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प्रश्न
Answer the following questions.
(i) If someone doesn’t wear a uniform to school, what do you think the teacher will say?
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उत्तर
The teacher would scold the student who would not be dressed in the school uniform while coming to the School.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Thinking about the Text
Given below are some emotions that Kezia felt. Match the emotions in Column A with
the items in Column B.
| A | B |
| 1. Fear or terror | (i) Father comes into her room to give her a goodbye kiss |
| 2. glad sense of relief | (ii) Noise of the carriage grows fainter |
| 3. a “funny” feeling, perhaps of understanding |
(iii) Father comes home |
| (iv) Speaking to father | |
| (v) Going to bed when alone at home | |
| (vi) Father comforts her and falls asleep | |
| (vii) Father stretched out on the safa. snoring |
Answer the following question in one or two sentences.
Why was Kezia afraid of her father?
Match the meanings with the words/expressions in italic, and write the appropriate
meaning next to the sentence.
You really gave me a fright when you crept up behind me like that.
Answer the following question in one or two sentences.
How did Abdul Kalam earn his first wages?
Before you read "Keeping It From Harold", the teacher will encourage you to answer or discuss the following.
- What are the different weight categories in Boxing?
- Have you ever heard the song whose lyrics go like...."He floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee"? Who does 'he' refer to? He is also known as 'The Greatest' boxer of all times. What was his original name? How many times did he win the World Heavyweight Belt?
- Find out from your friend if he /she watches WWE and who is his/her favourite wrestler. Also find out why he/she likes this wrestler.
- Discuss with your friend as to why these wrestlers have such a large fan following. Has the perception of the people changed over the century with respect to those who fight in the ring?
In the first stanza, some words or phrases have been used to show that the girl
working in the fields is alone. Which words and phrases highlight her being
alone? What effect do they create in the mind of the reader?
"They say it was a shocking sight
After the field was won;
For many thousand bodies here
Lay rotting in the sun;
But things like that, you know, must be
After a famous victory.
"Great praise the Duke of Marlbro'won,
And our good Prince Eugene."
"Why,'twas a very wicked thing!"
Said little Wilhelmine.
"Nay...nay...my little girl,"quoth he,
"It was a famous victory.
"And everybody praised the Duke
Who this great fight did win."
"But what good came of it at last?"
Quoth little Peterkin.
"Why that I cannot tell,"said he,
"But 'twas a famous victory."
Read the lines given above and answer the question that follow.
In “The Battle of Blenheim,” why are Wilhelmine’s words “twas a very wicked thing” ironic?
Why is Mr. Purcell compared to an owl?
On getting Gopu Mama’s chappals, the music teacher tried not to look too happy. Why?
Name the narrator in the lesson ‘Expert Detectives’.
What did the two friends generally talk about?
‘The monkey was scared and depressed’. Why? .
What is a dream?
Who made the pact with the sun? What was it about?
In what respect was the wrestling match strange? Who were the two rivals? Who was the winner?
Read the lines in which the following phrases occur. Then discuss with your partner the meaning of each phrase in its context.
amazing mound
Multiple Choice Question:
For the child, his teacher is ________
Answer the following question.
Dolma believes that she can make a good Prime Minister because ____________________
_____________________.
Answer the following question.
How do mongooses kill snakes?
In the poem, John Brown, John Brown drops his medals into his mother's hands because ______.
