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प्रश्न
Study each of the following sentences and notice the balance between its parts. Pick out other sentences in the text that reflect this kind of balance
a. It is right that a false Latin quantity should excite a smile in the House of Commons; but it is wrong that a false English meaning should not excite a frown there.
b. Let the accent of words be watched, by all means, but let the meaning be watched more closely still, and fewer will do the work.
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उत्तर
1. A book is essentially not a talked thing but a written thing; and written, not with the view of more communication, but of permanence.
2. They do not give it to you by way of help, but of reward, and will make themselves sure that you deserve it before they allow you to reach it.
3. You may dig long and find none; you must dig painfully to find any.
4. You might read all the books in the British Museum (if you could live long enough), and remain an utterly ‘illiterate’, uneducated person; but that if you read ten pages of a good book, letter by letter that is to say, with real accuracy you are forever more in some measure with an educated person.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
A1. True or False
State whether the following statements are true or false:
(1) The author's new house was situated at Bangalore.
(2) The writer was delighted because their new house, was the biggest they ever lived.
One of the advantages of growing up in an Army household was the frequency with which we moved. 'Postings' came with predictable regularity every three years. What was unpredictable and therefore exciting was the suspense. Where would we go this time? Ambala, Pune, Dehradun, Allahabad, Tejpur, Bangalore, Yo! ............ In my short span of thirteen years we had moved lock. stock and barrel eleven times!
Every move meant change. New journeys, new places, new schools, my new books, new uniforms, new friends and new houses. We lived in tents, bashas, Nissen huts, flats and bungalows. No matter what the shape and size of the dwelling, mother soon put her own special stamp on it and transformed it into a familiar place - our home - complete with bright yellow-curtains, coffee-brown carpet, assorted pictures, hanging ferns and potted palms - providing a comforting sense of continuity in our essentially nomadic life.
I was thirteen, the year we moved to the Cantonment at Allahabad. In stark contrast to the razzle-dazzle of the city's commercial areas like Katra and Chowk, the Cantonment was a quiet, orderly place with broad tree-lined roads that still carried the names of long-dead Britishers. Our bungalow was on a sleepy by-lane called MacPherson Road. When we first saw it, my brothers and I were delighted. It was by far the biggest house we had ever lived in. The task of furnishing those huge, echoing rooms daunted Mother.
A2. Complete
a. The broad tree-lined roads were named after.............................
b. Katra and Chowk are .............................
c. Mother was daunted with the task of................................. .
d. The suspense was exciting because the posting was.........................
A3. Personal response
What do you think are the problems faced by those who change households frequently.
What does the word ‘cardboard’ denote in the poem? Why has this word been used?
This play, written in the 1950s, is a humorous and satirical depiction of the status of the mother in the family.
What are the issues it raises?
We 'draw up a deed'. Complete the following phrase with an appropriate word.
________one's word
What are the criteria that Ruskin feels that readers should fulfil to make themselves fit for the company of the Dead?
Discuss in pairs
Choice of diction is very crucial to the communication of meaning.
No trees except the one which grows and seethes in one's dreams'– why is the phrase 'grows and seethes' used?
Read the following statement and mark those that apply to you.
I have a large group of friends but no best buddy.
Pick out a word from the poem to complete the sentence meaningfully.
She ______ (bargained) with the hawker to reduce the price.
Using points from the lesson, give the details of the following in a short paragraph.
International Kite Festival at Ahmedabad.
Discuss with your teacher how/why are ‘stars’ given to a movie.
Visit a library:
Read more stories from Japan, China, and Korea.
Imagine you are visiting the Science Fair. What other stalls (apart from the ones mentioned here) are you likely to find there? Try to list at least five more stalls.
Read the passage and name the following.
He was killed by a poisoned arrow that entered his heel.
Write the following:
The sights mentioned in the third stanza.
Rohan desperately wished for ______.
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?
Say whether you agree or disagree.
The children showed disinterest even in the bachelor’s story-telling, throughout.
Form a group of four to six. As a group activity, write a conversation in which a person/a group of person thanks to someone.
Read: ‘The Open Window’ by H. H. Munro (Saki).
List the various ways of avoiding the errors mentioned in the passage.
Describe the following in one or two lines.
The nest.
Find the meaning of the following word.
abused
Describe the following with the help of the (The Twelve Months) story.
Winter
Think of other funny names for imaginary creatures. Write any 3 of them.
Discuss the following in group.
Do people admit that they have bad habits?
Why does the poet say that the dewdrops greet the dawn?
What does a farmer need most for his fields?
Show the major events in the story of Pheidippides on a ‘time-line’.
What is meant by being ‘online’?
What powers did Prospero posses?
Answer the following question in about 100-150 word.
Describe the funny incident that caused the confusion in the house.
What were Chulongs plans for the bird?
Who am I?
Who Am I? is a guessing game where players use ‘yes’ or ‘no’ questions to guess the identity of a famous person. Questions are based upon the traits and characteristics of a person everyone will be able to identify.
Divide the class into groups. One group should decide the personality while the other group should ask ‘yes’ or ‘no’ type questions. To win the game, a team needs to find out the person within 10 clues.
Sample questions to ask. Answers must be ‘yes’ or ‘no’ only
- Are you a male (female)?
- Are you a famous personality?
- Are you a singer (dancer, actor)?
- Are you a historical figure?
- Are you young (old)?
- Are you alive now?
- Does your name start with ‘___’?
- Is he/she ____ ?
Rearrange the jumbled sentences and write them in the correct order.
- But Hamid bought a pair of tongs.
- Granny Ameena felt proud of her grandson.
- Hamid’s friends bought different toys of their choice.
- Hamid proudly compared his tongs with a brave tiger.
- Hamid had less money than his friends.
- Granny Ameena was worried as he had to go to the Eidgah alone.
Pick out the rhyming words from the first stanza of the poem.
The captain presented a gift to Vasantha because ______
The hatchlings use a tiny egg-tooth to come out of the eggs.
What made Grandfather plant saplings on the rocky island?
How did Grandfather’s dream come true?
How does Patna differ from Delhi?
"I think it would be nice if we moved quickly from here.”
- Who does ‘I’ refer to?
- Why did they want to move quickly from there?
What did Nilavan see through the window?
How do we work?
Who is the wisest of all? Why?
The battle of Nauranang lasted for three days.
Try your own.
Who is the guest?
Recite the poem ‘Mother Nature’.
Write the correct form for the present perfect tense.
They ______ (start) playing.
Akilan’s passion is to learn ______.
Take out the correct rhyming pair from the poem and match with the given word.
| 1. | tall | |
| 2. | light | |
| 3. | might |
Write the rhyming word.
larder- ______.
Write the word with same meaning.
post- ______
Recite the poem The Painter with correct intonation.
One day Chris tried to draw a ______.
Are these sentence TRUE or FALSE
The poet tells the child to think of friends after it is dark.
Why is the play called ‘The Giving Tree’?
Why did the child in the poem like looking at the pictures?
Being a bachelor, the stranger had no patience with children.
