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🟠 paragraph 11 👉🏻 Anticipating success : When life becomes too hectic, we can end up feeling mentally tied in knots. Nothing seems easy and positive. Pessimism sets in and we cannot see a way out of our current problems. We can open a source of optimism with the technique of anticipating success. • Settle back in a chair and close your eyes. • Experience with all your senses what it feels like to have achieved something and enjoy the resulting feelings of relief and elation • Hang on to the positive feelings and bring them back with you into the here and now. • Open your eyes again. 1. When does pessimism set in? Ans. When life becomes too hectic, we feel mentally tired and everything seems clumsy. In such condition, pessimism sets in and we cannot see a way out of our current problems. 2. Give two ways to anticipate success. Ans. We can anticipate success in the following ways: (i) Relax in a chair with closed eyes and feel like having achieved something. (ii) While relaxing thus, we should hang on positive feelings. 3. What happens when life becomes too hectic? Ans. When life becomes too hectic, we can end up feeling mentally tied knots. Nothing seems easy and positive. 4. Which thing shows us the way out of our current problems? Ans. Only optimism with the technique of anticipating success shows us the way out of our current problems. ==================== 🟣 paragraph 12 Make sure you don't get all tangled up in considerations about how the situation will resolve itself. It will look after itself as long as you keep your aim firmly in mind. If you stay focused on a positive outcome, you can think more clearly and you will make better decisions, which will eventually leads to the desired results. If there could be a number of different positive outcomes, then simply concentrate on visualising one version today and another version tomorrow. This is not an exercise in correctly predicting the future, but rather a way of clearing negative thoughts from your mind and focusing on a positive state. 1. When will the situation resolve itself? Ans. If one keep one's aim firmly in mind, the situation will look after itself and one has not to worry about it. 2. What will lead to the desired results? Ans. If one stays focused on a positive outcome, one can think more clearly and make better decisions, which will eventually lead to the desired results. 💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡 std. 12 Unit: 3 Read: 1

🟢 paragraph 9 👉🏻 The Screen Exercise : When emotions have taken you over, it becomes nearly impossible to think clearly. Then it becomes very easy to make unwise decisions or to agree to something which is not to your advantage. The Screen Exercise shows you how to step back and emotionally detach yourself from your current situation so that you can see more clearly what is going on. Taking an outsider's point of view and imagining another person in your situation will put a new perspective on your stress problem so you can evaluate more calmly what needs to be done. 1. What happens when emotions take us over? Ans. When emotions take us over, it becomes nearly impossible to think clearly and we start taking unwise decisions or to agree to something which is not advantageous to us. 2. What does Screen Exercise show? Ans. The Screen Exercise shows us how to step back and emotionally detach ourselves from our current situation to see the happenings more clearly. ===================== 🔴 paragraph 10 • With your eyes closed, think about the situation that is currently causing you stress. • Imagine projecting the situation onto a screen in your mind as if it were a film you were watching. Include only what has really happened not what you are afraid might happen. • Replace yourself in the film with someone else of the same gender. • Watch the film as an outsider observer. How do you feel about what is going on in the film? • What advice would you give the person who is replacing you on the screen? • Open your eyes again and act on your own advice. 1. Give three examples of The Screen Exercise. Ans. With our eyes closed, we should think about the situation that is currently causing us stress.We can Imagine projecting the situation onto a screen in our mind as if it were a film we were watching. We should include only what has really happened not what we are afraid might happen. We may replace ourselves in the film with someone else of the same gender. 2. Which are the last two steps before opening your eyes? Ans. Before opening our eyes and act on our own advice, we should watch the film as an outsider observer. We should imagine what advice we would give the person who is replacing us on the screen. 💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡 std. 12 Unit: 3 Read: 1

🔵 paragraph 7 👉🏻 Self - hypnosis : You can use this self - hypnosis state to relieve mental stress. Try the following exercises. It becomes easier with your eyes closed. • Settle back in a chair and close your eyes. • Start counting backwards from 99 to 70. Count slowly to fit in with your breathing. • Now count down from 69 to 30, while imagining walking down the steps of a beautiful staircase. Feel yourself walking down in time with your breathing. See the beautiful grand staircase stretching ahead of you. Imagine the steps are carpeted so that your progress is as effortless as possible. 1. What should you do while sitting in the chair? Ans. While sitting in the chair with closed eyes, we should count backwards from 99 to 70 as slowly as to fit in with our breathing. 2. What is the third step of Self - hypnosis exercise? Ans. In the third step of Self - hypnosis exercise, we should count down from 69 to 30 imagining walking down the steps of a beautiful staircase and feeling ourselves with our breathing. We should also see the beautiful grand staircase stretching ahead of us and imagine the steps carpeted so that our progress is as effortless as possible. =============== 🟡 paragraph 8 • Count down from 29 to 0 while imagining drifting further down in luxurious lift, as large as a room, carpeted, with views of landscapes outside. Watch the decreasing numbers along with your breathing. • As you arrive at 0, the lift doors open and you enter a room that is furnished just as you would like it. It has all your favourite things in it and it is totally private. Find a comfortable chair in your room and settle back in it. • Remain there in your imagination until you feel rested and refreshed, then open your eyes again. 1. What should you do while counting from 29 to 0 ? Ans. We should count down from 29 to 0 while imagining drifting further down in luxurious lift, as large as a room, carpeted, with views of landscapes outside. Watch the decreasing numbers along with our breathing. 2. What happens as you arrive at 0 ? Ans. As we arrive at 0, the lift doors open and we enter a room that is furnished just as we would like it. It has all our favourite things in it and it is totally private. We should find a comfortable chair in our room and settle back in it. 3. When can we open our eyes again? Ans. We should remain in the room in our imagination until we feel rested and refreshed and after that we can open our eyes again. 💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡 std. 12 Unit: 3 Read: 1

🟠 paragraph 5 Basically, the day hasn't even started but you are already in a tizz. What is happening is that your mind is racing ahead of you and anticipating how tired and stressed you will feel once you have completed all the tasks ahead. These frantic thoughts start weakening your energy and as a result you are entering into a busy day with only half of your normal energy. Then, when you end up shattered at the end of day, you seem to have proved that you were right all along - you had a dreadful day and you feel physically drained. 1. When are you nervous? Ans. We are already nervous even though our stressful day hasn't even begun.We anticipate how tired and stressed we will feel once we have completed all the tasks ahead. 2. How do your frantic thoughts affect you? Ans. The frantic thoughts start weakening our energy and as a result we start our busy day with only half of our normal energy. 3. What happens at the end of the day? Ans. When you end up shattered at the end of day, you seem to have proved that you were right all along - you had a dreadful day and you feel physically drained. 4. Find out the similar word for 'a state of nervous excitement' from the passage. Ans. The similar word for 'a state of nervous excitement' from the passage is 'tizz'. 5. Find out the similar word for 'wild' from the passage. Ans. The similar word for 'wild' from the passage is 'frantic'. ==================== 🟢 paragraph 6 In order to have the maximum energy available at the start of a busy day, use 'I have no expectations and I will deal with whatever happens when it happens' as a form of mantra. You will notice how your body starts relaxing at the thought of 'no expectations'. This relaxation tells you that you have just stopped yourself from wasting valuable energy. You will feel calmer mentally and emotionally as a consequence. 1. What mantra one should have in the morning to have energy for the whole day? Ans. In the morning, one should have the mantra 'I have no expectations and I will deal with whatever happens when it happens.' This mantra helps us have energy for the whole busy day. 2. What are the advantages of the said 'morning mantra'? Ans. If we follow the morning mantra 'no expectations', we can stop ourselves from wasting valuable energy. We will also feel calmer mentally and emotionally as a consequence. 3. Find out the similar word for 'result' from the passage. Ans.The similar word for 'result' from the passage is 'consequence'. 💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡 std. 12 Unit: 3 Read: 1

🟣 paragraph 3 Do you find yourself reacting in any of the following ways? • You find it difficult to concentrate on things. • Your memory is letting you down frequently. • You have lots of different things on your mind but cannot grasp a clear thought. • You are often undecided these days and this is untypical for you. • You make longer to do tasks that you were able to complete quite quickly before. • You start lots of things but don't finish any. If yes, then it gives a sign of mental stress present in you. The better you deal with stress, the less your mental capacity will be affected. The following exercises will help you build better stress resilience and rebalance yourself if your mental capacity has already started to suffer due to stress. 1. What are some signs of mental stress? Ans. We find it difficult to concentrate on things and our memory is letting us down frequently.We have lots of different things on our mind but cannot grasp a clear thought.These are signs of mental stress 2. Give some examples when you react stressfully. Ans. We react stressfully when we are often undecided and this is untypical for us and we make longer to do tasks that we were able to complete quite quickly before. We start lots of things but don't finish any. 3. You find it difficult to concentrate on things. Is it a sign of mental stress present in you? Ans. Yes, it is a sign of mental stress present in us. 4. How can you stop your mental capacity getting affected? Ans. The better we deal with stress, the less our mental capacity will be affected. Some exercises will help us build better stress resilience and rebalance ourselves if our mental capacity has already started to suffer due to stress. 5.Pick out the similar word for 'flexibility' from the passage. Ans. 'flexibility' = 'resilience' ====================== 🔴 paragraph 4 👉🏻 Stop over-thinking: When tasks and pressures start building up, the mind can sometimes go into over thinking and you come to the thought, 'I wish there was a switch in my head that I could flick and turn off all the thoughts going around in my mind!' It is not that easy. There is a technique to help you during the problem of over thinking: • Say to yourself repeatedly during the day: 'I have no expectations and I will deal with whatever happens... when it happens.' When you think about a stressful day that lies in front of you, your thoughts run approximately like this: 'Oh my God, I have so much to do! I must do X and Y and Z and after that, A and B need to get sorted out as well! I don't know how I'm going to do it all. I won't even have time to eat!' 1. When does over-thinking take place? Ans. When tasks and pressures start building up, the mind starts over-thinking. 2. What is not easy according to the writer? Ans. According to the writer, to stop over-thinking all of a sudden like flicking a switch to turn off an electrical apparatus, is not easy. 3. How can you solve the problem of over thinking? Ans. There is a technique to help us during the problem of over thinking. We have to say to ourselves repeatedly this mantra during the day: 'I have no expectations and I will deal with whatever happens... when it happens.' 4. What happens when you think about a stressful day that lies in front of you? Ans. When I think about a stressful day that lies in front of me, my thoughts run approximately like this: 'Oh my God, I have so much to do! I must do X and Y and Z and after that, A and B need to get sorted out as well! I don't know how I'm going to do it all. I won't even have time to eat!' 5. Find out the similar word for 'strike' from the passage. Ans. The similar word for 'strike' from the passage is 'flick'. 💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡 std. 12 Unit: 3 Read: 1

Manage Your Stress Strengthening Mental Flexibility ================================= 🔵 paragraph 1 Mind, emotions and body are all closely interlinked and always work together. It helps you distinguish them more clearly if you try to understand them separately. Your mental capacities are your abilities to concentrate, to take in new information, to remember old and new information and to be in a position to think logically. You need your mental capacity in order to study, to work, to impose a constructive and workable order on your life, and to make rational day-to-day decisions. For example, if you had the choice of walking to work or taking the car, the fact that it was raining hard and you had a cold could lead you to the decision that it was better to take the car. That would be a rational decision based on the current circumstances. 1. How does our mental power make us powerful? Ans. Our mental power helps us to concentrate, to take in new information and to be in a position to think logically. 2. Why do we need our mental capacity? Ans. We need our mental capacity in order to study, to work, to impose a constructive and workable order on our life and to make rational day-to-day decisions. 3. What do you mean by mental capacities? Ans. Mental capacities are one's abilities to concentrate, to take in new information and to be in a position to think logically. 4. Give an example of a rational decision based on the current circumstances. Ans. If you had the choice of walking to work or taking the car, the fact that it was raining hard and you had a cold could lead you to the decision that it was better to take the car. That would be a rational decision based on the current circumstances. 5. What do you know about mind, emotions and body? Ans. Mind, emotions and body are all closely interlinked and always work together. It helps us distinguish them more clearly if we try to understand them separately. 6.Pick out the similar word for 'reasonable' from the passage. Ans. 'reasonable' = 'rational' ========================= 🟡 paragraph 2 The mind is the rational, logical part of you that helps you to make unemotional choices, to store and retrieve information and to order and calculate. It is the counterpart to the emotions. A good example of the interaction between mind and emotions is exam nerves. Your mental capacity has helped you retain what you have revised. You 'know your stuff' but when you enter the exam room and start getting emotional by expecting difficulties and imagining failure, all of a sudden the carefully stored information is no longer available. Your emotions have barred the way to your inner information store. 1. What is our mind, according to the writer? Ans. According to the writer, our mind is our rational, logical part that helps us to make unemotional choices, to store and retrieve information and to order to calculate. 2. How do emotions sometimes fail our mental capacity? Ans. At the time of exam, our mental capacity has retained what we have revised, but when we enter the exam room, we start anticipating difficulties and that fear of imaginary failure makes us forget all the carefully stored information. 3. In what ways does the mind help us? Ans. Mind helps us to make unemotional choices, to store and to retrieve information and to order and calculate. 4. How is the mind? Ans. Our mind is the rational, logical part of human being. 5. What is the counterpart to the emotions? Ans. Our mind is the counterpart to the emotions. 💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡 std. 12 Unit: 3 Read: 1

(8) 1. Ankit: What do you say about the movie 'Dangal'? Chirag: ……………..(Giving opinion) Ans. Oh, 'Dangal' ? It has broken all the records of earning in Bollywood. 2. Rakesh: Why do so many people flock to the USA every year? Nirav: ……….(Showing purpose) Ans. So many people flock to the USA every year with a view to earning a lot of money. 3. Kaushal: What should I do to take admission in Medical? Counsellor: ……………(Giving advice) Ans. You should clear NEET exam with a good score. 4. I: Will you help me in solving the theorem? Ashish: ………………..(Giving assurance) Ans. Damn sure; I will. (9) 1. Nikita: What is to be done in this case? Archita: …………….(Giving options) Ans. I would ask for more salary or give up the job. 2. Viraj: Do you say prayers before going to bed? Vaishali: ………….(Mentioning past habit) Ans. No, not now; but we used to pray before going to bed. 3. Rakshit: What will you do if you win a lottery? Ruchita:……………………(Showing preference) Ans. I would rather buy a huge bungalow. 4. Sonal: Why are you in such a low-paying job now? Saloni:……………….( Showing past possible condition) Ans. Had I cleared the entrance test, I would have been as IAS officer. (10) 1. Mr Parikh: Why is my car making too much noise: Mechanic:……………..(Reporting) Ans. The clutch plate of your car has worn out. 2. Vineet: What shall we do now? Friends:………………(Proposal) Ans. Let’s go to a movie now. 3. Sanjay: Will you lend me your book for a day? Gautami:…………………(Showing agreement) Ans. Certainly, why not? 4. Manthan: How do you start your day? Milind:…………(Habitual present) Ans. I practise 'Yoga' early in the morning. 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 std. 12 Functions

functions: 3 ==================== (1) 1. Rutwik: What are you doing? Rinku: ……………………………………(Giving information) Ans. I am doing my home work. 2. Sejal: Why did you not come to school yesterday? Nirali: ……………………………………..(Giving reason) Ans. Because I had fever yesterday. 3. Kalpesh: Why do you watch films? Krutika: ……………….……………………(Expressing purpose) Ans. Just to entertain myself. 4. Rupal: How could you make this art? Rahul: ……………….………….……(Expressing manner) Ans. As my art teacher instructed me. (2) 1. Urmil: What will you do if she does not accompany you? Ujas: …………...........……………….(Expressing contrast) Ans. Even if she does not accompany me, I will reach there in time. 2. Nisarg: Why are you so upset today? Rajul: ……………………….….….(Giving explanation) Ans. I am having splitting headache today. 3. Vishal: How long can you sit in Vajrasan? Monish: ………………………..………..(Expressing time) Ans. I can sit in Vajrasan for 45 minutes. 4. Jankai: Where do you belong to? Vishwas: ……………..………..………(Sharing information) Ans. I belong to Jamnagar. (3) 1. Vineet: Which stream will you have? Akash: ………………….(Showing preference) Ans. I would like to go for Science stream. 2. Deepika: Why did you go in that slum area? Ranbir: ……………..(Showing reason) Ans. To collect some information about their life-conditions. 3. Krutika: Are you going to buy a new car? Kinjal: ……………..(Expressing condition) Ans. Yes, of course; provided my father permits me. 4. Dharmesh: How much stupid is he? Bhavesh: ………………(Expressing comparison) Ans. He is as stupid as an ass. (4) 1. Namarta: Are you sure he died this morning? Shraddha:Yes, of course. …………….(Showing exclamation) Ans. What a kind man he was! 2. Nehal: Why do you get late every day? Rupesh: ……………..(Showing reason) Ans. I cannot get up early in the morning. 3. Ashish: How does she dance? Anup: …………..(Showing supposition) Ans. She dances as if she were Sudha Chandran. 4. Manager: How long will you keep loyal? Clerk: ………..(Showing comparison) Ans. We will remain loyal as long as our employers are loyal to us. (5) 1. Suresh: When will the parcel be delivered? Courier man: ………………(Showing time) Ans. As soon as you pay up the charges, the parcel will be delivered. 2. Twinkle: How shall I reach there alone? Her uncle: ………………….(Showing purpose) Ans. I will give you directions so that you reach the place safely. 3. Chirag: How can you put trust on such a young man? Elderly man: ………………….(Expressing contrast) Ans. Though he is young, he is quite mature. 4. Pinkal: Is Disneyland worth visiting? Rupal: ………………(Showing comparison) Ans. Yes, no fun-park in the world is so enchanting as the Disneyland. (6) 1. Nisha: Why didn't you attend the party last night? Namita: …………….(Showing reason) Ans. Since I had indisposition, I could not attend the party last night. 2. Teacher: Are we really advanced? Student: …………..( Showing contrast) Ans. However advanced the world is, our thinking is primitive. 3. Parent: Will you plan the tour? Principal: ……….(Showing time) Ans. We’ll plan the tour provided all the parents submit their consent letters. 4. Teacher: Why was the project delayed? Student: ………………(Showing time) Ans. The project could not be finished in time as I could not collect enough information about it. (7) 1. Father: Why did you not transfer the money? Son: ………………(Showing reason) Ans. Since the server was down, no transaction could be done. 2. Teacher: Where is your friend Sujeet now? Ruchit: ……………(Showing Assumption) Ans. He must be in the gym now. 3. Ramlal: What sort of man is Mr Shah, Raghu? Raghu: ………………………………(Giving opinion) Ans. Mr Shah is a cynic man. 4. Rutesh: How long will you take to finish this book, Kruti? Kruti: ………………..(Providing information) Ans. I will take two more days, Rutesh.

(10) 1. We are sorry. We don't have any empty bed here. expressing apology 2. You are not allowed to walk around during the night curfew. showing prohibition 3. You should cooperate in government's vaccination program. expressing desirability 4. Man learns the truths of life whenever he is in hardships. giving general opinion 5. No sooner did I enter the room than the phone bell rang. expressing time 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 std. 12 Functions

functions: 2 ================== (1) 1. The task is so difficult that its favourable result is doubtful. showing result 2. What advice would you give the person who is replacing you on the screen? describing the person 3. The day hasn't even started but you are already in a tizz. indicating contrast 4. I have no expectations and I will deal with whatever happens when it happens. showing commitment 5. It helps us distinguish mind, if we try to understand them separately. expressing condition (2) 1. I want to have it so that I can watch it whenever I wish. showing purpose 2. I am happy that I have got a silver medal. showing reason 3. Household wet-waste should be composted separately. showing desirability 4. Silence is always better than words. expressing comparison 5. Science tells us that music soothes a plant and helps it grow. providing information (3) 1. If I had reached the expected destination in my life, I would not have wanted anything more in life. condition in past 2. Of all the blessings conferred on mankind by a benign providence, the most useful is the headache. comparison 3. In spite of our being late, we were allowed to enter the hall. expressing contrast 4. The boy who pleads headache, may want to keep away his friends. Talking about a person in relation to someone 5. My getting terrible headache is due to my often having stomach-disorder. expressing reason (4) 1. Well, children, where is so much racket, there must be something out of order. expressing strong assumption 2. Despite your being careful, you are sure to meet with an accident on this busy street. expressing contrast 3. If you don't want it, give it to me. expressing condition 4. I'd like to go to Canada once. expressing desire 5. Vishal is strong enough not to lose confidence in any critical situation. showing result (5) 1. As I was about to leave, he asked me, "Tell me one thing." expressing time 2. The doctor said that Nana was suffering from a sort of dissociative personality disorder. reporting 3. The speed of my car was too high to brake immediately. showing result 4. A song was being recorded there. doer is not important 5. The dead soldier's wife could neither weep nor cry out of the shock. alternative choice (6) 1. I told him, Nana, let's go to a salon. proposal 2. I insisted, "If you don't want to go, I will call a barber home." expressing condition 3. How do you feel about what is going on in the film? asking for opinion 4. It is surprising that a soldier is afraid of a gun. expressing taunt 5. Your mental capacities are your abilities to concentrate. defining (7) 1. He didn't want anyone to succeed as much as he did. comparison 2. The message that his uncle died is really shocking. expressing sorrow 3. Even on the previous night of his death, Walt was full of plans for the future. expressing contrast 4. An old-fashioned train was one of the first attractions at Disneyland. comparison 5. Walt was only fifteen years old when he decided to try his luck in Hollywood. showing time (8) 1. The harder you work, the better result you will get. expressing double comparison 2. The government motivated common people to open a savings account with a bank. expressing purpose 3. Put on a mask so that you may not catch virus. expressing purpose 4. I don't know the time of his return. expressing ignorance 5. My teacher is satisfied with what I have performed. talking about a thing in relation to something (9) 1. To be yourself is very difficult because you think that you are ignoble. expressing reason 2. Sita's demand was that she should be promoted. doer is not important 3. Mary's silly talks often embarrass her listeners. describing action 4. It is feared that a great epidemic will break out after monsoon this year. anticipating future 5. People are waiting in a long queue to refill oxygen cylinder. expressing purpose

(9) 1. It should look like nothing else on this earth. expressing vision 2. If you can't be a bush, be a bit of the grass. expressing condition 3. Malhar went to Canada so that he could join a Master's course. expressing purpose 4. I used to walk for long distances when I did not have a vehicle. expressing past habit 5. I ought to work sincerely to make a better career. expressing compulsion 6. Either your degree or your skill can get you a job. presenting options (10) 1. I would rather consult an advocate in this case. expressing preference 2. The clerks should work as sincerely as the manager. expressing expectation 3. The officer is so suspicious that he would do the work himself. expressing distrust 4. The weather is cloudy. describing atmosphere 5. "I will surely give you admission," the principal said. giving assurance 6. I don't know how to turn the site off. expressing ignorance (11) 1. We should learn to use it judiciously. expressing desirability 2. Don't leave appliances on standby mode. expressing suggestion 3. Some people feel lost unless they carry a tube of some headache remedy in their pockets all the time. expressing condition 4. The mother-in-law, who forswears her food on the plea of a splitting head. presenting excuse 5. And ain't I a woman? rhetoric poignant question 6. Because of the insufficient balance in his account, the cheque bounced back. expressing reason (12) 1. No, I will not depreciate editors. expressing commitment 2. Yagnesh joined a computer course with a view to developing a skill. expressing purpose 3. Though the Indian team scored very high, they lost the match. expressing contrast 4. We used to bunk classes in our school days. past habit 5. Rutwij is so frightened that he will not go in the dark again. expressing result 6. Start following the practice of roof top rainwater. expressing suggestion (13) 1. As I am indisposed, I want to be let off. expressing reason 2. They ought to be here at the particular hour. expressing compulsion 3. You should seek right kind of education. giving advice 4. I could work as much and eat as much as a man. expressing comparison 5. Eventually, Nealy sold her to a fisherman who owned a tavern in Kingston, NY. describing a past event 6. We are not free unless the men who frame and execute the laws represent the interests of the lives of the people and no other interest. expressing condition (14) 1. Walt used to say that Disneyland would never be finished and it never will. strong hope 2. Being solvent for the first time since he started in business gave Walt a chance to develop other ideas. describing tenure 3. You're welcome. accepting thanks 4. Excellent, you're getting good at this. expressing appreciation 5. Okay, I'm done. expressing confirmation 6. What does that mean? expressing eagerness to know further 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 std. 12 Functions

functions: 1 ==================== (1) 1. Can you install LOVE? seeking information 2. I don't know how to turn them off. showing ignorance 3. Go to start menu and invoke FORGIVENESS.EXE. suggestion 4. Oops... I have an error message already. showing displeasure 5. Don't worry ma'am, that's a common problem. consoling 6. Excellent, you are getting good at this. appreciation (2) 1. My brother Walt is no more, yet his influence lingers like a living presence over his studio. showing contrast 2. I wish there was a switch in my head that I could flick and turn off all the thoughts. expressing desire 3. I will deal with whatever happens when it happens. showing determination 4. Start counting backwards from 99 to 70. giving instruction 5. Walt used to say that Disneyland would never be finished. expressing strong hope 6. "What do you do with the money?" a friend asked. seeking information (3) 1. Nothing seems easy and positive. expressing hopelessness 2. As far as I can remember, Walt was drawing. recalling past event 3. The story of Disneyland, perhaps better than anything else. expressing comparison 4. Settle back in a chair and close your eyes. giving instruction 5. Make sure you don't get all tangled up in considerations. making alert 6. The Crown Pull influences the flow of cerebrospinal fluid in a positive way. sharing information (4) 1. He must have been what, about eighty-five. expressing assumption 2. Be grateful that I gave you two grandsons. expressing obligation 3. He would push away the plate and say, "Tell her I don't want to eat !" expressing displeasure 4. There was nothing she could do about it. expressing inability 5. Exactly the same turn of phrase that Nani would have used. showing comparison 6. We will keep at it, do our best. expressing assurance (5) 1. With heavy hearts we hoisted Nani's bier over our shoulders. recalling past event 2. No one is allowed to be indolent. expressing prohibition 3. When an army of the driver ants enters a house, the people flee into the forest and stay there. showing result 4. My sources of information are as good and reliable as anybody else's. expressing comparison 5. All the machinery of the system has been set in motion. reporting 6. It was a mistake not to take Nana to the funeral of our Nani. expressing realization (6) 1. Use of bicycle should be made popular. expressing suggestion 2. Present air conditioners carry a lot of carbon footprint. expressing fact 3. Owing to disposition, I am not taking the machine. expressing reason 4. Headache gives the sufferer a touch of importance. expressing taunt 5. I am not attending your meeting. expressing refusal 6. Respected sir, as I am suffering from headache, I request you to grant me leave. requesting permission (7) 1. Now all of you take off your coats and get through the usual drill. expressing order/instruction 2. Freedom means to be free from religious faith. defining 3. Many people in the world are independent but they are not free. expressing a viewpoint 4. Don't most of us want to be safe? asking for confirmation 5. Obliged to you for hearing me. expressing thankfulness/gratitude 6. Do you think I'm frightened of my own son? expressing confidence (8) 1. I do not want my grandchildren to be thrashed by their stepmother. taking stand against someone 2. Get out into nature and walk when stressed. expressing advice 3. Although desperately ill, he was as full of plans for the future as he had been all his life. expressing determination 4. The first money Walt ever made was a nickel for a sketch of a neighbouring horse. recalling past event 5. As I was about to leave, he asked me something. denoting time 6. His intonation was nasal, exactly like Nani's. expressing comparison

Editing: 2 ================ 9. The birth centenary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was celebrated here yesterday with great enthusiasm, as a part of celebration a blood donation camp was jointly organized by the youth club and the red cross society at the local hospital. In the three hours nearly 120 units of blood were gathered. The donors were given away the certificate by the hands of the chief guest. 10. From then on I met Mr Franks every Wednesday. Wednesday was my day off from the school hostel. I would spend the morning at Susie's and after lunch, I'd walk down to the Home. He would be relaxing in his tiny doll's home garden. 11. The possibility of a gust of wind breaking the image was too remote, Gobinda thought. But the image had been placed very close to the open window, only a metre away. He had shifted the image himself, deliberately in order that more light would be available for his work. 12. As the methods of autofab advance, the form of raw materials will be unimportant. Sophisticated autofab machines will be capable of rearranging molecular structures to generate any object from them. 13. Even in his last days Walt was an inspiration to others. On his deathbed he was full of plans for the future. One should never give up efforts till the last moment is what we learn from the life of Walt. 14. In the midst of all activities, Walt was stricken with a fatal illness. Although desperately ill and hospitalized, he was as full of plans for the future as he had been all his life. 15. Even the overwhelming success in the Disney's fortunes did not change Walt. He remained the simplest of men. He hated parties, and his idea of a night out was just a burger and chilli at some little restaurant. 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 std. 12 Editing