हिंदी
तमिलनाडु बोर्ड ऑफ सेकेंडरी एज्युकेशनएचएससी विज्ञान कक्षा ११

What was the happiest time of the day for grandmother? - English

Advertisements
Advertisements

प्रश्न

What was the happiest time of the day for grandmother?

टिप्पणी लिखिए
Advertisements

उत्तर

Half an hour in the afternoon, grandma devoted her time to feeding sparrows. That half-an-hour was the happiest time of the day for grandmother.

shaalaa.com
Writing Skills
  क्या इस प्रश्न या उत्तर में कोई त्रुटि है?
अध्याय 1.1: The Portrait of a Lady - Exercises [पृष्ठ ५]

APPEARS IN

सामाचीर कलवी English Class 11 TN Board
अध्याय 1.1 The Portrait of a Lady
Exercises | Q 1. g. | पृष्ठ ५

संबंधित प्रश्न

“The best things in life come free”. Write for or against the statement. 


In the following items, sentence A is complete, while sentence B is not. Complete sentence B, making it as similar as possible to sentence A.  Write sentence B.

(A) No other planet is as big as Jupiter.
(B) Jupiter ............................................................................... 


Do you consider the title apt?


Why did the men keep back their sticks?


Why does the poet say I gazed and gazed but a little thought / what wealth that show to me had brought?


Explain the following:
They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude;


What is the implied meaning of “his bars of rage” in the poem “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”?


Fill in the blank with an appropriate word:     

The cyclist rode quickly ______ the path. 


Notice the following sentence patterns.

Eternal I rise

Rewrite the above sentences in prose.


You have not received your Roll Number card for the Class XII examination. Write a letter to the Registrar, Examination Branch, CBSE asking for it.


Write a letter to the President, Residents’ Welfare Association of your locality suggesting some measures that could be taken for solving the problem of water scarcity and conserving water.


Try to write four lines of poetry or four sentences of prose with one of these as the starting point.


How did the narrator learn to distinguish between 'a flask' and 'a thermos'?


Give reasons for the following.

Srinath’s disappointment with Satyajit.


Make a short list of things you find difficult to do. For example:

turning a somersault

threading a needle

Compare your list with the others in the class. Can you explain why you find these things difficult to do?


Write in 100 words what the cherry tree in the poem symbolises.


You have noticed that many of your classmates are not interested in outdoor games or participating in co-curricular activities. Discuss some ways in which they will be encouraged to participate in activities.


Write what you think about the following thoughts and actions of Mathilde :

Mathilde told her friend about the lost necklace.


Answer the following question :

How does fear lead us to error?


If you are asked to choose from any one of these toys which one do you choose? Give reasons. (plastic toys, wooden toys, clay toys, metallic toys)


Write about yourself using the following expressions (do you play in the park, go to bed late, fuss over food, study hard, etc.?)

always frequently usually
often sometimes rarely

For example - I always do my work neatly.

  1. ____________
  2. ____________
  3. ____________
  4. ____________
  5. ____________

In the sentence below the capital letter, comma, full stop and question mark are missing. Put these in the correct place.

the tailor went to the market mr singh


Write a few lines on Mithoo and his little dog named Shadow.


Lack of adequate financial resources and sponsorships often affect sportspersons. How is this evident from Mary Kom’s life?


Why did his travel companion curse and mutter?


Complete the summary of the play, choosing the appropriate words from the list given below the passage.

A number of patients wait at the (1) ______of a dentist’s clinic. Everybody is tensed at the thought of a painful (2) ______being extracted. One of the women is bent on showing everyone her (3) ______. After the arrival of the dentist, Joe, the first (4) ______is called in. Sometime later, the nurse comes out and goes in with a (5) ______. Everyone is (6) ______at this, imagining Joe being subjected to a lot of hammering in the process of his tooth being pulled out. Once again the nurse comes out to fetch a large pair of (7) ______and later on she takes in a (8) ______. A little boy confesses that he pretended to have (9) ______, because he did not wish to go to school. The loud (10) ______and screeching from within the room makes everyone leave the (11) ______, one by one. Finally there are only two women in the waiting room, one of them being Joe’s wife. She weeps (12) ______about her husband. But Joe comes out and explains that he had shifted his (13) ______to the evening and had been given some pills for the pain. After they leave, the dentist comes out and locates the key of his tool (14) ______. He had been trying to open it using the hammer, the pliers and the hacksaw only in vain. The woman with the photographs is surprised to see that the (15) ______had moved quickly and she was the next patient to go in.

hammer patient
hacksaw cabinet
frightened queue
worried waiting room
pliers tooth
photographs clinic
toothache sawing
appointment  

Installing a computer

The description of installing a computer in your study room is given in the form of jumbled sentences. Rearrange the sentences in the right order and form a coherent paragraph.

1. Once you connect the CPU, connect the keyboard and mouse.
2. Before turning on the power, check that all parts are connected to the CPU.
3. First, open the box and take out the computer parts.
4. Plug both the computer and the monitor with a power cord.
5. Set the computer on a table or flat surface.
6. Finally, turn on the power.

Imagine a situation where you get an opportunity to change one thing in your school. What would it be? Why do you want to change it? How would you bring about the change?


Prepare a tourist leaflet for a historical place or a hill station using the following points.

  • Place
  • Special features
  • Distance
  • How to go there
  • Accommodation
  • Food
  • Climate

What leads Mathew Arnold to tell his beloved, “Ah, love, let us be true’, in the last stanza of the poem, The Dover Beach? Write your answer in a short paragraph of 100-150 words.


Share
Notifications

Englishहिंदीमराठी


      Forgot password?
Use app×