11 ENGLISH –COLLECTION OF QUESTIONS DISCUSSED
IN THE WORKSHOP IN KANHANGAD CLUSTER IN DEC 2014
Read the following except from the story,” His First Flight”
and answer the questions that follow
1.“He saw his two
brothers and his sister lying on the plateau dozing,
with their heads
sunk into their necks. His father was
preening the
feathers on his white back. Only his mother
was looking at him.”
a) What does the word preening mean ?
b) what
is the implied meaning of the last sentence ?
c) the
attitude of the young seagull's parents seemed to be cruel. do you agree with
this ? Justify your answer
2.It was a great moment for all those children when
Malala Yousafzai received the nobel prize of 2014.
Given below are the responses received from the awardee
during a telephone interview.
Frame suitable questions for the responses given.
a………………………………………………………………………
Interviewee :… Thank you so much
b.
…………………………………………………………
Interviewee : Well .I am quite hopeful and rather sure
that his will help in giving bigger
visibility and attention to the education of girls all over the world
c…………………………………………………..
Interviewee :
First of all every one should understand the fact that education is a
right for all. Being the recipient of this prestigious honour that I feel it is my duty to sweep out all the
hurdles that develop this right.
d :………………………….
Interviewee : My
father is my inspiration. He gives me all support and strength to pursue my
activities
3.Your school is organising a wall magazine exhibition of
eminent personalities. You are asked to to write a biographical note of Mother
Teresa (Hints : an Albanian-born a roman catholic nun-born on august
26,1910-had Indian citizenship-in 1950 founded missionaries of charity in
Kolkata- ministers poor, sick and dying for more than 40 years - in 1979
conferred with the nobel peace prize - in 1980 honoured with bharat ratna for
humanitarian work- the missionaries of charity continued to expand gradually-
by the time of her death, 610 missions in 123 countries- in 1996 April fell and
broke collarbone-on sep 5,1997 died-age 87-later given title “ blessed Theressa
of Calcutta by Pope John Paul ii ”)
4.Rewrite the following
in the reported form
Mr.Gupta, “ Do you
know the girl who is sitting over there ? ”
'Do you know the
girl who was sitting over there?'
'No, sir, I do
not know her, to speak of. I’ve noticed she
has lunch here on
Saturdays.'
'Doesn't she come
on any other day?'
'I never see her on other days.'
5.“He was like a
beam of light that pierced the darkness
and removed the scales from our eyes”How did the arrival of Gandhi in the freedom
struggle influence the Indians ?
6. Elaborate the
idea in the following lines :
And England, and
lreland, and Scotland, and Wales,
Proved there to
the Worid: Their valor ne,er fails,
The women and
children first,,was their cry,
And every one of the Crew, stood by.
7. 'Oh, look,
look, Ronnie. There's that absurd creature again.'
Miss Jope Smith
comments agains on Hasan. Write a character sketch of the lady.
8.Disaster management has assumed great significance
in recent times. Imagine a tanker lorry
was toppled over and there was leakage of gas in your area. What rescue
operations will you implement to manage the situation ? write at least 6 measures
you would take.
e.g: First we must evacuate people immediately.
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