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प्रश्न
What are the articles the writer forgets most often?
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उत्तर
The writer forgets books, umbrellas, and walking sticks most often.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
We use various sports equipment to play different indoor and outdoor games. Now, associate the following sports equipment with their corresponding sports or games.
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spear, racket, pawns, puck, stump, bow & arrow, club, oar, striker, sabre, dice, baton |
Discuss and share your views with the class on the following.
Is forgetfulness a result of carelessness or preoccupation?
What does Lynd actually wonder at?
What is the commonest type of forgetfulness, according to Lynd?
What does the author mean when he says the letter in his pocket leads an unadventurous life?
Who are the citizens of ‘dreamland’? Why?
When does human memory work with less than its usual capacity?
How do the chemists make fortunes out of the medicines people forget to take?
Will you sympathize or ridicule someone who is intensely forgetful? Write an essay justifying your point of view.
We found a ______of biscuits in the old man’s shirt ______. (pocket/packet)
What kind of excuses did the narrator think he could make?
How does the Narrator show the presence of mind in the sudden turn of events?
The narrator visited the sale-room as he ______.
“And I got it.” Here ‘it’ refers to the ______.
What is the difference between a physical and mental tight corner?
The narrator could not pretend to have made a mistake in bidding. Why?
What was the bidder’s offer to the narrator?
How did the narrator take advantage of the situation?
Form a meaningful summary of the lesson by rewriting the numbers in the correct sequence:
| a) The narrator had only 63 pounds with him and did not know how to manage the situation. | |
| b) The narrator thought of all his relations from whom he could borrow. | |
| c) Unfortunately he had made the highest bid. | |
| d) The narrator entered Christie’s as his friend persuaded him to visit the saleroom. | |
| e) Every time someone else made a higher bid and the narrator was not caught. | |
| f) The narrator on a sudden impulse added 50 more guineas, to the amount offered. | |
| g) His friend joined him then but left immediately unable to control his laughter. | |
| h) He even thought of borrowing from moneylenders and considered the possibility of confessing the truth to the staff at Christie’s. | |
| i) The picture was declared sold to the narrator. | |
| j) After some time a picture was put up and a bid for 4000 guineas was raised. | |
| k) A sudden stroke of luck befell the narrator when he heard that the gent who had made the bid of 4000 guineas would offer him the additional 50 guineas and buy the picture. | |
| l) The narrator kept bidding just for fun. | |
| m) The picture was given away to the other bidder and the narrator was saved from humiliation. | |
| n) His friend had left the place roaring with laughter at the narrator’s predicament. | |
| o) The narrator was quite happy at the offer but demanded 100 guineas instead of the 50. Now there was no need for him to make any payment. |
Explain how the narrator got out of the tight corner that he was in.
Discuss this aspect with your partner and share your views on how students can give back to society.
How does the speaker highlight the importance of giving back to the society?
Give a few instances of Bryson’s confused acts.
Describe the fluttery cascade of things tumbling from the bag.
What happened to Bryson when he leaned to tie his shoelace?
What was Bryson’s worst accident on a plane?
How would staying away from liquid mischief benefit Bryson?
As a fellow passenger of Bill Bryson on the flight, make a diary entry describing his clumsy behaviour during the trip and the inconveniences caused to others as a result of his nervousness.
