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प्रश्न
Identify some of the improbable images the author has used to effect greater humour.
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उत्तर
There are instances when the author goes on exaggerating the actual situation to add humour to the story. For example, when the watch is repaired for the second time, it slowed down. The description is a hyperbole of the actual happening. No matter how slow a watch is, it will show the time according to 12 hours, it cannot literally travel in the past. However, the way the author describes its watch enjoying snowfall before the season arrives is humorous. Also, the citation of the mummy is funny, plus it describes the mental state of the poor author.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Complete the flow-chart :
Complete the following statements :
(ii) Maharashtra depends on India, because ................
Read the following extract and complete the activities given below :
A1 Compare the old and new house and complete the table :
| Points | Old House | New House |
| Surrounding | razzle-dazzle | – |
| Size of the house | – | big |
I was thirteen, the year we moved to the Cantonment at Allahabad. In stark contrast to the razzle-dazzle of the city’s commercial areas like Katra and Chowk, the Cantonment was a quiet, orderly place with broad tree-lined roads that still carried the names of long-dead Britishers. Our bungalow was on a sleepy by-lane called MacPherson Road. When we first saw it, my brothers and I were delighted. It was by far the biggest house we had ever lived in. The task of furnishing those huge, echoing rooms daunted mother.
“Is a slightly smaller house not available?” she asked father, “We do not have enough curtains for this place. And the furniture seems a little inadequate. Why did they have to plan the kitchen at such a distance from the dining-room? It is like doing a route march. And who is going to help me keep this place clean and dusted?”
Her misgivings and objections were undoubtedly valid. But, seeing our crestfallen faces, she sighed and gave in. We made extravagant promises to help in the household chores. Keep our rooms tidy. Put away our toys and books. She smiled with amused disbelief, her mind already working out how many meters of curtain-cloth would be needed and so on.
A2 Complete :
Complete the following list of objections that the mother had with the new house :
(i) Inadequate _______
(ii) Do not have _______
(iii) Kitchen at a distance from _______
(iv) A very big _______
A3 Personal response:
Do you agree with the objections raised by the mother? Explain.
Read the following passage and do the given activities:
B.1) Comparison
Write the comparison between the parts of the modular phone and the human body:
| Modular Phone | Parts of Human Body |
Every phone you buy, no matter how costly and latest it is, will go out of date in a year or so. That’s how quickly the smartphone world is moving right now. To keep yourself up to date with the current specification you will have to keep switching phones every once a while. What’s the solution to this problem?
MODULAR PHONES!
A modular device is a phone, tablet or another device where individual components such as the screen, camera, CPU, battery, memory can be removed by the user and replaced by others with a different specification. Imagine your body to be your phone and your clothes as the components, you can wear anything according to your needs and moods. Similarly, modular phones let you choose between components of different properties and specifications.
This would mean we’ll have the liberty to customize our phones, just like Lego building blocks! The main components of the phone will be Brain (processor), Spine (frame, screen) and Heart (battery). The other components may include a camera, storage memory, GPS, audio jack, speakers, USB module, etc. and the phone will have a motherboard, i.e. a base that will hold all components together
B.2) Give examples:
Write two examples that give the liberty to customize our phone.
• ____________________
• ____________________
B.3) Framing sentence:
Use the given phrases in sentences of your own:
(i) up to date
(ii) once a while
B.4) Write as instructed:
Rewrite the sentence as interrogative:
(i) We’ll have the liberty to customize our phones.
(ii) We will have the liberty to customize our phones. (Rewrite using the present participle form of the underlined word)
B.5) Personal Response
If given a chance to design a modular phone, what new features would you add?
Answer the following question in 150-200 words:
Attempt a character sketch of Mr. Gilman.
Notice these expressions in the text. Infer their meaning from the context.
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blow-by-blow account
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morale booster
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relegated to
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political acumen
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de facto
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astute
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doctored accounts
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gave vent to
'Luck is necessary for success in life'.
Why did Ajamil refuse to meet the sheepdog's eyes?
Rearrange the letters to make meaningful words, occurring in the poem.
- clearmis ____________
- sowmid ____________
- gearuoc ____________
- rissupser ____________
- tabyue ____________
- madres ____________
- laveu ____________
- downre ____________
Write down any two Slogans on 'Gender Equality'.
Discuss in groups and share with one another.
How your family relaxes on weekends.
Complete the phrase using a word from the poem.
______ march
What characteristics are needed to be a good player of Kabaddi? What should you do to develop each? Discuss this in groups of 5 and write a composition on it.
Find sentences from the play related to the given points.
The tension between different loyalties
- It’s little we get but abuse from the people, and no choice but to obey our orders.
- ________________________________
- ________________________________
- ________________________________
The characters are a part of the stage setting. How does this reflect when the characters of the play range from the Duke and the Indian boy to the faeries?
Read the passage and find the verbs used with the following nouns and phrases:
- volcano
- molten rock
- volcanic mountain
- dust
- 165 village and towns
- the wind and the sea
- seeds
- bird
Shakespeare’s poetry has come to be valued for its own sake on the stage. Comment with reference to the play ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream.’
Imagine you are visiting the Science Fair. What other stalls (apart from the ones mentioned here) are you likely to find there? Try to list at least five more stalls.
Draw word webs for the following.
Begin with the given word and go on writing as many other words associated with it, as you can.
Use these words to write other related words to form a word web.
Complete the following sentence with reference to the passage:
Gautama, the Buddha, was born over two thousand five hundred years ago, as ______.
Complete the following sentence with reference to the passage:
He realised that making the body suffer was not ____________.
Visit a library:
Read Lewis Carroll’s book ‘Alice in Wonderland.’
List the various things that the Lethargarians do or want to do. Can you sum up all of it in one word or phrase?
Form groups of 5-8. This passage tells us only what the compère says. Try to visualize and write what the other people on the dais must have said in their speeches (Write only the main points.)
- The School Principal
- The Chief Guest
- The Art teacher who offered a vote of thanks
Why did Marouckla’s stepmother hate her?
Read the word. Write the words that combine to make it.
springtime
Ask your parents or other grown-ups to show you some used notes. Observe them carefully. Have they been used properly? Write your observations.
What is a password?
Have you ever been on an adventurous journey? If yes, share your experience.
Complete the given tabular column with the suitable plural forms.
| chair | - | |
| box | - | |
| Eskimo | - | |
| lady | - | |
| radius | - | |
| formula | - | |
| child | - | |
| deer | - | |
| loaf | - | |
| hero | - |
What made John Shepherd-Barron to come up with the idea of ATM?
Write the name of the toys against each picture.
Why was it a struggle for the children to dry their clothes?
Why does the poet tell us to speak gently to young children?
How can we make our life worth living?
Find out the rhyme scheme employed in the fourth stanza.
The horses were four and a half inches tall.
The little bird found a shallow hollow in the ground.
Work in pair, find answer for the question and share in the class.
Name the seasons mentioned in the poem?
The girl was badly hurt.
What was the epidemic that broke out in the story?
How did he win the match?
______is good at cooking.
Name the character or speaker.
"Are you alright?"
Amir switched off the fan wheFalsen he walked out.
Why it is important for people to live without boundaries?
Write a paragraph on the topic ‘Park’.
The tank in Divya’s village was almost ______.
Write the rhyming word.
larder- ______.
Did the seeds given to Ani sprout? why?
Nithin had many ______toys.
Write the word with same meaning.
Flat
What was the event Megala participated?
What did Nasruddin boast about?
Why did Nasruddin take someone else’s name each time he missed the target?
What does the poet want us to do at night?
Are these sentence TRUE or FALSE
The poet tells the child to be afraid when it is dark.
Although Helen could not hear or see, what kind of girl was she?
What did the boy make with the trunk of the tree?
Being a bachelor, the stranger had no patience with children.
