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प्रश्न
Tick the statement that is true.
Rajendra Desphande was a historical event.
विकल्प
True
False
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उत्तर
Rajendra Deshpande was a historian. (True)
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Attempt a character sketch of Mr Gilman as a teacher.
Aunt Jennifer's tigers prance across a screen,
Bright topaz denizens of a world of green.
They do not fear the men beneath the tree;
They pace in sleek chivalric certainty.
(a) Why are the tigers called Aunt Jennifer's tigers?
(b) How are they described here?
(c) How are they different from Aunt Jennifer?
(d) What does the word, 'chivalric' mean?
'On reading Shelley's A Defence of Poetry, the question insistently occurs why there is no similar A Defence of Science written of equal endowment.'
How does the ‘assortment of remarks’ compiled by the author give us an understanding of the ways of science and poetry?
Many sentences and paragraphs in the excerpt begin with the word ‘And’. To what extent does this contribute to the rhetorical style of the lecture?
Comment on the capitalisation of all the words in the line:
'Children Must be Disciplined'.
Read the extract 'Being Neighborly' and complete the following statement:
Jo swept a path around the garden for ________________.
Read the poem and fill in the table.
| Time of the day | Location | Poet’s Activity | Hawker’s Activities | Gardener’s Activities | Watchman’s Activities |
| Morning | __________ | __________ | __________ | __________ | __________ |
| Afternoon | __________ | __________ | __________ | __________ | __________ |
| Night | __________ | __________ | __________ | __________ | __________ |
Read the following words :
Brigadier, Commander, capture, evicting, enemy, defense
All these words are related to war affairs and war.
Find more such words from the passage.
Make a list of words related to agriculture.
List five of your favourite Hindi or Marathi poems or songs. Try to translate any one of them into English.
Imagine you are the Crane. What actions and words of the Peacock would you not like? Write about it in short.
The description of the character is given below. Identify the character from the play. Find some sentences which support your choice.
He is obedient and simple.
The man in the moon is mentioned in many nursery rhymes and stories. When people see the spots on the surface of the moon, they imagine that it’s a human face or the figure of a man who lives on the moon. Sometimes, other characters like rabbits are also imagined to live with the man. Here are two nursery rhymes about the man on the moon.
Discuss the following question after you have seen a presentation of the ‘ad’.
Think of the people you like. Do you like them because they have a fair (white) skin or because of some other qualities? List those qualities.
Who do you think benefits most from commercial advertisements?
Expand the following ideas in a paragraph or two:-
Where there is a will, there is a way.
Visit a library: Find poems about animals. Copy them and recite them to your friends.
Portia had many brothers and sisters.
Portia’s suitors chose the gold and silver caskets.
List the phrases that indicate sorrow or pain.
These two passages are examples of a short introduction to works of art - a short review. They cover the following points:
- The creator
- The theme or subject matter
- Type of art
- Individual style
- Presentation techniques
- Its effect on viewers
- Message or interpretation
Compare the points with those you used for a book review and the review of a play. Present the comparison in the form of a chart.
| Book Review | Review of a play | Review of a painting |
Pick out three examples of interrogation (rhetorical questions) from the poem.
Explain in your own words the point that each one makes.
| Interrogation | Explanation |
| (1) | |
| (2) | |
| (3) |
Be a poet. Try to complete the following poem with words that rhyme with each other.
| I’d love to live a life that’s ______ Relax under a shady t______ And fall into a dreamy s______p, With no strict hours, forced to k______ And sing aloud a merry ______, Untrodden paths, as I walk a______g. You ask me what I’d get to ______? Fruits and nuts and berries sw______ You ask me with whom I’d get to p______ Birds and animals, happy and g______ And if a woodcutter put a c______p Firmly, I would put a st______ So that’s the life I’d like l______d Free from worries, free from gr______d |
Form groups of five. Discuss how you can complete the rest of the story without referring to Part II of the story.
What is the difference between a 'dream' and a 'daydream'?
Listen carefully and guess how the sentence would end.
When the teacher read the answer papers, she was ______.
Read the following line from the poem and answer the question given below.
The worst thing is that if anyone stays
Among them too long, he will learn their ways;
- What is the worst thing that can happen if anyone stays with them?
- What are the ways of the Grumble family?
An Anagram is a word or a phrase formed by rearranging the letters of a different word or phrase, typically using all the original letters exactly once.
Now try to solve these anagrams
| 1. | ELBOW | |
| 2. | SECTION | |
| 3. | VIEWER | |
| 4. | RIPPLES | |
| 5. | NEEDLESS |
Find a sentence/word from the text which express the following.
One of the qualities of the teacher.
What should we learn from our teachers?
Read the “Story of Self Sacrifice and Bravery” once again and complete the flow chart.
Can courage be developed suddenly? Why?
Work in pairs and answer the following.
Pick out the rhyming words.
Identify the speaker/character.
A man fell into the sea. Please save him.
Read the poem aloud in pairs.
Gulliver managed to reach the land as he was______.
Gulliver was set free because the emperor______.
The man destroyed ______.
Is the brother boastful? What makes you think so?
What was the girl determined to do? Why?
Jaswant was captured alive.
______is a Do It Yourself kid.
Where did we visit a mermaid?
Whose hospitality is described in the poem?
Choose and write the adverbs to complete the sentence.
The lion fought _____.
Find and write the clues.
Clue for lost teeth ______.
Name the character or speaker.
"Do you have a fever?"
Why it is important for people to live without boundaries?
Where do the crocodiles save?
What should we vow for?
What did the grandfather announce?
What did Kamali get as gift?
Write the rhyming word.
save- ______
Whose word are these? Name the character.
“I am not rich enough to buy this plate. This is a gold plate.”
Write the word with same meaning.
tap- ______
Which problem do you think you can solve with art? How?
Why is your nose important for you?
Read the poem.
For Want of a Nail
For want of a nail, the shoe was lost,
For want of a shoe the horse was lost,
For want of a horse, the rider was lost,
For want of a rider, the battle was lost,
For want of a battle, the kingdom was lost,
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail!
[traditional rhyme]
Now form questions for the answers given in the speech bubbles.
