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Vocabulary and Pronunciation
The Poet and the Pauper
A. Point out the difference in meaning and use the words/phrases in your
sentences.
e.g. He works hard.
He hardly works.
• weather / climate
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• a man of substance / substantial man
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• tell / speak
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• once / at once
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B. Point out the difference.
e.g. Have you got a car? / Do you have a car?
(First one is American English and the other is British English)
He lives on the second floor. / He lives on the third storey.
What colour is this? / What color is this?
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There is no petrol in my car. / There is no gas in my car.
I like biscuits. / I like cookies.
C. Complete the sentence by choosing the second half : The first one is
done for you as
1. What sort of philistine are you, -
esquire?
respected sir?
Mr.?
sir?
2. His teeth -
shiver.
chatter.
loiter.
bitter.
3. I set out job -
haunting.
hunting.
discovering.
inventing.
4. Why stay indoors when there’s such a lovely garden to -
walkout.
walkon.
walk in.
walk up.
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Listening Skill
A. *Listen to the story of a greedy doctor how once he missed a good offer
unfortunately.
Dr. Hubert was famous for his ability and also for his greed.
Once, he cured a child of a grave disease and as a token of her gratitude the
child’s mother presented the doctor with a pretty silk wallet. The woman said, ‘Sir,
I made it myself. Please accept it.’
Shaking his head, the doctor said harshly, “I don’t accept my fees in kind.
Give me in cash.”
The woman felt hurt and humiliated. She asked, “How much should I pay
you?”
“Hundred rupees”, said the doctor.
Without a word, the mother took a hundred rupee note out of the silk wallet,
handed it to the doctor and left with the rest of the hundred rupee notes she had
brought in the wallet to give him.
Make response to the following querries orally.
1. What might the doctor have felt looking at the wallet?
2. Why did the lady feel humiliated?
3. How many notes were there in the wallet?
4. Who was in loss, the doctor or the lady?
5. What would he have thought later on?
6. If you were a doctor what would have you done? Share your views with
your classmates.
Speaking Skill
The following is an example of a conversation on telephone, use it for a mock
talk on telephone. Arrange yourself in pairs :
1. - Hello, is it 2343378?
- Yes please.
* The teacher will read it aloud.
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- Is that Varsha?
- No, it isn’t. May I know who is calling?
- I’m Neha, her friend.
- O.K., I’ll just get her. Hold on please.
- Hello, I’m sorry. She isn’t here. She has just left the place. May I take
your message, please?
- You please tell her that Rani’s birthday is on 23rd of this month.
- O.K., I’ll tell her.
- Thank you. Bye!
- Bye!
Reading Skill
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given
below it.
“One of the people who strongly coloured my younger years was the Indian
poet, Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941). He ranks with Gandhi as one of the great
heroes of India. He was a poet of world-wide stature and the recipient of the Nobel
Prize for literature. An opponent of colonialism, he planted much thought in the
minds of the people of India. For these reasons he was widely praised during the
eighty-one years of his life of creativity and struggle. One of the most impressive
parts of his life in my view is the curse that seems to have fallen on his family after
he devoted his own funds to the establishment of the Shantiniketan School for
peace at Bolpur. One after another, he lost his beloved wife, his second daughter
and his youngest child. Perhaps the poet did perceive a dark shadow of fate that
often fall on human lives. Accepting his own sorrow as a self-imposed trial, he
moved courageously forward along the path of his mission for the peace and
happiness of all mankind. It is this way of life that I commend most highly in
Tagore. A person awakened to his own great mission can overcome grief and use
experience as a springboard to the next stage in a creative life. A first class human
being is not a grumbler.”
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Questions :
(i) ‘the recipient of the Nobel Prize for literature’ implies that :
(a)
(b)
(c)
Rabindranath Tagore owned a prize for his noble deeds.
He was awarded Nobel Prize, the highest form of international
recognition in the field of literature.
He won an award for his honesty.
(ii) ‘an opponent of colonialism’ refers to :
(a)
(b)
Rabindranath Tagore’s struggle against the policy of acquiring
colonies and keeping them dependent.
his fight with those who developed agricultural land into colonies.
(c)
his struggle for the rights of labourers living in unauthorized
colonies.
(iii) ‘Self-imposed trial’ signifies:
(a)
(b)
(c)
a hard and difficult task performed for a big gain.
a task taken up to impress people.
a challenging duty or task imposed upon oneself of one’s own
volition without being forced.
(iv) Rabindranath Tagore ranks with Gandhiji as one of the great
heroes of India because :
(a)
(b)
(c)
He apposed colonialism.
He was a man of strong determination and indomitable courage.
All of the above.
2. Complete the following statements with relevant information given in
the passage.
1. Rabindranath Tagore received the Nobel Prize for_________________.
2. He devoted his own funds for the establishment of______________.
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3. Despite his sorrows and misfortunes, he moved courageously forward
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4. A person awakened to his own great mission can overcome grief and
use _______________________________________.
3. With the help of the information given in the passage, describe
Rabindranath Tagore as :
(a)
(b)
(c)
a literary figure
a nationalist
an educationist
Language Practice (Grammar)
Study these sentences.
Direct
Indirect
: He will say, “I am not at home.”
: He will say (that) he is not at home.
In the direct speech, the words quoted are enclosed within quotation marks
(inverted commas) and separated by a comma from the principal sentence. The
quotation begins with a capital letter. The following rules may be useful in the
transformation of direct into indirect speech.
If the reporting verb is in present or future tense, the tense of the verb in
the reported speech is not changed.
Example :
Reporting verb
(Present Tense)
Reported speech
(Any Tense)
Direct : He has told you, “I am coming.”
Indirect : He has told you that he is coming.
First person pronouns in Direct Speech are changed into pronouns of
the same person as the person of the subject of the Reporting verb.
Direct
Indirect
: You say, “I do my duty.”
: You say that you do your duty.
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If the reporting verb is in the past tense, the verb in the reported speech
changes to any of the four forms of the past tense.
Direct
Present indefinite
Present continuous
Present perfect
Present continuous
Past indefinite
Past continuous
Indirect
Past indefinite
Past continuous
Past perfect
Past continuous
Past perfect
Past perfect continuous
Examples :
Direct : The station master said, “The train is late.”
Indirect : The station master said that the train was late.
Direct : Mohan said, ‘‘I am writing a letter.’’
Indirect : Mohan said that he was writing a letter.
Direct : Neha said, ‘‘I have done my homework.’’
Indirect : Neha said that she had done her homework.
Direct : Ashok said, “I have been studying in this school for two years.”
Indirect : Ashok said that he had been studying in that school for
two years.
Certain adverbs of time and place change as given.
Direct
here
now
this
these
Indirect
there
then
that
those
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ago
today
tomorrow
yesterday
last night
come
before
the same day, that day
the next day
the day before (or the previous day)
the previous night
go
Rewrite the following sentences in indirect speech.
1. He said, “I have done my best and can do no more.”
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2. The old man said, “ My sons, I am dying, I wish you to get all my wealth.”
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3. She said to me, “I thank you for the help you have given me.”
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4. “Do as I tell you at once”, said the teacher angrily.
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5. He said, “Time is up, you can go now.”
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6. I said to him, “I was doing my duty.”
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7. He said, “I shall go there.”
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Writing Skill
A. Write a story for your school magazine. (50 words)
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B. Write about the peculiar traits of Kunja Bihari’s personality. (150 words)
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