Class notes for Class-10

Summary One day Sebastian Shultz, a fourteen-year-old boy was playing computer games on his laptop while going in a car. His mind was plugged into the computer as he was playing psycho drive games. Suddenly, there was an accident and the the boy fell unconscious. He was admitted to a hospital where his condition remained stable, but he went into a coma. Doctors did their best, but there was no improvement. It was feared that the boy would remain in coma forever. Nobody knew that the boy's mind was plugged into the computer and he couldn’t regain his consciousness until and unless he (it) was rescued from the computer. While the boy was lying in the hospital, the games he had on his laptop are stolen. The person, who had stolen them, sold the games at a computer fair. A man bought those games for his son, named Michael. Michael noticed that some of the games they had bought were not new. When Michael begins those games on the computer, he finds that a character, S...

Summary of Snake by D.H.Lawrence 1st stanza: A snake came to my water-trough On a hot, hot day, and I in pyjamas for the heat, To drink there. In this stanza, the poet describes how it was a typical summer day and how he had been wearing pyjamas in order to cool himself. Again in order to keep cool, he had gone to fetch water from his trough, but found that a snake had reached before him. 2nd stanza: In the deep, strange-scented shade of the great dark carob tree I came down the steps with my pitcher And must wait, must stand and wait, for there he was at the trough before me. In this stanza, the poet describes how the trough was kept in the shade of a large carob tree and how that entire place had a strange smell. When he poet reached with his pitcher, he has to stand and wait for the snake to finish drinking. 3rd stanza: He reached down from a fissure in the earth-wall in the gloom And trailed his yellow-brown slackness soft-bellied down, over...

Q1 Complete the following paragraphs by filling in the blanks with the help of the given options. 1. “Nobody is answering the doorbell. They (a) _______on a holiday.” “You (b)______ right, but we (c) ________check with the neighbours. They (d)________know their whereabouts.” (a) (i) may (ii) may be (iii) need (iv) needn’t (b) (i) couldn’t (ii) can (iii) can’t be (iv) could be (c) (i) should (ii) need (iii) cannot (iv) shouldn’t (d) (i)could (ii) must (iii)may (iv)cannot 2. You (a) ______litter the train station. You (b)______use the bins placed on the platforms You(c) ______follow the rules of hygiene and safety in public places. You (d)________ know the consequences of littering. (a) (i) can (ii) must (iii) should (iv) cannot (b) (i) needn’t (ii) may (iii) must (iv) mustn’t (c) (i) could (ii) should (iii) couldn’t (iv) shouldn’t (d) (i)may (ii)ought to (iii)could (iv)needn’t 3. “You (a) ...... go to the bank tomorrow. I (b) ......lend you the money. You (c)....

Q1 Fill in the blanks by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below. Write the answer in your answer sheet against the correct blank numbers. The (a) ________ for these classes begins in September. The classes have a unique (b)_________appeal for the teenagers.. The (c)________of learning something new attracts students. This attraction has given the institute much (d)________ in the city. (a) (i) register (ii) registrar (iii) registering (iv) registration (b) (i) excite (ii) exciting (iii) excitement (iv) excitedly (c) (i)appealing (ii) appeal (iii) appealed (iv)appeals (d) (i) popular (ii) popularity (iii) population (iv) popularly The writers of children’s books know the (a)_________ of good illustrations. The (b)______ in this book are truly magnificient. The (c)______of these illustrations and the exciting story are the main (d)______ of the book (a) (i)beneficial (ii)beneficially (iii) benefit (iv)benefactor (b) (i) illustrated (ii) il...

Some Useful Phrases and lines for an enquiry letter. Introduction – Say what your company is or who you are: • Ours is a Mumbai based telecom company with.... • We an educational institute providing coaching for IAS and NDA... • I would like to get information regarding the availability of hardware produced by your esteemed company... • We, Green Field School Group, a leading education establishment in India, would like to be informed of the terms and conditions... Body • What are the courses that your college offers... • I believe that these courses are internationally recognized... • We intend to enter into a long term business relationship... • Apart from this, we would be glad if you could inform us of the time... • How do you prefer us to pay... Do you accept credit card payments? • It will be great if I can pay the amount in easy instalments... Closing • Your early reply will be greatly appreciated. • Looking forward to an early reply from you so that we can...

Section A : Reading Q1 Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow. 1 Nicolas Chorier is a professional photographer, specialist, for the last 15 years, in Kite Aerial Photography, the only real eco-friendly aerial photography. He uses a kite to hoist his camera into the skies and clicks photographs while the camera dangles precariously in mid-air. 2 As a teenager, Nicholas had two passions – photography and kite flying. During a trip to India to make a photo report on kite making, he learnt about this unique style of photography. Fascinated, he literally tied his two hobbies together for a living. Nicholas learnt to make strong kites modelled on the Japanese kites, Rokkaku that could endure harsh winds. A novice in his chosen field, he then set out to train himself. 3 Today, he is one of the most well–known kite aerial photographers in the world. The technique is to tie a cradle containing the photography equipment to the string of the kite and...

Answer the following question in 200 -250 words. 1. Why did Helen perform better in preliminary examinations than the Finals for Radcliffe? Helen did not have the advantage at the finals that she got at the preliminary examination. During the preliminary examination, Mr. Gilman read the examination paper to her, and she wrote the answers. He read out to her the answers which she wrote and if she wanted any changes, he inserted the changes. At Radcliffe no one read the papers to her after they were written. She did not have the opportunity to correct errors unless she finished before the time was up. In that she could only correct such mistakes that she could recall in the few minutes allowed, and make notes of those corrections at the end of the paper. Secondly, in the preliminaries, she offered subjects, some of which she was in a measure familiar before her work in the Cambridge school. At the beginning of the year she had passed examinations in English, History, Fr...