A1.Simple Factual Activities: Correct the following sentences using facts from the review: (i) Manolin's parents insisted on his working with the same old fisherman. (ii)This novel is pure fiction. An old and experienced Cuban fisherman has a run of terrible bad luck and is unable to catch any fish for eighty-four days. His young and devoted apprentice, Manolin, has been forced by his parents to start working with another fisherman. The old man resolves to sail out farther than all the other fishermen and attempt to catch the really big fish. On the eightyfifth day he succeeds in hooking a marlin with his bait but the marlin is too strong for him and starts pulling the boat. ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ is the story of the old man’s struggle with the marlin and his later battle against sharks. Social/Historical context: Hemingway’s novel is based on real events and it also draws heavily on his own life. He had experience of fishing in the Cuban waters and like the old man he was also a fan of baseball. He worked for the Red Cross during the First World War and was injured by shrapnel when he was in Italy. Hemingway always talks about the need to struggle against defeat or death and how determination and endurance can help one to win in this struggle. The old man is at the end of the novel very near death, but we know that the story of his suffering and loss will live on in the memories of the people of his village. Ultimately, his story becomes one of triumph because the tales of his life will live on even after his death. The novel was published in 1952, when people were trying to recover from the mass destruction wrought by the two world wars, and this tale of endurance and ultimate triumph immediately struck a chord with the readers. A2. Complex Factual Activity: Complete : (Nov. '20) (i) Two things which Hemingway always talks about : A3. Activity based on Vocabulary: Write the 'root word' after dropping the prefix or suffix or both : (i) unable (ii) heavily (iii) determination (iv) endurance A4. Activities based on Contextual Grammar: Rewrite as directed, without changing the meaning: (i) Hemingway's novel is based on real events. (Convert the underlined adjective into an adjectival clause.) (ii) He hooks a marlin but the marlin is too strong for him. (Rewrite beginning with 'Although...") A5. Personal Response: (i) Would you prefer reading a book or watching an animated film? Justify you answer. (Nov, 20)

A1.Simple Factual Activities: (i) Manolin's parents insisted on his working with another fisherman. (ii) This novel is based on real events and draws heavily from incidents in Hemingway's own life. A2. Complex Factual Activity: (i) (1) the need to struggle against defeat or death. (2) how determination and endurance can help one to win in this struggle. A3. Activity based on Vocabulary: (i) unable - able (ii) heavily - heavy (iii) determination-determine (iv) endurance-endure A4. Activities based on Contextual Grammar: (i) Hemingway's novel is based on events which are real. (ii) Although he hooks a marlin, the marlin is too strong for him. A5. Personal Response: (i) I would prefer reading a book. While reading. I can imagine the events in the book in whatever way I wish to. In an animated film, the answer is given to me, all ready. 1 cannot use my imagination. Besides, watching TV makes my eyes tired, which reading does not

A1.Simple Factual Activities: Correct the following sentences usi…

A1.Simple Simple l Factual Activities:
Answer in one word:
(i) At what age was Stephen diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis?
(ii) Over the years, how many books has Stephen written or co-written?
(iii) When did Stephen catapult to international prominence?
(iv) In which year was his life story depicted?

Stephen Hawking (born January 8, 1942) is a British scientist, professor and author who has done groundbreaking work in physics and cosmology, and whose books have helped to make science accessible to everyone. At the age of 21, while studying cosmology at the University of Cambridge, he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Part of his life story was depicted in the 2014 film ‘The Theory of
Everything.’
Over the years, Stephen Hawking has written or co-written a total of 15 books. A few of the most noteworthy include: The Grand Design, The Universe in a Nutshell, The Theory of Everything.
In 1988 Hawking catapulted to international prominence with the publication of A Brief History of Time. The short, informative book became an account of cosmology for the masses and offered an overview of space and time, the existence of God and the future.The work was an instant success, spending more than four years atop the ‘London Sunday Times’ bestseller list. Since its publication, it has sold millions of
copies worldwide and been translated into more than 40 languages.
‘A Brief History of Time’ also wasn’t as easy to understand as some had hoped. So in 2001, Hawking followed up his book with ‘The Universe in a Nutshell,’ which offered a more illustrated guide to cosmology’s big theories.
In 2005, Hawking authored the even more accessible ‘A Briefer History of Time,’ which further simplified the original work’s core concepts and touched upon the newest developments in the field like String theory.

A2. Complex Factual Activity:
Make a list of the books written by Stephen Hawking:

Name of the book	What's in it? (topics covered)	His contribution. to the world
1.
2.

A3. Activity based on Vocabulary:
Write from the passage words for:
(i) status
(ii) summary
(iii) people
(iv) immediate
A4. Activities based on Contextual Grammar:
(i) He was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. (Rewrite using the present perfect tense of the underlined part.)
(ii) It has sold millions of copies worldwide and been translated into more than 40 languages.(Change into a simple sentence)
A5. Personal Response:
(i) Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Justify your stand/answer by quoting a line from the passage:
Hawking has written or co-written more than 25 books.

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A1.Simple Factual Activities:
Name the following :
(i) Language of the novel
(ii) In his first reading, the reviewer was left :
(iii) After recent reading the reviewer was left:
(iv) It fights for its life desperately :

Hemingway’s language is simple and pithy. He mostly writes in short and straight-forward sentences and practises an extreme economy in his use of words. This simplicity is deceptive and a reader can read his work again and again and find new layers of meaning every time.
I first read this novel years ago, when I did not understand it at all and was left unimpressed. In spite of this a vivid image remained with me – an old man holding on to his fishing line with the last of his strength. Recently I read this book again and was extremely moved. The formidable strength of the old man’s character, the quiet devotion of the empathetic Manolin and the relationship between the two are heartwarming. Hemingway’s descriptions of the sea and the creatures of the water are beautiful. The marlin fights for its life desperately and it’s hard to know whether
our sympathies should lie with the old man or with the marlin. But as the novel progresses the old man and the marlin are inseparably linked because both stand
for the same ideal, that is, a noble struggle against destruction.

A2. Complex Factual Activity:
Explain in one or two sentences :
(i) 'Hemingway practises an extreme economy in his use of words". What does this mean?
(ii) What are the ideals that the old man and the marlin both stand for ?
A3. Activity based on Vocabulary:
Write the 'root word' after dropping the prefix or suffix or both :
(i) unimpressed
(ii) relationship
(iii) inseparably
(iv) empathetic
A4. Activities based on Contextual Grammar:
Rewrite as directed, without changing the meaning :
(i) The reader can read his work again and again and find new layers of meaning.
(Begin the sentence with 'On reading....')
(ii) As the novel progresses, the old man and the marlin are inseparably linked.
(Rewrite using 'progress' as a noun.)
A5. Personal Response:
(i) Write four to five sentences about your favourite writer.

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A1.Simple Factual Activities:
Match the places with the countries :

'A'	'B'
(i) Sydncy Opera House	(a) Vienna
(ii) Historic Center	(b) Peru
(iii) Grand Canyon National Park	(c) Australia
(iv) Machu Pichhu	(d) United States

As of 2009, there are 890 World Heritage Sites that are located in 148 countries (map). 689 of these sites are cultural and include places like the Sydney Opera House in Australia and the Historic Center of Vienna in Austria. 176 are natural and feature such locations as the U.S.’s Yellowstone and Grand Canyon National Parks. 25 of the World Heritage Sites are considered mixed i.e. natural and cultural Peru’s Machu Picchu is one of these. Italy has the highest number of World Heritage Sites with 44. India has 36 (28 cultural, 7 natural and 1 mixed) World Heritage Sites. The
World Heritage Committee has divided the world’s countries into five geographic zones which include (1) Africa, (2) Arab States, (3) Asia Pacific (including Australia and Oceania), (4) Europe and North America and (5) Latin America and the Caribbean
Like many natural, historic and cultural sites around the world, many World Heritage Sites are in danger of being destroyed or lost due to war, poaching, natural
disasters like earthquakes, uncontrolled urbanization, heavy tourist traffic and environmental factors like air pollution and acid rain. World Heritage Sites that are
in danger are inscribed on a separate List of World Heritage Sites in Danger which allows the World Heritage Committee to allocate resources from the World Heritage Fund to that site. In addition, different plans are put into place to protect and/or restore the site. If however, a site loses the characteristics which allowed for it to be originally included on the World Heritage List, the World Heritage Committee can
choose to delete the site from the list. To learn more about World Heritage Sites, visit the World Heritage Centre’s website at whc.unesco.org.

A2. Complex Factual Activity:
(i) Explain the role of the World Heritage Committee.
A3. Activity based on Vocabulary:
Choose the correct meanings :
(i) disaster :
(a) problem (b) incident (c) calamity (d) accident
(ii) allocate :
(a) allow (b) distribute (c) catch (d) understand
(iv) understandA4. Activities based on Contextual Grammar:
(i) Use 'not only...but also' in the following sentence :
The Opera House in Australia and the Historic Center of Vienna in Austria are cultural sites of World Heritage.
(ii) Identify whether the following sentence is Simple, Compound or Complex :
There are 890 World Heritage Sites that are located in 148 countries.
A5. Personal Response:
(i) Why should we preserve World Heritage Sites?

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A1.Simple Simple l Factual Activities:
Name the following from the passage:
(i) The great personalities from India:
(ii) The two centres of global peace and brotherhood:

My journey from the great land of Lord Buddha, Guru Nanak and Mahatma Gandhi; India to Norway is a connect between the two centres of global peace and brotherhood, ancient and modern.
Friends, the Nobel Committee has generously invited me to present a “lecture.” Respectfully, I am unable to do that. Because, I am representing here the sound of silence. The cry of innocence. And, the face of invisibility. I represent millions of those
children who are left behind and that’s why I have kept an empty chair here as a reminder.
I have come here only to share the voices and dreams of our children - because they are all our children - (gesture to everyone in the audience). I have looked into their frightened and exhausted eyes.I have held their injured bodies and felt their broken spirits.
Twenty years ago, in the foothills of the Himalayas, I met a small, skinny child labourer. He asked me: “Is the world so poor that it cannot give me a toy and a book, instead of forcing me to take a gun or a tool?”
I met with a Sudanese child-soldier. He was kidnapped by an extremist militia. As his first training lesson, he was forced to kill his friends and family. He asked me: “What is my fault?”

A2. Complex Factual Activity:
(i) Make a list of the things that Kailash Satyarthi is not ready to accept:
A3. Activities based on Vocabulary:
(i) Pick out from the passage the verb form of - hindrance
(ii) Make a meaningful sentence using the phrase 'give up':
A4. Activities based on Contextual Grammar:
Do as directed:
(i) I have the privilege of working with many courageous people who have the same aim. (Rewrite using the noun form of the underlined word.)
(ii) All the great religions teach us to care for our children. (Frame a Wh-question to get the underlined words as the answer.)
A5. Personal Response:
(i) "Besides the political freedom that our nation enjoys, what other freedom should it strive for? Say why.

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A1. Simple Factual Activities:
Say whether the following statements are True or False:
(i) The king wanted to know the answers to three questions.
(ii) The king never failed in any undertaking.
(iii) The people convinced the king to make a proclamation.
(iv) The king announced a reward for the right answers.

Once a certain king had an idea. If he always knew the right time to begin everything, if he knew who were the right people to listen to and who to avoid the most important thing to do, he would never fail in anything that he would undertake and above all, if he
always knew what was the most undertake. Since he was convinced that he was right in thinking this way, he had a proclamation made in his kingdom. He would give a great reward to anyone who would teach him what the right time was for every action, who the most necessary people were, and how he might know the most important thing to do.
Many learned people came to the court but they all gave different answers. In reply to the first question,some said that to know the right time for every action,one must draw up in advance a table of days, months and years, and must live strictly according to it. Others declared that it was impossible to decide beforehand the right time for every action; but that, not letting oneself be absorbed in idle pastimes, one should always attend to all that was going on, and then do that which was most essential. Yet others said that it was impossible for one man to decide correctly the right time for every action and that the king should, instead, have a council of wise people, who would help him to fix the proper time for everything.

A2. Complex Factual Activities:
(i) What final suggestion did the last group of learned men offer regarding the best time?
A3. Activities based on Vocabulary:
The following compound words from the passage are spelt in jumbled order. Rearrange the letters to make them meaningful:
(i) a r e e t u k d n
(ii) y o n n a c
(iii) s t a p s i e m
(iv) h e e d a r f o n b
A4. Activities based on Contextual Grammar:
Pick out the finite and non-finite verbs from the sentences:
(i) He always knew the right time to begin everything.
(ii) He was right in thinking this way.
A5. Personal Response:
(i) What is the right time, according to you?

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A1.Simple Factual Activities:
Write if the following statements are True or False:
(i) The writer thought that the lady was rean.
(ii) The writer's tip was rather inadequate.
(iii) The lady was now like a stone.
(iv) The writer planned to have a heavy inner.

“You see, you’ve filled your stomach with a lot of meat,” my one miserable little chop “and you can’t eat any more. But I’ve just had a snack and I shall enjoy a peach.”
The bill came and when I paid it I found that I had only enough for a quite inadequate tip. Her eyes rested for an instant on the three francs I left for the
waiter and I knew that she thought me mean. But when I walked out of the restaurant I had the whole month before me and not a penny in my pocket.
“Follow my example,” she said as we shook hands,“and never eat more than one thing for luncheon.”
“I’ll do better than that,” I retorted, “I’ll eat nothing for dinner tonight.”
“Humorist!” she cried gaily, jumping into a cab. “You’re quite a humorist!”
But I have had my revenge at last. I do not believe that I am a vindictive man, but when the gods take a hand in the matter it is understandable to observe the result with satisfaction. Today, she weighs twenty- one stone.

A2. Complex Factual Activity:
Complete the reasons :
(i) The writer planned to 'eat nothing' for dinner that night because....
A3. Activity based on Vocabulary:
Fill in the blanks with one word from the passage for the following :
(i) Something that is not enough : __________
(ii) A man who is revengeful : __________
(iii) A person who fills his or her writings with humour : __________
(iv) A person who is stingy and does not like to spend money : __________
A4. Activities based on Contextual Grammar:
Pick out the verbs from the following sentences and write their tense:
(i) Tve just had a snack and 1 shall enjoy a peach.
(ii) The bill came and when I paid it 1 found that I had only enough for a quite inadequate tip.
A5. Personal Response:
(i) Do you think that the lady never 'ate more than one thing for luncheon' on a regular basis?

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A1. Simple Factual Activity:
Pick out the statements that are false and write Them correctly:
(i) On the beach, the author found rocks carved and sculpted by the wind.
(ii) The hibiscus flower smiles with the sun and Hances with the wind.
(iii) Rocks take the shape that the water commands.
(iv) Our problems are big and so are we.

To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour

Something, as tiny as a grain of sand, can spark off an idea or imagination of a huge
significance to the world. One can witness and experience the beauty of Heaven in something as small as wild flower and derive joy forever. Only one should have the eyes and time to see it.
Infinity is endless space; but your small palm can hold the destiny of earth through your efforts.Eternity is endless time; but just an hour in your life can make a difference to the world forever.
(Great deeds can surpass the limits of time and space. They never die.)
We instinctively turn to outdoor activities and nature as a way of relaxing and enhancing our well being. Nature soothes and nurtures. Nature fulfils and
motivates. Nature whispers and commands.
Are you listening?
When I do, it leaves me in complete awe.
We have a hibiscus plant in our garden. Every fortnight a flower blooms on it-big, bright and tender. Through the day it smiles with the sun and dances with the wind, but as evening approaches, it starts wilting. The morning after, it withers completely and by evening it falls and becomes one with the earth again. The flower comes to life only for a day, yet it does so in full splendour. What if we too lived our life, however short, to its fullest ?
We went to a rocky beach and saw the spread of the majestic ocean and the rocks alongside, carved, sculpted and shaped by the water. Water is so gentle, rock so hard, yet, as the water flows over it every day, for years, the rock gives in. It takes the shape that the water commands. Our problems are so colossal and we are so small, yet if we persist...

A2. Complex Factual Activities:
(i) The writer explains the contrasting features of 'water' and 'rock' in the lesson. Write all the features of both water and rock in the given table.
A3. Activities based on Vocabulary:
(i) Pick out the examples of concrete nouns from the passage.
Concrete nouns nouns that we can touch or see.
(ii) Pick out the examples of abstract nouns from the passage.
Abstract nouns nouns that we can't touch or see.
A4. Activities based on Contextual Grammar:
(i) Choose the correct 'not only ... but also..." form of the sentence:
Natures soothes and nurtures.
(a) Not only nature soothes but nurtures also.
(b) Nature soothes not only but also nurtures.
(c) Nature soothes but also nurtures not only.
(d) Nature not only soothes but also nurtures.
(ii) By evening it falls and becomes one with the earth again. (Rewrite using the -ing form of the underlined word.)"
A5. Personal Response:
(i) How do you deal with difficulties and problems?

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A1. Simple Factual Activities:
Match the years with the events in the life of Arjan Singh:

	Event	Year
(1)	Appointed Deputy Chief of Air Staff	(a) 1947
(2)	Selected for the Empire Pilot Training Course	(b) 1962
(3)	Promoted to the rank of Air Commodore	(c) 1949
(4)	Led a fly-past over the Red Fort	(d) 1963

For his role in successfully leading the squadron in combat, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) in 1944. On August 15, 1947, he achieved the unique honour of leading a fly-past of over a hundred IAF aircraft over the Red Fort in Delhi.
After his promotion to the rank of Wing Commander, he attended the Royal Staff College at the UK.Immediately after Indian independence, he commanded Ambala in the rank of Group Captain. In 1949, he was promoted to the rank of Air Commodore and took over as Air Officer Commanding (AOC) of an operational command, which later came to be known as Western Air Command.
Singh had the distinction of having the longest tenure as AOC of an operational base, initially from 1949-1952 and then again from 1957-1961. After his promotion to the rank of Air Vice Marshal, he was appointed as the AOC-in-C of an operational command.
Towards the end of the 1962 war, he was appointed as the Deputy Chief of the Air Staff and he became the Vice Chief of the Air Staff in 1963. He was the overall
commander of the joint air training exercise “Shiksha” held between IAF, RAF (Royal Air Force) and RAAF (Royal Australian Air Force)."
On August 1, 1964, in the rank of Air Marshal, the Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh took over reins of IAF, at a time when it was still rebuilding itself and was gearing up to meet new challenges.

A2. Complex Factual Activities:
Complete the following:
(i) On 15th August 1947, Arjan Singh achieved the unique honour of .................... .
(ii) He had the distinction of having the longest tenure as ...................... .
(iii) Immediately after Indian independence, he commanded ....................... .
(iv) He was the overall commander of the joint air .................... .
A3. Activities based on Vocabulary:
Replace the underlined words/phrases with the appropriate ones, to retain the proper meaning:
(be the epitome of. gear up, a brief stint, play a major role, in recognition of, take over reins)
(i) Our school cricket team got ready for the final match against P.Q.R.High School.
(ii) After the murder of King Duncan, Macbeth took over the control of Scotland.
A4. Activities based on Contextual Grammar:
(i) After his promotion to the rank of Wing Commander, he attended the Royal Staff College at the UK. (Rewrite using the verb form of the underlined word.)
(ii) He was the overall commander of the joint air training exercise 'Shiksha'.(Rewrite using the noun 'command".)
A5. Personal Response:
(i) Describe briefly a brave person whom you have met.

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A1.Simple Factual Activities:
Choose the correct options from the bracket and fill in the blanks:
(younger, eighty, twenty, interval)
(i) I went over during the _______ and sat down beside her.
(ii) None of us are getting any _______ .
(iii) It was _______ years ago.
(iv) I had _______ francs to last me the rest of the month.

I caught sight of her at the play and in answer to her call. I went over during the interval and sat down beside her. It was long since I had last seen her and, if someone had not mentioned her name, I hardly think I would have recognised her. She addressd me brightly.
“Well, it’s many years since we first met. How time does fly ! We’re none of us getting any younger.Do you remember the first time I saw you? You asked me to luncheon.”
Did I remember ?
It was twenty years ago and I was living in Paris. I had a tiny apartment and I was earning barely enough money. She had read a book of mine and had written to
me about it. I answered, thanking her, and presently, I received from her another letter saying she was passing through Paris and would like to have a chat with me.But her time was limited and the only free moment she had was on the following Thursday and would I give her a little luncheon at Foyot’s afterwards ? Foyot’s is a restaurant and it was so far beyond my means that I had never even thought of going there. I had
eighty francs (gold francs) to last me the rest of the month and a modest luncheon should not cost more than fifteen. If I cut out coffee for the next two weeks, I could manage well enough.

A2. Complex Factual Activity:
(i) Who said these words/sentences? Under what circumstances?

Words/ Sentences	Who said?	Under what circumstances?
It's many years since we first met.

A3. Activity based on Vocabulary:
Find out the 'Synonyms' from the passage for the words:
(i) A set of rooms:
(ii) Acknowledged:
(iii) Handle:
(iii) Directed a remark:
A4. Activities based on Contextual Grammar:
Rewrite the following sentence using the antonym of the underlined word:
(i) We're none of us getting any younger.'
Rewrite the following sentence using 'except':
(ii) The only free moment she had was on the following Thursday.
A5. Personal Response:
(i) If you were in the place of the narrator, how would you have reacted in the given situation?

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A1.Simple Factual Activities:
Fill in the blanks:
(i) For 30 years, Stephen Hawking held the post of ..................... .
(ii) Stephen Hawking selected his words with a ...................... .
(iii) Stephen Hawking failed to appear at the conference because of a .................. .
(iv) ................ remains a constant anxiety.

The predicament caught the attention of a California computer programmer, who had developed a speaking program that could be directed by head or eye movement. The invention allowed Hawking to select words on a computer screen that were then passed through a speech synthesizer. At the time of its introduction, Hawking, who still had use of his fingers,selected his words with a handheld clicker. Today, with virtually all control of his body gone, Hawking directs the program through a cheek muscle attached to a
sensor.
Through the program, and the help of assistants, Stephen Hawking has continued to write at a prolific rate. His work has included numerous scientific papers,of course, but also information for the non-scientific community.
Hawking’s health, of course, remains a constant concern - a worry that was heightened in 2009 when he failed to appear at a conference in Arizona because of a chest infection. In April, Hawking, who had already announced he was retiring after 30 years from the post of Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, was rushed to the hospital for being what university officials described as “gravely ill.” It was later announced that he was expected to make a full recovery.

A2. Complex Factual Activity:
Explain the life of Stephen Hawking with reference to the following statement:
(i) Hawking's health, of course, remains a constant concern.
A3. Activity based on Vocabulary:
Choose three synonyms for each of the following:
(i) Write the adjective forms of:
(a) infection (b) office.
(ii) Write from the last paragraph phrases that give an indication of Stephen Hawking's health situation.
A4. Activities based on Contextual Grammar:
Underline the determiners:
Today, with virtually .............. control of ............ body gone. Hawking directs ............. program through ............. cheek muscle attached to .............. sensor.
A5. Personal Response:
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Justify your stand/answer by quoting a line from the passage.
(i) Though Hawking lost control over his body, he writes at a prolific rate with the help of assistants.

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