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ENGLISH- Flying Sikh

  Flying Sikh Date- 8/9/21 Topics covered- Reading and explanation of the chapter. New Words 1.reminisced 2.massacred 3.mortgaged 4.sprinter. Textual Answers : 1. Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow. a) i.                 Malkhan Singh was alarmed because his brother Milkha Singh had lost all hopes of a better future and was thinking of becoming a dacoit. ii.                 Milkha Singh was stationed at the Electrical Mechanical Engineering Centre in Secunderabad. iii.                 Milkha Singh’s role model was his coach Havaldar Gurdev Singh. iv.                 dacoit b) i.                 The nation had high hopes for Milkha Singh during the Rome Olympics knowing that he had won 77 races out of 80 in the world. ii.                 Milkha Singh ran so fast th
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English- A Fishy Story

 A FISHY STORY Date- 2/9/21 Topics taught- Reading and explanation of the chapter. New words 1.minnows 2.gumption 3.bleakly 4.marvelled 5.clutched 6.shattered Date- 3/9/21 Topics taught- Discussion of textual exercise Textual Answers : 1. Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow. a) i.     According to the people, all that is required to make a good fisherman is the ability to tell lies easily. ii.     The twenty-five percent formula wouldn’t work well for the young man because the greatest number of fish he ever caught in one day was three, and one can’t add twenty-five per cent to three in fish. iii.       When the twenty-five percent formula didn’t work, the young man would just double the quantity. iv.     falsify b) i.    ‘It’ refers to the trout in the glass case. ii.
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