Sunday 25 December 2016

Thursday 10 November 2016

Narayan Surve's My Mother





When the stars go off
Tall chimney-sirens sound
Daily with fast steps
Marching to the mill
Who looked backwards
And told us so lovingly
"Do not fight with anyone"
Gave us two paise
On the day before Dasara
She went with five of us
To see the festival
We bantered in the lanes
What a great pleasure
Beyond words
We returned with balloons
And whistles and pipes
We became birds

What happened on one day
They brought her in a cart
Her eyes were open
Blood gushed from her mouth
Her partner saluted
Came near, caressed us and said 'Balu'
We saw mutely everything
We searched our umbrella
Our roof, our mother.

That night we five
Stuck closer and
Wrapped up to the coverlet
Taking it to be mother's affection
Already we had nothing
Now there was even no mother
We awake all night
letting tears
Now we became fully unattached.

Friday 20 May 2016

Vowel Magic


Words consisting all five vowel letters 



➡➡ precaution 
➡➡ communicate
➡➡questionable 
➡➡ persuasion
➡➡ permutation 
➡➡ mountaineer 
➡➡ authorize 
➡➡ augmentation 
➡➡ auctioneer 
➡➡ auriferous 
➡➡ dialogue
➡➡ revolutionary 
➡➡ simultaneous 
➡➡ superannuation 
➡➡ gregarious 
➡➡ behaviour 
➡➡ reputation 
➡➡ computerization
➡➡ Education 
➡➡ automobile

Sunday 15 May 2016

Holiday Homework



Rewrite the following sentences into all types of Tenses.

  1. A farmer ploughs his field.
  2. I type an SMS.
  3. They sow seeds in the farm.
  4. It rains.
  5. He directs a film.

Identify the Tense.

  1. It is interesting.
  2. They are inspired.
  3. She put her bag on the table.
  4. She has been telling a story.
  5. He had entered the class.
  6. She was working with her friend.
  7. He will have completed his project.
  8. They had been erecting a building.
  9. How much does it cost?
  10. What will you do ?
  11. You did not reach in time.
  12. He will be doing sums.

Change the voice.

  1. He is especially entranced by the magic glimmer.
  2. I saw this process.
  3. We are generating forces.
  4. They have been entertained by us.
  5. She had cooked food.
  6. You are welcomed by them.
  7. Adolf Hitler wrote MEIN KAMPF.
  8. It is being read by me,
  9. He took out a mass demonstration in favour of national unity.
  10. He was highly influenced by two people.

Change the degree

1. Blood is thicker than water.
2. Sword is not as mighty as pen.
3. 99 is the greatest two digit number.
4. No other boy is as clever as Aniket.
5. Platinum is more expensive than any other metal.
6. Mango is one of the sweetest fruits
7. Very few players are as good as Sachin.
8. Akola is hotter than most other cities.


Click the "Show/Hide" button to toggle between hiding and showing the answers:

All type of tenses
1 A farmer ploughs his field .
A farmer ploughed his field . (s p)
A farmer will plough his field . (s f)
A farmer is plugging his field . (pr con)
A farmer was ploughing his field .(p con )
A farmer will be ploughing his field .(f con )
A farmer has ploughed his field .(pr perf )
A farmer had ploughed his field .(p perf)
A farmer will have ploughed his field .(f perf)
A farmer has been ploughing his field .(pr per c)
A farmer had been ploughing his field .(p per c)
A farmer will have been ploughing his field .(f per c)
Identify the tense.
1)Simple present tense 2) Simple present tense (passive construction) 3) Simple past tense 4) Present Perfect continuous tense 5)Past perfect tense 6)Past continuous tense 7) Future perfect tense 8)Past perfect continuous tense 9) Simple present tense 10) Simple future tense 11) Simple past tense 12) Future continuous tense.
🔹 Change the voice.🔹
1)The magic glimmer especially entrances him.
2)This process was seen by me.
3) Forces are being generated by us.
4)We have entertained them.
5) Food had been cooked by her.
6)They welcome you.
7) MEIN KAMPF was written by Adolf Hitler.
8)I am reading it.
9)A mass demonstration was taken out in favour of national unity by him.
Or A mass demonstration in favour of national unity was taken out by him.
10)Two people highly influenced him. Or Two people influenced him highly.
Change the degree.
1) Water is not as thick as blood.
2)Pen is mightier than sword.
3) Positive-- No other two digit number is as great as 99.
Comparative- -99 is greater than any other two digit number.
4) Superlative-- Aniket is the cleverest boy.
Comparative-- Aniket is cleverer than any other boy.
5) Superlative-- Platinum is the most expensive metal.
Positive-- No other metal is as /so expensive as platinum.
6) Positive-- Very few fruits are as sweet as mango.
Comparative-- Mango is sweeter than most other fruits. 7) Superlative-- Sachin is one of the best players.
Comparative--- Sachin is better than most other players. 8) Positive--Very few cities are as hot as Akola.
Superlative-- Akola is one of the hottest cities.
Holiday Homework 2

Friday 25 March 2016

Do as directed SSC





English Third Language
  1. Match the following sentences with their correct question tag:
  2. AB
    The word cereal comes from Ceres,will you?
    Atta is prepacked and milled,can't you?
    You can smell the river in the grain,isn't it?
    Get your Atta freshly ground from a local chakki,doesn't it?
    I was like any other kidam I?
    I am not surprised with these ressults,don't they?
    People shoo birds away,wasn't I?
    Key The word cereal comes from Ceres,doesn't it? Atta is prepacked and milled,isn't it? You can smell the river in the grain,can't you? Get your Atta freshly ground from a local chakki,will you? I was like any other kid,wasn't I? I am not surprised with these ressults,am I ? People shoo birds away,don't they?
  3. Complete the following sentences by using passive voice.
    1. You can save eight to ten trees every year.
      • Eight to ten trees can be saved every year by you.

  • Your family uses a ton of paper every year.





    • A ton of paper is used by your family every year.

  • He vacated the seat.





    • The seat was vacated by him.


  • Language Study





    1. "It's so unfair!"said the boys.(Rewrite as indirect speech.)
      • The boys exclaimed that it was very unfair.
    2. People are consuming packaged food.(Frame 'wh' question to get the underlined part as an answer.)
      • Who are consuming packaged food?
    3. One needs to do a little bit of time management and planning.
      • What does one need to do ?
    4. These medals are bigger than any other awards.(Begin the sentence with "No other award....")
      • No other award is as big as these medals.
    5. Their expansion was put on hold.(Rewrite using the Present Perfect tense of the underlined verb)
      • Their expansion has been put on hold.
    6. The true survival rate is not adequate.(Rewrite as an affirmative sentence.)
      • The true survival rate is inadequate.
    7. Playing for India gave me the opportunity to travel the world, to play on some of the greatest grounds of the world.(Rewrite using 'not only ..... but also)
      • Playing for India gave me the opportunity not only to travel the world but also to play on some of the greatest grounds of the world.
    8. Virdhawal Khade is the fastest swimmer in the world.(Begin your sentence with 'No other swimmer.....)
      • No other swimmer is as fast as Virdhawal Khade.
    9. He holds several records.(Begin with 'The several records.....)
      • The several records are held by him.
    10. She looked across at Geraldine Wong.(Frame 'wh' question to get the underlined part as an answer.)
      • Whom did she look across at?
    11. She thought wryly. (Frame Yes/No type question.)
      • Did she think wryly?


    Grammar Worksheet

    Sunday 13 March 2016

    Key 1


    KEY 1
    1. I did not like the idea of making Omelette.
    2. Mother was not at home, wasn't she?
    3. No sooner had Dave begun his second year than he heard himself hopelessly swamped.
    4. Don't lose faith, will you?
    5. I would spend hours under it.
    6. We treated him with respect.
    7. Present Perfect Tense.
    8. She has been playing the role in Hollywood .
    9. Possibility
    10. The science class had started when Satish reached the college.
    11. COMP: This is greater than any other lesson in life.
          POSI: No other lesson in life is as great as this.
    12. They aren't free from the burden of parental aspiration.
    13. Let us resolve to give our children the freedom of childhood, shall we?
    14. Isn't he the right person to do this?
    15. Past Perfect Continuous Tense
    16. The problem was too difficult to solve.
    17. Not only boys but also girls are given equal opportunity.
    18. There was neither electricity nor primary school.
    19. It was a very pleasant idea.
    20. Chennai's climate was not hotter than my father's moods.




    Friday 5 February 2016

    Summary Writing

    First step in making a summary of a given passage is to understand the original extract clearly. There are certain principles to bear in mind while writing a summary; selection, order, conciseness, clearness, smoothness and unity.
    1 Selection: It mainly lies in separating the essential from what is superfluous. During each reading, one can go on marking the salient points of the given passage then they can be afterwards paraphrased in one’s own words.
    2 Order: A summary must also possess order. It must present a clear unbroken sequence of ideas. Do not change the order of events or reasoning in the original passage.
    3 Conciseness: It is the chief quality of a summary, in fact its very soul. Avoid using a clause where a phrase would suffice; or a phrase where one word would be enough.
    4 Clearness: One must avoid all vague expressions and phrases and be very careful about missing the essential points. Failure to be clear means that you have not understood the original passage.
    5 Smoothness: Various parts of the summary must neatly fit in with one another. Sometimes the use of links ‘but’, ‘and’ might take your Passage smooth.
    6 Unity: The summary must have unity, in other words, it must be an organic whole, not a mere sum of various parts.Select your ideas carefully, join them properly, make them clear and concise and above all knit them together, indivisibly. When the summary has unity it is a complete literary form, independent of the passage from which it is derived it should be a miniature model essay, with a beginning, a middle and an end.



    Exclude
    In your summary you must omit
    1. All repetition of ideas, which the original writer might have resorted to for the sake of emphasis.
    2. All illustrative comparisons employed in the original for the sake of literary ornament.
    3. All round-about expressions.
    4. All examples given in the original to expand or clear some abstract or vague ideas.
    5. Any irrelevant ideas used for blowing up the size of the passage.
    A few don'ts
    1. Do not use the words or phrases employed in the original passage.
    2. Do not imitate the construction of the original sentences.
    3. Do not introduce any ideas of your own.
    4. Do not be irrelevant.
    5. Do not materially exceed the limit of words indicated by the examiner.
    6. Do not use telegraphic expressions.
    7. Do not use phrases like, ‘In my opinion’, The writer says’ etc.


    आपल्या दैनंदिन जीवनात आपले म्हणने थोडक्यात सांगता व लिहिता येणे गरजेचे असते. कारण आजच्या गतिमान जीवनात आपले विचार संक्षेपाने सांगता येणे खूप महत्वाचे बनले आहे. यासाठी संक्षेपाने बोलणे आणि लिहिणे ही क्षमता जोपासणे नि वृ‌द्धिंगत करणे आवश्यक असते. त्यासाठी 'सारांशलेखन कौशल्य आत्मसात करून विकसित करणे गरजेचे असते. विस्तारित गद्य

    उता-यातील विचार समजून घेउन तो संक्षेपाने मांडणे म्हणजेच 'सारांशलेखन' होय. सारांशलेखन करण्यासाठी मूळ उतारा एकाग्रतेने वाचण्याची क्षमता विकसित करून त्याचा सराव करणे गरजेचे असते. आपण कोणत्याही क्षेत्रात कार्यरत असलो तरी आपले विचार मोजक्या व अचूक शब्दात मांडण्याची कला आत्मसात करणे आवश्यक असते. ही कला आत्मसात करण्या साठी सारांशलेखन' हे कौशल्य विकसित करणे गरजेचे असते. याचाच अर्थ, मूळ उता-यातील आशयाचा संक्षेप किंवा सारांश म्हणजे 'सारांशलेखन' होय. हे भाषिक कौशल्य आहे. हे भाषिक कौशल्य आत्मसात करण्यासाठी खालील बाबी लक्षात घेणे गरजेचे आहे;

    प्रथम मूळ उता-याचे एकाग्रतेने वाचन करावे. आशय नीट समजून घ्यावा. मध्यवर्ती आशय शोधावा. मूळ आशय कायम ठेवून स्वतःच्या शब्दात मांडणी करावी. उता-यातील एकूण शब्द संख्येच्या एक-तृतीयांश शब्दात सारांश लिहावा. उता-याबद्दल स्वतःचे मत मांडू नये उता-याचे समिक्षण करू नये. संयुक्त व मिश्र वाक्यांऐवजी केवल वाक्यांचा यथायोग्य वापर करावा. आपण केलेल्या सारांशलेखनास योग्य असे शीर्षक दयावे.

    In our daily life it is necessary to be able to say and write our sayings briefly. Because in today's dynamic life it has become very important to be able to express your thoughts concisely. For this it is necessary to cultivate and improve the ability to speak and write concisely. For that, it is necessary to acquire and develop summarizing skills. Extended Prose

    Summarizing is to understand the thoughts in the passage and summarize it. In order to write a summary, it is necessary to develop the ability to read the original text with concentration and practice it. No matter what field you are working in, it is necessary to master the art of expressing your thoughts in few and precise words. To master this art, it is necessary to develop the skill of summarizing. This means 'summary' is a summary or summary of the content of the original text. This is a linguistic skill. To acquire this linguistic skill, it is necessary to keep in mind the following points;

    First read the original text with concentration. Understand the content well. Find the central content. Keep the original content and present it in your own words. Write a summary in one-third of the total word count of the passage. One should not express one's own opinion about the passage and should not criticize the passage. Instead of compound and mixed sentences, only sentences should be used appropriately. Give your summary an appropriate title..

    Read the following extract and write a summary with a suitable title. 3 Marks
    (Remember 1 Mark for title and two marks for summary.)

    Read the following passage carefully:-
    The work of the heart can never be interrupted The heart’s job is to keep oxygen rich blood flowing through the body. All the body’s cells need a constant supply of Oxygen, especially those in the brain. The brain cells like only four to five minutes after their oxygen is cut off, and death comes to the entire body.
    The heart is a specialized muscle that serves as a pump. This pump is divided into four chambers connected by tiny doors called valves. The chambers work to keep the blood flowing round the body in a circle.
    At the end of each circuit, veins carry the blood to the right atrium, the first of the four chambers 2/5 oxygen by then is used up and it is on its way back to the lung to pick up a fresh supply and to give up the carbon dioxide it has accumulated. From the right atrium the blood flow through the tricuspid valve into the second chamber, the right ventricle. The right ventricle contracts when it is filled, pushing the blood through the pulmonary artery, which leads to the lungs – in the lungs the blood gives up its carbon dioxide and picks up fresh oxygen. Then it travels to the third chamber the left atrium. When this chamber is filled it forces the blood through the a valve to the left ventricle. From here it is pushed into a big blood vessel called aorta and sent round the body by way of arteries.
    Heart disease can result from any damage to the heart muscle, the valves or the pacemaker. If the muscle is damaged, the heart is unable to pump properly. If the valves are damaged blood cannot flow normally and easily from one chamber to another, and if the pacemaker is defective, the contractions of the chambers will become less coordinated.
    Until the twentieth century, few doctors dared to touch the heart. In 1953 all this changed after twenty years of work, Dr. John Gibbon in the USA had developed a machine that could take over temporarily from the heart and lungs. Blood could be routed through the machine bypassing the heart so that surgeons could work inside it and see what they were doing. The era of open heart surgery had began.
    In the operating theatre, it gives surgeons the chance to repair or replace a defective heart. Many parties have had plastic valves inserted in their hearts when their own was faulty. Many people are being kept alive with tiny battery operated pacemakers; none of these repairs could have been made without the heart – lung machine. But valuable as it is to the surgeons, the heart lung machine has certain limitations. It can be used only for a few hours at a time because its pumping gradually damages the bloods cells.

    ANS : Summary:- Working Of Heart
    The heart is a vital organ of the body, which never stop working. It supplies oxygen rich blood to all parts of the body. It is divided into four chambers inter connected by valves. Blood is purified in the lungs and arteries carry it to different parts of the body. Heart disease has various cause such as weak muscles defective valves or a defective pace maker. The era of open-heart surgery began in 1953 when Dr. Gibbon developed the heart lung machine. Replacement of valves and other areas of a damaged heart is now possible.


    Read the following extract and write a summary with a suitable title.
    Remember 1 Mark for title and two marks for summary.


    Children who are dyslexic have problems processing specific visual information, resulting in trouble reading and writing. Until recently, it was thought to be language-related areas of the brain which were deficient, but new research suggests that dyslexics have difficulty with the control of eye movement, or ‘eye wobble’. Scientists based at the Quiescent laboratory and researchers at the Dyslexia Research Trust are working together to adapt hi-tech spectacles, developed to monitor the eye movements of fighter pilots, into miniaturized versions for children as young as five.

    It is hoped the technology will help children like the six-year-old boy who asked Dr Sue Fowler, a researcher at the Dyslexia Research Trust’s clinic, ‘Do you want to know a secret? All the words on the page move and I don’t know how they do it because they don’t have any legs.’ Other children with dyslexia may report a disturbing sensation of ‘glare’ from the printed page, making them rub their eyes frequently. In some dyslexic children, reading causes a headache.

    Professor John Stein, professor of neurology at Magdalene College, Oxford, has spent 20 years researching the connection between lack of eye control and reading difficulties. He says, ‘We are visual animals and eye movements are possibly the most important movements we make because they allow us to inspect the world around us. I believe problems with eye wobble account for up to two-thirds of dyslexia cases.

    ‘Dyslexia is not a disease. It is a brain difference, like left-handedness. We also believe that a cell in the brain, the bmagnocell, is related to eye movement. It seems that magnocells in dyslexics do not develop as well as those in good readers.’The professor, who trained at Oxford and St Thomas’s Hospital in London, will be meeting government officials to prepare for a trial of the hi-tech specs in primary schools in London and Hampshire. Professor Stein and his colleague, Dr Fowler, used the first prototype on a child last summer.

    Professor Stein explains, ‘Eye wobble is not obvious to the naked eye. The movements are small and very rapid. The hi-tech specs, which are worn for only a few minutes during tests, are the most accurate technique we have for detecting the amount of eye wobble. The child focuses on a
    point 18 inches away and then follows a moving target. The specs show whether the child’s eyes are tracking steadily, or whether they wobble. We would like the specs to be mass-produced, becoming cheap enough to be used in all primary schools.’

    Dr Fowler adds, ‘We see 800 children a year from all over the country. They are mostly aged seven to twelve, but people of any age can be assessed. Because we are a charity and investigations are part of our research, children are seen free.‘If we can get children early, their brains are flexible enough to enable them to improve control. After seeing them at the clinic, we give patients daily exercises to enable them to keep their eyes still and fixed on one object. In time, we believe these exercises become etched onto the brain. The result is that reading improves greatly.’


    Thursday 4 February 2016

    Spell it


    Incorrect                                Correct
     Incorrect         Correct
    acessories                        accessories
     accidently              accidentally
     acommodate                accommodate
     acustum                 accustom
     addresed                      addressed
    adjustement            adjustment
    adviseable                   advisable
     allready                     already
    alright                         all right
    assurence                  assurance
     athorize                   authorize
     balence                     balance
    belive                      believe
     benefical                beneficial
    benifitted                  benefited
     bookkeeper            bookkeeper
     buoro                      bureau
    Calander                   calendar
    Changable            changeable
    Chargable               chargeable
    Cliant                        client
    Colum                        column
    Comission                commission
    Comit                       commit
    Committe                   committee
    Comidity                    commodity
    Comparitive                comparative
    Consede                    concede
    Conferense                  conference
    Concientious         conscientious
    Courtous                      courteous
    Criticize                      criticise
    Dicision                          decision
    Deferred                    deferred
    Defcit                             deficit
    Depreciation            depreciation
    Descreption                   description
    Desireable               desirable
    Devlopment                   development
    Discrepansy           discrepancy
    Distributer                      distributor
    Elgible                        eligible
    Embrassment                 embarrassment
    Enforcable           enforceable
    Equiped                           equipped
    Equivelant            equivalent
    Exegerate                        exaggerate
    Exceed                       exceed
    exchangable                     exchangeable
    exhorbitant              exorbitant
    exort                                 exhort
    extention                   extension
    feesble                             feasible
    financeer                   financier


    IncorrectCorrectIncorrectCorrect

    Sunday 17 January 2016

    How to write english exams ?


     English is one of the most difficult   subjects for students in Std X and XII. HSC board exams kick off on February 18 with this 'killer subject', but with a systematic approach to solving the paper students can expect to do fairly well.
    Here are certain points students should remember to ensure that they get the maximum marks.
    Tackle questions in the order they appear as the simpler ones are usually listed first. This way you do not waste time scanning for 'easy' questions.
    The summary section is of four marks of which one mark is given just for writing a title. Putting any simple title will get you full marks there.
    For the remaining three marks in the summary section ensure that you do not copy blatantly from the matter given, use your own words.
    In the comprehension section write only one sentence for one mark questions. Writing more won't fetch you extra marks and will instead waste your time.
    While solving the 'Tree-Diagram' section, use only pencil to draw branches. Inside the box you can write with pen, but only in capital letters.
    In the 'Tourist Leaflet' section remember to draw a text box first and write only within that. You will be marked for creating text box. Within the text box write only in bullet points.
    While beautiful handwriting enhances presentation remember that speed is of importance. It is a lengthy paper and legible handwriting is all that moderators are looking for .

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