'Disadvantages of Television.' - Prepare a speech

You wish to take part in the Elocution contest in your Junior College. One of the topics is 'Disadvantages of Television.' Prepare a speech on it in about 200 words. Respected Principal, teachers and my friends, The topic for today's speech is 'Disadvantages of Television.' In my opinion, there is no real benefit of watching television. I will give you a list of disadvantages of watching television. To begin with everything you watch is someone else's imagination and that's not good because we lose our capacity to be imaginative. Look at the news channels, they keep repeating one thought throughout the day and if we watch the news, we get influenced and we even think in the same way as the news channels. The big disadvantage of watching television is the I'll effects it has on our health. Our eyes are affected, we may say, I watch television for only an hour a day, but over a long time it does have it's affects. We sit to watch television so that 'couch potato' people we hear about, we eventually become. So it's time to give up watching television or to definitely reduce the time we spend watching television for our overall well being. Thank you for listening to me. Brian 92232 03441

Interview a salesman at the electronic goods store.

Interview a salesman at the electronic goods store. Frame a suitable set of questions asking him about the nature of his job, daily schedule and the challenges faced by him. 1. How long have you been a salesman in this store? 2. How many customers do you attend to, in a day? 3. Do the customers bargain for discounts? 4. Are the long working hours tiresome? 5. Do you have daily, weekly or monthly sales targets? 6. How do you convince customers to buy your products? 7. Do you get rewards for achieving sales targets? 8. Do you receive training when new products are launched? 9. Is having knowledge of various languages an advantage? 10. Is working as a salesman in an electronic store a well paid job? Brian 92232 03441

Have You Earned Your Tomorrow - Appreciation - Std.10 (HSC)

Have you earned your tomorrow is an inspirational poem by Edgar Guest. In this poem the poet is asking the readers of they have done anything to improve the life of another human being or not. The theme of the poem is to make aware the readers of their duty to do good deeds. Our responsibility towards another individual in words or deeds and finally if God will allow us another day for our actions today. The main figure of speech used is Interrogation, since the poet keeps asking questions to the readers. The rhyme scheme used is aabb, ccaa, ddee and ffaa. Each stanza has four lines and they show different situations of kindness towards others. I like this poem because it makes realize that everything I say or do can change a person's life for the better. The judge of these words or actions is God, who will decide if I have earned another day by the work done today.

The Alchemy of Nature - Std.10 (SSC) English Medium - Margin answers

1. The line 'nature whispers and commands' tells us that we should listen to nature as it speaks to us through birds, flowing water and the wind. If we don't listen then nature commands through storms and destruction. 2. The hibiscus plant dances with the sun and the wind. 3. From the hibiscus plant we learn that we should live our life to its fullest, however short. P 4. On the beach the author found the rocks carved, sculpted and shaped by water. 5. The rock is hard but it is dominating because water flows over it every day for years for the rock to give in. 6. The tree in the cold winter month was bare of all leaves. 7. From the small bits of grass we learn that however impossible things may look, there is always an opening. 8. In the infinite sky innumerable star shine. 9. Learning from nature helps human beings to understand that everything is designed and nothing is permanent. Clouds change shapes, wind makes trees dance, water flows along the path available, a caterpillar changes into a butterfly and a flower into a fruit.

BHOLI - SSC - Std.10 (Semi-English) Margin answers

1. Ramlal's wife opposed sending Bholi to school because according to her if girls went to school, who would marry them. 2. Bholi's shouting in terror and pulling her hand away from her father's grip, shows that she was unwilling to go to school. 3. Bholi was bathed and oil was rubbed into her dry and matted hair. She received a clean dress which had shrunk after many washing. 4. The pictures on the wall, the colours fascinated her, the brown horse, the black goat and the green parrot made the class attractive to Bholi. 5. Bholi felt ashamed because when the teacher asked her name, she stammered and could not complete saying her name. The girls in the class laughed at Bholi. 6. The teacher's voice was soft and soothing. She was friendly. She encouraged her and patted her affectionately. 7. Bholi could utter only her name completely. 8. The teacher encouraged Bholi to overcome her stammering by putting the fear out of her heart. 9. The drawbacks of Bishamber as a bridegroom was that he was almost the same age as Ramlal, his children from his first wife were quite grown up and he limped. 10. Bholi's parents were eager to accept Bishamber's proposal because he had a big shop, a house of his own and several thousands in the bank and since he was from another village he didn't know about her pockmarks and her lack of sense. 11. The bridegroom refused to garland Bholi because he realised that she had pockmarks on her face. 12. The expression on Bholi's face was neither anger not hate, only cold contempt. 13. When Bholi said, "Pitaji" In a clear loud voice the family members were shocked to hear her speak without even the slightest stammer. 14. Besides the humiliation and grief Ramlal was afraid that no one would marry Bholi. 15. Bholi was the artist and her smiling eyes was the light of a deep satisfaction an artist feels when contemplating the completion of the masterpiece. Brian 92232 03441

Let's March - Part 1 (SSC - Std.10) Semi-English

1. The speaker feels honoured to recite a mantra from the ancient texts, Vedas. 2. The speaker describes his journey from India to Norway is a connect between the two centres of global peace and brotherhood, ancient and modern. 3. The terrible thing that the Sudanese child, who was kidnapped by extremist militia was forced to kill his friends and family as his first training lesson. 4. Satyarthi refuses to accept that (1) the world is so poor, when just one week of global military expenditure can bring all the children to classrooms (2) that all the laws and constitutions, police and judges are unable to protect our children, (3) that the shackles of slavery can ever be stronger than the quest for freedom. 5. The only aim in life for Kailash Satyarthi is that every child is free to be a child, free to grow and develop, free to eat, sleep and see daylight, free to laugh and cry, free to play and learn, free to go to school and free to dream. 6. The signs of progress that the speaker mentions are reduced number of out-of-school children by half, reduced the number of child labourers by a third, reduced child mortality and malnutrition and have prevented millions of child deaths. 7. The social role the three daughters playing are rising up and choosing peace over violence, tolerance over extremism and courage over fear.

She Walks in Beauty - Appreciation

The poem titled 'She Walks in Beauty' is a poetic appreciation of a woman's remarkable beauty described as a surrounding aura or cloud. The poem written by George Gordon Byron belongs to a group of younger romantic poets. The theme of the poem relvolvesround beauty and harmony, celebrating the perfect beauty of a woman. The figures of speech used are Repetition, Simile and Personification, enhances the content of the poem. "She Walks in Beauty" is not a love poem but rather a celebration of beauty. It consists of three stanzas, each comprising of six lines. The rhyme scheme follows the ABAB style, while the lines maintain a regular rhythm known as iambic tetrameter. Lord Byron's message to the readers is that perfect beauty is a combination of outward looks as well as inner beauty. In my opinion this is the best poem by Lord Byron. The title "She Walks in Beauty' signifies the woman's extraordinary beauty which surrounds her like an aura or cloud.

Prepare ten questions that you would ask the winner of the State level championships

1. Congratulations! How do you feel on winning this championship? 2. Have you won any other championships before? 3. How long have you played this game? 4. Who do you credit your success to? 5. Who has inspired you to take up this game? 6. What were the reactions of your family on winning this championship? 7. To what extent was your team involved in winning this game? 8. What are your future plans? 9. How much importance do you give to training and practice? 10. What message do you have for the youth of today? Brian Thankappan 92232 03441 Borivali, Mumbai

Unit 1 Lesson and exercises

Std.10 - Speech - the Importance of Kindness

Prepare a speech to be delivered in your school assembly on the topic 'The Importance of Kindness' Use the following points * Makes us happier * Kindness imporves relationships * Kindness slows ageing * Kindness is good for the heart Respected Principal, Teachers and my dear friends, Good Morning everyone! My topic for today's speech is 'The Importance of Kindness.' This quality is one quality which we must all develop for our own benefit. Let me explain this further. What does being kind to other give us? To begin with, it makes us happier and that is to our benefit, and this is just the beginning. It helps us improve our relationships. Let's not go far. How many of us have disagreements with each other and are rude to each other? If we look at the reasons why we do these things, we will realize how silly they are. So bieng kind helps us improve our relationships. The next one won't affect us right now but it we continue our insensitive ways, we will experience the next point sooner than necessary. That is kindness slows ageing. If we have silly reasons to avoid being kind now, these reasons only multiply as we grow older and then it shows. Let's be kind to one another and let's remain young as long as possible by just being kind. Finally, I have one more reason to add to this list. Being kind is good for the heart. Imagine, our good health is based on our feelings. Being kind is a feeling we express and that gives us a healthy heart and that in turn keeps us well, no doctors, no medicines. Think about this and start showing kindness to everyone around. I'm already feeling good by just giving this speech. Thank you for listening. I hope you will all make kindness a priority. Have a nice day!

Std.10 Question paper solutions

Prepare four letter words CONCERT core, tore, corn, torn