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प्रश्न
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.
विकल्प
True
False
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उत्तर
This statement is False.
Explanation:
The cherry tree took a long time to grow – eight years in all.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Read the following extract and then do all the activities that follow :
I rain into a stranger as he passed by
“Oh, excuse me please” was my reply.
He said, “please excuse me too; wasn't even watching for you.”
We were very polite, this stranger and I.
We went on out way and we said good-bye.
But at home a different story is told.
How we treat out loved ones, young and old.
Later that day, cooking the evening meal,
My daughter stood beside me very still.
When I turned, I nearly knoked her down.
“Move out of the way,” I said with a frown.
She walked away, her little heart broken.
I didn't realize how harshly I'd spoken.
While I lay awake in bed,
God's still small voice came to me and said,
“While Dealing with a stranger, common courtesy you use,
But children you love, you seem to abuse.”
A1. Order-
The incidents narrated in the extract are arranged in a jumbled manner here, Rearrange them in a proper order as they occur in the extract:
(i) The poet and the stranger went on their way saying good-bye.
(ii) Seeking excuse politely from the stranger, she went her way.
(iii) The poet ran into a stranger on the road.
(iv) The poet yelled at her daughter.
A2. Poetic device:
Make a list of rhyming pairs from the second stanza and note down the rhyme scheme of the same stanza.
A3. Personal Response:
Understanding and politeness are the essentials of out everyday life. Explain your views in brief.
A4. Creativity -
Frame two poetic lines on the following situation using a rhyming pattern with the help of clues given:
“While introducing great personalities, we praise them highly and talk about their qualities, but while speaking
about our friends we may not follow the same trend.”
While introducing great personalities, — a
------------------------------------ — a
But while speaking about our friends, — b
------------------------------------ — b
Orangutans use big leaves during a downpour because
What does “this circumstance” refer to?
Give reasons for the following statement.
The author thought that his positive thinking strategy worked well after all.
Tick the statement that is true.
Rajendra Desphande was a historical event.
Discuss the following statement in groups of two pairs, each pair in a group taking opposite points of view.
The methods of inquiry of history, science, and philosophy are similar.
Although Paul's mother liked to be rich she did not approve of betting on horses.
How does the ‘assortment of remarks’ compiled by the author give us an understanding of the ways of science and poetry?
Considering that this is an excerpt from a lecture, how does the commentary provided by the speaker string the arguments together?
How has the poet brought out her emotional attachment to her mother tongue?
Qua story’: what does the word mean? Find other expressions using the word qua.
Rearrange the following events as they occur in the story. Put the correct number in the boxes.
| (a) | Mr Fitzwarren provided shelter to Dick. | |
| (b) | A carter gave Dick a lift to London. | |
| (c) | A cat sailed to the African coast. | |
| (d) | The captain sold the cat for a very high amount of money. | |
| (e) | Dick left his village on foot, to go to London. | |
| (f) | Dick became rich, and later, the Mayor of London. | |
| (g) | Dick was homeless, helpless, cold and hungry. | |
| (h) | Dick bought a cat to get rid of the mice. | |
| (i) | The rats and mice ate up all the dinner, laid for the king and queen. |
Pick out words from the poem to fill in the web diagram. They should be related to the theme in the web.
Read the story and choose the appropriate meaning.
Palette __________________.
Say where the image from nature given in the poem exists.
AIR / LAND / WATER
beneath the boughs
Say WHY. . . . . .
Ramanujan had to be hospitalized.
Play the roles of an interviewer and a Great Indian Bustard and present the interview in the classroom.
Form groups and discuss the following statements, in the context of the extract.
‘If he is indeed wise, he does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind’ Kahlil Gibran.
Read the following sentence carefully and choose the correct meaning.
Fine feathers don’t make fine birds.
Read the given words and share with your friend what comes to your mind.
Form groups and discuss the following question:
The events described in the poem take place at a certain place, at a certain period of the year, under specific weather conditions. Describe the place, the time, and the weather conditions.
Visit a library:
Read the biographies of other Indian Saints. Share at least one story from their life with your friends. What message does it contain?
Discuss the following questions after you have seen a presentation of the ‘ad’.
Will you love your brother or sister only if she’s fair?
Discuss and write 1-2 lines about the following.
How Bushi defeated Yonamine in the wrestling match.
How do the following avoid giving anything to the traveller?
Motiram
(Answer in one or two lines.)
Who erected the first known veterinary hospitals in the world?
Explain the idea of ‘Conservation of Nature through Livelihood’ briefly, using the example given here.
Prepare a ‘PowerPoint’ presentation, using one slide for each of the above points. Present your review in a PPT format in the classroom.
Answer in your own words.
What did the ancestor from 1910 wish to do instead of making his bed?
Form groups of 6-8. One person (leader) chooses one item - a picture, a paragraph, or a lesson from any one of the 9th standard textbooks and writes the reference on a slip of paper, and folds it. Others ask him/her questions and try to guess what it is, from his/her answers. Follow the rules given below.
- The maximum number of questions the rest of the group can ask is 20.
- You cannot ask a direct question like ‘What do you have in mind?’
- You can ask ‘Wh-’ questions or ‘Yes/no’ questions.
- The leader has to give truthful answers.
Correct the following sentence and rewrite it.
By afternoon, Papa Panov had stopped looking out for Jesus.
Who said the following, to whom, and when?
“He dwells within a cave of Himalaya.”
Guess the meaning of the following word.
novel
Form a group of 4 or 5. Make a ‘storyboard’ for the story ‘Three Sacks of Rice’.
Arrange the story in the form of a sequence of pictures.
Decide what you will show in each picture; what words/lines you will write with each picture to explain what happens in it.
You can also add ‘speech balloons’ for the people in the pictures.
When do the parents feel sorry and become unhappy?
How do we come to know that Kasim was a generous man?
What are search engines?
What is meant by 'Honour the white cane'?
Share a memorable trip from your life
Read the following lines from the poem and answer the question that follow.
Let me but live my life from year to year,
With forward face and unreluctant soul;
- Whom does the word ‘me’ refer to?
- What kind of life does the poet want to lead?
Identify the speaker/character.
‘ Remember the tiny penknife he gave me last year’.
Read the poem aloud in pairs
What are the two reasons the author gives for the plants moving towards grandfather?
What made Grandfather plant saplings on the rocky island?
What does the peepul do?
Why did the girls snigger?
Read the lines and answer the question given below.
And ever again, in the wink of an eye,
Painted stations whistle by
- ‘In the wink of an eye’ means very quickly. Explain ‘painted stations whistle by’.
Gulliver was the captain of the ship.
What was the epidemic that broke out in the story?
Jaswant Singh Rawat was awarded ______.
Does it work its best?
Identify the character/speaker.
He bought a new fish tank.
Divide the following word.
hotel
______are the real wealth.
Kani took Teddy out for a ____.
What did Kani realize in the story?
Where were they going?
Kamali gave her savings to______.
Write the word with same meaning.
purse- ______
Where did they go to buy books?
