Check the book before buying
- Could you get me that book, please?
- Which one do you want, the red one or the blue one?
- How much is the blue one?
- Which one is cheaper?
- Do you have another copy?
- Why, what happened?
- Don’t you see the first 10 pages are missing?
- Could you wait for a few minutes?
- Is it O.K. now?
- How much is that?
- When can we see you again?
- Do you have the book,” learn English in 30 days?”
- Which one do you want? English through Hindi or Tamil?
- How much is that English through Hindi?
- Don’t you think it is a little costly?
- Could you give me a bill please?
- Where is the cash-counter?
- Why do you shout?
- Could you please talk a little louder please?
- Could you give me the right change?
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Check Before you leave.
- Did you get the ticket?
- Did you check the train number, date of departure, Destination and all?
- Do you have Fresh sweets?
- Could you give me 1 kilo of that one?
- Could I taste a little?
- How is it ,madam?
- Could you make it as 2 kilos?
- How much is that?
- Do you have change for Rs. 500/-?
- Could you give me the balance please?
- When is the train for Salem?
- On which platform will it arrive?
- Is it running on time?
- What is your seat number?
- This is Coach B, could you go and check in Coach A. please?
- Aren’t you the sister of Catherine?
- Where is she now?
- Is she also coming with you?
- May I come and meet her?
- How is it, you are here, Catherine?
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Ten plus ten questions
- Where can I get the ticket?
- Where is the counter?
- How much is each ticket?
- Can I have a ticket for Madras Central,please?
- Do you have change?
- Could you get me change please?
- What about the ticket?
- May I have the Madras Central Ticket please?
- May I have the balance please?
- When is the train?
- Do you know your destination?
- Where are you going Now?
- Where can I get a good cook -book?
- Which one do you want? Veg. or Non-Veg.?
- What is the price of this?
- What is the price of that?
- Which book has more recipes?
- Do you know how to prepare any dish?
- Can I not learn from these books?
- Who is the guinea-pig?
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Many many Thanks
- Many many thanks ,Oh! my God!,
- You are the infinite intelligence,
- Creative energy ,
- You are in the tiniest of the tiniest as well as in the farthest Star.
- You made me think and believe ” Nothing is Impossible.”
- You are always by the side of me and
- I catch your finger and walk confidently.
- You only told” Ask and it will be given to you,
- Seek and you will find it and
- Knock ,the door will be opened to you.”
- You are the architect of this world and the creator.
- You made the sea, the stars, the Sun and the planets
- to stay in their respective places and
- do their duty without fail,
- obeying your commands as you being the supreme authority..
- You only gave me the ideals” Think, Plan, Decide, Act and Succeed.”
- You only made people need many things and
- you made me to find out what the needs are
- and fill them up,
- Help them to solve their problems
- and gain more for self at the same time.
- Thanks for making me believe that I am unique in this world
- and you have sent me with a real purpose
- and that you guide me always to go in the right direction.
- Thank you God for giving me that I must love myself and all in this world.
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Thanks ,thanks to you, MY God.
- Thanks ,thanks to you, Oh! My God,
- For making me know MYSELF,
- And realize the tremendous power,
- Within me and
- I can and I must fully utilize that power,
- Constructively and creatively.
- Allow me to rebuild my life,
- On a solid foundation.
- Bless me, with your usual
- Co-operation, guidance and Assistance.
- I am confident and I am certain
- That you make me achieve
- Success,
- Morally, materially,
- Spiritually and Physically.
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- Allow me to practice thinking
- Positive thoughts,
- Thoughts of faith,
- Singing and knowing
- You are with me and
- I am with you.
- Allow me to think of
- Victory and attain
- Glory with Victory.
- You have sent me in this world,
- To know and appreciate
- All your creations and their beauty.
- Guide me and make me understand,
- The reason why you have sent me,
- In this world, as a human being.
- Bless me, Oh! God!
- To take the best advantage of this
- Life and reap the harvest of good deeds.
- Allow me to have thoughts and actions
- Which will benefit me and
- Also the whole mankind
- And all your creations.
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Know these too.
- Cream is the top of the milk.
- Beam is a shaft of light.
- Stream is a part of the river or brook.
- Dare is to have the courage to do something.
- Invent is to find or design for the first time.
- Reveal is to display something which was hidden.
- Late is not coming in time.
- Afar is a long way off.
- Reed is the vibrating part of a wind instrument.
- Admire to express a high and good opinion.
- Heath is an open country covered with shrubs.
- Valley is a long stretch of low ground between hills.
- Veal is the meat from a calf.
- Stir is causing the activity.
- Cane is a stick.
- Tent is the portable canvas tent.
- Totter is to walk unsteadily.
- Park is the place used by public for recreation.
- competent means able to do, to have the ability.
- Growl is the warning noise made by an angry dog.
- Stern is the rear of the ship.
- Essay is a literary competition.
- Song is words put to music.
- Glade is an open space in wood.
- Elegant is to be graceful and refined.
- Foal is a young horse.
- Clue is a helpful suggestion.
- Charm is worn to keep away from evil.
- Basement is a room or space below ground floor.
- Stern is to be severe and grin.
- Farewell is saying good-bye.
- Moment is a small measure of time.
- Can is tin container.
- Rodents are rats.
- Ramble is to walk for pleasure.
- If you know or learnt these words
- Clap, clap ,Clap your hands that is
- Strike your hands together.
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Know these too.
- Cream is the top of the milk.
- Beam is a shaft of light.
- Stream is a part of the river or brook.
- Dare is to have the courage to do something.
- Invent is to find or design for the first time.
- Reveal is to display something which was hidden.
- Late is not coming in time.
- Afar is a long way off.
- Reed is the vibrating part of a wind instrument.
- Admire to express a high and good opinion.
- Heath is an open country covered with shrubs.
- Valley is a long stretch of low ground between hills.
- Veal is the meat from a calf.
- Stir is causing the activity.
- Cane is a stick.
- Tent is the portable canvas tent.
- Totter is to walk unsteadily.
- Park is the place used by public for recreation.
- competent means able to do, to have the ability.
- Growl is the warning noise made by an angry dog.
- Stern is the rear of the ship.
- Essay is a literary competition.
- Song is words put to music.
- Glade is an open space in wood.
- Elegant is to be graceful and refined.
- Foal is a young horse.
- Clue is a helpful suggestion.
- Charm is worn to keep away from evil.
- Basement is a room or space below ground floor.
- Stern is to be severe and grin.
- Farewell is saying good-bye.
- Moment is a small measure of time.
- Can is tin container.
- Rodents are rats.
- Ramble is to walk for pleasure.
- If you know or learnt these words
- Clap, clap, Clap your hands that is
- Strike your hands together.
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15 th August
- What is special on this day? India got independence from Britain.
- Did we get it easily? No
- How did we get it? After a long long struggle, with many sacrifices.
- What happened on that date? Our Indian national flag was unfurled.
- Where did they do it? In the Red Fort.
- Who hoisted that flag? Our beloved Chacha Nehru.
- Where else this day is celebrated? In all the state capitals.
- Who unfurls the tri-color flag? Either the Governor or the Chief Minister.
- What do they sing at that time? Jana Gana Mana, the National Anthem.
- How is the Red-Fort ceremony celebrated? with a Guard of honor to the P.M. and with a salute of 21 guns.
- What other things happen? The Military bands play national anthem.
- Who gives a special speech? The Prime Minister.
- What is special on this day? All the shops, establishments ,factories and banks are closed.
- What does this day remind us? How many patriots sacrificed their lives and belongings.
- What do they do in the schools? they hoist the National flag, give a speech and distribute sweets to the students.
- How is this day in the evenings and nights? all the Government buildings are beautifully decorated and remain a feast for the eyes.
- What do you like very much ,my Boy? I like this holiday and with no home-work.
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15 th August
- What is special on this day? India got independence from Britain.
- Did we get it easily? No
- How did we get it? After a long long struggle, with many sacrifices.
- What happened on that date? Our Indian national flag was unfurled.
- Where did they do it?In the Red Fort.
- Who hoisted that flag? Our beloved Chacha Nehru.
- Where else this day is celebrated? In all the state capitals.
- Who unfurls the tri-colour flag? Either the Governor or the Chief Minister.
- What do they sing at that time? Jana Gana Mana, the National Anthem.
- How is the Red-Fort ceremony celebrated? with a Guard of honour to the P.M. and with a salute of 21 guns.
- What other things happen? The Military bands play national anthem.
- Who gives a special speech? The Prime Minister.
- What is special on this day? All the shops,establishments ,factories and banks are closed.
- What does this day remind us? How many patriots sacrificed their lives and belongings.
- What do they do in the schools? they hoist the National flag, give a speech and distribute sweets to the students.
- How is this day in the evenings and nights? all the Government buildings are beautifully decorated and remain a feast for the eyes.
- What do you like very much ,my Boy? I like this holiday and with no home-work.
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In lighter vein
- Why are you lying on this Railway track?
- I hate everything.Nothing is going as I wish.I want to die.
- You are on the wrong track and there is also a railway strike today.
- You are overtaking on the wrong side.So what? You can overtake him on death.
- 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.
- Make a sentence with the word.”sugar”.
- “You are my sugar,You are my honey,madam.”
- I put sugar in this cup of coffee. I drink this coffee now.
- Where is the Sugar in this sentence?
- It was in the coffee,madam.
- Name some animals belonging to the cat family.
- The father cat, the mother cat, the brother cat and the sister cat.
- What is the end which has no end?
- Where do D E F will go if they are sick? To G H ,of course.
- What is it that everyone has seen but will never see again? YESTERDAY.
- What tense is ” I am beautiful”? Past tense ,madam.
- “Go and wash you hands. I’ll give you one chocolate.Wash your face I will give two.”
- “Mom, I will take bath and come.How many chocolates can I get?”
- “Where were you born? In Missouri.
- Can you spell that? Sorry ,madam, I was born in Texas.”
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Solids, Liquids and Gases.
- I am sand, I am cement, I am mud, I am brick.How are we used? do you know?
- As building materials for building dams and buildings.
- I am wood. I am used for making furniture, doors, windows, boats and train compartments.I am also used as firewood.
- 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.
- My brothers Copper is also used for making wires and vessels
- and our other brother Brass is used for making lights and vessels.
- You people consume us as Wheat, Rice, nuts. vegetables, fruits. sweets, salt and sugar as lentils .
- As Paper you use me for making books and newspapers.
- We are Cotton, Wool and Silk. you make clothes out of us.X-X-X
- I am Water. You all please use me sparingly and oblige. You can use me for drinking, cooking food, and for cleaning.
- Trees,plants and animals also need me
- .My brothers Petrol, diesel and Kerosene,you use as fuel to light stoves, to run buses,cars and aeroplanes
- .Some of my other brothers you use for making medicines.X-X_X
- 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.
- As Air you use me to fill up your tyres and football bladders,to fill your pillows and balloons.
- As cooking gas and Gobar gas you use me in your daily cooking routine.
- As Hydrogen you use me to fill hydrogen balloons. X_X_X
- 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
- .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
- 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.
- As ice I am Solid, when you heat me I melt as liquid and I become also as vapor(gas)and as water and again when you put me in the fridge I once again become Solid. So Understand matter can change State.
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YOU ARE NEVER OLD.
Change your thinking.
- Change your attitude
- .Don’t complain,
- Don’t criticize,
- Don’t grumble,
- Don’t condemn.
- Forget the past,
- Live in the Present,
- When present is pleasant,
- why brood over the past.
- Anything you really wanted to do,
- enjoy doing it,you can start now
- and don’t postpone.
- Do It Now.Try,try,don’t worry about the results.
- Go on learning.
- Life is a learning process.
- Never retire until you really retire from this world.
- Contribute your time,energy,skill,talent and experience
- and share with others.
- Guide well those who need and ask.
- Do something new.
- Learn a language and teach others.
- Do those things at home and help all .
- See the movie or serial with your wife or grandchildren.
- Find ways and means to live in congenial atmosphere if you are in a joint family.
- Help your wife now,if you have not done in the past, in her daily chores.
- Do appear as you always used to do.
- Dress well, shave daily if needed,
- Look Young in thoughts,feelings and emotions.
- Go for outings for pleasure and enjoyment.
- Go for window-shopping with wife.
- Leave smoking and drinking.
- Keep your health in tact.
- Go to a doctor who is interested in your welfare
- and go to him with a complete all round medical check -up.
- Follow his advice.Take Vitamin C and Vitamin D and B 12.
- Do moderate exercises and keep your- self healthy to move around.
- Walking,climbing try try to do.
- Take shorter steps and avoid troubling the knee
- If you like yoga , you can do..But don’t overdo anything.
- .See whether you need your reading glasses all the time.
- Wear fitting shoes or slippers.
- .Keep all the things you need in one respective place to reach soon.
- Visit eye-specialist and if in need get the cataract operation.
- .Check your hearing ,Don’t feel shy. Get them checked
- .If you dental problem,check with a right dentist. an experienced one
- Save your money in liquid assets,fixed deposits, shares an mutual fund.But learn think examine get satisfied before you invest even Rs.10/-
- .Medical insurance ,have it if you really need it
- .Do travel and enjoy and pass your leisure time.
- .If you are an expert in anything guide the people by becoming a consultant
- .If you like writing, reviewing and computer then you can spend a lot of your time in writing Blogs with the things you know and which will benefit the readers.
- MOST OF ALL, DO NOT FORGET TO WRITE YOUR OWN WILL TO AVOID FUTURE CONFUSIONS AND QUARRELS. AND HEARTBURNS.DO THIS FAVOUR FOR YOUR GENERATION.
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