Unit 18 | Habit Cultivation Exercise(Indicating Time and motions)| Class 10 English Exercise

Class 10 English Unit 18 Indicating Time and Motions (Habit cultivation class 10 exercise)

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1.    Vocabulary in use

i.Choose the best words from the box to complete each of these sentences.

determination       traits       inspiration          integrity       abstain      

automatic

a.   If you want to get success, you need to have your own determination

b.   If  you  are  motivated  to  do  something  after  reading  a  book,  the  book  has been your inspiration

c.   What are the traits of a good teacher?

d.   You don’t need to wind an automatic watch while using.

e.   Honesty and integrity are the results of both our belief system and practice.      

f.   The doctor suggested that he had to abstain from alcohol.

 

2. Reading comprehension

i.  Read the text,  and decide whether the following statements are true or false. 

a.   We are born to have successful lives. True

b.   Only practice makes a person perfect.  False

c.   We can cultivate habits in no time. False

d.   We can acquire all valuable traits by constant and consistent training, both mental and physical. True

e.   If we  permit ourselves  to  tell  a  lie  once,  it  is  a  lot  easier  to  do  it a  second and a third time. True

f.    Honesty  and  integrity  are  the  result  of  both  our  belief  system  and practice.       True

g. Habits form character. True

Question Answers of Habit Cultivation

ii.    Read the text again, and answer these questions.

a. What comment do we often hear? 

Ans: The comment we often hear is that someone is lucky and everything turns out to be good to him or unlucky and everything turns out to be bad to him.

 b.  How do some people become perfect in making mistakes?

Ans: Some people become perfect in making mistakes by repeating the mistakes so many times.

 c. Do you consider yourself to be perfect? Why? Why not?

Ans: Yes, I consider myself to be perfect because I always try to avoid making mistakes and repeating them.

d. What are the valuable traits that human beings have to possess?

 Ans: The ability to show courage, showing self-restraint, being happy, trying to seek opportunity in the challenges, etc. are the valuable traits that human beings have to possess.

 e. How can you form a habit?

Ans: We can form a habit by practising anything for a long time. 

f.  What type of habit have you decided to form after reading this text?

Ans: I have decided to think positively and remove all bad behaviours after reading this text.

C.  Follow-up activity

Make a list of good habits and mention how a person can cultivate them.

 List of good habits:

1. Fitness habits
2.  Eating habits
3.  Thinking habits
4.  Emotional habits
5.  Personal growth habits
6.  Career habits
7.  Learning habits
8.  Self-confidence habits
9.  Friendship habits, etc.

 Ways to cultivate good habits:

1.  Go for a walk every day.
2.  Substitute one unhealthy food choice for a healthy food.
3.  Substitute fruit for a high calorie, sugary dessert.
4.  Remove your negative thoughts during the day.
5.  Take up a mentally challenging hobby like crossword puzzles,Sudoku, or other brain games to keep your brain active.
6.  Begin a practice of morning or evening meditation, prayer, or contemplation, starting with just five minutes a day.
7.  Create the habit of spending time in nature every day and mindfully appreciating the beauty around you.
8.  Read or watch something that makes you laugh out loud every day.
9.  Practice open and honest communication rather than passive-aggressive behaviors or words.

 Write a vision for who you want to be and how you want to live, and take one action a day to make the vision real.

1.  Commit to thirty days – Three to four weeks is all the time you need to make a habit automatic.
2.  Make it daily – Consistency is critical if you want to make a habit stick.
3.  Start simple – Don’t try to completely change your life in one day
4.  Stay consistent – The more consistent your habit the easier it will be to stick.
5.  Find someone who will go along with you and keep you motivated if you feel like quitting.
6.  Spend more time with people who model the habits you want
7.  Familiarize yourself with the benefits of making a change
8.  Tool your habits towards your goals and the things that motivate you, etc.

 Time for Grammar

1.   Rewrite the following sentences by supplying the correct prepositions where necessary.      

a. What are you doing at the weekend?

b. There was a loud noise which woke us up at midnight.

c. I went to Khotang (×) last Saturday.

d. I'll see you on Tuesday afternoon.

e. In my home town, the shops open early in the morning.

f. The party is (×) next Saturday.

g. His daughter was born on the 24th of August.

h. Luckily the weather was perfect on her wedding day.

i. We get plenty of snow here in the winter.

j. I stayed with them for three weeks.

k. The students study in the library until it closes.

l. It has been raining since morning.     

2.    Complete the following paragraph by choosing the appropriate prepositions from the box below.

 

round        During    to         of      by     at      for    within in

from          behind      through     From   

 

Hi everyone! I'm David and I live in Munich. During, summer I like to travel to  Italy,  because of the weather and the people there.  Last summer I took a plane from Munich to Rome. From the airport, we went to our hotel by bus. We stopped at a small restaurant for a quick meal. The driver parked the bus behind the restaurant. Nobody could find the bus and the driver, so we waited in the restaurant for one hour. The driver was walking through the small park by the restaurant which we did not know. So we were very angry with him. However,  my holidays were great.  We sat round campfires and went dancing till the early.