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Instructions to Students:
In this webpage you can find all the lessons, grammar topics, vocabulary items, speaking and writing tasks based on the Third Semester English curriculum prescribed by Osmania University for BA, BCom and BSc Students.
Each Lesson has pre-reading questions and activities. Attempt all of those before you read the lesson. You will have a better idea about the context of the lesson if you go through the Pre-reading questions. Make use of the tasks given to develop your LSRW skills. Try to take notes while reading/listening. You can also listen to the video lecture given with each lesson. That will help you for your exams. What we learn in our English classes should not be restricted only to the classrooms. Do not restrict yourselves to what you learn in English classrooms. Read widely, watch English news, expose yourselves with English. What we learn in our English classes should not be restricted only to the classrooms. You need to put those ideas into action. Our education should help develop social consciousness.
All the best!
Life
Charlotte Bronte
Pre-reading Questions for Discussion
Q1. How do you find the picture given above? Have you enjoyed the beauty of yellowish sky?
Q2. Do you like sunny days or rainy days? Why?
Q3. Do you like rains in the morning when you come to college? Why?
Q4. Can we have only sunny days or summer season? Do you think our life is also like these seasons?
Q5. Can you recall some happy moments of your life and some unhappy ones? How do you feel when you think about the unhappy incidents?
Q6. We cannot have only successes in life. Some times we need to face disappointments too. What should be our attitude towards failure?
Q7. How do we face adversity? Have you heard about depression? Do you know anyone who was depressed?
Q8. What do you do when you feel low?
Q9. Whom do you share your emotions with?
Q 10.If you don't mind, tell us how you overcame a tough situation in life?
Fill in the blanks while-reading
Fill in the blanks while-reading
Life is not a _____________ as dark as sages say
Oft a little morning rain___________a pleasant day
But these are______________ all
Life's sunny hours_______________
Sorrow seems to win O'er hope, ________?
Still_____________are her wings
Can courage quell_______________!
Post-reading Questions
Post-reading Questions
Examine the poet's view of life and how it differs from conventional wisdom
Explain the attitude of life that the poet is recommending
Bring out the main argument of the poem and discuss whether it is convincing
Post-reading Activity
Post-reading Activity
Q1. Find out five positive words from the poem and construct sentences relevant to your life
Q1. Find out five positive words from the poem and construct sentences relevant to your life
Example: 1. Courage
My close friend's courage during tough times was unbelievable
2. Strong
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Q2. Find about the institutions and organisations that help people deal with sorrow, depression and suicidal tendencies. Write a general essay on your findings. The essay should be of three paragraphs (400-500 words)
Q2. Find about the institutions and organisations that help people deal with sorrow, depression and suicidal tendencies. Write a general essay on your findings. The essay should be of three paragraphs (400-500 words)
Synonyms and Antonyms
From the poem, identify synonyms i.e. words that are of similar meanings of those given below
From the poem, identify synonyms i.e. words that are of similar meanings of those given below
black
delightful
momentary
quickly
sadness
cry
powerful
successfully
hopelessness
bravery
From the poem, identify antonyms i.e. opposite words of those given below
From the poem, identify antonyms i.e. opposite words of those given below
despair
weak
happiness
Fearfully
conquered
endless
defeated
slowly
Unpleasant
Light
A Wrong Man in Worker's Paradise
Rabindranath Tagore
Pre-reading Questions
Q1. What are your hobbies?
Q2. Do you like fine arts-painting, music, dance or sculpture?
Q3.Did you learn any art form seriously?
Q4. Can our hobby become our career?
Q5. What value do you think artists have in our society?
Q6. Is 'usefulness' the only criterion to value art work?
Q7. What purpose do art have?
Q9. Do you think paintings/art are just for enjoyment?
Post-reading Questions
Post-reading Questions
What sort of things did the man do on earth?
What was the mistake of the ariel messenger?
How do people in the worker's paradise spend their time?
Why did the man not fit in with the others in Worker's paradise?
How is the girl described?
What was the girl's initial impression of the man?
What was the man's reaction to the elder's decision?
What is the effect of the man's creation on the girl and others in the paradise?
What was the decision taken by elders?
What was the man's reaction to elder's decision
Post-reading Activity
Post-reading Activity
Find out about various traditional art forms in your place. Write an essay on the art forms of your interest. The essay should be of three paragraphs. (400-500 words)
(In the first paragraph you can talk in general about the art form and why you like it. In the second para what are specialities of that art form. In third para tell us what is the present status of the art form-is it still popular or not. Why?)
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Prepositional Phrases
Identify the prepositional phrases present in the following sentence (i.e. find verb+preposition)
The man never believed in utility.
He indulged in mad whims.
People laughed at him.
He would vow to shake off his mad whims...
'Let's hurry on,dear, time's flying'...
He lay down in the streets...
The girl held up the pitcher and stared at its side.
He came in.
The man sighed in great relief
The girl-of-the-silent-torrent came up tripping
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Punishment in Kindergarten
Kamala Das
Pre-reading Questions
Q1. Do you clearly remember your primary school days?
Q2. Do you have more of happy memories or unhappy ones?
Q3. Which ones do you like to think about?
Q4. Do those unhappy memories come to your mind unconsciously?
Q5. Have you ever been punished by teachers in your primary school?
Q6. How did you feel then?
Q7. How do you feel when you recollect that incident now?
While-reading Activity
While-reading Activity
Q1. What does the poet mean by saying "Today the world is a little more my own?"
Q2. Who was the blue-frocked woman and what did she do?
Q3.Why was the speaker called peculiar girl?
Q4. The speaker says "words are muffled" and "faces only a blur" What is the poet referring to?
Q5. The speaker says that there is "no need to remember" in the first as well as the last stanza of the poem. Is the poet referring to same things on both occasions?
Post-reading Activity
Post-reading Activity
Dialogue Writing
Read the poem and try writing dialogues for characters given below based on your imagination.
Baby Kamala:........................................................................................
Blue Frocked Woman:.........................................................................................
Baby Kamala:........................................................
Other Kids:..........................................................................................................
Baby Kamala:..................................................
2. Read the news on the viral video of teacher slapping a student. What is your take to this news?
https://www.newsweek.com/viral-video-teacher-slapping-student-sparks-outrage-1584280
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Toasted English
Pre-reading Questions
Q1. What do you usually toast?
Q2. What is toasting?
Q3. How is toasting different from roasting?
Q4. How many words can you think of that rhyme with toast?
Q5 What do you call a "taxi" or a "cab"?
Q6. Is there any difference between the two words?
Q7. Did you ever wonder if it is British or American English?
Q8. Can you give an example for an Indian word that is there in the English Dictionary? Eg: Ayyo
Toasted English.pdfWhile-reading Questions
While-reading Questions
Identify the meanings of the following words from the context in the lesson
toasted
tyranny
ceremonious
chuck
sibilant
idiom
mongrel
You can refer to a dictionary if you find to predict the meaning of the words from the context
Post-reading Questions
Post-reading Questions
"Americans too went through the phase" Which other country also went through such a phase?
How has English changed in America?
"In a London bus, ...ticket, ticket". Why will you hear this?
What are expressions such as "Thank you" and "Excuse me" examples of?
What is the significance of the term "toasting"?
Post-reading Activity
Post-reading Activity
Find at least thirty Indian words that entered into the English dictionary
For example: Ahimsa- non-violence
https://www.eng-literature.com/2016/07/list-of-indian-words-enter-english-dictionary.html
British and American English
British and American English
Active and Passive Voice
Active and Passive Voice
Identify the voice of the following sentences
Bharath English will respect the rule of law
English must adopt the complexion of our life
American English is being made in America
Narayan received numerous awards
Trespassing prohibited
Toasted English is taken from Narayan's Collection of Essays
The man was summoned
Tagore was awarded the Nobel Prize of Literature
Jane Eyre is considered a classic
R.K. Narayan was nominated to the Rajya Sabha
Idioms
Idioms
Connectives
Connectives
III semester notes.pdfIII Semester Notes
III Semester Notes
Note: The Lessons in the Section are taken from the textbooks prescribed by Osmania University for First, Second and Third years, The English Turf edited by C. Muralikrishna and Y.L.Srinivas , English in Use and English in Action edited by T.Vijay Kumar, K. Durga Bhavani, Y.L. Srinivas.
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