prizes and merit certificates _awarded to the meritorious students in acdemics and sports
Answers
ore the
horse.
(iii) before you leap. (iii) a mountain out of a
mole hill.
(iv) and let live. (iv) all your eggs in one
basket.
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Writing
You have seen how Jerome, George and Harris mess up their packing, especially
of the hamper. From their mistakes you must have thought of some dos and
don’ts for packing. Can you give some tips for packing by completing the
paragraph below?
First pack all the heavy items, especially the ones you don’t need right away.
Then ...
Here are some words and phrases you can use to begin your sentences
with:
• Then
• Next
• Now
• Remember
• Don’t forget
• At last/Finally
Speaking
Look at this sentence.
“I told George and Harris that they had better leave the whole matter entirely
to me.”
The words had better are used
• in an advice or suggestion:
You had better take your umbrella; it looks like rain.
• in an order
You had better complete your homework before you go out to play.
• as a threat
You had better leave or I’ll have you arrested for trespass!
When we speak, we say you’d/I’d/he’d better, instead of you had better, etc.
Work in pairs to give each other advice, orders or suggestions, or even to threaten
each other. Imagine situations like the following: Your partner
1. hasn’t returned a book to the library.
2. has forgotten to bring lunch.
3. hasn’t got enough change for bus fare.
4. has found out a secret about you.
5. has misplaced your English textbook.
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E N G L I S H
F R A N C A I S
Collect some examples of instructions, directions, etc. from notice
boards and pamphlets. Bring them to class and display them, or
read them out. (You can collect examples in English as well as
other languages, Indian or foreign.)
Here is an example for you:
Activity
The Duck and the Kangar The Duck and the Kangar The Duck and the Kangaroo
This is a humorous poem of a kind known as ‘Nonsense Verse’,
by Edward Lear. Read it and enjoy.
I
Said the Duck to the Kangaroo,
“Good gracious! how you hop!
Over the fields and the water too,
As if you never would stop!
My life is a bore in this nasty pond,
And I long to go out in the world beyond!
I wish I could hop like you!”
Said the Duck to the Kangaroo.
II
“Please give me a ride on your back!”
Said the Duck to the Kangaroo.
“I would sit quite still, and say nothing but ‘Quack’,
The whole of the long day through!
And we’d go to the Dee, and the Jelly Bo Lee,
Over the land, and over the sea;
Please take me a ride! O do!”
Said the Duck to the Kangaroo.
III
Said the Kangaroo to the Duck,
“This requires some little reflection;
Perhaps on the whole it might bring me luck,
And there seems but one objection,
Which is, if you’ll let me speak so bold,
Your feet are unpleasantly wet and cold,
And would probably give me the rooMatiz!” said the Kangaroo.
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IV
Said the Duck, “As I sat on the rocks,
I have thought over that completely,
And I bought four pairs of worsted socks
Which fit my web-feet neatly.
And to keep out the cold I’ve bought a cloak,
And every day a cigar I’ll smoke,
All to follow my
own dear true
Love of a Kangaroo!”
V Said the Kangaroo, “I’m ready!
All in the moonlight pale;
But to balance me well, dear Duck, sit steady!
And quite at the end of my tail!”
So away they went with a hop and a bound,
And they hopped the whole world three times round;
And who so happy — O who,
As the Duck and the Kangaroo?