viii) corps/corpse a) The was covered with a shroud. b) A five-day annual training camp for the senior cadets of the National Cadet has been organised. Listening Activity Read the following statements and the given options. Now, listen to your teacher read aloud a passage or play it on a recorder.
You may listen to it again if required, to help you choose the right options. i) According to Napoleon ‘Good mothers make good .’ a) housewives b)jobs c) nations d) ideas ii) Mothers exhibit love. a)unauthorized b) unapproved c)unacceptable d) unconditional iii) mothers care much for their children. a) Adapted b) Adopted c) Adoptive d) Adaptable iv) is the most important thing in the world.
a) Wealth b) Power c) Love d) Influence v) Love should be extended to too. a) friends b) relatives c) countrymen d) creatures Speaking Activity a. Work in pairs and arrive at five points that bring out the benefits and challenges of living in either a nuclear family or a joint family. Share your views with your class.
b. Build a conversation of eight to ten sets of exchanges, with your grandmother, discussing the incidents that happened in your school that day. c. Every member contributes to forming a happy family.
Share your views for a minute or two with your class. Reading Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body. Have you ever counted the number of words you read in an hour? The average reading speed of an educated adult is approximately 15000 to 18000 words per hour.
If you read four hours a day, you are likely to go through , words daily. As you go through this process, you would be able to acquire several skills such as ◆ intensive and extensive reading ◆ grasping meaning from the contexts ◆ expressing what you have understood, in appropriate words. You would be able to learn various types of techniques like ◆ Skimming ◆ Scanning ◆ Decoding ◆ Encoding -A-Prose-The Portrait of a - - :