Classes VI - X

    PAST PRESENT FUTURE SIMPLE COMPLETED ACTION S+V2+O TRUTH/HABIT S+V1+O FUTURE ACTION S+(WILL)+V1+O CONTINUOUS PAST INCOMPLETE ACT S+(WAS/WERE)+VING+O ON GOING ACTION S+(AM/IS/ARE)+VING+O FUTURE INCOMPLETE ACT S+(WILL BE)+VING+O PERFECT COMPLETED ACTION WITH RESPECT TO ANOTHER S+(HAD)+V3+O PERFECTLY COMPLETE S+(HAVE/HAS)+V3+O FUTURE COMPLETED ACT WITH RESPECT TO ANOTHER S+(WILL HAVE)+V3+O PERFECT CONTINUOUS PAST INCOMPLETE AC TION WITH RESPECT TO ANOTHER S+(HAD BEEN)+VING+O STARTED IN PAST AND STILL CONTINUE S+(HAVE BEEN)+VING+O FUTURE INCOMPLETE ACTION WITH RESPECT TO ANOTHER S+(WILL HAVE BEEN)+VING+O TENSES CHART

  Q. Write a diary entry detailing about a trip to a historical place. E.g., Taj Mahal, Qutub Minar etc MONDAY 26 th October 2020 9.30 PM Dear Diary It was a very wonderful day. I went with my family to visit the Taj Mahal located at Agra. We started in the morning at 6 am from Delhi by car. We packed a lot food items for breakfast and decided to have lunch at Agra. Do you know what my mother cooked for breakfast? It was my favourite Chhole Kulche. On the way we stopped at Mathura. We had our breakfast and visited the temples located in Mathura. Visiting the temples in the morning gave a very good feeling. From there we visited the Fatehpur Sikri. We had to take a deviation from a point, and sorry I don’t remember the place from where we took the deviation. Fatehpur Sikri is a beautiful place with one Peer Baba’s Mazhar(tomb). We tied thread and asked for blessings. Next was the most beautiful Taj, which is one among the eight wonders of the world. The beauty set in white mar

 1. Why did Abbu Khan’s goats want to run away? What happened to them in the hills?  Ans. Abbu Khan’s goats wanted to run away because they wanted freedom to go to the beautiful hills and enjoy eating the fresh green grass. A wolf used to kill and eat them in the hills.  2. Abbu Khan said, “No more goats in my house ever again.” Then he changed his mind. Why?  Ans. Abbu Khan said, “No more goats in my house ever again.” Then he changed his mind because he felt very lonely.  3. Why did he buy a young goat?  Ans. He bought a young goat with a thought that the young goat will stay with him for a longer time and it will not leave him for freedom. 4. Why did Chandni hate the rope round her neck?  Ans. Chandni hated the rope around her neck because it pulled her back from going to the beautiful hills. She wanted to be free of it knowing the possible consequences.  5. “Now Abbu Khan understood Chandni’s problem...” What was Chandni’s problem?  Ans. Chandni’s problem was that knowing the conse

 1.  Why is Mr Purcell compared to an owl?  Ans. Mr Purcell is compared to an owl because of the large glasses which used to magnify his eyes like an owl’s eyes. 2. Do you think the atmosphere of Mr Purcell’s shop was cheerful or depressing? Give reasons for your answer.  Ans. I think the atmosphere of Mr Purcell’s shop was depressing. It was lifeless. It was full of the strange sounds made by the birds chirping and moving. Mr Purcell was used to the sound but the customers used to wonder how he puts up with such disturbing noises.  3. Describe the stranger who came to the pet shop. What did he want?  Ans. The stranger who came to the shop was wearing a cheap new suit. He was a prisoner earlier. He came to Mr Purcell’s shop and asked for “something in a cage”. He wasn’t clear about what he exactly wanted but it should have wings and should be in a cage. 4. (i) The man insisted on buying the doves because he was fond of birds. Do you agree?  (ii) How had he earned the five dollars he ha

 1. What is the most obvious advantage of sleep? Ans. The most obvious advantage of sleep is that it helps our body recover from fatigue mainly caused by the day’s activities. It helps us in relaxing our mind and gives rest to our exhausted body. We tend to become alert and active after taking a nap and it prepares us to take on the normal activities of the day. 2. What happens to our body when we sleep? Ans. During sleep, the muscles of our body become relaxed, our heartbeat becomes slower and our temperature and blood pressure also goes down. 3. Define a dream in your own words. Ans. Dream is an involuntary activity of the mind in which we see a succession of pictures, sensations and emotions that usually occur during different phases of sleep. 4. Why are dreams important? Mention two reasons. Ans. Dreams are important mainly for two reasons. These include:  i) They help us to sleep through noise and other distractions.  ii) Sometimes they provide us solution to certain problem that

 2. Write the meaning of the lines given: a) All that you do ........ in your head. Ans. The above lines mean that when someone has a thought in their head and do not know how to express it, then one should just pick the most accurate words in English which best words express those thoughts in your mind. b) For many of the ...... yet been said. Ans. The poet here tries to say that it wrong to think that there is nothing remaining to be said because there so many beautiful things and thoughts in the world which have yet not been spoken or put into words. So poet asks us not to hesitate to express what comes across our mind. c) But only words..... your eyes. Ans. The poet says that the human is like a treasure box which is full of ideas and thoughts and only words can free those thoughts i.e., only words can bring those thoughts into open and be presented in manner most appealing to human ears through words. * The chapter 'WHO I AM' can be done by yourself *