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प्रश्न
What does the phrase ‘as if he were on needles’ mean? Can you think of another phrase with a similar meaning substituting the word ‘needles’?
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उत्तर
It means feeling very restless and uncomfortable. A similar phrase is “as if he were sitting on hot bricks.”
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Read the following extract and answer the questions given below:
If you do not get lowered in your own eyes
While you raise yourself in those of others,
If you do not give in to gossips and lies
Rather heed them not, saying, 'who bothers?'
You may be the person I am looking for.
If you crave not for praise when you win
And look not for sympathy while you lose,
If cheers let not your head toss or spin
And after a set-back, you offer no excuse,
You may be the person I and looking for.
(1) What should be your reaction towards gossips and lies?
(2) Who are your role models? Why?
(3) Give the rhyming pairs of words from the first stanza.
(4) Which line is repeated in this extract and what is its effect?
Identify the phrases and lines that indicate distance between father and son.
Locate expressions in the text reflect the Indian idiom, for example, the pride of the generations of his ancestors.
What was Uncle Williams' comment on the 'tinkerers' of the world?
How is humour employed to comment on the pains that the author took to get his watch set right.
Comment on the symbols used in ‘A Munda Song’. What aspect of the tribal worldview do they reflect?
How does the poem emphasise the physical prowess of the Hawk?
Try rewriting the lecture as a formal essay and examine Forster’s statement: 'since the novel is itself often colloquial, it may possibly withhold some of its secrets from the graver and grander streams of criticism’.
Make groups and discuss the following:
Name a few scientists/explorers/social reformers/inventors/discoverers, who spent most of their lives to find solutions to some major problems/setbacks, that mankind faced.
Make pair of sentences to show the difference between the meaning of the following Homograph from the story.
interest
In the following sentence, point out the Main Clause and Subordinate Clause. Encircle the Subordinator.
Old Behrman was a painter, who lived on the ground floor.
Justify the verdict delivered in the poem.
I can support my answer with the help of the following suitable arguments:
- _______________________
- _______________________
- _______________________
Read the following phrase and use it in a sentence of your own in proper form.
To voice something
Complete the following statements with the help of the text.
To learn about meditation, you have to see ____________________________________________________________ Watch your thinking. Do not ________________________ Do not ____________________________________ Begin to learn ______________________________ Just watch thought. Do not ____________________________________________________.
List all the words specially used in the game of Kabaddi.
Choose the odd one out :
Bottom, Moth, Mustardseed, Cobweb.
Write about one occasion when you have behaved like -
Mr. Nobody
Discuss:
Is it necessary to develop a good accent? Why? What efforts can you take to improve your pronunciation? With your teacher’s help, find out how to use online dictionaries for the purpose.
Read the following proverb that has a biblical reference.
‘Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.’ Now find at least 5 other proverbs/ axioms/quotations which convey the same message. Search the internet/dictionary of proverbs.
Discuss the following.
Abdul gets what he wants in the end. What is the major factor that contributes to this success?
Find from the Internet and write down.
Which character from the play sings this song?
Read the word. Write the words that combine to make it.
stepmother
In what season does the story take place?
Choose a suitable heading for each announcement from those given below.
(Change in School Hours, Cleanliness, Story-telling Competition, Lost and Found, Warning, Football Match)
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6 July 2015 It has been observed by the Head Boy and Head Girl that certain classes do not clean up their classrooms before leaving. If any class is found untidy and littered after school, that class will be detained the next day after school hours up to 4 pm. Please take note of this. |
2.
| Tomorrow, that is, on the 10th of July, the school will close an hour earlier, as the teachers have to attend an important P. T. A. meeting. So please inform your parents to arrange to pick you up at 2 pm instead of 3 pm. |
3.
| On Sunday, 12th July 2015 there is a football match between classes VIII and IX, on the school ground. The match will begin at 9 am. All students are invited to come and cheer their favorite team. Please come on time, so that the players are not distracted. |
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The school has organized a Story-telling Competition for Classes V, VI, and VII from 21st to 25th of July. The competition will be held in the school hall at 10 in the morning. Children may select -
Three prizes will be given for each category. The time limit is 3-5 minutes. Those who wish to participate may contact Mrs. Sanjana Mohite for other details. They must register their names with her before the 16th of July. |
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Construction work to extend the school building will start next week. All students are cautioned not to cross over the fence at the construction site. It is dangerous and may cause you injury. Please stay away from that fence. |
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| A cycle key with a blue key chain has been found on the ground. Whoever has lost it can contact the clerk Mrs. Neena Pinto and see if it belongs to him/her. |
- Form groups of 5–8. Then make pairs of groups. Decide which group will be hosts and which will be guests. Arrange mock parties in the classroom so that the roles of hosts and guests can actually be played out.
- Later on, hold groupwise discussions on how your party went. Make lists of the tips you followed and those you forgot to follow.
What conclusions did grandfather jump to when he saw the cops?
What made the reporter gaze at the author?
Why did Herman and the author slam the doors?
Read the incident again and answer the following question.
What is the humour element in the above incident?
The taxi driver took away the narrator’s suitcase.
Departure was delayed because of the author.
Read the following line from the poem and answer the question given below.
| And so it were wisest to keep our feet From wandering into Complaining Street; |
- What is the wisest thing that the poet suggests?
- What does the phrase ‘to keep our feet from wandering’ refer to?
Pick out the other examples for alliteration from the poem.
Hamid’s friends enjoyed the ride in the merry-go-round. But Hamid didn’t go on it. Why?
The parents noticed some changes in the child. What were they?
The______ of ______ are nearly run.
- soft
- vain
- fear
- joy
- love
- heard
- toiled
- mild
- good
- sand
- life
- harsh
Read the sentences and number them in correct order.
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1. He wished to have Gopal with him. |
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2. Salim felt that it should come from within. |
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| 3. He thought he wouldn’t be able to finish it. | |
| 4. The old man worked tirelessly on the sculpture. | |
| 5. He realized that Gopal must learn to carve the finer details. | |
| 6. He had a strong wish to finish it in time. | |
| 7. Over days, he felt very weak. |
Read the “Story of Self Sacrifice and Bravery” once again and complete the flow chart.
Can a courageous man be defeated? Why?
The war between the two kingdoms ended in peace.
The ________ are trying to terraform Mars.
In this story, what happened to the Earth?
The boy was rather unsympathetic to his sister.
How does it welcome all?
What did Anitha eat in the expo?
Choose the odd one out.
Look at the picture and Choose the correct word.
His father wanted him to do well in ______.
Leafcutter ants can carry leaves that weigh ______ times of their body weight.
Miss Malliga teaches _______.
Name the places that Tenzin’s family lived in.
Fill in the blank with rhyming word.
anthill- ______
What makes him fall?
The grandmother had kept the plate in memory of her ______.
What would you like to learn in school? why?
What do you think birds say to each other in the morning?
What happens when the day is over?
Who came to Akbar’s court?
What did the animals do when they saw the blue jackal?
