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प्रश्न
Which word in the extract means, ‘holes’?
विकल्प
Mounds
Meadows
Nests
Burrows
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उत्तर
Burrows
संबंधित प्रश्न
Discuss these question in class with your teacher and then write down your answer
in two or three paragraphs .
Kezia’s efforts to please her father resulted in displeasing him very much. How did this
happen?
Can you think of some other ending for the story?
Pick out word from the text that mean the same as the following word or expression. (Look in the paragraph indicated.)
a strong desire arising from within : _________
(a) Given below are five lines from a poem but they are not in the right order.
Get into groups of four. Read the lines and put them in the right order. Read the version that you develop to the whole class.
| The voice of thunder declares my arrival. |
| I emerge from the heart of the sea. |
| I descend and embrace the flowers. |
| I am dotted silver threads dropped from heaven. |
| The rainbow announces my departure. |
(b) Who is ‘I’ in these lines?
(c) Imagining yourself as the subject of this poem, write five lines about yourself in less than five minutes.
You may like to
- define yourself
- state what you do
- explain why people like/dislike you
- mention any other characteristic about yourself
The black man's face bespoke revenge
As the fire passed from his sight.
For all he saw in his stick of wood
Was a chance to spite the white.
The last man of this forlorn group
Did nought except for gain.
Giving only to those who gave
Was how he played the game.
Their logs held tight in death's still hands
Was proof of human sin.
They didn't die from the cold without
They died from the cold within.
Read the lines given above and answer the question that follow.
What was the obvious cause of their deaths ?
Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!)
Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace,
And saw, within the moonlight in his room,
Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom,
An angel writing in a book of gold:-
Read the lines given above and answer the following question.
What did Ben Adhem see one night in his room, when he was awakened?
What are the 'present wants'? Who is its need of I~ 'present wants'? Why?
Grandfather suggested that Timothy should be put in another cage. The reason was that
Complete the sentence below by appropriately using anyone of the following:
if you want to/if you don’t want to/if you want him to
My neighbour, Ramesh, will take you to the doctor____________________.
How did Ray communicate with him?
In what way is Pambupatti different from any other village?
(i) Like Patrick in the story ‘Who Did Patrick’s Homework’, Taro is helped by magic. Do you believe in magic? What are the magical things that happen in these stories?
(ii) Which story do you like better, and why? Do you know such stories in other languages? Discuss these questions in class.
Answer the following question.
Why do you think the writer visited Miss Beam’s school?
In groups of four, discuss the following lines and their meanings.
But only words can free a thought
From its prison behind your eyes
How did Jumman and Algu get over their bitterness and become friends again?
Find out the different kinds of work done by the people in your neighbourhood. Make different cards for different kinds of work. You can make the card colourful with pictures of the persons doing the work.
Who was the bearded man?
Based on the following points write a story.
- Your aunt has gone to her mother’s house.
- Your uncle does his cooking.
- He is absent-minded.
- He puts vegetables on stove
- He begins to clean his bicycle outside.
- The neighbour calls out saying something is burning.
- Your uncle rushes to the kitchen.
- To save vegetables, he puts some oil in them.
- Unfortunately, it’s machine oil, not cooking oil.
- What do you think happens to the vegetables?
Begin like this: Last month my aunt decided to visit her parents...
Complete the following sentence by providing a reason.
In Act V Scene viii of the play Macbeth, Macbeth initially refuses to fight Macduff because ______.
In what ways does the speaker’s cultural background clash with the landlady’s expectations in the poem Telephone Conversation? Write your answer in 100-150 words incorporating the following details.
- The speaker’s conversation with the landlady
- The undertones of racial and colour bias in the conversation
