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प्रश्न
Nouveau riche and bourgeoise are French words. Collect from newspapers, magazines, and other sources some more French words or expressions that are commonly used in English.
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उत्तर
Tie-tie, entrepreneur, envelope, enclave are some French words in English.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Far far from gusty waves these children's faces.
Like rootless weeds, the hair torn round their pallor;
The tall girl with her weighed-down head.
(a) Who are these children?
(b) Which figure of speech has been used in the first two lines?
(c) Why is the tall girl's head weighed down?
(d) What does the word, 'pallor' mean?
Attempt the following question in 100-150 words:
What do you think about Anne’s talent for writing essays, which she wrote convincingly when punished by the teacher?
Briefly comment on:
The purpose of the author’s journey to Mount Kailash.
We 'draw up a deed'. Complete the following phrase with an appropriate word.
________one's will
Taking off from Forster’s references to Emily Bronte, Sterne and Proust, discuss the treatment of time in some of the novels you have read.
Study the Note to Aspects of the Novel given at the end. Discuss the features that mark the piece as a talk as distinguished from a critical essay.
What makes the urgency of the child's demand seem logical?
Find from the lesson word/phrase that mean the following.
colours .............
Using a dictionary/internet note down the main difference between farm and granary.
State whether the following statement is True or False. Correct the false statement by finding evidence from the poem to support your remark.
The cherry tree did not take long to grow.
Read the story and choose the appropriate meaning.
Masterpiece ____________.
You might have visited a bridge. Complete the web describing the sights you could see from the bridge.
Imagine that one of your family members/friends/classmates has recently undergone surgery. You were curious and wanted to learn about his/her experience.
Match the questions you asked with their answers.
| 1. | What health problem did you suffer from? | a. | I was given a bath and I wore a surgical gown. |
| 2. | Whom did you inform about it first? | b. | I was given an injection of anesthesia. |
| 3. | What type of doctor did you consult? | c. | I consulted an orthopedic surgeon. |
| 4 | How did he/she find out that you needed a surgery? | d. | I was relieved and happy that the operation was over. |
| 5. | What preparation was done before the surgery? | e. | I had fractured my ankle while playing hockey. |
| 6. | What did you feel when you were taken to the operation theatre? | f | No, I did not feel anything. I was fast asleep. |
| 7. | What was the first step before the actual surgery? | g. | I recovered and I could walk normally after 3 weeks. |
| 8. | Did you feel any pain during the surgery? | h. | Our school hockey coach. |
| 9. | What did you feel when you opened your eyes after the operation? | i. | The doctor took an X-ray of my ankle, and he found a fracture in my ankle. |
| 10. | How soon did you recover? | j. | I was very nervous. |
Answer the following question in short.
What was Pundit Shahane’s claim as a scholar?
Write in short about what your parents/guardians feel when they send you to school.
From the internet or other sources, find the other names by which Kabaddi is known in different parts of our country and the world.
Read aloud the speech in which Thiruvalluvar explains how the fabric was made. Present the process in the form of a chart. Draw pictures for the chart and label them.
Write the following in short:
What the young lawyer pleaded.
Read the following sentence aloud. Write who said it and to whom.
“You have nothing else?”
Read the passage and name the following.
He persuaded Helen to elope with him.
Find and read other poems of R. L. Stevenson using the internet. Find other rhythmic poems about trains, in English, or other languages.
Prepare charts for each one of the asanas described in the passage. Use the following points:
- Name (in English, in your mother tongue)
- Meaning in English
- General information
- Steps and pictures
- Benefits
From the passage, find all the words and phrases used to describe the ‘monster’.
Complete the following phrases with the help of the poem.
- ______ music
- ______ rivers
- ______ breeze
- ______ lake
- ______ citron-trees
Choose the appropriate phrase to insert in the gap, to make the sentence meaningful. Use the appropriate form of the verb.
The minister ______ his personal body-guards.
Write in your own words.
In which professions is a person forced to stay away from his home/ homeland for a long time? Try to guess why the poet is forced to stay away from his home?
Read: ‘The Open Window’ by H. H. Munro (Saki).
Who said the following, to whom, and when?
“Mighty thy Teacher must be and divine.”
Who said the following, to whom, and when?
“He dwells within a cave of Himalaya.”
Read the poem and answer the following.
Which are the two different places where strawberries grow?
Do you agree with the poet’s thoughts? Why?
Guess the meaning of on the wing.
Share a memorable trip from your life
Pick out the other examples for alliteration from the poem.
Read the data below and answer the following question.
Choose the correct answer.
Identify the three jobs where the same percentage of women work.
What scared Usha during the dark rainy night?
Read the comic strip and answer the following question.
Do you think that all the information online can be used without any permission?
Underline the words or phrases that tell you what the wind does to the village.
Pick out the words which rhyme with the given words and write similar rhyming words on your own.
| 1. | far | ||
| 2. | fear | ||
| 3. | low | ||
| 4. | kind | ||
| 5. | remain | ||
| 6. | they |
What kind of joy is unfurled during the festival of sacrifice?
What does the poet mean by ‘Festival of flowers’?
Why did the governments of India, America and Pakistan – honour Neerja?
What are the characteristics of a courageous man?
The horses were four and a half inches tall.
The land was wet and green.
Read the lines and answer the questions given below.
Spring is pretty
but short and sweet
when you can smell the grass
from your garden seat
- How does the poet describe the spring season?
- Which line tells you that the garden is fresh?
- Who does ‘you’ refer to?
How can we make our nation proud?
Read scene I of the play carefully and answer the question below.
Match the following.
| Sr.No. | CHARACTER | TRAIT |
| a. | Father Wolf | with a grey nose…feeds her four cubs |
| b. | Tabaqui | the big one from Waingunga River with a lame foot |
| c. | Mother Wolf | the chief of the Wolves |
| d. | Shere Khan | begs for meat and thanks for the meal/warns the wolves about the arrival of Shere Khan |
How do the wheels go?
Identify the character or the speaker.
“I will camp here for the night.”
Do you think it is right for the tanker to take water? Why?
What will you do if you have a gold plate?
Let us learn a few more word by joining the dots. Join the dots and fill the table below.
| subway | |
| holiday | |
| closet | |
| pants | |
| chips |
We ______ yarn to make sarees.
Why should a fisher wait?
Who was Hiawatha?
From where did the naughty boy come?
Here is an amazing news item on how the qualities of duty and devotion is not restricted to humans alone but shared by animals. Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.
Caesar, the Hero of Mumbai on 26/11
- Mumbai: Caesar, the last surviving hero of his kind, died of a heart attack on Thursday. Caesar, a Labrador Retriever, was covered with tri-color and given an emotional farewell from the city Police Force. The Mumbai Police Commissioner too marked the passing of the hero with a tweet.
- Caesar, who was 11 years old was the sole survivor among the dogs of Mumbai Police who took part in bomb detection operations during the terrorist attack on Mumbai that began on November 26, 2008. He died of a heart attack at a farm in Virar where he and his three canine buddies had been sent after retirement. During the terror attack in Mumbai, Caesar saved several lives when he sniffed out the hand grenades left by the terrorists at the busy CST railway station.
- Caesar was also a part of the search team at Nariman House, where terrorists were holed up for three days. Earlier he was also pressed into service for bomb search operation after the 2006 serial train blasts and July 2017 blast in Mumbai. The Mumbai police officials also tweeted their grief saying, “Services of retired members of Dog Squad during 26/11 will be unforgettable. We will remember our heroes forever.”
Answer the following questions.
- The Labrador Retriever was covered with tri-color. What does this signify?
- How did Caesar save several lives at the CST railway station?
- Which word in the third paragraph of the passage means the same as ‘forced’?
- “Services of retired members of Dog Squad during 26/11 will be unforgettable”. Mention three services rendered by Caesar.
- Caesar is a Labrador breed of dogs. Name a few other native breeds that are used by the Police Force.
- Try to rewrite the news item in your mother tongue without losing the spirit and flavour of the text. Give a suitable title to the translated version.
Being a bachelor, the stranger had no patience with children.
Being a bachelor, the stranger had no patience with children.
