On Wings of Courage (Part 1) - Nereen Dmello | Library

Hello boys! Hope you all did well in the grammar test held on Saturday. We will have such tests regualrly so we keep practicing our grammar concepts. If you have any particular topic that you would want to practice more often, do tell me about it in this lesson's comments' section in Google Classroom.

For now, we will continue with our Prose lessons. We will begin with the lesson - On Wings of Courage. Please complete the warm up activities on Page 14 of your textbook. 

Before we begin with the lesson - make sure you have your textbook, a pencil (to write the meanings) or a notebook and a dictionary with you. In case you come acorss any difficult words you can always look it up in the dictionary or make constructive use of a cellphone and search the meaning of the word online.

Let's begin by watching a video on the life of Air Marhsal Arjan Singh and answer the question that follows 

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Arrange the following in chronological order by draggin the options and placing it in the correct position.

Promoted to the Five Star Rank as Marhsal of the Indian Force
Indo Pakistan war - awarded Padma Vibhushan
Born in 1919
Retired from the Air Force
Became the Lieutant Governor of Delhi
Promoted to Air Chief Marshall

As always, I have divided the lesson into three parts for better understanding. Each page is one part of the lesson, so you can refer to the textbook accordingly. I expect you to watch the video uploaded for every part as well refer to the textbook and then solve the exercises that follow.

Remeber to refer to your dictionary or search the meaning of a word online, and write the meaning down in your textbook or notebook.

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1. List at least four personality traits of Air Marshal Arjan Singh

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2. Which was Marshal Arjan Singh's most outstanding performance?

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3. Marshal Arjan Singh has flown less than 60 different typed of aircrafts.

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4. He contributed immensely to the development of the Indian Air force into the fourth biggest in the world.

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5. His squadron fought against the Japanese during the Imphal campaign in 1944.

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6. From the passage, give the synonym of : calm

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7. From the passage, give the synonym of : extraordinary

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8. In 1944, the Marshal had led a squadron against the Japanese during the Arakan Campaign. (Change into the Past Perfect Continuous Tense)

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9. Pick out two adverbs from the passage

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1. Math the year with the event.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
1944		Marshal Arjan SIngh was born
1962		Sqaudron leader
1919		Deputy Chief of the Air Staff
1963		Vice Chief of the Air Staff

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2. Arjan Singh completed his education in ___________________

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3. Arjan Singh was the overall commander of the Joint air training exercise 'Shiksha' held between ____________

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4. Find the verb form of the word 'education'

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5. Frame a sentence using the phrase: after a brief stint

We will conclude today's class by watching a TV news coverage on Marshal Arjan Singh. Thank you. boys!