Advertisements
Advertisements
प्रश्न
Find proof from the poem for the following.
The colour imagery in the poem.
Advertisements
उत्तर
- The poet refers to the cherry tree as 'dark'.
- He describes the blossoms as 'pink'.
- The sky has been described as 'blue'.
- The use of the words 'dappled green' to describe the leaves of the cherry tree.
The use of different colours to describe the different elements in the extract proves that the poet has used colour imagery in the poem.
APPEARS IN
संबंधित प्रश्न
What were Watson's observations on the stick left behind by Dr. Mortimer? How far did Sherlock Holmes prove him wrong? (in about 125 words)
Answer the following question in 120 – 150 words:
How do you perceive Dr. Kemp based on his interaction with Griffin ? (The Invisible Man)
Answer any four of the following questions in 30-40 words each:
(a) How could the peddler enter the forge without being noticed by the blacksmith?
(b) At Champaran what did the British landlords want from the sharecroppers?
(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) How did Evans have the last laugh at the Governor?
(f) How did the General plan to get rid of the American POW?
Notice the following uses of the word ‘tell’ in the text.
1. Her fingers were busy telling the beads of her rosary.
2. I would tell her English words and little things about Western science and learning.
3. At her age, one could never tell.
4. She told us that her end was near.
Given below are four different senses of the word ‘tell’. Match the meanings to the uses listed above.
1. make something known to someone in spoken or written words
2. count while reciting
3. be sure
4. give information to somebody
Discuss in groups of four.
The reasons why people willingly undergo the travails of difficult journeys.
The narrative has many phrases to describe the scenic beauty of the mountainside like:
A flawless half-moon flated in a perfect blue sky.
Scan the text to locate other such picturesque phrases.
Discuss the following statement in groups of two pairs, each pair in a group taking opposite points of view.
Why do you think Professor Gaitonde decided never to preside over meetings again?
Identify the common characteristics shared by tribal communities all over the world.
The poetic effect is achieved in the poem through understatement and asides. Discuss this with examples.
Pick out words that refer to ‘means of living’ and fill them in the Web.
(profession/recreation/occupation/job/ pastime/employment/hobby/career/entertainment/mission/trade/buisness/sports/retirement/placement)
Using a good dictionary, find the shade of difference in the following:
‘Profession’ refers to ____________
Say where . . . . . . .
______ do squirrels store their food?
Discuss in your class.
Name some gadgets and appliances that we use in day-to-day life?
Pick out three lines that create an image in your mind of bees busy at work.
Read the passage and answer the following question:
What is 'Param Vir Chakra'?
Find more information about the Indian Armed Forces - the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force with the help of your teacher.
State whether the following statement is True or False:
Oberon transforms Bottom's head into that of an ass.
Describe in your own words the incident when Hovstad's real intention to help Dr. Stockmann is exposed.
Present the information in the box ‘My Teacher says’. Translate the box ‘My Teacher says’ into your mother tongue.
Write a few lines about each character.
Add ten more words to the list on your own. Each of the component words must be meaningful.
Visit a library:
Read other tales from Shakespeare, for example, Julius Caesar, As You Like It, Macbeth, and The Tempest.
Read the following sentence aloud. Write who said it and to whom.
“What! ... how ! ... That’s impossible! ”
Link the items in the three columns properly.
| A | B | C |
| The past | A sea beneath a cloudless sun | A pleasant time which has ended |
| The present hour | A soft and mild autumn evening | An exciting, thrilling time which has no end. |
| The future | A green and flowery spray Where a young bird sits | A time, full of life in which you gather strength |
How do you behave with your classmates? Write about your attitude and behaviour in the appropriate column.
Some actions:
- Ask others for help
- Refuse help
- Judge others by their appearance
- Judge others by their accent
| Always | Sometimes | Never |
| ____________ | ____________ | ____________ |
| ____________ | ____________ | ____________ |
| ____________ | ____________ | ____________ |
Fill in the following blanks with reference to the poem.
'In time of rain when spring and life are ______, the butterflies lift ______ wings to catch a ______ cry and trees put forth ______ leaves to sing in ______ beneath the sky as ______ boys and girls too ______ singing down the roadway'.
Read the remaining part of the original story.
Imagine the following and write about it in your own words:
What the world looks like to a baby.
Find out how rice is cultivated. Describe the process with the help of pictures or diagrams.
List and say whether the following statement agrees with the passage or not.
If you don’t understand something, don’t let the others know about it.
The poem has rhyming words at the end of the lines. Find and write the pairs of rhyming words in each stanza.
Rewrite the following line in your own words.
'Never one comes flying by
But will flutter down to drink.'
What does a farmer need most for his fields?
What is meant by being ‘online’?
Guess the meaning of the following word.
coarse grained
Read the following lines from the poem and answer the question given below.
There's a family nobody likes to meet;
They live, it is said, on Complaining Street
- Where does the family live?
- Why do you think the street is named as ‘Complaining Street’?
Identify the speaker/character.
‘ Remember the tiny penknife he gave me last year’.
Read the data below and answer the following question.
Choose the correct answer.
Identify the three jobs where the same percentage of women work.
What is inclusion? Why is it important?
Read the line and answer the question.
And the wheel’s kick and the winds song and the white sail’s shaking
What according to the poet are the pleasures of sailing?
The land was wet and green.
How is water produced in Mars?
Were the girl and her brother friendly with each other?
What did the first daughter do?
Why do the soldiers (people) die? When will it stop?
Vicky pleaded his father to buy a robot.
Choose the correct option from the given homophones.
I saw a ______ on the flower.
Fruits and shadows are free under the _______.
Do you love to seek answers to the questions?
Circle and write the adverbs.
Suddenly the old man fainted. ______
Read the advertisement and answer the question given below.
When does the offer end?
Who helped Tenzin in learning English words?
______ had made Math easy for Bala.
Write the word with same meaning.
post- ______
Which problem do you think you can solve with art? How?
Is there something that you will struggle for? why?
Why was Chris worried?
The fir tree was not happy with the gold leaves ______.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow
Humans have long been fascinated by fiction. We experience excitement in assigning supernatural power to imaginary characters in fictional stories – and so we have Spider man, Batman, He–man, Titans and many more. The ‘Cyborg’ was an offshoot of such wild imagination of humans to invest our species with superhuman powers. Today, the Cyborg is no more an imaginary organism. We are living in a world where a sizeable population of humans have merged their bodies with technological implants. The term ‘Cyborg’, short for ‘cybernetic organism’, was coined to describe a man, whose body is implanted with technological devices to supplement and substitute body functions.
Cyborgs include people with cardiac pacemakers, contact lenses, bionic ears and eyes, prosthetics and so on. In other words, a cyborg is partly human and partly machine. The technological innovations in the field of medicine and healthcare augment humans with machines, producing a beta version of the human body. The advent of brain machine interfaces is certain to blur the boundary between humans and machines. Scientists are working hard to find a technique for age reversal too. People do not want to die, so mankind is striving to get to the final frontier, which is development of machines and devices that would accord man immortality.
The needs of humans are not limited. As time passes, food habits change, thinking patterns change, and even appearances change. We are about to travel by driverless, fully automated vehicles. Computers and smart phones have become our masters. The more we depend and merge with technological advancements, the more the humanness in us slowly erodes. Intelligence is sought to be infused into machines and robotics are designed in such a way to give man a virtual human companion. The field of artificial intelligence is overtaking the human brain and many fear that it could even harm the human race. Despite certain limitations and potential threats, many believe that cyborgs will be the next step in the evolution of mankind. The amalgamation of man and machine is sure to add a new dimension to the life of mankind and this will prove to be the ‘biggest evolution in Biology’ since the emergence of life, four billion years ago.
Questions:
a) Account for the popularity of characters with supernatural powers.
b) Who is referred to as a ‘Cyborg’?
c) What is expected to happen with the advent of the brain machine interface?
d) The needs of humans are not limited. How is this statement elaborated in the passage?
e) How can a machine turn into a virtual companion for humans?
f) Explain the flipside of the rapid technological advancement.
g) Identify the word in para 1 which means ‘everlasting life’.
h) Which of the following words is synonymous with ‘amalgamation’?
- recreation
- integration
- exploration
- proposition
i) Which of the following options is the antonym of the word ‘advent’?
- drawback
- dispute
- departure
- danger
j) Find out the word which is the antonym of ‘natural’ in para 3.
