SUMMER ASSIGNMENT 2015
SUBJECT: ENGLISH
CLASS: I
LEARN & WRITE FOR 2 TIMES QUES/ANS OF LS.1. LEARN POEM „ME‟. DRAW &
COLOUR ANY 5 THINGS (NOUN) FROM GRAMMAR BOOK.
CLASS: II
PASTE PICTURES OF ANY FIVE FOR FOLLOWING:- 1.PEOPLE WHO HELP YOU
2.PLACES 3.ANIMALS 4.THINGS 2.LEARN & WRITE FOR TWO TIMES QUES/ANS OF
LS. 1.
CLASS: III
WRITE ANY ONE COMMON NOUN & PROPER NOUN BY USING THE FOLLOWING
ALPHABETS: a , c , s , d , z , FROM YOUR GRAMMAR TEXT BOOK, WRITE ANY FIVE
PROPER NOUN UNDER THE HEADING OF GIVEN COMMON NOUNS: 1.FRIEND 2.
SUBJECT 3.CITY FORM GRAMMAR BOOK.
CLASS: IV
WRITE FIVE COMMON & PROPER NOUNS USING THESE ALPHABETS: a, c, d , s, t.
FROM GRAMMAR BOOK DRAW & COLOUR ANY TEN PLURALS .WRITE ANY
FIVE PROPER NOUNS UNDER THE GIVEN HEADINGS OF COMMON NOUNS
1.FRIENDS,
2.COUNTRIES, 3.CARS, 4.SOFTDRINKS, 5.SOAPS, 6.TELEVISIONS,
6.SCHOOLS.
CLASS: V
WRITE 2 SENTENCES OF EACH 1. ASSERTIVE 2.INTERROGATIVE 3.IMPERATIVE
4.EXCLAMATORY
DRAW & COLOUR 4. PICTURES OF EACH 1.COLLECTIVE NOUN 2. COMMON NOUN
CLASS: VI
INSTRUCTIONS:- All the questions are compulsory.
Q1.
Write a letter to your friend describing how you spent your summer vacation.
Q2.
Write a paragraph on: When I grow up.
Q3.
„Animals help or save Human-beings‟. Write a story based on this.
CLASS: VII
Q1.
Make a cross-word puzzle of atleast of 4 clues (words) Across and Down.
Q2.
Write 5 idioms .Paste or draw pictures related to them. Also write its usage.
Q3.
Design a poster mentioning some of the ways to beat the scorching heat of your city.
CLASS: VIII
Q1.
Your school is reopening after the summer vacation .Make a card for your friend to
welcome him /her back to school.
Q2.
Read any two short stories of R. K. Narayan – SWAMI AND HIS FRIENDS .Write them
in your words.
Q3.
Plan a newspaper for your school. You may have 4-5 sections in the newspaperAcademics, Sports, Cultural Activities, Outings and excursions, Competitions.
CLASS IX
Q1.
(a)Describe Lemuel as a narrator and an observer of Newland‟s people and practices.
OR
(b)Write a character sketch of Lemuel Gulliver in 100 words.
Q2.
Write the character sketch of Emperor of Lilliput.
Q3.
Write the character sketch of King of Brobdingnag.
Q4.
Jonathan Swift‟s “Gulliver‟s Travels” is basically a novel of adventure and a tale of
wander of strange and wonderful lands. Elaborate and illustrate the statement.
Q5.
How did Gulliver find himself in the land of Lilliputians? Describe Gulliver‟s experience
in Lilliput?
Q6.
Describe in your own words the encounter between Gulliver and the Giant Reapes.
Q7.
Elaborate on the charcter of Minister Galbet who wanted Gulliver to comply with their 10
conditions.
Q8.
Explain briefly what happened when two rats attacked Gulliver?
Q9.
Describe the social, cultural and political life of the people of Lilliput in your own
words.
Q10.
Describe Gulliver‟s arrival and stay in the land of giants, Brobdingnag recording his
experiences about the land, people and their social and cultural life there.
CLASS: X
Answer the following questions in about 125 words each.
Q1.
What tells you that Anne was not a meek girl? Discuss in detail giving examples from
Diary of a young girl.
Q2.
What tells the readers about the inhuman attitude of Germans during the Second Worldwar in the diary?
Q3.
What role does the Diary play in Anne‟s life?
Q4.
Does Anne consider her family lucky or unfortunate to be living in the Annex?
Q5.
The novel „Diary of a young girl „is a conflict between‟ immigration and social
expectation‟ Elucidate.
Q6.
Write character sketch of the following:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
Anne Frank
Margot Frank
Mrs. Frank
Mrs. Otto Frank
Peter Van Dann
Mrs. Van Dann
Q7.
How did Anne feel she had changed while living in Annex?
Q8.
Do you feel Anne believes that she is going to survive the War? Why /Why not?
Q9.
How does Anne mature and develop through the course of the Diary?
CLASS: XII
Q1.
You are Kamal /Kamla. You are asked to make a speech on how to protect ourselves in
the days of violence and terrorism. Draft the speech in 150 to 200 words.
Q2.
You feel concerned with the people‟s indifference towards parks and garden in your
city. Write an article on the need for public participation in the upkeep of public places in
about 150 to 200 words. You are Suman /Sumati.
Q3.
Some people feel that electronic media (T.V.News) will bring about the end of print
media(Newspapers).What are your views on the issue? Write a debate in 150 to 200
words either for or against this view. You are Rohan /Rohini.
Q4.
You are Navtej / Navita, Secretary, Environment Club, Akash Public School, Agra. You
along with a group of students, went on a three – day tour through Corbett National Park.
You found how the tourists abuse the available facilities and thus endanger the
environment. Write a letter in 150 words to the Editor of a National Daily highlighting
the situation. Suggest ways through the environment of the park can be saved.
Q5.
You are Vikram / Vinita, the sports Secretary of ABC School Chennai .Draft a notice
inviting students to give their names for various events to be organized on the Annual
Sports Day of your school.
Q6.
Design a poster to support „Each One –Teach One‟.
Q7.
You plan to sale your flat. Draft a suitable advertisement in not more than 50 words to be
inserted in the Classified Columns of a local daily giving all necessary details. You are
Neeraj / Neerja, 28, Gopal Nagar, New Delhi.
Q8.
Answer the following questions in 30 to 40 words each:
a. How can the trees sprint?
b. Why did the poet look at her mother again, after security check?
c. Write the figure of speech used in the poem. Explain.
d. How different from usual was the atmosphere at school on the day of the last
lesson?
e. Everybody during the last lesson is filled with regret .Comment.