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प्रश्न
Match the meanings with the words/expressions in italic, and write the appropriate
meaning next to the sentence.
The boy hid behind the door, not moving a muscle.
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उत्तर
The boy hid behind the door, not moving a muscle. (too scared to move)
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Thinking about the Text
On the following map mark out the route, which the author thought of but did not take, to Delhi.
Notice how ideas are connected in the story.
Write what the following words you just used in 1.1 imply by choosing suitable options from the box.
- and:
- but:
- where:
- while:
- after:
- until:
- so :
connects similar actions, objects
denotes contrast
denotes time.
The words given above are called connectors. Connectors do not simply join sentences together; they also show how ideas are related.
There are many different ways of classifying connectors according to their meaning. We shall start with the ones you are already familiar with.
Unleashing the goats from the drumstick tree, Muni started out, driving them ahead and uttering weird cries from time to time in order to urge them on. Me passed through the village with his head bowed in thought. He did not want to look at anyone or be accosted. A couple of cronies lounging in the temple corridor hailed him, but he ignored their call. They had known him in the days of affluence when he lorded over a flock of fleecy sheep, not the miserable grawky goats that he had today.
Read the extract given below and answer the question that follow.
What did Muni do to urge the goats to move on?
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
The buoy of the Inchcape Bell was seen
A darker speck on the ocean green;
Sir Ralph the Rover walked his deck,
And fixed eye on the darker speck.
(The Inchcape Rock: Robert Southey)
(i) Contrast the weather when Sir Ralph the Rover passed the Inchcape Rock the first time with the weather when he returned to the place.
(ii) Why had the Abbot of Aberbrothok hung a bell on the Inchcape Rock?
(iii) Why did Sir Ralph cut the bell from the Inchcape Rock? Describe the manner in which it sank underwater.
(iv) What did Sir Ralph say to reassure his men when it became very dark? What opinion did one of the sailors have about their location? What did they all wish for?
(v) How did the ship sink? What sound did Sir Ralph imagine he could hear in his dying moments? What is the message of the poem?
“Have you children...” she began, and then, seeing they were curiously quiet, went on more slowly, “seen anyone lurking around the verandah?”
(i) What do you think Rukku Manni really wanted to ask?
(ii) Why did she change her question?
(iii) What did she think had happened?
Answer the following question
How did Gopal get inside the palace to see the king after he had bought the fish?
Why Maya called Nishad Seven?
Why the early man was afraid of fire?
What are the functions of feelers or antennae for an ant?
Who were wrongly blamed for the theft of the bananas?
Why was the crocodile unwilling to invite his friend home?
Discuss these questions in small groups before you answer them.
When is a grown-up likely to say this?
Don’t talk with your mouth full.
Who is the ‘he’ in the line "I couldn’t quite hear what he said" of the extract?
Answer the following question. (Refer to that part of the text whose number is given against the question. This applies to the comprehension questions throughout the book.)
Why did the little man grant Patrick a wish? (2)
Discuss the question in pairs before you write the answer.
Who did he choose next?
What changes came in Patrick’s behaviour in the end?
What was the Dog’s experience with the Lion?
Answer the following question:
Why did the waterfall give Taro saké and others water?
Fill in the blank to name a different kind of intelligence. One has been done for you.
When I enjoy listening to people and solving their problems I use my interpersonal intelligence
When I enjoy looking at maps and examining pictures, I use my ___________ intelligence.
In groups of four, discuss the following lines and their meanings.
For many of the loveliest things
Have never yet been said
