speech on the topic ‘India’s Changing Villages'(March 2016)

Q. 7. (B) Imagine you have to give a speech on the topic ‘India’s Changing Villages’. Write a speech on it about 100 words. [3 marks]

Ans.

India’s Changing Villages.

India is a land of villages. It is said that real India lives in villages. About seventy per cent of its population lives in villages. India is undergoing revolutionary changes. Its villages are not untouched by those changes.

The changes are reflected in every walk of life. These changes have been brought by various agents. These include science, technology, and spread of education, advent of media in rural areas, industrialisation, urbanisation and migration. Hence the lifestyle, attitude and thinking have changed greatly in rural India. In fact these factors have combined to change the ritualistic rural society into a dynamic society.

Once upon a time Caste-based division has been prominently visible in rural India. But things are rapidly changing now. People do not care for any such distinction. There is an interdependence existence in society. There is a close interaction of people of different castes, creeds and religions, among them for various purposes. The outlook of the villagers has undergone sea change. They have begun to see things in broader context. This is a good sign.

interview an old woman who lives in an ‘old - age home’(MARCH-2016)

(A) Imagine you have to interview an old woman who lives in an ‘old - age home’. Write a set of 8 to 10 questions for the interview. You may take help of the following points: [4 marks]

Ans. Good morning, you look very happy in this home and am glad to see you in good health.

(1) Where does your family live?

(2) Do they visit you often?

(3) How many children and grandchildren do you have?

(4) Why did they put you in an old - age home?

(5) What’s the environment like here?

(6) What would an average day here look like?

(7) Are you happy with the treatment here?

(8) What’s the most challenging part to you?

(9) What would you like us to do in order to make you your life more meaningful?

(10) What advice would you give to young people wanting to put their parents in an old age home?

Board grammar questions from 2014( new syllabus)

March - 2014

1. He has discovered the power of      another good idea.
  (Rewrite it beginning with "The power of another good idea

2. Ifyou think you have a good idea, try it. (Use 'Unless')

3. This time Dell made $ 18,000 and bought an expensive BMW car.
(Make it a simple sentence)

4.My friend is….  able translator and…impartial editor as well.

(Rewriter it using appropriate articles.)

5. Iwas my regular walk through the forest
(Fill in the blanks withproper prepositions.)


6. I w hispered to him hesitantly, "Could you stay here for a day ?"
 Gandhiji said, "It is very difficult." (Change it into indirect speech.)


7. You could pay eight times the going rate for a 'lightning call'.
(Rewrite itusing modal auxiliary showing 'Compulsion' .)

Ans:you must pay  eight times the going rate for a 'lightning call'.

 8. I spent my high school years in Calcutta. (Rewrite it usingpast Perfecttense.)

 9, Telephones were a rarity. (Make it a rhetorical question.)

10. Our young people spend more time before their T.V. set thanin their classrooms.
(Rewrite it using positive degree.)

11. The T.V. does serve as a medium of education as Well as anentertainment.

  (Rewrite it using 'not only but also')

12. I consider T.V. as one of the greatest scientific achievement of our times.
(Rewrite it using the noun form of the underlined word.)

13. we can accept our life gracefully.
( rewrite it using the modal auxiliary showing 'compulsion')

Ans- we must accept our life gracefully.

14. This practice does lead to certain oddities.
( rewrite it using modal auxiliary showing 'probability')
Ans- this practice may lead to certain oddities.


                     October - 2014

I have to sell the sacks.
(Rewrite it replacing the underlined part with the modal auxiliary showing ' compulsion'.)

Ans- I must sell the sacks.

2. She smiled radiantly and gathered her son into her arms. (Use 'as soon as')

3. She unwrapped it carefully. (Rewrite the sentence using the noun form of the underlined word.)

4. It is paradoxical that average consumer cannot decide which technology will offer him  highest standards of water purification. (Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles.)

5. The lady took the girls a hall where they met a few more girls who were waiting . her instructions. (Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions.)

6. "Why did you throw it away ?" said the father to his son.
"I didn't like it", said the son. (Change it into Indirect speech)


7. The earth would be too hot to be habitable. (Remove 'too')

8. Though population has grown, the rate of growth has fallen sharply. (Rewrite it using 'but'.)

9. Moreover, human population will stabilize at about 11.5 billion. (Make it 'less definite'.)

Ans- moreover human population may stabilize at about 11.5 billion.

10. Organic farmers ensure soil fertility with the help of crop rotation.
(Rewrite the sentence beginning with 'Soil fertility' i)

11. A healthy soil structure increases its ability to hold water.
(Frame a 'Wh-question' to get the underlined part as its answer.)

12. Chemical fertilizers are extremely harmful to the plants as well as human beings. (Rewrite the sentence using 'not only but also'.)

13. They should be updated frequently.
Ans-  Thehey must be updated frequently.

March 2015


1. When I saw the prizes, I was stupefied. (Rewrite the sentence using "No sooner ...e... than")

2. He was still lagging behind the expected standard of learning, but it was okay.
(Rewrite the sentence using 'Although')

 3. He started developing an all-round interest in craft and sports.
(Rewrite using infinitive form of the word underlined)

4. One of most common causes of malnutrition is unhealthy life-style.
(Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles.)


5. The police Monday arrested five men cheating city businessmen.
(Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions.)

6. "How did you enjoy your college picnic Said Mohini to Meena. "It was wonderful.  I can never forget it." (Change it into indirect speech.)

 7. The duck was excellent in swimming. (Frame a Wh-type question)

 8. The duck was better than his instructor. (Change the sentence into positive degree.)

9. The squirrel was excellent in climbing. (Mention the function of the underlined gerund.)

10. The gobar gas obtained by processing dung is used as fuel.
(Rewrite the sentence beginning with 'People

11. The consumption of milk in both urban and rural areas has risen sharply.
(Rewrite the sentence using the past perfect tense.)

12. The milk processing industry is a small one. (Make it a complex sentence.)
13. My little girl can get tasty fruits from some other Garden too.
( Rewrite the sentence using modal auxiliary expressing certainty )
ANS -My little girl will get tasty foods from some other Garden too.

Oct.2015



1.His speech improved and expression became clearer. (Rewrite it using 'not only ....but also')

2. I could talk about Chaitanya's problem calmly. (Rewrite the using 'able to')

3. He was still lagging behind the expected standard of learning, but it was okay.
 (Rewrite it using 'Though')


4. Draw map of world. (Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles.)


5. In a meaning, the physical teachers decided to spend two hours the playground warm up activities. (Fill in the blanks with proper prepositions.)

6. 'Boys", said the tutor, Usit on the benches. I have got something interesång for you."  (Change it into indirect narration.)

7. He had to stay after school. (Use the modal auxiliary showing 'compulsion'.)
Ans -He must stay after school.

8. The squirrel  in climbing.


(Rewrite it using the noun form of the und€rlined word,)

9. The duck was better in swimming than his instructor. (Change it into positive degree.)

10. The birds have taken shelter
(Frame a 'Wh —' question to get the underlined part as its answer)

11. The birds arrive at their winter abode inside the bird sanctuary. (Make it a complex sentence)

12. Many rare birds like the Smew Duck Mallard, Nakta Marbled Teal and Goliath Heron havebeen spotted. (Rewrite the sentence beginning with 'They'.)


 (Feb. - 2016, Set A)

1, A dear old family physician gazed at my cracked boots and frayed cuffs.
  (Rewrite it using 'not only but also')

2. I didn't stick at anything for long. (Rewrite the sentence as a rhetorical question)

 3. I had successive ideas of specializing in dermatology, in rural surgery, in paediatrics, but discarded them all. (Rewrite it using 'Though')

4. Rewrite the following sentence by inserting the appropriate articles wherever necessary I read interesting story fromMahabharata.

5. Rewrite the following sentence using the appropriate preposiüons.
One of the things that distinguishes man other animals„is the power speech.

 6. Change the following into indirect speech :

Mother said, "Sunita, what did you buy from the market ?"
She said, "I bought a dictionary."

7. The earth could withstand upto 200,000 times the current population

(Rewrite the sentence using the modal auxiliary showing 'certainty'.)
Ans- the earth will withstand up to 200000 times the current population.

 8. The earth would be too hot to be habitable. (Remove 'too' and rewrite the sentence.)

9.These resources are being used. (Rewrite the sentence beginning with, 'We ..........')

 10. The floods of 1978 were the most destructive. (Change the sentence into the 'posiåve degree'

11. Floods are the most recurrent natural calamity hitting India almost every year.
(Make it a complex sentence.)

12. Floods have been far more destructive. (Rewrite the $entence using the Simple Present tense.


Feb - 2016, Set B

i) A city must provide equity and also be sustainable.
(Rewrite the sentence using 'not only but also')
ii) Many of our cities have gnd-mas.ter.-plans.
(Frame a Wh-question to get the underlined part as its answer)

iii) It needs to preserve and protect its heritage. (Identify the tense used in the sentence.)

Feb - 2016, Set C

i) Reuben couldn't ask his father for the money. (Rewrite the sentence using 'be able to'.)

ii) Hearing the sound of hammering from a side street, Reuben had an idea.
  (Rewrite the sentence using 'and')

iii) He could sell them back to the factory. (Rewrite the sentence beginning with : 'They

 Feb - 2016, set D

i) They live in different time zones and different countries.
 (Rewrite the sentence using 'not only - but also')

ii) That gives them sufficient justification.
  (Rewrite the sentence using the Present Perfect tense.)
 iii) She is rather unabashed about u_alkingup past noon on a daily basis.
(Rewrite the sentence using 'infinitive' form of the underlined word.)

Practice Question  Set - 22 (July - 2016, Set A)



1, He opened the shop's weathered door and went inside. (Make it simple)

2, "I will try." (Rewrite the sentence using another modal auxiliary showing 'obligation')

  3. People built their own homes in bay-RQ.be&.

(Frame a Wh question to get the underlined part as its answer)

4. Madhu is model and artist. (Fill in the blankswith suitable articles)

5. Meet me 10.30 a.m Monday. (Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions)

6. Teacher : "How far is your home from your college ?"
  Rupali : More than 2 Km. Sir. (Changeinto Indirect narration)

7. Mr. Pawar inspected the villages. (Rewrite it using the noun form of the Word underline.)

 8, Vasectomy has been made compulsory by the villagers.

(Rewrite it beginning with — "The villagers

9. There are no liquor or tobacco shops in the village. (Rewrite the using 'neither nor'   To read a lot is essential. (Rewrite using gerund form of the words underlined.)

41, Some people say that we cannot learn to speak a languagebetter with the help of abook.
(Rewrite it using 'be able to'.)  i2. It is extensive. (Make it Rhetorical question)


PL
1. I stood on the shore of that desolate Highland loch. (Rewrite it using 'used to'.)
I went down to my milk and junket. (Rewrite it in the Past Perfect Tense..... q)
3. I walked straight to the village and bought myself two dozen penny exercise books. (1) (Make it simple.) amazing
4. J.R.D. Tata was personality. He always helped poor in the country. (1)
(Fill in the blanks with appropriate Articles)
5. They stood silence as a mark honour to her. (T

(Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions)

6. "'Where are you going?" he asked. "Pune, Sir, my husband is starting a company called-

Infosys and I'm shifting to Pune.'j (Change it into Indirect speech)
7. Earth Day deserves a commemoration and our total dedication. (Use 'not only ...but also'.) ('
8. Start a Waste Segregation System in youvbuilding. (Rewrite it beginning with 'Let'.)

9. You can sell waste to the raddi-wallah and give him a small token of appreciation.

(Replace the modal auxiliary by another showing 'obligation' .)  '10. Oil is one of the world's majok sources of energy.
(Rewrite it as a negative sentence without changing its meaning.)
11. As this materialhardens, it becomes sedimentary it a compound sentence,)
12. Geologists call this movement as 'continental drift'.
(Frame a 'Wh-question' to get the underlined part as ary answer.)
Feb. - 2017, set B
 Iw&le was delighted to seethe.prosperity ofhiskingdom.(Makeita rhetorical quesåon.)
 2. Summon people from all walks of life to the court. (Rewrite it beginning with 'Let.......')
3. As soon as the King arrived in the court humming a happy tune to himself,  he cleared his throat. (Rewrite it using 'No sooner......than' .)
Feb. - 2017, Set C
1. We need many such organizations.
 (Frame a 'Wh-question' to get the underlined part as an answer.)
2. It reduces inequality. (Rewrite it using the Present Perfect Tense.)
3. The air will be clean, as pollution levels will have dropped dramatically.  (Rewrite it using 'unless.)
 Feb. - 2017, Set D
1. He goes for his morning walk at 1 p.m. (Rewrite it in the Present Perfect Continuous Tens
2. They live in different time zones. (Make it a complex sentence.)
3. The man decideEto take a day off from work.
(Rewrite it using the noun form of the underlined word.)

Simple,compound,complex sentences-BOARD Examples

1.(M.2012. )They held a trial. Theycondemned him to death. (Rewrite using 'which' )

Ans: They held a trial which condemned him to death.

2.(M.2012. ). Enticingly served, it comes in four vatis. (Make it a compound sentence)

Ans:It is enticingly served and it comes in four vatis.

3.(0.2012. ) The war raged and India Was fighting onboth fronts. (Rewrite beginning with 'when)

Ans-  When the war raged, India was fighting on both fronts.

 4.(0.2012).  . A musician discovers joy when he manages to express himself in his music.
(Make it simple sentence)

 Ans- A musician discovers joy after managing to express himself in his music.

5.(M.2013. ) This was the cry that would wake me from my slumber two decades ago.
(Make it a simple sentence)

Ans: The cry would wake me from my slumber two decades ago.

6.( M.2013).My wife enters the kitchen to find them scurrying away. (Make it compound sentence)

Ans: My wife enters the kitchen and finds them scurrying away.

7.(0.2013.) I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor infriends' rooms.
(Make it a simple sentence)

Ans: Having no dorm room I slept on the floor in friends' rooms.

8.(0.2013.)It was Yamuna who first conveyedto us at 5 p.m. (Make it a simple sentence)
 Ans: Yamuna first conveyed to us at 5 p.m.

9.(0.2013). This child wakes up at 5 a.m. and studies for an hour, (Make it a simple sentenc)
Ans-  Waking up at 5 a.m.this child studies for an hour.

10.(M.2014). This time Dell made $ 18,000 and bought an expensive BMW car.
(Make it a simple sentence )

Ans: Making $ 18,000 this time Dell bought an expensive BMW car.

11.(M.2014). Her husband   is a media personality who typically arriveshome from work past midnight. (Make it a simple sentence.)

Ans: Her husband being a media personality typically arrives home form work pastmidnight.

12.(0.2014) I flung it on the table and set to work again. (Make it a simple sentence)

Ans:Flinging it on the table I set to work again.

13.(M.2015)The milk processing industry is a small one. (Make it a complex sentence.)

Ans:The industry that process milk is a small one.

14.(M.2015) Seeing the hungry market, Dell placed local advertisements.
(Make it a compound sentences)

Ans: Dell saw the hungry market and he placed local advertisements.

15.(0.2015.) The birds arrive at their Winter abode inside the bird sanctuary.
(Make it a complex sentence)

Ans: The birds arrive at their winter abode which is their sanctuary.

16.(F.2016. ). Floods are the most recurrent natural calamity hitting India almost every year.
(Make it a complex sentence.)

Ans: Floods are the most recurrent natural calamitywhich hit India almost every year.

17.(F.2016. ) Hearing the sound of hammering from a side street, Reuben had an idea.
(Rewrite the sentence using 'and')
 Reuben
 18.(J.2016. ) He opened the shop's weathered door and went inside. (Make it simple)
 Ans: Opening the shop's weathered door he went inside.

19.(F.2017. ) Iwalked straightto the village and bought myself two dozen penny exercise books.
(Make it simple.)

Ans: Walking straight to the village I bought myself two doZenpenny exercise books.

20.(F.2017. )As this material hardens, it becomes sedimentary rock (Make it a compound sentence.)

 Ans:This material hardens and becomes sedimentary rocke 

21.(F.2017. ) They live in different time zones. (Make it a complex 
They live where there are different time zones.

Objectives of conducting the Oral Test ( +2 level)

  Objectives of 
conducting the Oral Test


To test whether the student is able to .....

l. Listen with understanding words, phrases, short sentences, short paragraphs, etc.

2. Listen to write words, phrases and sentences correctly.

3. Pronounce words, phrases and sentences in an acceptable way and use correct stress and intonation patterns.

4. Read loudly an unseen text in fluent way with appropriate pauses and speed, havmg an understanding ofthe text.

5. Narrate / describe events / anecdotes / stories fluently, correctly and confidently.

6. Converse on topics of general interests using appropriate vocabulary.

7. Distinguish contrastive sounds and identify correct stress.

8. Writing short answers to the question on a given topic.

9. Participate in a group discussion on a given topic.

10. Report events and give and extempore speech.

11. Use oral English independently and confidently.

12. Speak in English in a variety of contexts on different topics / subjects.

Blue Print Of Written EXAMINATION Question Paper English 11th and 12 th

Blue Print 
Of Written EXAMINATION
Question Paper English 11th and 12 th

Rapid Reading - convert a dialogue between Roma and Herman

B) 1) Read the following extract and convert it in to a dialogue between
 Roma and Herman.

You may begin with

Roma : Herman there was a camp next to the farm
-Herman : How was the boy ?

"There was a camp next to the farm. " Roma continued. "I saw a boy there and I would throw him : apples every day. "
What an amazing coincidence that she had helped some other boy. "What did he look like?" I asked. "1-Ie was tall, skinny, and hungry. I must have seen him every day for six months."
My heart was racing. I couldn't believe it. This couldn't be. 'Did he tell you one day not to come back because he was leaving Schlieben?" Roma looked at me in amazement. "Yes ! "
 "That was me! "
I was ready to burst witfi joy and awes flooded with emotions. I couldn't believe it! My angel.
"I'm riot letting you go. " I said to Roma. And in thebackofthe Car on that blind date, I proposed to hen'I didn't want to wait.
"You're crazy ! " she said. But she invited meto meet her parents for Shabbat dinner the following -week. There wasqo much I looked forward to learning about Roma, but the mostimportant things I _ always knew: her steadfastness, her goodness. Formany months, in the worst ofcircum stances, she had come to the fence and given me hope. Now thal I'd found heragain, I could neverlether go.
That day, she said yes. And I kept my word. After nearly 50 years of marriage, two children and —— three grandchildren I have never let her go.

 ANSWER

Herman: Roma, where had you been before six months?

Roma:I had been in a small village near a concentration camp.

 Hennan: What was your experience in the camp .

 Roma:I would like to share it with you .

 Herman :I am eager to listen your experience.

 Roma : Herman , there was a camp next to the farm . I saw a boy there and I would throw him an apple everyday.

Herman: Oh , boy ! How was the boy?

  Roma: He was tall skinny and hungry.
 I must have seen ,   him everyday for six months.

Herman:( anxiously ) Did the boy tell you one day not to come

back because he was living Schliben?

Roma : (looking with surprise ) Yes! I remeber he said so . but  now do you know about this?

_Herman: Roma, I am that boy .

Roma O God! What a surprise! What a co-ihlcidence!

 Hetman: Roma , it's really surprising ..... Unbealivable ........ But I  am not lelting you to gonow . Roma I want to marry you.

 Roma :( blushing ) Are you crazy? meet my parents.

 Herman: Sure just tomorrow , but are you positive?

Roma( shyly)Ya!

Herman:Thank god Now I will never let you go:

SECTION-C
Rapid reading 
Q.5 A) Read the following extract and rewrite it as if Orlando is narrating.

You may begin with • 'On my way from Rosalind's cottage, I had seen my brother_ _ _ _' (4 Marks)

Oliver told them his story. He had searched for Orlando everywhere in the forest, he said, and at last, tired and hungry, he had fallen asleep under a tree. On his way from Rosalind's cottage, Orlando had seen his brother lying asleep. A big snake had curled round Oliver's neck and was just going to bite him when it saw Orlando and slipped away into a bush. And then Orlando saw that a hungry lion was waiting under the same bush, ready to kill Oliver as soon as he woke up.
Orlando thought of all his brother's unkindness to him in the past. Why should he risk his own life to save this brotherwho had always been cruel to him? Twice he turned away to leave Oliver, but he had a kind and noble heart and at last decided that he could not leave his brother to die. So he fought thelion. The fierce animal tore and bit his arm, but he managed to kill it. Oliver, wakened by the noise of the fight, saw that Orlando was risking his own lifeto save him. He was filled with shame at all his past  unkindness to his young brother, and he begged Orlando to forgive him.

Orlando took his brother to the Duke, who gave him food and clothes. Orlando said nothing about the wound the lion had given him, but it had been bleeding all the time, and suddenly he fell to the ground and fainted from loss ofblood. As soon as he recovered consciousness, Orlando begged Oliver to go to Ganymede and Aliena. 'Show them this blood-stained handkerchief,' he said, 'and explain to them why I have broken my promise to be with them at two o'clock'.

ANSWER

Ans:5 A) OnmywayfromRosalind's cottage, Ihadseenmy brother lying asleep. Section - C A bigsnake had curled round his neck and slipped away into a bush. Then tsawthat a hungry lion was waiting under the same bush ready to kill Oliver as soon ashe woke up. I thought ofall my brothers unkindness to me in the past. Whyshouldlriskmyown life to save this brother who had always been cruel to me? IWiceI turned away to leave Oliver, but I could not leave my brotherto die. So I faught the lion. Thelion tore and bit my arm, but I managed to kill it. My brother woke up by noise and saw I was risking my ownlifetosavehim.Hefeltshamedandbeggedmeto forgive. Itookmy brothertotheDuke, Isaidnothingaboutwoundthelionhad given, butit hadbeen bleeding all the time. I suddenly fell to the ground and fainted from loss of blood.

Rhetorical question to statement

A rhetorical question is only asked to gain an effect without expecting any answer.

Positive Rhetorical question strong : Negative statement  Examples

I) Corruption is getting rotted in social life. Is it fair ?
Ans. It is not fair
2) Why do students-bunk classes ?
Ans. Students should not bunk classes.

Exercise

1) Are children free from social condition ? 
(Rewrite as a statement)

2) What difference does it make ?   
(Rewrite as a statement)

3) Can happiness be bought with cash ?
(Rewrite as a statement)                
4) Are children free from thc burden ofparental aspiration?

I) Corruption is getting rotted in social life. Is it fair ?
Ans. It is not fair.
5) Is he the right person to do it ?
(Rewrite as a statement)

Negative Rhetorical question = Strong positive statement  Examples

1) Won't our cricketers Will certainly
Ans. Our cricketers will certainly come back as a winners..

2) Aren't children wiser than men ?
Ans. Children are certainly wiser than
  Men.


Exercise

 1) Why don't you pay attention
(Rewrite as a statement)
2) Doesn't this practice lead to certain oddities?
(Rewrite as a statement)
3) Wasn't the garden harvested ?
(Rewrite as a statement)
4) Wasn't it a pleasure walking around there ?
(Rewrite as a statement)
5) Isn't it a dense amalgamation of buildings and people?
(Rewrite as a statement)