Q.1. What do you understand by the word ‘anger’?
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Q.2. List any four strategies to manage anger.
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Q.3. How can you develop strengths of character as
given in the passage above?
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Q.4. Anger management helps you in (Tick the correct
answer.)—
(a) remaining always happy
(b) developing strength of character
(c) remaining stress free
(d) learning how to respond to the situation
Q.5. What is under our control? How can we make it a
positive one?
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Q.1. What is the physical violence that J. Krishnamurti
is talking about?
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Q.2. What is the violence that cannot be expressed?
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aggressiveness
brutality
exploded
vaporised
Look Up
and
Understand
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Q.3. War, the ultimate violence, could be due to (Tick
the correct options)—
(a) difference of ideas
(b) religious principles
(c) nationalities
(d) the feeling to protect a little piece of land
(e) all of the above
(f) none of the above
Q.4. How has J. Krishnamurti given the feelings of the
rich and the poor in the given paragraph?
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Q.5. What is the role of education in a human being’s
life?
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Q.6. How, as a student, will you create a new world?
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1. Some children are taken to a health clinic for a regular
checkup. Rewrite the sentences they speak in reported
speech. (Use complain, say, tell, ask, inquire, mention, etc.,
wherever necessary.)
Ashish : I feel sleepy all the time.
Neha : I get pain in my legs when I run.
Sonal : I’m fine.
Ritu : I had fever last week.
Akash : Why do I always cough?
Rehman : Should I walk everyday to keep myself fit?
Sumi : Oh, thank you, Doctor. Now I know the reason
for my constant stomach-ache.
Fun
Facts
Silent letter: H
Honest
Hour
Honour
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Fun
Facts
Tick-tock, not
tock-tick
Chit-chat, not
chat-chit
Sing-song, not
song-sing
• Though ‘tell’ and ‘say’ almost mean the same, there are
differences in the usage of the two words. ‘Tell’ is always
followed by an indirect object but ‘say’ is not.
Example
I told my sister that she was right.
Ashish said he worked hard to achieve success.
• We can use ‘ask’ with or without an indirect object.
Example
My mother asked (me) if I was ready for the party.
Madhu asked (the tailor) whether her dresses were ready.
2. Use ‘said’, ‘told’ or ‘asked’ to fill in the blanks in the following
sentences. One has been done for you.
Shilpi : Father, I want to go on a trip to Uttarkashi.
Shilpi told her father that she wanted to go on a trip to
Uttarkashi.
Archana : It is very hot in Jaisalmer.
Archana said that it was very hot in Jaisalmer.
(a) The Scientist ______________ that dinosaurs lived 230
million years ago.
(b) The teacher _____________ the students that she was
going to conduct a new experiment.
(c) Could you please___________me where the new bookshop
is located?
(d) The student _____________ (the teacher) if it was possible
is located?
(e) It is requested that he should___________the truth.
(f) Father____________ (his son) whether he had paid his
fees or not.
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Jumbled Sentences
1. Join the parts of the sentences given below and write
meaningful sentences.
(a) by giving ultimate/individual can transform everything/
expression to /the inner determination of an/the infinite
potential of human being
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(b) down many a time/but keep rising/that you may go/the
Sun teaches us
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(c) but how much love/much we give/we put into giving/it’s
not how
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(d) fit for human habitation/would mould the world/the
citizens of tomorrow/into a globe
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(e) you must hear/to be a great leader /and pains of people/
the unspoken joys
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(a) Vanka went to bed early on Christmas Eve as___________
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(b) Why, of all people, did he write a letter to his grandfather?
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(c) How was his grandfather a very lovable person?
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(d) Vanka was beaten_______________________________times.
(e) Vanka was beaten because____________________________.
(f) What was Vanka prepared to do for grandfather if he was
taken away from the shoemaker?
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(g) He was sent to Alyakhin, the shoe-maker, to
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(h) Who does Vanka remember most at Christmas, next to
his grandfather?
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(i) How did he address the letter?
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(j) Did he sleep well after posting the letter? What did he
dream?
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1. Letters in the olden times were carried by mail coaches
driven by horses. How are they carried today? List the types
of letters sent by different means of transport.
Fun
Facts
Idiom
Bury the
hatchet — to
stop conflict and
make peace
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2. You have listened to the story of Vanka. Try writing an e-mail
to your grandfather describing your life. Have you ever felt as
bad as Vanka did? What did you do to feel happy again?
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3. a) You have read ‘A Letter to God’ in your textbook First
Flight. Lencho wrote a letter to God expressing his
desire. Did it reach God?
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b) Do you think Vanka’s letter reached his grandfather?
What is the correct way to address a letter?
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c) Suppose Vanka and Lencho meet. Create an interesting
dialogue between the two. What encouraged them to write
letters to God and grandfather?.
Dialogue
Lencho : Hello! Vanka.
Vanka : Hello! How are you?
Sentences
Lencho : __________________________________________.
Vanka : __________________________________________.
Lencho : __________________________________________.
Vanka : __________________________________________.
Lencho : __________________________________________.
Vanka : __________________________________________.
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1. Suppose you were asked to find a groom or a bride for a
member of your family. What characteristics would you look
for in them? Make a list.
You can also talk to them to know what they think their
partner must possess.
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