Activity sheet- 1 on A two billion dollar dream

*Read the following extract and prepare activities.*

Q. Read The first activity ,read the extract and do all the activities.

A1) read the following statements se whether it is true or false correct the false statements.
i) at the age of 12 Michael rise from teen to tycoon.
ii) over dinner his family teased  Michael.
iii) Michaels father was stockbroker.
iv) he has become 4th largest manufacturer of personal computer in America.



One afternoon in 1977, as his parents and two brothers fished in the Gulf of Mexico, 12-year-old Michael Dell sat on the beach, painstakingly putting together a trotline- a maze of ropes to which several fish hooks could be attached. You're wasting your time,” the rest of the family called to Michael, as they pulled in fish. Grab a pole and join in the fun.”
Michael kept working. It was dinner time when he finished, and everyone else was ready to call it a day. Still, the youngster cast the trotline far into the water, anchoring it to a stick that he plunged deep in the sand.
Over dinner his family teased young Michael about coming away empty-handed.  But afterwards Michael reeled in his trotline, and on the hooks were more fish than the others      had caught all together !
Michael Dell has always been fond of saying, “If you think you have a good idea,             try it! And today, at 29, he has discovered the power of another good idea that has helped him rise in just a few years from teen to tycoon.  He has become the fourth-largest manufacturer of personal computers in America and the youngest man ever to head Fortune 500 corporation.
Growing up in Houston, Texas, Michael and his two brothers were imbued by their parents, Alexander and Lorraine – he an orthodontist, she a stockbroker -with the desire to learn and the drive to work hard. Even so, stories about the middle boy began to be told early.

A2)Complete
Michael succeed in catching more fish than other members of the family by...
1).......................................................................
2)........................................................................

A3)Fine out

Find out from the passage various achievements of Michael.

A4) match the pair's
          A                           B

  i) painstakingly   1) network

 ii) maze.                2) with great care or                                                 trouble
                                 3) pain
A5) personal response

Personal qualities helpful for any person to fulfill his or her dream.
1).....................
2).................
3)....................
4)....................

A6) grammar
 1) I cast around desperately for something        to do and had a sudden idea
( make it   simple sentence)

2) may I speak to you for a moment?

   ( state the function of the underlined modal auxiliary)

Speech Writing on topic 'SAVE trees,Trees SAVE'

(B) Speech Writing :

Imagine that your college has organised an 'elocution competition' and the topic for competition is 'Save Trees,  Trees Save'. Prepare a short speech with the help of the points given below :
Providers ofhuman needs, ecological balance, rainshowers, etc. (3)

Honorable principal, respected teacher and my dear friends I would like to ask you a question what do you think of our friends ,trees?do u feel you are doing justice to them?
Trees provides us every basic need of human being. they give us fruits vegetables flowers quotes and many more things.
Please maintain the ecological balance of the nature the whole the soil with their roots and collect water underground the encourage rain and attract clouds.
They provide us with oxygen trees are the lungs of the environment trees provide us with so much. Yet we cut them down for our own personal materialistic need so I request you all of you stop being so selfish. They also in habit the plant.
So friends trees are the most important part of our ecological system so I request all of you save trees trees will save you.

Thank you very much

Jai Hind

TEXTUAL EXAMPLES : Indirect speech

 Indirect speech:Indirect speech

 I. "Our success has forced giants to become more competitive," Dell says.

Ans: Dell says that their success has forced giants to become more competitive.

2. "I will try," the shopkeeper smiled.

Ans: The shopkeeper smiled and said that he would try.

3. "Did you like the story,Meenu?" Raghu asked.

Ans: Raghu asked Meenu if she had liked the story.

4. "There was barely any breathing space," said Saraswati Devi.

Ans: Saraswati Devi said that there had been barely any breathing space.

5. He said "you are a fool/Sheku!"

Ans:He told Sheku that he was a fool.

 6. "You're wasting your time," the rest of the family said.

 Anc The rest of the family said that he was wasting his time.

7. "I couldn't bear to miss this chance," he says.

Ans: He says that he couldn't bear to miss that chance.

8. "1 have to quit college", he replied. "1 want to start my own company."  (Rewrite into indirectspeech.)

Ans.' He replied that he had to quit college and added that he wanted to start his own company.

9. "What exactly is it that you want to do ?" asked his father.

 Ans: His father asked What exactly it was that he wanted to do.

10. "Ihave the money", he solemnly told the owner.

Ans: He solemnly told the owner that he had the money.

11. He tumed to Chandan and said, "see how contented my people are." (Rewrite into indirect speech)

Ans: He turned to Chandan and told him to see how contented his people.were.

12. He said, 'you can easily borrow one for me.'
Ans: He said that he could easily borrow one for him.

13. My friend asked if I wanted fresh coconut water. (Change into direct speech)

Ans: My friend asked, "Do you want fresh coconut water