Thursday 12 February 2015

Question Paper Std 12 English








Interview Questions

 


New Activity Based Study of Prosecco, poetry and RR Std 12th and 11th
Ms Mable, your teacher, has recently retired after thirty three years of service to the school/college. You have been asked to interview her for the school/college magazine. Prepare a list of questions for the interview. 4 Marks

Scheme of Marking

Questions relevant to the situation 2
Proper sequence of questions 1
Language, style, grammar 1

1. Welcome Ms. Mable Madam. I am Rohini. Best wishes for the retired life ahead. How do you feel retiring after such a long service ?
2. Tell us how did you begin your career?
3. How did you differentiate teaching profession from other profession?
4. What pleasant memories do you have of the school/ college?
5. What changes have come in the school and students in the last 33 years?
6. What do you think about use of technology in education, digital school?
7. Any advice for the young teachers and students?
8. Finally what plans do you have after retirement?

Frame 8 interview questions you would put to the topper of the HSC Board at the recently held examinations.

1.Congratulation.I would like to ask if you expected that you would be topper of the board
2.Whom do you give credit for your success?
3.What role did your school teachers and parents play in your preparation for the HSC examinations?
4.How much time did you spend a day on studies?
5.What method of study did you adopt?
6.Who helped you to overcome your difficulties?
7.What is your ambition in life?
8.What is your immediate goal?
9.Which career do you propose to choose?
10.Any advice to the present batch of students? Please state.





Prepare a list of questions to interview a disable person who has achieved a unique success.


1. Hello, Sudhaji Good morning. 
Ma’m, we would like to know about your successful journey in life.Will you please tell us? 
2.How did you lose your leg? 
3.How did you overcome that? 
4. Is the film ‘Nache Mayuri’ based on your real life story? 
5. What special efforts did you take to perform in the movie or dance shows?
6. How did you feel when you succeeded in preforming well ?
7. Do you feel any difference in performance of the disable and the abled?
8.What do you like to tell the disable?


General Interview Questionnaire



1. How did you turn to this field?
2. What challenges did you face in the early stage?
3. What fascinated you most ?
4. What helped you to perform to such an extent?
5. Will you tell us any memorable event?
6. What strategies have you adopted to succeed?
7. How did you feel at the zenith of success?
8. What message would you like to share with us?

Imagine you are interviewing a famous writer for a newspaper or a T.V. Channel.Prepare a list of questions you can ask. You can include questions about his work and the difficulties he faced, his inspiration for writing etc.

1. When did you first realize to be a writer?
2. How long does it take you to write a page or chapter?
3. What is your work schedule for writing?
4. What would you do to get ideas?
5. When did you write your first book and how old were you?
6. How was your experience when your first book was published?
7. What does your family think of your writing?
8. What was the most interesting thing you learned in creating your books?
9. How many books have you written? Which is your favourite?
10. Do you have any suggestions to help writers? If so, what are they?

A list of interview question for an actor/actress

1. How do you sustain interest in a movie?

2. What about this movie made you feel so strongly towards?

3. What are the challenges of playing different roles?

4. Do you have to learn new skills to portray the characters? Tell our readers.

5. How do you prepare for a character?

6. How do you devise the method of locating the character?

7. Do you have to become the character even at the expense of your regular life?

8. Do you believe in spending time at the location?

9. How different it is to play contrasting roles like a cop and a don?

10. How do you feel when your film becomes a blockbuster?


New Activities Std 12 English


Wednesday 11 February 2015

Std 12 Poems : Activities and Responses



Std 12 Poems

1.1 THE PERSON I AM LOOKING FOR

Activity 1
If you accept counsel without getting sore
And re-assess yourself in the light thereof.
If you pledge not to be obstinate any more
And meet others without any frown or scoff.
You may be the person I am looking for.


If you have the will to live and courage to die
You are a beacon-light for people far and wide.
If you ignore the jeers and, thus, expose the lie
‘That virtue and success do not go side by side’.
You are the person I am looking for.


A.1 Complete the statements :
  1.We  should accept counsel without..............
  2  The poet is looking for the person who has ............
Ans: 1. We should accept counsel without getting sore and irritated.
2. The poet is looking for the kind of person who has the will to live and courage to die.

A2 Fill in the blanks :
The poet is looking for the person who is a ......... for people and ignores ......... and exposes the lie " That ....... and ..... do not go hand in hand.
A3 Name and explain the Figures of speech of following lines
 1. If you have the will to live and courage to die
2. "You are a beacon-light for people far and wide."

Ans: 1. Antithesis : The opposite words ' live' and 'die' are used effectively.
2.Metaphor: A man is implicitly compared to a beacon-light.
A.4 Rewrite the first stanza changing one word in each line.

If you accept advice without getting sore
And re-examine yourself in the light thereof.
If you promise not to be obstinate any more
And meet others without any anger or scoff.
You may be the person I am seeking for.

Activity 2
If you crave not for praise when you win
And look not for sympathy while you lose
If cheers let not your head toss or spin
And after a set back you offer no excuse
You may be the person I am looking for.

A.1 Complete the statement :  When you win you should not............
Ans :You should not crave for praise.
A.2 Write your idea of an idol or role model in society .
Ans : My role model should neither look for sympathy when he loses nor crave for praise when he wins.
A.3 Find an example of Alliteration from the extract.Write down the rhyme scheme
Ans:And look not for sympathy while you lose. The consonantal sound 'l' is repeated pleasingly.
Rhyme scheme :ababc
A4 : Compose a poem with the title ' The student I am looking for'
Ans :
If you hope not for marks but for knowledge
And look not for rank in the college
If success let not your collar tight
And after a failure you quit not. Right
You may be the student I am looking for.

2.1 I RAN INTO A STRANGER



I ran into a stranger as he passed by,
"Oh, excuse me Please" was my reply.
He said, "Please excuse me too;
Wasn't even watching for you."
We were very polite, this stranger and I.
We went on our way and we said good-bye.

But at home a different story is told,
How we treat our loved ones, young and old.
Later that day, cooking the evening meal,
My daughter stood beside me very still.
When I turned, I nearly knocked her down.
"Move out of the way," I said with a frown.
She walked away, her little heart was broken.
I didn't realize how harshly I'd spoken.

A.1 Match the column A with column B
                     A.                                      B.                1. Behaviour with stranger.           harsh.
  2. Behaviour with daughter.         polite
A2 Write four pairs of rhyming words along with rhyme scheme
Ans: Rhyming words : by-reply ; told-old ; meal-still ; down-frown
Rhyme scheme : aabbcc

A.3 Arrange the following sentences in order as they occur in the story.

1. They went on their way.
2. Daughter stood beside her.
3. Mother ran into a person.
4. Mother knocked her down.

A4. Compose following lines as if daughter is the speaker


that day, cooking the evening meal,
My daughter stood beside me very still.
When I turned, I nearly knocked her down.
"Move out of the way," I said with a frown.

Mother was cooking the evening meal,
I stood beside her very still.
When she turned, she nearly knocked me down.
"Move out of the way," she said with a frown.





3.1 Suburbs


"I celebrate the virtues and vices
of suburban middle-class people
who overwhelm the refrigerator
and position colorful umbrellas
near the garden that longs for a pool:
for my middle-class brother
the principle of supreme luxury:
what are you and what am I, and we go on deciding
the real truth in this world.
A1 Complete the statement:  A middle-class man's principle of luxury is ............
Ans:A middle-class man's principle of luxury is to have refrigerator, a big garden with swimming pool.

A2 Show the differences you see between rich class and middle class.
Ans: The rich class can enjoy the luxuries of life easily. But middle class people have to just dream about it.

A3 Symbolic use of words makes the expression pointed. Give one example.
Ans: The poem has many symbolic words such as refrigerator, colourful umbrellas,granaries, shy hotels,endless track.Refrigerator, colourful umbrellas stand for luxuries of life.Granaries symbolise shabby workplaces.

A4  Add two lines of your own with rhyme scheme aabb or abab.
I celebrate the virtues and vices
_________________________________

who overwhelm the refrigerator
___________________________________

I celebrate the virtues and vices
Though goods are of high prices
People who overwhelm the refrigerator
Will buy on loan the generator.

4.1 Old Women


They whisper like drizzles
as they roam the street
with a lost gaze as though
something they had thrown up
never returned to earth

They shiver like December nights
in their dreamless sleep on shop verandahs.

Q.1 Give reason: The old women are seen roaming aimlessly because..............
Ans: The old women are seen roaming aimlessly because they are not taken care of by their children. They had thrown something which didn't return.
Q. 2 Find out tow examples of Simile
Ans: "They whisper like drizzles" "They shiver like December nights"
Q. 3 Pick out the lines that reveal the loneliness of the old women.
Ans: "as they roam the street with a lost gaze
Q. 4 Write two metaphorical lines about grandmother.
  Ans :  " My grandmother is my lifeboat
   Her treasure of stories made me float."



Some more questions

1 What role do your grandparents play in your life?
Ans: Our grandparents play a vital role in our life.They keep family united.They take care of us.

2. Identify the figures of speech of the following line and explain.
Ans : "dreamless sleep"


5.1 The Felling Of The Banyan Tree

My father told the tenants to leave
Who lived in the houses surrounding our house on the hill
One by one the structures were demolished
Only our own house remained and the trees
Trees are sacred my grandmother used to say
Felling them is a crime but he massacred them all
The sheoga, the oudumber, the neem were all cut down
But the huge banyan tree stood like a problem
Whose roots lay deeper than all our lives
My father ordered it to be removed.

A1 . List the names of trees .
Response : The sheoga, the oudumber, the neem , the huge banyan tree

A2. 'But the huge banyan tree stood like a problem'. Identify and explain the figures of speech.
Ans : Simile :The banyan tree is compared to problem.
A3. Write down what the poet's father did with the trees.
Ans: The poet's father massacred all the trees as he was leaving the place to settle in city. He did not leave any tree.
À4 Compose four lines telling importance of trees.

Some more activities

A1. Explain why  the tenants were asked to leave their houses.
The tenants were asked to leave their houses because the poet's was about to leave the place and settle in city.
À 1 Complete the statement: According to the grandmother a crime is......
According to the grandmother felling the trees is a crime.




6.1 A Nation's Strength


What makes a nations pillars high
And its foundation strong?
What makes it mighty to defy
The foes that round it throng?

It is not gold. its kingdoms grand
Go down in battle shock :
Its shafts are laid on sinking sand
Not on abiding rock.

A 1 Describe the foundation and pillars of nation.
Ans The foundation of nation should be strong. The pillars should be high enough to defy the attack.
A2. What figure of speech is used in "it is not gold"?
Ans: Metonymy: The word "gold" is used to mean wealth.
A3. Suggest how we can make our nation strong.
Ans:Neither wealth nor strength makes the nation strong. Hard work with honesty and devotion can make our nation strong.
A4. Write an imaginary next stanza that suits to the poem.

Some more activities
A2. Write rhyming words and the rhyme scheme followed in the poem.

Ans:  Rhyming words : high-defy; strong-throng ; grand- sand; shock-rock

Rhyme scheme:  abab



7.1 Peace Is A Woman And A Mother

How do you know
Peace is a woman?
I know, for
I met her yesterday
on my winding way
to the world's fare,
She had such a wonderful face
just like a golden flower faded
before her prime.

A1 . Prove how does the poet know that peace is a woman.
Ans :Peace has a wonderful golden face and symbolizes a woman.

A2. a) Name and explain the figure of speech in the following line : ‘on my winding way’
b) Find an example of metaphor
Ans: a)Alliteration as the sound ‘w’ is repeated.
b) Peace is a woman
A3. Do you think a mother can be a symbol of destruction or evil? How?
Ans: No, she can’t be a symbol of destruction or evil as she gives birth to mankind and loves humanity.
A4. Arrange the words in last three lines differently.
Ans : Such a wonderful face she had
           Just like a faded golden flower
           her prime before

Some more activities

A3.Pick out the lines from the extract that describe the face of peace.
Ans: She has a wonderful face just like a golden flower faded before her prime.

Concrete Jungle




Tourist Leaflets




In the 'Tourist Leaflet' section remember to draw a text box first and write only within that. You will be marked for creating text box. Within the text box write only in bullet points.



Visit a Historical Place : Daulatabad

Come One! Come All!

  • Location: It is situated 13 kms.away from Aurangabad.
  • Distance: 413 kms away from Mumbai.
  • How to reach: Nearest airport and Railway Station is Aurangabad. S. T. buses ply from Aurangabad.
  • When to Visit : Best time for visit through out the year.
  • Where to stay : Private hotels , MTDC hotels, Rest house.
  • What to See. :Chandminar Tower, Maze, Heavy Cannon, Bibi-ka Makbara.Nearby Ajanta and Ellora caves.

Visit a Hill Station -CHIKHALDARA

Come One! Come All!


  • Location: Hill station Chikhaldara is situated in Satpura Range nearly 350 Kilometers away from Chandrapur.
  • How to reach :Nearest Railway Stations: Amravati and Akola. S.T. Buses and private luxuries are available at Amaravati. From Paratwada a picturesque, windy road of 50 kilometer takes to this calm and quite hill station.
  • When to Visit: Best season is from Sept. to June. In July there are heavy rains here.
  • Where to stay: There are MTDC, tourist Quarters ranging from 150 to 250 Rs. per family suit. Luxurious private hotels are also there. Meals and breakfasts cost more.
  • What to see: Chikhaldara Darshan Bus takes you for sight seeing round of four hours.Places worth seeing are Fort, Devi point, Bhim Kund, Garden, Echo point, Hurricane point and Sunset point. Municipal Corporation has developed a beautiful garden and a swimming pool. Forest Training College and Museum provide information about wild life, nature, people and their customs.




Visit a Religious Place -Shegaon

Come One! Come All!


  • Location:Shegaon is a famous place of pilgrimage situated in Maharashtra.People from all over India come here for the Darshan of Sant Gajanan Maharaj.


  • How to reach:Nearest Railway Stations: Shegaon and Akola. Trains running between Howrah to Mumbai stop here. State Transport Buses are available from major cities. Private buses are also available.
  • When to visit: Shegaon, being a pilgrimage attracts tourist all the year round. Thursday is the auspicious day.
  • Where to stay: Affordable and comfortable accommodation is provided by theSansthan. ‘BHAKTI NIWAS’. Private hotels are available.
  • What to see: Gajanan Maharaj Mandir, Gajanan Watika, College of Engineering.
  • Anything special: ‘Anand Sagar’ is one of the most beautiful place- 05 km from the Shegaon.





Activities STD 12 English

SINDHUDURG


An UNIQUE SEA FORT


Come One! Come All!

  1. LOCATION :
    Sindhudurg fort is located on the southernmost edge of the Maharashtra coast.
  2. How to reach :
  3. By air : The nearest international airport is Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai. By Rail : The nearest railhead is Sindhudurg on the Konkan Railway. Kankawadi and Kudal are the other important railway stations nearby. By Road : Mumbai-Tarkarli 540 km.
  4. Best Time to Visit:
  5. Winter Where to stay : MTDC Holiday Resort, The resort at Tarkarli has 10 cottages with20 sea facing double bedrooms and one houseboat.
  6. What to see :
  7. Temples of Maruti, Bhavani, Chhatrapati Shivaji. Nearby sites : Sawantwadi,Malwan City, Tarkarli beach , Redi Ganesh Temple, Vijaydurg, Kunkeshwar Temple, Amboli.

Read the following information about Tadoba National Park and prepare a tourist leaflet of your own Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve is one of the finest & largest National Parks in Maharashtra. It is one of India’s 47 project tiger reserves existing in India. It lies in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra state. This beautiful wild paradise is situated 45 km close to Chandrapur District of central Indian State Maharashtra, and is about 150 km from Nagpur city which is the nearest airport for visiting Tadoba national park. Its name 'Tadoba' is derived from the name of God "Tadoba" or "Taru" whiich is praised by local tribal people, whereas "Andhari" is derived from name of Andhari river. It is believed that Taru was the village chief who was killed in an fierce encounter with Tiger and thus a shrine was made in remembrance of God Taru. This region was predominantly ruled by Gond tribes which had their own Kingdom in large area of Central India. Their descendents are still can be seen in local villages. Tadoba national park is open for visitors from 15-Oct to 30-June every season. Despite of this, limited safari is possible from 01-Oct on current booking basis. Tadoba national park remains open for all 07 days in a week.Till now, it remains closed on every Tuesday but as per new rule, it will remain open on Tuesday also. Unlike Bandhavgarh, Kanha national park, Pench national parks, here camera fee is charged separately, according to lens dimensions. Tadoba national park safari charges for Foreigner tourists is more than Indian tourists. Online safari booking is available for tourists. For traveling from Nagpur to Tadoba national park, we offers Tadoba Car Rental service with luxury cabs to undertake tours. Vegetation of Tadoba forest is of Southern tropical dry deciduous type which is spread on around 626 sq. km. Teak is the prominent tree species in Tadoba forest. Their is few lakes in Tadoba forest area which ensures rich in water resources for the park and nestles rich aquatic life. Among them Irai lake is one well known among tourists. It remains filled with water throughout the year, even in extreme summers. These lakes are also the prime residential place for marsh crocodiles, those were knowing once to spread in across Maharashtra. Major part of this forest is thrived in hilly area; it covers the Chimur Hills, and Andhari sanctuary covers Moharali & Kolsa ranges, so many hillocks, terrains provide shelter to wild animals, since it is considered that this park has a great accessibility & sighting of many wild beasts, wild-lovers from many parts of the country & world arrives here. Being popular gradually for its dense forest area, smooth meadows and deep valleys and moreover to all is the good sight-seeing of tiger despite being low numbers, the park has a great potential & atmosphere to stabilize more numbers of tigers with extending park area Accommodation Tourists are mainly reaching Tadoba national park from Nagpur city. This forest is a upcoming wildlife tourism destination due to which it will take 2-3 years to reach an ideal level. Here accommodation services are limited and over-priced due to less competition among hoteliers and resorts at the same time lacks in professional style of working. Accommodation facilities are mainly concentrated among two of its popular entrance gates i.e. Kolara Gate and Mohurli gate. We offer resort booking service for Tadoba resorts. For visiting these hotels, car rental service is available from our side. Taxi Service Tadoba national park taxi service is available from our side. We are providing tourist taxi service to all the customers who are reaching Tadoba national park from Nagpur or Chandrapur. Our tourist vehicles are available for Nagpur to Tadoba national park or vice versa. It is the nearest airport for teaching this popular tiger reserve. Similarly we are operating taxi service from Chandrapur to Tadoba national park.Our services are available for all popular entrance gates like Mohurli, Kolara, Navegaon, Khutwanda etc. Resorts are located near these popular entrance gates due to which tourist hire taxi cabs for all these entrance gates. Online taxi booking service is available from our side. Just fill-up below given form and submit to us. View -Counter view

Thursday 5 February 2015

Unit Test 1 Std 11 English

    Que-I Read the first activity and read the  following extract and do all the activities                                                                    12 Marks 
      A1 Which of the following statements show positive attitude of Kiwi?               2
      A. I am disable. 
      B. Disability is a state of mind. 
      C.  I’m a double amputee. 
      D. I don't tell them.
        A heavy blizzard at New Zealand's Mt cook, where he was a 23 year old search and rescue mountaineer, relegated Inglis to an ice cave for 13 days. Following his rescue, a major media event, both his legs had to be amputated knee-down because of sever frostbite. " I don’t tell them I am disable. Disability is a state of mind. I say I’m a double amputee", says the Jolly Kiwi, who is in the city to deliver a series of motivational lectures to corporates, schools and whosoever is willing to borrow inspiration from his survival story. 
        A2.  Complete the statement : The amputation of Inglis' legs was caused because - - - - - - - -                             
        A3 Conclusion :
         Disability is a state of mind.  Explain it in your words. You may begin with  'Physically challenged people.............                      2
          A4 Vocabulary :                                       2
          Give opposites of the following words from the extract. 
          1. Minor    
          2. light 
          3. able 
          4. lend 
          A5 : Personal Response :            2
          Would you advise an amputee to do heavy work? Give reasoned answer. 
          A6 Rewrite the sentences in the ways instructed.                     2 
          1 Disability is a state of mind (Rewrite as rhetorical question) 
          2 I am not disabled. (Make it Affirmative) 
            B. Do as directed                2
            1. ..... the end bonding ....... the mother and daughter got strengthen. (Fill in the blanks by using suitable prepositions.) 
            2 .........Ganga is ........ longest river in India (Rewrite filling the gaps with suitable articles .)
                  Que-II Read the following extract and do all the activities         8 
                  Start where you stand and never mind the past
                  The past won't help you in beginning a new
                  If you have left it all behind at last
                  Why ,that's enough, you've done with it, you're through
                  This is another chapter in the book, 
                  This is another race that you have planned. 
                  Don’t give the vanished days a backward look, 
                  Start where you stand. 
                  The world won’t care about your old defeats
                  If you can start anew and win successes;
                  The future is your time, and time is fleet
                  And there is much of work and strain and stress;
                      A1 Complete the diagram                  2
                       New beginning compared to 
                      1                   2         
                      A2 Poetic device 
                      "Start where you stand".
                      Name and explain figures of Speech and give similar example                                      2
                      A3 Personal Response 
                      Will this Poem help you to overcome strain and stress in your life ? Explain                  2 
                      A4 Poetic Creation 
                      Compose a poem of four lines by using words book, look, race, face                         2
                        Que. 3 Prepare your speech in 120 words on the topic “Life in Cities Not Easy-going” You have to deliver in the speech competition organized in your college.                               3
                              


                        Saturday 13 December 2014

                        Do as Directed 1



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



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

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


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

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


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

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

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

                        What I know is Beena is fine.


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

                        He lost his silver pen which was his birthday present.

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

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

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

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

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



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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


                        Friday 5 December 2014

                        Sample Activity Sheet : Class- XII Sub - English






                        HSC English Activity Sheet

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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                        B. Note – making (4 marks)

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


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