Reading Comprehension
Read the following passage carefully. Based on your reading, answer the following questions in the space provided.
1. Leander’s victory at Atlanta is significant because
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2. His father’s Olympic triumph in 1972 was different from his own because it was
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3. Leander gave credit to his coach and his teammate in doubles for his victory. How did they help him?
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4. If you are required to sum up Leander’s qualities as a player, which one would you like to highlight and why?
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5. In India, while registering his victories in Davis Cup one could say that he won because
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6. At Atlanta he won because
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Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow.
1. Given here are certain ideas from the poem “Where the mind is without fear” by Rabindranath Tagore. Identify the lines from the poem that refer to these and write the lines in the space given below.
(a) Everybody should be able to learn.
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(b) There ought not be a division among people on the basis of caste, class, creed, religion or any other such basis.
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(c) People should be honest and speak out their heart.
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(d) Actions should stem from logic and not superstitions and beliefs, leading to progress
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(e) People to be free of fear and oppression.
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(f) The poet is addressing________________ so that ____
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2. This poem was written by Rabindranath Tagore much before India attained freedom. What, do you think, is the significance of these lines in the context of his time?
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Vocabulary
1. Suggest a word for each sentence/phrase correctly. Refer to the chapter ‘Reach for the Top, Part I’ given in your textbook, Beehive. The paragraph numbers where these words are used, are given in brackets.
a) A state of happiness and satisfaction.
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(b) An action or way of behaving that is usual in tradition.______________________________________(3)
(c) A word or statement that expresses agreement or confirmation.__________________________________(5)
(d) The ability to withstand hardship or adversity. _______________________________________________(7)
(e) Final stage of something you’ve been working towards.______________________________________(7)
2. Fill in the blanks using the words given in the box. These words are taken from the chapter ‘Reach for the Top’ of your textbook, Beehive. You can refer to a dictionary to find out the meanings of these words.
prevails, positive, apology, affluent, expedition, culmination
(a) She wears expensive dresses and jewellery. It seems she belongs to an_________________ Family.
(b) At present, political turmoil_______________________ in most parts of the world.
(c) Mr Khanna admitted his mistake by writing a letter of_________________________________________ to the Head of the Department.
(d) The Director was quite____________________________ while addressing his employees.
(e) The result that you see today is a_________________ of years of hardwork and dedication.
(f) School children went on a weeklong______________ during their summer holidays.
3. Playing with the words: How many words can you make from the words given below?
Vocabulary
4. An idiomatic expression is a group of words with a special meaning. The individual words in the expression do not mean what they otherwise stand for.
Example: Maria Sharapova cannot be ‘pigeon-holed’ or categorised. Her talent, unwavering desire to succeed and readiness to sacrifice have lifted her to the top of the world.
Here pigeon-holed does not mean that there is a hole for the pigeon to its nest. But it means that someone or something belongs to a particular type or group; is categorised, especially without knowing much about them.
Now, consult a dictionary and match the following idiomatic expressions given in Column ‘A’ with their meanings in Column ‘B’.
Grammar
In the chapter ‘Reach for the Top’ in Beehive, you have read that two clauses in a sentence have their own subject and verb or verb phrase. One part of the sentence (or one clause) tells us why or when something happened.
Examples:
• I read Sherlock Holmes while I was on holiday.
• It was raining heavily when I got home in the evening.
• It was raining heavily when I got home in the evening.
• Can I borrow your book when you have finished it?
1. Match each of the sentence halves given below to make meaningful sentences.
2. Make one sentence combining the two statements given below.
Example:
It’s getting dark.
Let’s go home before that.
Let’s go home before it gets dark.
(a) She must clean the room.
I won’t enter the room until this is done
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(b) I will do the cooking.
Then I will come to your house.
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(c) I will go to the library.
Then I will come to your house.
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(c) I will go to the library.
Then I will issue the book for you.
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(d) Evening came.
They rested.
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(d) Evening came.
They rested.
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(e) The salesman came.
Rita was eating her breakfast.
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f) We went to see the play with grandfather.
Do you remember?
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Editing
1. In each of the following sentences you have to remove or add a word or a phrase to make the sentence grammatically correct. Write the correct sentences in the space given below.
(a) Maria Sharapova likes to be dancing, singing and fashion.
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(b) She has love for pancakes with chocolate spread and fizzy orange drinks.
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(c) Maria had to be leave her mother behind in Siberia at age of nine. _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________
(d) She put with insults and humiliation in order to realise dream of becoming a tennis star. _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________
(e) Her dream was to be number one world tennis. _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________
2. There are spelling errors in the paragraph given here. Correct the spelling errors and rewrite the paragraph with appropriate punctuation marks in the given space.
Savitribai Phule
“Awake Arise, and Educate. Smash traditions-Liberate”
First female teacher of Indias first womens school, founder of the modern Marathi poetry at a time when womens potential and celibre were underrestimmated she worked for the uplifftment and educasion of females in the country with her husbands help. she opened a school for untouchable girls Orrthodox individuals from the upper cast used to mock at her eforts and throw stones and dung on her neverttheless she continued with her teaching the British govenment honoured her contribution to eduction later on.
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Listening
1. What happened to Hugh Herr at the age of 17?
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2. What happened to both of his legs?
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3. What were the two things he was unable to do with the prostheses? _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________
4. Why did he decide to go back to school? _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________
5. What degrees did he get from MIT and Harvard? _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________
Speaking
1. In a group of three, read aloud the dialogues. You are Kiran and your two partners are Sunita and Sarita. Then fill in the table given below
2. Work in pairs. Imagine you are Sunita. You are trying to convince your father to let you join the Karate classes.
You can use the given clues for the conversation. Take turns to be Sunita and her father.
Writing
1. Given below is some information about Saina Nehwal and Sania Mirza. You can visit your school library and search the Internet to collect more information and to find out if it is correct. Write a short motivational article for your school magazine using these details. The article can aim towards encouraging girls to take up sports.
3. The chapter ‘Reach for the Top’, Part I ends with the sentence “Santosh collected and brought down 500 kilograms of garbage from the Himalayas.”
You may have visited different tourist places and picnic spots. However, the beauty of the Nature is spoiled by waste and garbage thrown unmindfully by tourists.
As a conscious and responsible citizen of India, write a letter to the editor of a national newspaper. you may highlight the issue and measures for creating awareness about curbing environmental pollution. Discuss with your classmates how ‘Swachch Bharat Abhiyan’ can be promoted.
Project
1. In January 2018, the President of India awarded 112 amazing “First Ladies” for being first in their respective fields. Find out the achievements of some of them. • A class board can be prepared with your contributions. • Make a collage of the “First Ladies”, their struggle, endeavour and achievements. Display it in the class. • Your group can make PowerPoint presentation of their life, struggle, society, inspiration and achievements.
2. Even now girls have to struggle for getting education and participating in games. They are victims of child marriage, harassment, etc. Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao is an initiative by the Government of India for ensuring survival, protection and education of the girl child. As a citizen of India what will be your contribution in promoting girls, education and safeguarding their interest? • Prepare posters, write slogans and draw charts to create awareness in the society.
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