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प्रश्न
Read the play out in parts. Enact the play on a suitable occasion.
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उत्तर
A classroom activity
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Answer the following in 30-40 words each:
(a) Why do you think the booking clerk refused to accept the money? Why did the narrator get out so fast?
(b) Why could the Russian research vessel, ‘The Akademik Shokaskiy’ not move any further? What did the captain decide then?
(c) What sort of hunts did the Maharaja offer to organize for the high-ranking British officer? What trait of the officer does it reveal?
(d) What did Jo want the wizard to do when Mommy Skunk approached him?
Answer any four of the following in 30–40 words each :
(a) Describe the irony in Saheb's name.
(b) Why was Gandhiji opposed to C.F. Andrews helping him in Champaran?
(c) Aunt Jennifer's efforts to get rid of her fear proved to be futile. Comment.
(d) What does Stephen Spender want to be done for the children of the school in a slum?
(e) When he was only ten days old, a prediction was made about the future of the Tiger King. What was ironic about it?
(f) What was his father's chief concern about Dr. Sadao?
“One day back there in the good old days when I was nine and the world was full of every imaginable kind of magnificence, and life was still a delightful and mysterious dream. ” The story begins in a mood of nostalgia. Can you narrate some incident from your childhood that might make an interesting story?
Examine the communication channels in the story between Paul and his mother.
Examine the communication channels in the story between Paul and Bassett.
What is the central argument of the speaker?
Certain words in the poem are in capital letters — why?
'Now I hold Creation in my foot' – explain the centrality of this assertion in the poem. What makes the hawk's assertion of its invincibility so categorical?
How does the banyan tree stand out as different from other trees? What details of the tree does the poet highlight in the poem?
Imagine that you are the peasant. Compose a short prayer to God, after having received the plate of gold. Write it using stylish handwriting.
‘The city now, doth, like garment wear’. The poet imagines that the city is wearing a beautiful garment. Hence, the figure of speech is personification. Find out more examples of personification from the poem.
Expand the idea inherent in the following proverb:
A Bad workman blames his tools.
Fill in the gap, choosing a word from the bracket to make an appropriate comparison.
(tall / quiet / humble / merry / busy / slippery / fast / sly / slow / big)
as ______ as a deer
Find sentences from the play related to the given points.
The tension between different loyalties
- It’s little we get but abuse from the people, and no choice but to obey our orders.
- ________________________________
- ________________________________
- ________________________________
State whether the following statement is True or False:
Oberon transforms Bottom's head into that of an ass.
Look at the following words carefully for one minute. Now close your book and try to write down as many of the words as you can remember.
| crust, tremendous, lava, crater, volcanic, tsunami, island, extinct, disaster, dormant, eruption, plume, inland, molten, active, coast |
Write a useful ‘ad’ for the importance of games, drinking enough water, your own school.
What time is being described in the poem?
Read the passage and answer the following:
Who is the main character in the story?
Read each invitation carefully, keeping in mind the list of eight questions given below. Note the answers in your notebook. Verify that the formal invitation ‘A’ covers all the eight points. Now see which of these eight points are covered in the other invitations ‘B’, ‘C’ and ‘D’. Put tickmarks against the points that are covered.
- A formal invitation
- An oral invitation
- A notice
- Another oral invitation
- Who is sending/giving the information?
- What is the programme?
- What is the name of the project?
- Who will inaugurate it?
- Who will preside over the function?
- What time will the function start?
- Where will it take place?
- How many names get mentioned in the invitation?
| Points | A | B | C | D |
| (1) | ✓ | |||
| (2) | ✓ | |||
| (3) | ✓ | |||
| (4) | ✓ | |||
| (5) | ✓ | |||
| (6) | ✓ | |||
| (7) | ✓ | |||
| (8) | 6 |
Write the following:
The sights mentioned in the second stanza.
Complete the following sentence with reference to the passage.
It is believed that _________ Homer, who __________ and who ________ to all who __________________.
The Emperor says he had realised earlier that Abdul has great talent. Does this tally with his actions? Give your opinion.
Write other meaningful words that begin/end with gentle-hearted.
Write a short note/story based on the ill effects of pollution.
Write what you can do to welcome birds in your surroundings.
Write some more expressions like ‘hundreds of’. Expand each expression.
Example, ‘Hundreds of children in the school.’
Have you ever seen or used a computer?
What is a website?
Who were on the ship? How were they related to Prospero?
Where was the author when he heard the noise?
What commotion did the boomerang cause in the neighborhood?
What is good or effective communication?
Imagine you are a marketing executive for a company in a specific industry (toothpaste, soup, hair care products, automobiles, etc) and are developing a product with a brand name that refers to a character from the story.
For example: You want to sell bandages that have little pictures of Don Quixote on them. Your company’s name is Kure-All and you decide to call them “Kure-All Quixote Bandages”.
The slogan might be: “Had a tough day with windmills? When you take a fall, use Kure-All.”
You can use exciting words, a catchy new slogan and a jingle among other things to promote sales of your item.
Look at the number pattern. Fill the blank in the middle of the series or end of the series.
FAG, GAF, HAI, IAH, ______
Vasantha could not see the rescue operation because ______
Identify the speaker/character.
Stop ship. Drop anchor. Quick!
Mother called ______.
What did she sell to support her family?
Find out the idiom that relates to ‘whatever the circumstances’, from the first paragraph.
How should one react to adversity?
Which line tells you that the girl was faster than the boy?
A robot advised her to______.
Vicky's dad bought a ______ robot.
A man in ______ clothes stopped near him.
Choose the correct option from the given homophones.
I saw a ______ on the flower.
What would we do when we are happy or sad?
What is the main idea of the story?
Anbu was talented in catching______.
Answer using Yes or No and pick sentence from the story to support your answer.
Did Robinson’s ship sink?
Arrange the actions of Robinson by numbering from 1 to 10.
Choose the correct answer.
Why did Manju’s parents leave the village?
What did Rani want to become?
The merchant paid______ to the boatman.
______ had made Math easy for Bala.
Draw me some hair, quickly, I look like a ______.
Why is your nose important for you?
Who was Hiawatha?
Who according to Gandhi, can fight against evil and how?
