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BEST READING PASSAGES FOR OL

The blogger's note: 

Reading comprehension is an important part of language learning. Most students dwell on the misconception that they need to understand each and every word in a text to understand the underlying meaning. That is partly why most of the learners are reluctant to read lengthy passages. Most of them , I practically know , evade reading passages. 

Some teachers have the habit of explaining each and every word in a reading passage and then get the student to answer the questions. Here , really , the teacher plays the role of the grandfather telling a story to his grandchildren. The students are made passive listeners. They never make their own attempt.

Such methods should never be used in handling a reading passage. Here , with or without knowledge, the teacher hinders the student's reading attempt; there by making reading a horrible experience in the student. The student loses his confidence in reading. 

Reading sentences by breaking sentences into meaningful chunks is one good method a student can be trained for reading.    

The teacher has a big role to play here. The teacher needs to expose the student more towards reading texts. Also, a student should never be directed ambiguous questions. An initial  confidence should be built that he / she can understand a given text. The questions should be framed in such a way that the learner easily traces the answers. Later, the teacher can move from simple to complex. 

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Activity 1 : Read the following passage and do the activity. 

  The Bermuda Triangle covers a large area of the Western Atlantic Ocean. The three points of the triangle are Bermuda, Florida and a point in the sea about 200 miles off the Northern tip of Brazil. It is an area of unexplained mystery. 

   More than 100 planes and ships have vanished completely here, most of them since 1945, and more than 1000 have been lost here in past 26 years. Not a single body or piece of wreckage from the vanished planes or ships has been found. Many of the planes which have disappeared had normal radio contact with their airfields until the very moment they vanished. Other pilots have radioed the most extraordinary messages. Their compasses were swinging about. The sky had turned yellow and cloudy when everywhere else in the region was very clear, the surface of the ocean was strangely coloured and moving widely. 

1. If the following statements are True write T  or if they are  False write  F. 

a) Only planes have disappeared here. (....)

b) The ocean suddenly turned yellow.  (....)

c) The Bermuda Triangle is in Florida.  (....)

2. How many people have been lost in the area mentioned in the passage? ...............

3. Did the pilots have radio contacts until the last moment they disappeared? ........

4. Write two changes in the environment that occurred in the area. 

A) .................... B) .....................

5. What are the following words reffered to?

a) "it" in paragraph one.  ................

b) "their " in paragraph two. ..........

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Valuable Thoughts |Thoughts for Life | Short stories

Valuable Thoughts In English

BEST ENGLISH MODEL PARAGRAPHS FOR OL

     Model Paragraphs for OL and Grade 10

Paragraph writing is usually an integral part of a language paper. It is a testing tool a teacher uses to assess a learner's ability to express an idea briefly using correct language. Paragraph writing is the 8th Question on the OL first paper. Given below is the marks distribution for paragraph writing. Read the paragraphs and think how you could make them your own. 

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1. A visit to the village fair    

 2. If I were a bird       

3.The College English Day     

4. The Value of Friendship    

5. Books are our friends   

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6. The internet        

7. Newspapers     

8. My Ambition       

9. The person I like most   

10. How I spend my leisure         

11. My favourite pastime     

12. My favourite animal  

13. The joy of travelling        

14. How I spent my last weekend        

15. My favourite sport     

16. An unforgettable trip     

 17. A Shramadana campaign   

18. A visit to a botanical garden 

19. Water is an important resource.     

20. A place of historical importance in Sri Lanka. (1)  

21. A place of historical importance in Sri Lanka 

(2)  22. A visit to a place of historical importance 

23. My last school vacation.  

24. A famous city in Sri Lanka  

25. The Value of Time 

26. Early bird catches the worm.   

27. The television as a source of information 

28. If I were the head prefect o f my school  

29. A beautiful place in Sri Lanka 

30. My hometown  

31. My favourite book   (1) (2)

32.  My plans after the OL exam

33. My favourite subject 

34.  The place where I live

35. The most unforgettable incident in my life.

36. Water is an important resource 

37. The prize giving of our school. 

38. Let's grow our own food

39. Your plans for the next school vacation

40. My country 

  

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GRADE 10 ENGLISH PAST PAPERS AND WORKSHEETS

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The activities and papers which this page carries are free. However, it will take a few hours for Granting you access for downloading. Always keep in touch.

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Best Cloze Passages for OL

 About Cloze Passages: 

  The cloze passage is the 11th question on the OL English language paper. The question carries 7 marks (14 blanks; 1/2 mark for each). 

Well, most students always grumble that the question consumes time and it is challenging. This means you lack practice in answering cloze passages. I also find that most English language teachers also are reluctant to expose children to cloze passages. 

Attempting a cloze passage involves intense brain work. It requires a knowledge of vocabulary, grammar and related techniques. More than anything else , 'patience'. Really, a cloze passage put your 'patience' on test. 

My students, you can practice cloze passages at home. You can do it for yourself. First, take it as a game. 

Well, you can do it the way I mention below. Try it and comment if it works.

Step 01: Select a suitable passage depending on your language proficiency. Make sure that the passage is an appealing one to you. I recommend a short story at first. Write it on a paper or just photocopy it.

Step 02: Read the passage several times until you get some idea of the theme. You may use a dictionary if you find any new words. 

Step 03: Leave the first one or two sentences and mark words after every four , five or six words. Then remove the words and write them down on a separate paper. 

Step 04: Now jumble the words you have removed as you please. 

Step 05: Now you have a cloze passage with you. Try to insert the words. Check your answers yourself with the list of words you took down in order at first. 

Note: while attempting to insert the words try to associate the words with the words immediately around the blank. 

 e.g.  If there is a blank with the article 'an' , your answer MUST be a word beginning with a VOWEL. 

As you practice you will catch up your own techniques. 

Well, you can inform me later.

Bye.

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Find scores of cloze passages among the pages of the two Steps to Brilliance Books with answers. The writer is a government teacher at a school in Nittambuwa. 

MODEL ENGLISH ACTIVITIES FOR O L

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The activities published here are based on the O/L new syllabus.

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The activities you find on this blog page are free and they have been created for Grade 11 and 10 students. You can use the blog page as a self-study guide. The answers for the activities are published separate ( jjsaje.blogspot.com: THE KEY TO MODEL QUESTIONS). You also can share the page as a gift pack with your kith and kins of school going age.  

For further activities you can purchase the two model activity books I have advertised below. The two books contain 200 activities ( 100 in each) with answers. The activities have been tested with students for avoiding any ambiguity. You can get down the books to your home or school by simply leaving me a note on whatsApp or ringing me to the mobile number I have mentioned below. 

jjsaje.blogspot.com contains activities for Grade 6 , 7 , 8 and 9. It  is also a source for you for Model Essays, Graph description and Grammar lessons. Search the site and you will find activities in abundance. 

I welcome your comments as they always encourage me to dedicate more time for you.

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The Channel also contains other video clips related to history , nature , college life and people. The blog page here brings all the clips to one platform.

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