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प्रश्न
Which language do you use to talk to elderly relatives in your family?
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उत्तर
I speak in Hindi to talk to the elderly relatives in my family.
(A model answer has been provided for students' reference. It is strongly recommended that students prepare the answer on their own.)
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संबंधित प्रश्न
A1. True or False
State whether the following statements are true or false:
(1) The author's new house was situated at Bangalore.
(2) The writer was delighted because their new house, was the biggest they ever lived.
One of the advantages of growing up in an Army household was the frequency with which we moved. 'Postings' came with predictable regularity every three years. What was unpredictable and therefore exciting was the suspense. Where would we go this time? Ambala, Pune, Dehradun, Allahabad, Tejpur, Bangalore, Yo! ............ In my short span of thirteen years we had moved lock. stock and barrel eleven times!
Every move meant change. New journeys, new places, new schools, my new books, new uniforms, new friends and new houses. We lived in tents, bashas, Nissen huts, flats and bungalows. No matter what the shape and size of the dwelling, mother soon put her own special stamp on it and transformed it into a familiar place - our home - complete with bright yellow-curtains, coffee-brown carpet, assorted pictures, hanging ferns and potted palms - providing a comforting sense of continuity in our essentially nomadic life.
I was thirteen, the year we moved to the Cantonment at Allahabad. In stark contrast to the razzle-dazzle of the city's commercial areas like Katra and Chowk, the Cantonment was a quiet, orderly place with broad tree-lined roads that still carried the names of long-dead Britishers. Our bungalow was on a sleepy by-lane called MacPherson Road. When we first saw it, my brothers and I were delighted. It was by far the biggest house we had ever lived in. The task of furnishing those huge, echoing rooms daunted Mother.
A2. Complete
a. The broad tree-lined roads were named after.............................
b. Katra and Chowk are .............................
c. Mother was daunted with the task of................................. .
d. The suspense was exciting because the posting was.........................
A3. Personal response
What do you think are the problems faced by those who change households frequently.
Who was Selden? Why was he on the moor?
What has the camera captured?
'Have you come back?' said the woman.'I thought that no one had come back.'
Does this statement give some clue about the story? If yes, what is it?
Examine the communication channels in the story between Paul and his mother.
How is humour employed to comment on the pains that the author took to get his watch set right.
What does the line 'I never writ, nor no man ever loved' imply?
Discuss in pairs
Ruskin's insistence on looking intensely at words, and assuring oneself of meaning, syllable by syllable – nay, letter by letter.
The poem is a satire against the present political class. How effectively does it convey the anger and anguish of the common man trapped in the system?
Find from the poem, positive qualities to fill up the web.
Name the world-famous personality who reached great heights despite of humble circumstances.
Answer in your own words.
What explanation did he give to the fellow-pilgrim for his thoughtful deed?
Pick out words that refer to ‘means of living’ and fill them in the Web.
(profession/recreation/occupation/job/ pastime/employment/hobby/career/entertainment/mission/trade/buisness/sports/retirement/placement)
Using a good dictionary, find the shade of difference in the following:
‘Profession’ refers to ____________
Find from the library or internet other poems composed on tiny living creatures. Try to understand the message in each of them.
State whether the following statement is True or False. Correct the false statement by finding evidence from the poem to support your remark.
The poet repents planting the cherry tree.
Read different stories about intelligent ministers of kings, whose judgments helped to bring about law and order in society. For example - Birbal, Tenalirama, etc. Write 5 such stories in your notebook.
Fill in the gaps in the table of Degrees of Comparison.
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| (1) | ____________ | ____________ | oldest |
| (2) | ____________ | healthier | ____________ |
| (3) | near | ____________ | ____________ |
| (4) | ____________ | finer | ____________ |
| (5) | ____________ | ____________ | earliest |
| (6) | small | ____________ | ____________ |
| (7) | ____________ | faster | ____________ |
| (8) | high | ____________ | ____________ |
Expand the idea inherent in the following proverb :
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread - Alexander Pope.
Say WHY. . . . . .
Ramanujan had to be hospitalized.
Ask your parents to show you TV programs on animals, wildlife and conservation on channels like the following:
DD National, National Geographic, Discovery, and Animal Planet.
List five of your favourite Hindi or Marathi poems or songs. Try to translate any one of them into English.
Visit a library:
Read the biographies of other Indian Saints. Share at least one story from their life with your friends. What message does it contain?
Who do you think benefits most from commercial advertisements?
Think carefully for a minute.
Jog your memory and recall all the things/objects on which you have seen wheels. Write them down
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.
Prepare similar word chains using the following ideas.
waterbody - pool ____________.
Find and read other poems of R. L. Stevenson using the internet. Find other rhythmic poems about trains, in English, or other languages.
Find one example of the following given below from the poem: Simile.
Pick out from the poem, two lines each that reflect an optimistic (positive) attitude and pessimistic (negative) attitude.
Optimism :
- ______
- ______
Pessimism :
- ______
- ______
Read the poem and answer the following.
Which strawberries are sweeter?
Write some more expressions like ‘hundreds of’. Expand each expression.
Example, ‘Hundreds of children in the school.’
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…….……………….
Write the name of the toys against each picture.
“Was it just the wind?”– What do you think Usha thought it was? Why?
Read the comic strip and answer the following question.
Which website do you often access? Why?
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.
When should we have courage?
What are the characteristics of a courageous man?
What did Grandmother feel about trees growing in the house?
What does the tamarind give?
Read the questions related to the three sports stars you have read about and tick the appropriate boxes.
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| 1. Who won the Olympic 2016 silver medal in badminton? | |||
| 2. Who is the role model for her siblings? | |||
| 3. Whose mother tongue is Tamil? | |||
| 4. Whose attitude is 'never-say-die spirit'? | |||
| 5. Which player works in the Police Department? | |||
| 6. Which player holds the record for the highest individual score in cricket? |
Geetha madam couldn’t stop the children running out of the train because they ______.
The war between the two kingdoms ended in peace.
Work in pair, find answer for the question and share in the class.
What does the summer bring?
What did Nilavan see through the window?
Match the following.
| cuckoo | blows |
| breeze | sings |
| river | swims |
| fish | flows |
________ was a young talented doctor.
Who asked the Robot to charge the phone?
Choose the odd one out.
Why did everyone ridicule the boy?
______is good at cooking.
Write the rhyming word.
one
How did they go to school?
Anbu was a ________ old boy.
Leafcutter ants drink______.
What does Amma often say?
Keep moving though your progress is ______.
Which creatures wake up in the morning before the child does?
Pick out word which mean the same as
keep a check on (para 3)
