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प्रश्न
We 'draw up a deed'. Complete the following phrase with an appropriate word.
________ends meet
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उत्तर
To make ends meet
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Anne's father was close to her. What did she like about him? Why?
Answer any four of the following in 30 − 40 words each:
(a) "It is his karam, his destiny." What is Mukesh's family's attitude towards their situation?
(b) What were the terms of the indigo contract between the British landlords and the Indian peasants?
(c) How will 'keeping quiet' protect our environment?
(d) Which objects of nature does Keats mention as sources of joy in his poem, 'A Thing of Beauty'?
(e) Why did the Tiger King decide to get married?
(f) What was Sadao's father's dream for him? How did Sadao realise it?
Write a summary of the above passage in about 100 words.
Attempt the following question in 100-150 words:
What do you think about Anne’s talent for writing essays, which she wrote convincingly when punished by the teacher?
Describe the changing relationship between the author and his grandmother. Did their feelings for each other change?
What do the following utterance indicate?
(i)“I told her, through Daniel ...”
(ii)“It’s a cold,” he said finally through Tsetan.
Briefly explain the following statement from the text.
“You neither travelled to the past nor the future. You were in the present experiencing a different world.”
Indian society has moved a long way from the way the marriage is arranged in the story. Discuss.
How does the poem capture the elusive nature of the peacock?
'Trees are sacred my grandmother used to say'– what does the poet imply by this line?
Read the following statement and mark those that apply to you.
I wish to be friends with someone but my friendship is rejected.
Read the extract and state whether the following statement is true or false. Correct the false statement.
The author is an example of ‘reverse migration’.
Answer in your own words.
Why did the old man have no need to build the bridge, across the chasm?
Some poets do not use uniformity in rhyming words, nor a steady rhythm. Such poems with no uniformity in rhyme, rhythm, length of lines or stanzas are called Free Verse. Walt Whitman, Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, Rabindranath Tagore are some famous poets who have composed poems in Free Verse.
A quick glance at the poem ‘Vocation' reveals that the style used by Tagore is Free Verse.
Now turn the pages of your textbook and see if you can find other poems in Free Verse.
Discuss with your partner and complete the web, highlighting the sad and gloomy aspects of life mentioned in the first part of the poem.
Read the story and choose the appropriate meaning.
Struggling artists ____________
With the help of the internet and other sources, obtain more information about the critically endangered birds and animals in India. Find the names of their sanctuaries.
Describe the following with the help of the story.
The fabric is woven by Thiruvalluvar
Match the columns :
| A | B |
| (1) Theseus | (1) Robin Goodfellow |
| (2) Titania | (2) Queen of the Amazons |
| (3) Puck | (3) Duke of Athens |
| (4) Hippolyta | (4) Faeries |
| (5) Cobweb, Moth | (5) Queen of the Faeries |
Select the correct options :
A Midsummer-Night’s Dream is a ___________________.
- poetic drama
- comedy of errors
- a comedy based on fantasy
- a character play
- a revenge tragedy
- belongs to realm of dreams
Explain the use of the following property in the development of the play.
Hat
Discuss the following question after you have seen a presentation of the ‘ad’.
Why does Didi say ‘No party for me!’?
List the various people and places mentioned in the passage. The places Milo visits and the people he meets have unusual names. Write the meanings of those names.
Prepare similar word chains using the following ideas.
sunshine - warm ________________.
Gather information about your favourite great historical personality. You may use the internet. You may also gather photographs, pictures, etc. Prepare a collage using the pictures, inspirational quotes, and a brief description of the person’s importance. Hold an exhibition of your collages in the classroom.
There were no old cities left on the earth.
Find the different units of measurement mentioned in the passage and get more information about them from the internet.
Rohan and Muk entered the garden at midnight ______.
‘Unke, Munke, Timpetoo,
I wish, my wish is coming true.’
Try to compose two other funny magical chants that have rhyming lines.
Fill in the blank choosing the appropriate word/idiom from the lesson.
While arguing with his elders he had ______.
Describe the following in one or two lines.
The nest.
Read the poem and answer the following.
How would you like to eat your strawberries?
Name the following.
Did not let the passes go waste.
What are search engines?
Do you think that the young seagull’s parents were harsh to him? Why?
____________ had provided Prospero formerly with books and provisions.
Read the incident again and answer the following question.
When did the writer remember the fact that he had to buy something for Mr. Gilson?
Read the story again and write how these character reacted in these situation:
Just wait till zigzag settles down in this new home. Visu………….................………………
Aravind and Maya…….……………….
Find a sentence/word from the text which express the following.
The parent’s earlier view of the child
Read the lines and answer the questions.
Deep inside the mountain
the adventures hide themselves.
Where do adventures hide?
Read the lines and answer the questions.
There are many legends based on their heroic exploits
a legacy of tales which have been told with much adroit
- What does ‘heroic exploits’ mean?
- What are legends?
Activity
It’s fun to help out in the kitchen. You can even practice reading aloud when reading the recipe. And you can learn a little math by figuring out how to measure. Here are a few fun items to make that are “Alice” themed.
It is a problem for sea turtles to come ashore because ______.
Mithali’s mother tongue is Telugu.
The man didn’t want to get up because he was tired as he wcoas thrown into the ditch.
The boy was rather unsympathetic to his sister.
Where were the boys taken to?
Who is the wisest of all? Why?
Look at the picture and Choose the correct word.
Why should we read?
How will you treat your guest?
Match the rhyming words.
| pale | knows |
| boat | gale |
| goes | goat |
______is next to parents in care.
Tenzin’s family first lived in ______.
What happen to a child who shuts his ears?
Write about the places where the poet wants us to run.
Why did Nasruddin take someone else’s name each time he missed the target?
Replace the bold word/words with a word from the quiver and re-write the sentence –
In no time she hit the object she aimed at.
Being a bachelor, the stranger had no patience with children.
