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प्रश्न
The following two common words are used in a different sense in the poem. Guess what they mean
| bark | compass |
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उत्तर
Bark: Ship
Compass: Time range
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Describe Miss Stapleton's first encounter with Sir Henry in about 125 words
Read the extract and do the following activities :
B1 Likes and dislikes :
(i) The child likes eating _______
(ii) The child dislikes eating _______
They won’t eat peas, don’t like your bread -
For something in it crunches;
They gag on fat, the gravy’s gross,
They won’t eat grapes in bunches.
Tomatoes, onions, peppers, fish
Garlic nor cottage cheese;
Oh, it’s a dish uncommon rare
That truly seems to please.
No red sauce may the ice cream have,
“It’s bleeding,” they will say;
And gravely hand it to their mum
To take it to clean away
But let us speak of chocolate cake,
It must be frosted o’er;
They’ll devour three full slabs,
And calmly ask for more.
Oh, I do so always love to eat
With picky little pests,
Whose parents joy to make them
The most undesirable guests!
B2 What message does the poem convey for children?
B3 Pick out two pairs of rhyming words from the poem.
Mention the odd way in which the author’s grandmother behaved just before she died.
Briefly explain the following statement from the text.
“You have passed through a fantastic experience: or more correctly, a catastrophic experience.”
'The author's treatment of the subject matter makes the readers identify themselves with the experience.' Comment on the statement.
Why is the quality of pity earth-bound while the other two passions are elevating?
Read the extract and state whether the following statement is true or false. Correct the false statement.
The author wanted to grow the desi variety of rice.
Say why the speaker of the poem wishes to be a -
gardener
Find proof from the poem for the following.
The struggle of the cherry tree for survival.
Honey-bees live an organized life like human beings. Discuss what work the following honey-bees do, as per the poem. Write it down in your own words, in your notebook.
- King/Emperor bee
- Magistrate bees
- Merchant bees
- Soldier bees
- Mason bees
- Civilian bees
- Porter bees
- Judge bee
Read the following word and use it in a sentence of your own.
Renown
Fill in the elements that you find in the drama script of ‘A Battle to Baffle.'
Characters:
- Background Scene:
- Crisis:
- Steps taken to resolve the crisis:
- Climax:
- The end:
India is famous for its handloom fabrics. Write the story of a handloom kurta in your own words.
Draw a diagram to show a volcanic eruption from its description given in this passage. Label the diagram. Show the following in it :
Volcano; earth’s crust; crack in the earth’s crust; hot molten rock; red, hot lava; smoke; ash; burning chunks of rock.
Shakespeare’s poetry has come to be valued for its own sake on the stage. Comment with reference to the play ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream.’
Are there any stories/legends about the moon or special names for the moon in your language? Talk to your friends and family members and collect this information.
Read the story and write about the following in short.
Yonamine Chiru of Okinawa
Portia saved Antonio in the court of law.
Complete the following sentence with reference to the passage:
Gautama, the Buddha, was born over two thousand five hundred years ago, as ______.
Complete the following sentence with reference to the passage:
For six years did Gautama practise ____________.
Imagine you are Malti. Write about any one event in the story from Malti’s point of view.
Complete the following sentence with reference to the passage.
At the back rose the high peak of Mount Ida, from which _______________.
Complete the following diagram.
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 |
Who is the speaker in this poem?
Spot and write any three alliterative phrases or sentences from the poem.
(Alliterative phrases/sentences are those in which the same sound is repeated.)
Correct the following sentence and rewrite it.
Jesus had actually visited Papa Panov only once on Christmas Eve.
Who said the following, to whom, and when?
“Mighty thy Teacher must be and divine.”
Make a list of your favourite fruits and vegetables and note down the time of the year when they are available in plenty.
Why is Great January annoyed with Holena and her mother? Does he help them?
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.
Find two examples of the following from the lesson.
A Command
Guess the meaning of the following word in the poem.
lined
What is a website?
How was the young seagull’s first attempt to fly?
Why had Prospero raised a violent storm in the sea?
Why did Herman and the author slam the doors?
Read the following line from the poem and answer the question given below.
| And so it were wisest to keep our feet From wandering into Complaining Street; |
- What is the wisest thing that the poet suggests?
- What does the phrase ‘to keep our feet from wandering’ refer to?
Read the story again and write how these character reacted in these situation:
It’s Somu’s thoughtless ways that reduce me to tears. Mrs. Krishnan …………………....…..
Dr. Krishnan ……………..…......…….
How is Karagattam performed?
What are the skills/values a teacher should teach their students to live in this competitive world?
What does ‘charges along like troops in a battle’ mean?
_____ is called the red planet.
Why did the trees become a green blur?
When did the battle of Nauranang start? How long did it continue?
Vicky's father bought a______ robot
What kind of a boy was Vicky?
Brain of a robot is the______.
Answer using Yes or No and pick sentence from the story to support your answer.
Did Robinson kill Friday?
Amir realised his mistakes.
_____ fights with everyone in school.
Jana saw a _______ behind her.
When does the world become green?
Whose word are these? Name the character.
“Utensils made of brass and tin for sale!”
Name the animal and sound it makes.
What is the main idea of the story?
Choose the right word.
“Eat the leaves of the tamarind tree, and you’ll also sing like ______.
What did he call his puppet?
Find words from the passage which are antonyms of the following.
- artificially (para 1)
- strength (para 2)
Pick out word which mean the same as
place or fix (para 2)
