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Questionnaire by chapters for the students of class XIIth CBSE

The last lesson by Alphonse Daudet  Short answer type I. Why was Franz late for school that day? II. What surroundings did Franz find near his school? What did he expect earlier? III. What were surprises in school that day and what surprised Franz the most? IV. What was the thunderous blow for Franz? What did he feel after that? V. What happened when M. Hamel asked question on participle to Franz? How did he react? VI. Whom did M. Hamel blame after Franz dis not reply? VI. What did M. Hamel appeal to the people present in the classroom? VI. What was the behaviour of the students in the classroom that day? VII. What did Franz feel when he heard cooing of the pigeons? IX. How was the end of the last lesson? What did M. Hamel wrote on the board? Long Answer type 1. What were people's reactions on imposition of German language in the schools of Alsace Lorraine? 2. How does M. Hamel convince them importance of mother tongue to them?  Or  Explain with reference to the chapter "...
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All about Future Tenses

Simple Future tense Form The simple future form of a verb is shall/will + Verb The simple future form of  be is shall/will + be The simple future form of have is shall/will + have Uses First person (I/We) + shall express pure future, i. e., future without intention, determination etc. It indicates that something will happen as a matter of course I shall be 50 next birthday.  We shall have a holiday on Independence Day.  Note  >Will is frequently used with first person to indicate  pure future as well as intention, determination etc.  The use of shall to express pure future is going out of style, particular in American English > won't/wouldn't is always preferred to shan't to indicate refusal/negative intention I won't give you any money.  2. Shall we is always used in question tags after let's. Shall and will are not interchangeable here: Let's go home now, shall we? (Not, will we)  3.Shall I/shall we is used to elicit a person's wishes/inst...
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All about Past Tenses

Simple Past tense Form The simple past form of  regular verb is verb+ d/Ed Love - loved, work - worked The simple past of irregular verb is different Go - went, draw - drew, give - gave The simple past of have is had; of be is was/were; of can is could or was/were + able to.  Uses 1. This tense is used for a past action when the time of an action is mentioned.  The screening of the film started at 7 p.m.  In such sentence an adverb of time is often used.  Simple past indicates completion of an action in the immediate or remote past: Rama returned yesterday.  Newton saw an apple fall. Past perfect is not used to indicate completion of a single action even in remote past.  So if we say  Newton had seen an apple fall. (it is wrong)  2. Simple past is usually used in questions about past actions or event: Where did you stay in Delhi?  Why did you laugh suddenly?  Note Who/what used as subject doesn't require a dummy auxiliary "did": Who...
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All about present tenses

Forms of verb in Simple Present Tense Verb forms V1/V5 (Do/Does) Use of Simple Present Tense 1. Use the simple present to talk about things that are permanent or always true The earth moves around the Sun.  The Sun rises in the east They live in The USA 2. Use present simple to talk about habits and routines I often walk at 5 A.M. We see our friends every weekend.  3. To express theories and principles Light travels faster than sound A triangle has three sides Water freezes at zero degree centigrade 4. Use to express natural qualities/ characteristics A mother loves her children.  Sugar is sweet.  5. Use to express professional activities A Baker bakes bread.  My father is a doctor. He treats patients 6. Use this tense to express about a settled state of affairs which includes the present moment.  My uncle lives in Mumbai My house faces the North.  7. Use this tense to express ownership/relationship This house belongs to me.  Ramu owes me 200 rupe...
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Subject Verb Concord (Agreement)

Subject - Verb Concord ( agreement)  Concord means harmonious relationship between two grammatical units.  general rule for concord A singular subject takes a singular verb ex: The teacher writes on the whiteboard.  here teacher a singular subject takes a singular verb teaches A plural subject takes a plural verb.  Ex: The children play on the lawns.  Here in the sentence, plural subject "Children" takes plural verb play Understanding the number of subject understanding subjects with reference to number a. proper, abstract, and material nouns  ( singular)  b. common and collective nouns( singular and plural as well)  c. Pronoun (singular and plural as well d. the + adjective (plural subject)  e. infinitive- ( singular subject)  f. Gerund- (singular subject)  h. Noun phrase- (singular subject)  I. Noun Clause- ( singular subject)  Relative pronoun and verb agreement A relative pronoun as subject takes a singular verb when t...
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letter and sound F in English

F is 4th consonant and it is articulated puffing out the air through the opening of lips. The combined  diagraphs   ph and gh also produces   (f) sound. F is never kept silent in words. Example: Lough, Tough, Pamphlet, Physician etc But in some words last gh sound is also missing Example:  Bough, caught, Drought, Haughty Plough, Slight, Weight, Freight, Fright, Neighbour, Straight >> GH sound is silent when GH  comes after au, ou and I in words. F letter is not found silent in English words as it is very forceful sound. Common PH words with F sound alphabet, dolphin, elephant, graph, orphan, phantom, phone, Pharma, pheasant,  Photo. Common GH words with F sound cough, enough, laugh, rough, tough. Some 4 syllables words starting with F sound February, forgiveness, fireplace, familiar, flabbergasted( ˈ fla-b ər-ˌ ga-st əd)  firefighter, fascinating, finality, facetious, fabrication, fidelity, fenestration, feu...
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Footprints without Feet- H.G. wells

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       H. G. Wells (  born September 21, 1866,  Bromley,  Kent , England—died  August  13, 1946 London) "The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow" Herbert George Wells was a prolific writer who wrote in many geners but in the world he is famous for his science fiction novels like, The time Machine, The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds, The island of Doctor Moreau, The First Men in the Moon.  Wells was nominated four times for the Nobel prize but won none. His works reveal that he was truly futurist and visionary. Wells had foreseen the development of aircraft, tanks, space travel, nuclear weapons etc. In the beginning of the century he had foreseen the world figure quite clearly. In his novel of 1913-1914  The World Set Free , he imagined an “atomic bomb” of terrifying power that would be dropped from aeroplanes. And in 1945 the same event occurred when American army dropped two atom bombs in the two cities of Jap...
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