Unit 6
Reprint 2025-26
Welcome to Unit 6 of your English course. In this lesson, we'll explore the Presidents of India, their roles, and contributions to the nation. We'll also read excerpts from the autobiographies of great leaders like Mahatma Gandhi and learn from the speeches of successful business leaders like Indra Nooyi.
This interactive lesson will help you improve your reading comprehension, vocabulary, and grammar skills through engaging activities and exercises related to the stories of influential personalities who have shaped our history and continue to inspire us.
A. Photographs of the Presidents of India are chronologically given below. Can you identify them?
B. Discuss in pairs and write down their names.
C. Why is the President of India known as the First Citizen of the country?
Look at the images of different Presidents of India and try to identify them. Then discuss with a partner why the President is known as the First Citizen of the country.
1. Make noun forms of the given words:
know →
accept →
separate →
oblige →
achieve →
Select the word that correctly completes each phrase based on common word combinations.
Which word correctly completes the phrase "tune ___"?
Which word correctly completes the phrase "water ___"?
Which word correctly completes the phrase "communal ___"?
Which word correctly completes the phrase "sound ___"?
Which word correctly completes the phrase "felt ___"?
Which word correctly completes the phrase "black ___"?
Fill in the blanks to complete the process of washing clothes in a machine. Use passive form of the verbs given in brackets.
Dirty clothes (take) for washing.
Clothes (separate) on the basis of texture, color, etc.
And clothes (make) into piles.
Each pile (put) in the washing machine tub.
Then detergent powder (add).
And the required programme (set).
Once the washing is over the clothes (remove) from the tub.
And (hang) for drying.
Many phrasal verbs can be formed with the verb 'break' joining with other prepositions. Replace the underlined words with a phrasal verb from the list using the correct form.
The passengers were troubled when the bus due to engine failure.
Neha's relationship with Rohan over a very silly matter.
The burglar in spite of all security, Mr Khan's house and took away all valuables.
The child attempted to from the mother's grasp, but she held fast.
The new director desired to the age-old practices in the office.
Use capital letters, full-stops, commas and inverted commas wherever necessary in the following story. Some words are also wrongly spelt. Check the spelling errors and correct them.
"once the Fairies of the Trees set out to choose their dwelling places some were wise in making their choices and some were foolis the wise fairies shunned the trees that stood alone in the open fields, and settld in a thick forest. but the foolish ones said, Why should we crowd together in a forest Let us go and live in lonely trees near villages, where humans will bring us gifts. One night a greate tempest swept over the countri the lonely trees were blown down, and the foolis fairys became homeless; but the great, dense forest resisted the fury of the storm. The wise fairies said to the foolish ones Peopl should stand together like a dense forest. It is only the solitary tree, growing unprotekted in the open field that is overthrown by a silly thing like a storm"
Given below is an extract from Malala Yousafzai's speech at the UN General Assembly on 12 July 2013.
Malala Yousafzai is a young Pakistani girl who was shot at by the Taliban because she wanted to study. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 for her struggle for the right of all children to education.
Listen to the extract and answer the questions that follow.
1. Why did the Taliban shoot Malala?
2. Why was Malala awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?
3. Who all did Malala thank in her speech and why?
4. What are the activists and social workers struggling for?
In 2010, the United Nations declared Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's birthday (15th October) as World Students' Day. Write an article on the importance of the youth/young students in the making of a New India. (120 – 150 words)
Collect your favourite quotations by M.K. Gandhi, Dr Abdul Kalam, Mother Teresa, Lal Bahadur Shastri, J. Krishnamurti, any other personalities that you admire. Make a collage for display in the monthly wall magazine of your class.
On time: At the planned time, neither early nor late
In time: With time to spare, before something happens
Examples:
Incorrect: Are you a saler, Raju?
Correct: Are you a salesman, Raju?
All good things come to those who wait.
but
Time and tide wait for none.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
but
Actions speak louder than words.
Look before you leap.
but
Strike when the iron is hot.