January 2023
Activity Sheet
Q. 1.A) Read the given extract and complete the activity given below: (12 Marks) A1. Read the following statements and pick out the statement which expresses the intention of the writer. (2) A1. Write true or false. (2) (a) A senior guy motivated the writer in the mess. (b) The writer would think in Marathi, before speaking in English. (c) He decided to go to Solapur at first . (d) The writer wanted to speak excellent, elegant andfluent English. One day, I was sitting at my mess table in the hostel sipping tea when a senior guy came and sat on the chair adjacent to me. He was a convent educated guy with fairly sophisticated English- at least spoken or colloquial English. He was a bit arrogant and wanted to pull my leg. He tried to engage in some conversation with me and started pointing out errors in just about every sentence or everything that I said. After about 5 minutes he walked away after insulting me. I felt extremely humiliated and upset. As it is, I was feeling quite depressed and diffident and this incident was the last straw. I was almost broken. I felt out of place there and literally wanted to run away to Solapur that very moment. However, it was only my self-esteem which stopped me. Suddenly, a feeling of determination and strength came over me and gripped me. Despite hailing from Solapur, if I could be a rank holder in the school, college and IIT with many awards in Mathematics, there must be something right with me. Why should I give up? And that too for a silly and small thing like English? I was not to give up anymore, and I was determined to fight back. As I climbed the stairs of my hostel room, my plan was ready in my mind. Normally most of us who are educated in vernacular languages such as Marathi, think in Marathi, before speaking in English, translate it in English and then somehow try to speak out these translated English sentences in an extremely awkward fashion. I had decided that I would do nothing of this sort. I wanted to achieve excellence. This urge to excel in anything that you try to do has been with me since the childhood. Whether I would succeed in this or not, I always set my aims high. In this case too, I wanted to speak excellent, elegant and fluent English. The first thing I did was to start reading English newspapers and English novels. I studied etymology and phonetics and studied the roots of the words and how to pronounce them. I used to stand in front of the mirror and practice speaking, realising my mistakes and correctingthem myself all the time and improvising and improving day by day. A2. Thewriter was determined to fight back. Explain the sentence with the reference of the extract. (2) 1] ------------------------------------------------------ 2] ------------------------------------------------------ 3] ------------------------------------------------------ 4] ------------------------------------------------------ Q.3. Which facts stopped the writer not to go back to Solapur? A4. Explain the importance of English. (2) 1] ------------------------------------------------------ 2] ------------------------------------------------------ 3] ------------------------------------------------------ 4] ------------------------------------------------------ A5. Do as directed. (2) 1] He was a bit arrogant and wanted to pull my leg. (Choose the correct alternative of simple sentence) a) He was a bit arrogant that wanted to pull my leg. b) Being a bit arrogant, he wanted to pull my leg. c) He was a bit arrogant, but he wanted to pull my leg. d) Bitting arrogant, he wanted to pull my leg. (2) It was only my self-esteem which stopped me. (Choose correct alternative removing which) (a) It was only my self-esteem and it stopped me. (b) Being only my self-esteem and it stopped me. (c) Only my self-esteem stopped me. (d) It was only my self-esteem that stopped me. A6. (1) Find one word from the extract which means: (2) 1] a room where the meals have to serve. 2] a language spoken as one's mother tongue Q.3. Which facts stopped the writer not to go back to Solapur? . A4. Explain the importance of English. (2) 1] ------------------------------------------------------ 2] ------------------------------------------------------ 3] ------------------------------------------------------ 4] ------------------------------------------------------ A5. Do as directed. (2) 1] He was a bit arrogant and wanted to pull my leg. (Choose the correct alternative of simple sentence) a) He was a bit arrogant that wanted to pull my leg. b) Being a bit arrogant, he wanted to pull my leg. c) He was a bit arrogant, but he wanted to pull my leg. d) Bitting arrogant, he wanted to pull my leg. (2) It was only my self-esteem which stopped me. (Choose correct alternative removing which) (a) It was only my self-esteem and it stopped me. (b) Being only my self-esteem and it stopped me. (c) Only my self-esteem stopped me. (d) It was only my self-esteem that stopped me. A6. (1) Find one word from the extract which means: (2) 1] a room where the meals have to serve. 2] a language spoken as one's mother tongue Q.1 B) Non-textual Grammar & Spot the error: (3+1) Q.1 B) Non-textual Grammar: (i) How interesting the story is! (Find out correct assertive sentence) (a) How interesting the story has been! (b) What an interesting the story is! (c) The story is a very interesting. (d) The story is very interesting. (ii) I live ---- the 7th floor ----- 21 Oxford Street ---- London. (Find out correct the sentence of prepositions and rewrite it.) (a) I live in the 7th floor of 21 Oxford Street at London. (b) I live on the 7th floor of 21 Oxford Street in London. (c) I live in the 7th floor on 21 Oxford Street at London. (d) I live on the 7th floor at 21 Oxford Street in London. (iii) “Our success has forced the giants to become more competitive,” he says. (Find out correct the sentence of reported speech and rewrite it.) (a) He says that their success has forced the giants to become more competitive. (b) He said that their success has forced the giants to become more competitive. (c)
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Do As directed 1] Mabel had her first serious suspicion. (Past Perfect tense) Ans: Mabel had had her first serious suspicion 2] It was not right. (Make Affirmative) Ans: It was wrong. 3] She could not beat off (Be unable to) Ans: She was unable to beat off 4] What a fright she looks! (Assertive sentence) Ans: She looks a very fright. 5] Their eyelids flickering as they came up. (No sooner – than) Ans: No sooner did they come up than their eyelids flickering. 6] It was her own appalling inadequacy; her cowardice; her mean, water-sprinkled blood that depressed her. (Simple) Ans: Her own appalling inadequacy; her cowardice; her mean, water-sprinkled blood depressed her. 7] She touched the letters on the hall table and said: “How dull!” (Indirect) Ans: Touching the letters on the hall table, she exclaimed that it was very dull. 8] All this had been absolutely destroyed. (Begin with “They---“) Ans: They had absolutely destroyed all this. 9] All this had been absolutely destroyed, the moment she came into Mrs. Dalloway’s drawing-room. (Hardly –when/ No sooner – than) Ans: Hardly had she come into Mrs. Dalloway’s drawing-room when all this had been absolutely destroyed. Ans: No sooner did she comeinto Mrs. Dalloway’s drawing-room than all this had been absolutely destroyed. 10] It was absurd to pretend it. (gerund) Ans: It was absurd for pretending it. 11] She had taken that old fashion book of her mother’s, a Paris fashion book of the time of the Empire. (Present perfect tense) Ans: She has taken that oldfashion book of her mother’s, a Paris fashion book of the time of the Empire. 12] She felt like a dressmaker’s dummy standing there, for young people to stick pins into. (Make Complex) Ans: She felt like a dressmaker’s dummy that stood there, for young people to stick pins into. 13] We are all like flies trying to crawl over the edge of the saucer. (Use that) Ans: We are all like flies that try to crawl over the edge of the saucer. 14] Now she could see flies crawling slowly out of a saucer of milk with their wings stuck together. (Use which) Ans: Now she could see flies which crawl slowly out of a saucer of milk with their wings stuck together. 15] She strained and strained to make herself see Rose Shaw. (Not only------ but also) Ans: She not only strainedbut also strained to make herself see Rose Shaw. 16) She was a fly, but the others were dragonflies. (Use – Though) Ans: Though she was a fly, but the others were dragonflies. 17) The most detestable of the vices were her chief faults. (Change the degree) Ans: Com: Her chief faults were more detestable than any other vices. Posi: No other vices were as detestable as her chief faults. 18) “I feel like some dowdy, decrepit, horribly dingy old fly,” she said.(Reported Speech) Ans: She said that she felt like some dowdy, decrepit, horribly dingy old fly. 19) She did not feel in the least out of anything. (Rhetorical Question) Ans: Did she feel in the least out of anything? 20) She saw the truth. (Rewrite as a negative sentence without changing the meaning) Ans: She didn’t see the false. 9822716201 arsodyogiraj@gmail.com 4, Dewkinandan, Shinde Plots, Yavatmal. Online & Offline Classes Students can attend online or offline classes according to their convenience. Limited strength in each batch. Modern, innovative concepts based but simple teaching method. Disciplined and highly feasible learning environment. Excellent Previous Result Every year 100% result. In the exam of 2022, our two students are highest in Maharashtra. Completion of syllabus within stipulated time period.. Quality Study Material Notes of all chapters, poems, and novels are provided in pdf and printed form. From the content rich notes learn tips, tricks and strategies. Regular Weekly Revision Tests We conduct regular offline test on each and every topic, daily online test. Regular doubt clearing sessions. Every Sunday special classes for weak students. Long Teaching Experience More than 35 years' teaching experience. Student centered and Exam oriented teaching as well as individual attention.
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