English Workshop. 1.5 His First Flight, Liam O' Flaherty ( SSC NEW SYLLABUS 2018-19)

English Workshop

1.5 His First Flight

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ENGLISH WORKSHOP 2.5 THE BOY WHO BROKE THE BANK

1. State whether the following statements are true or false.

(a) The young seagull was not confident about the ability of his wings.

• True.

(b) Young seagull’s parents guided and improved his siblings in the art of flying.

• True.

(c) When the young seagull pretended to be falling asleep, his parents noticed him.

• True.

(d) Flying across the young seagull mother dropped a piece of fish into his beak.

• False.

2. Complete the following statements.

(a) The seagull is afraid to fly because...... 

      he was certain that his wings would never support him, against the vast sea beneath.

(b) Young birds are afraid to make their first flight because.....

     they don't have enough strength in their wings and it is a new experience for them to come out of the nest and to try and fly high in the sky.

(c) Human beings find it difficult to face challenges because.....

•       they experience difficulties for the first time in their life so they could not cope up with them all of sudden.

3. Read the following words carefully and make meaningful sentences of your own, and write it in your notebook.

• plaintively: Mrs. Smith sang so plaintively that the audience could not stop their tears.

• monstrous: The monstrous windmill was looking like a giant to Don Quixote.

• beckon:  Mt Everest beckons the mountaineers all over the world.

• curveting:  When the loud noise of chimneys disturbed, the birds were curveting towards the forest.

• whet:  She was whetting her knife against a stone.  

• soar: Recently, the prices of gold have soared so high. 

4 Read the following words carefully and fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate words given in the brackets.
(afraid, plunged, appeared, shrilly, skimmed, devoured, cowardice)

(a)  Arun is full of cowardice.
(b) The violin played very shrilly and merrily.
(c)  Ravi said, "Are you really afraid of the dark?"
(d) The whole village plunged into darkness.
(e) The lions devoured their prey, hungrily.
(f)  If he skimmed through the report.
(g) One by one, the stars appeared in the sky.

5. Read about the space mission of Sunita Williams imagine you are going to interview her. Fram 10 to 12 interview relevant questions regarding-

1.  her early life, training
2.  education
3.  her actual flight into space
4.  future plans
5.  for her message to viewers

Questions to Sunita Williams

1. Tell us something about your early life
2. Where did you complete your education?
3. What inspired you to become an astronaut?
4. How was the experience of your first flight into space?
5. Was there any difficult situation in your journey to space?
6. What are your future plans?
7. What are your thoughts about our country in relation to space research?
8. What message would you like to give to viewers, especially girls?

6. Describe in your notebook the challenges you faced while learning to ride a bicycle/ swimming or any skill. Take hints from the web to complete your write-up.

Students should use the following points(Questions) to write description of challenges while learning to ride or swimming.

• How did you feel while riding a bicycle for the first time?
• Were you afraid, nervous, or confident that time?
• Who encouraged or discouraged you while learning to ride or swimming?
• What was your confidence level while learning it? 
• Did you think about the risks of falling down while learning to ride or drowning while learning to swim?
• How did you overpower your fear during that time?
• And tell how was the joy or happiness when you learnt to ride or learn to swim?