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Look at the following set of words and mention what is common to them both in form and meaning. Snuffle snort sniffle snore

प्रश्न

Look at the following set of words and mention what is common to them both in form and meaning.

Snuffle

snort

sniffle

snore

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उत्तर

All the words given are different ways of breathing

Snuffle: To breathe noisily due to cold or because of crying

Snort: To breathe air out noisily through the nose to show anger

Sniffle: To breathe air from the nose in a way that makes a sound, especially while crying or on having cold

Snore: To breathe noisily through nose and mouth while sleeping

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अध्याय 1.1: The Lament - Language Work [पृष्ठ ९]

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अध्याय 1.1 The Lament
Language Work | Q 1 | पृष्ठ ९

संबंधित प्रश्न

Complete the flow-chart :

Read the following passage and complete the activities given below:

A1. Name the following: With reference to the passage.

(i) Two people who influenced Mashelkar ________.

(ii) The trust which granted a scholarship to Mashelkar _______.

(iii) The Director of the Board of Tata Motors _______.

(iv) Principal Bhave demonstrated _______.

In fact, I remember, my passing the SSC Examination – i.e. 11th standard. Those days it used to be not 10th standard or 12th standard but 11th standard. I stood 11th among 1,35,000 but I was about to leave higher education and find a job. What helped me was the scholarship by Sir Dorab Tata Trust. It was just 60 rupees per month and would you believe that 60 rupees per month from Tatas added so much value to my life that I have been able to stand here today before you to speak to you.

I am on the Board of Tatas now and it is very interesting that the same Bombay House where I used to go to collect that 60 rupees per month now one goes and sits there as a Director on the Board of Tata Motors. The turn that these 40 years have taken is very interesting. It has all been possible because of the chance I got to do higher studies at the insistence of my mother. She gave me the values of my life. She was one of the noblest parents I have met in my life. So, my greatest guru was my mother. My second great guru was Principal Bhave, about whom I made a mention earlier. He taught us Physics. Because it was a poor school, I remember, it had to innovate to convey to the young students the message of Science. I still remember one of the interesting experiences when, on a Friday afternoon, Principal Bhave took us out into the sun to demonstrate to us how to find the focal length of a convex lens. He had a piece of paper here, a convex lens here and he moved it up and down and there was a point when there were a sharp focus and a bright spot on the paper.

He showed the distance between the paper and the lens and said that this distance was the focal length. But then the paper started burning. For some reason, he then turned to me, and said, “Mashelkar, if you focus your energies like this, you can burn anything in the world.”

A2. Supply the information from the passage.

(i) Mashelkar could continue his studies because ________.

(ii) The teaching of Principal Bhave’s experiment was ________.

(iii) Mashelkar considers his mother as the greatest Guru because ________.

(iv) The paper started burning because ________.

A3 Word Register (from the passage)

Prepare a word register for the word Education

A4 Modal Auxiliary

(i) I used to go to collect 60 rupees per month.

(Rewrite the sentence using Modal Auxiliary ‘would’)

(ii) Reported Speech:

Principal Bhave said, “Mashelkar if you focus your energies like this, you can burn anything in the world.”

(How will Mashelkar report this to his friend?)

A5 Personal Response

What is the role played by our parents in shaping our careers?

Answer the following question in 150-200 words:
Why did Anne like her father more than she liked her mother?

Mention three reasons why the author’s grandmother was disturbed when he started going to the city school.

Did the boys return the horse because they were conscience-stricken or because they were afraid?

How does the horse serve as a true friend and companion to Iona?

The story begins and ends with Iona and his horse. Comment on the significance of this to the plot of the story.

How do Shahid and the writer react to the knowledge that Shahid is going to die?

How is humour employed to comment on the pains that the author took to get his watch set right.

Why does Russell call the three passions 'simple'?

How does Shelley's attitude to science differ from that of Wordsworth and Keats?

How do the patterns of creativity displayed by scientists differ from those displayed by poets?

Discuss in pairs or in small groups
The description of novels as organisms.

Read the poem below and fill in the gaps, choosing appropriate pairs of rhyming words, to make them meaningful.

Little things

Little drops of water,
Little grains of ______
Make the mighty ocean
And the pleasant ______.

Thus the little minutes,
Humble though they ______,
Make the mighty ages
Of ______,

Little deeds of kindness,
Little words of ______
Make this earth an Eden,
Like the heaven a ______

(love - above / sand - land / be - eternity)

‘Never mind faded forests, Austin’. The word ‘faded’ means to become dim or faint. The word describes the forests that have become faint or dim in appearance. Now go through the poem again and complete the table.

Describing word	Object	Explanation
1. faded	forests	The forests have become faint or dim in appearance.
2. silent
3. unfading
4. bright

Think and answer in your own words.

Which line proves that in our busy lives we do not even have a fraction of a second to enjoy nature’s beauty?

Discuss orally in your class.

In what subjects is knowledge of mathematics used, at school level, and college/university level? Name them.

Did you know maths is used in music and poetry also? Can you tell how?

Read the following phrase and use it in a sentence of your own in proper form.

To voice something

Apart from the children, no other human beings are mentioned in the poem. However, many natural elements are shown to act like persons. Name them and also write what they do.

Complete the following sentence using your own ideas.

The princess was as ______ as ______. (Positive)

Choose any one of the objects we use daily and find out how it is made. Present the information in the form of a chart.

Comment on the given statement after reading the given dialogue -

I wouldn’t be in your shoes if he rewards me ten times as much. People generally fall victim to incentives. Some people stick to values. They _________________.

State whether the following statement is True or False:

Titania falls in love with an ass.

Choose any one of the seven States. Find more information about it and prepare a leaflet or brochure to invite people to visit it.

How do the following avoid giving anything to the traveller?

Motiram
(Answer in one or two lines.)

Find four words ending with ‘-ous’ from the story.

Can you add three more words ending with ‘-ous’ to this list?

Sayali’s mother did not want her to go on the trip.

Answer the following question and write in short, why the parody sounds funny.

Why does the bee work hour after hour?

Read the word. Write the words that combine to make it.

stepmother

List and say whether the following statement agrees with the passage or not.

You should always speak softly but clearly.

List the characters in the play.

Birds and animals

Form groups of 5-8 and list the following.

Bad habits

Make a list of the rhyming words in the poem.
Add one more rhyming word of your own to each pair.

Show the major events in the story of Pheidippides on a ‘time-line’.

Look at the following expressions from the text. With the help of your teacher rewrite them in standard English. One has been done for you.

1. ‘Musta got away – whatt’d he like?	Must got away - what was he like?’
2. ‘Looky here, Joe
3. ‘No sign o’ nothing’
4. ‘Back t’ the lines ye goodaam
5. ‘What was the idea of all them cops tarryhootin’ round the house last night.

Read the following incident carefully to answer the question that follow.

The tie that does not bind

“Oh, so you’re going abroad? Can you bring me back…..?” I’ve been asked to bring back a vaccine for a course. Once I searched the suburbs of Paris for two days for a special brand of ceramic paint. Having spent a lot of money for Cartier lighter refills, I had them confiscated at the airport just before boarding because the gas might be dangerous in the air.

Now, two months before a trip, I stop talking to people so they won’t suspect I’m about to travel. But someone always catches me.” I’ve heard you’re going to New York, and I want you to get something for me. It’s just a little thing you can find anywhere. I don’t know exactly how much it costs, but it shouldn’t be much. We’ll settle up when you get back”.

What Gilson asked me to buy was, in fact, a little thing: a tie. But not just any tie. He wanted a tie with a small embroidered G. Any colour would do, as long as it had his initials. Look, this is a special flight, I explained. We are only staying Saturday through Tuesday. On the day we arrived I didn’t have time to think about the tie, but strolling around on Sunday I did see ties bearing various letters in more than one shop window. They were cheap, just a dollar, but all the shops were closed.

On Monday, lunch lasted the whole afternoon. Then it was Tuesday morning, time to leave. It was only when I saw our airport bus waiting outside the hotel that I remembered the tie.

I told the group to go on. I would get a taxi to the airport. And so I went in search of a nearby shop where I had seen ties.

But I couldn’t find it. I walked further down the street-one, two, three blocks - all in vain. Back at the hotel, a bit anxious now, I took my suitcase, got a taxi and asked the driver to rush to the street where I had seen them.

The driver stopped at each shop we passed so I could look from the window. The stores had all sorts of ties, but not the kind I was looking for.

When I finally thought I had located the right shop, I decided to go in and check. The driver refused to wait. Parking was prohibited, he said. I promised to double the fare, jumped out and ran into the shop. Was I going to miss the plane just for a damned tie?

The salesman was unbearably slow. When I realized that the smallest change I had was a ten dollar note , I grabbed ten ties of different colours so I wouldn’t have to wait for change. I rushed out with the ties in a paper bag.

On the street I looked around. The taxi had vanished, taking my suitcase. What is more, I was going to miss the plane.

I ran to the corner, and hope flared up again: the taxi was waiting in the next street. Quick to the airport! As I settled down inside the taxi. I sighed with relief. Gilson was going to have enough initialized ties to last him a lifetime.

When I reached the airport, I paid the taxi driver the double fare and grabbed my suitcase. Panting, I boarded the plane under the reproachful gaze of the other passengers, all primly seated with their seat belts fastened. Ready to take off. Departure had been delayed because of me.

“At least I hope you found your tie”, said one who knew the story.
“I did”, I answered triumphantly.
After making myself comfortable, I reached for the paper bag to show the ties.
I had left it behind; in the taxi.

Fernando Sabino.

Read the incident again and answer the following question.

What was the writer always asked to do whenever he planned to go abroad?

Bring out a few differences between the two art forms: Therukoothu and Bommalattam.

There were many toys in the stall. Three of Hamid’s friends had bought some toys.

Write the names of Hamid’s friends in column A and the toys they bought in column B

A	B

The terrorists asked Neerja to collect the passports of the passengers because ______.

Geetha madam couldn’t stop the children running out of the train because they ______.

When did the richest farmer get upset? Why?

_________ is the memorial for the soldiers.

What were Anandhan and Yazhini watching in the television?

Put the given time expressions in the correct columns.

winter	morning	2’ o clock	evening	1947
March	Sunday	15th August	4.30 PM	wedding day

in	at	on

How was he honoured by the Indian government?

Read the passage and colour one flag each time you read.

Our national emblem is taken from Ashoka’s pillar at Sarnath. It is found on all government documents, coins, currency notes, postcards, and envelopes. It consists of four lions standing back to back but, we can see only three lions at a time. There is a Dharma chakra in the centre of the base plate, with the figure of a bull in the right and that of a horse in the left. The entire structure is sitting on a lotus. The words ‘Sathyameva Jayate’ is written under it in Devanagari script. These words mean, ‘Truth alone Triumphs’.