1Describe the steps of making black tea shown in the pictures.
2What do you think the girl is doing? What is the risk of using a phone this way? What precautions should you take while using a phone?
3Match the words with their meanings: prolong, essential, fading, generate, gunk, render, notifications.
4Write True or False: (a) It's a good idea to keep our phones fully charged. (b) We should keep our phones together with other gadgets. (c) A phone is likely to hold more bacteria than a toilet seat. (d) Setting a screen lock on the phone helps us keep the information safe. (e) Smartphones are very useful even without apps.
5Write any three uses of smartphones in everyday life.
6Why should we care for our phones?
7Why should we not use cheap chargers to charge our phones?
8How can we prevent our phones from getting overheated?
9How can the phone be cleaned?
10What gadgets do you have at your home? How do you take care of them?
11Change into indirect speech using the given starters: (a) "He works in a bank." She said... (b) "We went out last night." She told me... (c) "I'm coming!" She said... (d) "I was waiting for the bus when he arrived." She told me... (e) "I'd never been there before." She said... (f) "I didn't go to the party." She told me... (g) He said to me, "Help him to do his homework." He asked me... (h) The doctor said to the patient, "Take bed rest for a week." The doctor advised the patient... (i) The commander said to his soldiers, "March further." The commander ordered...
12Prepare a recipe to cook your favourite dish at home, using the prompts: name of the food item, ingredients, cooking procedure.
13Match the words with the correct weather symbols: cloudy, partially cloudy, snowy, stormy, rainy, sunny.
14Complete these sentences with words from the text: (a) Most of the FM ... broadcast the news at 7:00. (b) The function of a ... is to convert the change of temperature into numerical numbers. (c) The Earth is ... by the atmosphere. (d) The amount of water in the air is called ... (e) The wind vane is also known as a ...
15Choose the correct answer: (a) How did people get weather information until the 18th century? (b) Which barometer is the latest one? (c) What does a barometer measure? (d) Which device is NOT used to get weather information? (e) Which device measures the speed of the wind?
16Where is an alcohol-filled thermometer mostly used?
17What is a barometer used for?
18What are the two kinds of hygrometer?
19Give two examples of how an anemometer gives information about the weather.
20Name the device that is used to measure the changes in weather conditions.
21What precaution should be taken while using a rain gauge?
22How do you usually find out what the weather will be like?
23Look at the pictures for the listening task: what do you think the profession of the man is, and what does the second picture show?
24Complete the sentences with the correct words from the box (switch, entire, ingredients, preheat, pinch): (a) Don't forget to ... the oven to 375 degrees. (b) It looks like we don't have all of the ... to make dinner. (c) If the meat doesn't taste just right, try adding a ... of salt. (d) Please put the ... mixture in a baking pan.
25Change into indirect speech: (a) He said, "Don't use my camera." (b) The doctor said, "Give up smoking." (c) "Don't touch the wire," the electrician said to me. (d) "Could you explain number four, please?" said the student. (e) "Don't worry about it, Mrs. Shrestha," she said. (f) "Finish this job in an hour," he said. (g) Amrita said to me, "Please help me."
26Choose the correct alternative: (a) Anju said that she ... (had seen/has seen/was seen) the accident the day before. (b) She says that ... (she could not stay there anymore/I can't stay there anymore/she can't stay there anymore). (c) The teacher told us that ... (the Earth revolves round the Sun/the Earth revolved round the Sun/the Earth revolve round the Sun). (d) Pramesh said that ... (he had done his homework/I have done my homework/he has done his homework). (e) The policeman ... (requested/told/ordered) the thief not to move. (f) My father forbade me ... (to spend/do not spend/not to spend) so much money. (g) The head teacher forbade the students' parents ... (not to smoke/to not smoke/to smoke) on the school premises.
27Write a newspaper article expressing your views on the impact of science and technology over the past 20 years.
28Project work: write the steps for connecting wireless earbuds to a Bluetooth-enabled device.
29When does the tense NOT move back in reported speech? Give one example of each case.
30Identify the verb in each sentence as transitive or intransitive: (a) She loves animals. (b) The baby was crying. (c) We need to maintain product quality. (d) We talked for hours.
31Rewrite with the correct time expressions: Sita said, "I will submit my homework tomorrow because I was ill yesterday."