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Why do accidents usually happen in the playground? Give your own examples and explain

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Why do accidents usually happen in the playground? Give your own examples and explain

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Accidents happen in the field. Once a pole vault champion was in the mid-air. The pole he was ‘ using to jump suddenly snapped. More than 3.5 million children in the age group .of 5-14 years get hurt annually playing sports or participating in some recreating activity. In rough games such as football, children even get brain injuries. Such accidents happen because athletes who involve in brave acts throw caution to winds and do dare-devil adventures like skiing in deadly valleys and mountain tops.

Fencing causes sword injury. In Tamil Nadu, a boy lost his eyesight, due to an accident in fencing. Boxing is the worst game that evinces damages to the chin, skull, jaws, etc. Muhammad Ali the legendary boxer, made holes in the skull of an opponent boxer with his technical hits. Jallikattu sports cause fatal injuries. I have seen young men gored to death by charging bulls. Ankle gets sprained when a long jumper lands on the sand in an awkward manner. Chronic injuries are caused when sportsmen over-stretch their muscles. Some athletes in my class went for a 400 m dash without any practice. Just before the finish line, they had cramps and fell down with great pain. If one decides to become a sports person he must do regular practice to avoid or overcome sports injuries.

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अध्याय 2.2: Confessions of a Born Spectator - Exercises [पृष्ठ ५६]

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सामाचीर कलवी English Class 11 TN Board
अध्याय 2.2 Confessions of a Born Spectator
Exercises | Q 8. a. | पृष्ठ ५६

संबंधित प्रश्न

Guess what friendly words these two gentlemen exchange when shaking hands.


Read the line given below and answer the question that follow.

‘But now they only laugh with their teeth, While their ice-block-cold eyes…’

  1. Who are ‘they’?
  2. Explain: ice-block-cold eyes
  3. Identify the figure of speech used here.

This poem is nothing but a criticism of modern life. Justify this statement.


Read the lines given below and answer the question that follow.

And ‘tis my faith that every flower

Enjoys the air it breathes…

  1. What is the poet’s faith?
  2. What trait of Nature do we see here?

Read the lines given below and answer the question that follow.

If this belief from heaven be sent,

If such be Nature’s holy plan.

  1. What does ‘heaven’ refer to?
  2. Why does the poet call it ‘holy’?

Explain the following line with reference to the context in about four to five sentence each.

In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts

Bring sad thoughts to the mind.


A French proverb goes thus: ‘The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry.’ You may have observed that all animals possess a number of unique qualities. Fill in the columns with words and phrases associated with each of the following animals.

DOG CAT WOLF ELEPHANT
       
       
       
       
       

People admire some of these animal qualities. What are they? Have you noticed some of them in yourself or in others? Share your views with the class.


Who does the Secret Service suspect when a loss is reported?


Give an account of Macavity’s destructive mischief.


Read the given lines and answer the question that follow.

Macavity’s a Mystery Cat: he’s called the Hidden Paw…

  1. Does the poet talk about a real cat?
  2. Why is he called the Hidden Paw?

Read the given lines and answer the question that follow.

For he’s a fiend in feline shape, a monster of depravity

  1. How is the cat described in this line?
  2. Explain the phrase ‘monster of depravity’.

Read the given lines and answer the question that follow.

And his footprints are not found in any file of Scotland Yard’s.

  1. What seems to be a challenge for the Scotland Yard?
  2. Why do they need his footprints?

Read the given lines and answer the question that follow.

‘It must have been Macavity!’ but he’s a mile away.

  1. What is Macavity blamed for?
  2. Where is he?

Read the given lines and answer the question that follow.

There never was a Cat of such deceitfulness and suavity.

  1. Which cat is being talked of here?
  2. How is he different from the rest?

Explain the following line with reference to the context.

And his footprints are not found in any file of Scotland Yard’s


Identify the following personalities and their fields of achievement.

  Name Field
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  1. Mention a remarkable achievement of any of these personalities.
  2. What quality do you admire the most in each of these achievers?
  3. What are the qualities that you may share with them?
  4. Name a few more popular personalities who have made our nation proud.
  1. ______.
  2. ______.
  3. ______.
  4. ______.

Read the given line and answer the question that follow.

Defeat we repel, courage our fort;

  1. How do we react to defeat?
  2. Which is considered as our stronghold?

Creative Activity

  • Write eight words you associate with success.
  • Use the words to write eight lines that mean success to you or how success makes you feel.
  • Arrange your lines into a poem.
  • Share your poem with the class and post a copy on the notice board.

Discuss the following topics in groups of five and choose a representative to sum up the views and share them with the class.

To succeed in life, one must have a single-minded devotion to duty.


Discuss the following topic in groups of five and choose a representative to sum up the view and share them with the class.

Successful people neither brood over the past nor worry about the future.


Fill in the blank with appropriate word from the box and complete the statement suitably:

The business woman wished to ______all her riches to an orphanage, after her death.


Complete the passage given below, with suitable words from the box:

Lima, a (a)______and (b)______woman, kept (c)______at her colleagues and went on taxing them with hard labour. Though they were (d) ______to her, she being their head, they were offended and filled with (e)______. It so happened, that Lima was (f)______from her high position due to a serious blunder she had committed. Lima, having lost all her (g)______and glory, realized how arrogant she had been. She gave up her pride and with (h)______sought an apology from everyone. She thus turned over a new leaf and bid (i)______to them.

farewell ceremonious deposed
reverence vain pomp
conceited sorrow scoffing

Explain the following line with reference to the context in about 5 to 8 line:

All murdered – for within the hollow crown

That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court, …”


Explain the following line with reference to the context in about 5 to 8 line:

“Comes at the last, and with a little pin

Bores through his castle wall, and farewell king!”


Working with your partner, discuss the following adages and share your views with the class. You may need to give your ideas and justify your point of view. Remember to take turns while making your presentation/short speech.

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown


Read the poem once again carefully and identify the figure of speech that has been used in each of the following line from the poem:

“Let’s talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs;

Make dust our paper, and with rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth’’.


Based on your reading of King Richard’s speech, answer the following questions in about 100 - 150 words each. You may add your own ideas if required to present and justify your point of view.

Who does the future generations remember easily - the victor or the vanquished? Give reasons. Also, cite relevant references from King Richard’s speech.


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