- Pronouns Exercises with Answers - Worksheet
Wednesday 27 September 2017
FORMS OF VERBS
| Present (V1) | Past (V2) | Past participle (V3) |
| allow | allowed | allowed |
| appear | appeared | appeared |
| boil | boiled | boiled |
| borrow | borrowed | borrowed |
| build | built | built |
| burn | burnt | burnt |
| care | cared | cared |
| carry | carried | carried |
| catch | caught | caught |
| clean | cleaned | cleaned |
| climb | climbed | climbed |
| close | closed | closed |
| complete | completed | completed |
| cross | crossed | crossed |
| deceive | deceived | deceived |
| decorate | decorated | decorated |
| die | died | died |
| dig | dug | dug |
| divide | divided | divided |
| earn | earned | earned |
| enter | entered | entered |
| fear | feared | feared |
| feed | fed | fed |
| fight | fought | fought |
| find | found | found |
| finish | finished | finished |
| get | got | got |
| hang | hanged | hanged |
| hire | hired | hired |
| hold | held | held |
| hunt | hunted | hunted |
● Category II - Verbs which have different V1, V2 and V3.
| Present (V1) | Past (V2) | Past participle (V3) |
| arise | arose | arisen |
| bear | bore | born |
| beat | beat | beaten |
| break | broke | broken |
| bite | bit | bitten |
| choose | chose | chosen |
| draw | drew | drawn |
| drive | drove | driven |
| fall | fell | fallen |
| fly | flew | flown |
| forget | forgot | forgotten |
| freeze | froze | frozen |
| give | gave | given |
| grow | grew | grown |
| hide | hid | hidden |
| know | knew | known |
| lie | lay | lain |
● Category III - Verbs which have different V1, V2 and V3 (only - a changes into - u).
| Present (V1) | Past (V2) | Past participle (V3) |
| begin | began | begun |
| drink | drank | drunk |
| ring | rang | rung |
| sink | sank | sunk |
| sing | sang | sung |
| spring | sprang | sprung |
| swim | swam | swum |
| shrink | shrank | shrunk |
● Category IV - Verbs which have same V1, V2 and V3.
| Present (V1) | Past (V2) | Past participle (V3) |
| bet | bet | bet |
| bid | bid | bid |
| burst | burst | burst |
| cast | cast | cast |
| cost | cost | cost |
| cut | cut | cut |
| hit | hit | hit |
| hurt | hurt | hurt |
| knit | knit | knit |
| put | put | put |
| rid | rid | rid |
| spit | spit | spit |
Tuesday 26 September 2017
Thursday 21 September 2017
Tuesday 19 September 2017
All Examples of Figures of Speech from 12th text book
Figures Of Speech
A) Alliteration
1.And after I set- back you offer no excuse.
Repeatation of a sound 'a'
2. 'If you Crave not for praise when you win'.
Repetition of the sound of 'w'
3. While you Raise yourself in those of others.
Repeatation of the sound of 'Y'
4)That the virtue and success do not go side by side.
(reputation of the sound of 'S')
5) We went on our way and we said goodbye.
( repetition of the sound of 'w')
6) God's still small voice came to me and said
Repetition of the sound of 'S')
7) She stood quietly not to spoil the surprise reputation of the sound of 'S'.
8) I celebrate the virtues and vices
(repetition of the sound of 'v'
9) what are you and what am I and we go on deciding
( repetition of the sound of 'w')
10) The truth of Badri movie by on credit
(reputation of the sound of TH)
11) 'or settle like sterile clouds'
Repeatation of the sound of 'S'
12) 'my father told the tenants to leave'
repeatation of sound of 'T'
13) ' who lived in the houses surrounding our house on the hill '
repetition of sound of 'h'
14) ' only our own house remained and the tree
repetition of sound ' O '
15) ' Its trunk had a circumference of 50 feet'
repeatation of the sound of 'f'
'
16) from 30 feet or more so first they cut the branches
reputation of the sound of 't'
17) 'where there are no trees except the one'
repetition of the sound of ' T'
18)' it's shafts are laid on a sinking sand .'
repetition of the sound of 'S'.
19) ' It is not gold its kingdoms Grand go down in battle shock.'
repeatation of the sound of 'G'
20) 'stand fast and suffer long .'
repeatation of the sound of 'S'
21) 'on my winding way to the world's fair.'
repeatation of the sound of ' w'
22) 'Just like a golden flower faded.'
repeatation of the sound of 'F'
23)'A moonlight message'
Repeatation of the sound of young 'm'
24) 'peace is indeed a pregnant woman.'
reputation of the sound of ' p'.
25).'....... the snow sprinkled trial.'
repetition of the sound of 'S'.
26) '.......Playing eye tricks with its tail.'
repetition of the sound of the 't.'
27) one that is Fur free.'
repeatation of the sound of 'f'.
28)) foot path in a forest of pine. '
Repetition of sound of 'f'.
29) 'The wind caressing our Crown'.
Repetition of the sound of 'c'.
30)' No more natural goods.'
repetition of the sound of 'b.'
B) Antithesis
1) if you do not get lowered in your own eyes
while you Raise yourself in those of others
'lowered' and 'raised 'are contradictory words .
2) if you Crave not for praise when you win
and look not for sympathy for when you lose
('win' and' lose' are contradictory words)
3) if you have the will to live and the courage to die
( ' Live 'and 'Die 'are contradictory words)
4) young and old
(opposite ideas are Express in the same line))
5)' all dogs pass leaving them in the dark '
striking a opposition or contrast of words is used for emphasis '
6) ' one by one The structures were demolished only our own house remained.'
demolished and remained are contradictory words '
7)' we watched in terror and fascination this slaughter.'
Terror and fascination are contradictory words.
8) 'it's shafts are laid on sinking sand,
not on a binding Rock .'
'sinking sand' and 'abinding Rock' are two contradictory ideas.'
9)'their glory to decay.'
' glory' and 'decay' are two contradictory ideas in the same line.
10) 'But God has struck its luster down in ashes at his feet.'
'luster' and 'ashes' are two contradictory ideas.
11) Brave men who work while others sleep.'
' work' and 'sleep' are two contradictory ideas.
12) 'we used to watch the valley play Hide and Seek.'
Hide and Seek are the contrasting ideas.
13) 'only thinking in the present not learning from the past.'
14)'no more natural than the over processed food we eat.'
C) Metaphor
1) you are beacon-light light for people far and wide
( ' you' is implicitly compared with a 'beacon light')
2) with the fleeting passage of runners or of a shy hotel for travellers
3) ' the old woman once were continents '
here there is an implicit comparison between old woman and continents
4) leaving only their maps .
here there is an implicit comparison between old woman and maps both can show you the way.
5) whose roots lay deeper than all our lives
there is an implicit comparison between the roots and the length of the lives
6) 'soon afterwards we left Baroda for Bombay
Where there are no trees except the one
which grows and seethes in one's dream, its aerial roots
looking for ground to strike'
The Banyan tree and its roots are implicitly compared.
7) 'peace is a woman.'
peace is implicitly compared to a woman .
8)'peace is indeed a pregnant woman.'
peace is implicitly compared to a pregnant woman.
D) climax
1) the feeble the braggarts the unfinished
The words are arranged in ascending order of importance.
2) ' until they were robbed their laurels their medals their titles their names '
The words are arranged in the ascending orders of importance
E) Simile
1) 'trembling like waves '
trembling of the old woman is compared to the movement of the Waves
2)'or settle like sterile clouds '
the old women waiting hopelessly at the post office are compared to the sterile clouds which have nothing to give
3)' they Whisper like drizzles'
the weak whispers of the old women are compared to the drizzle of rain
4)'they shiver like December Nights'
the shivering of the old woman is compared to the cold December night
5)' but the huge Banyan trees to like a problem '
here the The Banyan tree and problem are compared
6) 'she had such a wonderful face just like a golden flower.'
Face is directly compared to a golden flower.
F) Paradox
1) I celebrate the virtues and vices
( it is an example of paradox because we cannot celebrate vices)
2) We heroes and poor devils the feeblethe braggarts the unfinished and capable of everything impossible as long as it is not seen or heard
G) Use of symbols
1) Who overwhelm the refrigerators
( hear refrigerator symbolise the things which we have proud)
2) manufacturers in indivisible granaries
( granaries symbolise the ordinary monotonous workplaces of the middle class person)
H) Transferred epithet
OR OF shy hotel for travellers
( the epithet shy is transferred from the Travellers to the hotel)
I) Personification
1) ' they do not fear death they died long ago '
The Abstract idea like death is given the human quality of arousing fear in the old woman
2) ' It's morning Dew tickling our feet.'
the morning Dew is given the human quality of tickling someone.
3) 'we use to watch the valley play Hide and Seek.'
the valley is given human quality.
4)' the wind caressing our crown.'
J) Onomatopoeia
1) ' they Whisper like drizzle
' Whisper ' is a word indicating sound
K) Imagery
1) old women once were continents they had Deep Woods in them lakes ,mountains ,volcanoes even ranging gulf.
L) Metonymy
1) 'it is not gold .'
Here gold stand for wealth.
2) ' is it the sword?'
here sword stand for military might.
3) 'Ah ,that bright crown.'
Here bright Crown stand for a proud king.
M) Conversational tone
1) ' what makes a Nation's pillars high and its Foundation strong?'
N) Extended metaphor
O) Rhetorical questions
1) Is it sword?
2) Is it Pride?
P) Hyperbole
1) 'she told me her baby was killed in Auschwitz her daughter in Hiroshima and her sons in Vietnam Ireland ,Israel ,Palestine, Lebanon ,Bosnia, Rwanda, Kosovo and Chechnya.'
Ideas have been exaggerated.
2) A thousand candles then lit in her starry Eyes.'
Exaggeration of the idea in the words thousand candles.
Q) Repetition
1) ' fifty with axes Chopped and Chopped.'
the reputation of the word Chopped Lays emphasis on the activity.
2)'.....beasts roam , far from town.'
R) Inversion
While dealing with a stranger common courtesy you use
But the children you love you seem to abuse
The correct push order of the words should be
You common courtesy while dealing with a stranger but you seem to abuse the children you love.
A) Alliteration
1.And after I set- back you offer no excuse.
Repeatation of a sound 'a'
2. 'If you Crave not for praise when you win'.
Repetition of the sound of 'w'
3. While you Raise yourself in those of others.
Repeatation of the sound of 'Y'
4)That the virtue and success do not go side by side.
(reputation of the sound of 'S')
5) We went on our way and we said goodbye.
( repetition of the sound of 'w')
6) God's still small voice came to me and said
Repetition of the sound of 'S')
7) She stood quietly not to spoil the surprise reputation of the sound of 'S'.
8) I celebrate the virtues and vices
(repetition of the sound of 'v'
9) what are you and what am I and we go on deciding
( repetition of the sound of 'w')
10) The truth of Badri movie by on credit
(reputation of the sound of TH)
11) 'or settle like sterile clouds'
Repeatation of the sound of 'S'
12) 'my father told the tenants to leave'
repeatation of sound of 'T'
13) ' who lived in the houses surrounding our house on the hill '
repetition of sound of 'h'
14) ' only our own house remained and the tree
repetition of sound ' O '
15) ' Its trunk had a circumference of 50 feet'
repeatation of the sound of 'f'
'
16) from 30 feet or more so first they cut the branches
reputation of the sound of 't'
17) 'where there are no trees except the one'
repetition of the sound of ' T'
18)' it's shafts are laid on a sinking sand .'
repetition of the sound of 'S'.
19) ' It is not gold its kingdoms Grand go down in battle shock.'
repeatation of the sound of 'G'
20) 'stand fast and suffer long .'
repeatation of the sound of 'S'
21) 'on my winding way to the world's fair.'
repeatation of the sound of ' w'
22) 'Just like a golden flower faded.'
repeatation of the sound of 'F'
23)'A moonlight message'
Repeatation of the sound of young 'm'
24) 'peace is indeed a pregnant woman.'
reputation of the sound of ' p'.
25).'....... the snow sprinkled trial.'
repetition of the sound of 'S'.
26) '.......Playing eye tricks with its tail.'
repetition of the sound of the 't.'
27) one that is Fur free.'
repeatation of the sound of 'f'.
28)) foot path in a forest of pine. '
Repetition of sound of 'f'.
29) 'The wind caressing our Crown'.
Repetition of the sound of 'c'.
30)' No more natural goods.'
repetition of the sound of 'b.'
B) Antithesis
1) if you do not get lowered in your own eyes
while you Raise yourself in those of others
'lowered' and 'raised 'are contradictory words .
2) if you Crave not for praise when you win
and look not for sympathy for when you lose
('win' and' lose' are contradictory words)
3) if you have the will to live and the courage to die
( ' Live 'and 'Die 'are contradictory words)
4) young and old
(opposite ideas are Express in the same line))
5)' all dogs pass leaving them in the dark '
striking a opposition or contrast of words is used for emphasis '
6) ' one by one The structures were demolished only our own house remained.'
demolished and remained are contradictory words '
7)' we watched in terror and fascination this slaughter.'
Terror and fascination are contradictory words.
8) 'it's shafts are laid on sinking sand,
not on a binding Rock .'
'sinking sand' and 'abinding Rock' are two contradictory ideas.'
9)'their glory to decay.'
' glory' and 'decay' are two contradictory ideas in the same line.
10) 'But God has struck its luster down in ashes at his feet.'
'luster' and 'ashes' are two contradictory ideas.
11) Brave men who work while others sleep.'
' work' and 'sleep' are two contradictory ideas.
12) 'we used to watch the valley play Hide and Seek.'
Hide and Seek are the contrasting ideas.
13) 'only thinking in the present not learning from the past.'
14)'no more natural than the over processed food we eat.'
C) Metaphor
1) you are beacon-light light for people far and wide
( ' you' is implicitly compared with a 'beacon light')
2) with the fleeting passage of runners or of a shy hotel for travellers
3) ' the old woman once were continents '
here there is an implicit comparison between old woman and continents
4) leaving only their maps .
here there is an implicit comparison between old woman and maps both can show you the way.
5) whose roots lay deeper than all our lives
there is an implicit comparison between the roots and the length of the lives
6) 'soon afterwards we left Baroda for Bombay
Where there are no trees except the one
which grows and seethes in one's dream, its aerial roots
looking for ground to strike'
The Banyan tree and its roots are implicitly compared.
7) 'peace is a woman.'
peace is implicitly compared to a woman .
8)'peace is indeed a pregnant woman.'
peace is implicitly compared to a pregnant woman.
D) climax
1) the feeble the braggarts the unfinished
The words are arranged in ascending order of importance.
2) ' until they were robbed their laurels their medals their titles their names '
The words are arranged in the ascending orders of importance
E) Simile
1) 'trembling like waves '
trembling of the old woman is compared to the movement of the Waves
2)'or settle like sterile clouds '
the old women waiting hopelessly at the post office are compared to the sterile clouds which have nothing to give
3)' they Whisper like drizzles'
the weak whispers of the old women are compared to the drizzle of rain
4)'they shiver like December Nights'
the shivering of the old woman is compared to the cold December night
5)' but the huge Banyan trees to like a problem '
here the The Banyan tree and problem are compared
6) 'she had such a wonderful face just like a golden flower.'
Face is directly compared to a golden flower.
F) Paradox
1) I celebrate the virtues and vices
( it is an example of paradox because we cannot celebrate vices)
2) We heroes and poor devils the feeblethe braggarts the unfinished and capable of everything impossible as long as it is not seen or heard
G) Use of symbols
1) Who overwhelm the refrigerators
( hear refrigerator symbolise the things which we have proud)
2) manufacturers in indivisible granaries
( granaries symbolise the ordinary monotonous workplaces of the middle class person)
H) Transferred epithet
OR OF shy hotel for travellers
( the epithet shy is transferred from the Travellers to the hotel)
I) Personification
1) ' they do not fear death they died long ago '
The Abstract idea like death is given the human quality of arousing fear in the old woman
2) ' It's morning Dew tickling our feet.'
the morning Dew is given the human quality of tickling someone.
3) 'we use to watch the valley play Hide and Seek.'
the valley is given human quality.
4)' the wind caressing our crown.'
J) Onomatopoeia
1) ' they Whisper like drizzle
' Whisper ' is a word indicating sound
K) Imagery
1) old women once were continents they had Deep Woods in them lakes ,mountains ,volcanoes even ranging gulf.
L) Metonymy
1) 'it is not gold .'
Here gold stand for wealth.
2) ' is it the sword?'
here sword stand for military might.
3) 'Ah ,that bright crown.'
Here bright Crown stand for a proud king.
M) Conversational tone
1) ' what makes a Nation's pillars high and its Foundation strong?'
N) Extended metaphor
O) Rhetorical questions
1) Is it sword?
2) Is it Pride?
P) Hyperbole
1) 'she told me her baby was killed in Auschwitz her daughter in Hiroshima and her sons in Vietnam Ireland ,Israel ,Palestine, Lebanon ,Bosnia, Rwanda, Kosovo and Chechnya.'
Ideas have been exaggerated.
2) A thousand candles then lit in her starry Eyes.'
Exaggeration of the idea in the words thousand candles.
Q) Repetition
1) ' fifty with axes Chopped and Chopped.'
the reputation of the word Chopped Lays emphasis on the activity.
2)'.....beasts roam , far from town.'
R) Inversion
While dealing with a stranger common courtesy you use
But the children you love you seem to abuse
The correct push order of the words should be
You common courtesy while dealing with a stranger but you seem to abuse the children you love.
Tuesday 12 September 2017
UNIT TEST NO 1
UNIT TEST NO 1
( 2017-18)
ENGLISH
11th SUB-ENGLISH Marks 25
Q.1 Read the first activity and read the following extract and do all the activities (12)
A 1 Which of the following statements show positive attitude of Kiwi? 2
a) I dont tell them I am disable.
b) Disability is a state of mind.
c) I say I am a double amputee.
A heavy blizzard at New Zealand's Mount cook where he was a 23 year old Search and rescue mountaineer, relegated Inglis to an ice cave for 13 days following his rescue a major media event both his legs had to be amputed knee down because of severe frostbite.
Today almost 30 years later as the first double amputee to have reachd the Summit of Mount Everest the second double amputee to scale Mt.Cho Oyu and perhaps the only double amputee to wear three quarter pants all the time this 51 year old mountaineer has a lot to tell people about life. I don't tell them I am disable. Disability is a state of mind . I say I am a double amputee says the Jolly Kiwi . who is in the city to deliver a series of motivational lectures to corporates schools and whosoever willing to borrow inspiration from his survival story.
A 2 Complete the statement: 2
The amputation of Inglis legs was caused because .................
A 3 Conclusion: 2
Disability is a state of mind . Explain it in your own words.
A 4 Vocabulary 2
Give opposites of the following words from the extract.
1 Minor
2 Light
3 Able
4 Lend
A 5 Personal Response 2
Do you like to help handicapped persons? How will you help them?
A 6 Rewrite the sentences in the ways instructed. 2
1) ......Taj Mahal attracts .....lot of tourist every year.
(Use a,an or the)
2)The film finishes .....10 o clock .....the evening.
(Use proper prepositions)
Q .2 Read the following extract and do all the activities. (8)
Start where you stand and never mind the past ,
The past wont help you in the beginning new ,
If you have left it all behind at last,
By that is enough you are done with it you are through .
This is another chapter in the book,
This is another race that you have planned,
Don't give the vanished days and backward look,
Start where you stand.
The world wont care about your old defeats
If you can start a new and win success
The future is your time and time is fleet
And there is much of work and strain and stress.
A 1 Complete the following. 2
New beginning compared to....
1) ......................................
2) .....................................
A 2 Poetic devices 2
"Start where you stand"
Name and explain figures of speech and give similar examples.
A 3 Personal Response 2
Will this poem help you to overcome strain and stress in your life? Explain.
A 4 Poetic creation 2
Compose a poem of four lines by using words-
book, look, race, face.
Q.3 Imagine that you want to take interview of your mother prepare a set of 8 questions. 5
OR
Q. 3 Write a letter to your friend asking from him/ her guidance about career planning.
Wednesday 6 September 2017
Preposition
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Tuesday 5 September 2017
Unit Test No -1
UNIT TEST NO -1
SUB- ENGLISH Std.- 12th. Mark's -25
Q. 1 Read the following extract and answer the questions given below.
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11
An excited buzz broke out among the crowd. It sounded like a lot of fun.No one was usally allowed to enter the King special Garden. He had planted trees from all over the world in that garden and it was said to be filled with all kinds of beautiful and strange plants.
Right on time the next day everyone gathered at the gate of the garden.At the same time the king had told them the gards open the gates and handed out the sacks. Men ,women and children started roaming around the beautiful garden .They spotted juicy apples and plump mangoes hanging from trees .They pick these still they picked this till they saw ripe tpomegranates brusting with juice grapes and colourful flowers no one has seen before. people went about picking whatver they wished for and feeling their sacks with them.
But as they walked further into the garden it become wilder more like a forest and there they saw trees Madden with apples of golds mangoes of silver and flowers studded with gems and jewels!
Everyone emptied their sacks of the fruits they had collected earlier and started madly filling them up with this precious fruits and flowers. They all forgot that they had said they had more than enough for their needs at home greed took over their Minds and all they could think about was adding more and more valuable to their sacks. The fruits which they had picked earlier and had tested to be as sweet as nectar now lay in hips around the garden forgotten and left to rot.
1) what did the Guards do at the given time?
2) what did the people see as they walked further into the garden?
3) what did the people do when they saw the precious fruits and flowers?
4) do you like people from King Amrits Kingdom ?Why?
5) do as directed.
I) .......United Kingdom is .....island surrounded by the English Channel.
( use proper articles)
II) Pune city recorded 41.8 millimetre rain ....... the 3 hours between 5:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. ..... Saturday.
( use proper prepositions)
III) opening the gates the Guards handed out the sacks.
( make it compound sentence)
6) find any two
adjectives from the passage
Q.2 read the following extract and answer the questions given below. 4
If you do not get lowered in your own eyes .
while you Raise yourself in those of others
if you do not give into gossips and lies
Rather heed them not saying ,who bothers
you may be the person I am looking for
if you do not give into gossips and lies
Rather heed them not saying ,who bothers
you may be the person I am looking for
If you Crave not for praise when you win
and look not for sympathy while you lose
and look not for sympathy while you lose
If cheers let not your head toss or spin
And after a set-back you offer no excuse
you may be the person I am looking for .
you may be the person I am looking for .
1) what should you be cautious of when raising yourself in the eyes of others?
2) do you give excuses or blame others when you fail in some attempt? give your reasons?
3) pick out example of antithesis from the extract.
4) pick out the pairs of rhyming words and rhyme scheme from the extract.
Q.3 you intend to visit and interview popatrao Pawar the sarpanch of ideal village prepare a set of 8 questions to be asked for him.
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5
OR
Q.3) write a letter to the sarpanch of your Gram Panchayat complaining about the irregular water supply in your area.
Q.4) write a tourist leaflet on any one of the historical place in the Maharashtra . 5
OR
Q.4) prepare a speech to be delivered on the occasion of teacher's day in your college.
........ Best of luck......
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