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प्रश्न
Notice these expression in the text. Infer their meaning from the context.
billowed
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उत्तर
billowed: filled with the air and swelled out
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Read the following extract and answer the questions given below:
If you do not get lowered in your own eyes
While you raise yourself in those of others,
If you do not give in to gossips and lies
Rather heed them not, saying, 'who bothers?'
You may be the person I am looking for.
If you crave not for praise when you win
And look not for sympathy while you lose,
If cheers let not your head toss or spin
And after a set-back, you offer no excuse,
You may be the person I and looking for.
(1) What should be your reaction towards gossips and lies?
(2) Who are your role models? Why?
(3) Give the rhyming pairs of words from the first stanza.
(4) Which line is repeated in this extract and what is its effect?
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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.
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1. Her fingers were busy telling the beads of her rosary.
2. I would tell her English words and little things about Western science and learning.
3. At her age, one could never tell.
4. She told us that her end was near.
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1. make something known to someone in spoken or written words
2. count while reciting
3. be sure
4. give information to somebody
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Snuffle |
snort |
sniffle |
snore |
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Discuss in pairs or in small groups
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'He would be of a dull soul.'
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- All the spaces are gridded, filled with permutations of possibilities.
- ________________________________
- ________________________________
- ________________________________
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Form suitable groups and discuss the following.
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Pick out those aspects of a story that you find a common in all their stories.
- Humour
- Supernatural event
- Wisdom
- Suspense
- Magic
- Beauty of Nature
- Wit
- Play upon words
- Sadend
- Violence
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(tall / quiet / humble / merry / busy / slippery / fast / sly / slow / big)
as ______ as a mouse.
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He is obedient and simple.
In each of the following line, spot the sound that is used repeatedly -
- There’s a silver house in the lovely sky.
- As round as a silver crown
- It takes two weeks to build it up. And two to pull it down.
Complete the following using your own idea:
His head was too big to ______.
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Read the passage aloud playing the roles of the different characters.
Read the passage and answer the following:
Where does the story take place?
Think and answer:
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Find out the following with the help of your teacher and the internet.
Seasonal Rains (monsoon) in India and other countries.
Prepare similar word chains using the following ideas.
waterbody - pool ____________.
Write the meaning of doth.
The poet uses a free, conversational style in his poem. It is also called Colloquial style.
Pick out and write down such lines or expressions that support the above statement.
- ______ you have not done what I asked.
- _______________________.
- _______________________.
- _______________________.
- _______________________.
- _______________________.
Fill in the blank choosing the appropriate word/idiom from the lesson.
While arguing with his elders he had ______.
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If you were to live in the Complaining Street, how would you deal with the people who grumble?
What is good or effective communication?
Why does the poet tell us to speak gently to young children?
Identify the speaker/character.
He'll have to be given artificial respiration and kept warm.
Grandfather helped grandma out with the gardening because he______.
Read the questions related to the three sports stars you have read about and tick the appropriate boxes.
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| 1. Who won the Olympic 2016 silver medal in badminton? | |||
| 2. Who is the role model for her siblings? | |||
| 3. Whose mother tongue is Tamil? | |||
| 4. Whose attitude is 'never-say-die spirit'? | |||
| 5. Which player works in the Police Department? | |||
| 6. Which player holds the record for the highest individual score in cricket? |
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Find example of alliteration and write them in the blank.
to muddy roads
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_____ is called the red planet.
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| treat everyone | love each of her child |
| nation | no inner boundaries |
| kind | not divided as people |
| country | alike |
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Choose the odd one out.
Recite the poem 'Treasure Trove' with the correct intonation.
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Choose the correct one.
Monkey
Recite the poem The Painter with correct intonation.
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Why should a fisher wait?
Write the correct word.
| rooster, king, hen, tiger, queen, tigress. |
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