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प्रश्न
The scene of the beggar and the girl made Meena peep into her own life.
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उत्तर
The scene of the beggar and the girl made Meena peep into her own life. - Right
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Make small groups and share.
A piece of advice that stopped a bad habit in you.
Make small groups and share.
An experience that taught you a lifelong lesson.
Make small groups and share.
A story/news/episode/movie/play that has impressed and changed you.
Many slang expressions/terms are used for people having positive or negative traits.
Match the expressions in Column A with type of persons in Column B.
| A | B | |
| 1. | Couch Potato | (a) brilliant/genius |
| 2. | Worry Wart | (b) very energetic/active |
| 3. | Fuddy-duddy | (c) shameful person |
| 4. | Wet blanket | (d) lazy/good for nothing |
| 5. | Whiz | (e) spoils other peoples fun/mood |
| 6. | Black sheep | (f) always nervous/worried |
| 7. | Live wire | (g) old-fashioned/refuses change |
Discuss in your group and write the difference in reactions of an Optimist and Pessimist in the given situations.
| Optimist | Pessimist | |
| Failure in exams/tests | ||
| Lose a good amount of cash | ||
| Unexpected rainfall/bad weather | ||
| Illness | ||
| Extra classes in school |
Complete the following table.
| Utterance | Who said | To whom |
| “Shwetha is a very beautiful girl, isn’t she ?” | ||
| “When a pony is young, he looks handsome ?” | ||
| “It’s a beautiful day.” | ||
| “No, the sun is too hot.” | ||
| “I’m all excited, it’s nice to meet old friends.” | ||
| “Let’s chat.” | ||
| “We won’t get a taxi in this rain.” | ||
| “Then, what’s the secret of your energy?” | ||
| “A beggar changed my life.” |
The author and Meena were great enemies.
Meena was a very cheerful person initially.
Meena was the second child of her parents.
Meena stayed alone in an appartment in Delhi.
The beggar and the young girl were playing on the road because there was a lot of traffic.
It took Meena almost two years to put the change into effect.
Meena was able to give Gurudakshina directly to her Guru, the beggar.
Meena, who is an LIC officer, is ____________.
The writer was standing near Akbarallys, a popular department store because - __________________
The only thought in the writer’s mind till they reached the Grand Hotel was __________________
How did the beggar change Meena’s attitude? Discuss with your partner and complete the following web.
Write in your own words:
How did Meena show her gratitude to her guru?
Go through the points below showing Meena’s encounter with the beggar that transformed her completely. The sequence of events are jumbled up below. Arrange the events according to the occurence. Fill in the number as per sequence.
Summarise the story with the help of the points given below.
- Meena’s initial attitude
- Meena’s meeting with Sudha Murthy in Mumbai
- Beggar’s incident
- Change in attitude
Summary Maker
| Dos | Don’ts |
| Use important/relevant points/ incidents/ events short forms of the text. | Select irrelevant/less important points/ incidents/events |
| Make a paragraph containing the message, theme etc | exceed the word limit |
| Use your own language taking help of the sentences in a topic and key words | reproduce/copy the text |
Write the above summary making Meena the narrator. Begin with ‘I worked in Bangalore in LIC. Sudha was my friend.__________________
Read the following passage and do the activities.
1. Answer the following in 1-2 words: (2)
- The person who changed the writer’s life –
- The age of beggar’s granddaughter –
- The writer’s role model –
- The things that the writer used to give to beggar every day –
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‘Then what’s the secret of your energy?’ I asked like Tendulkar does in the advertisement. She smiled, ‘A beggar changed my life.’ I was absolutely dumbfounded and she could see it. |
2. Describe how the beggar and his granddaughter enjoyed the rain. (2)
3. Write antonyms of the following (2)
- optimist × -____________
- unhappy × -___________
4. Do as directed: (2)
- She could see it. (Use ‘able to’.)
- I used to give my leftovers to this beggar every day. (Use ‘would’.)
5. Who is your role model? Why? (2)
