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प्रश्न
Discuss these question in class with your teacher and then write down your answer
in two or three paragraphs .
How does Kezia begin to see her father as a human being who needs her sympathy?
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Answer these question in a few words or a couple of sentence.
Where was Margie’s school? Did she have any classmates?
Answer of these question in a short paragraph (30–40 words).
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Answer the following question in 30 to 40 words.
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Answer of these question in a short paragraph (about 30 words).
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Choose extracts from the story that illustrate the characters of these people in it.
| Person character | Extracts from the story | What does it tell us about their character |
| Mrs Bramble | (Para 12) "Bill we must keep it from Harold" | She was not honest and open with her son; concerned mother |
| Mrs Bramble | (Para 33) | |
| Percy | (Para 109) | |
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Personal Pronouns
Read the following conversation:
Malavika and Deepak are looking through some photographs of Malavika’s family.
Malavika : Now … this is my brother Shantanu. Shantanu is in Class VIII. Shantanu is brilliant at playing tennis. Shantanu is also good at singing. Shantanu sings a lot.
Deepak : Shantanu sounds interesting. I’d like to meet Shantanu. I’m looking for someone to play tennis with.
Malavika : Well … why don’t you come around tonight and meet Shantanu? My parents will be out. My parents always go out on Tuesdays.
Improve the above conversation by using suitable pronouns where required.
Exchange information with another group and record it. Then in groups of four discuss the results of the following:
• Do boys and girls spend the same amount of time at the computer?
• Do their tastes and preferences change as they grow older?
• Are the number of hours spent at the computer/studying at home/leisure/ internet different between boys and girls?
• Do the number of hours per week spent at the computer/studying at home/ internet/ leisure activities change as students grow up?
Some are like fields of sunlit corn,
Meet for a bride on her bridal morn,
Some, like the flame of her marriage fire,
Or, rich with the hue of her heart's desire,
Tinkling,luminous,tender, and clear,
Like her bridal laughter and bridal tear.
Read the lines given above and answer the question that follow.
Besides visual imagery the poet also uses auditory imagery.Pick out the lines.
"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.
How does kasper justify the thousands of death in the war?
Answer the following question.
What was Soapy’s first plan? Why did it not work?
What were the remarks of two men on seeing Gopal in the market?
What did Saeeda tell the sunrays to do?
Does father lose all his hope of bringing the cat down?
When does the kite seem to take rest?
How did Algu and Jumman treat each other?
What is the hawker selling here?
What trick did the shopkeeper play to tempt his customers to play the losing game?
Why does the speaker say that “there isn’t anyone staring or making strange noises”?
'The eight other athletes stopped in their tracks' means that they ______.
Read the following extract from Maya Angelou’s poem, ‘When Great Trees Fall’ and answer the questions that follow:
| When great trees fall in forests, small things recoil into silence, their senses eroded beyond fear. |
- What effect does the falling of a ‘great tree’ have on the creatures of the forest? [3]
- How does the death of a great soul affect the lives of those left behind in the immediate aftermath of their passing? [3]
- What long-term effect does the death of a ‘great soul' have? [3]
- What feeling is being expressed by the following lines/phrases? [3]
- small things recoil into silence
- kind words/unsaid,
- Beand be/better. For they existed
- What is a ‘Great tree’ a metaphor for? [4]
What is the central message of Angelou’s poem, “When Great Trees Fall"?
