Std – X ENGLISHLESSON – 1 HIS FIRST FLIGHT
1) Why did the Seagull fail to fly?
The Seagull was afraid to fly.
2) What did the parents do when the young Seagull failed to fly?
The parents left him to starve (without giving any food).
3) What was the first catch of the young Seagull’s brother?
The first catch of the young Seagull’s brother was a herring.
4) What made the young seagull go mad?
The young Seagull went mad at the sight of food.
5) What did the young bird’s family do when he started to fly?
The young bird’s family flew around him happily.
6) What prompted the young Seagull to fly finally?
The food in his Mother’s beak made him fly.
7) What happened to the young Seagull when it landed on the Green Sea?
He was floating on the Green Sea.
II)CONSTRUCT A SENTENCE:
1) Coward – He is not a Coward boy.
2) Gradual – It is a gradual process.
3) Praise – He Praised me.
4) Courageous – It is a courageous act
5) starvation – Starvation leads to weakness
III) PARAGRAPH:
Ø The young seagull was afraid of flying
Ø His parents encouraged him to fly
Ø His parents left him to starve
Ø he felt very hungry
Ø His mother flew towards him with a fish in his beak
Ø The sight of food made him mad
Ø He started to fly
Ø His family flew around him happily.
IV) SYNONYMS:
1) ascending - rising, increasing
2) blazing - burning
3) cackle - short noise
4) cliff - High face of arock
5) commence - begin
6) devour - eat hungrily, swallow
7) dozing - sleeping, drowsy
8) exhausted - tired, weary
9) gnawed - chewed
10) ledge - shelf
11) monster - giant
12) precipice - steep side of a cliff
13) soaring - rising
14) swoop - dive
15) terror - fear
V) ANTONYMS:
1) ascending x descending
2)commence x conclude
3) coward x brave
4) forgot x remember
5) joyful x sorrowful
6)plantively x happily
7) rising x falling
8) sank x floated
9) starve x well fed
10) wide x narrow
PARTS OF SPEECH
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S NO
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NOUN
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VERB
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ADJECTIVE
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ADVERB
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1
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Kindness
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Imprison
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Active
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Actively
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2
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Reflection
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Empower
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Wonderful
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Wonderfully
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3
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Assistance
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Terrify
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Glorious
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Gloriously
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4
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Retirement
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Measured
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Memorable
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Memorably
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5
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Friendship
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Celebrate
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Moderate
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Moderately
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