110671952233785302 2016 2nd language passing package by suresh g

CONTENT  REFERENCE SKILL. (4MARKS) 1. Dictionary work 2. SMS decoding. 3. Reference source  VOCABULARY. (4MARKS) 1. Collective words. 2. Antonyms (Opposite words) 3. Syllabification. 4. Jumbled letters. 5. Homophones.  READING. (8 MARKS) 1. Jumbled words. 2. Look at the pictures. 3. Reading a passage. 4. Identify the language function.  WRITING. ( 10 MARKS) 1. LETTER WRITING. 2. EDITING.  GRAMMAR. (10 MARKS) 1. Tag questions. 2. Framing questions. 3. Prepositions and Articles. 4. Linking words. 5. Form of verbs. 6. VOICE (PASSIVE FORM) 7. Finite and non-finite verbs.  SUMMARY OF THE POEMS  PONITS TO BE REMEMBER (PROSE)  I AM THE LAND

List of Items for the Examination Vocabulary Grammar 1) Prefixes

1) Prepositions

2) Collocation 3) Syllables 4) Rhyming Words 5) Opposites

2) Linking words 3) Articles 4) Modal Verbs

6) Correct form of the word

5) Tense form of verbs

7) One word 6) Rearranging words in the proper order 8) Suffixes 7) Passive voice

9) Spellings 10) Synonyms 11) Silent Letters 12) Homophones & Homonyms Reading 1) Unfamiliar passage

8) Framing questions 9) Question tag 10) Finite & Non-finite verbs 11) Primary and Auxiliary Verbs 12) Beginning sentences with ‘Never,………,

2) Sequencing ‘If’…………. ‘As……soon as………..’

3) Dialogues

13) Using phrasal verbs in correct sentences

4) Graph 5) Flow - Charts Writing

14) Combining sentences with linking words 15) Reported Speech

1) Letter Writing 2) Profile 3) Outline Story

16) Degree of comparison 17) Editing.

1. REFERENCE SKILL. (4MARKS) Dictionary work (2 Mark)  First tell them what is dictionary and the arrangements.  Tell them to write alphabets and explain the sequence....  It has two types of questions.... o Words starts with same letter. o Another starts with different.  Give the students single letter first. Like g, e, l, q, a, z. To arrange.  Then two letters words like: on, or, of, at.  After that give some easy words to arrange.  At first stage we go with words from different letters then with same letters Example bat dog cat apple and ask which letter comes first in alphabet

Cat Bat Rat Mat

God Nature Beauty Near

Clear Fear Done Kill

Bill Nil Will Skill

May Say Way Away

Mind Write Letter Book

City Big Village Flower

Tree River Land Cow .

Control Contact Caliber Citric

Prepare Predicate Present, Prefer

Super Supper Suffer Supreme

Tremble Target Trigger Tactic

Chart Chant Chat Cart

Cement Convent Comment Client

Remember Reminder Remain Remove

Gain Gate Game Gave

Advocate Advice Advert Adverb

Accept Accord Access Account

Benzene Bend Benefit Bench

Comrade Complaint Complex Comfort

Cancer Candle Canteen Cancel

Certify Cerebral Certain Cereal

Decompose December Declaim Decorate

Early Earnest Earth Earn

Hero Hermit Herself Herbs

King Kinetic Kindle Kinder

Laminate Lamp Lamb Lament

India Indeed Index Indent

Insect Insure Insult Insert

Maintain Mains Maiden Mail

Notice Notch Notary Note

Offer Officer Offend Offensive

Mango Orange Apple Lemon

Trust Trump Truck Trunk

Genius Gentle General Genuine

Polite Police Polish pole

Create Credit Creep crest

Rather Ration Rating Ratio

Vendor Venture Vent Vendee

School Teacher Student Parents

SMS CODING AND DECODING (1 Mark) How to teach SMS coding and decoding  We have to taught them with a single letters. we write as: S – Yes Dt – That Hmwrk – Home Work Pipl - People

Bk – Back

Y – Why

Dts – That is

Sday - Yesterday

% - Percentage

Jst – Just

R – Are

Gt – Got

2day – Today

Gud- Good

1s - Once

U – You

Tst – Test

B/w – Between

Wud – Would

B4 - Before

2 – To, Two

Wt – What

Gn – Good night

Cum – Come

Skl – School

D – The

4 – For

Gm – Good morning

Tnk u- Thank you

Hw – How

Plz – Please

Bcz – Because

Satdy – Saturday

Zzzwel – Sleep well

2nite - Tonight

N – And

Wr - Where

2Moro - Tomorrow

Evng - Evening

Cnt - Cannot

Hw r u :

How are you

Wh r u :

Where are you

r u bsy :

Are you busy

y r v here :

Why are we here

y r u sad :

Why are you sad

Do d hmewrk quikly :

Do homework quickly

zzz well gud n8 :

Sleep well good night

R v Gng 2day :

Are we going today

c u l8r:

See you later

dis msg s 4 u 1ly :

This message is for you only

V 1 d match:

we won the match

I m Lte bcoz f rain:

I am late because of raining

v 1 d match :

we won the match

lk b4 u leap :

Look before you leap

2 n 2 makes :

Two and Two makes four

pls come b4 its 2 la8 :

Please come before it is too late

y r u sad? :

Why are you sad?

I 8 rice 4 lnch :

I ate rice for lunch

v r rdy 2 go :

We are ready to go

do d wrk n go home :

Do the work and go home

I cnot c d t pot :

I cannot see the tea pot

y day v rot d sa :

Yesterday we wrote the essay

v r la8 2 day :

We are late today

How r u? :

How are you?

Y R V here? :

Why are we here?

Reference source (1 Mark) 1. Dictionary : Meanings, opposites, pronunciation, the other forms of the words. 2. Atlas : Continents, latitudes, longitudes, rivers, mountains, peaks, valleys, seas, oceans, boundaries. 3. Thesaurus : Synonyms of words and phrases. 4. Encyclopedia : It gives basic information on every subject in alphabetical order. 5. Globe : Locations of places.

Examples: 1. Pronunciation of a word :

Dictionary

2. The place where first nuclear bombs exploded :

Encyclopedia

3. To assemble the TV you recently bought :

TV manual

4. Details about the rivers of a country :

Atlas

5. To know who won world cup match which was played the previous day :

Newspaper

6. Variations of the word ‘Compose’ :

Thesaurus

7. To know the spelling of the word “encyclopedia” :

Thesaurus

8. Synonym of the word ‘Prosper’ :

Dictionary

VOCABULARY. (4MARKS) Combine the word in column ‘A’ with its collective word in ‘B’: A

(1 Mark)

speed

[walk, cooking, recovery, reading]

Ans: recovery

quick

[cure, walk, sleep, cry]

Ans: cure

fast

[bus, train, ship, jet]

Ans: train

commit

[answer, homework, mistake, wrong]

Ans: mistake

strong

[water, milk, honey, coffee]

Ans: coffee

break

[record, climbing, lunch, supper]

Ans: record

take

[race, chance, walk, haircut]

Ans: chance

catch

[electricity flood, fire, storm]

Ans: fire

10. make

[money, business, homework, house]

Ans: money

11. arm

[chair, bench, table, desk]

Ans: chair

12. pay

[attention, exam, development, donation]

Ans: attention

[homework, food, money, noise]

Ans: homework

13. board

[bus, seat, bed, bike]

Ans: bus

14. loud

[voice, whisper, blink, simile]

Ans: voice

15. sweet

[growth, moment, design, colour]

Ans: moment

For practice: 1. Book –

worm, ant, hand, pen

2. long –

small, hen, run, food

3. earth –

land, water, quake, sun

4. railway –

station, chair, run, stop

5. post –

book, box, paper, table

6. honey –

moon, sun, star, earth

7. wall –

door, table, clock, journey

8. blood –

post, water, book, bank

9. photo –

studio, table, lady, man

10. money –

coins, letter, stamps, order

11. charming –

girl, hot, answer, book

12. self –

discipline, myself, mother, stars

13. wheel –

stool, paper, book, chair

14. police –

nurse, conductor, constable, stand

15. hand –

pants, sari, socks, kerchief

16. twinkling –

stars, moon, sun, earth

17. break –

lunch, dinner, fast, last

18. freedom –

fighter, boxer, wrestler, swimmer

19. leave –

answer, question, letter, box

20. brisk –

run walk, sing, dance

21. shake –

leg, mouth, hands, eye

22. mouth –

talking, eating, watering, licking

23. nuclear –

land, weapon, bottle, bolt

24. speedy –

recovery, damage, task, time

25. emergence-

road, train, chain

26. heading -

front, home, place

27. wary -

faces, pictures, soldiers

28. tenuous-

catch, cradle, hold

29. pondered -

future, past, looks

30. nearby-

signal, hospital , train

31. unexpected-

turn, chair, dance

32. packed -

rooms, cars, coaches

33. steel -

railing, seat, platform

34. ladies-

train, compartment, penthouse

35. young-

man, giant, set

36. little-

sea, desert, creek

37. ragged-

gloves, work, cupboard

38. re-plastered-

doors, windows, walls

39. pruned-

cupboard, table, trees

40. patched-

leak, language, fence

41. renovated-

house, square, market

42. bright-

boy, cloud, book

43. crawl-

behind, above, forward

44. reckless-

joker, fool, singer

45. small-

temper, apartment, sward

46. frightening-

truth, fear, joy.

47. Modern-

traffic, logic, science.

48. Unbridled-

nose, tongue, eyes.

49. Quick-

temper, sight, vision,

50. Authoritative-

character, run, manner

51. Mutinous-

mechanic, scientists, sailors.

Antonyms (Opposite words)

(1 Mark)

1. Difficult

Easy

2. Full

Empty

3. Broad

Narrow

4. Kind

Cruel / Unkind

5. Lose

Gain

6. Life

Death

7. Dirty

Clean

8. Weak

Strong

9. Reward

Punishment

10. Soft

Hard

11. Bold

Timid (coward)

12. Laugh

Weep (cry)

13. Arrive

Depart

14. Arrival

departure

15. Same

Different

16. Long

Short

17. Slow

Fast

18. Accept

Reject / Refuse

19. Young

old

20. True

False

21. Right

Wrong

22. Rich

poor

23.Brave

Timid

24. Encourage

Discourage

25. Patriot

Traitor

26. Triumph

Defeat

27.Superior

Inferior

28. Intelligent

Dull

29. Always

Never

30. Demolish

Construct

31. Success

Failure

32. Careful

Careless

33. Sweet

bitter

34. High

Low

69. Give 70.Master

X X

Take Servant

35. Wise

Foolish

36. Presence

absence

37. Help

Hinder

38. Ignorant

Intelligent

39. Clever

fool

40. Mighty

Weak

41. Useful

Useless

42. Permanent

Temporary

43. Proud

Humble

44. Quick

Slow

45. Lenient

Strict

46. Heavy

Light

47. More

Less

48. Remember

Forget

49. Safe

X Unsafe / Dangerous

50. Certain

Uncertain

51. below

Above

52. Reprimand

Praise

53. Achievement

Failure

54. Profit

Loss

55. Initially

Finally

56. Serious

Casual

57. Great

Silly

58. Grieving

Enjoying

59. Bitter

Sweet

60. Strong

Weak (feeble)

61. Mighty

Feeble

62. Miser

Generous

63. Come

64. Tell

Ask

65. Buy

Sell

66. Right

Wrong

67. Right

Left

68. Remember

Forget

115. Quit

Join

116. Present

Absent

71. Master 72. Before 73. Big 74. Vanish 75. Glad 76. Fast 77. Superiority 78. First 79. Dream 80. Alive 81. Celebrate 82. Affluent 83. Generous 84. Good 85. High 86. Active 87. Outer 88. Famous 89. Best 90. Stronger 91. Special 92. Silly 93. Together 94. Attack 95. Heavy 96. Defeat 97. Proud 98. Reward 99. Aristocrat 100. Generosity 101. Oblige 102. Dry 103. Won 104. Acknowledge 105. Widow 106. Lady 107. Hard 108. Patriot 109. Less 110. Silent 111. Mean 112. Brave 113. Glad 114. Happy 148. Strength

X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

Student After Small Appear Grieve Slow Inferiority Last Realize Dead Mourn Poor Miser Bad Low Passive Inner Notorious Worst Weaker Ordinary Great Singly Defend Light Victory (win) Humble Insult poor Miserliness Refuse Wet Lost Reject Widower Gentleman Soft Traitor More Aggressive Great Coward Sad Unhappy Weakness

149. Increase

Decrease

150. Expand

Contract

151. Fastest

Slowest

152. Highest

Lowest

153. Feat

Failure

154. Easy

Difficult

117. Stop

Allow

118. Full

Empty

119. Notice

Ignore

120. Poverty

Richness

121. Foolish

Wise

122. Empty

Full

123. Clever

Foolish

124. Order

Request

125. Beautiful

Ugly

127. Ever

Never

128. Prolific

Barren

129. Open

130. Save

Spend

131. Cool

Hot

132. Frown

Smile

133. Bud

Flower

134. More

Less

135. Leader

Follower

136. Former

Later

137. New

Old

138. Ancient

Modern

139. Powerful

Powerless

140. Quickly

Slowly

141. Interesting

Boring

142. Begin

End

143. Suffer

Enjoy

144. Open

145. Large

Small

146. Appeal

Command

147. Request

Order

167. Sad

Happy

168. Permanent

Temporary

169. Civilization

Barbarism

170. Civilized

Barbarous

126. Charming Fair Attractive

155. Mighty

Feeble

171. Kind

Cruel

156. Native

Foreign

172. Hot

Cold

157. Tough

Smooth

173. Gay

Sad

158. Never

Always

174. Light

Shadow

159. Wrong

Right

175. Shut

Open

160. Friend

Enemy

176. Near

Far

161. Sunrise

Sunset

177. Enter

Exit

162. Phenomenal

Ordinary

178. Dirty

Clean

163. Bright

Dim

179. Quiet

Noisy

164. Tragedy

Comedy

180. Strict

Lenient

165. Professional

Amateur

181. War

Peace

166. Unique

Common

182. Slavery

Freedom

183. Painful

Painless

184. Thankful

Thankless

185. Merciful

Merciless

Syllabification.

(1 MARK)

It’s the sound of a vowel (A, E, I, O, U) that is created when pronouncing the letters. A, E, I, O, U, or Y. The number of times you hear the sound of a vowel is the number of syllables in a word. Ways to count Syllables. 1. The Listen Method. a. Say the word b. How many times do you hear A, E, I, O, or U as a separate sound? c. This is the number of syllables. 2. The Chin Method. a. Put Your hand under your Chin. b. Say the word c. How many times does your chin touch your hand? d. This is the number of syllables. 3. The Written Method a. Count the number of vowels (A, E, I, O, U) in the word. Add 1 every time the letter ‘Y’ makes an A, E, I, O, U sound. Subtract 1 for each silent vowel (like a silent ‘e’ at the end of a word)/ b. Subtract 1 for each diphthong (au, oy, oo) or Triphthong (iou) in the word. c. Add 1 if the word ends with ‘le’ or ‘les’ and the letter before the ‘le’ is not a vowel. d. The number you get is the number of syllables in the word.

Look at the following words given below. The words are split. Read them aloud. 1. con-so-nant 2. fa-ther 3. col-lege 4. pa-per 5. con-ver-sa-tion 6. lit-tle Task1: Refer to a dictonary and split the following words into their syllables. 1. probability prob-a-bil-i-ty 6. conscience con-science 2. determination de-ter-min-a-tion 7. idea i-de-a 3. accept ac-cept 8. reflection re-flec-tion 4. canteen can-teen 9. intelligent in-tel-li-gent 5. again a-gain 10.beautiful beau-ti-ful

1. accept – ac-cept =2

13. school – school = 1

2. again – a-gain =2

14. people – peo-ple= 2

3. canteen – can-teen = 2

15. primary – pri-ma-ry = 3

4. conscience – con-sci-ence=3

16. section – sec-tion =2

5. reflection – re-flec-tion=3

17. taller – tal-ler = 2

6. direction – di-rec-tion=3

18. English – eng-lish = 2

7. quiz – quiz – 1

19. anger – an-ger = 2

8. whole – whole – 1

20. ago – a – go – 2

9. continent – con-ti-nent = 3

21. probability – pro-ba-bi-li-ty= 5

10. adventure – ad-ven-ture = 3

22. determination – de-ter-mi-na-tion= 5

11. determine – de-ter-mine =3

23. idea – i-dea = 2

12. wide – wide = 1

24. vanish – va-nish = 2

One syllable words: Eye, eat, tea, zoo, go, shoe, key, moon, greed, friend, grand, car Two syllable words: Canteen, daughter, college, father, honest, empty, remain, prepare, Three syllable words: Accident, beautiful, affection, relation, selection, familiar Four syllable words: Conversation, legislature, ceremony, agriculture, relaxation, traditional

JUMBLED LETTERS. (1 MARK) 1.

ulbrgra

(burglar)

1. olyla –

loyal

reaemgnet

(agreement)

2. ggrade –

ragged

rcrhoad

(orchard)

3. dede –

deed

natmuoni

(mountain)

4. baoed –

abode

amrtsoe

(mastreo)

5 now –

own

irlecam

(miracle)

6. areg –

rage

wazdri

(wizard)

7. rcawl –

crawl

gposle

(gospel)

8. obthre –

bother

sdiocevyr

(discovery)

9. flitre –

trifle

10. rrppoeyt

(property)

10. rftalret –

flatter

11. ppluora

(popular)

11. lgisetn –

glisten

12. lgaem –

gleam

13. trmcou –

tremour

14. lasoce –

solace

15. zoed –

doze

12. llepbsonud

(spellbound)

13. nmotsre

(monster)

14. xelopinso

(explosion)

15. lbssening –

blessing

16. stpudi –

stupid

17. odutb –

doubt

18. sotaliry –

solitary

19. gola –

goal

20. areg –

rage

21. rreor –

error

16. maitbion – ambition 17. suonmm – summon 18. egare –

eager

19. fare –

fear

20. beonck –

beckon

21. rpeytt -

pretty

Homophones: 1.

Choose the correct word: (Homophones) Ravi has a bean in his pocket (been, bean) Deepa has been to Mysore

There are many children playing in the park. Their schools are closed for three days (there, their)

I go to school everyday (to, too) Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t drive too fast.

Faded clothes can be dyed (died, dyed) The dog died of hunger

The company suffered heavy loss last year. We have to respect the laws of our state (laws, loss)

You are too late (too, two) I have two eyes

This road leads to Mysore (rode, road) I rode a car

We are fond of sweets (of, off) The flight has taken off

Now a days bus fare has been raised (fair, fare) She is a fair looking lady

10.

He is walking with bare foot (bear, bare) It is too sensitive to bear

11.

In that film cast is not good (caste, cast) We should eradicate caste system

12.

She has a very good eye sight (site, sight) I purchased a site in Mysore

13.

Farmers go to dairy to give the milk (dairy, diary) I have a habit of writing diary

14.

Hare is a cute animal (hare, heir) He is the only heir of that property

15.

Gandhiji is an ideal person (idol, ideal) Indians follow idol worship

16.

Everyday we pray to god (prey, pray) Lion is waiting for its prey

17.

Ramesh told me an interesting story. (story, stores) That building has four stores.

Choose the correct word:

All the students of class IX went to the stadium. -----(some, sum) of them participated in individual events, a few of them in group events and the remaining went to cheer up them in group events and the remaining went to cheer up ----(there, their) friends. Rohit was a good runner. When the ---(race, rays) began, all his friends ----- (new, knew) that he ----- (would, wood) win. In the finals, Rohit ----- (one, won) the first ----- (prize, price) and became the overall champion.

READING. (8 MARKS) Re-arrange the jumbled words into a meaningful sentence. 1.

Radha/Does/film/?/sings/songs Ans: Does Radha sings film songs?

sight/what/beautiful/a/!/ Ans: What a beautiful sight!

your/how/treat/parent s/do/you Ans: How do you treat your patients?

snakes/afraid of/you/are Ans: Are you afraid of snakes?

the/took/he/deed/the/signed/and/money Ans: He took the money and signed deed

with/?/do/argument/whose/with/agree Ans: Whose argument do you agree with?

the/agree/price/you/with/Do? Ans: Do you agree with the price?

poor/Tibet/was/very/area/there/a/in Ans: There was a poor area in Tibet

so/special/music/about/?/Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ans: Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so special about music?

10. walking/a/bridge/he/along/was/narrow Ans: He was walking along a narrow bridge 16

(1 MARK)

Look at the pictures. Write a sentence using the correct form of word on what you read. (1 Mark) 1.

Frame a sentence using â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;bigger thanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

Ball B

Ball A

Ans: Ball A is bigger than ball B

Heavier than B

Sugar

Ans: Bag B is heavier than bag A

9 Kg

5Kg

Sugar

Larger than Ans: Box B is larger than box A

Taller than

Mango Nee m

Ans: Mango tree is taller than neem tree

Longer Than 3 cms Line A

Ans: Line B is longer than line A 7 cms Line B

Shorter than Ram

Joseph

Ans: Ram is shorter than Joseph

Smaller than Ans: X is smaller than Y X

Lighter than

5 grams

Pot A

8 grams

Pot B

Ans: Pot A is lighter than pot B

Thicker than

Ans: Stick B is thicker than stick A Stick A 3 cms

Stick B 8 cms

Reading a passage. (4 MARKS) 1.

Charlie Chaplin(Charles Spencer Chaplin) was born on 16 th April at Kennington in London. At an early age, Charlie performed on stage with his father and brother, Sydney. By the age of eighth, Chalie Chaplin was already a seasoned stage performer. His skill as a comedian developed under the guidance of Fred Karno.

1. Who is the paragraph about? The paragraph is about Charlie Chaplin. 2. Which sentence in the paragraph suggests that he was born in a family of actors? At an early age, Charlie performed on stage with his father and brother, Sydney. 3. Charlie Chaplin was a great comedian. Tick the right one. (true/false) 4. Who was his tutor in the art of acting? Fred karno.

For thousands of years people have been dreaming of travelling in space. It was only in April 1961 that you Yuri Gagarin, a Russian, became the first man to orbit the Earth in space. A few years later, in July 1969, an American astronaut, Neil Armstrong, became the first person to set foot on the moon. In space there is no air to breath so astronauts must take air with them in this space craft. When they have their space craft, they must put on a spacesuit. This supplies them with air and keeps their bodies at the right temperature.

1. Why do the astronauts take air with them into space? Because there is no air to breathe 2. Why do they wear a space suit? Give two points. Because it supplies them with air and keeps their bodies at the right temperature 3. Who was Yuri Gagarin? A Russian astronaut, the first man to orbit the earth 4. What did Neil Armstrong do in the year 1969? Set foot on the moon for the first time

Identify the language function: 1.

Could you please spare some time, sir? a.

expressing agreement Complimenting

questioning seeking help

Complimenting requesting

apologizing complimenting

ordering seeking information

b. d.

seeking information seeking permission

b. d.

Wishing expressing gratitude

b. d.

ordering expressing gratitude

b. d.

expressing agreement Suggesting

b. giving direction

c. suggesting

Shut the door a. c.

b. expressing disagreement d. Wishing

Don’t worry everything will be all right. a. sympathising

d. Questioning

You should consult a doctor a. c.

order

I’m very sorry a. c.

I’m really grateful to you a. c.

b. apolize

If you don’t mind could I use your pen? a. c.

request

You’re absolutely right a. c.

(1 MARK)

suggesting ordering

b. d.

requesting giving direction

Story books are on fifth shelf in second row from here. a. c.

giving direction ordering

b. d.

seeking information Requesting 20

d. Requesting

WRITING. ( 10 MARKS) 1. LETTER WRITING. (4 MARKS)

PERSONAL LETTER Imagine that you are Shanthi / Prasad Studying in 10th Std, Government High School Tiptur. Write a letter to Your father requesting him to send Rs. 500/- buy stationary things.

Shanthi, Govt High School Tiptur. Date:

My dear father,

I am fine, I expect the same of you. I am studying well. The teacher has informed us to buy 10- two hundred page notebooks and 8- hundred page notebooks. I need Rs. 500/- will you send the amount to enable me to buy notebooks. Yours lovingly, Jyothi

TO, Ananda, Kallappashetty garden, Tiptur â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 572201

OFFICIAL LETTER Imagine that you are Ramya /Ranjith Studied in Government High School, Vidyanagar, Bengaluru.

Write a letter to Your Head Master requesting to issue Transfer Certificate.

From, Ramya D/o Mohan, Vidyanagar, Bengaluru.

To, The Head Master, Govt High School, Vidyanagar, Bengaluru.

Respected Sir/ Madam,

Sub:- Requesting to issue T.C.

I have passed the S.S.L.C. Examination in April this year, in first class, with Register NoF1578736. I wish to continue my studies at Vivekananda College, Bangalore, I request you to kindly issue me the Transfer certificate.. Thanking You,

Yours Faithfully, Ramya

Place: Vidyanagar Date: 01-01-2016

EDITING. (2 marks) The following paragraph has two errors. Edit the paragraph and correct them and re-write the paragraph in the space provided. Clues are given 1.

Congratulations were showered on swami next day. His classmates looked at him with respect and his teacher pat his back. Clues 1. 2.

Capital letter to be used Verbal mistake to be corrected

baleshwar showed himself to the door, and jump off the still-moving trains. Clues 1. 2.

Capital letter to be used Verbal mistake to be corrected

GRAMMAR. (10 MARKS)

Tag questions. (1 Mark)  Read the sentence and identify the sentence as Positive or Negative. o Positive sentence carries Negative tags. (n’t) Ex : He is Swamy, isn’t he? She is a doctor, isn’t she? o Negative sentence carries Positive tags. Ex : He isn’t Swamy, is he? She is not a doctor, is she?

 Find out any helping verbs are there in the sentence. Do, Does, Did. Am, Is, Are, Was, Were. Has, Had, Have. Can, Could, May, Might, Will, Would, Shall, Should, Must. Ex:

He can pass the exam, can’t he? They should come early, shouldn’t they? She cannot help others, can she?

 If there is no helping verbs - Use Do forms. (do, does, did) Singular Plural

Present tense Do Does

Past tense Did Did

USAGE: I, YOU & PLURALS : DO/DID I , YOU & SINGULARS : DOES/DID

Ex:

I work hard, don’t I? She works hard, doesn’t she? They worked hard, didn’t they?

 Subject will be replaced as pronoun and put a question mark. Ex: Swamy went to the office, didn’t he? Shanthi won the prize, didn’t she? No

Positive Negative tag

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Is Are Am Was Were Do Does Did Has Have

Isn’t Aren’t Aren’t Wasn’t Weren’t Don’t Doesn’t Didn’t Hasn’t Haven’t

Positive

Negative tag

Positive

Is Are Am Was Were Do Does Did Has Have

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Had Can Could Shall Will Should Would Must Might may

Hadn’t Can’t Couldn’t Shan’t Won’t Shouldn’t Wouldn’t Mustn’t Might not May not

Had Can Could Shall Will Should Would Must Might may

FRAMING QUESTIONS: (1 Mark)

Read the conversation and choose the question to get the italicized sentence as answer. 1.

Teacher Student a. b. c. d.

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Do You know Cariyappa? Yes, General Cariyappa was a man of principles.

Why was he man of principles? Who was a man of principles? How was he man of principles? Whom was he man of principles?

Ans: b. Who was a man of principles? 2.

Ramu Somu a. b. c. d.

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Mr. and Mrs. Gupta had arranged a Diwali party? Were you invited?

Why Mr. and Mrs. Gupta had arranged a party? Where did Mr. and Mrs. Gupta arranged? Who had arranged a party? When did Mr. and Mrs. Gupta arrange a party?

Ans: c. Who had arranged a party? 3.

Mani Monu a. b. c. d.

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Yesterday we visited Mysore Zoo. Mysore Zoo is one of the best zoos in India.

When is one of the best zoos in India? What is one of the best zoos in India? Which is one of the best zoos in India? How is one of the best zoos in India?

Ans: c. Which is one of the best zoos in India? 4.

Syed Savitha a. b. c. d.

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Shahjahan built Tajmahal in memory of his wife Mumtaz. Yes, it is one of the seven wonders of the world.

What did Shahjahan build in memory of his wife? When did Shahjahan build in memory of his wife Mumtaz? Which did Shahjahan build in memory of his wife Mumtaz? When did Shahjahan build in memory of his wife Mumtaz?

Ans: a. What did Shahjahan build in memory of his wife? 5.

Anil Mom a. b. c. d.

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Mom, I want Some more sugar for my coffee. It is on the Kitchen Shelf take it.

Where is sugar? Why is sugar? Which is sugar? How is sugar?

Ans: a. Where is sugar? 25

Sita : Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going for shopping to buy a sari. Mom: Mysore silk is the costliest sari. a. b. c. d.

Which is the costliest sari? What is the cost of the sari? Where do we buy Mysore silk sari? When do you buy Mysore Silk sari?

Ans: a. Which is the costliest sari? 7.

Ram Mom a. b. c. d.

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My brother is going to States. He is going to study Ms.

Why is he going to States? Where is he going? When is he going to States? Who is going to States?

Ans: a. Why is he going to States? 8.

Janaki Rani a. b. c. d.

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I did not see Asha for past 3 days. Asha had been to Bengaluru.

When had Asha been to Bengaluru? Where had Asha been? Why had Rani gone to Bengaluru? When did Rani go to Bengaluru?

Ans: b. Where had Asha been? 9.

Vishnu Vinu a. b. c. d.

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Why did you not come for evening walk yesterday? I went to Yoga class at 5 p.m.

How did Vinu go to yoga class? Where was the yoga class? Whom did Vinu meet in yoga class? When did Vinu go to yoga class?

Ans: d. When did Vinu go to yoga class? 10. Teacher Mom a. b. c. d.

: :

Does anyone wish to entertain the class? Sir, Mamatha will sing classical songs.

What song will Mamatha sing? When will Mamatha sing the song? Where will Mamatha sing the song? Why will Mamatha sing the song?

Ans: a. What song will Mamatha sing?

Prepositions. Above About Across After Against Off Past Towards

(1 mark) Along Among At Before Behind On Round Under

Below Beneath Beside Between Beyond Opposite Since Unless

By Concerning Despite Down Except Out Through Until

For From In Inside Into Outside Till Unto

Like Near Next To Of Over Too With

ARTICLES: Use of the definite article With unique things in nature: the sun, the sky, the moon To talk about particular persons or things: The girl cried. Let’s go to the park. To talk about persons or things mentioned for the second time:  I met a girl. The girl is very beautiful.  I went to a hotel. The hotel is very neat.  Names of rivers/ gulfs/ seas/ groups of islands/ mountain range and oceans.  Superlative adjectives.  Used with directions: the east, the south, the north, the west.

   

    

o Use of the indefinite article Used in the sense of ‘one of a’: I met a friend. I read a novel. It is used in the sense of ‘one’: a book, a pen, a man, a girl. With the words ‘little’ and ‘few’: a little milk, a few people. It is used in exclamatory sentences: what a pretty girl! , what a clever boy! ‘AN’ before A, E, I, O and U sounds.

Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions and articles: 1.

Swami looked .......... Granny, hesitated, for a moment, and followed his father into ............. office room. (at, the)

Swami had bitten ............. the flesh of one of ............... most notorious house – breakers.(into, the)

He had just seen a young woman ............ a black salwar – kameez lying next to .............. tracks.(in,the)

Geetha comes from ............. affluent family. She gets up ............... 5 am every morning.(an, at)

For ............ moment, Asha stared ............. the bird.(a, at)

Shankarappa is ................... M.L.A. He is the most favourite leader ____ his locality.(an, the)

Kabir is ............. angry person. So, he is not respected ............ anyone.(an, by)

I went ................ the market and bought apples to ................ children.(to, the)

Columbus set out .................... a voyage in ................ ship to discover new land.(for, a)

10. Freedom fighters have played .................. important role ............ shaping the history.(an, of) 27

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate linking words choosing from the brackets: (1 mark) 1.

Vinutha ............ her sister entered the house,____ there was no electricity ............... they took out a box of matches and lit a lamp. ........... they couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see anything. (still, but, and, so) Ans: and, but, so, still

................. Venkatram is a rich man, he is not generous. ........... his wife helps the needy ............. she was from a poor family ....suffered a lot.. (though, because, and, but) Ans: though, but, because, and

Suresh ..................... Mahesh went to the bus station ............... they missed the bus. .................. they entered the station, the bus left. ...............they could not board the bus. (but, as soon as, and, so) Ans: and, but, as soon as, so

Ramanna is rich ..................... sad .............. discontented. He owns hundred acres of land which he has inherited from his ancestors. He does not possess .................... wife ................ children. (or, but, and, either) Ans: but, and, either, or

Abdul Kalaam was a disciplined person ................ he was from a poor family, he became popular. He made a name ................... as a scientist .............. as a states man ................. he was service dedicative. (not only, though, but also, because) Ans: though, not only, but also, because

Radhakrishnan was a teacher. Everybody liked him ................ he had lot of patience while teaching. .................... any student didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have money to pay fees, he would give him money, ............... he was kind ............... service minded. (If, and, because, as) Ans: because, if, as, and

The people did not help Roma____ they were afraid of being involved._____Baleshwar alone had to take Roma.He requested the passerby to help him_____,no one heeded him.A tempo truck driver stopped ____ took Roma to the hospital. (so,but,and,because)

Ans: because , so, but, and

The people of Tibet suffered from cold ................. hunger. They decided to send Wangjia to find bird of happiness........ he was a smart boy .......... he was a small boy, he was determined ................... the others hesitated to go (because, and, though, while) Ans: and, because, though, while 28

Fill in the blanks choosing the right form of verbs given in brackets:

(1 mark)

My friend ............. (be + drive) when the car accident took place. He ............ (buy) that car last month. He ............... (be) severely wounded. (was driving,bought, was)

Satish ................ (have+discover) another pastime which he ............. (can) indulge in. He ................ (begin) filling pages and pages with doodles. (had discovered, could, began)

Several ................ (visit) to the doctors ................ (follow) with nothing improving for Satish. He ............... (remain) in his silent world and ........... (manage) to paint and draw for himself. (visits, followed, remained, managed)

One day Ganesh ............. (ride) the bicycle, and ............. (lose) control. He hit against an electric pole. His left leg ............... (fracture) and ........ (be) badly hurt. (rode, lost, fractured, was)

The first baby bomb ................. (be+drop) on the city of Hiroshima. Many people ............. (be+kill) and injured. (was dropped, were killed)

A dancer_______ (offer) prayers asking forgiveness to the earth goddess before she ....... (begin) the dance. Chefs offer a prayer to the stove before they ........... (cook) for certain religious functions. These ............... (be) rituals at various stages of building a house. (offers, begins, cook, are)

The seamen ................. (have+lose) their patience. They ............ (think) that they were duped Guilermo ............. (tell) Columbus that the seamen were men with common feelings. (had lost, thought, told)

India .............. (be+rule) by the Britishers for 200 years. Youths like Bhagath ........... (fight) for freedom. Now our country ........... (be) a democratic country. (was ruled, fought, is)

Ramu ............. (be+stand) in front of the school. The teacher who ............. (see) him .............. (question) him. (was standing, saw, questioned)

10. Maria ............... (have) a dog. She .............. (buy) it from London. She ......... (be) severely attached to her pet and her family also ............ (love) it. (had, bought, was, loved)

VOICE (PASSIVE FORM) Read the conversation and choose the passive form of the underlined sentence. 1) A : Have you completed the work? B : No, not yet, we are attending to that work now. a. That work was attended to now b. That work is being attended to now c. That work is attended to now d. That work will be attended to now Ans. : b. That work is being attended to now. 2) Lakshmi : Have you written all the answers correctly? Sharada : Yes, I have written all the answers correctly. Ans. All the answers have been correctly written by me 3) The government has been decided to change the pattern of question paper. It has hoped .......... The students will like the new pattern. The passive form of the underlined sentence is Ans.: The new pattern will be liked by the students. 4).Mr. Jain is a rich gold merchant. Last night some thieves broke into the house of Mr. Jain. The thieves planned the robbery very carefully. Ans: The robbery was planned by the thieves very carefully 5).A : Is there Nisha in the house B : She is cooking food in the kitchen Ans: The food is being cooked by her 6).A : I kept a mango here, where is it? B : He had eaten a mango. Ans: A mango had been eaten by him 7). A. did you attend the programme? B. Yes, I have attended the programme. Ans: The programme has been attended by me 8) The chief guest distributed the prizes a. The prizes were distributed by the Chief Guest b. The prizes are distributed by the Chief Guest c. The prizes will be distributed by the Chief Guest d. The prizes are being distributed by the Chief Guest Ans.: The prizes were distributed by the Chief Guest 9) Leela has written a book Ans. : b. A book has been written by Leela 10) Do the work Ans. : Let the work be done

Finite and non-finite verbs. Finite verbs: am, is, are, was, were, has, had, does, did, shall, should, will, would, can, could, may, might, must, ought to. V1(present form) and V2(past form) Non-finite verbs: be, being, been, V3 (past participle), V4(ing form of verb) and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;to verbâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; (to infinitive) Finite verbs or Non-finite verbs: Have, do and Root form of the verb. (If these are followed by helping verbs then they are non- finite verbs. But if these are not followed by any helping verb then these are finite verbs) The underlined verb is ---1. She walks home Ans.: finite 2. She walked home. Ans.: finite 3. He loves camping in the woods Ans.: non-finite 4. I need to go to sleep. Ans.: non-finite 5. The sleeping dog caused a delay Ans.: non-finite 6. I hate camping Ans.: non-finite 7. I want to go there. Ans.: non-finite 8. We ate our roasted marshmallows Ans.: non-finite 9. I live in Germany Ans.: finite 10. We went to school at 9 a.m. Ans.: finite 31

SUMMARY OF THE POEMS

(4 MARKS)

Grandma Climbs a tree 

Calls grandma as genius.

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Grandma climbing trees.

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She was 62 years old

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It was disgraceful.

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One day she fell-down from the tree.

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Doctor advised her one week bed rest.

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It was like hell for her.

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She asked her son to build a house on the tree.

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Her son fulfilled her wish.

Quality of Mercy 

Mercy is compared to the gentle rain from heaven.

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It blesses both : giver and the taker (twice blessed)

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It is powerful than the king’s scepter.

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Mercy is divine

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King is equal to God if mercy is seated in his heart. I am the land

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Land/earth is the speaker

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She says ‘I wait’ which shows her patience.

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People buy, plough, grow trees, fruits and grass and say it belongs to them.

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They put fences, soldiers fight with guns which chokes the land.

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But the land bears all these and says “You Cannot Put Fence Around Planet Earth”.

Laugh and be Merry 

Poet advices us to fill our life with laughter to make the life better.

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We should face challenges with a smile.

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Life is short – so be happy.

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God has created the earth, heaven, sky stars which are the symbols of joy.

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Life is an inn where we have to stay for a short time.

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Be happy till the music stops. 32

Jazz Poem Two 

Jazz player is a poor old black man.

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His face is unshaven and wrinkled.

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He wears a faded blue shirt, loose neck tie, old jacket and worn out shoes.

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Saxophone across his chest is supported by a wire coat hanger.

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Through his music he spreads the gospel of God.

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Once he starts playing music, he is no longer a poor old black man but a bird which flies high, high and higher.

Ballad of Tempest 

One night a ship was caught in a winter storm.

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Crew crowded in a cabin and prayed.

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Everybody had lost hope.

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Captain’s little daughter held his hand and asked if God protected them on the land will he not protect them on the ocean.

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Sailors were filled with hope.

The Blind Boy 

The Blind boy is the speaker.

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He cannot see day and night.

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He can only feel the warmth of the sun.

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To him, when he sleeps it is night, when awake day.

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People pity him.

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But he is happy with what he has.

Off to the Outer Space Tomorrow Morning 

The poet is leaving to space the next day.

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There would be no night or day or any change of season – so Calendars and clocks are useless.

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Nobody will visit him or write to him.

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He would be like a prisoner in space.

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He is not sure of returning to earth.

A HERO. (4 MRKS) 1. The newspaper report made Swami a hero Explain.  A report about a village boy who had a fight with a tiger.  He argued that a boy could not fight a tiger.  His father said that courage was more important.  Swami did not accept this.  His father challenged him to show his courage by sleeping alone in the office room.  While Swami was sleeping alone, he saw a dark figure  Believing it to be the devil, he bit into its leg.  But it was the notorious burglar whose loud cry woke up others. 2. Swami had dreadful experiences when he was lying under the bench. Explain.  Swami began to have a nightmare that a tiger was chasing him.  He heard a rustling sound.  He saw something moving in the dark.  He felt that it was the devil - would attack him.  He crawled from the bench, caught hold of the figure and bit it hard to save his life.

3. Swami remembered many incidents while he lay alone in the office room. Explain.  Swami remembered the stories of devils and ghosts.  His friend Mani had seen a devil on the banyan tree.  One night, Muniswami’s father spat out blood because the devil near the river had slapped him.  He felt that any time the devil may come and carry him away.  He remembered his old friend in the fourth class who disappeared and was said to have been carried off by a ghost.

COLOUR OF SILENCE  Satish met an accident.  He lost his hearing  Schools rejected him to admit.  Brother and father helped him to learn.  He inspired by a small bird.  He had interested in drawing  At last he become an artist

THE CONCERT  There was a concert of PRS.  It was a chance of life-time for Anant.  He was suffering from cancer.  He was all-rounder-fastest runner, table-tennis player, learnt to play sitar.  Smitha attended the concert.  She requested to PRS to play for Anant.  PRS and UAR played for Anant.

1 MARK QUESTIONS FROM I AM THE LAND 1. Who is the poet of the ‘I am the land’? Marina de Bellagenta 2. Why does the speaker use the phrase “I wait” in the poem? To show her patience. 3. What does the earth stare with? The earth stares with ‘car lot eyes’. 4. Who does ‘some tickles‘ refer to? ‘Some tickles ‘refer to the farmers ploughing the earth. 5. How does the earth feel at the fence between the countries? The earth feels choking at the fence between the countries. 6. What is the challenge put forth by the earth? MEN CAN NOT PUT A FENCE AROUND THE PLANET EARTH. 7. Who does ‘you’ refer to in the poem? ’You’ refers to the people . 8. Which is the figure of speech in the line ”A chain link necklace chokes me”? Personification. 9. Who do you think is the speaker of the poem ‘I am the land’? The speaker is ‘mother earth’.

Multiple choice questions 1) The speaker uses the phrase “I wait” in the poem to show her_________________. A.disgust B. annoyance C. patience D.anger 2). The earth stares with ____________________. A.‘car lot eyes’ B.dark eyes C. angry eyes D. merciful eyes 3). Then ‘someone tickles me‘ says the earth refer to____________________. A. mining of the earth B. digging the earth for selfish activities C. Joking the earth D. the farmers ploughing the earth. 4) Man has fenced between the countries. But the earth feels at the fence between the countries as _________________________________________________ A. a beautiful garland to her B. Protection to her property C. mischief of man D.chainlink necklace choking her 35

5. The line from the poem” I am the land ” which expresses the self assertion of the earth is____. A. I am the land, I wait B.You come with guns C. YOU CAN NOT PUT A FENCE AROUND THE PLANET EARTH D.I lie patient 6. Who does ‘you’ refer to in the poem ’I Am The Land’? _____________________. A. people B. farmers C.soldiers D.living beings 7. ”A chain link necklace chokes me”- The figure of speech employed here is A. personification B.metaphor C. simile D.synecdoche 8. “muddy holes” refers to _______________. A.virtual holes in the land B.intention of the speaker C.commotion created by the reader D.holes full of mud 9. In the poem “” I Am The Land ‘ the line ‘car lot eyes’ refer to___________________________. A. ploughing of the earth B. light reflected by the earth C. Moon light reflected by the earth D. Perception as if the earth were staring with the lights of the car parked on it 10. The speaker in the poem ‘I am the Land ’ is_____________________. A. The sun B. The moon C.A woman D. The earth.