french lesson 4

4. Le Plaisir De Lire

Grammaire – Plus-que-pqrfait

When two or more events in the past are given in sequence, the first one can be stated using plus-que-parfait and the next ones can be given in passé composé.

To frame a sentence in plus-que-parfait

Subject + l’imparfait of avoir/être + past participle of the verb

·        The rules to make the past participle of ER,IR and RE verbs remain same. Irregular past participles remain same.

·        DR MRS VANDERTRAMPP AND PRONOMINAL VERBS to be conjugated with être.

·        Rule for tranisitive verbs and CODs also remain same.

L’imparfait of ‘avoir’	L’imparfait of ‘être’
J’avais	J’étais
Tu avais	Tu étais
Il/Elle/On avait	Ils/Elles était
Nous avions	Nous étions
Vous aviez	Vous étiez
Ils/Elles avaient	Ils/Elles étaient

   e.g.  Quand j’avais fini mes exercises, j’ai pris le déjeuner.

Culture and civilization

·        Pour s’inscrire à la bibliothèque il faut/ on a besoin de

1.     Une carte d’identité

2.     L’autoriation des parents

3.     Une quittance d’électricité ou un loyer

·        A la bibliothèque on peut

1.     Emprunter les livres, les CD et les DVD, les BD et des jeux vidéo

2.     Lire ou écouter sur la place

·        Qu’est-ce qu’on trouve à la bibliothèque ?

Les livres d’images, les romans, les revues, les films, les CD, les BD, les DVD, les livres des contes, les livres de la poésie, les documents pour répondre aux questions sur tous les sujets et aussi les journaux et les magazines.

·        Le petit prince – Antoine de Saint- Exupéry (un roman)

·        Le tour du monde en 80 jours – Jules Verne (un roman)

·        Le renard et les raisins – Jean de la Fontaine (une poésie)

·        Panchatantra – vishnusharma (une collection de contes et de fables Sanskrit en cinq livres réunies au 5^e siècle)

·        Les rubriques d’un journal

La politique intérieur

La politique étranger

L’éditorial

Le fait divers – short news

La culture

Le sport

Le courrier des lecteurs

La météo

Les petites annonces

                                                                          

                                                                                  

                                                                          

                                       

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ENGLISH MID NIGHT VISITOR

ALL ANSWERS ARE COMPULSORY

Q 1. Pride before a fall befits Max, who said: “I will get it back tonight.” Was he successful? What lesson can be learnt from this?

Max was a spy who was overconfident and proud about himself. His pride blinded him, and he thought that wielding a gun would give an edge over the seemingly slow Ausable. However, despite this apparent pride and confidence, Max was utterly unsuccessful. Ausable outwitted him without lifting a finger. Max, in fact, jumped to his own death by taking Ausable’s words at face value. Thus, one learns that one should not be proud and must pay attention to the fine details before attempting to do anything.

Q 2. Write a character sketch of the secret Agent Ausable.
Ausable was a secret agent. He was a fat and sloppy fellow. In his appearance, he did not seem to be a mysterious figure. He came to Paris from Boston twenty years ago. He could speak French and German passably. He had not lost the American accent. Ausable was a very intelligent person with a great presence of mind. He did not lose his mind in a difficult situation when he faced a man with a pistol in his hand. He made up a story about the balcony. He made Max nervous by telling him about the police. He got Max killed without any fighting and shooting. Fowler who was disappointed to meet him at the beginning of the story was impressed with him at the end of the story.

Q 3. Ausable was a clever secret agent. Do you agree with the statement? Justify your answer.
Ausable did not look at all like the conventional image of a secret agent. He was short and very fat. Besides, he spoke French and German which lacked fluency as well as the right accent; the American accent was quite palpable in his speech. However, Ausable had a very sharp and active mind because he invented two stories, one about a non-existent balcony outside his hotel window and another about the police arriving to give extra security to some important documents he was about to receive. He was an intelligent man and a clever secret agent to be able to invent such stories on the spur of the moment in the face of danger in the form of Max, a rival secret agent.

Q 4. A calm mind can help you tackle direst stress. Explain.
Certainly, a calm mind can help us to tackle direst stress. If Ausable had panicked and reacted aggressively, then Max probably would have killed him. But Ausable kept his cool. Apart from this story, there can be some real life examples also. We are always told to focus when we are appearing for exams or not to panic in a difficult situation because such things hamper our thinking ability. We are not able to take proper decisions at this time. If we keep our mind cool and focus, then only can, we find ways to get out of crunch situations.

Questions from the text book. Think about it

1‘Ausable did not fit any description of a secret agent Fowler had ever read.” What do secret agents in books and films look like, in your opinion? Discuss in groups or in class some stories or movies featuring spies, detectives and secret agents, and compare their appearance with that of Ausable in this story. (You may mention characters from fiction in languages other than English. In English fiction you may have come across Sherlock Holmes, Hercules Poirot, or Miss Marple. Have you watched any movies featuring James Bond?)

Secret agents in fiction are projected like ideal men, ‘Tall, dark and handsome’. They are usually well-built. They would smoke a pipe (like Sherlock Holmes) or a cigar and execute death-defying stunts (like James Bond). Movies based on James Bond show hi-tech gadgets which assist the detective in countering villains. However, there are some exceptions to this appearance of a secret agent also. A character named Feluda was created by Satyajit Ray, the famous Bengali filmmaker. Feluda was a tall athletic figure who relied on his superb analytical ability and observation skill.

2. How does Ausable manage to make Max believe that there is a balcony attached to his room? Look back at his detailed description of it. What makes it a convincing story?
Ausable creates a detailed description of how his office was part a bigger apartment and how the next room had a direct connection with a balcony. His statement that somebody else also broke into his office through that balcony earlier made it a convincing story. Ausable’s ability to think quickly and calmly in a situation of panic makes it sound even more convincing.

3. Looking back at the story, when do you think Ausable thought up his plan for getting rid of Max? Do you think he had worked out his plan in detail right from the beginning? Or did he make up a plan taking advantage of events as they happened?
No, I don’t think that he had worked out his plan in detail earlier. He took advantage of events as they occurred. Ausable made up a story about the balcony because he knew the waiter was to arrive with the drinks later. So when the waiter arrived with the drinks, he told Max that he called the police for extra protection. All these things made Max desperate. He became restless and without looking below, he jumped out of the window.

ENGLISH - A TIGER IN THE ZOO

ALL ANSWERS ARE COMPULSORY

Answer the following questions in 100-120 words:
1. Animals, big and small, are being used by humans to meet their selfish desires. What
is your opinion regarding the exploitation of animals? Mention some examples that
you can see as a possible solution to this problem.

It is true that animals, big and small are being used by humans for their selfish
desires. Humans have encroached on their space and sheltered them in zoos in
inhuman ways. In the poem, the poet has shown the plight of a tiger. He is captured
and confined in a small cage. Confinement brings bondage and bondage is cruelty.
In order to overcome these problems, the government needs to declare certain places
as wildlife sanctuaries in order to protect animals in their natural habitat. It also needs
to enforce stricter laws against exploitation of animals. There has to be increased
awareness against cruelty towards animals and the importance of maintaining an
ecological balance.

2. Is it right to confine wild animals into cages? Why or why not?

Wild animals are meant to live in the wild. They are not meant to be caged and
displayed in the zoos. We all know that the tiger is on the verge of extinction. There
used to be a time when they used to roam proudly and freely in the jungle. They are
not meant to live a life in confinement. They also have the right to freedom like all
other living beings. Confinement leads to depression and misery. Moreover, their
offspring lose the hunting capabilities as they are not trained to hunt in the wild. As a
result, they would not be able to feed themselves. Furthermore, confining wild
animals disturbs the whole ecological balance. Hence, we should let the animals run
free in the wild. They belong to the forest and not to the cage.

II Notice the use of a word repeated in lines such as these
1. On pads of velvet quiet, In his quiet rage.
2. And stares with his brilliant eyes At the brilliant stars.
What do you think is the effect of this repetition?
Repetition is a poetic device used to seek attention to the idea and to make it
memorable. In this poem, ‘Velvet quiet’ refers to the quiet, velvet paws of the tiger,
which cannot run or leap in the wild freely. They can only walk around the small
cage. ‘Quiet rage’ refers to the anger and ferocity that is building up inside the tiger
as it wants to go into the wild but has to remain quiet because he is caged.
Similarly, the tiger has a dream of being free in its ‘brilliant’ eyes. So it sees the stars
that have also been described as brilliant with the same eyes. The words ‘quiet’ and
‘brilliant’ have repeated to show the contrast and to build emphasis.

III. Read the following two poems one about a tiger and the other about a panther.
Then discuss:
Are zoos necessary for the protection or conservation of some species of animals?
Are they useful for educating the public?
Are there alternatives to zoos?

Several species of animals are on the verge of extinction. Even tigers and lions are
not safe in the forest due to poaching that is done for trade, experiments etc. Thus,
zoos are necessary for the conservation of various animals and their rare species.
Zoos are safe and can also be used to educate the public about the importance of
wild animals and their role in maintaining the ecological balance. Wildlife
sanctuaries, reserves and national parks are some alternatives to zoos. These not
only help in the protection and conservation of these species, but also provide them with a natural habitat.

passe compose extra questions

Conjuguez ces verbes au passé composé.
1. Je avoir ..................................... soif et je prendre ....................................... un café.
2. Tu vouloir ......................................... me voir, tu arriver ....................................... tôt.
3. Il prendre .................................... son parapluie et il sortir ........................................ .
4. Ils aller ........................................ en vacances l’été dernier.
5. Il devoir ......................................... téléphoner au médecin.
6. Vous étudier ..................................... bien et vous réussir .................................. facilement.
7. Nous commencer ................................................ un nouveau cours.
8. Ils venir ............................................ souvent nous visiter.
9. Vous faire .............................................. de l’exercice physique.
10. Tu tousser ......................................... continuellement.
11. On devoir ................................................ écouter nos parents.
12. Nous réfléchir .......................................... et nous choisir ..................................... un bonbon.
13. Il pleuvoir....................................... et je attendre ....................................... l’autobus.
14. Hier soir, nous manger ........................................... tôt.
15. Elles appeler ............................................... leurs amis.
16. Ma soeur conduire ................................. vite et mes frères conduire ............................ lentement.
17. Je ouvrir .................................... la porte et le chien courir ......................................... à l’extérieur.
18. Elles finir ......................................... leurs devoirs et ils sortir ............................................ jouer.
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19. Il croire ........................................ que nous avoir ......................................... raison.
20. Le petit chat plaire .................................................. à mes parents.
21. Quand le téléphone sonner .........................................., on répondre ........................................ .
22. Alors, tu voir .................... le film, tu écrire .................... un texte et tu décrire ................. l’histoire.
23. Tu ne oublier ..................................... pas ! Tu nettoyer .......................................... la maison.
24. Le héros mourir ................................................. à la fin du film.
25. Vous devoir ................................................. de l’argent à tous vos amis.
26. Tu descendre ......................................... l’escalier et tu tourner ................................... à gauche.
27. Quand je lire ..................................., je découvrir ........................................ de nouvelles choses.
28. Je perdre ............................................... mon temps : je ne faire ............................................ rien.
29. Vous pleurer ................................................... beaucoup. Pourquoi ?
30. Mes frères vendre .................................................... leurs articles de sport.
31. Nous vouloir ................................ visiter le musée et nous devoir ........................... payer l’entrée.
32. Vous être ............................................ une très jolie jeune femme.
33. Ils faire ............................................. une grande fête à chaque année.
34. Tu entendre ....................................... ce bruit ? Je comprendre .................................. des mots...
35. Tu penser ................................................ toujours à ton amoureux.
36. Mes voisins vouloir ............................................ quitter le pays.
37. Tu remplir ..................................... le pot d’eau et tu mettre ....................................... des glaçons.
38. Je promettre ..................................................... de dire la vérité.
39. Hier soir, je lire ........................................ un peu et je dormir ..................................... sur le divan.
40. Ils finir ........................................... le jardinage et ils rentrer ............................................ se laver.
41. Tu envoyer ............................................... un message à tes amis.
42. Tu prendre ......................................... une douche et tu aller .............................................. au lit.
43. Quand je avoir ..................................... deux ans, je apprendre .................................... à marcher.
44. Nous vivre ..................................................... au Canada.
45. Ils faire ................................... à manger et ils nettoyer .................................... toujours la cuisine.

ENGLISH

HIS FIRST FLIGHT
DO ONLY THESE 5 QUESTIONS IN NB
Questions from the text book
Thinking about the Text
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THE BLACK AEROPLANE
DO ONLY THESE 5 QUESTIONS IN NB
Questions from the text book
Thinking about the Text
DON'T DO Thinking about Language
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