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Speaking

Question 1: We have just read about the first flight of a young seagull. Your teacher will now divide the class into groups. Each group will work on one of the following topics. Prepare a presentation with your group members and then present it to the entire class.

•       Progression of Models of Airplanes

•       Progression of Models of Motorcars

•       Birds and Their Wing Span

•       Migratory Birds -Tracing Their Flights

Answer 1:

This is an activity. So, do this under the guidance of your subject teacher.

Writing I

Question 1: Write a short composition on your initial attempts at learning a skill. You could describe the challenges of learning to ride a bicycle or learning to swim. Make it as humorous as possible.

Answer 1:

Learning to ride a Bicycle

In every type of learning an art or skill is required. After learning traffic rule, we should enter into the process of learning a bicycle. Practice in balancing our body on bicycle and controlling the handle plays an important role. Last week I was learning to ride a cycle. All of a sudden, I was to fall because of misbalance of my body on cycle. My friend helped me and saved me from being hurt. I had proceeded ahead then I collided with an old man. He became angry but did not shout on me. Gradually, I got control in such a way that I had no chance of any collision. In this way I used my skills in learning to ride a bicycle.

Question 2: The Black Aero plane thinking about the Text

1.     "I'll take the risk." What is the risk? Why does the narrator take it?

2.     Describe the narrator's experience as he flew the aero plane into the storm.

3.     Why does the narrator say, "I landed and was not sorry to walk away from the old Dakota..."?

4.     What made the woman in the control center look at the narrator strangely?

5.     Who do you think helped the narrator to reach safely? Discuss this among yourselves and give reasons for your Answer.

Answer 2:

1.     The narrator was flying the old Dakota towards Paris. He saw storm clouds looking like black mountains. He knew he could not fly over them nor he had the fuel to fly around to north or south. The risk was to fly through the black storm clouds. The narrator took the risk because he wanted to reach Paris to celebrate Christmas with his family.

2.     As the narrator flew into the storm, everything went black. It became almost impossible to see anything outside the plane. The aero plane jumped and twisted in the air. When he looked at his compass, he couldn't believe what he saw. The compass was turning round and round. It was dead. Along with it, the other instruments, including the radio, were also dead. He saw another aero plane with no lights on its wings, but was flying through the storm. Its pilot waved at him, asking him to follow. He was glad to find help. It was the last fuel tank and there was only enough fuel to fly five or ten minutes. Then, the other pilot started to go down and he followed. He suddenly came out of the clouds and saw the runway, on which he then landed his plane safely.

3.     The pilot was delighted to land safely out of dark stormy black cloud, therefore, he was not sorry to walk away for his plane. He felt bad, when he was not able to thank his guide, his mentor who saved him from the frightening situation, but he was so happy after landing that he didn't feel sorry for not being able to thank the guide pilot.

4. The Women in control center was surprised when the narrator asked about the other aero plane and its pilot. She was surprised because she did not see any other aero plane on the radar.

5.     According to me, it was the narrator's own self that helped him through the storm. As the woman at the control center saw only his plane on the radar, there was no other plane in the storm. The narrator might have been hallucinating. He was a good pilot, and it might have been his own self that came to his help.

Writing II

Question 1: Have you ever been alone or away from home during a thunderstorm? Narrate your experience in a paragraph.

Answer:

Experiencing a Thunderstorm

On the last Monday, I was going to school form my house. It is situated about 7 kilometers. All of a sudden there came a sand storm full of dust. Gradually it became too violent to move about. I decided to stay under the roof of Tiwari Academy (an education institute). Very soon it turned very fierce and took away many roofs of huts in the open. It became dark with dust and sand. Nothing was visible in that atmosphere. The storm was trying to blow away the people, standing in the open. Many trees were uprooted. After an hour, it receded but I did not find my bicycle. Later on, it was seen on a tree. Many of the people lost their things in that storm.