Bravehearts

It honours soldiers who died serving India. The names, memorial structures, and eternal flame help visitors remember and respect their sacrifice.

Pay homage to soldiers and service members. Learn and share their stories, visit memorials respectfully, and support veterans and their families. For a career discussion, name one profession, your reason, and the preparation it needs.

Both poem and memorial honour sacrifice. Soumya’s letter inspires Ananda to learn, share, and consider service.

Wreath: remembrance; flame: continuing courage. Changing light transforms the monument. “Majestic” is an opinion; tone is admiring.

Prefix blanks: disarm, inconsequential, unlawful, undaunted, immortal, reinforce. Opposites: cowardly, timid, fear, afraid. The main clause can stand alone; the subordinate clause begins with a conjunction. Combined sentences: Wasi cried when he heard the news; Though Himani was nervous, she presented well; This is the place where I was born; students did well because they studied; Unless you water the plants, they will die.

1 honourable job; 2 wearing the uniform; 3 mind and body active; 4 new experiences; 5 loyalty and duty (also service, honesty).

Write a friendly letter with examples of disaster relief, infrastructure support, and welfare work.

Acharya leads and encourages his team despite injury; Ekka stops enemy guns that threaten his company. Their actions show courage and leadership.

Choose an inspiring service member or another national force, verify their role, and explain their contribution. Examples: the CRPF supports internal security; women serve in many Armed Forces roles. Use original artwork and cite reliable information.

Somnath Sharma — first PVC; Mahendra Nath Mulla — MVC; Albert Ekka — PVC; Padmapani Acharya — MVC. The highest wartime gallantry award is the Param Vir Chakra. Ananda feels inspired by Soumya’s visit and plans to share what she learned.

(i) “I have heard a lot about it.” (ii) It is a structure built to remember war and those who suffered. (iii) celebrate. (iv) “In my view.” Their sacrifice is supreme because they risk their lives to protect the country.

Identify the speaker’s attitude and the soldiers’ role.

Use a respectful greeting and mention one reason for your gratitude.

Name a service role and ask about training, challenges, safety, or ways people can help.

Summary: borders, scorching, lonely, deserts, youth, feat. Theme: patriotism and sacrifice; tone: admiring, respectful, grateful, prayerful (D). Simile: yogis; imagery shows varied terrain; “you/we” includes the soldiers and readers. Extract: asleep/awake; dedication; true; windy, snowy, scorching weather; answer (iv).

Terrain: mountains. Collocations: summit, barren landscape, dense forest, adventurous person, making promises. Acrostic: spell SOLDIER down the first letters. Sample note: “Thank you for protecting our country. We remember your service with respect and gratitude.”

command; day; sun; stormy; march; fight; dreams; end.

Terrain: mountains. Collocations: summit, barren landscape, dense forest, adventurous, making promises.

Collocations include “lonely expanses,” “climbing the heights,” and “scorching sun.” The images show difficult service; alliteration adds rhythm.

Design a shield with a peace symbol and the slogan “Courage protects peace.” Present an original short verse in your regional language or a sourced local poem, and explain its message.

Use her leadership and resistance as evidence.

Give one action and explain its importance.

Riddle: Rani Lakshmibai. Other examples include Rani Chennamma, Begum Hazrat Mahal, and Jhalkari Bai. Matches: vassal—dependent state; coronation—making someone ruler; successor—one who follows; rash—careless; sovereign—independent; league—partnership; wrath—anger; seize—take forcibly; resolve—determination; raged—happened violently; decisive—good at decisions; apprehended—captured; dauntless—fearless; avenge—take revenge.

Tribute is a demanded payment; sovereign means self-governing. The envoy threatened Abbakka (True). Defied means disobeyed. Answer: C, bold/capable/determined. Her mother could feel proud and worried; her people trusted her, then felt relieved and proud. The victory encouraged other rulers by showing that foreign power could be resisted.

Spellings: ceiling, believe, thief, achieve, perceive, protein, society, shield, weight, friend. The “w” in wrath is silent. “Burst out laughing” means start laughing suddenly; “don’t make me laugh” expresses disbelief; “laugh until you cry” means laugh very hard; “have a good laugh” means enjoy something funny. In reported speech, change pronouns and tense; use asked/requested/advised/instructed + person + to for commands.

1 January 26; 2 Manipur; 3 13; 4 1932; 5 16; 6 Rani; 7 Padma Bhushan; 9 2015.

Write six to eight sentences for each speaker. Mention women’s contributions in history and today, then agree that equal opportunity makes India stronger.

1. Capture of Ullal → tribute. 2. Abbakka refuses tribute and trade → Veera calls it hasty. 3. Soldiers are ordered to stop her → they refuse. 4. Rajas fear Portuguese power → Abbakka resolves to fight alone. 5. Portuguese attack Ullal → Abbakka attacks their fort.

Learn each expression as a whole. Practise va-ssal, suc-ces-sor, re-solve; the w in wrath is silent.

Choose a brave woman, verify early-life and education details, then explain her achievements, contributions, and one lesson in your own words.