UNIT–1: Know Your Campus
Vocabulary
Activity 1
semester
Internal
major
studious
college
lecture
recall
course
topper
library
fees
student
fun
assignment
teacher
test
principal
Writing
Activity 1 (Describing Words)
Note to the Instructors: Kindly help the learners by giving them the meaning for the
difficult terms. Let them try individually.
Listening
Kindly play the video at least twice.
Reading
Activity 1
Note to the Instructors: Don’t try correcting the pronunciation of your children here. Let
them just enjoy reading English and allow them to experience the language. As you keep
moving around, check whether they read aloud and help the learners who are inhibitive.
Activity 2
Kindly explain to the students the meanings of words like quarry, rescue, bonded
labourers.
State whether given sentences are true or false.
1. Devli fights for the cause of children’s rights.
(false)
2. Bachpan Bachao Andolan was started by Devli.
(false)
3. Devli was born in a stone quarry.
(true)
4. The parents of Devli were bonded labourers.
(true)
5. Devli started working at the age of five.
(true)
6. The native village of Devli was Jodhpur.
(true)
7. Devli ate the banana with its skin because it was nutritious.
(false)
8. Balika Ashram is a centre of Bachpan Bachao Andolan.
(true)
9. Devli helped fifty children get education in her village.
(false)
10. Mr. Kailash Satyarthi is the winner of Nobel Prize.
(true)
Speaking
Activity 1
Note to the Instructors: Make the learners repeat saying each set of sounds at least thrice.
1. a. head
b. bed
c. said
d. get
e. red
f. made
2. a. car
b. star
c. man
d. far
e. park
f. heart
3. a. sun
b. fun
c.gun
d. late
e. luck
f. but
4. a. chap
b. chill
c. check
d. change
e. chin
f. machine
5. a. mat
b. cat
c. fat
d. bat
e. hut
f. sat
UNIT-2: Know Yourself
Vocabulary
Activity 1
Relating and Grading Emotions
Note to the Instructors; Kindly go around the groups and see whether all in the group are
involved in doing the task. Help them with the meaning of difficult terms.
Activity 2
Note to the Instructors; Kindly don’t be in a hurry in giving them the right answer. Give
them sufficient time in guessing the words. Provide help if required.
Unscramble the following words using their synonyms given in the next box as
clues.
Das
nvey
bdlo
inkd
rifm
-sad
-envy
-bold
-kind
-firm
yhs
roudp
oyjulf
artle
bisrk
-shy
-proud
-joyful
-alert
-brisk
UNIT–3: Entertainment
Vocabulary
Activity 1
Movie/show
Television
blockbuster,
matinee, newsreaders,
channel,
break, spectators, release, watch, telecast, serial,
theatre
remote
Internet
Sports/Games
download, e-mail, cricket, winner,
chat,
website, tweet ,webpage
foul,
stadium,
umpire
team
,
Print Media
Beach /Park
magazine,
newspaper jogging, lie-down, riding
seesaw, sunbath, waves
novel
editorial
print
write
Activity 2
1. oynej
-enjoy
2. tieneam
-matinee
3. esgma
-games
4. ictfoni
-fiction
5. ieovm
-movie
6. rkap
-park
7. mgaanezi
-magazine
8. singwmim
-swimming
9. cutralslu
-culturals
10. tcah
-chat
Activity 2 (Words Modifying Verbs)
Note to the Instructors: Kindly help the learners in understanding what adverbs are.
Adverbs describe the actions and normally take the suffix ly , but there are some adverbs of
time and action which do not take ly. Eg: never, ever, always, often, yet, still, hard, late
Sentences
1. I am really surprised by the news.
2. The actor was seriously injured.
3. The news was wrongly reported on the internet.
4. You should watch the movie quietly.
5. The actor criticised his fans unnecessarily.
6. He nervously awaited the release of his movie.
7. The reporter was brutally murdered.
8. This webpage is poorly designed.
9. Charlie Chaplin worked hard to make people laugh.
10. The director arrived late for the function.
11. She sings the old songs beautifully.
12. This colour combination is often used on this website.
13. You shouldn’t always believe in what you see on screen.
14. Media still depends on technology.
15. I’ve never been to a beach.
16. The entertainers quietly went home.
The demands at the work place seldom allow me to enjoy my life. Strangely, I don’t
even get a chance to talk to my children. Since I reach home late and leave early, I
don’t get enough time to spend with them. Therefore, I devote weekends, especially
Sundays, to my family. I take them to beach, theatre, and restaurants. This weekend entertainment gives me and my family some kind of relaxation which we
desperately require to keep us fresh through the weekdays
Reading
Activity 1
Note to the Instructors; Kindly go around the groups and see whether all in the group are
involved in doing the task. Help them with the meaning of difficult terms like versatile,
celebrity, philanthropy
Choose the correct answer:
1. Agaram Foundation is an organisation that helps_________________.
a) the poor boys
b) the poor students
c) the poor deserving
students
2. Sivakumar Educational Trust has been functioning for more than___________.
a) three decades* b) five decades
c) two decades
(* a decade is a period of ten years)
3. Surya sees his social activities as a ___________.
a) time pass
b) duty
c) means of popularity
4. Rajinikanth whom Surya met is a ___________.
a) famous actor
b) poor boy
c) first graduate student
5. ___________ was the eye opener for Surya to start Agaram.
a) a gypsy boy
b) his mother
c) his friend
6. Rajinikanth was given a cash award of ___________ rupees.
a) 18,000
b) 8,000
c) 80,000
7. Rajinikanth wanted to use the cash award for his -___________.
a) parents
b) poor classmates
8. The name Agaram was suggested by ___________.
a) Gnanavel, a journalist b) his father
c) studies
c) his wife
9. Vazhai, an NGO has a group of___________ as its members.
a) actors
b) new graduates
c) first generation graduates
10. The word celebrity means___________.
a) a famous person b) celebration
c) one who loves celebration
Speaking
Note to the Instructors:
In the first column of words the ending sounds are usually mispronounced as villaaage, the
right way is vilige as you pronounce vi , pronounce li also. In the second and third columns
the vowel in the middle place is mispronounced. /Sh/ is yet another sound which is often is
mispronounced. If you are not sure of the sounds, kindly get the help of an English teacher on
the campus or use your smart phone and be sure of the right pronunciation before going to the
class.
Activity1
village
manage
damage
language
college
heard
curd
first
third
shirt
engage
tongue
hanger
mingle
singular
name
game
same
blame
lame
English
fish
dish
cash
push
luggage
marriage
cabbage
wastage
passage
girl
burst
turn
burn
learn
linger
finger
bangle
king
singing
cake
fake
take
bake
lake
shoe
ship
shower
shine
shall
UNIT–4: Society
Vocabulary
Activity 1
1. Government
4. facilities
7. religion
10. values
Activity 2
2. people
5. groups
8. culture
11. Industry
3. families
6. Profession
9. landscape
12.organisation
Facilities
bank, education, house
market,,road electricity
media,
water,
shop
footpath, hospital
Condition
Religion
poverty, happy, peaceful worship, mosque, faith,
determined,
elated atheis, fanatic, temple,
discrimination,
secular devotee, theist, church
harassment,
crime idol ,rituals
outcast, disaster
Landscape
field, estuary, hill, lawn,
rive, mountain ,
pond
,waterfall, beach , ocean
plain
People
Babies,refugees,students
foes,
beggars,
gangs
parents,
relatives
children, entrepreneurs
cliques
Work
tilling
farming
workalcoholic wages, nursing
coolie
white-collar
labourers,
teaching,
irrigation, opportunity
Writing
Activity 1 (Tense Recalling)
Error Correction
01. I studied yesterday. (not am study)
02. She has been reading a book for two hours. (present perfect continuous)
03. We will enjoy the music.(simple future)
04. They have selected him as the chairman.(present perfect).
05. He had sent the mail.(past perfect)
06. You will have reached the place by 9 0’ clock.(future perfect)
07. He came home after the class.(simple past)
08. They will listen to the song tomorrow.(simple future)
09. It will be over by this evening.(simple future)
10. We are preparing for the examination.(present continuous)
11. Everything has changed in a few weeks.(present perfect)
12. Karthik will be opening the innings.(future continuous)
13. Vivek reads the Hindu everyday.(simple present)
14. Last week they bought a new car.(simple past)
15. It was raining the whole of last night. (past continuous)
Activity 2 (Prepositional Phrases)
Reading
Activity 2
Read the following story carefully andanswer the questions given below
Note to the Instructors:
The list of prepositional phrases given below is frequently used in day to day
communications. Hence kindly make the learners be thorough with them. If possible try to
help them in using them sentences of their own.
1.at
2.with
3.for 4.of 5.with
11.to 12.on 13. at 14. to 15.in 16.for 17.at
6.at
18 at
7.in 8.with 9.with 10.on
19.in 20. About
Activity 2
Read the following story carefully and answer the questions given below.
State whether the following are true or false:
1. The king wanted the artists to paint a picture of piece.
2. Several artists tried to paint the picture.
3. The king had to choose among three pictures.
4. The first picture was of rough and bare mountains.
5. All assumed the first one to be a perfect picture of peace.
6. There was a mother bird in the first picture.
7. There was a crack in the rock of the second picture.
8. The mother bird was concerned of its safety.
9. The king offered the prize for the second one.
10. Peace means to be calm amidst noise and trouble.
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