Advertisements
Advertisements
प्रश्न
The words in the box are all words that describe movement. Use them to fill in the blank in the sentence below.
When he began to trust me, the squirrel began ____________ into my pockets for morsels of cake.
विकल्प
dived
gliding
Sprang
darting
whipped, back
delving
Advertisements
उत्तर
When he began to trust me, the squirrel began delving into my pockets for morsels of cake.
APPEARS IN
संबंधित प्रश्न
Greenland is the largest island in the world.
(Rewrite: Using ‘larger’.)
Can we say that the poet has succeeded in conveying his point? How?
Do you agree with his justification of the war? Why/ why not?
What are the techniques used by Ruskin Bond to create an atmosphere of strangeness, mystery and super naturalism in the story? Can Ruskin Bond be called a visual writer? Why?
What difference did you notice between the reaction of the adults and the children when faced with danger?
Find out from your grandparents or parents the names of vegetables and fruits they had eaten in their childhood and mention how the vegetables and fruits are different from the one's today.
| Name of the vegetable or fruit | Shape | Colour | Taste |
| 1. | |||
| 2. | |||
| 3. |
Convert the stories into dialogues and read the dialogues aloud in the class.
Is an educated person the same as a degree holder?
Make a list of the behaviours in educated people that you find unacceptable:
- ___________________
- ___________________
- ___________________
- ___________________
Start a collection of proverbs. A proverb is a short, well-known sentence or phrase that gives advice or tells you what is generally true. For example, ‘A stitch in time saves nine’ means ‘If one does something in time or immediately, it saves a lot of work later’. A proverb is also known as a saying. Here are some proverbs for your collection.
- Appearances can be deceptive.
- Do not judge by appearance; a rich heart may be under a poor coat.
- All that glitters is not gold.
- You can’t tell a book by its cover.
- Clothes do not make the man.
Answer the following question :
Why should one be wary of opinions that flatter one’s self- esteem?
Archaic words are those that are no longer used in a language, but sometimes their usage adds a historical or old-times flavour to a piece of writing.
Examples:
- behold – look
- afeared – frightened
- forsooth – indeed
- hither – this place
Now find out some archaic words from your mother tongue or another language that you are proficient in and write down at least ten of them, and against each, their modern equivalent and meaning in English.
| Archaic Language | |||
| Archaic Word | Modern Equivalent | Meaning in English | |
| 1. | |||
| 2. | |||
| 3. | |||
| 4. | |||
| 5. | |||
| 6. | |||
| 7. | |||
| 8. | |||
| 9. | |||
| 10. | |||
Write a paragraph of 100 – 120 words about a memorable anecdote/incident of your life.
Arrange the picture in order by writing the numbers 1,2,3 and 4 in the given boxes and write this familiar story in about 100 words.
Make use of the words given below.
| thirsty, village, pitcher, disappointment, pebbles, water level |
One hot day, a thirsty crow _____________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Write the dialogue and complete the story.
You woke up one morning and found yourself in the land of dwarfs!
Write a paragraph describing your experiences there and how you got back home finally. You may begin like this.
Everything around me looked different. ______
Now complete the following sentence, choosing the right word.
The sum was ______ difficult for the class to solve. Only ______ students could do it.
(two, too)
What is your favourite book? Write down the name of the book. Then write down the story.
How did the inner room get light?
Write an original short story in which two children and their school teacher are the main characters.
The line 'The house-roofs seemed to heave and sway' in Browning's poem 'The Patriot' means ______.
