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Read the Following Extracts and Answer the Question that Follow by Choosing the .Correct Options. 'While You Were Upstairs, I Have Been Thinking a Lot About Your Papa and Mamma. - English - Communicative

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प्रश्न

Read the following extracts and answer the question that follow by choosing
the .correct options.

'While you were upstairs, I have been thinking a lot about your Papa and Mamma.
(a) What is the discrepancy between what Gaston said earlier and what he says now?
(i) Earlier he did not want Juliette's parents to stay with them but now he is
showing concern for them.
(ii) Earlier he wanted Juliette's parents to stay with them but now he does not want
them to come over.
(iii) Earlier he wanted to buy a house for them but how he wants them to come and
stay in their villa.
(iv) Earlier he stayed in Juliette's parents' villa but now he wants them to stay with
him and Juliette.

(b) What does the above statement reveal about Gaston's character?
(i) he is selfish.
(ii) he is an opportunist.
(iii) he is a caring person.
(iv) he is a hypocrite.

संक्षेप में उत्तर
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उत्तर

(a) Earlier he did not want Jeanne’s parents to stay with them but now he is showing concern for them.

(b) He is an opportunist.

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अध्याय 3.1 Villa for Sale
Exercise | Q 6.3 | पृष्ठ १०३

संबंधित प्रश्न

Listen to an excerpt from a news telecast on a national channel carefully and complete the table given below.

S. No. Name of the Brave-heart Place they belong to Reason for Award
1 Saumik Mishra Uttar Pradesh foiled theft
2 Prachi Santosh Sen   saved a child
3 Kavita Kanwar Chhattisgarh  
4   Jodhpur dodged marriage to 40 year old
5 Rahul-balloon seller Delhi/
National
Capital
 
6 M. Marudu Pandi Tamil Nadu averted rail disaster
7   Bangalore saved a baby caught in bull fight
8 Silver Kharbani Meghalaya  
9 Yumkhaibam Addison Singh   saved an eight year old from drowning
10   Uttar Pradesh saved people from drowning
11   Haryana/Jind helped nab armed miscreants
12 Kritika Jhanwar   fought off robbers

Answer the following question:

Who was Jerry Fisher? What did he say to try and convince Bill to change his mind?


Answer the following question briefly.

 Does the speaker seem happy about his decision?


Answer the following question.

"I am like earthly life … "
Why does the poet compare rain to earthly life?


'Ode to Autumn' is a beautiful poem written by the famous poet John Keats.
 Your teacher will read an excerpt from the poem. Pick phrases
which personify autumn.
Phrases
________________________ ______________________________
________________________ ______________________________
________________________ ______________________________
________________________ ______________________________

Ode to Autumn
John Keats
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness!
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eaves run;
To bend with apples the mossed cottage-trees,
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;
To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells
With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,
And still more, later flowers for the bees,
Until they think warm days will never cease,
For Summer has o'erbrimmed their clammy cells.
Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store?
Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find
Thee sitting careless on a granary floor,
Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind;
Or on a half-reaped furrow sound asleep,
Drowsed with the fume of poppies, while thy hook
Spares the next swath and all its twined flowers;

And sometimes like a gleaner thou dost keep


Answer the following question.

"If you got a tooth, you got a friend", what do you understand from the line?


Complete the following paragraph with suitable words/ phrases highlighting the
theme of the play. You can do it in pairs.

The play deals with a _________ and _________ Bishop who is always ready to lend a
__________ hand to anyone in distress. A __________ breaks into the Bishop's house
and is __________and warmed. The benevolence of the Bishop somewhat
_____________ the convict, but, when he sees the silver candlesticks, he
________them, and runs away. However, he is __________ and brought back. He
expects to go back to jail, but the Bishop informs the police they are a ___________.
The convict is_________by this kindness of the Bishop and before he leaves he seeks
the priest's blessing.


Answer the following question briefly.

The convict says, "I am too old a bird to be caught with chaff." What does he mean
by this statement?


The last part of the extract that you have just heard is given below. Notice

how the author creates interest through a step-by-step organisation of his ideas.

Within the diamond haze of the beach, something dark was fumbling along. Ralph saw it first and watched until the intentness of his gaze drew all eyes that way. Then the creature stepped from the mirage on to clear sand and they saw that the darkness was not all shadow but mostly clothing. The creature was a party of boys marching approximately in step falling on two parallel lines. 

The author uses these words to create an atmosphere of mystery and suspense. 

The 'something' becomes clearer ... 

clearer still .... 

until finally we learn what it really is. 


What is your opinion about 'Animals behind bars'? Share your views with the class. 


Simple Present and Present Continuous
Mr. Madan is going on tour next week. Look at his itinerary.

Mr. Madan Tour of North India and Nepal
Mon 7th Mumbai 06:30 Peace
Conference
Delhi 08:30
Tues 8th Delhi 07:30 Cultural
Centre
Agra 10:30
Wed 9th Agra 09:30 Local
School Head Teacher

Varanasi

13:30

Thurs 10th Varanasi 08:00
Discuss Trade
Unions
Patna 18:30
Fri 11th Patna 14:00
Himalayan Project

Kathmandu

17:00

Sat 12th Kathmandu 11:00 Delhi 14:00

Describe Mr. Madan’s schedule for next week. Use verbs from the table below.


The teacher/ student will read out the Radio programme again. Fill in as much information as you can in the following table. Then exchange information with your partner to complete the table. 
                             RADIO SHOW 

Content of programme  Details 
1. School News  .
  .
  .
  .
2. Jokes  .
3. 'Meet the Teacher'  .
  .
  .
4. Advert Time  .
  .
  .
5. Safety at School  .
  .

Rearrange the following to form meaningful sentences. The first one has been done as an example. Write the answers against the correct numbers.

Put into / as the / at low / baby can / he is / as soon / water / toddle / tide
As soon as the baby can toddle he is put into water at low tide.

(a) water / the baby / in the/ there / plays/ sits and
(b) long enough / the mother / him/ does not / to worry / there / leave him
(c) older / at low tide / as / wade about / allowed to / he is / he grows
(d) look out / water / keep a / into deep / sharp / does not stray / so that he/ his elders
(e) permitted to / from which / judgment / he may / make small mistakes / he is / learn to make better
(f) are given / to swim / small canoes / the children / they / own / are able/ of their / when


Discuss in groups 
(a) Have you heard of the Bermuda Triangle? If so, what have you heard about it? 
(b) Have you ever heard of an airplane or a boat disappearing without a trace? 
(c) Can you think of an explanation for an airplane or a boat that disappeared without a trace? 


Write a paragraph about a newly devised robot that can be of great help to home-makers.

Zoomo, the robot can make tea when guests arrive …………

 


Study the words given in the box below and complete the police report. 

4 January, Wednesday 
At 9.15 pm, I was driving along Belvedere Street when I noticed something moving in the (a)_______ On closer examination, I could see two rather (b) _________looking men outside House Number 5. I felt certain these men were in the middle of (c)____ a crime, so I stopped my car round the corner and walked (d) ________over to the two suspects. By this time I was in no (e) ________ that a robbery was taking place. I quietly spoke to the (f)____________ of police on my radio to inform him that two men had (g) __ _ into a house and were trying to steal what looked like a television. At that moment the criminals saw me. I warned them not to move and told them I was (h)______ them for robbery. I informed them that they could (i) ___________silent if they wished and that they could phone their (j)______________ from the police station. The men said they weren't (k)_______ and that they were just borrowing their friend's TV. "You can tell that to the judge when you get to (1)_____________ " I said. 


Look at the notes below. Then use the information to complete the paragraph by choosing a suitable word or phrase in each space.

Bishnois – always – nature worshippers – 1730 A.D. – Maharja Abhay Singh’s men – fell – khejri trees – Amrita Devi – hug a tree – protested – insisted – to cut her head first – men obliged – Amrita – a legend.

Bishnois have (a) ____________. In 1730 A.D. Maharaja Abhay Singh’s (b) ____________ fell Khajri trees. Amrita Devi, a true Bishnoi, (c) ____________ and expressed (d) ____________. She insisted that if they wanted to cut the tree (e) ____________. The unrelenting men of the Maharaja obliged her and the (f) ____________.

(a) (i) always been regarded as nature worshippers
(ii) always been called as nature worshippers
(iii) always knew nature worshippers
(iv) always done nature worshippers
(b) (i) men coming to
(ii) men started
(iii) men began to
(iv) men came to
(c) (i) hug a tree
(ii) hugging a tree
(iii) hugged a tree
(iv) hugs a tree
(d) (i) his protest
(ii) her protest
(iii) their protest
(iv) protesting
(e) (i) they may cut her head first
(ii) they would have to cut her head first
(iii) they can cut her head first
(iv) they should cut her head first
(f) (i) woman became a legend
(ii) woman becomes a legend
(iii) women became a legend
(iv) woman read a legend

Rearrange the jumbled words to form meaningful sentences.

(a) at developing / there have been / a modern / many attempts / snowboard
(a) ______________________________________

(b) was developed / a child’s toy / in 1965 / the ‘Snurfer’ / as
(b) ______________________________________

(c) and a rope / at the / two skiis / were bound / was placed / front end / together
(c) ______________________________________

(d) declared / snowboarding / in 1994 / was / event / an Olympic
(d) ______________________________________

(e) across the globe / is a / this recognition / huge victory / snowboarders / to the
(e) ______________________________________


Now prepare a graph based on the students' response to the survey you conducted in Question 2. Then write a report for the newspaper taking the help of Question 5, Question 3 and Question 6. You may follow this pattern: 

Paragraph 1 : A suitable introduction as in B.4. 
Paragraph 2 : Hours per week spent on different activities - classes VI, IX and XI compared. 
Paragraph 3 : How extra time would be used - Classes VI, IX and XI compared. 
Paragraph 4 : Boys and girls compared - Classes VI, IX and XI 
The following words and phrases will be useful to you: 

To express proportion 
Most __
Many __ 
The majority of ___ 
A large number of ___ 
A small number of ___
Very few ____
Only a few ___ 
To express frequency 
Most of the time ___ 
Frequently ___
Occasionally ___ 
Often ____
At times ___ 
To express comparison and contrast 
__ compared with __
On the other hand, ___ 
In contrast, ___ 
By comparison, ___
___ however, ___
____ in comparison with ___ 
You may also find some of the phrases from B.5 useful. 


Common Combinations using Prepositions

Link the words from the different columns to produce meaningful sentences. One has been completed as an example. If you wish, write out the correct sentences in your notebook.


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