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ASSIGNMENTS IN ENGLISH PLUS (COMM) IXii

Assignments 1 TO 12 (8 Marks) ................................................................................................................................. 3-4

Assignments 1 TO 12 (12 Marks) ............................................................................................................................... 4-6

SECTION B : WRITING & GRAMMAR

PART I : WRITING

– Integrated Exercise for Practice .................................................................................................................... 7-26

– Assignments 1 TO 12 ................................................................................................................................... 26-33

PART II : GRAMMAR

– Integrated Exercise for Practice .................................................................................................................. 33-35

– Assignments 1 TO 12 ................................................................................................................................... 35-36

READING, WRITING & GRAMMAR

Unit Assignments 1 TO 8 ....................................................................................................................................... 36-43

SUBJECT ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES

Assignments 1 TO 4 ............................................................................................................................................... 43-44

CONTENTS

SECTION A : READING

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2. Mrs Shelby and George read the Bible to their slaves and taught them to believe the Christian virtues.

3. They explained to them though their human bodies could be bought, their souls could never be.

4. There was a feeling of trust between the Shelbys and their nergo slaves and servants.

5. Eliza was nervous and in a panic because she thought that her son Harry, who was also a slave to Mr and Mrs Shelby, was perhaps sold out by the master.

6. Mrs Shelby told Eliza to bring an evening gown. But Eliza was so nervous that she brought out a nightdress. This made Mrs Shelby think that something was troubling Eliza.

7. Mrs Shelby assured Eliza that her master would never sell any of his trusty servants.

8. Mrs Shelby warned Eliza not to listen at doors anymore.

ASSIGNMENT 7 1. Some animals move great distances at certain

times of the year. This mass movement of animals from one place to another is known as migration.

2. Animals migrate to escape harsh weather, to search for food and to reach their breeding ground.

3. They travel from the river to the sea to lay eggs. 4. Locusts are harmful migratory insects because

swarms of locusts settle on standing crops and destroy them.

5. The European stork travels from Europe to Africa every winter. When spring comes, it returns to Europe to the same nest.

6. Reindeer is a large deer with horns in branches shape.

7. Thereindeerfindtheirdirectionwiththehelpofthe sun’s rays.

8. It is a great mystery how migrating animals decide wheretogoandinwhichdirectiontofly.

ASSIGNMENT 8 1. The king and the ministers decided to do so because

they did’t want to run things like other kings. 2. They ordered that everyone should be awake at

night,tilltheirfieldsandruntheirbusinesses

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ASSIGNMENTS (8 MARKS)

ASSIGNMENT 1 1. (b) a healthy body 2. (c) light exercise 3. (c) Freedom from work 4. (a) 8 hours 5. (d) poisonous products 6. (b) strenuous exercises 7. moderate exercises 8. False

ASSIGNMENT 2 1. (b) an apple tree 2. (a) the moon 3. (a) the ground 4. (c) mathematician 5. (b) England 6. (a) Grandmother 7. admiration 8. True

ASSIGNMENT 3 1. (c) Bhopal 2. (a) the Buddhist monuments 3. (b) the great stupa 4. (a) Emperor Ashoka 5. (c) Buddha 6. (a) four gateways 7. inthelatefirstcenturyA.D. 8. True

ASSIGNMENT 4 1. (b) vast country 2. (a) the north west 3. (a) the native inhabitants 4. (a) rice producers 5. (b) the north east 6. (d) Negros 7. Vegetarians and non-vegetarians 8. True

ASSIGNMENT 5 1. (b) obstinate 2. (c) a quarrel 3. (d) a young prince 4. (a) the younger daughter 5. (b) salt 6. (a) the bridal veil 7. salt 8. True

ASSIGNMENT 6 1. Mr and Mrs Shelby treated them like human

beings.

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only after dark, and go to bed as soon as the sun came up.

3. Anyone who disobeyed would be punished with death.

4. If they raised their voice against such rule, they were sure to get death penalty.

5. As per the king order, all people go to bed as soon as the sun came up.

6. They wandered around the town till evening. 7. At dusk, when everyone woke up and went about

his nightly business, the two strangers go to a shop to buy some grocery.

8. They found that everything in shops cost the same, a single duddu—whether they bought a measure of rice or a bunch of bananas, it cost a duddu.

ASSIGNMENT 9 1. Swaminathan considered Monday specially

unpleasant in the calendar. 2. After the delicious freedom of Saturday and

Sunday,itwasdifficulttogetintotheMondaymood of work and discipline.

3. On Monday, he was shuddered at the very thought ofschool:thatdismalyellowbuilding;thefire-eyedVedanayagam, his class-teacher, and the Head Master with his thin long cane.

4. He sat on his stool and shut his eyes to recollect what work he had for the day.

5. For Monday there was Arithmetic—those five puzzlesinProfitandLoss;thentherewasEnglishdictionarymeaningsofdifficultwords;andthenthere was Geography.

6. Vedanayagam was presiding over the class with his back to the long window.

7. Through its bars one saw a bit of the drill ground and a corner of the veranda of the Infant Standards.

8. Vast open grounds bound at the other extreme by the railway embankment could be seen through the huge windows.

ASSIGNMENT 10 1. He showed the signs of his revolutionary spirit

right from his early days. 2. Oten used to denigrate the Indian people while

teaching. Other students could put up with this insult but Subhash Chandra Bose could not tolerate it. One day he slapped Oten, his teacher, in the class.

3. He was rusticated from the college for he slapped the teacher.

4. He decided to appear in the I.C.S. examination in England in deterence to the wishes of his father.

5. He didn’t join Indian civil service because he had a mission in life and he wanted to spend his life in serving the motherland and liberating her from the British shackles.

6. He wanted to spend his life in serving the motherland and liberating her from the British shackles.

7. He did not plunge into the agitation, because he was not particularly attracted towards Gandhiji’s way of thinking and method of work.

8. His heroes were Rana Pratap and Shivaji.

ASSIGNMENT 11 1. God decided to destroy the earth because the

people began to do wrong things. 2. Hesentagreatfloodontheearthtodestroyit. 3. Noah was a good man on earth whom God wanted

to save. 4. God told Noah to build a great boat big enough

forhisfamily,andaskedhimtofillitwithtwoofevery kind of animal and bird, and with enough food to feed them all for a very long time.

5. The earth was covered with water. No one and nothing survived except Noah and his family.

6. God told Noah that it was time for them all to leave the boat and make a fresh start in the clean, new world.

7. Noahwasverydelightedtofindhimselfandhisfamily safe.

8. They thanked God for keeping them safe.

ASSIGNMENT 12 1. Rabindranath Tagore was a poet, writer, musician

and philosopher. 2. He liked music and poetry. 3. Banphool washisfirstpoem.Hewroteitwhen

he was just 15. 4. In 1913, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for

Literature for his book, Gitanjali. 5. Tagore wrote nearly 50 books and more than 3,000

poems. 6. Education was the only means through which

India could progress. 7. Shantiniketan was founded in 1901. 8. It is now known as the Vishva Bharati University.

ASSIGNMENTS (12 MARKS)

ASSIGNMENT 1 I. 1. Mother Teresa brought help and relief to

millions of sick abandoned poor. She dedicated


her life to the service of the ‘poorest of the poor’, as she believed that in serving the poorest, she was serving God.

2. Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Skopje, then in Albania, Yugoslavia, on August 27, 1910. As a twelve-year-old, she decided to become a nun, and at 18, she joined the Order of Loreto nuns in Ireland. On joining the Order, Agnes took on the name “Teresa”.

3. In her opinion India was a missionary country like the countries of Africa. In 1929, she came to Calcutta to become a teacher in a Loreto school.

4. On September 10, 1946, while on a train journey toDarjeeling,sheheardthe‘VoiceofGod’fromwithin, asking her to leave the convent and serve the ‘poorest of the poor’ of Calcutta.

II. 1. (c) compassion 2. abandoned 3. (c) explained 4. released

ASSIGNMENT 2 I. 1. We can keep out teeth healthy and strong with

proper, personal and professional care. 2. Tooth brushing is the best method to remove

plaque and proper method of brushing can minimise the dental diseases. Always use a good tooth paste and a good quality tooth brush with softbristlesandhandlethatfitscomfortablyinyour mouth and hand.

3.Weshouldmessageourfingersafterbrushingand gently brush your tongue also.

4. Sweets and sticky food such as chocolates, candies, cakes, etc. are the enemies of our teeth as these items destroy the tooth substances.

II. 1. (c) common 2. minimise 3. gentle 4. (a) destroy

ASSIGNMENT 3 I.1.Dr Verghese Kurien was the visionary

AdministratorwhospearheadedtheDairyCooperative Movement and made Operation Flood a runway success. He achieved recognition for himself and brought glory to the country by building India’s dairy industry.

2. He introduced innovatives like having a network of veterinary services and cattle breeding centres. Thus he totally changed the concept of dairying.

3.WhenDrKurien took a job atAnand inGujarat to organise milk production and all that it involved, he took over an existing dairy cooperative run by Shri T. Patel, and mobilised milk-producers cooperatives.

4. The programme ‘Operation Flood’ has helped stabilise milk prices, reduce India’s dependence on milk imports, ensure the supply of hygienic milk and provide a source of regular income to small farmers and others. Operation Flood has now expanded to include fruits, vegetables and oilseeds.

II. 1. (a) spearheaded 2. traced 3. (b) organise 4. imports

ASSIGNMENT 4 I. 1. As a young prince, he went along with his father

AkbaronhiscampaigninKashmir.Therehefell in love with the natural splendour of the Himalayan mountains, streams, trees and flowers.

2. Nurjahan, his wife, encouraged his interest in nature by laying out gardens in various parts of Kashmir.

3. He provided detailed descriptions of flowers in his memoirs Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri that form a botanical study of its own kind. Jahangir’s descriptionsofsomeofIndia’scommonflowersare simple and accurate.

4. Jahangir’s fame as a naturalist rests on the pictorial studies of birds and animals that appealed to his imagination for their unique physical features or habits.

II. 1. (b) renowned 2. observation 3. (a) unique 4. detailed

ASSIGNMENT 5 I.1.Deciduoustreesshedtheirleaveseveryyearbut

evergreen trees don’t shed their leaves at one time and thus always appear green.

2. Because leaves of the evergreen trees last for two to three years. As soon as a leaf withers, it falls down and a new leaf sprouts in its place.

3.Pinesandfirs 4. The magnolia plants bear b e a u t i f u l w h i t e

flowers,thatareusedfordecoration. II. 1. (b) shed 2. retains 3. (b) useful 4. sprout

ASSIGNMENT 6 I. 1. Whenever wood, coal or some other substance

burns, smoke comes out. Smoke is produced due to the incomplete combustion of fuels. If complete combustion of fuels takes place, no smoke will be produced.

2. Most of the fuels contain carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and small quantities of sulphur.


When any fuel burns, we get carbon dioxide, water vapour, nitrogen and traces of sulphur dioxide.

3. For the complete combustion of fuels, a large quantity of oxygen is required because burning isaprocessofoxidation.Duetothelackofoxygen, fuels do not burn completely.

4. When the number of carbon particles present in the smoke is large, it appears gray or dark. These very carbon particles get deposited on the walls of the chimneys and known as soot.

II. 1. quantity 2. pollutant 3. scattered 4. foggy

ASSIGNMENT 7 I. 1. Strong winds brought rain and sleet, which

damagedtheflowersinthegarden. 2. In the harsh winter, it was raining heavily

and the weather became so cold that Miss Mackenzie’sfingersbecamestiff.

3. She spent most of her time in bed because she felt tired due to the dithering cold.

4. One night the hot-water bottle burst, soaking the bed. The sun didn’t shine for several days, and the blankets remained damp. Miss Mackenzie caught a chill and had to keep to her cold, uncomfortable bed.

II. 1. strong 2. wrapped 3. warmest 4. uncomfortable

ASSIGNMENT 8 I. 1. The Western Ghats are a narrow stretch of hills.

The total area of the Western Ghats is about 1,60,000 sq km.

2. The average annual rainfall of the Western Ghats is 2,500 mm. Tropical evergreen rainforests are found here.

3. Huge colonies of rock bee and bats live here. 4. Nearly 150 species of ants and 508 species of

mammals live in the Western Ghats. II. 1. narrow 2. highest 3. primary 4. unequalled

ASSIGNMENT 9 I.1.As‘SacredTree’,‘HealAll’,‘Nature’sDrugstore’,

‘Village Pharmacy’ and ‘Panacea for all diseases’. 2. Neem oil is used for preparing cosmetics. It is

used in the treatment of acne. It is effective mosquito repellent.

3. Neem repels pests and affects their growth. 4. The practitioners of traditional Indian medicine

recommend the patients suffering from chickenpox to sleep on neem leaves.

II. 1. panacea 2. elasticity 3. repel 4. recommend

ASSIGNMENT 10 I. 1. Some governments like Bangladesh, Bhutan and

Zanzibar have decided to ban plastic bags. 2. Trees produce oxygen, which human beings

inhale, by taking in carbon dioxide in the presence of sunlight.

3. The toxic gas that petrol-run vehicles and aeroplanes emit is the major cause of air pollution.

4. Green cover means the entire environment which needs to be protected by mankind by avoiding the use of plastic bags from our lives.

II. 1. surcharge 2. absorb 3. patch 4. alternative

ASSIGNMENT 11 I.1.Kashmir,a222,236sqkmregioninthenorth

western Indian subcontinent, is surrounded by China in the northeast, the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab in the south, by Pakistan in the west.

2. The predominant religion in the Jammu area is Hinduism in the east and Islam in the West. IslamisalsothemainreligionintheKashmirvalley and the Pakistan-controlled parts.

3.TheHindusandMuslimsofKashmirhavelivedin harmony since the 13th century when Islam emergedasamajorreligioninKashmir.TheRishitraditionofKashmiriHindusandSufi-IslamicwayoflifeofKashmiriMuslimsnotonlyco-existed, they complemented each other.

4. The Hindus and Muslims created a unique ethnicity in which Hindus and Muslims visited the same shrines and venerated the same saints.

II. 1. partition 2. predominant 3. emerged 4. venerate

ASSIGNMENT 12 I. 1. It helps to adapt to stress. 2. Common colds, headaches, stomach disorders, etc. 3. It is mostly used for medicinal purposes and

in herbal cosmetics. It is widely used in skin preparations due to its anti-bacterial activity.

4. Two types of tulsi are –Rama tulsi and Shyama tulsi. Rama tulsi has light green leaves and is larger in size. Shyama tulsi has dark green leaves.

II. 1. ancient 2. promote 3. common 4. frequently


INTEGRATED EXERCISE FOR PRACTICE

1. NOTICE WRITING

1. BLUEBELL PUBLIC SCHOOL, GHAZIABAD

20th September, 20××NOTICE

PARTICIPATE IN THE PICNICSAll students of Bluebell Public School are hereby informed that our school is going to organise class picnics on 24th September, 20xx. So all students are invited to join the picnic. Those who are interested to join the picnic, kindly give their names with `200 to their respective class monitor latest by the 23rd September. For further information, contact the undersigned.

AmritaClass monitorClass-VIA

2. RANI LAXMIBAI SCHOOL SECTOR 62, NOIDA


ZONAL BADMINTON FINALSOur school is going to play the Zonal Badminton Finals on 10th November, 20xx in Noida Stadium, Sector-21. So all students of Rani Laxmibai Public School are requested to reach the stadium on 10th November, at 10:00 am to enjoy the match and encourage our badminton team. For further information, please contact the undersigned.

SaurabhHead Boy

3. TAGORE PUBLIC SCHOOL NEW DELHI

10th April, 20××NOTICE

LOST WRIST WATCHAll students of Tagore Public School are hereby informedthatI,Ketan,lostmywristwatchintheplayground during the recess period. The watch is of Titan Company with a golden case, golden dial, black numerals and red leather strap. The person who has found it, kindly return it to the undersigned. A suitable reward will be given to thefinder.KetanClass-VIBRoll No.7

4. Please refer to the answer to Q1.

5. JLM PUBLIC SCHOOL, GHAZIABAD10th February, 20××

NOTICELOST A WATER BOTTLE

This is to bring to the notice of all students of JLM Public School that today, I Sahil, lost my water bottle at school. The bottle is of Milton company in pink colour with sky blue cap. A label with my name is also stuck on the bottle. The person who has found it, please return to the undersigned.

SahilClass-VIBRoll No. 16

6. ST. TERESA SCHOOL, GHAZIABAD25th October, 20××

NOTICEFANCY DRESS COMPETITION

OurschoolisgoingtoorganiseaFancyDresscompetition on 28th October, 20xx in the school premise. The students who want to participate in the competition, please give their names to the undersigned by 27th October. For any query, please contact:KarunaHead Girl

SECTION B : WRITING & GRAMMAR

PART I — WRITING


7. VIVEKANANDA PUBLIC SCHOOL, NOIDA2nd August, 20××

NOTICECONTRIBUTE TO THE FLOOD VICTIMS

All students of Vivekananda Public School are hereby informed that Uttarakhand has been badly hit by floods due to enormous rains. A large number of people have become homeless and are in extreme crisis. So you are requested toprovideyourhelptothefloodafflictedpeopleof Uttarakhand for their rehabilitation. You can help the victims by giving clothes, food, utensils, money etc.

KusumPrincipal

8. SUNFLOWER PUBLIC SCHOOL GURGAON

16th May, 20××NOTICE

LITERACY CAMP IN SUMMER BREAKThisistoinformallthestudentsofSunflowerPublic School that a literacy camp will be held in our school campus during the summer break of this year. In this camp, education will be imparted to illiterate people of all age groups, for free. So each of you are requested to tell the illiterate people of your respective area to join the camp and become literate. For more details, please contact the undersigned.

SunainaPrincipal

9. GANDHARVA PUBLIC SCHOOLAGRA

20th October, 20××NOTICE

PARTICIPATE IN DIWALI BAZAR

All students of Gandharva Public School are hereby informed thatDiwaliBazarwill beorganised from 22nd October to 25th October in ourschoolcampusontheoccasionofDiwali.Soallof you are requested to participate in it and make the Bazar thriving. For more details, contact the undersigned.KiyanHead Boy

10. MARIGOLD PUBLIC SCHOOL KOLKATA

8th August, 20××NOTICE

DONATE FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN

The students of our school are hereby informed thatSahyogSikshaKendrarunsaschoolforthe underprivileged children. The organisation requires your contribution for the smooth running of the school. So you are requested to donate old clothes, school bags, books, money, etc.toSahyogSikshaKindraforthewelfareofthe underprivileged children. For any query, please contact the undersigned.

VarunPrincipal

2. DIARY ENTRY1. September 5, 20xx 8.00 pm DearDiary Today I am very excited because I attended some

schools with our Prime Minister Narendra Modi under his interaction programme with the students of the schools across the country on the occasion of Teacher’sDay.IndeedourPrimeMinisterNarendraModi is a great person. In spite of being a prime minister, he visited a number of govt. schools and interacted with students. He appreciated all the teachers for their great contribution to the education. He encouraged the students to do the best in studies. He told them, “You are the future of the country. So be ready to take your country on the zenith of success.”

This is really a praiseworthy programme. This programme motivates the teacher and the students. I salute our Prime Minister Narendra Modi for this programme.

Sanjana2. 5th March, 20xx 7.00 pm DearDiary Today an inter-school cricket match was organised

in our school playground. The match between our school and St. Joseph School started at 10:00 am. The Collector of our district was the Chief Guest. He sat with the Principal and teachers of both the schools.


The playground was crowded with the spectators of both the schools. Our school cricket team won the tossanddecidedtobatfirst.Thefirsttwoplayerscould score only 12 runs off 24 balls but the third wicket who was the captain scored 32 runs off 36 balls and the score reached 44. The match was of 15 overs. So in 15 overs our school cricket team scored 66 runs. Then it was the time of lunch break. After lunch, the players of St. Joseph school started batting.Thefirstthreewicketsscored38runsin6overs. They played excellent but the rest wicket got out one after another only in 3 overs and could add only 18 runs.

Finally our school cricket team won the match. The captain of the team became the hero. He was given a cricket bat and a ball as a prize by the Collector. All teacher, students and other school showered praises on him.

Saurabh

3. 28th November, 20xx 7.00 pm DearDiary Today,forthefirsttime,IwenttoaPVRcinema

hall with my parents to watch a movie. Indeed I was very excited while watching the movie namely ‘Mary Kom’.Themovieisbasedonwell-knownboxingplayerMaryKomwhowonbronzemedalatLondonSummer Olympics 2012. Prinyanka Chopra played theroleofMaryKom.

MaryKom’sfatherdoesnotwantMaryKomtobecome a boxer as she is a girl but she has a great passion to become a good boxer. She joins a boxing institute for boxing practice. Her father always forbids her to do so but she keeps on participating in different games. Her boxing coach encourages her to participate in 2008 World Boxing Championship. As a result, she participated in it and won a silver medal. Then a bronze medal in the London Summer Olympics 2012.

Indeed the movie is very inspiring. It gives a message thatifonehasfirmdeterminationtoachievesomething, one will achieve it irrespective of one’s status.

Shilpa

4. 15th June, 20xx 7.00 pm

DearDiary Today I am immensely happy because only today

I returned from the Adventure Trip of Sitlakhet. Actually on 12th I with my classmates and teachers went on a tour to Sitlakhet, a beautiful hill station in Almora, Uttarakhand. Our journey to Sitlakhet was very enjoyable. On the way to Sitlakhet we played antarakshari with our classmates in A/c bus. We reached Sitlakhet at 1:00 pm. Then we went to a restaurant to have lunch as we all were feeling very hungry. After lunch, we went to some orchards and green forests which were undoubtedly very charming. Then we went on mountains. Then we visited Shyahi DeviTemplewhichisatopasmallhill,3kmfromAlmora.ThegoddessShyahiDeviisknownasthesaviour of Almora. As we went there during Navratri, when fairs are held at Shyahi Temple, we enjoyed the fairs enormously. Our teachers always were with us and they gave brief description about different beautiful places in Almora. We stayed there for three daysandfinallyon15th,wereturnedtoourtown.

Sushank

5. 8th August, 20xx 8.00 pm

DearDiary Today I am in very depressive mood. I went to

Jammu&Kashmirwitnessthefloodsceneafewdays ago with my parents. I returned from there only todayat10am,therewereachedthefloodscene,Iwasmovedtoseethemiseriesofthefloodvictims.They were living under tents as their homes were washedawaybythefloods.Wemetsomeofthefloodvictimsandaskedwhatkindofdifficultiestheywerefacing with. They replied that they had to wear a pair of torn clothes for a week as they do not have other pairs. They had to live hungry for hours as they waited for the helicopters that dropped food for them. My parents gave a cheque of ` 5000 as a donation to thefloodvictims.Inmyopinion,allpeopleshouldprovide their help to them so that they can restart leading a good life.

Shreya

6. 21st November, 20xx 8.00 pm


DearDiary LastweekontheoccasionofChildren’sDayafilm

festival was organised in our city. In which some Bollywood movies especially for children like Tara Zameen Par, Chillar Party etc. were displayed. SomeBollywoodstarsnamelyAmirKhan,AmitabhBachchan, SharukhKhan,KatrinaKaif andPriyanka Chopra were also present in the festival as guests. They spoke a few words to inspire children.

The children enjoyed the festival enormously. They watched movies. The movies displayed conveyed the message that every child has some special talent. Only he/she needs to be made aware about his/her special talent. Someone may excel in music, while someotherinsports,andsomeoneinotherfield.Thechildren got inspired by watching the movies.

Aparna

3. I. LETTER WRITING1. B-110, Sector-12 Noida 10th November, 20xx DearChristopher I am fine and I think you must be in the best of

health and spirits. I read your letter in which you have asked me to describe an Indian marriage. You are my good friend and hence immediately I started to write the response to your letter.

Indian marriage takes place in a very traditional and systematic way. First of all the families of the would be groom and bride visit each other’s home and decide whether boy and girl will be suitable for eachother.Iffamiliesfrombothsidesfindthemsuitable, the cavalcade (barat) from groom’s side goes to the bride’s home. After some ritual rites, the groom applies vermillion (sindoor) on the forehead of the bride and thereafter they are considered to be wife-husband. Finally the cavalcade come back with the bride. This is how the Indian marriage takes place.

I am also very eager to know how marriages take place in your country. I hope the next letter that I will receive from you will have its description.

Your loving friend Karan2. D-110,Sector-12 Noida 10th April, 20xx

DearHeena Ihopethisletterwillfindyouinthebestofhealth

and spirits. I am immensely happy to know that you scored 98% in the annual examination of class VI. I am offering my heartiest congratulations on your grand success in your annual examination and I pray that god always be with you to help achieve success.

There is no doubt that you are a laborious student and one day you will reach the zenith of success. How are uncle, aunt and grandparents? Convey my warmest regards to them.

Yours Sanjana3. F-8, Ram Nagar NewDelhi 20th November, 20xx DearMayank You will be pleased to know that my sister, Neha,

is going to be married on 26th November, 20xx. The wedding ceremony will take place at M-110, CommunityCenter,RamNagar,NewDelhi.SoIam cordially extending an invitation to you and your family to be present on that auspicious day.

I hope I will meet you in the wedding ceremony with your family.

Your friend Hitesh Bhardwaj4. B-96, Siddharth Vihar Ghaziabad 10th April, 20xx Respected Father Yesterday I received your letter in which you

have asked me how I have done in my annual examination of class VI. I have attempted all questions in all subjects except for Maths in which I could not attempt 5 questions of 6 marks each. I am confidentthattheanswersthatIhavewrittenintheexaminations are correct. So I hope that I will score more than 90% in the examination.

Papa you must be thinking why I could not do good in Maths. I am also realising that I am weak at Maths. I will have to devote more time to the practice of Maths problems. I assure you that in the annual examination of class VII, I will do good in Maths too. If need be, I will join coaching classes in Maths. You may rest assured.

Yours obediently Piyush


5. The Principal APZ Public School Udyog Vihar Gurgaon 9th September, 20xx Sub: Request to start a course in martial arts Sir With due respect I would like to say that today

there are many notorious men wandering here and there. We have to meet with the insulting remarks passed on by some of them when we go to the market or shop. Especially girls are the sufferers of such remarks. We often ignore their remarks and go on only because we know that we are not able to retort them.

Therefore, I request you to kindly start martial arts in the school so that all of us would be able to defend ourselves boldly. No one would dare to humiliate us or molest any girl of this school. Sir, school is the place where we should gain not only bookish knowledge but also we should learn the art which can save our lives.

I hope my request will be considered. Yours obediently Ankit Verma Class-VIA Roll No. 026. A-80, Sector-112 Noida 10th September, 20xx The Editor The Times of India NewDelhi Sub: Water-logging causing fatal diseases Sir Through the columns of your esteemed newspaper,

I would like to draw the attention of the Municipal Commissioner towards the woes and diseases faced by the people at our area due to the water-logging inourlocality.Afterrainingseason,onecanfindwater logging at different places in our locality which breeds a large number of mosquitoes and a number of people of our area become the victims of fatal diseases like dengu, chikunguniya and malaria due to the mosquito bite. Some people even lost their lives because of these diseases.

We have already complained several times about it to the concerned departments, but to no avail. The number of victims of these diseases is increasing day by day.

So, it is our humble request to you to kindly save us from the fatal diseases by spraying repellents or kerosene oil in the water-logging.

I hope our request will be considered seriously by the Municipal Commissioner and we will soon get rid of the fatal diseases

Thank you Your sincerely Ritesh7. D-10,HariNagar NewDelhi 10th June, 20xx The Municipal Commissioner DelhiMuncipalCorporation NewDelhi Sub: Menace created by stray bulls Sir Through the medium of this letter I would like to

drawyourattentiontowardsthedifficultiesfacedbythe people in the locality of Hari Nagar due to stray bulls. The stray bulls can be seen everywhere in our locality. People do not send their children out of home alone for fear of stray bulls.

They stand on the roads of our locality in groups and causetrafficjams.Sometimesheatoncecomesinfront of our vehicles and we have to apply brake all of a sudden. He sometimes causes fatal accidents. Besides,wehavetoscufflewithothervehicledriversfor our cars bruise their ones due to the sudden coming of bulls on the roads.

Therefore, we residents request you to kindly get us rid of these stray bulls at the earliest.

Thank you Yours sincerely Summit (Chairman R.W.A., Hari Nagar) 8. K-96,VikasPuri NewDelhi 8th November, 20xx DearAlex I hope you are fit and fine. Yesterday I received

your letter in which you have wanted to know about the cycle of seasons in our country. In our country there are mainly three seasons, i.e. Winter, Summer and Rainy. Winter season starts from the month of OctoberandendsinthemonthofMarch.Duringthisseason, it is cold. The minimum temperature goes up to 4°C during this season.


but I never obey them. I dont’ like to live in such environment.

So, papa I request you to kindly call me back home. Yours affectionately Shivam 11. B-76, Mohan Garden NewDelhi 10th February, 20xx The General Manager

DelhiTransportCorporation NewDelhi

Sub: Complaint about rough behaviours of bus conductors

Sir Through the medium of this letter I would like to

draw your attention towards the rough behaviour of bus conductors. I am a regular commuter by bus from DwarkaMoretoRajouriGarden.Ifindbusconductormisbehaving with some or the other passengers almost every day. They talk roughly to all passengers irrespective of males or females. Sometimes, they deliberately don’t want to give our balance money pretending that they don’t have change coins or notes of the requirements. Sometimes they even give lewd comments on females.

Therefore, I request you to kindly do the needful. Thank you Yours sincerely Mayank 12. M-16, Tagore Garden NewDelhi 20th June, 20xx The Editor

The Times of India NewDelhi

Sub:Deafeningnoisepollutioninthecity Sir Through the columns of your esteemed newspaper

I would like to draw the attention of the concerned authorities towards the difficulties faced by the residents of Tagore Garden due to the noise pollution. The honking of vehicles on he roads is the main cause ofnoisepollution.Duetotheterriblenoisepollution,the elderly get irritated. They often behave angrily with their children. The students are unable to concentrate their mind on studies.

Apart from the above, we are unable to sleep till midnight because of noise pollution.

The next is summer season. The summer season starts from the month of April and ends in June. Duringthisseason,hotanddrywindsblow.Themaximum temperature reaches up to 48°C.

Then comes the monsoon season. It starts from July andendsinSeptember.Duringthisperiod,itrainsheavily. There is high humidity in this season. Apart from the above, there are two more seasons namely spring (March-June) and Autumn (September-December).

Alex, I also want to know about the seasons in your country.Pleasedescribetheseasonsbriefly.Iamwaiting your response.

Yours affectionately Saurabh9. D-110,GaliNo.5 Rahul Vihar Ghaziabad 10th September, 20xx MydearKanica It is a matter of immense pleasure that you have

recovered from Chikunguniya. Though I know that it will take some time to gain the same strength that you had before falling sick. I think the doctor must have advised you what to take and what to avoid to recover the same strength and energy soon. Besides I want to know whether you still feel pains in your joints. If it is so, tell it to your parents. I pray to God, may he help you to restore your strength soon.

Convey my regards to uncle and aunt. Yours affectionately Shreya 10. F-18, Vishal Enclave NewDelhi 10th September, 20xx DearFather Ihopeeachmemberofourfamilyisfine.Iamalso

fitanfinehere.Papaasamatteroffact,Idislikehostel life. I want to live with my family members who always take care of my every need. Here there is no one who can take care of me. Moreover, I am unabletogetagoodcompanyinthehostel.Ifindthat most of the boys in the hostel are addicted to smoke. At nights after dinner, they go out for a walk, sometimes I also accompany them as they insist on doing so. They go to a betel (paan) shop, and start smoking cigarette. They also persuade me to do so


Therefore, we request the concerned authorities to kindly take some steps to check noise pollution in the city. Instruct the drivers of vehicles not to blow unnecessary horns near the residents.

Thank you Yours sincerely Aman Gupta 13. 18th July, 20xx The Principal

Amar Public School Sector-37, Noida

Sub: Application for fee concession Sir I am a student of class VI of your school. I have

always been a meritorious student of the school. But my father, the only person in my family of four member to earn money had been jobless for two months. The previous week, he got a job but his salary is much lesser than that he was getting earlier. That is why. I would be unable to pay my full fee and I request you to allow me to continue my study in your school with 50% fee concession.

I will always be grateful to you for this support. Thank you Yours obediently Karuna Class-VIB Roll No. 01

3. II. E-MAIL

1. To : karan01#[email protected] : [email protected] : Request to visit the Book Fair with meDearKaranIhopeyouarefine.Actuallymyunclehasdecidedto visit the Book Fair at Pragati Maidan on Sunday. I will also go there with him. I want you to accompany us to add to our enjoyment. We will leave our home at 7:00 am for Pragati Maidan. And it is not possible for you to reach my home before 7:00 am. So I request you to come my home today evening and stay with us for the night. We will have our dinner together.I hope you will not turn down my request and will reach my home by the evening.

Yours affectionatelyRebha

2. To : [email protected] : [email protected] : Places visited in educational tourDear fatherI hopethisletterwillfindyouinthebestofhealthand spirits. Papa, you will be pleased to know that I with some students of our hostel went on an educational tour to Rajasthan on 5th September, 20xx for two days. We required Jaipur at 8.00 am on 5th September. Soon we went to a hotel for freshening up. In the hotel, we went to a hotel for freshening up. In the hotel, we relaxed for two hours. Then we went to Jaipur for sight seeing. There we visited Amer Fort, Jal Mahal, Hawa Mahal and City Palace. Then we came back to our hotel and slept at night.The next day, we went to Jaisalmer. There we visited Jaisalmer Fort and Museum, Patwon ki Haveli,KothariHaveli,GodsisarSagarLakeandTozia Tower. There we also enjoyed camel ride.We had a guide with us who gave a lot of information about these places. We learnt a lot about these places.Indeed the tour was memorable.Yours obedientlyRajesh

3. To : [email protected] : [email protected] : My hostel lifeDear FatherIamabsolutelyfinehereandhopeyouarealsofine.YesterdayIreceivedyoure-mailinwhichyouhave asked me what I do, what I eat, how we live with other hostel inmates and how I feel about the hostel life.Papa after completing my homework, I spend my time in reading storybook, playing football, cricket and volleyball with our hostel inmates. My hostel inmates are very good. They always talk to me politely. They have become my good friends. They share their food with me also. Many times we eat together. I take a parantha with butter and a glass of milk for my breakfast. For lunch I take four chapattis with vegetable. For dinner, I take three chapattis with vegetabales. In vegetables, I take potatato, brinjal,cauliflower,capricus,greenleafyones,paneer, etc.I am living a happy hostel life. I don’t face any kind of difficulty here. Moreover, I got a good environment for studies.Don’tworryaboutmeatall.Yours obedientlyAkash


4. To : [email protected] : [email protected] :DescriptionofmyvisittoShimlaDearNehaIhopeyouarefitandfine.Neha,Iwouldliketoshare my experience about my visit to Shimla. Last week, I with my parents, had a visit to Shimla. We reached Shimla at 6:00 am. Then we went to our hotel which was already booked by my parents. After freshening up we took breakfast and then relaxed for two hours. First of all, we visited Jakhoo Temple which has the world’s largest Hanuman statue. The Hanuman statue is visible from most parts of Shimla. Then we wentforskiinginKufri.Weenjoyedskiingalot.Besides, we visited Himalyan Bird Park, Shimla Reserve Forest Sanctuary, Ridge, Scandal Point, Chail, Christ Church and Tallapani. Indeed, we extremely enjoyed our visit to Shimla. I wish if you were with me, the visit would have been more enjoying.Yours Aryan

4. ARTICLE WRITING1. A Good Citizen

A good citizens is one who tries to work for the greatness and glory of his country. He is faithful to his country and isreadytosacrificeeverythingforthehonouroftheland.He must be law abiding and must respect the traditions of his country. He should make all possible efforts to remove the social evils which are the bane of the society. He must live in peace with his fellow citizens and help the state against all criminals and law breakers. He is not blindly conservative and he is progressive in his outlook. A good citizen must be committed to the high ideals and work for the betterment of his country. He should work for the unity in the country and does not do anything which might harm the solidarity of the country. He knows that if his countrymen are not united, the nation shall face danger from other countries hostile to us. He is kind and sympathetic towards everyone. He respects this rights and privileges of others. He does not do anything which might have bad effect on others. He is honest and diligent and works for the good of his fellow citizens.

2. The Place of Women in Indian SocietyIn Indian society, women have been given a better position than that of men. We can see their presence in

every walk of life. Ranging from topmost constitutional position of a prime minister and president to constable and metro driver, they have marked their presence. Nowwomenarepoliceofficers,judges,bankmanagers,armyofficers,pilots,etc.Theyareholdingpositionsof responsibility in various spheres of life. They are successfulinthefieldofbusinessandcommerce.Moreand more women are coming out of the four walls of their houses. Literacy rates in women have witnessed a sharp rise during the post-independence era. But there is no deying the fact that the rise in social and economic status of women has added to their burdens and responsibility. They are still slaves as they have to do double duty—as employed women and as working housewives.Despiteallachievementsandprogress,women still have to depend on male members of the family for their protection during different phases of their life. At times they have to depend on their father. Then there are husband and again sons. They are not given freedom to take the decision of their life. In our male-dominated society, women are still regarded as inferior to men. Therefore it is the crying need of the hour that women should awake and arise against their exploitation.

3. The Importance of Moral EducationIn our country the introduction of a new education system is essential which must be in tune with our major values of national tradition and integration. This system can only nourish and strengthen our national consciousness. Human actions are judged as good or bad right from ethical point of view. These judgments are always determined by the common moral standard of our society. In a nutshell, morality means honesty of characters, fairness in attitude, absence of evils like hatred jealousy, greed, telling lies, etc. This ultimate objective of education is to inculcate these human values in the students.Moral education can be given through value education curriculum by all boards and universities. At school level, the syllabus should include folk tales, stories of patriotism, biographies of great men, poems, parables providing valuable lessons for the student. As character is necessary for individuals, it is also necessary for a nation. A nation cannot make progress if it has lost its character. Thus introduction of moral education from grassroots to university level is very necessary.


4. Environmental PollutionThe introduction of harmful pollutants into the environment is called environmental pollution. It has hazardous effect on the natural world and on the activities of living beings.The industries all over the world that brought prosperity and affluence, made inroads into the biosphere and disturbed the ecological balances. The pall of smoke, the swirlinggases,industrialeffluentsandthefall-outofscientificexperimentsbecameconstanthealthhazards,polluting and contaminating both air and water.The smoke emitted by vehicles using petrol and diesel and the cooking coal also pollutes the environment.The contaminated water that we drink creates a number of incurable diseases.Air-pollution may cause severe lung-diseases, asthma, brain-disorder diseases, etc. Soil-pollution may have negative effect on farm output ratio. Noise-pollution causes deafness, tiredness, and mental losses.In order to deal with environmental pollution, the Government can at least see that future factories are set up at a distant place, an industrial complex far awayfromtownship.Deforestationshouldbestoppedandforestryshouldbedeveloped.DischargeofFactorywastes in rivers should be banned.

5. Meaningful Use of Leisure TimeLeisure implies free or unoccupied time, when there is freedom from the demands of work or duty. Today people live under constant stress and demands of modernity. As a result, they are prone to physical and psychological problems. It is essential to spare some time from a mechanical routine and spend this time to rejuvenate the mind and the body.We can utilise our free time in a variety of ways. Reading is one of the most popular free time activities. A wide range of subjects and the existence of well-maintained libraries has made reading a very rewarding and affordable activity. From simple entertainment to highly specialised discourses, reading invariably contributes to one’s knowledge and helps widen one’s perspective. Other common activities are music, gardening, carpentry, cooking, etc. One can also choose from activities which are directly relevant to the society, like special work, caring for abandoned and stray animals, caring for the environment, etc. Activities in the areas enumerated above impart s sense of achievement besides giving meaning and purpose to life. Activities like carpentry,

painting and clay-modelling help satisfy the creative impulse in many an amateur artist. Besides, we should spend some time in socialising. It is a healthy activity and promotes goodwill and mutual understanding among people.We should play outdoor games also. It has the advantage of catering to physical fitness and thus helping to develop a healthy attitude towards life.

6. Disaster ManagementThe term 'disaster management' refers all aspects of preventive and protective measures, preparedness, and organisation of relief operations for mitigating the impact of disaster on human beings and socio-economic aspect of the disaster prone areas. We can divide the whole process of disaster management into three phases: impact phase, rehabilitation and reconstruction phase and integrated long term development and preparedness phase.There are three components of impact phase : forecasting of disaster, close monitoring of agents causing disasters and management activities after the disaster has occurred.Inordertoforecastaboutflood,oneneedstostudy. Approach of cyclone can be tracked and monitored by satellites. Then early warning and evacuation efforts may be made. Close monitoring of agents responsible for disaster can help deployment of teams to help evacuation and supply of goods, clothing and drinking water.Disasterleavesatrialofdeathanddestruction.This will require medical care and help of various kinds to the affected people. Under long term development phase preventive and precautionary measures of various kind should be implemented.

7. Population HazardThere is no denying the fact that the rate of population increase has gone down, but the balance between the optimum population growth and a healthy nation is far to be achieved.Ignorance, illiteracy, unhygienic living and lack of proper recreation are the main causes of population hazard in India.People, themselves must realize the merits of small family. They should be encouraged to adopt preventive checks—checks that control the birth rate. Religion also adds to the growth of population. Some communities consider any mandate of statutary method of prohibition to be sacrillious. India, being a secular state, cannot exercise any check or restraint on religious grounds. The importance of a higher standard of living should be inculcated in the mind of the people. The desire


for better living conditions automatically works as a deterrent to heavy increases in population. It restricts the population explosion and thus tends to keep high theefficiencyofourexistingpopulation.Educationatthe grass root, more equitable distribution of the natural wealth, restriction on religious fanatics that would damage the country’s economy by unnecessary births, These measure alone can bring about a kind of effective control over the population problem.

8. Work is WorshipThis is an oft saying proverb that work is worship, which means there is no better way to worship God except to be hardworking. Man owes all his greatness to hard work. Hence, it is the root of all success. There is no alternative of hard work. Today man has conquered nature, he has set foot on the moon, he has travelled in the space, he has invented so many life saving drugs—all became possible because he never avoided work. We seewonderfulprogressinthefieldofagricultureandindustry.God also gets impressed and helps and cooperates only those who are hardworking and sincere. God does not love being worshipped by a person each second. He wants that a person works hard. So, it is not useful if we worship God all the time and do not work at all.Some useful people who believe that it is luck that plays asignificantroleinanybody'slife.Thus,theyavoidwork and wait for the miracles, which according to them must occur in their life and consequently they would get all those things which they wish for. But the reality is that no such miracle happens particularly when we don't work.

9. Our National FestivalsIn our country people of different religions, regions and cultures live together with peace and harmony. India is worldwide known for its cultural diversity and colorful festivals. Apart from these festivals, we also have nationalfestivalssuchastheIndependenceDay,theRepublicDayandGandhiJayanti.We celebrate Independence Day to mark theindependence of India. India became independent on August 15, 1947, after the British left the country. Since then, August 15 is celebrated as the Independence Day.Onthisday,variousformaleventsincludingflag-hoisting and march in all states, districts, panchayats, schools, colleges are organized to commemorate the day of freedom. The Prime Minister of the nation hoists the tri-colornationalflag(Tiranga)attheRedFortandaddresses the nation from its rampart.We celebrate Republic Day on January 26 tocommemorate the adoption of our Constitution. As per the records, the Constitution of India came into force on January 26, 1950 by replacing the Government of

India Act (1935) as the governing documemt of India. LiketheIndependenceDay,flaghoistingceremonyandcultural programmes are organized across the nation on theRepublicDay.Gandhi Jayanti is celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi. Every year, this auspicious occasion is celebrated with great zeal and enthusiasm. People across the nation offer prayer services and tributes to Gandhiji on this day. Various cultural programmes showcasing Gandhi ji's life and struggle for independence are organized, at school, colleges, government and private organizations, etc. Also, different types of competition, such as essay writing, painting etc are organized to remember the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi.

10. Indian FarmersIt is indeed a matter of shame for us as the food producers in our country have to die out of hunger. India is mainly an agricultural country. Agriculture is the backbone of our economy. The farmer is an important part of agriculture. It is the hard work of the farmer which brings prosperity in the country. The farmer has to lead a tough life. He gets up early in the morning. He takes his plough and oxen and goes tothefield.Hiswifeandchildrenalsohelphiminhiswork. His routine does not change even in biting cold. Thefarmerremainsbusyintillngthefields,sowingseeds and reaping crops throughout the year. The farmer takes great care of his crops and dreams of good crops. Sometimes adverse weather condition causes severe harmtocropsintheformofdrought,floodoruntimely,uneven rains. In spite of his hard work, farmer has to live in a miserable condition, when his crops fail. They have to borrow have money from the moneylenders at a high interest rate. In case of the failure of his crops, he becomeshopeless.Itbecomesdifficultforhimtopayback the money. Sometimes he takes the drastic step of suicide. We need to be sensitive towards farmers. The governmental and non-governmental organizations should come forward and make them aware of the latest technologies, programmes and policies. Our nation can be a prosperous one only when our farmers are prosperous.

5. SPEECH WRITING1. Good morning respected Principal, teachers and my

dear friends!Everybody wants to be successful in his life. But in order to achieve success, we have to struggle hard. It has been aptly said, “Life is an art. A mountain of troubles. In your trouble don't cry. You should only try


and try. Struggle hard. And conquer the sky. With your skill. And power of will.”The proverb ‘Where there is will, there is a way’ is often used and experienced in our daily life. When someone wants to get something, he tries to get it with all his efforts and will power. Naturally when we feel the dire needsoflife,wedefinitelystrugglehardtoachieveit.Inherbook'IDare',KiranBedisays,“Ifyouwanttoachieve something you must struggle. Throw yourself in thevoileofyouraim.Donotthinkaboutthedeepnessand results of your task when you will achieve your aim. Youwilldefinitelyforgetaboutthestruggleandpain."With the help of will power one can achieve anything. A small sparrow makes a very beautiful nest with the help of her will power. Will power. Will power give us gives courage and energy to win.Thank you2. Good morning respected Principal, teachers and my

dear friends!Travelling is not only recreative, but also an educative activity. Travelling also has a different cultural value. We come across all sorts of people during travelling. People in various countries have different appearance, manners and beliefs. When we go and see them, we compare their lifestyle with our own. This broadens our outlook and sympathy. If sympathy develops between the peoples of two countries and there will be no war between them. Thus, travelling can reduce the fear of war too.A person who does not travel gets no chance to come into contact with other and they remain prejudiced against all their beliefs. There is yet another advantage of travelling also. A traveller when visits other country, understands new things. He moves about with open eyes and open mind. Helearnstobeaminuteobserverofthings.Thisfindshim in good state of life.Another value of travelling to a person is that we learn to be patience. We have home and go out. We are bound to meet with some inconveniences. Unless we have patience in matter of little inconveniences, we cannot undertake a travel. Patience is a great quality for success in life.Thank you3. Good morning respected Principal, teachers and my

dear friends!It is no wonder when a school boy expresses joy when a holiday arrives. All students eagerly wait for holidays.Holiday brings delights to the students, because holidays provide them recreation and rest. Holidays remove the seriousness of study and examination from the tender minds of the students.

Generally we pass our time by visiting our friends, by reading stories visiting cinema, theatre and circus etc. Such activities enhance our spirit for further study.Therefore, holidays are very important. There are different kinds of holidays. Sunday is a regular holiday after six days of work. There are other holidayssuchasIndependenceDay,RepublicDay,andsoon.HoliandDiwaliarefestiveholidays.Dussehra,Christmas and Summer vacations are long holidays. We may engage ourselves in developing our hobbies. We may play games, may collect rare photographs or may play on musical instruments. Students from farmer's family should extend their help to their parents in agricultural work. This is the best use of holidays for them. Some students attend English speaking course, dance and music classes in long vacations.Vacations are essential for us. But we, students should not waste our holidays fruitless works. Thank you4. Good morning respected Principal, teachers and my

dear friends!No person can be as perfect as a mother. She is the one who is probably endowed with all the power. God has given her His own power to take up the affairs of the world. In order to celebrate the unfathomable power of a mother, we celebrate this exclusive day called Mother’s DaywheneachoneofushonourMotherhoodanditsessenceinourownway.EveryyearMother’sDayiscelebrated on the second Sunday in the month of May. On this day the whole world celebrates the contribution a woman for her family, society, country.Mother’sDayisagreattimeforallchildrentoshowlovetotheirmother.TheMother’sDayhasbeenparticularlydedicated to celebrating the power of a mother for all children in all the odd circumstances she takes care of her children in the best possible way. She forgets her owndreamssothatherchildcanfulfilhis/herdreams.As a matter of fact, mother’s contribution in our life cannot be celebrated in a day or two. But a day should be dedicated to make all mothers feel proud of themselves and the world can understand that life would not have been what it is today, if they had not been there. Thank you5. Good morning respected Principal, teachers and my

dear friends!The rising population of India is one of the major problems. The present population of India is nearly 1.3 billion people.It is true that big population of India provides large work-force resources which, if properly utilized, can highly beneficial for the economic prosperity of the country. In our country, a large number of people are poor and illiterate. Their basic need are not being met. The abnormal population growth is one of the principal


causes of India’s poverty and very low standard of living for people. Efforts are being made in India for improving the economic condition of people but it can bear no fruitful result if population grow unchecked. The national activities in free India are directed to the task of providing adequate means of livelihood to an increasing number of people through an integrated development of agriculture, trade, commerce and industries. The schemes adopted for this purpose cannot materialize unless the population problem is tackled satisfactorily.Overpopulation weakens the economy in many aspects. The increasing pressure of population on natural resources will retard the economic progress and minimize the scope for social services in the form of education, wealth, housing, etc., To check population growth family planning should be adopted by the people after the birth of two babies.6. Good morning respected Principal, teachers and my

dear friends!Having good friends is a matter of good fortune for a person. The word friend bears its great meaning only to those who can understand the greatness of its meaning. Friendship needs to be cherished and built up for many years with much care. Friends come and go but with the some precious friends, we shall live our lives happily. In order to be a good friend one should be a good listener. If your friends feel that you do not listen or have any interestintheirlives,theywillnotconfideinyou.True friends should always be compassionate. They should be able to sympathize regardless of whether or not they agree with the crisis their friends are facing.Good friends should always be loyal. A good friend should never betray you in any way, talk about you behind your back. Good friends should be trustworthy. You should have such friends to whom you can tell all your secrets. Good friends should always be supportive. You should have friends that you can be sure that they will stand behind you regardless of the situation or problem that you are facing. A good friend should be reliable.Thank you7. Good morning respected Principal, teachers and my

dear friends!Playing aggressive video games develops aggressive thoughtsamongstchildren,whichisreflectedintheirbehavior as well. This might not be a good sign, since we do not want our children to be more verbal and aggressive with their peers. Spending too much time on video games affects the studies of children as well. Lack of concentration and focus is evident amongst children who are crazy after video games. Video games encourage sedentary lifestyle. Children may develop poor eating habits and unhealthy lifestyle.

Children must spend time by playing both indoor and outdoor sports. Elders should encourage children to participate in outdoor activities as well, rather than sticking to video games all day long. Being able to monitor and control the amount of time your kids spend on video games is the key to restrict the negative impacts of video games. Make sure that you expose your children to the right games with limited time. So taking all the above-mentioned negative effects of video games into consideration the video games must be banned.Thank you8. Good morning respects Principal, teachers and my

dear friends!To begin with, people take smoking as a hobby which soon takes the form of addiction. Tobacco smoking is not less than an epidemic in the youth of this country. Since we see our favourite actors smoking a cigar or a cigarette in movies and shows we tend to imitate it.Nicotine addiction hampers one’s health as well as degrades the biotic and abiotic environment and poses a huge threat for the surrounding non-smoking communities. Tobacco smoking in any form is not only injurious to health, but also life threatening activity. It directly injures our lungs and other respiratory organs. Smoking causes various respiratory disorders like, asthma and lung cancer.It also affects the heart functioning and results in to heart attack, coronary heart disease, swelling and bursting of blood vessels and various neurological disorders.Smoking not only harms the addicted person but also affects other people as passive smokers. The children and infants of a family are especially at risk from it.Life is the most precious gift given to everyone which remains unnoticed until our own unwanted habits become the reason for its degradation. Thank you9. Good morning respected Principal, teachers and my

dear friends!The more educated and talented people a nation has, the more progress it will achieve. Teachers are the providers of knowledge and wisdom. They are the basic source of education for most of the people of the country. They havetheabilityandthestrengthtofighttheoddsandmake India a powerful and a well educated country.Teachers teach the children about the philosophies of life so that the children could take lessons and apply to their own life and they guide them to follow the right path. The teachers have the courage to push the kid to do what they want to, even if it has never been done before.


Teachers are the ones who have good knowledge of his child’s life, the environment back home, his mindset and his capabilities. They always try and strike a balance between all of these things and make sure that the kid’s future doesn’t get affected in a bad way.The children are the future and the teachers are the ones who prepare them ready for their task. With optimum education, wisdom, exposure and resources. Thus the teachers are building the nation for tomorrow brick by brick and the foundation is so solid that the nation will only grow upwards.Thank you10. Good morning respected Principal, teachers and my

dear friends!Fast food is so convenient and cheap that it's hard to resist at times. But, fast food can be one of the unhealthiest options out there when it comes to your diet. Fast food includes fried food with little nutuitional value. It doesn't take long for the calories and fat to add up. Most fast food items are very high in sodium andcholesterol.Thesemealscontainverylittlefiber,vitamins and other nutrients the body needs to properly function.According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), fast food consumption is strongly associated with insulin resistance. This greatly increases an individual's risk of developing type 2 diabetes. The NIH also explains that fast food consumption may lead to obesity. One study found that a person who eats fast food at least two times a week will gain at least 10 pounds of extra weight.A poor diet like one obtained from fast food often leads to high blood pressure. In turn, high blood pressure is the leading risk factor for stroke. According to Corporate Accountability International, one-third of cancers are related to poor diet. This is often paired with the fact that obesity is closely linked with cancers of the colon, kidney and esophagus.Children who eat fast food regularly have a higher risk for developing asthma, hypertension and high cholesterol. Besides, it may lead to improper growth and development in children and teens. In fact, diet is one of the main factors that contribute to proper growth and development. So fast food must be avoided as much as possible. 11. Good morning respected Principal, teachers and my

dear friends!Electricity, public parks and grounds, hospital, libraries, government offices, etc are the examples of public properties. These are all built with public money that is from the taxes we pay. And the government is responsible for maintaining this property.

It is also the duty of people to help the government in maintaining them. If we do not use these public amenities properly or destroy them, it will not be easy to replace them. Some people do not use railway toilet properly. They throw garbage on the road and spit on it while walking. Before doing so they must think that other people have to suffer because of this antisocial behaviour. It has also been seen that telephone booths, post offices and letter-boxes are damaged. Benches are stolen from the parks and water sources contaminated, causing numerous problems to others.We should think that we are harming overselves as well as the progress of the country. We have no right to destroy it or use it recklessly or steal it. We must show the quality of good citizen by using the public property as carefully as we use our own things. Its misuse causes inconvenience to everybody, including ourselves. We must develop a sense of cooperation in having a comfortable and happy civic life. Thank you

6. DEBATE WRITING

1. For the motionGood morning honourable judges, Principal, teachers and my dear friends.I, Saurabh, stand before you to speak for the motion that cinema leaves a bad impact on growing children.Thecurrentfilmsarefullofactions,thriller,romance,robbery, etc. The children try to imitate each and everything which is displayed in the films and this reflectsintheirdressingandhairstyle,theirwayoftalking, etc. They start imagining themselves in the storylinesofthosefilms.Girlsandboysaretheeasiestpreys. The dialogues and the dressing style of the actor become the latest trend for the youngsters. They try to imitatewhatallgoesinfilmsandwithoutunderstandingthat some part of it might leave a negative impression onthem.Knowinglyorunknowinglythefilmsmoldthe youth of today in one way or the other and effect of cinema on youth can be seen widely. Even the youngsters in rural areas are so much affected by the movies,thattheyplacetheheroesofthefilminaveryintegrated part of their minds. They try to change their lifestyleaccordingtothefilms,startingfromhairstyle,clothes, dialogues and so on.By imitating them, children and teenagers speak abusive language in their peer groups. They also learn thetricksandtacticsusedforcrimeusedinthefilms.Thank you


Against the motionGood morning honourable judges, Principal, teachers and my dear friends!I,Karuna,standbeforeyoutospeakagainstthemotionthat ‘cinema leaves a bad impact on growing children. No movie is bad in itself. It is up to us what we learn from a movie. A movie is always displayed with a good message. If any movie conveys bad message, it would not be permitted to be displayed publicly by the Central BoardofFilmCertification.ActuallyitisobligatoryforeachmovietobecertifiedandpermittedbytheCBFCto be worth displaying publicly and the movie conveys a good message. In movies, we see the actions of actors, actreses and villains. But we should imitate the actions of actors or actresses not villains. Actors often help the weaker. We should learn it.Movies also teach us that even underprivileged may have extraordinary talent.In the movie Slumdog Millionaire an 18-year old orphan from the slum of Mumbai answers all questions except for the last one to win 20 million in the contest who want to be a Millionaire?So, it is wrong to say that movie has any bad impacts on children. But it all depends on us what we learn from a movie.Thank you2. For the motionGood morning honourable judges, Principal, teachers and my dear friends!I, Surbhi, stand before you to speak for the motion that ‘PunctualityistheKeytoSuccess’.Punctuality enables us in better time management, time discipline and it projects and presents our personality positively to others. It indicates how much concern and respect we have towards others to whom we have given your appointment. It is like valuing others and their time and sends right signals for others. A punctual person always manages his/her time properly. When people maintain punctuality, work can be executed smoothly and successfully. If people don’t stick to deadlines, they tend to procrastinate culminating into delays and stress. If we are punctual we can avoid stress and anxiety and gain respect among others. If we waste one minute of our time we are wasting one minute of our life. In a nutshell, punctuality saves our precious time as well as others. We command respect among all. We will have peace of mind as things roll out as per the schedule. Finally, we can be in the good books of all. We will have peace of mind as things roll out as per the schedule. Everyone will be ready to show us the right path. Thus punctuality it is the key to success.Thank you.

Against the MotionGood morning honourable judges, Principal, teachers and my dear friends!I, Akshita, stand before you to speak against the motion that‘PunctualityistheKeytoSuccess’.Punctualitymeans doing our work at the scheduled time or before. We have a great deal of work to be done right from our childhood. If we do all work at their scheduled time, we don’t have spare time to play or take sound sleep. Our life would become restless. We will always be under stress to do something or the other. By dint of our punctuality, we will certainly achieve success. But life without fund, amusement, play would be boring and dull. This is what the extract ‘what is the life if full of care, we have no time to stand and stare’ from the poem ‘Leisure’ by William HenryDanessuggests.Soinmyopinion,weshoulddoour work as per our convenience. We should not do any work in such a way that it creates tension for us. Life is the most valuable gift given by God to us. We should live it happily. But we should must do all work that is essential to do, if not today then tomorrow.Thank you3. For the MotionGood morning honourable judges, Principal, teachers and my dear friends!I, Neha, stand before you to speak for the motion that ‘Recreation is Good for Health’. This is an oft saying proverb ‘All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy’. Indeed, recreation is essential for our well being. For recreation, we participate in indoor as well as outdoor games. In both the cases, we spend our time with our friends or relatives happily. If we live happily many diseases cannot catch us. Playing outdoor games like football, cricket, etc. is a good exercise which keeps us fitandstrong.Italsolowersourbloodpressureandmaintainspulserates.Thephysicallyfitpersonislessprone to injury and less likely to experience depression. Recreation like playing ludo, chess and cards provide us with the opportunity to expel our energy.Thank youAgainst the MotionGood morning honourable judges, principal, teachers and my dear friends!I, Tarun, stand before you to speak against the motion that ‘Recreation is Good for Health’. Recreation cannot always be good for health. Sometimes recreation proves to be harmful to our health. For instance people play cards sitting together for hours. It makes them lazy. They don’t want to do any work. Besides such people may catch some diseases. They may become the victims ofobesity.Diabetes,highbloodpressuregastricandheart diseases.


So, we cannot say that recreation is good for our health but it may also be bad for our health.Thank you4. For the motionGood morning honourable judges, principal, teachers and my dear friends!I, Harshil, stand before you to speak for the motion that ‘Women should Avail Equal Status in Society’.It is fact that women in India have made a considerable progress in almost seven decades of Independence, but they still have to struggle against many handicaps and social evils in the male-dominated society. Many evils and masculine forces still prevail in the modern Indian society that resists the forward march of its women folk. Social rights, political rights, economic stability, judicial strength and all other rights should also be equal to women. But only men cannot be held responsible for such discrimination. Women are also responsible for it. They should come forward to take their equal rights. They shouldfightalltogetherfortheirequalstatusinsociety.Only then equal rights will be given to women.Thank youAgainst the Motion(We should not speak anything against the motion.)5. For the motionGood morning honourable judges, principal, teachers and my dear friends.I, Aryan, stand before you to speak for the motion that ‘TelevisionhasaBadInfluence’.Todaymostofthe children are glued to television after school time and completing their homework. They watch cartoons, serials and movies on television. They try to imitate the stunts displayed in the programmes as their mind is underdeveloped. As a result, they hurt themselves. They also imitate the dialogues and dressing style of actors/actresses. Sometimes, children start insisting on having the dress of the new fashion, as shown in movies.Besides, they spend their most important time in watching television instead of doing some formative activities. It promotes laziness also.Thank you

Against the MotionGood morning honourable judges, principal, teachers and my dear friends.I, Heena, stand before you to speak against the motion that‘TelevisionhasaBadInfluence’.Theprogrammesdisplayed on television are the sources of gaining knowledge. Children learn many things by watching differentprogrammes.OnDiscoverychannel,theylearnabout different kinds of animals and places. They also

learn how to deal with different situations as shown in programmes. They can improve their communications skills by watching English Movies and other English programmes like news on BBC World. Besides, children learn moral values displayed in different programmes. Children also learn good etiquettes and well manners from the programmes.Above all, people can gain a lot of general knowledge by watching national and international news.Thank you6. For the motionGood morning honourable judges, principal, teachers and my dear friends!I, Neha, stand before you to speak for the motion that ‘Cellular Phones should not be Allowed to Children’. Today cellular phones are not used only to talk to each other but they are used for many other purposes also. Children are not able to differentiate between right and wrong. They spend most of their precious time which should be devoted to study in chatting with one another. They spend a lot of time in playing games on mobile phones. They spend too much time in reading and sending messages on WhatsApp. As a result, they are unable to concentrate on studies.Sometimes they even misuse mobile phones. They start watching those clips and videos on mobile phones which must not be watched by them. Besides, children even take cellular phones to school with them and start chatting with their friends even when the class is going on . It causes distractions for students as well as teachers.So, cellular phones can cause a big obstacle for children’s development and must not be allowed to children.Thank youAgainst the MotionGood morning honourable judges, principal, teachers and my dear friends!I, Bhavesh, stand before you to speak against the motion that ‘Cellular Phones should not be Allowed to Children’. The use of cell phones is not limited to talking or chatting with one another. They can be used for a lot of purposes. The parents of every child are not able to provide their child tuition and they do not have even time to give their child. In this case, a cell phone plays asignificantroleforachild.He/Shegetsolutionstoanyproblems on mobile phones. And he/she is not deprived of gaining knowledge on any topic. Parents may talk to their children anytime in case of a family emergency. Cells can also help parents know where their children are after school.Thus in my opinion there is no harm in allowing cellular phones to children.Thank you


7. For the motionGood morning honourable judges, principal, teachers and my dear friends!I, Himanshu, stand before you to speak for the motion that ‘Stalls of Fast Food in and Outside the school campus should be Banned’. Fast foods include fried food with little nutritional value and hence they are spicy and tasty. The students during the recess or after the school time, often eat fast food sold on stalls in and outside the school campus. Their mind is not so developed that they can know the bad impacts of eating these foods on their health. Besides they have too much calories and fat, sodium and cholesterol.So keeping in mind the bad impacts of eating fast foods on health, it would not be wrong if stalls of fast food in and outside the school campus are banned.Thank you8. For the motionGood morning honourable judges, principal, teachers and my dear friends!I,Kapil,standbeforeyoutospeakforthemotionthat‘Forests are Life Givers’. Forests play in important role in our everyday life. It is hard to spend even a single day without using the products of forests. They yield a number of major and minor forest products. The major productsaretimberandfirewood.Theseareusedforindustrial and fuel purposes.Forests provide raw materials for pulp, panel products, wood-based industries. Forests are also a source of a number of minor but important products like bamboo, canes, grasses, essential oils, lac, resins, fatty oils, fats, gum, tanning material, dyes, etc.Apart from the above, a number of medicines are prepared with medicinal plants. Medicines cure all types of minor and fatal diseases. Medicines save the lives of lakhs of people every year. Thus, there is no doubt that forests give us our lives.Thank you

7. REPORT WRITING1. Celebration of Teacher’ Day

(Report by Rishabh)InTagorePublicSchool,Delhi,Teacher’Daywascelebrated on Monday, 5th September with great pomp and show. The member of the Students Council organised a great show dedicated to their teachers. The assembly was commenced by Yashita, a student of class XI of the school. She drew the attention of everyone towards the contributions of the teacher to the student’s life. She said that teachers have a unique place in the life of every student. No one can think of achieving success without proper guidance and instructions of teachers.

Rehan, Renu and Saurabh of Class VI, sang some song in dedication to teachers. Group dances by the students of Class VI onwards were performed. Then comedy skit was performed in which students mimicked their teachers.Then Principal came on stage and shared a few words of encouragement for the students. He also distributed prizestogoodperformers.ThefirstPrizewasgivento Subhash Group of Class VIII for the best dance performance.Finally, all students and teachers were served with snacks.

2. Participation of Public of our Locality in ‘Swachha Bharat Abhiyan’

(Report by Sanjana)ThepeopleofJanakpuri,Delhiparticipatedin‘SwachchaBharat Abhiwan’ with great enthusiasm on 2nd October, 20xx. A member of each family irrespective of their social status, came out of his/her home with a groom in his/herhandandparticipatedintheCleanIndiaDrive.They swept the entire area of Janakpuri with groom and picked up wastes lying here and there. They picked up even cow dung with their hand.In the evening of the day a stage function was organised in which different people gave some instructions to people of the locality. They told the people to convertinsanitarytoiletsintocleanflushtoilets.Theymaintained and spread cleanliness awareness among people. They requested the people to take up this campaign as their responsibility and join hands together to make it a triumphant mission. After all cleanliness is next to godliness.

3. Tree Plantation Drive (Report by Karan)

OntheoccasionofChildren’sDay,on14thNovember,Sunrise Public School, Gurgaon organised the Tree PlantationDrive.AlmostallstudentsoftheschoolparticipatedintheTreePlantationDrive.Actuallyeachstudent of the school was asked by their respective class teacher to bring a sapling to plant at school. Though only one-third of the students brought saplings to the school, all students participated in planting them in and outside the school campus by helping one another somehow or other. Some students planted more than one sapling. The Principal, teachers and all other school staff were also helping them. Students showed great enthusiasm in planting them as they knew that their hard work would


provide oxygen, check pollution, recharge ground water, prevent soil erosion and forest will become more dense.As a matter of fact, all of us should plant at least one sapling in our area.

4. Science Exhibition in Bharati Public School(Report by Shanu)

Science Exhibition was hosted by Bharati Public School, Noida on 16th August, 20xx. Many schools from Noida participated in the exhibition. The theme of the exhibition was ‘The Importance of Science in our Lives’. Many innovative working models and investigation based projects were exhibited in the programme. The exhibitionwasinauguratedbytheDMofGautambudhNagar. The exhibits by the different schools were indeed eye openers on various topics related to Green Energy, Innovation in Transport, Communication, Agriculture, Technology, Bio-diversity, Community, Health, Environment and Mathematical Modelling.The exhibition was organised with an endeavour to promotescientificattitudeamongbuddingstudents.TheDMapplaudedthestudentsfortheirnovelideaswhich would help the world to become a much better place to live in.

5. Poster Making Competition(Report by Varun)

OntheoccasionofDiwali,apostermakingcompetitionwasorganisedon25thOctober,20xx inDwarkaSector-10. Some people of the locality participated in the competition and expressed their views on how Diwalicanbecelebratedpollutionfree.Theypresentedtheir thoughts ineffectiveways.DelhiMunicipalCommissioner was the Chief Guest. The people whole heartedly participated in the competition. They showed amazing creativity.The efforts made by the people to make posters were appreciated. The Professor of English Literature from DelhiUniversitywasthejudgeofthecompetition.Hegave first, second and third prizes to the best three posters.

6. Massive Fire in Kohat Enclave (Report by Nibha)

The last night a fierce fire broke out in the market ofKohatEnclave,NewDelhi.Thefirebrokeoutatmidnight and hence there were only a few persons in themarket.Soonsomeonedialledno.101tocallfirebrigadebutfirebrigadereachedtherelate.Asaresult,manyshopsguittedintofire.Somejewelleryshopsalso

caughtonfire.Itisestimatedthatthepropertyworthrupees a crore was burnt to ashes. However no loss of human life has been reported so far. The shopkeepers of their respective shops were depressed and dejected. Theyblamedthefirebrigadeforsomuchlossofpropertyas they reached the accident spot late.

7. Devastating Earthquake in Bhuj (Report by Reema)

The last night at 1:36 am an earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter ScaletookplaceinKutchdistrictof Gujarat. The epicentre of the earthquake was at Bhuj. Therefore, huge loss of property and human lives occurred in Bhuj. About 100 houses were collapsed. Thousands of people became homeless. The death toll in Bhuj was 12. Many historic structures of tourist attraction were destroyed. The quake destroyed two schools, a hospital also. It also destroyed 60% of food and water supplies. The Indian military provided emergency support. Later a many NGOs and common people came forward to help the victims of the earthquake.

8. STORY WRITING1. Two Foolish Goats

Once a goat had to cross a small river. A narrow plank was across the river. The goat was walking on it happily. It saw another goat coming towards it from the opposite side. The bridge was so narrow that it was impossible for them to pass beside each other.“Goback"shoutedthefirstgoat.Iwillcrosstheriverfirst.Thenyoucan".“Whyshouldyou?"shoutedthesecondgoat.“IcamefirstheresoIshouldcrossfirst,"thesecondonesaid.“No…Icamefirst,"shoutedthefirstgoat.Itfurtheradded,“GoawayorIwillkickyou"“Waitandsee."Thefirstgoatsaid.“Iwillkickyoufirst,"Thesecond goat also said. The both goats went into a rage and started arguing. They attacked each other. As a result both the foolish goats fell into the water running in the river.Moral : Our anger leads us to destruction.

2. The Fox and the GoatOnce a fox fell into a well, though it was not very deep.He tried his level best to come out of the well but he failed to do so. After a long time, a thirsty goat came by and peeped into the well. He saw the goat at the well. The goat thought the fox had gone down to drink water and so he asked if the water was good."Thefinestinthewholecountry,"saidthecraftyfox,"jumpinandtryit.Thereismorethanenoughforbothofus."Thethirstygoatjumpedintothewellinstantlyand began to drink. The fox quickly jumped on the goat's back and leaped from the tip of the goat's horns out of


the well. The foolish goat now saw what a plight he had got into, and begged the fox to help him come out. "Youwouldhavebeenmorecautiousaboutfindingawaytogetoutagainbeforeyoujumpedintothewell,"said the clever fox.Moral : Look before you leap.

3. The Ant and the CricketA silly young cricket spent days and nights merrily during the warm, sunny months of summer and spring. He did not think for future. He neither made any shelter nor gathered any food for winter season.On the other hand an ant worked hard made shelter and gathered food for future also. He also suggested the cricket to do so, but the cricket turned his deaf ear towards it.The winter season came by. It was extremer cold. The ground was snow coveredandtreeshadneitherflowernor leaf. Thecricketfindneithersheltertoliveinnorfoodtoeat.He was starving. He went to the ant and begged him to let him live in his shelter and borrowed some food to eat. But the ant did not help him anyhow. He recalled the cricket what he had suggested in his good time. At last, he died of starvation and extreme cold.Moral : Enjoy your present, but think about future also.

4. The Fox and the CraneOnce upon a time there lived a fox and a crane in a jungle. They were good friends of each other. One day, the fox invited the crane to dinner. The crane reached his home to have dinner. But the crafty fox served him soupinaflatdish.Thecranecouldnotdrinkthesoupas his beak was long. The crane felt insulted and had to live hungry. But he did not let the fox know that he was angry with fox over such attitude.The crane wanted to take revenge in the same manner. One day he too invited the fox to dine with him. When the fox went to his home, he served him boiled rice in a jug. Its neck was narrow. The fox tried to enter his head into the jug to eat the rice but his head could not enter the jug. And hence he could not eat the rice. The crane ate the rice in front of him. The fox came into a rage and asked the crane why he did so. The crane reminded the fox how he had served him soup. The fox felt ashamed of himself.Moral : Tit for tat.

5. Two Wise GoatsOne day a goat was crossing a narrow bridge over a river. At the same time another goat was also crossing the bridge from the opposite side. The bridge was so narrow that there was not possible for them to pass beside each other. Both of them wanted to cross the

bridge at all costs. They did not want to go back. So one goat said to the other goat, “you should go back as you knowthatIamstrongerthanyouandI’llbeatyou."The other goat also responded in the same way. Both of them argued for a while. Then one goat asked the other goat,“There is no advantage in arguing with each other.Ifwebothfight,wewillfallintotheriverandbedrowned. So I thought of a plan. I will lie down and you will walk over me”. The other goat appreciated his wise decision. One goat lay down on the bridge and the other goat walked over him. Thus, they crossed the bridge.Moral: Friendly nature always yields a good result.

6. Three Sons and a Bundle of SticksOnce upon a time a man lived with his three sons in a village. The man had grown very old. The three sons were hard workers. But they often quarrelled with one another. Their father was very depressed to see it. He tried a lot to unite them but he failed. Though the villagers appreciated their hard work and efforts, they madefunofthemontheirfights.After a few months, their father fell sick. He told his sons to stay united, but they didn’t listen to him. So, he decided to teach them a practical lesson so that they would forget their differences and stay united.One day the man called his sons. He told them, “I will give you a bundle of sticks. Separate each stick and you will have to break each stick into two. The one who breaksthesticksfirstwillberewarded̀ 1000.” The sons agreed.The old man gave sticks to each of them and asked them to break each stick into pieces. They broke the sticks into pieces easily and again they started to quarrel among themselvesastowhocamefirst.Theoldmansaid,“Dearsons,thegameisnotover.NowI will give a bundle of sticks to each of you. You will have to break the sticks as a bundle, not as separate.” The sons agreed and tried to break the bundle of sticks one after another. Though they tried their best, they couldnotbreakthebundle.Theoldmanreplied,“Dearsons, you could easily break the single stick into pieces, but you were not able to break the bundle. Similarly, if you stay united, nobody can do any harm to you. If you quarrel with one another, anyone can easily defeat you. Therefore I advise you to stay united. I have grown very old and I often fall sick. I can breathe my last any time.The three sons understood the power of unity and promised their father that whatever would be the situation, they would all stay together.Moral : Unity is strength

7. The Great King Takes Care of his ArmyOnce a king named Shambhu ruled over his kingdom.


He was a great warrior who looked after his subjects very well. All his people loved him because he was always looking into their safety and welfare and made sure that all his subjects led a very happy and healthy life.KingSurendraruledoverneighbouringkingdom.KingSurendra was very lazy man who loved to spend his time in entertaining and dancing and paid scant attention to the needs of development activities of the people. The Kinghardlycameoutofthepalacetolookintotheirneeds or listen to their woes. The people were fed up with such attitude of the king. KingVirendrawasmorepowerfulkingthanKingShambu and Surendra. He decided to capture these two kingdoms. KingShambhusomehowcametoknowaboutKingVirendra’s plan to attack his kingdom. He informed it to hisarmyandtoldhimtobealertandpreparedtofightthewar.AlthoughKingShambhu’sarmyknewthattheenemywasmorepowerful,theloveoftheirKingtothemwas so much that even women and children were ready tocometothewarfrontandfighttoprotecttheirKing.ButitwasnotsointhekingdomofKingSurendra.AllthepeoplestartedfleeingtotheneighbouringkingdomleavingtheKingallbyhimself.TheywerenotinterestedtoprotecttheirKingwhodidnothingfortheirwelfare.KingSurendrathenrealizedhisfoolishnessbutitwastoolatebythen.Hewasdefeatedinthewarandfledfor his life.KingShambhuon theotherhanddefeatedKingVirendra with the help of his motivated army and paved thewayforhispeopletoliveinpeace.KingShambhuhad the welfare of his people at heart at all times. His subjects returned his love by being loyal and supportive to him during testing times.Moral : As you sow, so shall you reap.

8. Saurabh Indeed had Severe PainsSaurabh and Bhavesh were good friends to each other. They studied in class-VI. Both of them went to school by bicycle. Unfortunately one day Saurabh met with an accident. His bicycle collided with a bike. Saurabh was badly hurt. Bhavesh informed his parents about the accident and soon Saurabh’s parents reached the spot and admitted him to a hospital. The next day Saurabh was discharged from the hospital. After two days his friend Bhavesh came to Saurabh’s home and forced him to go to school from the next day. Saurabh still had serve pains in his body. So he told Bhavesh that he could not

gotoschoolforthenextfivedays.Bhaveshcomplainedhis parents that Saurabh had no pain in his body. He was only pretending to have pain so that he did not have to go to school for a few days. Saurabh got infuriated to listen to such comments by his good friend. But his parents allowed him to have a rest for more four days. After a week, Saurabh got completely well and started going to school. Sad to say one day Bhavesh also met with an accident. His bicycle collied with a car. He was also badly hurt. After three days Saurabh went to his home and asked if he was able to go to school from the next day. Bhavesh replied in negative and realised that Saurabh must have been feeling the same pains, but he thought that he was pretending.Moral : He who does not suffer cannot know the feelings of a sufferer.

9. Two Friends and the BearOnceuponatimetherelivedtwofriendsnamedKaranandKaushikinavillage.Theyoftenspenttheirsparetime together. They always shared their joy and sorrow with each other. They even promised that they would remain united in any dangerous situation too.One day when they were walking through the forests, theysawalargebearapproachingthem.KaranclimbedanearbytreewithoutanydelayleavingKaushikindangeroussituation.Kaushikdidnotknowhowtoclimb a tree. But he knew that a bear does not touch a dead creature. So he lay down on the ground breathless, pretending to be a dead person.ThebearcamenearKaushikandsmelthisears.Thebear took him to be a dead body and hence it left the place.Kaushikfirstmadesurethatthebearhadlefttheplace,thenhestoodup.Karanalsocamedownandasked him. What did the bear tell you into your ears?” Kaushikcameintoaragetoseehimandthenreplied.“Itisbettertohavenofriendthanhavingaselfishfriendslikeyou.”KaranfeltashamedofhisownactofleavingKaushikaloneatthetimeofdanger.Moral:Donottrustaselfishman.

10. Plant Grown with Dead Seeds!Once upon a time there lived a king who looked after his people very well. He had grown very old. The king had four sons. Now he was worried that which of his sons shouldbehissuccessor.Itwasverydifficultforhimtodecideonwhoisthemosthonestandefficientamongthe four sons and who would be the next king.One day a thought came to his mind. He called his sons and said to them, “I am giving each of you one seed that


you will plant in a pot. After some time I will see that whose plant is the best. The one who will have the most beautiful plant will be the next king”. He gave each of them a seed. All his sons went back and planted the seed in the pot. After a few months three brothers had beautiful plants intheirpotswithlovelyflowersandgreenleaves,exceptthe youngest one. His pot did not contain any plant although he cared for his seed and pot very well but no plant grew in his pot. One day the king called all the brothers to show their plants in their pots.When it was the turn of his youngest son, he told his father, “My dear father, I am really sorry, I tried my best but no plant grew in my pot.” “It is Ok. You need not to worry,” said the king, “because the seeds I gave to you and your brothers were dead and useless, no plant could be grown with those seeds. Your brothers lied to me. When they saw their plants were not growing, they planted other seeds in their pots. The plants they had are from other seeds. But you are honest and told me the truth, and one of the most important qualities of a king is that he must be honest. So my dear son you have proved it that you have the quality of a good king. So today I am choosing you to be the next king.” The threeothersonsfeltashamedofthemselves.TheKingdeclared the youngest son to be his successor. Moral: Honesty is the best policy.

ASSIGNMENT 1

1. AMITY PUBLIC SCHOOL, DELHI20th February, 20××

NOTICEGET BOOKS FOR FREE

The students of our school hereby informed that on 24th, April, 20xx, Sunshine Education Society, a charitable organisation is coming to our school to distribute books for free among the needy students. Such students are requested to drop the lists of books they require in the box kept outside thePrincipal’soffice.Foranyquerypleasecontactthe undersigned.

SonuHead Boy

2. Room No. 20, Hansraj Hostel SDMSchool Dehradun

5th May, 20×× DearFather I am fine here and hope that you will also be in

good health. I want to tell you that you should not be worried about me. The school is very good and the teachers are cooperative. I feel convinced that this campus will give me ample opportunity and intensive training to excel in life. My roommates are very studious and sensitive. The other boarders are also diligent, industrious and focus on their career. I assure you that I will achieve my long cherished goals in the company of such talented teachers, sincere roommates and cooperative fellow boarders. I am very thankful to you giving your consent to get me admitted to this school.

Yours affectionately Aditya3. Good morning respected Principal, teachers and

friends! We cannot deny the fact that water is essential

for survival. Wasting water is very bad. Water harvesting has numerous advantages. One can get drinking water during shortage and droughts. People can consume water from the harvesting units. Water harvesting plants have been a boon to the human civilisation during the times of crisis. It is alsobeneficialforcrops.Itgivesthepeoplecourageto fight with the threat of natural disaster such as famine. The innocent citizens of the nation get benefittedbythewaterharvestingplants.Itisveryuseful for our farmers. Water harvesting units play asignificantroleinthelivesofthecitydwellerstoo.The residents of cities get potable or drinking water duringpowercrisis.Duetothefailureofpowertheydon’t get water in their locality. They can be helped by the water harvesting plants.

ASSIGNMENT 2

1. TAGORE PUBLIC SCHOOL, LUCKNOW10th March, 20××

NOTICELOST NOTES ON ENGLISH

This is to inform the students of Tagore Public School that I, Reema, lost my notes on English in the school premises during lunch break yesterday. Anyonewhofindsthenotes,kindlyreturnthemtothe undersigned. A treat is promised.

ReemaClass-VI


2. 201, West Ram Nagar Panipat 10th,December,20×× The Municipal Commissioner West Ram Nagar Panipat Sub: Lack of street Lights Sir I wish to bring to your kind notice that in our

street there is no provision for the street lights. ThecommutersfromDelhifacealotofproblemsbecause of the non-availability of the street light. The residents of the locality are also afraid of the theft cases. The manholes of the street have not been covered despite our repeated requests. The inhabitants of the area are perturbed because they have not been given any facility. This colony is authorised. A number of accidents have taken place in the street due to darkness.

So, I humbly request you to look into the matter and do the needful.

Yours faithfully Lakshman3. Hints: Good manners—important for everyone Should be observed in every walk of life Children should be taught good manners from

their early childhood. They should be taught to give respect to everyone. They should be taught not to hurt the sentiments

of others. They should take care of the dignity of others. Good manners are ornaments of a gentleman.

ASSIGNMENT 3

1. LGM HOUSING SOCIETY, AGRA10th February, 20××

NOTICEBLOOD DONATION CAMP

This is to inform all members of LGM Housing Society that a blood donation camp will be organised on 15th February, 20xx at Ram Nagar from 8:00 am onwards. So, all members of the society are requested to come in large numbers for this noble cause. For more information, contact the undersigned.

AnkitaSecretary, LGM Housing Society

2. Date : 05August,20××From : [email protected] : [email protected] : Make new friendsDearSavita

I have come to know that you are not happy at your new school. I hope you are feeling bored and lonely. I advise not to give much importance to such feelings. Your target is to score 95 per cent marks in annual exams. You should concentrate on studies and devote maximum time to extensive reading. It is often said that time is a great healer. You should retain patience. You will get good friends very soon. The problem will come to an end as soon as you get company. I advise you to keep patience and seek the guidance of your learned teachers. Your eyes must be on the target. You should think only about your studies. I hope you’ll follow what I advise you.

Yours affectionatelyAnita

3. Hostel Life is a Boon for Students

Good morning respected Principal, teachers and friends!

I feel exalted to have an opportunity to speak in favour of the topic–Hostel Life is a Boon for Students.

As far as I think living in a hostel has several advantages. A student gets full academic environment around himself. Hostel is a place where students get all round development. They become aware of the valuesofpunctualityanddiscipline.Hostellifefillsthem with a sense of responsibility. It teaches them to be helpful and cooperative. It broadens their outlook by moulding their attitude towards life. It teaches them to be caring to their fellow students. The students living in hostels are comparatively more tolerant. They do every work at proper time. In this way, they learn to obey rules. One who gets a chance to live in a hostel, is really fortunate. He gets so many friends at the same time. It is good to live together with many students under one roof. It is really a boon.


ASSIGNMENT 4

1. PEARL PUBLIC SCHOOL, CHANDIGARH10th September, 20××

NOTICEINTERSCHOOL KABADDI COMPETITION

All students of our school are hereby informed that an interschool kabaddi competition will be organised by our school in the school playground on 14th September, 20xx. The students of our school,KLMPublicSchool,DNGPublicSchooland RM Public School will be the participants in the competition.So all of you are requested to be present at the venue on that day to encourage our players.

AnkitaSports Captain

2. 567, Sector-45 Noida

8 August, 20××

DearAbhishek

I am very happy to know that you succeeded in gettingthefirstpositionintheNationalMathematicsOlympiad. I knew that you would bring laurels to your family. You are so diligent and labourious that the Almighty helps you at every step. You have the ability to shape your destiny. It is a matter of pride to declare that I have befriended a genius. Please accept my hearty congratulations and also convey the same to your parents as well.

Yours affectionately

Mohit Arya

3. Hints: Games and sports–a great source of recreation. Inculcate team spirit and sportsmanship. Improve health by bringing physical and mental

fitness. Fill the body with strength and vigour. Help in building character. Teach the value of discipline. Encourage to be positive in life. An integral part of the education system.

ASSIGNMENT 5

1. ABC SCHOOL, AGRA05 August, 20××

NOTICETREE PLANTATION CEREMONY

This is to notify you all that a tree plantation ceremony is going to be held in our school premises on 10th August, 20××. All the students of the school are invited to participate in this programme. They are requested to contribute more and more plants. Eachclassmustcontributefiveplants.Maximumcontribution will be rewarded.Jai PrakashHead Boy

2. The Principal DelhiVidyapeethSrSecSchool Jind 10th August, 20xx Sub: Application for change of section Sir Respectfully, I want to state that I am studying

in class VI-C at your school. I know that the sections have been bifurcated keeping in mind the grades of the students. My aggregate grade point is 7 and I have been shifted to section C. I have always been in Section A. I request you to change my section from C to A so that I can pursue my studies peacefully and I may not feel dejected. I hope that you will understand my predicament and do the needful.

Yours faithfully Monika 5 April, 20××

3. Good morning respected Principal, teachers and friends!

The scientific advancement of today’s era has surprised everyone. It has made our living comfortable and luxurious. Man has created numerous electronic devices and electrical gadgets for his convenience. Television is one of the most important electronic gadgets of this age of communication. Television is a source of information, entertainment, knowledge pertaining to politics, current affairs, education etc. The diligent and intelligent students watch Discovery Channel, News Channel, NationalGeography, History etc to keep themselves aware ofthelatestdevelopmentsintheirrespectivefields.


Television is not a bane for the modern man. In fact it is a boon because it exposes the malpractices prevalent in the society. If the citizens of a nation are well acquainted with the current affairs and the activities of politicians and bureaucrats, the nation will certainly grow. The autocratic nature ofthesepeopleischeckedbytheselflessserviceofthe newspapers and news channels. Television can be a bane for those who don’t use it wisely.

ASSIGNMENT 6

1. MARIGOLD PUBLIC SCHOOL, AGRA20th March, 20××

NOTICESALE OF OLD SPORTS GOODS

Our school is going to sell its old sports goods from 23rd March to 26th March in the school sports room. Those who want to buy them, please visit the school sports room during the mentioned period. For more information contact the undersigned.

KaranSports Secertary

2. Date : 30April,20××From : [email protected] : [email protected] : Complaint regarding unauthorised parkingSirIt is to bring to your kind notice that a number of cars and scooters are parked in the locality without taking into consideration the convenience of the travellers. The residents of the locality are facing many problems due to the unauthorised parking. You are requested to look into the matter and make proper arrangements for parking in the locality. The residents of the locality will be thankful to you.With regardsSanjeet

3. 10th September, 20xx 8.00 p.m.

DearDiary Today I am very upset because my father did not give

me ̀ 500 to participate in the excursion organised by our school. I was very excited to go to the excursion with my classmates. Almost all my classmates are going to the excursion except me. I never expected

it from my father. Actually the school will take the students to Jaipur. I had a strong desire to have a tour to Jaipur as there are many monuments worth enjoying in Jaipur. Even I had planned how I would enjoy the tour in AC bus with our classmates. When I asked my father why he could not give me this amount, my father told me that my grandfather is suffering from Chikunguniya and it is more essential to get him treated by a doctor than giving me some money. So I think he did not do so deliberately. He did it under a compulsion.

Kanika

ASSIGNMENT 7

1. XYZ PUBLIC SCHOOL, NEW DELHI NOTICE10th, August, 20××

CONTRIBUTE TO THE FLOOD VICTIMS Recently the state of Utarakhand was caught in thegripofmassiveflood.Hundredsofpeoplewerewashed away in the rushing water. Thousands of people got dislocated. Besides, it caused a great havoc to the property and animlas. In such a situation it is our sacred duty to help them in all possible ways. You are, therefore, requested to donategenerously.Deposityourcontributiontothe undersigned by 17th August. The money so raised will be spent on the rehabilitation of the affected people.MayankHead Boy

2. The Principal D.A.V.Multipurpose School Butana Sub: Request for free studentship Sir Most humbly I beg to say that I am a student of your

school studying in class VI. My father is a peon in a publishing company. He earns ̀ 6000 per month. He has a big family to support. He wants to give me a good education but he cannot pay my school fee any further.

I am a good student of your school. I obtain the highest marks in my class every year. Teachers have high hopes from me.

I, therefore, request you to kindly grant me full fee concession from class VI onward so that I may continue my studies further.

Thank you Yours obediently Vijay Rana


3. Advantages of Reading Newspapers A newspaper in this modern society has great social

and educative value. It is a common media of giving news along with views. We cannot live without it. It is the basic need of the common people. By reading newspapers we come to know what is happening around us. Nobody wants to live in ignorance. Hence, reading newspapers becomes essential. They are a link between the common people and the government.

Newspapers have literary importance too. The learned persons contribute their articles to enlighten and broaden the outlook of the educated people. They encourage the people to oppose the social evils like female foeticide, dowry, etc. The unemployed young men and women come to know of various job opportunities through newspapers. The teenagers can improve their vocabulary by reading newspapers. Thus, the advantages of reading newspapers are many.

ASSIGNMENT 8

1. SARVODAYA PUBLIC SCHOOL ChitraGuptaRoad,NewDelhi

10th, August, 20×× NOTICE

LOST A PURSEThis is to inform all the students of our school that I, Vijay Saxena, lost my leather purse somewhere in the school premises today during the lunch break. The purse is of black colour which contains ` 800 and the phopcopy of my Aadhar Card. One who finds the purse, kindly return it to me. A suitablerewardwillbegiventothefinder.

Vijay SexenaClass-VIA

2. Date : 10June,20××From : [email protected] : [email protected] : ThanksDearAunt

I am very thankful to you for sending a beautiful gift on my birthday. I never thought that you would remember my birthday. When I received your letter and the gift, I wept bitterly. I missed you on the occasion of my birthday. I love you from the core of my heart. I request you to write me about your return journey from New York. I shall come to receive you at the airport. I thank you again for sending me such a beautiful present.With regards.Sapna

3. 196, Sector-19 Noida

20th April, 20xx The Editor The Times of India NewDelhi Sub : How to check problem of begging Sir, Through the column of your esteemed newspaper,

I would like to mention a few points on how the problem of begging can be checked in our country.

Begging has grown at an alarming rate in India. It is estimated that half a million people in India are beggars. The government, many organization, activists claim that many measures have been taken to abolish begging and it has been successful to a certain extent. But the trend of begging still continues. We are also responsible for it. We, as Indians are very orthodox, God-fearing and have a religious frame of mind. This compels us to do charity. And one easy way is to visit a nearby temple and give alms to the beggars there.

All of us should make our all out efforts to stop this menace and the best way is to stop giving alms. It might seem that we are very heartless is not giving money to a little child begging on the street, but his is one step that we can take to prevent begging. If more and more people come out and take pledge that they are not going to give a single penny to any beggar, irrespective of their need, beggary will certainly be completely uprooted from our country.

Thank you Yours sincerely Mohit

ASSIGNMENT 9

1. THE CULTURAL SOCIETYTILKA PUBLIC SCHOOL, PUNE

20th January, 20×× NOTICE

FANCY DRESS COMPETITIONThe Cultural Society of our school is going to organise a Fancy Dress Competition for thestudents of class VI on the occasion of the Republic Day. The students who are willing toparticipate in this competition are requested to send their names to the undersigned by January 22.

ChetnaHead GirlJunior Wing


2. B-10, Shiv Nagar Lucknow 20, January, 20×× Dearfather Ihopeyouarefitandfine.Here,wearealsofine.Papa

the main purpose of writing this letter is to seek your permission to go on an educational tour. Actually our school has decided to have an educational tour to Delhiforfourdays.Wearethegroupof40studentsandfourteachers.WewillleaveforDelhibyanACbus on 24th September and there we will visit the Red Fort, Qutub Minar, Lotus Temple, Birla Temple, India Gate. Accommodation has already been booked by our school principal. There we will have a guide to give information about the historic buildings and monuments. We will return to our town on 28th September.

So this is a golden chance for me to visit the famous historic buildings and structures of India and gain a lot of knowledge about them. But it is only possible when you allow me to go there. Each member is required to pay `1200 as food transport, accommodation, etc. charges.

I am awaiting your positive response. Yours obediently Karan3. Video Games are Good for Growing Children For the motion Good morning honorable judges, principal, teachers

and my dear friends! I, Sanjana, stand before you to speak for the motion

that ‘Video Games are Good for Growing Children’. When a child plays a game such as The Incredible Machine, Angry Birds or Cut The Rope, he trains his brain to come up with creative ways to solve puzzles and other problems in short bursts. In shooting games, the character may be running and shooting at the same time. This requires the real-world player to keep track of the position of the character, where he/she is heading, his speed, where the gun is aiming, if thegunfireishittingtheenemy,andsoon.Allthesefactors need to be taken into account, and then the player must coordinate the brain’s interpretation and reaction with the movement in his hands and fingertips. This process requires a great deal of eye-hand coordination and visual-spatial ability to be successful. Thus children learn iconic, spatial, and visual attention skills from video games.

Playing video games enhances the ability of quick thinking, making fast analysis and decisions. Sometimes the player does this almost every second of the game giving the brain a real work out. According to researchers at the University

ofRochester,ledbyDaphneBavelier,acognitivescientist, games simulating stressful events such as those found in battle or action games could be a training tool for real-world situations. The study suggests that playing action video games trains the brain to make quick decisions.

Thank you Against the motion Good morning honorable judges, principal, teachers

and my dear friends! I, Surbhi, stand before you to speak against the

motion that ‘Video Games are Good for Growing Children’. Most of the bad effects of video games are blamed on the violence they contain. Children who play more violent video games are more likely to have increased aggressive thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and decreased pro-social helping. Playing too much video game makes children socially isolated. Also, he may spend less time in other activities such as doing homework, reading, sports, and interacting with the family and friends.

Video games teach kids the wrong values. Violent behavior, vengeance and aggression are rewarded. Negotiating and other non-violent solutions are often not options. Women are often portrayed as weaker characters that are helpless.Violence and bad behavior played in the virtual world may be contributing to better behavior in the real world. Persons who play violent games may feel guilty about their behavior in the virtual world and this may make them be more sensitive to the moral issues they violated during game play. Games can confuse reality and fantasy. Academic achievement may be negatively related to over-all time spent playing video games.

Thank you

ASSIGNMENT 10

1. BLUEBELL PUBLIC SCHOOL, AJMER10th September, 20××

NOTICETREKKING EXPEDITION TO MT. ABU

The students of our school are hereby informed that our school has organised trekking expedition to Mt. Abu during the autumn break for the students of classes VI-VIII. We will leave for Mt. Abu on 16th September by AC buses and return on 18th September. There we will stay in hotel. Those who are interested to participate in the expedition, please give their names with ` 1000 as food, transport and accommodation charges to their respective class teacher latest by 15th September. For more details, contact the undersigned.

Samuel JohnPrefect


2. SAPPHIRE PUBLIC SCHOOL, PATNA15th September, 20××

NOTICECELEBRATION FOR WINNING

ALL-ROUND BEST TROPHYThe Students’ Council of our school has decided to organise a celebration in the school premises on 20th September, 20xx, on the occasion of winning All-Round Best Trophy by our school and for its achievement in sports, academics, cultural and welfare activities. The celebration will comprise songs, group dances and skits.So all students are requested to be present on the mentioned date to enjoy the celebration. Besides, the students who want to participate in the performance of songs, dances or skits, may give their names to the undersigned latest by 18th September.

BhargaviSecretary, Students’ Council

3. Abou Ben Adhem and the Angel When Abou Ben Adhem woke up from a happy

dream, he saw an angel writing the names of those people who loved God. Abou also went to the angel and requested him to write down his name also. First of all, the angel asked him if he loved God. Abou gave his reply in negative. The angel then gold him that he could not write his name. Abou further added “However I don’t love God, but I love my fellowmen vrey much. I also help the needy.”

Reluctantly the angel included his name int he list but he wrote his name at a place and disappeared.

The angel presented the list to God. When God saw the name of Abou written at a separate place. He asked the angel why he had written his name separately. The angel replied “Abou doesn’t love you at all but he loves his fellowmen very much”. Then God ordered the angel to put his name at the top. “As a matter of fact, Abou loved me the most and I also love him the most. Every creature on earth is my child and I always went everyone to be happy except those who hurt or harm my other children. Abou is also doing the same work,” said God.

The next night, the angel again appeared in front of Abou with a list of name and said to Abou, “God loves you very much because you love your fellowmen and the put your name at top of the list.”

Moral : One who loves and take care of others becomes an apple of God’s eye.

ASSIGNMENT 11

1. ROSE VALLEY PUBLIC SCHOOL, GHAZAIBAD


EXCURSION TO WORLD OF WONDEROur school has decided to organise an excursion to worlds of Wonder, Sector-38A, Noida on 24th September, 20xx for classes VI-VIII. There we will enjoy varieties of rides, swings and swimming in pool. Those who desire to join the excursion, please give their names with ` 1000 to the undersigned latest by 17th September.

SushankPupil Leader

2. Value of Games It is often said that a healthy mind lives in healthy

body. Creativity and productivity can be enhanced by making the pupils healthy. They must not suffer from any chronic and fatal disease. The students can actively take part in all the activities if they have no ailment. It is possible only when they play daily. Physical fitnessmakes the humanbeings active,energetic, enthusiastic and decisive. They become alert and accomplish all assignments. Those who are unhealthy cannot enjoy life. They seem lazy, disheartened and dejected. They lose the battle of life. ‘All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy’ is a popularly known saying. Team games give us lessons in coordination. Sportspersons become disciplined and supportive. Man is a social animal. He should adept to the new situations. A sportsman learns to adjust himself in the team. Victory and defeat must not be given importance. The most important is to learn team work and persistent efforts to grow. It is rightly said that there is always a scope for improvement. Games hone our life skills. The most unfortunate thing is that parents do not allow children to play. They are forced to study round the clock. These children develop a sick mentality. They become the victims of inferiority complex. Games refresh players and instil a sense of responsibility in the sportspersons.

3. Kedarnath badly hit by Flood(Report by Sheetal Jain)

Kedarnath 17, June, 20×× The way the state of Uttarakhand has been

devastated is enough to show how people become


helpless in the hands of the fury of flash floods. Hundreds of people have been washed away in the rushing water. Thousands of people have been dislocated. They are crying because they have lost their near and dear. Hotels and buildings have been collapsed. The scene of destruction is beyond description. Military has been called for rescue operationbutithasbecomeverydifficulttoreachthere as all the approach roads have been washed a way.

ASSIGNMENT 12

1. ABC SENIOR MIDDLE SCHOOL, DELHI20th, May, 20××

NOTICEJOIN THE TRIP TO NAINITAL

This is to inform you that our school is organising an excursion to Nainital during the coming summer vacation. The schedule of the tour is from 22 May to 28 May. The students who are willing to join this excursion must bring a permission letter from their parents along with ` 2000 and submit to the undersigned latest by 15 May.MansiHead Girl

2. The Librarian Gateway Public School Aurangabad July 10, 20×× Sub:Requestforexemptionfrompayingfine Sir WithduerespectIwanttosaythatafineof` 50

has been imposed on me for returning the library book late. As a matter of fact, I was suffering from a high fever. I was on sick leave for a week. The delay was caused due to this reason. Otherwise I am very punctual about returning the book in time. You may check my record.

I, therefore, request you to please exempt me from payingthefine.

Thank you Yours sincerely Saunak

3. Hints: • AfamouspoetWordsworthsaid‘Childisthefather

of man’.

• Childhoodistheprimarystageofhumanlife. • Achildgrowsinacertainfamily,society. • Achildlearnsasperthecultureandenvironment

of the family and society in which he/ she grows. • Habits,naturelearntgrowwithhis/herage. • Laterinlifehis/herhabitsmature. • Hence,manhood/womanhoodreflectshis/her

environment.

PART II — GRAMMAR

INTEGRATED EXERCISE FOR PRACTICE1. (a) Birds are flying in the air. (b) The man is swimming very well. (c) The peon is ringing the bell. (d) My parents are buying a new car. (e) Ashok is cooking food. (f) The woman is speaking to me gently. (g) Children are fighting in the park. (h) The grapes are hanging on the wall. (i) The farmers are working in the field. (j) The wind is blowing strongly. 2. (a) a little (b) would (c) will (d) in (e) much (f) had run (g) were taking (h) flock (i) which (j) at 3. (a) since (b) will (c) beside (d) himself (e) Little (f) an (g) should (h) can (i) team (j) of 4. (a) should (b) army (c) because (d) most beautiful (e) with (f) they (g) of (h) a (i) who (j) must 5. (a) behind (b) bunch (c) appeal (d) much (e) farthest (f) whose (g) beauty (h) nobody (i) politely (j) privacy 6. (a) (ii) went (b) (ii) has been suffering from (c) (i)Didthedoctorprescribe (d) (iii) Is your father a doctor (e) (iii) will get 7. (a) (iii) want to book a taxi for (b) (i) Could you tell me your name


(c) (ii) Will I have to pay (d) (i) have booked the taxi 8. (a) have ... has (b) but ... and (c) a ... an (d) was... is (e) into ... in (f) have ... has (g) in ... at (h) went ... gone 9. (a) of (b) the (c) and (d) with (e) to (f) they (g) them (f) to 10. (a) part ... of ... Bertrand (b) childhood, ... the ... most (c) those ... that ... he (d) knew ... each ... corner (e) in ... each ... part (f) fond ... of ... watching (g) sunrise... during ... bright (h) No word is missing 11. (a) welcomed ... by ... anti-Gaddafi (b) Benghazi ... on ... Friday (c) protestors ... who ... surged (d) to ... the ... streets (e) city ... of ... Benghazi (f) said ... to ... be (g) No word is missing (h) in ... the ... cities 12. (a) to ... of (b) is ... was (c) the ... a (d) king ... emperor (e) that ... who (f) to ... into (g) build ... built (h) off ... of (i) creations ... creation 13. (a) much (b) Many (c) Each (d) The few (e) any (f) Neither (g) oldest (h) a little14. (a) should (b) Would (c) could (d) would (e) can (f) should (g) will (h) would 15. (a) (i) has gone (b) (i)Doeshegofor (c) (iii) When will he return (d) (ii) Would you like 16. (a) (ii) some (b) (i) suffering (c) (iii) Could (d) (iii) will (e) (ii) don’t (f) (iii) will (g) (iv) go (h) (i) can’t17. (a) most beautiful (b) tall (c) greatest (d) thicker (e) most intelligent (f) oldest (g) better (h) wisest 18. (a) was told (b) heavier (c) the (d) The birds flew in the sky.

(e) DidShantaworkthesomecorrectly? (f) All the students were punished by the teacher. (g) Transitive (h) ourselves (i) KingAshokaadoptednon-violenceafterthe Kalingawar. (j) will (k) The patient was examined by the doctor. (l) DoesSunitaSinghsweetly? (m) I have written a letter. (n) past continuous 19. (1) tells (2) will improve (3) has been reading (4) have been making (5) am reading (6) is knocking at (7) will, go (8) ruined (9) want (10) forgot (11) loves (12) has just gone (13) complete (14) has finished (15) change 20. Negative (1) He does not write neatly. (2) Boys are not doing their homework. (3) The sun does not rise in the east. (4) The dog has not been barking for two hours. (5) They are not struggling for success. (6) The postman has not become old. (7) Donkeysdonotcarryloads. (8) Ruhci and Priyam do not go to the school together. (9) The maid is not washing clothes. (10) Some students have not gone out of the classroom.Interrogative (1) Doeshewriteneatly? (2) Are boys doing their homework? (3) Doesthesunriseintheeast? (4) Has the dog been barking for two hours? (5) Are they struggling for success? (6) Has the postman become old? (7) Dodonkeysnotcarryloads? (8) DoRuchiandPrigangototheschooltogether? (9) Is the maid washing clothes? (10) Have some students gone out of the classroom? 21. (1) (c) is listening (2) (d) has been working (3) (a) were doing (4) (b) would complete (5) (d) were playing (6) (b) were playing (7) (d) want (8) (a) get (9) (c) has been teaching (10) (b) is going22. (1) He has done his work smartly (2) We have been waiting for you since morning. (3) You will ride a horse. (4) I did not remember his name. (5) Will Naina dance? (6) They painted the door. (7) He had lost his water bottle.


(8) The weather will change very fast. (9) Forests are helping us in a variety of ways. (10) Didthebeggarrunaway? (11) Mr. Mehta helped me. (12) They have not been studying for two hours. (13) My father drives a car. (14) Golu had cleaned the room. (15) Children will play football here.

ASSIGNMENT 1 1. (a) across (b) in (c) from (d) from (e) no word is missing (f) behind 2. (a) and (b) we (c) should (d) ourselves (e) pray (f) give (g) not (h) have 3. (a) His skin is very thick, rough and dry. (b) His trunk helps him to eat and drink. (c) His trunk also serves him as the nose.

ASSIGNMENT 2 1. (a) (ii) on (b) (i) which (c) (i) reduced (d) (ii) relaxes (e) (iii) in (f) (i) and 2. (a) use ... used (b) to ... of (c) an ... a (d) with... from (e) and ... or (f) has ... is (g) from ... of (h) in ... on 3. (a) They are good exercise and give us energy. (b) Students learnt to cope with difficult situations. (c) They help building team-spirit in an individual.

ASSIGNMENT 3 1. (a) (i) in (b) (ii) The (c) (iv) linked (d) (i) the (e) (ii) in (f) (ii) are 2. (a) which (b) on (c) they (d) for (e) their (f) to (g) of (h) can 3. (a) (i) is heated (b) (ii) are put (c) (ii) is poured

ASSIGNMENT 4 1. (a) (ii) is (b) (i) does (c) (ii) have (d) (iii) was defeated (e) (iv) speak (f) (ii) have

2. (a) living ... lived (b) the ... a (c) cleverer ... clever (d) but ... and (e) to ... than (f) shares ... shared (g) him ... them (h) liked ... like 3. (a) His main mission was to enlighten the people. (b) He considered caste system as the root cause of

social inequality. (c) He did a lot to spread education in the Indian

society.

ASSIGNMENT 5 1. (a) (ii) of (b) (iv) and (c) (i) The (d) (iii) is (e) (iii) of (f) (i) is called 2. (a) higher ... highest (b) a ... the (c) among ... along (d) It ... They (e) an ... the (f) to ... of (g) kilometre ... kilometres (h) is ... are 3. (a) Ranjan said that Mohan had beaten Gurmeet. (b) Manjit said that Harish played cricket in the

evening. (c) Rohit said that his father was going abroad the

next day.

ASSIGNMENT 6 1. (a) met (b) taken (c) arrvied (d) comes (e) were making (f) Would 2. (a) by (b) by (c) are (d) predict (e) have (f) safer (g) that (h) can 3. (a) When will you return these books? (b) The climate of India is hot. (c) Why are you looking so sad?

ASSIGNMENT 7 1. (a) (ii) were hidden (b) (i) had fallen (c) (ii) shone (d) (iv) lifted (e) (i) feel (f) (ii) will get 2. (a) is ... are (b) stand ... stands (c) a ... the (d) at ... in (e) a ... an (f) with ... of (g) a ... the (h) in ... at 3. (a) Technology has impacted children’s behaviour

and level of creativity. (b) Technology has proven to be extremely useful in

education. (c) Educational games can help in academics to

perform well.


ASSIGNMENT 8 1. (a) (ii) found (b) (iv) for (c) (i) weakens (d) (i) from (e) (ii) helps (f) (iii) which 2. (a) an (b) who (c) on (d) as (e) herself (f) and (g) When (h) of 3. (a) It is a popular recreation centre for people. (b) HealsosetDisneyWorld. (c) It is another city of spectacles and amusement

rides in USA.

ASSIGNMENT 9 1. (a) (iv) on (b) (i) off (c) (ii) in (d) (iii) across (e) (iii) with (f) (i) among 2. (a) turtle ... turtles (b) an ... a (c) who ... that (d) bend ... bending (e) some ... the (f) occurs ... occur (g) number ... numbers (h) but ... and 3. (a) had broken (b) died (c) has been crying (d) forgot (e) falls (f) were breaking

ASSIGNMENT 10 1. (a) (iii) which (b) (iv) of (c) (iii) of (d) (ii) into (e) (i) are being (f) (ii) in 2. (a) most (b) it (c) in (d) was

(e) was (f) by (g) and (h) this 3. (a) Our rivers are becoming dark. (b) Fishes are rotting on the sea-shores. (c) Trees are withering and cities are filled with foul

air.

ASSIGNMENT 11 1. (a) (i) of (b) (iii) the (c) (iv) attracted (d) (i) or (e) (ii) weighed (f) (ii) of 2. (a) a ... the (b) criticising ... criticism (c) argues ... argue (d) should ... would (e) he ... they (f) with ... about (g) will ... should (h) school ... schools 3. (a) her brother had taken her pen (b) would give the pen to her (d) he was very stubborn

ASSIGNMENT 12 1. (a) (ii) was (b) (i) had been (c) (iii) were (d) (iv) went (e) (iii) didn’t you tell (f) (i) happened 2. (a) the (b) at (c) to (d) who (e) of (f) in (g) on (h) be 3. (a) My letter was dropped in the letter box by the

man. (b) Road and hospital were constructed by Ashoka,

the Great (c) A sweater is being kintted for me by my mother.

READING, WRITING & GRAMMAR

UNIT ASSIGNMENT 1

SECTION-A1. 1. (a)tofindfood 2.(c) 10,000 3. (b) North 4. (d)flyways 5. (b) Swimming 6. (d) Swimming 7. conducive climate 8. True2. I. 1. The British settlers built mansions like The

Oaks, Hunter's Lodge, The Pines etc. on the outskirts of Mussoorie, a famous hill station of India.

2. Mulberry Lodge is described as a neat, white washed cottage. Miss Mackenzie, an elderly British spinster lived in it.

3. Miss Mackenzie made a weekly visit to town to buy some house-hold articles like butter, jam, soap etc. The local padre, the postman and the milkman.

4. She had a good knowledge about plants, animals and birds. She had an intimacy with all that grewandflourishedaroundher.

II. 1. (b) neglected 2. intimacy 3. (a)decay 4.flourished


SECTION-B3. The Paramount Significance of Trees Good morning respected Our life is dependent upon trees. There is a long

association of man and trees. Since the ancient times man and trees have been the two major creations of Nature. In his prehistoric days man turned to trees and plants to collect the things vitally necessary for his existence. Since that time man and trees have been interdependent, though man is more indebeted to trees.

Todayifweseearoundus,wefindanumberofthingsmade of wood like chair, table, door, cupboard etc. Trees provide shelter to our animals. Trees help to combat pollution. Besides, there are many medicines that are made with the help of medicinal plants.

Trees produce oxygen through the process of photosynthesis. They use sunlight to convert water and carbon-dioxide into oxygen and carbohydrates. We need oxygen for our survival. Trees are the key factors to strike a balance in the eco-system. The forests contain a large number of animal species, crops and medicines. So establishment of new forests with large number of trees (afforestation) is important.

Or Hints: • Cities–blessed with modern technological

development. • Offerbesteducationalfacilities. • Offergoodmedicalfacilities. • Offeropportunitiesforjobs. • Amplesourcesofentertainment. • Lackcleanenvironmentandpurefoodstuff.4. Itwasahot summerday.A thirstybeeflewhere

and there to quench its thirst. Finally it came to a canal. By chance it fell into it while trying to drink water. The waves of the canal were strong and they washed the bee far away. The bee tried hard to reach the shorebut in vain.Adoveflewpast. It lookedthe tremendous efforts of the bee to come out of the canal. The dove took pity on the bee and dropped a big leaf into the water. The bee looked at the dove and climbed on the leaf. It waited there for some timeandthemomentitswingsbecamedryitflewaway. A few days later a hunter came to the forest. He aimed at the dove. The bee noticed it and found that the dove helped it in the trying circumstances. It also intended to help the dove. The bee attacked the hunter and stung him. The hunter could not shoot the dove. The bee saved the dove’s life. One good act of the dove became a boon to it. She thanked the bee for saving her life.

Moral : Help others to get other’s help. 5. (a) (i) grow (b) (iii) much (c) (iv) dead (d) (i) helps (e) (ii) has (f) (iii) allow6. (a) have ... had (b) greater ... greatest (c) what ... which (d) with ... from (e) knew ... know (f) And ... But (g) linked ... like (h) of ... to 7. (a) Europe as a continent is very small. (b) It is just three times the size of our country. (c) Barring Australia, it is the smallest continent.

UNIT ASSIGNMENT 2

SECTION-A1. 1. (c) 1892 2. (c)SirJamesDewar 3. (a) a singled-walled glass bottle 4. 5. (b)theflowofheat 6. (a) a bad conductor of heat 7. Dewarflask 8.True2. I. 1. Onam is celebrated in the month of August-

September. This month is significant for the farmers as the harvest has been reaped and their granaries are full. They rejoice throughout this month in merry-making.

2.MahabaliwasanasurakingwhoruledKerala.People loved him because he was a wise and good ruler.

3. Indra is the king of gods. He wanted to oust Mahabali because he (Mahabali) exercised great power in the heavens and the nether world.

4. In order to oust Mahabali Vishnu disguised himself as a Brahmin boy, Vamana. He then went to Mahabali and asked him for as much land as he could cover in three steps. Mahabali agreed to this request. Vamana immediately grew his size and covered the earth, the heavens and the nether world in two steps. He then placed his third step on the head of Mahabali and pushed him down.

II. 1. (c) hatched 2. disguised 3. (a) offered 4. ancient

SECTION-B3. 10 March 20×× 10:00 p.m.

DearDiary Since I had no experience of appearing in public

examination, I was a little bit nervous. It was the Science Olympiad and I had prepared hard. Still I


was not feeling normal on entering the examination hall. I prayed to God and took my seat. Other studentswerebusyinfindingthecorrectseats.Theytoo looked nervous. Once everyone had been seated, the examiner gave us some instructions regarding what we were required to do and what we were strictly prohibited from doing. Then I received the Question Paper and sat reading it. After I had given a thorough reading, I began to answer keeping in mind the fact that I had three hours to complete the paper. Luckily, I managed to complete the paper well within time and came out of the hall after submitting it to the examiner. I am sure I have done well. May God keep showering his blessings on me and all.

Or Child Labour: A Blot on Society Indeed child labour is a blot on our society. We

canstillfindalargenumberofpeopleworkinginhazardous industries. It is a gross violation of human rights. If children are not dying in explosion, they are dying in slow but sure death in the glass, brass ware, lock, slate, balloon, brick—kiln and other industries.

Besides, they are also engaged in the most hazardous processes in industries which adults do not want to touch. In the glass industry children are primarily engaged in removing molten glass from the furnaces. Since the furnaces are designed for adults, the child’s face is almost touching the wall of the furnance.

The government must take some steps to tackle the problem of child labour.

The message needs to reach the homes of such parents also. Parents also cannot be allowed to send children to work in such industries on the grounds of poverty. A massive countrywide campaign is needed to be launched–like the campaign on the grill child-stating clearly the punitive action which would be taken if children were found to be employed.

4. Please see the outlines given in asignment. 5. (a) for (b) between (c) no word is missing (d) for (e) by (f) from 6. (a) uses ... use (b) an ... the (c) were ... are (d) represent ... represents 7. (a) The lesson was learnt by students. (b) The poor were bang helped by Rachna and Ritik (c) Beautiful pictures had been drawn by children.

UNIT ASSIGNMENT 3

SECTION-A1. 1. (b)inflation 2. 3. (c) wars 4. (b) the workers 5. (a) workers 6. (c) less things 7. the businessman 8. True2. I. 1. Edison employed a number of assistants in his

factory and laboratory. He was very kind to all his assistants. He worked very hard himself and made others work hard also.

2. Edison’s most important invention was the electric bulb. He worked for nearly two years toinventthefirstelectricbulb.Hespentabout40,000dollarstofindoutthebestmaterialformakingthefilament.Hetriedmanykindsofmaterialforthefilament.Atlast,in1879,heproducedthefirstelectricbulb.

3. He invented the electric bulb. He improved telegraphy, Bell’s telephone and the Remington typewriter. He invented the electric fan and in 1913,healsoproducedthefirst‘talkie’ortalkingpicture.

4. When Edison died, the Americans turned off the electric lights for a while as a mark of respect for the man who had given them those lights.

II. 1. (a) wonderful 2. important 3. (c) modern 4. interesting

SECTION-B3. The Editor The Hindustan Times Delhi 12 April 20×× Sub: Ways and means of saving water Sir, I have returned from a visit to Mehrauli which is

in the grip of a severe water crisis. The problem is equally pathetic in my hometown in Rajasthan. I have got some tips which suggest ways and means to save water and I want it to be published through your esteemed newspaper. Washing our hands and face under a running tap for only two minutes wastes about27litresofwaterwhereasahalffilledbasincan do this work with only 2 litres of water. While brushing our teeth if we let the tap run for five minutes we waste 45 litres of water but if we use a glass of water, we consume only half a litre of water.


If we turn off the tap while soaping our body before bathing we use only 20 litres of water, whereas if we let it run we waste about 90 litres. We should avoid usingbathtubsasafilledbath-tubwastes110litresof water. A leaky tap must be repaired immediately to save water.

If we understand it and decide to follow this simple but very important rule, we are sure to solve the problem of water crisis.

Yours sincerely Ankit Kumar Or THE FURY OF FLASH FLOOD Floods are common in India. They are a natural

calamity. They occur on account of heavy rainfall. In hilly regions, cloud-burst is also a major cause. But whenever, it occurs, its fury devastates the life of the people. It also causes huge loss to property andanimals.Standingcropsinthefieldsarewashedawaybytheswiftcurrentsoffloodwater.

Thefuryofflashfloodscausesmoredestructionthannormalfloods.Itisbecausepeoplearenotawareof its occurrence. There is no prediction, hence, no precaution. The way the state of Uttrakhand got devastated is enough to show how people become helpless in the hands of the fury of flash floods. Hundreds of people were washed away in the rushing water. Thousands of them got dislocated. Hotels and buildings got collapsed in seconds.

Such natural calamities shake the lives of the people.

4. There was a lion. One day he was very hungry and went out in search of animals. Soon he saw a hare playing under a tree. The lion’s mouth was watered. “The hare will be a nice meal”, he said to himself and hurriedly went towards it. The hare began to run in fear but was soon caught. The lion raised his paw to kill the innocent animal and make it his nice meal. Just then he saw a deer. “The hare is too small to fill my belly. It is better to make deer my food,” he thought. And the very next moment he let the hare go off and ran after the deer. The deer ran faster than the lion and disappeared somewhere in the dense forest. The lion realised his mistake. He should not let the hare off because it was in his grip.

Moral: A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

5. (a) (ii) has (b) (i) are (c) (iii) that (d) (i) in (e) are (f) to

6. (a) at ... in (b) was ... is (c) or ... and (d) stones ... stone (e) a ... the (f) what ... that (g) became ... become (h) figures ... figure 7. (a) The man asked me where I was going. (b) Mohan asked Arpit if he was reading a book. (c) He asked me how my father was that day.

UNIT ASSIGNMENT 4

SECTION-A1. 1. (b) deafness 2. (a) hard of hearing 3. (c) poor hearing 4. (b) inborn defect 5. (a) the age of 50 6. (a) deafness 7. heavy industrial machines 8. True2. I. 1. The king requested the saint to visit his country.

He offered him (saint) everything that he needed. He told him that a section of palace would be reserved for him. There would be servants to attend him.

2. The king offered all types of comforts to the saint. But the saint refused to accept any of them. He told the king that he did not need servants and had no desire to visit his (king’s) country. The saint’s direct refusal made the king angry.

3. The king told the saint that he could cut him (saint) into pieces because he was the king of that country. But the saint didn’t get upset. He outwitted him (king) by saying that he could only cut his body not his soul. He further said that he (king) was not a conquerer but a slave of his (saint’s) slave.

4. Anger was saint’s slave. It was under his control. But the king was a slave of anger. He lost his temper so easily. Therefore, he was a slave of the saint’s slave.

II. 1. (a) quest 2. immortal 3. (c) slave 4. command

SECTION-B

3. Date : 20September,20××From : [email protected] : [email protected] : Regarding the repair work of school building


SirI want to draw your kind attention towards the bad condition of our classrooms. Needless to say that our school building has become very old. The classrooms in which we students are studying are in their worst condition. The cement plaster of the rooms keeps on falling every now and then. Our attention gets diverted due to this reason. Also, we feel insecure. Rainy season adds to our problems.I, therefore, on behalf of all the students of school, request you to pay attention to it and get the repairs done in time.I hope for the best from you.Yours obedientlyManav

4. Last August it was a public holiday. We decided to spend the day in the countryside away from the hustle and bustle of the city life. Strangely a great number of people had the same idea. We hired a car and set out. We had hardly covered a distance of six-sevenkilometresthatwegotstuckinahugetrafficjam. A long line of cars was moving on the road just like ants. At last we came to a quiet country road and after an hour stopped at a lonely farm. We enjoyed there a variety of food which we had carried with ourselves at the foot of a hill. We also enjoyed dance andmusic.Theweatherwasfineandthenature’sbeauty was at its peak. It enhanced our vigour and enthusiasm. Suddenly we heard bell ringing at the top of the hill. We picked up our things and rushed to the car because hundreds of sheep were coming towards us down the path.

5. (a) (iv) fastest (b) (i) a (c) (iii) can (d) (i) has (e) (ii) referred (f) (iv) uses 6. (a) the (b) as (c) and (d) being (e) to (f) is (g) to (h) the 7. (a) what he was doing. (b) he was writing a letter to Raju. (c) who was Raju.

UNIT ASSIGNMENT 5

SECTION-A1. 1. (a) sand 2. (c) very hot 3. (b) ice 4. (c) Antarctica

5. (c) very little rainfalls 6. (d) less moisture 7. less moisture 8. True2. I. 1. Because they were all good-looking, healthy

girls. 2. Bholi was the youngest daughter of Ramlal.

Ramlal was worried about her because she had neither good looks nor intelligence.

3. He suggested Ramlal to send his daughters to the newly-opened school.

4. She was not in favour of sending girls to school in the beginning. Her opinion changed after-wards because she could not gather courage to go against the Tehsildar.

II. 1. (a) prosperous 2. disobey 3. (b) strong 4. worry

SECTION-B3. 4 August, 20×× 10:00 p.m. DearDiary It was 7:00 a.m. I was going to school. Suddenly I saw

that a car driver lost his balance and collided with a pillar. His car crushed a seven-year old girl sleeping on the footpath. Her parents came running from the public convenience and wept bitterly. People tried to console them but her mother kept on crying. The police arrested the driver. I felt moved when I saw her mother’s predicament.

Or Hints: • Discipline—regulatesourlife. • Withoutitdifficultiescome. • Evennatureshowsdiscipline. • Studentsshouldunderstandthevalueofdiscipline. • Shouldbepunctual,honestandhardworking • Shouldinculcatethehabitofdisciplinerightfrom

the childhood. • Non-observanceofdisciplineruinsfuture.4. Once a fox was caught in a trap. He struggled hard

to get out of the trap but in vain. He lost his tail as a result of which he became depressed. He decided to keep himself away from other foxes. He spent a long time in solitude. At last when it became unbearable, he came out and resolved to face the situation boldly. He went to an assembly of foxes and said, “Friends, I have shed my tail and suggest you to do the same. Our tail is nothing but a nuisance. I feel comfortable in its absence. So, I wish you also lead a comfortable life like me by shedding your tails.”


Some of the foxes present there began appreciating the fox’s idea. They said collectively, “We will follow your path”. But an old fox warned them not to do so. He said, “God gave us tails and we should not shed it for our convenience. So far this fox is concerned, he has lost his caste with the loss of his tail and want us to share his misfortune. So, beware of him. Hearing so, the fox left the place silently.

Moral:Dont’tactanother’sadviceblindly. 5. (a) (ii) showed (b) (iv) when (c) (i) within (d) (i) wanted (e) (iii) shocked (f) (ii) go 6. (a) is (b) of (c) than (d) in (e) are (f) can (g) the (h) used 7. (a) Albert Einstein is called the father of modern

physics. (b) He was born on March 14, 1879 at Uln

in Germany. (c) When he was only one year old his family moved

to Munich.

UNIT ASSIGNMENT 6

SECTION-A1. 1. (a) affectionate 2. (c) peace 3. (c)Chishtisufi 4.(a) Aarif 5. (c) the punishment of hell 6. (a) national integration 7. Khwajasahib 8.2. I. 1. The food stuck between the teeth attracts germs

which produce acid and acid hurts our teeth and gums.

2. Flossing helps to remove the food that gets stuck between our teeth.

3.Thegermsinthemouthfirsthurtourteeth.Then they leave the mouth and travel into our blood. These germs in blood can then attack our heart.

4. The author’s purpose in writing this sentence is to change the previous statement.

II. 1. (a) remove 2. admit 3. (c) weakening 4. strange

SECTION-B3. 5 August 20×× 10:00 p.m. DearDiary Today our school auditorium was fully packed with

the students fromboth the schools—DAVPublicSchool and Sun Shine Public School. The match

started at 10:00 a.m.Our captainSachinKumarwon the toss and decided to bat. All the batsmen except Ravi and Sunil played well. My performance, however, was excellent and very soon our team scored 155 runs in the allotted thirty overs. After innings break, the Sun Shine Public School team started batting. They gave a good start but did not showmuchconfidence.Althoughthetargetwasnotbig, they could not score even that. Finally, our team was declared victorious. I was declared man of the match for my excellent contribution. I am very happy because everyone appreciated my performance.

4. There were a dog and a donkey who worked for a potter. The dog guarded the potter’s house and the donkey carried heavy loads for the master. The donkey gradually became jealous of the dog’s position in the potter’s house. He thought that the dog’s life was easy and comfortable while his life was very hard because he had to carry heavy loads. Sometimes he had to face hard blows on his back. What was more hehadtofillhisbellywiththeleftovers.Butthedogwas always greeted with nice meals such as mutton, bread, milk etc. One day an idea hit his mind. He decided to try the dog’s tricks to please the master. So, when the master came home, he brayed a little to welcome him just like the dog. Then he ran to him and began wagging his tail around him. The master got afraid of the donkey’s unusual behaviour. He thought that the animal had gone crazy. So, he picked up a stick and gave several blows on his back. The poor donkey ran away in fear.

Moral: One should not feel jealous of anybody’s good position.

5. (a) (iii) of (b) (iv) built (c) (i) were (d) (ii) preserved (e) (i) The (f) (iv) told 6. (a) the ... a (b) for ... to (c) into ... in (d) collected ... collect (e) found ... find (f) needed ... need (g) sent ... send (h) of ... for 7. (a) It is better to recycle plastic waste. (b) Most of the thermoplastics can be recycled. (c) Make a list of items that can be recycled.

UNIT ASSIGNMENT 7

SECTION-A1. 1. (a) discipline 2. (c)fitcitizen 3. (a) an orderly life 4. (d) vices 5. (d) all of these 6. (a) a useful citizen 7. early in life 8. True


2. I. 1. Because he didn’t know to whom he had to fetch. Other servants guggested him to go to Birbal for his advice.

2. By knowing these things he would easily guess to whom the king wanted to be fetched.

3. The servant told the king that it was Birbal who advised him to fetch the royal barber.

4. He appreciated Birbal because he understood his (king’s) thoughts and needs.

II. 1. (c) fetch 2. enlightened 3. (b) remembered 4. requested

SECTION-B3. C-10, Janak Puri NewDelhi 10 October, 20×× The Editor The Hindustan Times NewDelhi Sub: Nuisance created by loudspeakers Sir Loudspeakers have created great nuisance in our

locality. We are greatly disturbed due to them. Our studies suffer. Moreover, they aggravate the problem of noise pollution. Therefore, I request you to please publish my views in your newspaper so as to make people aware of our problems.

Thank you Yours faithfully Sumit Menon Note: You can add more to it. Or ADVANTAGES OF EARLY RISING The habit of early rising is a great boon. And it

must be cultivated right from the early childhood. An early riser is always hale and hearty. He gets the opportunity of enjoying nature at its best. Early rising enables us to breathe fresh and pure air. It also enables us to start our day’s work early. Needless to say that in the early morning our mind is fresh and we can do the best. We never feel depressed. Instead we remain happy all the day.

Note: Add some more advantages of early rising.4. ... and went straight to the police station. The

police asked Raman many questions and then let him go home. The next day the owner of the ring was found. He came to Raman’s house with an Inspector. Both the owner and the Inspector asked him many questions. The owner told Raman that it was a very expensive ring. He also promised to

give him a handsome amount as a reward. Raman, in the presence of the Inspector, returned the ring. The owner became happy and kept his promise by giving Raman the reward. The Inspector appreciated Raman for his honesty.

Moral : Honesty is the best policy. 5. (a) (ii) which stands (b) (i) indicates (c) (ii) in the midst of (d) (iii) was erected (e) (i) was laid (f) (iv) is a 6. (a) The (b) for (c) since (d) people (e) the (f) to (g) so (h) had7. (a) He asked Mamta if she was writing a letter. (b) He told me that he wanted to play cricket then. (c) Ahmad told Rajiv that he would go there the

next day.

UNIT ASSIGNMENT 8

SECTION-A1. 1. (a) plant nectar 2. (d) animal blood 3. (a) blood 4. (c) communicable disease 5. (c) mosquito bites 6. (b) deadly disease 7. the natural enemies of mosquitoes 8. True2. I.1.Nobelprizesareawardedeveryyearinthefields

of science, literature and for promoting world peace. The winner of this prize gets a gold medal, acertificateandalargesumofmoney.

2. It was instituted by Alfred Bernhard Nobel. He was born in Stockholm on 21st October, 1833. He invented dynamite.

3.Dynamiteisusedforbreakingstones,diggingpetrol wells and in wars. Its invention brought name and fame in Alfred Nobel’ life. He earned huge sum of money by setting it.

4. Alfred Nobel indicated in his Will that the interest on the money (a fabulous sum of $ 90,00,000) should be given as prizes to persons for their outstanding contribution to physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and peace.

II. 1. (b) fabulous 2. outstanding 3. (a) destruction 4. famous

SECTION-B3. Date : 30September,20××

From : [email protected] : [email protected] : Visit to a zoo.


DearPradeep

Last week I along with my classmates went to see the zoo at Mysore. Our class teacher was with us. As we entered the compound of the zoo, we saw a small house surrounded by a wire net. Inside it, we saw a number of snakes of all sizes and colours. The pythons seemed to be two-three quintals heavy. Then we saw a tank full of all kindsofcolouredfish.Theywereleapingaboutand swimming beautifully in the clear water of the tank. We saw many kinds of birds too. The ostrich was as large as the camel. The peacocks presented a beautiful scene. They were dancing merrily. Then we saw the deer and rhinoceros. The big rhinoceros was surrounded by the iron bars.I enjoyed the visit very much. I had a wonderful experience in the company of animals.

Yours affectionatelyGaurav

4. A farmer had three sons. They never heed the advice of their father. They had peevish nature. They often quarrelled among themselves. The farmer advised them time and again to check their irresponsible

behaviour. He intended that they should not quarrel with one another. His words failed. He asked his sons to bring a bundle of sticks. They followed him and came to him with a bundle of sticks. All of them were asked to break those sticks tied in a bundle. The sons tried their level best but could not break the bundle. All failed. Then the farmer united the bundle and asked his sons to break the sticks. All of them broke the sticks easily. The farmer taught them a lesson that if they lived united, misfortunes would not befall them. If they quarrelled, they would suffer. These words of the farmer worked magically. His quarrelesome sons promised him to change their ways. They began to live peacefully.

Moral: Unity is strength. 5. (a) (ii) is closed (b) (i) is (c) (i) to (d) (iv) have (e) (ii) will be (f) (ii) our 6. (a) to ... of (b) from ... forms (c) to ... around (d) but ... and (e) in ... at (f) an ... the (g) at ... to (h) to ... than7. (a) The lotus is big and beautiful and has a grace

of its own. (b) This beautiful flower has its roots in the mud. (c) It takes the colours, white, pink and even bluish.

ASSIGNMENT 1 1. (a) (i) (d) (ii) (g) (iii) (e) (iv) (a) (v) (i) (vi) (b) (vii) (c) (viii) (j) (iv) (f) (x) (h) (b) Noun : delicacy, exhibition, haunch Adjective : socially, quadruped, curious Verb : sparkle, release, accompany, hauled2. Dearstudents You know that our school has decided to organise

a science exhibition on 18th September, 20xx in the school premises from 10.00 am onwards. In the exhibition the students of classes VI-VIII are required to present their science projects. They will show their models on science like, the models of solar energy, electric generator, potato battery etc.

The professor of Science from St. Stephens College, DelhiwillbetheChiefGuestoftheexhibitionwho

SUBJECT ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES

will also distribute prizes to the best performers. Besides some professors of science from other colleges will also be there to assess the performers.

Asweknowthatallguestswillfirstcometothereception of our school. So we have arranged some snakcs, coffee, tea and cold drinks for he guests. Some of us need to be there to receive them warmly though snacks will be served by peons.

I hope it will be remarkable exhibition. Thank you 3. 1. An organiser of an event should be punctual. 2. He should possess interpretation skills. 3. He should be creative and innovative 4. He must have good management skills. 5. He should be energetic. 6. He should possess leadership skills. 7. He must behave politely with others. 8. He should have patience.

ASSIGNMENT 2 1. (a) This is a visual of a desert region. In the visual, we

can see some women carrying pitchers with water on their heads. In desert region like Rajasthan women have to fetch water from far off areas due to the scarcity of water. They use water in a careful way. They do not waste water at all. There is no water supply for several days in some desert areas. So they store a lot of water in a tank to avoid any inconvenience. So water is precious. We should not waste even single drop of water.

(b) 1. Turn off the tap while brushing teeth. 2. Take bath using water in a bucket instead of

using shower. 3. Wash your car with wet cloth instead of hose. 4. Throw leftover water on the root of a plant

instead of throwing here and there. 5. Turn the faucet off after you wet your hands

until you need to rinse.2. We should use our leisure time in reading story

books. In our leisure time, we should plant a tree. Instead of gossiping with others or watching cartoons on television, we should watch news on television which provides a lot of knowledge. In summer and winter vacation, we should join English speaking course or any computer course.

ASSIGNMENT 3 1. (a) & (b) Do yourself 2. (a) (i) (j) (ii) (g) (iii) (e) (iv) (a) (v) (h) (vi) (b) (vii) (d) (viii) (c) (ix) (f) (x) (i) (b) Shrieked : She shrieked out of fear to see a snake. Glimpse : I had a glimpse on Rachit in the

Book Fair. Chopped: She chopped the cucumber into

pieces. Muttering : He kept on muttering after the

argument.

Plump: Reema is married to a plump man. Ghastly: I saw a ghastly animal in the forest. Gliding: The children were gliding down the gliders in the park. Fangs: The cobra sanks its fangs into man. Judicious: He has made a judicious decision in opting his stream.

ASSIGNMENT 4 1. (a) This is the picture of the Red Fort located in Delhi.

It was the main residence of the emperors of the Mughal dynasty for nearly 200 years, until 1857. It was constructed in 1639 by the fifth Mughal Emperor of Shah Jahan as the place of his forfeited capital Shahjahanabad. The Red Fort is the name of its massive enclosing walls of red sandstone and is adjacent to the older Salimgarh Fort, built by Islam Shah Suri in 1546. The imperial apartments consist of raw pavilions, connected by a water channel known as the Stream of Paradise (Nahr-i-Bihisht). The fort complex is considered to represent the zenith of Mughal creativity under Shah Jahan, and although the palace was planned according to Islamic prototypes, each pavilion contains architectural elements typical of Mughal building that reflect a fusion of Timurid and Persian traditions. The Ref Fort’s innovative architectural style, including its garden design, influenced later buildings and gardens in Delhi, Rajasthan, Punjab, Kashmir, Braj, Rohikhand and elsewhere.

Every year on 15th August, the Independence Day of India, the Prime Minister hoists the Indian “tricolour flag” at the main gate of the fort and delivers his speech from its ramparts. It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007 as part of the Red Fort Complex.

(b) Do it yourself. 2. (a) 4-8 (b) (i) was (ii) has (iii) are (iv) are (v) suffer (vi) enjoys

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