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प्रश्न
Discuss the following in pairs or in small groups.
“Before you begin experimenting you need to perfect the technique with which you experiment.”
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उत्तर
There is a tendency among people that they they start experimenting without perfecting the technique with which one experiments. Great exponents of arts, however, often recommend that improvisation should follow perfection of the technique with which one begins with. Otherwise, the experiment becomes an end in itself without bearing any fruit.
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Answer any four of the following questions in 30 – 40 words each :
(a) After initial reluctance why did the lawyers tell Gandhiji that they were ready to follow him into jail?
(b) What is Mukesh's attitude towards the family business of making bangles?
(c) How does the poet show the futility of Aunt Jennifer's efforts?
(d) Stephen Spender in his poem, 'An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum' paints a dismal picture of poverty. Comment.
(e) Jackson went through the contents of Rev. McLeery's suitcase. Which object therein puzzled him sorely? What was his comment on that?
(f) How did the servants react when they realized that Dr. Sadao was going to save the life of an enemy?
We know that chimps are intelligent because
Read the extract and do the following activities:
A1 Complete :
| Night |
Morning |
| (i) | (i) |
| (ii) | (ii) |
There was a roaring in the wind all night;
The rain came heavily and fell in floods;
But now the sun is rising calm and bright,
The birds are singing in the distant woods;
Over his own sweet voice the Stock-dove broods;
The Jay makes answer as the Magpie chatters;
And all the air is filled with pleasant noise of waters
All things that love the sun are out of doors;
The sky rejoices in the morning’s birth;
The grass is bright with raindrops-on the moors
The hare is running races in her mirth;
And with her feet she from the plashy earth
Raises a mist; that, glittering in the sun,
Runs with her all the way, wherever she doth run.
A2 What do the different birds do? Discuss.
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There are different types of short stories. Use a dictionary/internet and find out what each of the following types refers to.
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- anecdote:
- fairy tale:
- parable:
- tragedy:
- humorous story:
- detective story:
- myth:
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If winter comes, can spring be far behind? - Shelley
Match the professions with the field of work.
| Profession | Field of work | ||
| (1) | Chief Minister | (a) | Business |
| (2) | Magistrate | (b) | Transport |
| (3) | Soldier | (c) | Construction |
| (4) | Trader | (d) | Administration |
| (5) | Builder | (e) | Education |
| (6) | Driver | (f) | Defence |
| (7) | Teacher | (g) | Law |
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- Magistrate bees
- Merchant bees
- Soldier bees
- Mason bees
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(tall / quiet / humble / merry / busy / slippery / fast / sly / slow / big)
as ______ as a bee
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Read the following words. Write the words that are combined to make these words.
- faraway
- nobleman
- whoever
- moneylender
- sometimes
Add ten more words to the list on your own. Each of the component words must be meaningful.
What do the following event/action tell us about the characters? Discuss.
The Archbishop announced that everyone was free to try his hand at the sword and called all the Lords to a Tournament.
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Nobody knows for certain who ___________________.
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knowledge and learning
Add other related words you know to the list.
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Describe a crocodile in your own words.
Mention the various places that the brook flows past.
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| (1) | |
| (2) | |
| (3) |
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Find out how the following game is played.
Kho-Kho
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Down on that gloomy Complaining Street.
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Let us learn to walk with a smile and a song,
No matter if things do sometimes go wrong;
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Gulliver was the captain of the ship.
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Some words sound the same but their spelling and meaning are different. Such words are called homophones. There are many homophones.
Who showed love and care to the children?
The brown sparrow laid ________eggs.
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Clue for the load on the camel ______
Who brought us to this world?
Senthil bought a ______ from his savings.
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Name the things that good merchant offered for the plate
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Do you think Nasruddin was good at archery?
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What did the carpenter buy?
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| Column 'A' | Column 'Non-Textual' |
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| (c) V.S. Naipaul | (iii) Robinson Crusoe |
| (d) Emile Bronte | (iv) The Canterbury Tales |
