Unseen Passage for practice

Q.2 A) Read the first activity, read the first extract and do the activities. 12

Al) Complex Factual . 2

Read the following statements and find out two suitable ones which clarify
The purpose of telling this story is

a) To make the readers understand the importance of learning English.
b) To tell the readers an interesting story of a Gujarati Indian in Central Africa.
Answer
c) To make the readers aware of the power of strong will.
 d) To show the secret of success through will power arid not through just a wish




Some years ago I spent a few days in Kigali, the capital city of Rwanda in

central Africa. During this visit, I happened to meet a GujaraU Indian, who
was living in Kigali as an immigrant. He was running a cloth shop in the city. .
 One day I visited his shop and found that he was able to deal with his  customers in fluent and understandable English. He Seemed to-have_a good working knowledge of the language. One of his friends told me that there   an interesting story behind his English. When this Gujarati Indian first came to Kigali, and opened his shop, he knew no English. But a large number of his  customers were English-speaking, so he felt compelled to try to speak in English,
 During the early days, his English was far from good. One day someone said to him, "If you are not in position to speak correct English, Why are you  trying to speak it ?" The shopkeeper simply replied, "I speak incorrect English so that I may be able to speak correct English."
And so it came about . In two year's time he was able to deal with •his   customers in the English language. When I met him, he was fluent in English   as a means of communication; and for a shopkeeper that was good enough.
Therefore , 'where there's a will there's way. If you have a strong enough  will to achieve something, you will do sooner than Eater. Sh ong Will itself  successful schooling as you learn from experience, and for a sincere  person, experience is a successful teacher.
A strong will can help reveal one's hidden potential. But there is differ hence be'ween willing and wishing. Do not follow any unrealistic wish : fol low your true will and you will be able to follow •your dream.



A2) Inference : 2


Make a flow chart showing the process of learning English of •the Gujarati Indian gentleman.
Answer-1.Gujarati Indian came Kigaliwithout knowledge of English
2)felt compelled try to speak English
3)at first his English was poor
4)he goes on speaking in correct English and success
5.) in 2 years he was fluent English speaker

A3) Conclusion, : 2

"I speak incorrect English so that I may be able to speak incorréct English."
This sentence implies that (complete it in a paragraph)

Answer

This sentence implies that strong will can help the reveal ones hidden potential .so try your best before quitting anything.


  Vocabulary : 2  
Give antonyms of the following words adding prefixes.

 a) True =
b) sincere =
c) interesting=disinteresting
d) able =unable

 Personal Response : 2 

 Narrate your experience of reaching your goal through strong will power.

Answer-
when I was in 10th standard I was not sure of passing the exam but then I try it my best and pass with good marks.

 Grammar : 2

1) When this Gujarati Indian first came to kigali, he opened his shop.
 (Rewrite the sentence using 'No sooner.... than)
Answer-
No sooner did this Gujarati Indian first came to Kigali than he opened his shop.

2) His English was far from good. (Rewrite using Past Perfect Tense)
Answer-
His English had been far from good.

B) Summary : 3 

Write a summary of the above passage three or five sentences with the help of the following points given. Add a suitable title.

 Strong will power success .... desire to achieve experience and Confidence .... find unknown abilities...: wish needs to be realistic.

          Strong will power

The Gujarati Indian went to central Africa for business.His English was poor at first.He compelled try to speak English.He goes on speaking English without knowing correct or wrong.After that within two years he was fluent speaker of English.this is the power of will.

Unseen Passage with Activity and summary

Q.2 A) Read the first activity/ read the extract and do the activities that follows

 Al) Choose two correct statements that explain the basic purpose of the extract.

 i) To make the reader's understand that problems need to be ignored to get a  peaceful life.

ii) To motivate readers to accept.the challenges of life and move a head.

iii) One needs to bury all the thoughts of quitting to embrace success one day or  the other.

iv) The winner of the battles of life is the physically strongest person.

We face a crisis almost every minute in one form or the other, just that we don't realize it. The.magnitude of a particular issue in our lives makes us  classify it as normal or critical.

Each one of us is fighting a battle, all the time: From the person com muting for hours in a jampacked bus just to reach his workplace, to newly married girl adjustihg in hér husband's family, we are all fighters.

 Each morning puts a man on trial and each evening passes judgement. The names of such men and women may not appear on the front pages of  newspapers or the President of the country may not honour them, yet lifeitself is the reward.

The strongest people are not always those who win, but the people who don't give up when they lose. Fear is good, if one can use it properly and not be paralysed by it.

Life is generous to those who pursue their destiny. It is the possibility of having a dream come true that actually makes life interesting.

The only limits on life are those that people set themselves. Men are not prisoners of fate, but prisoners of their own minds The tragedy of life is not death but what we let die inside us while we live.

Most people don't fail; they simply give up trying. We cannot change the course of events, but always change the response of the course of

Let's salute those who never give up and succeed.


A2) Explain

Admirable qualities that are discussed in the passage.

ANS-

a) don't give up

b) strongest people

c) having dream

d) peruse their destiny

A 3) The ways a man in crisis can come out of his / her problems.
ANS- 
1) Don't give up when they lose.
2) they do not fear of failure.
3) they have a dream.

A 4)Find out. the synonyms words from the, extract.
ANS-
1) Subject  = people
2) Danger  =  crisis
3) Powerful  = magnitude
4) Left  = give up /quit

Personal Response.

Mention how you  handle a crisis. Explain your answer .o
ANS- Whenever out I met crisis in my life I firstly think positively about that matter.I seek advice of my friend and parents. I do not give up.

Grammar (Do as directed) 2 

I) Each morning puts a man on trial.
(Rewrite the sentence in present perfect continuous Tense)

ANS- Each morning have been putting a man on trial.

II) Women may not appear on the front pages of newspaper.
(Rewrite the sentence using modal auxiliary showing with obligation)
Women MUST not appear on the front pages of newspaper.

B Summary. 4
.Write a summary of the above extract with the help of the. points given below and suggest a suitable title.


Problems influencing life - the winners - what they do - their strength in handling the situation.


             Title - Don't give up



Crisis are the part of our life.Each person have a problems in their life.strongest people handle problem calmly.They never quit.They do things differently.They do not fear.So salute to those people who success.