Check the book before buying

1. Could you get me that book,please?
2. Which one do you want, the red one or the blue one?
3. How much is the blue one?
4. Which one is cheaper?
5. Do you have another copy?
6. Why,what happened?
7. Don’t you see the first 10 pages are missing?
8. Could you wait for a few minutes?
9. Is it O.K. now?
10. How much is that?
11. When can we see you again?
12. Do you have the book,” learn English in 30 days?”
13. Which one do you want? English through Hindi or Tamil?
14. How much is that English through Hindi?
15. Don’t you think it is a little costly?
16. Could you give me a bill please?
17. Where is the cash-counter?
18. Why do you shout?
19. Could you please talk a little louder please?
20. Could you give me the right change?

Check Before you leave.

1. Did you get the ticket?
2. Did you check the train number, date of departure, Destination and all?
3. Do you have Fresh sweets?
4. Could you give me 1 kilo of that one?
5.  Could I  taste a little?
6. How is it,madam?
7. Could you make it as 2 kilos?
8. How much is that?
9. Do you have change for Rs. 500/-?
10. Could you give me the balance please?
11. When is the train for Salem?
12. On which  platform will it arrive?
13. Is it running on time?
14. What is your seat number?
15. This is Coach B, could you go and check in Coach A. please?
16. Aren’t you the sister of Catherine?
17. Where is she now?
18. Is she also coming with you?
19. May I come and meet her?
20. How is it,you are here,Catherine?

 

Ten plus ten questions

1. Where can I get the ticket?
2. Where is  the counter?
3. How much is each ticket?
4. Can I have a ticket for Madras Central,please?
5. Do you have change?
6. Could you get me change please?
7. What about the ticket?
8. May I have the Madras Central Ticket please?
9. May I have the balance please?
10. When is the train?
11. Do you know your destination?
12. Where are you going Now?
13. Where can I get  a good cook -book?
14.  Which one do you want? Veg.or Non-Veg.?
15. What is the price of this?
16. What is the price of that?
17. Which book has more recipes?
18. Do you know how to prepare any dish?
19. Can I not learn from these books?
20. Who is the guinea-pig?

Many many Thanks

1. Many many thanks ,Oh! my God!,
2. You are the infinite intelligence,
3. Creative energy ,
4. You are in the tiniest of the tiniest as well as in the farthest Star.
5. You made me think and believe ” Nothing is Impossible.”
6. You are always by the side of me and
7. I catch your finger and walk confidently.
8. You only told” Ask and it will be given to you,
9. Seek and you will find it and
10. Knock ,the door will be opened to you.”
11. You are the architect of this world and the creator.
12. You made the sea,the stars, the Sun and the planets
13. to stay in their respective places and
14. do their duty without fail,
15. obeying your commands as you being the supreme authority..
16. You only gave me the ideals” Think,Plan, Decide,Act and Succeed.”
17. You only made people need many things and
18. you made me to find out what the needs are
19. and fill them up.
20. Help them to solve their problems
21. and gain more  for self at the same time.
22. Thanks for making me believe that I am unique in this world
23. and you have sent me with a real purpose
24. and that you guide me always to go in the right direction.
25. Thank you God for giving me that I must love myself and all in this world.

Thanks ,thanks to you,MY God.

1. Thanks ,thanks to you, Oh! My God,
2. For making me know MYSELF,
3. And realise the tremendous power,
4. Within me and
5. I can and I must fully utilise that power,
6. Constructively and creatively.
7. Allow me to rebuild my life,
8. On a solid foundation.
9. Bless me, with your usual  
10. Co-operation, guidance and Assistance.
11. I am confident and I am certain
12. That you make me achieve
13. Success,
14. Morally, materially,
15. Spiritually and Physically.
16. . x-x-x
17. Allow me to practise thinking
18. Positive thoughts,
19. Thoughts of faith,
20. Singing and knowing
21. You are with me  and
22. I am with you.
23. Allow me to think of
24. Victory and attain
25. Glory with Victory.X-X-X
26. You have sent me in this world,
27. To know and appreciate
28. All your creations and their beauty.
29. Guide me  and make me understand,
30. The reason why you have sent me,
31. In this world, as a human being.
32. Bless me, Oh!God!
33. To take the best advantage of this
34. Life and reap the harvest of good deeds.
35. Allow me to have thoughts and actions 
36. Which will benefit me  and
37. Also the whole mankind 
38. And all your creations.

 

 

Know these too.

1. Cream is the top of the milk.
2. Beam is a shaft of light.
3. Stream is a part of the river or brook.
4. Dare is to have the courage to do something.
5. Invent is to find or design for the first time.
6. Reveal is to display something which was hidden.
7.  Late is not coming in time.
8. Afar is a long way off.
9. Reed is the vibrating part of a wind instrument.
10. Admire to express  a high and good opinion.
11. Heath is an open country covered with shrubs.
12. Valley is a long stretch of low ground between hills.
13. Veal is the meat from a calf.
14. Stir is causing the activity.
15. Cane is a stick.
16. Tent is the portable canvas tent.
17. Totter is to walk unsteadily.
18. Park is the place used by public for recreation.
19.  competent means able to do, to have the ability.
20. Growl is the warning noise made by an angry dog.
21. Stern is the rear of the ship. 
22. Essay is a literary competition.
23. Song is words put to music.
24. Glade is an open space in wood.
25. Elegant is to be graceful and refined.
26. Foal is a young horse.
27. Clue is   a helpful suggestion.
28. Charm is worn to keep away from evil.
29. Basement is a room or space below ground floor.
30. Stern is to be severe and grin.
31. Farewell is saying good-bye.
32. Moment  is a small measure of time. 
33. Can is tin container.
34. Rodents are rats.
35. Ramble is to walk for pleasure.
36. If you know or learnt these words
37. Clap,clap,Clap your hands that is
38. Strike your hands together.

 

 

15 th August

1. What is special on this day? India got independence from Britain.
2. Did we get it easily? No
3. How did we get it? After a long long struggle, with many sacrifices.
4. What happened on that date? Our Indian national flag was unfurled.
5. Where did they do it?In the Red Fort.
6. Who hoisted that  flag? Our beloved Chacha  Nehru.
7. Where else this day is celebrated? In all the state  capitals.
8. Who unfurls the tri-colour flag? Either the Governor or the Chief Minister.
9.  What do they sing at that time? Jana Gana Mana, the National Anthem.
10. How is the Red-Fort ceremony celebrated? with a Guard of honour to the P.M. and with a salute of 21 guns.
11. What other things happen? The Military bands play national anthem.
12. Who gives a special speech? The Prime Minister.
13. What is special on this day? All the shops,establishments ,factories and banks are closed.
14. What does  this  day remind us? How many patriots  sacrificed their  lives and belongings.
15. What do they do in the schools? they hoist the National flag, give a speech and distribute sweets to the students.
16. How is this day in the evenings and nights? all the Government buildings  are beautifully decorated and remain  a feast for the eyes.
17. What do you like very much ,my Boy? I like this holiday and with no home-work.

 

In lighter vein

1. Why are you lying on this Railway track?
2. I hate everything.Nothing is going as  I wish.I want to die.
3. You are on the wrong track and there is also a railway strike today.
4. You are overtaking on the wrong side.So what? You can overtake him on death.
5. There is a hole in the boat and the water is flowing in.Don’t worry. We can make another hole for the water to flow out.
6. Make a sentence with the word.”sugar”.
7. “You are my sugar,You are my honey,madam.”
8. I put sugar in this cup of coffee. I drink this coffee now.
9. Where is the Sugar in this sentence?
10. It was in the coffee,madam.
11. Name some animals belonging to the cat family.
12. The father cat, the mother cat, the brother cat and the sister cat.
13. What is the end which has no end?
14. Where do D E F will go if they are sick? To G H ,of course.
15. What is it that everyone has seen but will never see again? YESTERDAY.
16. What tense is ” I am beautiful”? Past tense ,madam.
17. “Go and wash you hands. I’ll give you one chocolate.Wash your face I will give two.”
18. “Mom, I will  take bath and come.How many chocolates can I get?”
19. “Where were you born? In Missouri.
20. Can you spell that? Sorry ,madam, I was born in Texas.”

 

 

Solids, Liquids and Gases.

1. I am sand, I am cement, I am  mud, I am brick.How are we used? do you know?
2. As building materials for building dams and buildings.
3. I am wood. I am used for making furniture, doors, windows, boats and train compartments.I am also used as firewood.
4. I am iron. They use me for making machines, body of buses.cars and ships.I am Aluminium. I am used  for making wires and partitions.
5. My brothers Copper is also used for making wires and vessels
6. and our  other brother Brass is used for making lights and vessels.
7. You people consume us as Wheat, Rice, nuts. vegetables, fruits. sweets, salt and sugar as  lentils .
8. As Paper you use me for making books and newspapers.
9. We are Cotton, Wool and Silk. you make clothes out of us.X-X-X
11. I am Water. You all please use me sparingly and oblige. You can use me for drinking, cooking food, and for cleaning.
12. Trees,plants and animals also need me
13. .My brothers Petrol, diesel and Kerosene,you use as fuel to light stoves, to run buses,cars and aeroplanes
14. .Some of my other brothers you use for making medicines.X-X_X
16. I am Gas. I can be found anywhere. I am a mixture of gases. You all need me for living and breathing. Plants need me as carbon-dioxide,for photo-synthesis.
17. As Air you use me to fill up your tyres and football bladders,to fill your pillows and balloons.
18. As cooking gas and Gobar gas  you use me in your daily cooking routine.
19. As Hydrogen  you use me to fill hydrogen balloons. X_X_X
20. As solids , we have a definite shape,we occupy space, we have definite weight, we flow very slow, We can be heaped and you can see us all with naked eye
21. .As liquids we do not have any shape and we get the shape of the container.We can occupy a specific space only.We have weight. We can flow faster than solids. You cannot heap us. You can also see us with your eyes.X-X-X
22. As Gases we do not have any definite shape,and we also get the shape of the container. We spread in the space of the container. We also have weight. We can flow faster than liquids. you cannot heap us. Some of us can be seen by you and some you Can’t.X-X-X
23. As ice I am Solid, when you heat me I melt as liquid and I become also as vapour(gas)and as water  and again when you put me in the fridge I once again become Solid.X-X-X So Understand matter can change State.

America and India.

1. Are both friendly countries? Yes.
2. Are both democratic countries?yes.
3. When was America declared as Independent? July 4,1776.
4. When was India declared as Indian republic? January 26,1950
5. When do Indians celebrate Independence day? On August,15
6. How are the temperatures calculated? as Fahrenheit. in America.
7. Where is the Statue of Liberty? In New York.
8. Which type of electricity is used in America?110 volts A.C. in some places 120 volts.A.C.
9. Which food items are available in plenty all over in America? Grilled meat and Frozen foods.
10. What is the rule of the road? Keep to the right in America with the driver’s seat on the left.
11. Can the visitors on business visa or pleasure visa accept any employment?NO,Not at all.