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Listen carefully to the story being read out and answer the questions. A boy was flying a kite with his father.

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प्रश्न

Listen carefully to the story being read out and answer the questions.

A boy was flying a kite with his father. He was excited to watch the kite soar high and asked his father, “What kept the kite up?” Dad replied “The String”. The boy said, “No dad, the string is holding the kite down.” The father suddenly broke the string, the kite came crashing down. Now the boy understood, what was holding the kite up. This is true in life as well. We are, advised to follow a set of rules or a prescribed code of conduct to enable us to reach our full potential. However, very often we hear the phrase “I want to be free.” If you take the train off the track, it is free. But where would it go? If each one of us follows our own traffic rules and drive on any side of the road what would you call it? Freedom or chaos? By observing rules we are actually gaining freedom. This is what. discipline is all about.

1. According to the father what kept the kite up?

  1. the kite itself
  2. air
  3. the string
  4. father’s skills

2. The string helped the kite to ______.

  1. withstand the pressure
  2. break free
  3. crash
  4. soar high

3. To realize our full potential, we should ______.

  1. obey our elders
  2. follow a set of rules
  3. work hard
  4. plan well

4. A train should go on the ______to reach its destination.

  1. track
  2. line
  3. road
  4. path

5. To realize our full potential, we should ______.

  1. obey our elders
  2. follow a set of rules
  3. work hard
  4. plan well

6. Taking freedom in our own hands will lead to ______.

  1. self-discipline
  2. chaos
  3. a code of conduct
  4. freedom

7. The main idea of the passage is ______.

  1. the art of flying kites
  2. father’s advice to his son
  3. the importance of discipline
  4. the right to freedom
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उत्तर

  1. The string
  2. The string helped the kite to soar high.
  3. To realize our full potential, we should follow a set of rules.
  4. A train should go on the track to reach its destination.
  5. To realize our full potential, we should chaos.
  6. Taking freedom in our own hands will lead to the importance of discipline.
  7. The main idea of the passage is the right to freedom.
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अध्याय 6.1: On the Rule of the Road - Listening [पृष्ठ १८२]

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सामाचीर कलवी English Class 12 TN Board
अध्याय 6.1 On the Rule of the Road
Listening | Q 1 | पृष्ठ १८२

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There’s a calculator in her mobile.


What can she use it for?


Children can feel ________ when they have their mobile phones with them.


Listen to the article titled “Remembering Nel Jayaraman”

In pairs, present an interview. One student will be the interviewer and the other would be Nel Jayaraman himself.


Dad hasn’t been to this fishing spot since last year.


Nandhu wanted to play with the lamp.


One pound is equal to______.


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Udagamandalam is located in the Western Ghats zone at an altitude of______.


Choose the correct one after listening the movie clip.

The can opener is in the second door from the right.


When do we cross the zebra crossing?


Two yellow cards are equal to one _______.


Yellow card is known as ______.


Listen to the conversation and answer the following.

What type of coffee did the customer order?

  1. instant
  2. black
  3. filter

Chennai is the fourth largest city in India to receive more rain.


Where is Manipur on the map of India?


Who do you think should have been made the future king?

  • Sanajaoba, the one who jumped through the tree.
  • Sanayaima, the one who jumped over the tree.
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Why do you think so?
Who was made the future queen and why?


Listening Activity

First, read the questions given below. Next, listen to an excerpt from a poem read out by your teacher or played in a recorder. Note how a child admires and praises the abilities of his/her father. Then tick the right answers from the options given.

by Edgar Albert Guest

 

My father knows the proper way
The nation should be run;
He tells us, children, every day
Just what should now be done?
He knows the way to fix the trusts,
He has a simple plan;
But if the furnace needs repairs,
We have to hire a man.
My father, in a day or two
Could land big thieves in jail;
There’s nothing that he cannot do,
He knows no word like “fail.”
‘Our confidence” he would restore

Of that there is no doubt;
But if there is a chair to mend,
We have to send it out.
In conversation, father can
Do many wondrous things;
He’s built upon a wiser plan
Then presidents or kings.
He knows the ins and outs of each
And every deep transaction;
We look to him for theories,
But look to ma for action

i) When the ______ needs to be repaired, they have to hire a man.

  1. heater
  2. furnace
  3. stove
  4. oven

ii) Father knows no word like______

  1. fail
  2. frail
  3. jail
  4. snail

iii) It is certain that the father would restore the _______of the family members.

  1. glory
  2. prosperity
  3. confidence
  4. happiness

iv) The father will not be able to mend a broken

  1. table
  2. bench
  3. chair
  4. stool

v) The children expect their _________ to guide them in action.

  1. mother
  2. father
  3. teacher
  4. guardian

Listen to the poem read by the teacher or to the recorded version and write a synopsis in about 100 words. The teacher can choose any three stanzas.

Lincoln’s Letter to his Son’s Teacher:
He will have to learn, I know, that all men are not just, all men are not true. But teach him also that for every scoundrel there is a hero; that for every selfish politician, there is a dedicated leader...Teach him for every enemy there is a friend,

Steer him away from envy, if you can, teach him the secret of quiet laughter.

Let him learn early that the bullies are the easiest to lick…. Teach him, if you can, the wonder of books... But also give him quiet time to ponder the eternal mystery of birds in the sky, bees in the sun, and the flowers on a green hillside.

In the school teach him it is far honorable to fail than to cheat…Teach him to have faith in his own ideas, even if everyone tells him they are wrong. Teach him to be gentle with gentle people, and tough with the tough.

Try to give my son the strength not to follow the crowd when everyone is getting on the bandwagon…Teach him to listen to all men.. .but teach him also to filter all he hears on a screen of truth, and take only the good that comes through.

Teach him if you can, how to laugh when he is sad…Teach him there is no shame in tears, Teach him to scoff at cynics and to beware of too much sweetness…Teach him to sell his brawn and brain to the highest bidders but never to put a price tag on his heart and soul. Teach him to close his ears to a howling mob and to stand and fight if he thinks he’s right. Treat him gently, but do not cuddle him, because only the test of fire makes fine steel.

Let him have the courage to be impatient.. .let he has the patience to be brave. Teach him always to have sublime faith in himself, because then he will have sublime faith in mankind. This is a big order, but see what you can do...He is such a fine little fellow, my son!


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