. They would fire him. After a short while the program of his honour resumed. He made his mind to leave the job. He was damn sure that he would be sacked with insult. All the dignitaries gathered for the honor ceremony. The managing director stood to speak about him. While speaking about him, he stated that the teacher was not only a good swimmer but also a good actor. To teach the last lesson of saving the drowning one he acted skillfully as if he was drowning. His efforts brought him job, praise and honour.
As a student we should do smart work instead of hard work. You should apply smart ways to study. Do you know difference between smart work and hard work? A soap manufacturing company in Japan received complaints regarding empty boxes of soap. The company prepared a robot scanner to resolve the problem. The robot scanner would scan whether the container had soap cake or not. It would sorted out empty and filled containers. The problem was solved at the cost of high expenses and time. The similar problem emerged in Russia. The Russian campany bought the robot paying huge amount. Indian company worked smartly by putting a table fan near the rolling belt. The fan blew the empty container and the filled containers would pass.

Interview Questions : Dr. RANI BANG

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Hello Dr. Rani Bang. Welcome to our studio. We would like to conduct interview to know more about your profession and social work.

1. How did you turn to the field of medicine?
2. What are the challenges in this field?
3. Will you please throw light over mixing professional life with social service?
4.You started working with the tribal and rural women of Gadchiroli over three decades ago. What was your experience about health concerns faced by women in these areas?
5. How did you convince these women for treatment?
6. What changes you expected to bring in their lives? Have you succeeded in it?
7. What role, according to you, should government play to bring these adivasis to main stream?
8. What do you see as the more recent and emerging health concerns for women in rural India?
9. What message would you like to give our audience regarding health care?

Speech Bites of Makrand Anaspure

The noted Marathi film star Makarand Anaspure addressed the students in a prize distribution ceremony as a part of Golden Jubilee Celebration of Gadchandur Shikshan Prasarak Mandal Gadchandur and its offspring Mahatma Gandhi Vidyalay and Jr College Gadchandur . In his comic edge speech he enthralled the audience with his narrative, comic style. He threw light on different aspects of life of students and general public.
While speaking about tree plantation, he held the view that if we plant the trees as much as we place the placard of ‘झाड़े लावा, झाड़े जगवा’ there will be greenery. Unfortunately the placards also are made of woods which we forget.
He urged girl students to pledge not to marry a person demanding dowry. He also asked the parents not to give and take dowry. He strongly opposed the exchanging sarees in wedding ceremony. No woman wears a saree received in such ceremony . It can save thousands of rupees of a bride's father. We need to hold mass marriages and avoid the unnecessary expense . It is not easy to make people understand when they are not ready to understand. Once a man got two passes of football match . He asked his friend to come along with him. His friend hesited to go to watch the football match and since he does not know anything about  it. The man insisted and offered him eatables . So they went to the football ground. Since the match hadn't been started , the man tried to make him understand the game. He said, "ते जे दोन चौकोन दिसत  आहे त्याला गोल म्हणतात ." With a loud laugh he rebuked not to fool him. The man said  "जेव्हा ball आत जातो तेव्हा गोल होतो  "  Don't fool me I know the ball is already round in shape . On many occasion we encounter such persons . He kept on storytelling . He pointed out the idealistic approach of Lal Bahadur Shastri. As the prime Minister of India his salary was ₹ 60 . Once his friend came asking for help as his wife was admitted in hospital. Shastriji explain his inability to help him. But at that time Shastrji's wife extended helping hand. Shashtriji asked her where she got money from . She stated that she saved ₹10 every month from the salary. Next day Shastriji wrote PMO to make his payment ₹ 50 .

He suggested students and teachers reading of books. Books are the most important part of life. He suggested three books of Achute Godbole, Wadekar and John Washington to be read once in a life. Learning is not just the activity but it is the process. Learning through books and experiences should be aimed at. He asserted that there is no short cut in life. He took 13 years to settle in the film industry. He is not surprised for taking such a long time. He narrated an incident from his life. Once he was in posh hotel. He went to drink water. He saw people held a glass under tap and got water. He did the same but he did not get water. He tried to push and turn the tap in vain. To hide his clumsiness he feigned having drunk water. While moving his leg stamped on the push button, he saw water flowing of the tap. After half an hour he learned how to get water.

Do as directed Grade 12

 

Rewrite as instructed

1)He wrote a couplet.(Rewrite using past perfect tense.)
2)Many kids can barely lips a few words.(Replace the modal auxiliary showing certainty)
3)The helicopter landed on ------ roof of ---- building.
(Use articles)
4) I am heading --- the entrance----building .(use prepositions)
5)She said to me", Please help me."(change the narration)
6)Yavatmal was the worst affected district.(Make it a Rhetorical Question)
7)We chose villages with a revolutionary spark.(Rewrite beginning with' Villages with... .)
8)Investors are attracted to invest in the IT sector.(Rhetorical Question)
9) India's progress in this sector is quick and influential, providing the economy a boost.(Rewrite using infinitive form)
10)Seeing the hungry market,Dell placed local advertisement.( Make it compound)
11)He added features to improve performance.(Frame Wh question)
12)But do the police need permission from event organisers to inspect a public gathering of two lakh people?(Rewrite an assertive sentence)
13)Ideas have floated but hardly ever implemented.
(Use a single word in place of underlined words)
14)They munch their breakfast on the way to work.(use present progressive tense)
15)She felt terrible about this tendency but there was nothing,she could do about it.(Rewrite using though)
16) An egg fell. It broke into pieces. (Join the sentences by using 'As soon as')

Language Study Std 12

Key
1. He had written a couplet.
2. Many kids will barely lips a few words.
3. The helicopter landed on the roof of a building.
4. I am heading towards the entrance of a building.
5. She requested me to help her.
6. Wasn't Yavatmal the worst affected district ?
7. Villages with a revolutionary spark were chosen by us.
8. Aren't the investors attracted to invest in IT sector?
9. India's progress in this sector is quick and influential to provide the economy boost.
10. Dell saw the hungry market and placed local advertisement.
11. Why did he add features?
12.But the police need no permission from event organizers to inspect a public gathering of two lakhs people.
13. Ideas have floated but never implemented.
14.They are munching their breakfast on the way to work.
15. Though she felt terrible about this tendency, there was nothing she could do about it.
16) As soon as an egg fell, it broke into piepie.

Q.Join the scentences to make one complete scentence without  
using 'and' , 'but' or 'so'.

(1)Madhusmita saw that I was confused.She came to rescue.
Ans: Seeing me confused Madhusmita came to rescue.

(2)He escaped from the prison.He looked for a space to hide.
Ans: After escaping from the prison, he looked for a space to hide.

(3)Everyone was drenched wet by now.The rain had come down harder.
Ans: Everyone was drenched wet by now because the rain had come down harder.

(4)She was so excited about her performance.She could not sleep at night.
Ans: She was too excited to sleep at night.