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प्रश्न
The three stanzas depict three different phases. What are they?
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उत्तर
The first stanza refers to the childhood days of the poet’s mother when she was twelve years old or so. The stanza depicts a photograph of her mother when she went for a beach holiday with her cousins and uncle.
The second stanza refers to the poet’s childhood days when her mother had become an adult. It depicts her mother recalling her childhood days while looking at the old photograph of hers (mentioned in the first stanza).
In the last stanza, the poet’s adult life is described in which her mother is not with her anymore. She has been dead for almost twelve years. The stanza depicts the poet’s looking at the same photograph and recollecting her mother’s laughter. The loss of her mother puts her in utter grief. She has no words to describe the terrible pain of her mother’s death.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Complete the flow-chart :
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
Big male elephants throw logs at electric fences because
Read the following extract carefully and complete the activities given below :
A1 Complete the following :
(i) Books were found on the _____________ and ____________.
(ii) The tales are described as ______________ and __________.
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Have you forgotten? Don't you know?
We'll say it very loud and slow:
THEY ... USED ... TO ... READ! They'd READ and READ,
AND READ and READ, and then proceed
To READ some more. Great Scott! Gadzooks!
One-half of their lives was reading books!
The nursery shelves held books galore!
Books cluttered up the nursery floor!
And in the bedroom, by the bed,
More books were waiting to be read!
Such wondrous, fine, fantastic tales
Of dragons, gypsies, queens, and whales
And treasure isles, and distant shores
Where smugglers rowed with muffled oars,
And pirates wearing purple pants,
And sailing ships and elephants,
And cannibals crouching 'round the pot,
Stirring away at something hot.
(It smells so good, what can it be?
Good gracious, it's Penelope.)
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- Name of the story:
- Type of story:
- Setting (time and place):
- Important characters:
- Theme/Plot:
- Conflict/Dilemma:
- Solution:
- End:
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:
A past student of your school has cleared his UPSC examination and being an IAS officer has been appointed as a Collector of your district. Write a formal letter to invite him to your school to share the story of his success, at a special function.
Describe the following with the help of the story.
The fabric is woven by Thiruvalluvar
Find 2/4 expressions of humour from the extract.
Read the given extract (Act III)
Complete the following table.
| Sr. No. | Character | Supportive Character | Incident |
| 1. | Dr. Stockmann | (a) ................................. (b) ................................ |
(a) ................................. (b) ................................ |
| 2. | Peter Stockmann | (a) ................................. (b) ................................ (c) ................................. |
(a) ................................. (b) ................................ (c) ................................. |
| 3. | Aslaksen | (a) ................................. (b) ................................ |
(a) ................................. (b) ................................ |
Write a recipe for the stone soup.
Complete the following sentence with reference to the passage:
To this day, we venerate this tree as ____________.
Listen and complete:
Close your books. The teacher will dictate some lines from the poem. She will say the first half and you have to write the entire line/verse.
- I know a funny ____________ As quiet as a ____________ Who does the mischief that is done ____________.
- There’s no one ever sees his face, And yet we all ____________ That every plate we break was ____________ By ____________.
Write any three of the silly remarks made by the characters other than Alice. Write why you think the remark is silly.
Read the following sentence aloud. Write who said it and to whom.
“Look, here’s something for you.”
What do the following event/action tell us about the characters? Discuss.
Arthur agreed to bring Sir Kay a sword at once.
Write one line about the following with the help of the poem.
wind in the autumn evening
Form groups. Discuss the first two paragraphs. Try to present their content in the form of a series of conversations among the volunteers and the villagers.
Sayali’s mother did not want her to go on the trip.
Choose the appropriate phrase to insert in the gap, to make the sentence meaningful. Use the appropriate form of the verb.
After I took the medicine, I ______ ______ the pain.
Rewrite in your own words.
One of the Caesar’s traits that makes you laugh.
Which of the words and phrases in the poem will you use in a realistic description?
Put a tick mark against the ones you will use.
- little
- shining tail
- golden scale
- cheerful
- grin
- claws
- gently smiling
- jaws
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Read the poem and answer the following.
What are the two different ways of eating strawberries?
Name the following.
Captain of the Indian Team.
Write other meaningful words that begin/end with stepmother.
Write slogans for the cleanliness drive in your area.
Who used the zither and how?
Why did Dr. Ashok’s cousin call him?
How did Zigzag communicate with the Krishnans?
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……..
Find a sentence/word from the text which express the following.
One of the qualities of the teacher.
We should learn to ______questions.
- ask
- answer
- discard
Identify the character/speaker.
One side makes you big, the other side makes you small.
What do you think is going to happen next?
Olive Ridleys are the only sea turtles seen on Indian shores.
Raj did not buy______.
We do not really see the landscape from a normal train because the______.
Find example of alliteration and write them in the blank.
to muddy roads
monsoons and mangoes
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Where did the space shuttle land?
Did Santhosh enjoy his morning walk? How do you know?
How did the second daughter use the grain?
| Mr. Murugan is a farmer. He has a small piece of land and two bulls. He takes good care of his bulls as they help him in farming. Every morning, he takes the bulls for grazing. When it rains he ploughs the land with the bulls. As he has no one to help he starts sowing the seed before sunrise. He irrigates the crop till it grows. He reaps and binds the crop then takes it to thrash the paddy. Finally, with the help of the bulls, he takes the paddy to his house. |
Choose the main idea of the passage.
They ate a bowl of __________.
The old man helped ______ and ______.
Where did we visit a mermaid?
What will you do if someone ensnares birds?
Who was Akilan’s inspiration?
Every ______ they would go fishing.
______ over heard her father’s talking on the phone about the robbery.
How does a friend support us?
Recite the poem with correct intonation.
Do you think Ani will be a good leader? Why?
Write the word with same meaning.
chips- ______
Write the correct word.
| rooster, king, hen, tiger, queen, tigress. |
How did the boy enjoy the company of the tree?
