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MODEL ACTIVITY TASK 2021(October) CLASS – VIII : ENGLISH 1. Read the following verse and answer the questions that follow: The sea is a hungry dog, Giant and grey. He rolls on the beach all day With his clashing teeth and shaggy jaws Hour after hour he gnaws The rumbling, tumbling stones, And 'bones, bones, bones!' The giant sea-dog moans, licking his greasy paws. A. Complete the following sentences: 1×3=3 (i) The sea appears to be like a  hungry dog that is giant and grey.  (ii) The sea gnaws the rumbling, tumbling stones. (iii) Throughout the day the sea moans like a dog by licking his greasy paws. B. Answer the following questions: 2×2=4 (i) With whom has the sea been compared? Ans : The sea has been compared with a hungry dog. (ii) What does the sea do all day? Ans: All day the sea rolls on the beach with his clashing teeth and shaggy jaws.  2. Do as directed: 1×5 =5 (i) The coach said to the players, "Bravo! you have played well." (Change into Indirect speech) An...

MODEL ACTIVITY TASK (October) CLASS – VI : ENGLISH 1. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow: Feeling restless, I left the viewing room and glided down the long passage to the centre of the space station. I could see my father there surrounded by reporters. I came back to the view-room which was empty. I looked out into space. My Moon my home appeared very small now. At home, kids would be getting ready for the party. There’s always been a party at sunrise. The Sun rose only 12 or 13 times a year so it was something special for us. The sunlight crept slowly across the surface of the Moon until finally night was gone. A. Complete the following sentences with information from the passage: 1×3=3 (i) The narrator left the viewing-room because   he was feeling restless. (ii) He could not talk to his father as   his father was surrounded by reporters.  (iii) Sunlight crept on the Moon’s surface until finally night was gone. B. Answer the fol...

MODEL ACTIVITY TASK ( September) CLASS – VI  :  ENGLISH ACTIVITY 1 Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow: ‘One Thousand and One Nights’ is a collection of the Middle Eastern folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age. It is often known in English as ‘The Arabian Nights’. The work was collected over many centuries by various authors, translators and scholars across West, Central and South Asia and North Africa. The bulk of the text is in prose, although verse is occasionally used for songs and riddles and to express serious emotion. Some of the stories commonly associated with ‘The Arabian Nights’, in particular, ‘Aladdin’s Wonderful Lamp’, “Alibaba and the Forty Thieves’ and ‘The Seven Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor’ were not part of ‘The Arabian Nights’ in its original Arabic version. These stories were added to the collection by Antoine Galland and other European translators. A. Complete the following sentences with information from ...

2021 MODEL ACTIVITY TASK : Part - 7 (October) CLASS – VII : Subject - ENGLISH 1. Read the following verse and answer the questions that follow: The people were starving. They came to Ceres and implored her to bring back plenty, and save their lives. Ceres lifted her face, weary with ceaseless wandering, and said, “I cannot take care of the earth until I get back my lost daughter.” So the people thought of praying to Jupiter who was the king of the gods. And to Jupiter they sent their prayer to bring Proserpine back to her mother. They were sadly in need of Ceres’s help. A. Complete the following sentences: 1×3=3 (i) The people were starving so they came to Ceres and implored her to bring back plenty, and save their lives. (ii) Ceres’s face was weary because after ceaseless searching, she could not find her lost daughter.  (iii) The people prayed to Jupiter because Ceres could not take care of the earth and the people were starving. B. Answer the following questions: 2×3=6 (i) Who w...

MODEL ACTIVITY TASK - III ( September) [Part - 6] CLASS – VII : ENGLISH ★★★★★ ACTIVITY 1 Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow: In 1869, Bose joined Hare School and six years later he was admitted to St. Xavier's School in Calcutta. He passed the Entrance Examination and joined St. Xavier's College of Calcutta. It was here that he came in contact with Jesuit Father Eugene Lafont who played a significant role in developing his interest in natural science. Later, Bose went to England and secured admission in Christ College, Cambridge, to study Natural Science. In 1884, he received the Natural Science Tripos from the University of Cambridge and a BSc. Degree from the University of London. A. Fill in the table with information from the passage: 1 × 3 = 3 When                 (i) 1869 What happened Bose joined Hare School  When (ii) 1875 What happened Bose was admitted to St. Xavier’s School in Calcutta.  When (ii...

2021 MODEL ACTIVITY TASKS – III (September) CLASS – IX ENGLISH (Second Language) ★★★★★ Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions : It had been raining for seven years. Thousands upon thousands of days filled from one end to the other with rain. The days were filled with the gush of water and endless showers. Heavy storms caused tidal waves to come over the islands. A thousand forests crushed under the rain, had grown up a thousand times to be crushed again. This was the way of life forever on planet Venus. Here was located the schoolroom of the children belonging to men and women who came by rockets from Earth. They set up a civilization in this raining world. Activity 1 Answer the following questions : 2 × 3 = 6 i) How long it had been raining in Venus ? Ans: In Venus, it had been raining for seven years. ii) What was the way of life in Venus ? Ans: Heavy storms and continuous rain for seven years caused tidal waves to come the islands of Venus, a thousand of fores...

ACTIVITY 1 Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow: King Arthur could gift peace and prosperity to England. The greedy barons were unhappy with King Arthur because he was gentle and just. He married the beautiful Lady Guinevere, daughter of the king of Cornwall.  On the wedding day, Merlin took him to a richly gilded pavilion, painted crimson and dark blue. The floor was marbled. In the middle of the room was a huge, round, oak table, richly carved, capable of seating fifty people. This was the famous round table around which gathered King Arthur’s devoted knights. These knights promised that they would help the helpless, be gentle to the weak and punish the wicked. To keep their vows, the knights undertook countless hazardous adventures. The stories of their goodness and kindness spread throughout the country. A. Complete the following sentences with information from the passage: 1 × 3 = 3 (i) The reign of King Arthur gifted England  peace and prospe...

MODEL ACTIVITY TASK -2021 (September) CLASS – X : ENGLISH (Second Language) Activity 1 Replace the underlined words with suitable phrasal verbs from the given list. Change the form of verbs if necessary. Write the answers in the given space : One extra phrasal verb is given in the list : 2 × 3 = 6 i) My older brother is in search of a job. Ans: Look for ii) I cannot tolerate his audacity. Ans : Put up with iii) The Headmistress distributed books among the students. Ans: gave away [List of Phrasal verbs : give away, turn down, look for, put up with] Activity 2 Join the following pairs of sentences : 1 × 4 = 4 a) Study attentively. You will not score high marks. Ans: You will not score high marks unless you study attentively. b) She saw a butterfly. She tried to catch it. Ans: She saw a butterfly and try to catch it. c) She won a prize. I know it. Ans: I know that she won a prize. d) He is my brother. He is wearing a blue shirt. Ans: He is my brother who is wearing a blue shirt. Activ...

MODEL ACTIVITY TASK - 2021 (III) CLASS – V (September) ENGLISH Activity 1 Fill in the blanks by choosing appropriate Prepositions from the list given below : 1 × 4 = 4 a) He is going        to          Kolkata. b) The bird flew       over     my head. c) Fishes live          in         water. d) Put the pen      on            the table. [List : over, on, in, to] Activity 2 Fill in the table with appropriate Short Forms of the following words : 1 × 4 = 4 Full Form Short Form Cannot  –  Can’t I am       –   I’m Did not  –  Didn’t You have  –  You’ve Activity 3 Write the Opposites of the following words : 1 × 4 = 4 a) Light : Dark b) Easy : Difficult c) Never : Always d) Curly : Straight Activity 4 Make sentences with the following words : 2 × 4 = 8 a) Clever : F...

Read the passage and answer the questions that follow: The forest was dark. The dense trees blocked sunlight. There appeared a huge tiger. It was large, yellow with black stripes. It looked out of grey eyes at Subol and Madol. "Barre Miya," Subol said with awe. "Keep quiet, "Madol said softly, "don't challenge him." Activity 1 Answer the following questions : 2 × 3 = 6 a) Why was the forest dark ? Ans: The forest was dark because the dense trees blocked sunlight. b) Describe the tiger. Ans: The tiger was large, yellow with black stripes. c) What advice did Madol give to Subol ? Ans: Modal adviced Subol to keep quiet and did not challenge the tiger. Activity 2 Complete the following sentences with words from the passage : 1 × 3 = 3 a) The dense trees blocked sunlight. b) Subol said with awe. c) Madol spoke softly, “don’t challenge him”. Activity 3 Fill in the blanks with Present Continuous Tense forms the Verbs given in brackets : 1 × 3 = 3 a) The girl ...