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प्रश्न
Thinking about Poem
What finally kills the tree?
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उत्तर
The tree is finally killed by the uprooting of its roots. When the roots, which had anchored it lying hidden in the earth for years, were dug out, the tree’s strength was exposed and this led to the death of the tree. It dried up after it had been uprooted.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Answer the following with reference to the story.
“I wouldn’t throw it away.”
- Who says these words?
- What does ‘it’ refer to?
- What is it being compared with by the speaker?
Answer the following question in 30 to 40 words.
On two occasions Bruno ate/drank something that should not be eaten /drunk. What
happened to him on these occasions?
Go to the local library or talk to older persons in your locality and find legends in your own language. Tell the class these legends.
(a) Given below are five lines from a poem but they are not in the right order.
Get into groups of four. Read the lines and put them in the right order. Read
the version that you develop to the whole class.
(b) Who is 'I' in these lines?
(c) Imagining yourself as the subject of this poem, write five lines about
yourself in less than five minutes.
You may like to
- define yourself
- state what you do
- explain why people like/dislike you
- mention any other characteristic about yourself
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Read the extract given below and answer the question that follow.
What does the reference to the old man in the beginning and the end of the passage indicate?
I was in for a surprise. When the time came for the broad-jump trials, I was startled to see a tall boy hitting the pit at almost 26 feet on his practice leaps! He turned out to be a German named Luz Long. 1 was told that Hitler hoped to win the jump with him. I guessed that if Long won, it would add some new support to the Nazis’ “master race” (Aryan superiority) theory. After all, I am a Negro. Angr about Hitler’s ways, 1 determined to go out there and really show Der Fuhrer and his master race who was superior and who wasn’t. An angry athlete is an athlete who will make mistakes, as any coach will tell you. I was no exception. On the first of my three qualifying jumps, I leaped from several inches beyond the takeoff board for a foul. On the second jump, I fouled even worse. “Did I come 3,000 miles for this?” I thought bitterly. “To foul out of the trials and make a fool of myself ?” Walking a few yards from the pit, 1 kicked disgustedly at the dirt.
Read the extract given below and answer the question that follow.
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On getting Gopu Mama’s chappals, the music teacher tried not to look too happy. Why?
What made Ravi feel that Lalli will never learn to play the violin?
Why did Abbu Khan feel sad?
Why did Abbu Khan laugh with joy?
- What happens if Raga Deepak is sung properly?
- Why did Tansen’s enemies want him to sing the Raga?
Fill in the blank in the sentence below with the words or phrases from the box. (You may not know the meaning of all the words. Look such words up in a dictionary, or ask your teacher.)
Can you ____________ this word in the dictionary?
Discuss the question in pairs before you write the answer.
Who did he first choose as his master? Why did he leave that master?
Multiple Choice Question:
What does the word ‘soars’ in the above extract mean?
Who says this to whom and why?
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| how, what, when, where, which |
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“So was I once myself a swinger of birches."
What mood of the poet is captured in the above lines taken from the poem, Birches?
