Monday 15 March 2021

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.

Tuesday 1 December 2020

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. 












Monday 23 November 2020

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

Sunday 11 October 2020

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.

A screenshot of the Testmoz results page

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

Friday 21 August 2020

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

Sunday 7 June 2020

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.



Monday 25 May 2020

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

  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.

Thursday 30 April 2020

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  

Thursday 16 April 2020

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.




Thursday 26 March 2020

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.





Thursday 19 March 2020

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.


See here    Book Review

Film Review on MS Dhoni Untold Story 






Thursday 13 February 2020

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.

Wednesday 12 February 2020

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.

Sunday 9 February 2020

Interview Questions : Dr. RANI BANG

.

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?

Tuesday 28 January 2020

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.

Tuesday 21 January 2020

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.

Tuesday 14 January 2020

Avoiding Use of 'very' before adjective


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Using 'very' before every adjective is not a good English. Try to use precise and elegant word for it. Such words are given below. It helps to boost vocabulary. Make use of every new word you come across. Frame your own sentences using the following words.

very able - proficient
Be proficient in teaching English.
very boring - tedious
This film is tedious because there is no song.
very confusing - baffled
I was baffled while solving the problem in physics.
very dirty - filthy
Slum area is filthy.
very easy - effortless
When you practice, you can speak English effortlessly.
very funny - hilarious
Amir Khan plays a hilarious role as PK.
very glad - overjoyed
Children are overjoyed these days as they are flying kites.
very happy - ecstatic
Investors are ecstatic at policies of government.
very interesting - fascinating
3 Idiots is a fascinating film.
very joyful - exuberant
Women are exuberant during Makar Sankranti celebration.
very kind - compassionate
very large - huge
very mad - demented
very nasty - obnoxious
very old - ancient
very painful - excruciating
very quite - hushed
very rude - boorish
very shy - timid
very tired - exhausted
very ugly - hideous
very vicious - malicious
very wicked - evil
very xenophobic - jingoistic
very young - juvenile
very zen - meditative

Very beautiful - pretty, gorgeous
Very cold - chilled
Very difficult - challenging
Very different - contrasting
Very expensive - overpriced
Very useful - advantageous
Very unique - unequaled



Tuesday 12 February 2019

Grammar July 2018 Exam



1. Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed.
A. They miss trains on regular basis. (Rewrite the sentence using the adverb form of 'regular'. )
They miss trains regularly .
They regularly miss trains.
B. She felt terrible about this tendency. (Make it a rhetorical question)
Didn't she feel terrible about this tendency?
C. Early risers have an edge in life. (Rewrite the sentence beginning with 'Those who,.......)
Those who, rise early have an edge in life.
D. We have to learn........ lot from........... autobiographies of great personalities. (Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles. )
a, the
E. In fact every experience............ an international character gives us an opportunity......... develop.(Fill in the blanks with appropriate preposition.)
of, to
F. Macbeth invited Banquo for dinner and said, "Don't fail our feast."
Banquo answered, "I will not."(Rewrite as indirect speech.)
Macbeth invited Banquo for dinner and requested not to fail their feast. Banquo answered that he would not fail.
G. Maharashtrians depends on India. (Rewrite the sentence using the 'Simple Future Tense.)
Maharashtrians will depend on India.
H. I stand here to thank Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. (Rewrite the sentence using the gerund form of underlined word. )
I stand here for thanking Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
I. We Maharashtrians love him, worship him. (Rewrite it using 'not only..... but also......)
We Maharashtrians not only love him but also worship him.
J. The power of concentration can be cultivated. (Rewrite it using the modal Auxiliary showing 'certainty.')
The power of concentration will be cultivated.
K. Do not miss a single day. (Rewrite it beginning with 'Let......)
Let not a single day be missed. Or Let a single day not be missed.
L. When we are interested in the work we are doing, attention follows automatically. (Rewrite the sentence using 'If....... not......')
If we are not interested in the work we are doing, attention will not follow automatically

Wednesday 23 January 2019

Dr. Abhay Bang : Be Service Oriented




Dr. Abhay Bang delivered speech in a programme Arambh organised by Gadchandurcha Raja Public Trust at Mahatma Gandhi Vidhyalaya and Jr. College Gadchandur.
There was a time when middle class youth would get education through 'madhukari' ( kind of begging for food). Now there is a complete change. Education has free and compulsory. Still that education has some lapses. Jobs are dream of educated. Youth is the power of India. Some decades ago American mother would feed their children by showing the fear of Indian hungry children. She would say, "Finish the food or hungry Indian child will come and eat your food." Now the American parents tell their children get education or Indians will come and take away your jobs. Today 2.5 crore youth are in queue for jobs. They are searching for carrier. They are in search of success key.
What is Competition?


Today's competition is a cut throat competition. Giving friends in the claw of tiger. Success is measured by the other's success. In scholastic exam if a child gets 90% parents are not satisfied unless they know he is the highest in the class. Ironically they are satisfied at 85% if it is the highest.
At the very young age companions are needed. The boy needs girl's company. The girl needs boy's company. Here they distract from their goal. They need communication. They spend their most of the time in chatting with friends. Another reason for deviation from the goal. So the youth remain aimless. On the other hand 80% youth is jobless. Those who get the jobs are lack of required skills for the jobs.
Almost 5 lakhs students are preparing for MPSC with no aim, no technique of study. The Posts are 300 for a year. Similar case is with UPSC with no dreams. There is a dire situation in job finding . PhD holder hopes to get petty jobs. To live a life there should be purticular hope, purpose. To live for what. Change the way you live. Purpose of life should be defined . Destination of life should be decided . At the age of 13 and 16 Bang brothers decided to improve agriculture and health of villages in India. Dr. Abhay Bang was destined to be a doctor. A dream for a life is enough.
He cited Akbar - Birbal story of finding foolish. Birbal found the man searching for his ring not where it was lost but where it was moonlight. Educated search the ring where there is facilities not where there is problems. He advised youth to go where the problems are. Find the satisfaction. Lots of problems are there in villages. Face the problems. Find out ways of life. Opportunities are there where problems exist. Facing the challenges unsuccessful lawyers Mohandas Karam hand Gandhi became Mahatma. Life and youth has no reverse back. Serve to the patient where there are.
Be service oriented instead of career oriented.

Thursday 17 January 2019

Inspiring Speech of Shekhar Deshmukh DYSP


Hon. Shekhar Deshmukh DYSP RAJURA addressed the students at NSS camp organised by Mahatma Gandhi Jr college Gadchandur at Lakhmapur. His speech was so inspiring and motivating that I noted down some bits of his speech. Here I would like share......


Leader is the one who knows the way, shows the way and goes the way. Develop the personality at the early stage. Inculcate the habit of good manners. Students should participate in debate, elocution and essay contest. Soft skills development is necessary. It can be achieved with dedication. Don't dig the well when you are thirsty. Be ready for the future necessity. Marks are not important. Develop leadership. Read. Think. Opine. Read Krishnakath by Yashwatrao Chavahan. Students should develop positive attitude. Likewise Nepolean Bonapart they should create trust in themselves. Nepolean Bonapart formed his army picking up commen men. Seeing such average people ready with arms British army men boast of their rich heritage of army descending from their grandparents. To encourage his army Nepolean addressed, "They got the heritage. You have to create the heritage." Dedication in competive exams is key to success. Devote your time for study in such a way that you will not see the sun for some days. Make a habit of getting up before the sun rise, start studying up to the sun set. Be your own guide if you don't find the right path . Don't seek for guidance always. Because you may be the first one to walk on that path. Experience is the most expensive teacher. So learn from the mistakes made by others. We learn from the success stories as well as from the stories of failures. Don't underestimate yourself. Success doesn't know the difference between urban and rural, male and female, poor and rich, educated and uneducated family background. 

Saturday 27 October 2018

Should E-learning Replace Teachers?



E- Learning Technology Substitute For Teachers.

1. No wait for a teacher to get back to you to clear your doubts.
2. E- learning is not time bound and place bound.
3. We need not wait to begin learning until the start of the semester.
4. A person sitting in a remote place can learn anything the world offers.
5. Students belonging to different countries can learn the courses offered from a country they cannot afford to go to.

E-learning is the means not the end.
Teacher's place is like a pole star.


E-learning is made easy because they are a set of learned educators and teachers. They work together to put in the information required and organize things such that the person on the other end gets a hassle-free lesson .
You may think that you will be able to completely rely on technology to get the answers for all your questions. But the truth is that you will still require a teacher to take you through the right path. At times, technology may not give the right answer. Instead you will be led into a loop. Everything you get as an answer is not relevant. In such cases one requires a teacher who has done intensive study and research on the subject.
Also, a system may crash any time. You cannot 100 percent rely on something that is virtual. E-learning is a 'virtual' learning process. Just imagine, actually you are interacting with 'nobody ' but only a programmed machine. It is incomplete if there is no teacher to update the data or guide you or answer your queries . Nothing can take over human intelligence. The teachers share knowledge without hesitating. No technology or man-made robot can ever replace the "old reliable teacher". Teacher is just a call away, to answer you, guide you and to help you out and most importantly, be your motivator.



Sunday 14 October 2018

Apostrophe : Punctuation Mark

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The apostrophe (')is a punctuation mark . It is used for two purposes.


1.To show that one or more letters have been missed out
When we are speaking we frequently skip certain sounds, running parts of a word together. For example did not becomes didn’t. When these words are written down, an apostrophe is used to show that letters have been missed out.

I will- I’ll
I shall- I’ll
I am- I’m
will not- won't
shall not- shan't
I would- I’d
I had- I’d
What is- what’s
What was- what’s
I have- I’ve
she is- she's
What is - what’s
they are- they're

who is - who’s

He is - he’s

As the examples show, the way in which some of these shortened forms are written down is rather selective. It works well when 'is' and 'are' are shortened, but in the case of 'won't' and 'shan't', the apostrophe does not show where all the letters have been omitted; otherwise we would write sha'n't, and no rule can cover the change from will not to won 't.

2.To show possession
We also use the apostrophe to show that something belongs to someone. For example: Lord Rochester's monkey the girl's handbag the Browns' SilverWedding anniversary several churches' position on gay priests
As these examples show, the rule is that if the name or noun is in the singular, we add an apostrophe followed by the letter 's'. If the name or noun is a plural ending in 's' then we simply add an apostrophe. (Plurals that do not end in 's' follow the rule for singular nouns: a children's playground.)
Exception
There is one exception to the rule. When its means 'of it' there is no apostrophe. This commonly causes problems. The rule is:
it's = it is and its-of it

Banks :a plural form of bank but
bank’s (employees,): 1. Of bank Possessive case
2. Bank is

In letters apostrophe is often missused in 'Yours faithfully as your's which is wrong. Simply 'yours' is correct.

What is your mother's name?
What is your sister's name? But
What are your sisters' names?

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