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प्रश्न
Go through the text again to understand the important features of blogs. Discuss various blogs and their features with your friends.
A blog helps us to express our - ___________.
- Feelings
- _________
- _________
- _________
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उत्तर
A blog helps us to express our -
- Feelings
- Opinions
- Experiences
- Information.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
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
Give reasons for the following statement.
The author’s experience at Hor was in stark contrast to earlier accounts of the place.
Underline the important words and phrases.
Briefly explain the following statement from the text.
“You have passed through a fantastic experience: or more correctly, a catastrophic experience.”
How do the words in bold, in the lines below, illustrate the poet’s ability to convey criticism cryptically?
Our meddling intellect
Misshapes the beauteous forms of things:
We murder to dissect.
How does G. N. Devy bring out the importance of the oral literary tradition?
You notice a sense of urgency in the poet's request – what is the reason for this?
How does the poet juxtapose the human condition with the behaviour of the political class?
Discuss the following in pairs or in small groups.
Kumudini Lakhia's life is an inspiring illustration of the emancipation of women.
Read the extract and state whether the following statement is true or false. Correct the false statement.
Newer hybrid crops have a great appetite for chemicals.
Name the world-famous personality who reached great heights despite of humble circumstances.
Find from the story one word for the following.
the highest-ranking official who commands a ship ______
Make sentence of your own using the following expression.
bargain:
Answer in your own words.
How did the plants respond when Revathi played her favourite tune?
Some poets do not use uniformity in rhyming words, nor a steady rhythm. Such poems with no uniformity in rhyme, rhythm, length of lines or stanzas are called Free Verse. Walt Whitman, Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, Rabindranath Tagore are some famous poets who have composed poems in Free Verse.
A quick glance at the poem ‘Vocation' reveals that the style used by Tagore is Free Verse.
Now turn the pages of your textbook and see if you can find other poems in Free Verse.
Do as directed. (Make sure you do not change the meaning and tense of the sentence).
I am proud of you. (Rewrite using the noun form of the underlined word).
Complete the following statements with the help of the text.
To learn about meditation, you have to see ____________________________________________________________ Watch your thinking. Do not ________________________ Do not ____________________________________ Begin to learn ______________________________ Just watch thought. Do not ____________________________________________________.
Read the description of the Kabaddi match and do the following:
Choose any one event and draw a diagram to show what happened.
Bassanio was very rich.
What is your favourite time of the day? Describe it in detail.
What do the following event/action tell us about the characters? Discuss.
Arthur agreed to bring Sir Kay a sword at once.
Form groups. Discuss the first two paragraphs. Try to present their content in the form of a series of conversations among the volunteers.
Write the meaning of doth.
These two passages are examples of a short introduction to works of art - a short review. They cover the following points:
- The creator
- The theme or subject matter
- Type of art
- Individual style
- Presentation techniques
- Its effect on viewers
- Message or interpretation
Compare the points with those you used for a book review and the review of a play. Present the comparison in the form of a chart.
| Book Review | Review of a play | Review of a painting |
Write in your own words.
What makes the poet remember his mother?
Fill in the blank choosing the appropriate word/idiom from the lesson.
While arguing with his elders he had ______.
Write the characteristics of a good listener.
Write other meaningful words that begin/end with stepmother.
Write other meaningful words that begin/end with snowwhite.
List and say whether the following statement agrees with the passage or not.
You should look at the person you are talking to.
How was Gulliver tied down on the seashore?
List the rhyming words in the (On the water) poem.
What did Ahmad tell Kasim when he dug a channel and began to draw water?
What are search engines?
Guess the meaning of the following word.
finely
Identify the speaker/character.
‘ Remember the tiny penknife he gave me last year’.
What do Tamil Nadu folk dances and folk arts represent?
Which theory of Ramanujan helps the ATMs to dispense cash?
What story did grandfather tell them about the haunted hill?
Teach me to appreciate ______.
- nature
- destruction
- small creatures
What do you think are the two most important lessons that the speaker mentions?
Why should we speak gently?
Read the poem and fill in the blanks with the correct option.
It is better far to rule by ______, than ______.
- soft
- vain
- fear
- joy
- love
- heard
- toiled
- mild
- good
- sand
- life
- harsh
Why did the crowd gather by the side of the pond?
A ________ dies for the nation.
What day is it?
Connect the rhyming words.
| strong | tall |
| call | sack |
| back | along |
Choose the odd one out.
The hut was very ______.
Read the passage three times and colour a spacesuit for each time.
A spacesuit is like a spaceship built for one. A spacesuit lets us work and live in space. It protects us from the heat and the cold. It gives us air to breathe. The suit is made of many parts and has water to drink. It even has a built-in toilet, if you need to use it.
Choose the best answer.
The animals ______ the boat.
Find and write the clues.
Clue for the load on the camel ______
Name the character or speaker.
"Are you alright?"
Anbu was a ________ old boy.
The goose is swimming with its ______.
Mugund learnt the art from his ______.
Chris enjoyed doing all sorts of things except, writing and ______.art
Choose the right word.
Tansen was a famous ______.
What did he call his puppet?
