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प्रश्न
What was the happiest time of the day for grandmother?
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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.
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Besides being an amusing tale about a failure to communicate the story “A Horse and Two Goats” makes some crucial points also. Justify.
Make a critical appreciation of the short story, “A Horse and Two Goats,” by R.K. Narayan.
Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in brackets. Do not copy the passage, but write in correct serial order the word or phrase appropriate to the blank space.
Example:
(0) He had been (0) ……… (sit) on the bank of a small irrigation canal.
Answer: sitting
He was (1) ………. (gaze) at a couple of herons (2) ……… (fish) in the muddy water, when he (3) ……… (feel) something bumps his elbow. (4) ……… (look) around, he (5) ………. (find) at his side a little goat, jet black and soft as velvet with lovely grey eyes. Neither her owner nor her mother (6) ……… (be) around. She continued to (7) ……… (nudge) Mukesh, so he (8) ……… (look) in his pocket for nourishment.
‘Catamaran’ is a kind of a boat. Do you know which Indian language this word is derived from? Check the dictionary.
Notice the following sentence patterns.
I am the Poem of Earth, said the voice of the rain.
Rewrite the above sentences in prose.
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Based on the text enact your own version of the play. Work in pairs.
Now write a paragraph or two about these two stories, comparing them.
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Cyril
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______ do you like best in the school – games, art or music?
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Use the option to fill in the blank.
The children ______ happy.
Answer the question by looking at the picture.
Example: What is happening in picture 5?
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Explain the following phrase selected from the story in your own word and work with a partner to make sentence using these phrase:
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Write the full form for the following.
who's - ______
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