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Your city celebrated ‘Vijay Dashmi’ / Dussehra, As a reporter of your school magazine, write a report in 120 - 150 words, mentioning the Crowds, arrangements, dignitaries present, the celebrations, fire works and crackers.

Report on Dussehra Celebration in school


Keeping the festive spirit alive, ABC school celebrated Dussehra festival on 29/10/2017 in the school auditorium. The celebration began with the diya enlightenment by the chief guests at arounf 9:30 am, followed by cultural performances, skits and a play on the story of Ramayana. After that there was a fancy dress competition where the tiny children were dressed up as Ramayana characters and entertained the audiens with the comic- dramatic presence. Colourful dresses were worn by them and they stole everybody’s attention at the day. After the performances, our school principal Mr. Chandilal addressed the audiens highlighting the significance of the day as the victory of good over evil and bid goodbye to the guests. Then the crowd dispersed with the distribution of refreshments.


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Write a Story, in 120- 150 words, from the Outline given below. Give a suitable title to the story.

A bee falls into a stream — a dove flies past — drops a leaf into the river — the bee climbs on it — escapes — a hunter aims at the dove — the bee stings the hunter — misses the aim — the dove is saved — moral.

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Read the passage given below and fill in the blanks by choosing the mostappropriate words from the given options.

A rich man from Punjab who (a)…………… …...toRohtak topurchase land, (b)……………..of < 30lakhs from bis car on Monday.


His son (c) ……………………inside the car when the robbery took place.


(a) (i) come


(ii) came


(iii) was coming


(iv) coming


(b) (i) was robbed


(ii) is robbed


(iii) robbed


(iv) has robbed


(c) (i) is sitting


(ii) sat


(iii) was sitting


(iv) sits