1Find the words from the text that have the following meanings: (a) a thing that is imagined (b) a way of looking at something (c) to force somebody to leave (d) faced somebody so that you could not avoid (e) to make somebody feel better.
2Fill in the blanks with appropriate words: (a) Death is a .......... created by human being. (b) Ultimately, we are moving straight to the .......... (c) According to the speaker, death is .......... It is sure to happen. (d) Human beings have .......... everything and they have twisted it whichever way they want.
3According to the speaker, there is only life. How?
4According to the speaker, what is life?
5Why is there nothing wrong with death?
6Why do we fear death?
7Why do people have an idea of death?
8What is your view about death? Write a short paragraph.
9Match the words from the poem with their meanings: (a) moaning (b) boundless (c) twilight (d) embark (e) tho' (f) bourne (g) crost.
10Fill in the gaps to complete the paraphrase of the poem, using: the sandbar, return, the evening bell, floating, the sunset and evening star, on a tide, sad goodbyes, God.
11Where does the speaker have to go crossing the sandbar?
12Why can't the tide make a huge sound or create a lather?
13What do the twilight and the evening bell suggest in the poem?
14Where is the speaker going without accepting sad goodbyes?
15Who is the only agent that helps the speaker to go far on his journey?
16Does the speaker fear death? Why or why not?
17What does the pilot symbolise?
18The poem takes the sea as something blank, unknown and unpredictable after death. Do you believe in life after death? Discuss.
19Guess the meanings of the bold words: funeral, viewing, eulogy.
20How would you extend condolences following someone's death?
21Rewrite the sentences using the correct form of the verbs in brackets: (a) The winter ..... (follow) the autumn season. (b) The human body .......... (consist) of some 60 trillion individual cells. (c) Cows ..... (feed) on grass. (d) He ...... (earn) a handsome salary every month. (e) Akila ...... (make) delicious cookies. (f) Arati and her husband ...... (live) in Singapore. (g) .......... you ..... (like) chocolate milk? (h) He ...... (not want) to go to the movies. (i) My grandfather ....... (adore) his pet dog. (j) Plants ...... (need) water and sunlight for photosynthesis. (k) He ........ (have) a big apartment in Venice.
22Make a statement or a question in the present simple from these prompts: (a) I/not/check/my emails when I get to school (b) you/watch/the news on TV every day? (c) she/wear/a red dress (d) you/have/a school bus? (e) what/you/want to drink? (f) you/not/need more reading practice (g) your friend/not/like computer games (h) mum/wash/car once a week.
23Change the following sentences into negative and question: (a) The swimming pool opens everyday at 9:30 am. (b) I use my car very often. (c) John comes from Mexico. (d) I play the piano very well. (e) Ann watches television a lot. (f) I write to my parents every month. (g) This car breaks down every five hours.
24Complete the sentences with the correct adverbs from the brackets: (a) I see one or two movies every week. I .... (often/never) go to the movies. (b) I let my roommate borrow my car just once. I .... (sometimes/rarely) let my roommate borrow my car. (c) Maria eats cereal for breakfast seven days a week. Maria .... (usually/always) eats cereal for breakfast. (d) Four out of five visitors to the museum stay for three hours or longer. Museum visitors .... (usually/seldom) stay for at least three hours. (e) We occasionally have quizzes in history class. The teacher .... (always/sometimes) gives quizzes in history class. (f) Subina always misses the morning assembly. She .... (rarely/never) arrives at school on time. (g) In the desert, it rains only two days between May and September every year. It .... (rarely/often) rains there in the summer. (h) Rohit asks me to go to the winter camp, but I don't accept his invitation. I .... (seldom/often) go to the winter camp. (i) Lisa and Samrat go fishing at least three times a week. They .... (usually/seldom) go out with each other.
25Rewrite the sentences with the correct alternatives: (a) Your friendship over the years and your support .... (has/have) meant a great deal to us. (b) Hamilton Family Center, a shelter for teenage runaways in San Francisco, .... (offers/offer) a wide variety of services. (c) One of the major sources of income of Trinidad .... (is/are) tourism. (d) The chances of your being promoted .... (is/are) excellent. (e) There .... (was/were) a Pokemon card stuck to the refrigerator. (f) Neither the professor nor his assistants .... (was/were) able to attend the conference. (g) Many hours at the driving range .... (has/have) led us to design golf balls with GPS locators in them. (h) Discovered in the soil of our city garden .... (was/were) a button dating from the turn of the century.
26Study the newspaper message of condolence for Mr. Namgyal Sherpa and underline the key expressions used in such writing.
27Subhadra Adhikari (1946 to 2019), a famous senior actress, passed away at her residence in Kathmandu due to respiratory problems. She contributed a lot to the Nepali film industry, with Basanti, Basudev, Muna Madan and Chino among her superhits. Write a message of condolence to her family on behalf of your school, to be published in a local newspaper.
28Read Asmita Praja's email about her accident and write a reply. Express your sympathy and wish that she gets well soon.
29Project work: Collect some messages of condolence. Bring them to the class and find the similarities and differences between them.
30The essay says death is the one thing that has remained 'uncorrupted by the human mind'. What does the speaker mean by this?
31Why does the speaker say that people who are 'dead sure' about going to heaven contradict themselves?
32How do the essay 'Death is a Fiction' and the poem 'Crossing the Bar' treat death differently, and where do they agree?
33What is the difference between a formal condolence message and an informal sympathy email, in purpose, audience and language?
34Identify the type of each sentence: (a) May there be no sadness of farewell. (b) Have you booked the hall for tomorrow's programme? (c) Wow! I can't believe it. (d) My mother's name is Laxmi. (e) Don't make a noise.