1. Write a letter to the Editor of a NEWSPAPER describing a dance performance you have seen or an art gallery you have visited.
2. Write a letter to the Editor of your local newspaper complaining about the menace of stray dogs, thereby suggesting some remedies. These notes may be helpful
Menace
Barking at night
Dirtying the place
Bite can pass on rabies
Remedies
Shooting them
Catching and leaving them in far off places
Sterilizing and vaccinating them
You are Anand Shah at 138, Gandhi Marg, Ahmedabad.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE
CHANGE THE VOICE -
1. Ms Sullivan teaches us grammar.
2. The teacher praised him.
3. The firemen took the injured to the hospital.
4. An earthquake destroyed the town.
5. The boy’s work pleased the teacher.
6. The fire damaged the building.
7. The manager will give you a ticket.
8. Spectators thronged the streets.
9. Everyone will blame us.
10. The wind blew down the trees.
11. The police caught the thieves.
12. Alice posted the letter.
13. The hostess received us.
14. They/somebody killed the snake with a stick.
15. The people welcomed the minister.
16. They found him guilty of murder.
17. John Mathews built this house in 1991.
1. Ms Sullivan teaches us grammar.
2. The teacher praised him.
3. The firemen took the injured to the hospital.
4. An earthquake destroyed the town.
5. The boy’s work pleased the teacher.
6. The fire damaged the building.
7. The manager will give you a ticket.
8. Spectators thronged the streets.
9. Everyone will blame us.
10. The wind blew down the trees.
11. The police caught the thieves.
12. Alice posted the letter.
13. The hostess received us.
14. They/somebody killed the snake with a stick.
15. The people welcomed the minister.
16. They found him guilty of murder.
17. John Mathews built this house in 1991.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
CLASS VII - NEWSPAPER REPORT
A journalist was asked to report on an accident that had happened on the Delhi Gurgaon highway involving a car and a truck. Write the report. Include the following points.
1. Car moving at 100km/hr. speed.
2. Truck came from the wrong side.
3. Car driver did not notice the coming truck.
4. Both banged into each other.
5. Truck driver abandoned the vehicle.
6. The car driver died on the spot.
1. Car moving at 100km/hr. speed.
2. Truck came from the wrong side.
3. Car driver did not notice the coming truck.
4. Both banged into each other.
5. Truck driver abandoned the vehicle.
6. The car driver died on the spot.
CLASS VI - PARAGRAPH WRITING
1. Make a list of all the attractive spots of your town especially if they are of historical significance or known for their scenic beauty and write a short paragraph about, at least three of them. You may make it interesting by pasting pictures of those places along with the write ups.
2. ‘Sportspersons today concentrate more on endorsements than on the game’. Write a paragraph agreeing or disagreeing on this statement.
2. ‘Sportspersons today concentrate more on endorsements than on the game’. Write a paragraph agreeing or disagreeing on this statement.
CLASS VII - MESSAGE WRITING
A. Leela had been cleaning up her room as instructed by her mother who had gone out to do some household shopping. While she was busy cleaning up she got a call from one of her mother’s friend, Mrs. Khanna. She called to inform her mother about the slight change in their plan of having a meeting in the morning, instead they would now have the meeting in the evening at 5.30.After finishing her work Leela has to go for her tuitions so she decided to leave a message for her mom. Write the message in not more than 50 words.
B. Sevak is a helper at the office of Mr. Raman. He receives a telephone call from one of the clients who wishes to meet Mr. Raman at 4 p.m. the next day. Since Mr. Raman is not in office, Sevak decides to write a message for him informing him about the meeting. Write the message in about 25 words.
C. Given below is a message which is too long. Rewrite it by omitting the unnecessary information.
I received a phone call from Seema. She told me about her aunt who would be visiting us in the evening. Her aunt has come from Dubai and is here only for 2 days said Seema. She is a good friend of ours. It is already 2p.m and she is likely to come at 7p.m. The reason I am writing this message is to let you know that Seema’s aunt will visit us in the evening. I am going for my cricket coaching and will be back by 6.30p.m.
B. Sevak is a helper at the office of Mr. Raman. He receives a telephone call from one of the clients who wishes to meet Mr. Raman at 4 p.m. the next day. Since Mr. Raman is not in office, Sevak decides to write a message for him informing him about the meeting. Write the message in about 25 words.
C. Given below is a message which is too long. Rewrite it by omitting the unnecessary information.
I received a phone call from Seema. She told me about her aunt who would be visiting us in the evening. Her aunt has come from Dubai and is here only for 2 days said Seema. She is a good friend of ours. It is already 2p.m and she is likely to come at 7p.m. The reason I am writing this message is to let you know that Seema’s aunt will visit us in the evening. I am going for my cricket coaching and will be back by 6.30p.m.
CLASS VII - POSTCARDS
Write postcards on the following topics -
a. You recently visited Ooty a hill station in South India. You enjoyed your stay there. Write a postcard to your friend telling her briefly about the trip.
b. Kirti/Ketan is a residential student of P.S Senior Secondary school, Madurai. He/She is participating in a dance competition and will be traveling to Mumbai for the same. He/She writes a postcard to mother informing her about the same.
c. You are a residential student of K.P Senior Secondary school, Pune. You took over as the Cultural Secretary of the school council. Write a postcard to your friend telling about the same.
a. You recently visited Ooty a hill station in South India. You enjoyed your stay there. Write a postcard to your friend telling her briefly about the trip.
b. Kirti/Ketan is a residential student of P.S Senior Secondary school, Madurai. He/She is participating in a dance competition and will be traveling to Mumbai for the same. He/She writes a postcard to mother informing her about the same.
c. You are a residential student of K.P Senior Secondary school, Pune. You took over as the Cultural Secretary of the school council. Write a postcard to your friend telling about the same.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
UNSEEN COMPREHENSION
Comprehension 1
Following is an extract from the autobiography of Gandhiji ‘My Experiments with Truth’. In Tolstoy Farm, South Africa, he trained young minds in manners and morals and appreciating dignity of labour. Read this passage and answer the questions that follow.
My Experiments with Truth
But I had always given the first preference to the culture of the heart or the building of the character, and as I felt confident the moral training could be given to all alike, no matter how different their ages and their upbringing, I decided to live amongst them all the twenty-four hours of the day as their father. I regarded character building as the proper foundation for their education and, if the foundation was firmly laid, I was sure that the children could learn all the other things themselves or with the assistance of friends.
But as I fully appreciated the necessity of a literary training in addition, I started some classes with the help of Mr. Kallenbach and Pragji Desai. Nor did I underrate the building up of the body. This they got in the course of their daily routine. For there were no servants on the Farm, and all the work, from cooking down to scavenging, was done by the inmates. There were many fruit trees to be looked after, and enough gardening to be done as well. Mr. Kallenbach was fond of gardening and had gained some experience of this work in one of the Governmental model gardens. It was obligatory on all, young and old, who were not engaged in the kitchen, to give some time to gardening. The children had the lion’s share of this work, which included digging pits, felling timber and lifting loads. This gave them ample exercise. They took delight in the work, and so they did not generally need any other exercise or games. Of course some of them and sometimes all of them shirked. Sometimes I connived at their pranks, but often I was strict with them. All the same we got along, and at any rate they built up fine physiques, There was scarcely any illness on the Farm, though it must be said that good air and water and regular hours of food were not a little responsible for this.
A word, about vocational training. It was my intention to teach every one of the youngsters some useful manual vocation. For this purpose Mr. Kallenbach went to a Trappist monastery and returned having learnt shoe-making. I learnt it from him and taught the art to such as were ready to take it up. Mr. Kallenbach had some experience of carpentry, and there were another inmate who knew it; so we had a small class in carpentry. Cooking almost all the youngsters knew.
All this was new to them. They had never even dreamt they would have to learn these things some day. For generally the only training that Indian children received in South Africa was in the three R’s, reading, writing and arithmetic.
On Tolstoy Farm we made it a rule that the youngsters should not be asked to do what the teachers did not do and therefore, when they were asked to do any work, there was always a teacher co-operating and actually working with them. Hence, whatever the youngsters learnt, they learnt cheerfully.
1. What did Gandhiji think is the foundation of education?
2. How were the daily chores taken care of at the Farm?
3. How was vocational training taken care of at the Farm?
4. How did Gandhiji ensure a cheerful atmosphere within the
Farm?
5. Find words from the passage which mean the same as following:
a. to help (para1 )
b. to undervalue (para2 )
c. enough (para2 )
d. to allow something wrong to happen (para2 )
Following is an extract from the autobiography of Gandhiji ‘My Experiments with Truth’. In Tolstoy Farm, South Africa, he trained young minds in manners and morals and appreciating dignity of labour. Read this passage and answer the questions that follow.
My Experiments with Truth
But I had always given the first preference to the culture of the heart or the building of the character, and as I felt confident the moral training could be given to all alike, no matter how different their ages and their upbringing, I decided to live amongst them all the twenty-four hours of the day as their father. I regarded character building as the proper foundation for their education and, if the foundation was firmly laid, I was sure that the children could learn all the other things themselves or with the assistance of friends.
But as I fully appreciated the necessity of a literary training in addition, I started some classes with the help of Mr. Kallenbach and Pragji Desai. Nor did I underrate the building up of the body. This they got in the course of their daily routine. For there were no servants on the Farm, and all the work, from cooking down to scavenging, was done by the inmates. There were many fruit trees to be looked after, and enough gardening to be done as well. Mr. Kallenbach was fond of gardening and had gained some experience of this work in one of the Governmental model gardens. It was obligatory on all, young and old, who were not engaged in the kitchen, to give some time to gardening. The children had the lion’s share of this work, which included digging pits, felling timber and lifting loads. This gave them ample exercise. They took delight in the work, and so they did not generally need any other exercise or games. Of course some of them and sometimes all of them shirked. Sometimes I connived at their pranks, but often I was strict with them. All the same we got along, and at any rate they built up fine physiques, There was scarcely any illness on the Farm, though it must be said that good air and water and regular hours of food were not a little responsible for this.
A word, about vocational training. It was my intention to teach every one of the youngsters some useful manual vocation. For this purpose Mr. Kallenbach went to a Trappist monastery and returned having learnt shoe-making. I learnt it from him and taught the art to such as were ready to take it up. Mr. Kallenbach had some experience of carpentry, and there were another inmate who knew it; so we had a small class in carpentry. Cooking almost all the youngsters knew.
All this was new to them. They had never even dreamt they would have to learn these things some day. For generally the only training that Indian children received in South Africa was in the three R’s, reading, writing and arithmetic.
On Tolstoy Farm we made it a rule that the youngsters should not be asked to do what the teachers did not do and therefore, when they were asked to do any work, there was always a teacher co-operating and actually working with them. Hence, whatever the youngsters learnt, they learnt cheerfully.
1. What did Gandhiji think is the foundation of education?
2. How were the daily chores taken care of at the Farm?
3. How was vocational training taken care of at the Farm?
4. How did Gandhiji ensure a cheerful atmosphere within the
Farm?
5. Find words from the passage which mean the same as following:
a. to help (para1 )
b. to undervalue (para2 )
c. enough (para2 )
d. to allow something wrong to happen (para2 )
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