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Tenses 9th std

Verbs come in three tenses: past, present, and future. The past is used to describe things that have already happened (e.g., earlier in the day, yesterday, last week, three years ago). The present tense is used to describe things that are happening right now, or things that are continuous. The future tense describes things that have yet to happen (e.g., later, tomorrow, next week, next year, three years from now).

Direct and indirect speech 8th std

Direct Speech: the message of the speaker is conveyed or reported in his own actual words without any change.

Indirect Speech: the message of the speaker is conveyed or reported in our own words.

Some rules followed in direct and indirect speech are

1.    All inverted commas or quotation marks are omitted and the sentence ends with a full stop.

2.    Conjunction ‘that’ is added before the indirect statement.

3.    The pronoun ‘I’ is changed to ‘she’. (The Pronoun is changed in Person)

4.    The verb ‘am’ is changed to ‘was’. (Present Tense is changed to Past)

5.    The adverb ‘now’ is changed to ‘then’.

The Anteater and the Dassie 8th std

"The Anteater and the Dassie" is a story about two friends. Tendai was helping his grandmother to cook. They heard a news from radio that an anteater was captured by a farmer and he presented it to the president. Grandmother told a story to Tendai. The two friends, anteater and dassie had a race and dassie won because anteater was not fast. They had a race again. This time anteater won because it curled and rolled to reach the destination. The theme is that there are more than one way to do a thing.

Earthquake 9th std

"Earthquake" is a story written by M.S.Mahadevan. This story is about a boy, Brij. He tells his story to a traveller. His village faced a terrific earthquake. Rescuers found all the corpses belongs to his family except his little sister. Finally an army officer helped him to find his sister. She had been alive under the

A Tiger in the zoo 8th std

"A Tiger in the zoo" is a poem written by Leslie Norris. The poem is about a tiger which is inside the cage. The poet feels that the tiger should be in the forest, frightening the villagers but the tiger is inside a cage seeing the stars. The poet expresses his feeling about tiger's freedom and its chivalry.

Water the elixir of life 9th std

"Water the elixir of life" is about the importance of water and the importance of natural resources. The prose gives a detailed account of rain water, the changes occur in water colour, reasons for soil erosion, measures to prevent soil erosion etc... The wastage of water and how to prevent it are also explained here by C.V. Raman, the nobel prize winner.

Our Winged Friends 8th std

"Our Winged Friends" is about birds and their unique qualities and their reason for existing in our planet. Most of the details is taken from Dr. Salim Ali, the birdman of India

The main theme of this prose is to provoke children to admi

Modal auxiliaries 9th std

Auxiliaries, Modals and Main verbs

be, have and do can be auxiliaries and main verbs. They have grammatical functions and are used for forming tenses, questions, the passive, etc.

Modals are can, could, may, might, must, ought to, shall, should, will, would and need (need can also be a main verb).

Examples:

• We can play football.
  

  What to keep in mind when using modals

  Explanation	Sample sentences
  Do not use modals for things which happen definitely.	The sun risesin the east. - A modal can't be used in this sentence.
  They have no -s in the 3rd person singular.	He can playfootball.
  Questions are formed without do/does/did.	Can he speakSpanish?
  It follows a main verb in its infinitive.	They mustread the book.
  There are no past forms (except couldand would).	He was allowed towatch the film.
  When you use the past participle you tell about things which did not happen in the past.	You shouldhave told me.

Active voice passive voice 8th std

ACTIVE / PASSIVE VOICE

Active voice
In most English sentences with an action verb, the subject performs the action denoted by the verb.
    These examples show that the subject is  doing the verb's action.
            
Because the subject does or "acts upon" the verb in such sentences, the sentences are said to be in the active voice.

Passive voice
One can change the normal word order of many active sentences (those with a direct object) so that the subject is no longer active, but is, instead, being acted upon by the verb - or passive.
    Note in these examples how the subject-verb relationship has changed.
            
Because the subject is being "acted upon" (or is passive), such sentences are said to be in the passive voice.

The Cat and the Painkiller 9th std

"The Cat and the Painkiller" is an episode of the novel "Adventures of Tom Sawyer" written by Mark Twain. The story is about the boy, Tom Sawyer who loves to play prank on her Aunt Poly who loves Tom but hides her affection to make him a good boy.

After the storm 8th std

"After the Storm"  is a story about a girl Saruli who fought against resin tappers and saved the forest with her friends. The central theme of the story is save the forest

Seventeen oranges 9th std

"Seventeen Oranges" is a short story written by Bill Naughton. The story is about the narraotor who stole seventeen oranges and hid them in his apron. But he was caught by the police. How he managed to escape is the story. The story is humorous and highly recommended to the readers.

Land of our birth, we pledge to thee 8th std

"Land of our birth, we pledge to thee" is a poem written by Rudyard Kipling.

 

The poem is a promise by the children who takes pledge saying that they will work hard for their nation. They pray to God for strength to console people who are in distress. They take a oath saying that they will protect our nation's heritage.

The spider and the fly 9th std

'The Spider and thefly' is a poem written by Mary Howitt. This poem is about a spider who invites the fly to its house to eat it. To lure the fly, the spider flatters the fly by appreciating its beauty. The foolish fly becomes the meal for the spider. A beautiful and interesting poem which gives a great message.

On killing a tree 9th std

"On killing a tree" is a poem written by the Indian poet Gieve Patel. In this poem, the poet tells the readers how to kill a tree. The cruel picture of exploiting nature is depicted in the poem. The poem is highly ironic and the tone of the poem is sad.

Brave Rani of Jhansi 8th std

The prose 'Brave Rani of Jhansi' tells about the Queen of Jhansi's life history and her struggle to keep Jhansi from British's hands. It also talks about the beginning and end of sepoy mutiny,1857.

Sorry best friend 8th std

"Sorry, best friend" is a story about two young girls, Manju and Miriam. The unfairness of world is depicted in this story by showi

Little cyclone: The story of a grizzly bear

"Little Cyclone" is a story written by William Temple Hornaday. This is a story about a young and brave grizzly bear who proved its strength to other bears.

Phrases and clauses 8th std

Phrase is a group of words which does not have a subject or word and does not give complete meaning.
Clause is divided into two: Main clause and Subordinate clause. Clause has a subject, verb and gives complete meaning. Main clause can sta

Little sarah 9th std

"Little Sarah" is a poem which talks about a girl named Sarah trying to get a Johnny cake for her grandmother. Her journey from one place to another and the step by step procedure for harvesting is vividly mentioned in the poem.

No Men Are Foreign 8th std

"No Men Are foreign" is a poem written by James Kirkup

 

This poem talks about how earth is being polluted because of war.

Everyone in this planet is brothers. If we hate others, it means that we are hating ourselves.

Old Man River 9th std

"Old Man River is a drama written by Dorothy Demming. This drama is about a group of children who caught inside a house during flood. This story continues about how the children faced the crisis and prepared themselves for the consequences.

Living Amicably

Living amicably is a part taken from the autobiography of Abdul Kalam "The Wings of Fire". In this part, Abdul kalam's lifestyle, his parents, his school life, his friends and the problems he faced because he was a muslim were given.

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