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प्रश्न
The description of the character is given below. Identify the character from the play. Find some sentences which support your choice.
He is smart as well as brave.
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उत्तर
The character is the ballad- singer/prisoner/man.
He is smart
- And maybe the man you are watching for to-night used to be sitting on the wall when he was young and singing those same songs... It's a queer world…
It‘s a pity! It‘s a pity. You deceived me. You deceived me well.
He is brave
- There isn‘t another man in Ireland who would have broken gaol the way he did.
- I am. There are a hundred pounds on my head.
- Will you let me pass, or must I make you let me?
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Discuss in groups of four.
The accounts of exotic places in legends and the reality.
Read the text below and summarise it.
The Great Desert Where Hippos Once Wallowed
The Sahara sets a standard for dry land. It’s the world’s largest desert. Relative humidity can drop into the low single digits. There are places where it rains only about once a century. There are people who reach the end of their lives without ever seeing water come from the sky.
Yet beneath the Sahara are vast aquifers of fresh water, enough liquid to fill a small sea. It is fossil water, a treasure laid down in prehistoric times, some of it possibly a million years old. Just 6,000 years ago, the Sahara was a much different place.
It was green. Prehistoric rock art in the Sahara shows something surprising: hippopotamuses, which need year-round water.
“We don’t have much evidence of a tropical paradise out there, but we had something perfectly liveable,” says Jennifer Smith, a geologist at Washington University in St Louis.
The green Sahara was the product of the migration of the paleo-monsoon. In the same way that ice ages come and go, so too do monsoons migrate north and south. The dynamics of earth’s motion are responsible. The tilt of the earth’s axis varies in a regular cycle — sometimes the planet is more tilted towards the sun, sometimes less so. The axis also wobbles like a spinning top. The date of the earth’s perihelion — its closest approach to the sun — varies in cycle as well.
At times when the Northern Hemisphere tilts sharply towards the sun and the planet makes its closest approach, the increased blast of sunlight during the north’s summer months can cause the African monsoon (which currently occurs between the Equator and roughly 17°N latitude) to shift to the north as it did 10,000 years ago, inundating North Africa.
Around 5,000 years ago the monsoon shifted dramatically southward again. The prehistoric inhabitants of the Sahara discovered that their relatively green surroundings were undergoing something worse than a drought (and perhaps they migrated towards the Nile Valley, where Egyptian culture began to flourish at around the same time).
“We’re learning, and only in recent years, that some climate changes in the past have been as rapid as anything underway today,” says Robert Giegengack, a University of Pennsylvania geologist.
As the land dried out and vegetation decreased, the soil lost its ability to hold water when it did rain. Fewer clouds formed from evaporation. When it rained, the water washed away and evaporated quickly. There was a kind of runaway drying effect. By 4,000 years ago the Sahara had become what it is today.
No one knows how human-driven climate change may alter the Sahara in the future. It’s something scientists can ponder while sipping bottled fossil water pumped from underground.
“It’s the best water in Egypt,” Giegengack said — clean, refreshing mineral water. If you want to drink something good, try the ancient buried treasure of the Sahara.
Staff Writer, Washington Post
How do Shahid and the writer react to the knowledge that Shahid is going to die?
What was the reason for the anxiety of Paul's mother as he grew older?
What were the attempts made by the author to get his watch repaired?
How is humour employed to comment on the pains that the author took to get his watch set right.
What, according to the poet, are human beings out of tune with?
How does Kumudini Lakhia describe her guru Ramgopal's influence on her?
What are the unpleasant aspects of the human condition that the poet wants to escape from?
Fill in the blank.
“Hybrids need more _____________”, said Devu Handa.
Answer in your own words.
Why did the old man have no need to build the bridge, across the chasm?
The last leaf fell off during the rain.
Select any four zoo animals mentioned in the poem. Imagine they are able to talk in English. Compose a dialogue among the four animals discussing their discomfort and illnesses.
Suggest what you would do in the following situation:
Your very close friend has been using a fake social media account to play pranks on others and is not ready to stop in spite of several attempts by you.
Suggest what you would do in the following situation:
One particular friend of yours is always late for college, social functions, movies, etc. and delays everyone.
Read the description of the Kabaddi match and do the following:
Describe, in your own words, the important events in the first half.
What do fairy-tale witches do?
Discuss and write 1-2 lines about the following.
Yonamine’s fight with Bushi (disguised as a bandit).
How do the following avoid giving anything to the traveller?
Motiram
(Answer in one or two lines.)
Discuss:
Is it necessary to develop a good accent? Why? What efforts can you take to improve your pronunciation? With your teacher’s help, find out how to use online dictionaries for the purpose.
Read the passage and name the following.
He was killed by a poisoned arrow that entered his heel.
Fill in the table.
| Period | Way of Addressing a Mother | Boy’s Costume | Lady’s Costume | Daily Chores | Games |
| The 1950s | silk saree | ||||
| 1910 | Kurta pajama and cap | ||||
| The 1800s | |||||
| The 1500s | |||||
| 1000 | |||||
| 100 AD | feed poultry tend sheep keep away birds plaster the yard | ||||
| 3000 BC | Chaupar |
Find the meaning of the following words or phrases :
- ridges
- brimming
- eddying
- babble
- fallow
- trout
- netted
The poet uses words to create pictures or 'images' in the reader’s mind. For example, 'And sparkle out among the fern.'
Write down other lines that create images or pictures in your mind. (Any 3)
Rohan desperately wished for ______.
List and say whether the following statement agrees with the passage or not.
You should try to talk most of the time whenever there is a discussion.
What more difficulties would they have to face, if the roads are not cleared?
Read the following line from the poem and answer the question that follow.
In the dim past, nor holding back in fear From what the future veils; but with a whole And happy heart, that pays its toll To Youth and Age, and travels on with cheer.
- What does the poet mean by the phrase ‘in the dim past’?
- Is the poet afraid of future?
- How can one travel on with cheer?
Use this passage to play the game. You can collect information on other famous personalities and play too.
Charlie Chaplin was born on April 16, 1889, in London England. His birth name was Charles Spencer Chaplin, though he had many nicknames growing up such as Charlie, Charlot, and The Little Tramp. His father, Charles Chaplin, and his mother, Hannah Chaplin, were inducted into the music hall of fame, leading the way to his exposure even as a young boy. His first onstage moment was when he was 5 years old; he sang a song that was intended to be sung by his own mother; she had become ill at the time of the performance, so little Charlie Chaplin stood instead and performed for his mother.
Charlie Chaplin came to the United States in 1910, at the age of 21. He was brought to New York, which was known to be a great place to start out for anyone trying to become a professional actor. Two years later, in 1913, Chaplin signed his very first contract at Keystone and it was no time before he headed to Hollywood. His first movie premiered in 1914, “Making a Living,” and went on to make over 35 movies total in that year alone. Charlie Chaplin grew to become one of the most popular and successful actors of all time. The moment that really kicked off his long career was in 1921 when he starred in, and produced, his first full-length film called “The Kid.” From then on, most people all over the world knew Charlie Chaplin and loved his movies. He had a great career and life, dying on December 25, 1977, in Vevey, Switzerland. He had apparently died of natural causes in his sleep from old age.
What was Mrs. Krishnan busy with?
Who was the first person to withdraw cash from the ATM?
What values did the child learn?
Read the letter again and write a few lines on each of the following.
- things that the coach taught….
- transformation in the child……..
- things that amazed the writer……..
Write down the word that alliterate in the poetic line below
That spreads treasures on a tree.
Identify the speaker/character.
A man fell into the sea. Please save him.
The turtles use their flippers and make a hollow for their nests.
Who came to India from Portugal in search of pepper?
There is a connection between the rhyming words and rhythms of the train. Present your views about it.
The war between the two kingdoms ended in peace.
The pit was comfortable for the wild boar to sleep in.
Complete the sentence given below with word/phrase.
The whole earth smelled ______ and ______.
Where is the poet going in the dream?
Vicky wanted a ______ to do all his work.
Connect and write the homophones in the box.
|
Sea |
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One |
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Flower |
 |
Write the rhyming word.
culture - ______.
What is your hobby?
Choose the champion of the year.
Match the following.
| 1. | Pablo | Inspector |
| 2. | Velayudham | old man |
| 3. | Sreejith | dog |
Match the rhyming words.
| 1. | flow | know |
| 2. | grow | week |
| 3. | seek | blow |
Find and write the clues.
Clue for blind eye ______
Recite any 4 lines of the poem with intonation.
The monster tree was protecting the ______.
Speak and win.
Join in any group. Support or oppose using 4 to 5 sentences to win.
| I support Divya. | I oppose Divya. |
Kamali gave her savings to______.
Many may lie and______.
Which problem do you think you can solve with art? How?
Write the correct word.
| rooster, king, hen, tiger, queen, tigress. |
How did Alice reach Wonderland?
While listening to the story, what did Alice see?
What did he make out of it?
