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CHAPTER 7, , , , , , , , A. SYNTHESIS, , Assignment, , A., , 24, , 1, Having passed the examination, he won a scholarship., 2. Since the referee has arrived, they should get ready for the match., , ‘TEACHERS’ HANDBOOK (TOTAL ENGLISH-X), , , , My friend is neither a judge nor a lawyer., , Since he has high fever, he cannot take part in games., , Even though I am rude sometimes, my friends love me., , He neither came to school, nor did he send in an application., Although he was hurt, he helped the victims., , Either do your work diligently, or leave my service., , nape o, , It was so dark that they could hardly see each other., , It is too difficult a task for me to do., , As soon as he received my message, he came to see me., Unless you work hard, you will not succeed., , The man whom we met in the bank is a cheat., , Besides being a painter, Tagore was a poet., , Do not steal since stealing is a crime., , You must pass the exam, since your future depends on it., Fools rush in where angels fear to tread., , 10. He lost all his money; nevertheless he persevered., , OBNAGSONS w, , , , L, , B. NARRATIVE COMPOSITION |, , Assignment, , 1., , Anshu Gupta, social activist and Ramon Magsaysay Award winner, visited my school—spoke about social responsibilities of students—, moral and ethical values—secularism—students’ duties towards, school, family, society—weaker sections and women—simple, fluent, language—easily understood—impressed by his social commitment., , , , , , 2. Quarrel with a friend—complained against me to the principal—, accused me of theft—money found in his school bag by the teacher, —1 was absolved of the charge—still wonder why my friend did it to, me—I will be more careful while making friends., | D. TEST PAPER-7 |, Question 1, (a) [The line ‘They also serve who stand and wait’ means that even those, , people who are not able to carry out the will of God (because of some, problem) can still play a crucial role. |, , Mr Alex led a happy and content life till he was diagnosed with brain, cancer that would not allow him to live for more than six months—he, cursed everyone, including God for his condition—one day, he met a, saintly man, who preached him to serve God by praying for those who, are sick and invalid—he followed his advise and started praying for a, child in the same hospital, who was suffering from a strange disease—, , Scanned with CamScanner, , | III

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Alex's prayers had their effect—the child’s situation started improving, , day by day—even the doctors called it a miracle—finally, the child was., , cured and discharged from the hospital—thus, Alex proved that ‘they, also serve who stand and wait.’, , For the View: Homework is necessary for students because—(i} it, , helps them to revise what they have learnt in class; (ji) it helps them, , to study in detail what they have been taught in school, (iii) it makes, them disciplined and regular in studies; (iv) it teaches them time, management; and (y) it helps them to prepare for the exams., , Against the View: No, it is not necessary to give homework to the, , students every day becatise—(i) it acts as a burden for the students,, , who after spending long hours at school are forced to spend most, their time in doing homework; (ii) many times, students lose interest, in academic subjects as they are compelled to study and do their, homework at the cost of giving up sports and games as well as their, hobbies; (iii) they do the homework as a matter of routine rather than, learning or revising their chapters—it makes the students physically, and mentally fatigued and sleep deprived which affects their health., , {c) Some experiences in life are not worth remembering but even when, you recall such experiences unexpectedly, they give you goosebumps, —1 had one such experience, when | went to watch a movie with my, friend—there were hardly ten people in the hall when we entered— it, was a horror movie—after watching the movie for half an hour, I started, feeling scared—when I looked around, | could see only my friend and, one more person—I got more scared—as my friend went out to freshen, himself, | got the scare of my life—I felt as if the ghost in the movie had, come out of the screen and moving towards me— suddenly, somebody, held me by my shoulder, ! shricked and fainted —when | regained, consciousness, I was in the relaxing room and my friend was trying, to revive me—actually it was my friend who had touched my shoulder, and I felt that it was the ghost., , (a) l accompanied my brother who was going by helicopter on an official, assignment—suddenly the weather turned bad—the pilot could not, control the helicopter and it crashed—when we became conscious,, we found ourselves marooned on a deserted island—there was no, vegetation or water—found an empty bottle on which was marked in, black ‘dig left 5 km away'—with great difficult reached the spot and, started digging—found a box containing some medicines, dates and, a wireless set—we ate the dates and used the wireless set to contact, my brother's office—it could not be reached as there were no signals, —atfter two hours, it started working, we sent the message and were, finally rescued., , (e) Naseer Khan is a cobbler, who is known in the colony as ‘Naseer, Chacha'—he is the fourth generation of a family of cobblers, who, used to sit and work at the same corner of the road, where Naseer at, , b, , 26 ‘TEACHERS’ HANDBOOK (TOTAL ENGLISH-X), , , , presently works—he comes early in the morning at around 6:30 and, after brooming his so-called small workshop, arranges all his tools—, the people going to school or offices are his early morning customers, —he greets everybody with a smile—his shoe making and repairing, skills are excellent and once a shoe or a sandal is repaired by him, it, lasts for a long time—when he is not repairing shoes, he makes pairs, of shoes, in fact customises the shoes for people, who do not want to, buy from market—Naseer Khan's small shop is a landmark for the, colony—any new entrant, a visitor, a postman, a courier bay, all come, to him and enquire about people in the colony and he answers everyone, ‘uungrudgingly — he has become an elderly member of the colony, to, whom people give gifts, sweets and money during every happy occasion,, be it Holi, Diwali, Eid, Christmas, birthdays or weddings and he in, turn showers them with lots of blessings., , Question 2, , {a) Dear Ankit, glad to know that you have shifted to Bengaluru—now, we will be able to meet often—since you are new to the city life,, Twantyou to follow some instructions: (i) do not talk to strangers and, do not take any eatables from them; (ii) do not pick any object from, the road; (iii) buy genuine products from authentic shops; (iv) do take, your studies seriously and join coaching classes for English—convey, my regards to uncle and aunty., , (b) Very ill—diagnosed with Jaundice—complete rest advised by the, doctor—request for leave for two weeks., , Ouactian &, , Scanned with CamScanner