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प्रश्न
Have you known someone like the author’s grandmother? Do you feel the same sense of loss with regard to someone whom you have loved and lost?
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उत्तर
Yes, I knew someone like the author’s grandmother. It was my own grandmother who passed away recently. The intense sense of loss is very heart-wrenching as I spent almost fifteen years of my life with her.
Or
No, I have never known someone the way the author knew his grandmother. Thus, I have never felt a sense of grief presented in the story.
(A model answer has been provided for students' reference. It is strongly recommended that students prepare the answer on their own.)
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Attempt a character sketch of Mr Gilman as a teacher.
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
That for themselves a cooling covert make
"Gainst the hot season; the mid forest brake,
Rich with the sprinkling of fair musk-rose blooms;
..................
(a) Identify the poem and the poet.
(b) What is the role of the clear rills?
(c) How has the mid forest brake become rich?
(d) Name the figure of speech in 'cooling covert'.
What do elephants do to prevent water from evaporating ?
How did Griffin meet his end ?
How would you say ‘a dilapidated drum’ in your language?
The three stanzas depict three different phases. What are they?
The ending of the story is an instance of irony. Suppose Paul had not died at the end, how would you have reacted to the story?
Explain the line:
'I seemed to detect in myself a sort of sneaking fellow-feeling for the mummy in the museum, and a desire to swap news with him.
Why does Russell call the three passions 'simple'?
How do the patterns of creativity displayed by scientists differ from those displayed by poets?
You notice a sense of urgency in the poet's request – what is the reason for this?
What would you say are 'the finer growths' that the story supports in a novel?
Read the following statement and mark those that apply to you.
I have a large group of friends but no best buddy.
Answer in your own words.
How did the plants respond when Revathi played her favourite tune?
There are different types of short stories. Use a dictionary/internet and find out what each of the following types refers to.
- fable:
- anecdote:
- fairy tale:
- parable:
- tragedy:
- humorous story:
- detective story:
- myth:
What are the clothes compared to? Give two examples.
Form pairs. Discuss and prepare a list of things that can be and will be done in future. (5 things) Spot the modal verbs in your answer.
Have you seen a newborn young one of an animal?
How did the students prepare for their stalls/presentations?
To whom is the poem addressed?
Read: ‘Last Chance to See’ by Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine.
If you were to draw a landscape on the basis of this poem, what elements will you show in it? What colours will you use?
Complete the following sentence with reference to the passage.
Epics are long poems that ______________________.
What is direct and indirect.
Write your own impressions about the news items given in (a), (b), (c), and (d) in the table below.
| News item | Good news Bad news | Reliable Unreliable | Interesting Uninteresting Boring | Others |
| (a) | ||||
| (b) | ||||
| (c) | ||||
| (d) |
Read: ‘Just So Stories’ and ‘The Jungle Book’ by Rudyard Kipling.
The story has a very heart-warming and touching end. Now try to change the end of the story to make it sound very funny.
Imagine you are one of the three brothers. Write in short what you did with the rice.
List and say whether the following statement agrees with the passage or not.
You should always speak softly but clearly.
List and say whether the following statement agrees with the passage or not.
You should try to talk most of the time whenever there is a discussion.
Who is a ‘netizen’?
How did Helen Keller help other blind people?
Look at the following situations the writer was in. He could have avoided the situation and saved himself. Glance through the write up again and comment on what the writer should have done in the following situations.
- Gilson asked the writer to bring a tie.
- On the day of arrival, the writer had no time to think about the tie.
- The writer remembered about the tie when the bus was leaving for the airport.
- The writer walked down in search of the shop.
- The writer rushed out with the tie in a paper bag.
Read the following line from the poem and answer the question given below.
| And so it were wisest to keep our feet From wandering into Complaining Street; |
- What is the wisest thing that the poet suggests?
- What does the phrase ‘to keep our feet from wandering’ refer to?
Which theory of Ramanujan helps the ATMs to dispense cash?
The market was ______ away from the village.
Find out the rhyme scheme employed in the fourth stanza.
He preferred handling mail by himself.
If you are a flight attendant how will you deal with the hijackers?
When should we have courage?
Identify the speaker/character.
A man fell into the sea. Please save him.
A sea turtle camouflages its nest by tossing sand on it to ______.
How did Grandfather’s dream come true?
Who first brought these vegetables to India?
How do we see the earthworm often?
What did the first daughter do?
Where did the bird catcher sit?
What made him frightened?
What did the oil seller perform?
Answer the following yes or no question.
Did all visit the waterfall?
Do you love to seek answers to the questions?
Circle and write the adverbs.
We will leave today. ______
All the animals called the sparrow ______.
Kani took Teddy out for a ____.
Why did Tenzin cry every day?
Appa weaves beautiful sarees with______.
Did the girl buy a picture book?
Read the poem.
For Want of a Nail
For want of a nail, the shoe was lost,
For want of a shoe the horse was lost,
For want of a horse, the rider was lost,
For want of a rider, the battle was lost,
For want of a battle, the kingdom was lost,
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail!
[traditional rhyme]
Now form questions for the answers given in the speech bubbles.
Write compound word using the pictures.
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Form groups of four to six.
Discuss whether and how you can improve English spelling.
