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प्रश्न
Many sentences and paragraphs in the excerpt begin with the word ‘And’. To what extent does this contribute to the rhetorical style of the lecture?
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उत्तर
John Ruskin gave ‘What is a Good Book’ as a public lecture in the nineteenth century. His style of speaking is more fluid and conversational as compared to an essay. His repetitive use of ‘And’ or ‘but’ helps in explaining an idea even further. It is more spontaneous like an interaction rather than written and rewritten like an essay.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
B1. Find reasons
(i) The effect of receding forest …………………………………. .
(ii) The number of animals is reduced because ………………………. .
(iii) Elephants entered the city because…………………… .
(iv) Elephants lived a wary life …………………….. .
On the left bank of the Ganga, where it emerges from the Himalayan foothills, there is a long stretch of heavy forest. There are villages on the fringe of the forest, inhabited by bamboo cutters and farmers, but there are few signs of commerce or pilgrimage. Hunters, however, have found the area an ideal hunting ground during the last seventy years, and as a result, the animals are not as numerous as they used to be. The trees, too, have been disappearing slowly; and, as the forest recedes, the animals lose their food and shelter and move further on into the foothills. Slowly, they are being denied the right to live
Only the elephants can cross the river. And two years ago, when a large area of the forest was cleared to make way for a refugee resettlement camp, a herd of elephants - finding their favourite food, the green shoots of the bamboo, in short supply - waded across the river. They crashed through the suburbs of Haridwar, knocked down a factory wall, pulled down several tin roofs, held up a train, and left a trail of devastation in their wake until they found a new home in a new forest which was still untouched. Here, they settled down to a new life but an unsettled, wary life. They did not know when men would appear again, with tractors,bulldozers and dynamite.
B2. Find out
Mention four things the elephants did when they found shortage of food:
(i)………………
(ii)………
(iii) …………
(iv) ………….
B3.Phrases
Make meaningful sentences by selecting any two of the following phrases:
(i) to make way for
(ii) in short
(iii) on the fringe of.
B4. Language study
Select the proper alternative to make the correct voice:
(i) Hunters have found an ideal hunting ground.
-An ideal hunting ground ........found by hunters. (had been, has been, was)
(ii) They are being denied the right to live.
- The people ........them the right to live. (are denying, were denying, denying)
B5.Personal response
What would be your contribution to protect the natural habitat of animals?
What were Watson's observations on the stick left behind by Dr. Mortimer? How far did Sherlock Holmes prove him wrong? (in about 125 words)
Attempt a character sketch of Margot Frank as shown in ‘The Diary of a Young Girl’.
How is the social life at Raveloe different from that at Lantern Yard ?
Read the following passage and do the given activities:
A.1) True or False
State whether the following statements are true or false:
(i) The patient stirred and looked about in cheerful anticipation
(ii) The patient’s wife wanted to know the truth …………
The lady went away to the kitchen. She felt restless. She felt she must know the truth whatever it was. Why was the great man so evasive? The suspense was unbearable. Perhaps he could not speak so near the patient’s bed. She beckoned to him from the kitchen doorway.
The doctor rose and went over. She asked, “What about him now? How is he?” The doctor bit his lips and replied, looking at the floor, “Don’t get excited. Unless you must know about it, don’t ask now.” Her eyes opened wide in terror. She clasped her hands together and implored, “Tell me the truth.” The doctor replied, “I would rather not talk to you now.” He turned around and went back to his chair. terrible wailing shot through the still house; the patient stirred and looked about in bewilderment. The doctor got up again, went over to the kitchen door, drew it in securely and shut off the wail.
A.2) Give reasons for the following:
(i) Her eyes opened wide in terror.
(ii) The lady went away to the kitchen.
A.3) How, according to you, should the nature of the doctor be?
Does the poem talk of an exclusively personal experience or is it fairly universal?
Discuss in pairs or in small groups
The description of novels as organisms.
'Whose roots lay deeper than our lives' – what aspect of human behaviour does this line reflect?
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Read the extract and state whether the following statement is true or false. Correct the false statement.
The author did not succeed in finding Kasbai.
Make sentence of your own using the following expression.
put up with:
Think and answer in your own words.
Why is the street light compared to a one-red-eyed-giant?
Doctors who do special advanced study of specific parts of the body have special terms.
In your group try to match the specialist doctors with who / what they treat.
| Specialists | Who/What they treat | ||
| 1. | Dentist | a. | bone |
| 2. | Cardiologist | b. | brain/with spine |
| 3. | Ophthalmologist | c. | small kids |
| 4. | Orthopedic | d. | teeth |
| 5. | Pediatrician | e. | animals/birds |
| 6. | Neurologist | f. | eye |
| 7. | Veterinarian | g. | heart |
We all know that blogs can be written on many topics. Your teacher will divide the class into groups and assign a task to every group to make a list of various topics on which blogs are normally written. One is given to you.
- Social Awareness
- _________________
- _________________
- ________________
Visit a library: Find the stories of
- Mulla Nasiruddin
- Gopal Bhand and
- Tenali Raman. Share them in the class.
Find at least two things from the poem that show the following:
The atmosphere is pleasant.
Complete the following web diagram.
State whether the following statement is True or False:
Oberon transforms Bottom's head into that of an ass.
Who was Sushruta?
Complete the following sentence with reference to the passage:
For six years did Gautama practise ____________.
Complete the following sentence with reference to the passage.
They may be composed and sung or recited for many years before __________________.
Describe a crocodile in your own words.
Prepare a table to show 'Caesar’s Pranks' at home and outside.
Be a poet. Try to complete the following poem with words that rhyme with each other.
| I’d love to live a life that’s ______ Relax under a shady t______ And fall into a dreamy s______p, With no strict hours, forced to k______ And sing aloud a merry ______, Untrodden paths, as I walk a______g. You ask me what I’d get to ______? Fruits and nuts and berries sw______ You ask me with whom I’d get to p______ Birds and animals, happy and g______ And if a woodcutter put a c______p Firmly, I would put a st______ So that’s the life I’d like l______d Free from worries, free from gr______d |
Describe the following in one or two lines.
The first little house of the bird.
What did the husband want to do with the extra milk?
Does Marouckla get any of the things she brings?
Guess the meaning of the following word.
beautify
What was Mrs. Krishnan busy with?
Read the comic strip and answer the following question.
How do you behave in a virtual platform?
Teachers help me to learn ______ things.
- new
- bad
- difficult
What do the people do when the festival of Music is celebrated?
Identify the character/speaker.
Oh no, I'll never get back to the right size.
Work in groups of five. Tell the story in ten sentences.
You can begin the story like this:
The author’s Grandfather served in the Indian Forest Service.
After his retirement he built ______ Now continue the story. Each one should say one sentence.
Write a summary based on the story map.
When Amma said,'Don’t upset our foreign visitor' she meant______.
When did Usha Rani start playing Kabaddi?
Why did Muthu and his friends step out of the train?
The boar slept until the fading sun told him it was time to get up. What does the phrase until the fading sun mean?
Is the brother boastful? What makes you think so?
Try your own.
Which place was the last stand of the Indian army?
Arrange the pictures by using numbers.
Choose the odd one out.
Look at the picture and Choose the correct word.
Look at the picture and Choose the correct word.
_______ is our culture.
The bird-catcher had a pigeon in his _______.
What does the man have?
Guess how would the sparrow pull the elephant and the crocodile.
Leafcutter ants grow fungus.
Why did Jana’s friends stop her from going near the tree?
Are you the first to protect the nature?
Choose the word with same meaning.
Kingdom- ______
How does she move the brush?
Work or play, let us______.
What did the library door say?
What did the books in the library look like ?
Find words from the passage which mean the same as the following.
- a malevolent desire for revenge (para 1)
- tactful (para 2)
- despise (para 3)
Why is it not advisable to play online games?
