Online Learning Materials
Grade:10
English
Unit 3
Reporting Questions
Day 12
Writing Task: A
Lesson: 12 Time: 50 Minutes
Full Marks: 25 Pass Mark: 10
Please note that all the tasks and items prepared below are
authentic materials and will be used as they are in your terminal, Pre SEE and
SEE Preparation Examinations. You are therefore required to sincerely complete
these tasks on a daily basis. Parents are kindly advised to be observant and
with their children monitoring and supervising their studies and most of these
contents contain a number of materials on the internet, especially YouTube. Just make sure that they do not get digitally
distracted.
1.
Scene Setting
Please
keep reading these texts carefully before you start practising and completing
the tasks at the end below.
The Ramsays were respectable people. George Ramsay had a
brother, Tom, who was not laborious but problematic. Though he started a
business, he left thinking that it was boring. He not only left his business but also his wife and two children and went travelling. He borrowed money
from friends when he had none and George continuously helped him with the money
thinking that he would start a new business and settle one day. But with the
money George gave, he bought a car and some jewelry. He never settled down
and when he did not get money from his brother, George, he started blackmailing
him. Lastly, he sued a fake case with the help of Cronshaw, and got five
hundred pounds, and as soon as they cashed the cheque, they both went to Mont
Carlo and remained there for months.
Raju Dai:
A Grasshopper of our Village
Raju
Adhikary, who is called Raju Dai by everyone in my village, was once very rich
as his father had left a lot of property to him. He was very proud of his
father's wealth. So, he neither paid attention to his studies nor learned any
skills. When he was young, he didn't do any work, rather he spent his father's
property on drinking and gambling. He also bought a car and visited clubs every
night. Soon, he finished his father's property. He began to cheat the people to
satisfy his needs.
A Scary Secret of Two Sisters
One autumn, my sister and I made a blunder. She was ten and I
was sixteen. We planned to really enjoy our holiday because we were together
but away from home. Our excitement lasted till the end of our journey and
taught us an important lesson.
We felt very excited and grown-up as we were on the way to the
hometown of our grandparents in a cart. A fresh and cool breeze touched our body
and our soul. When we reached the lodge, we were disappointed. Although it was expensive,
it was not clean and well furnished. It had a tin roof. The room where we were
going to spend our night was small. I did not find
it cozy. In spite of a small window that was facing towards the North, the room
was not as airy as we expected. Both of us disliked it. We asked our granny “Is
there any hotel? We like to stay somewhere else, but not here.” When we asked
about another option, our grandfather replied, “No, there is not any guest
house or hotel nearby.” Their reply annoyed us but we could not make any
further requests further. After we unpacked our suitcases, our grandmother
warned us not to go outside till their return. “We won’t,” my sister promised,
but I knew that she was telling a lie. We had already decided to go out.
We went out of the lodge as soon as our grandparents were out of
our sight. When we reached a narrow gravelled street it was already dusk. The
view of the setting sun was very pleasant. Birds were returning to their nests.
We could hear children playing soccer nearby, but the little street was quiet.
There was no sign of any hotel. Suddenly, a thug stepped out from the bush. He
growled, “Don’t move!” He was tall and lanky. His black beard and dirty, curly hair
was disgusting. He was wearing a black face mask and spectacles. When he came
very close to us, we could smell cigarettes and a terrible smell of alcohol in
his breath. I shivered. My little sister was terrified. We were speechless. He
said, “Give me your chain.” So I did. Then he turned to my sister and said, “Your
earrings!” Without uttering any word, she gave her best gold earrings. Snatching
my handbag, he jumped into the bush and vanished. Then, we cried and cried.
After some time we
recollected ourselves and ran back to the lodge. We did not feel safe until we
got into our room and locked the door behind us. Though the man looted our
precious things, he taught us a good lesson. We had disobeyed our elders which
we were not supposed to do. Despite their warning, we walked out in a place
that was new for us. Before this horrible experience, we did not use to listen
to our parents and elders. How stupid we were! We now learned that we should
obey them because their experience and knowledge are our guidelines for a better
life. After this incident, we became more obedient. However, we decided not to
tell the scary incident to our grandparents or even our parents. We knew that
they would punish us even though we had learned a lesson. That dangerous
adventure is still a secret that I only share with my sister. (568 words) (Adapted from Savage and
Mayer’s “Effective Academic Writing”)
Task I. Write a
summary of the story above. [8]
Some Useful Links
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGWO1ldEhtQ [
< 4 minutes ]
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5fscOMhxgY [ < 3 minutes ]
Note: Please use a separate Notebook
for all your tasks or A4 size paper well-maintained in a portfolio/file in the same order
for submission and evaluation later.
Unit 3: The End
Compiled, Edited and Prepared by Jaya Narayan Bhusal
Department of English
