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प्रश्न
Why do we make swings on trees?
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उत्तर
Swinging is an exercise that feels you with a great joy and energises you. Swinging on the branches of a tree is more interesting than any other swings, because it gives fresh air too.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Answer the following question in one or two sentences.
Why was Kezia afraid of her father?
Go to the local library or talk to older persons in your locality and find legends in your own language. Tell the class these legends.
Has Lushkoff become a beggar by circumstance or by choice?
We notice lots of details about people and their appearance, but in order to
vividly describe them , we need to be specific.
Working in pairs, look carefully at the people around you and complete the
table with appropriate words from the box given on the next page. You may
add words of your own to describe people.

| angular | close-cropped | well-tailored | well-tailored casual | stocky |
| elegant | unshaven | ill-fitting | formal | lanky |
| bearded | sloppy | medium | petite | hefty |
| balding | slim | plaited | thick | round |
| open | friendly | wavy | long | receding |
| over weight | sharp-featured |
| A | B | C | D | |
| Face | ||||
| Hair | ||||
| Dress | ||||
| Build |
Old Kaspar took it from the boy,
Who stood expectant by;
And then the old man shook his head,
And,with a natural sigh,
"Tis some poor fellow's skull," said he,
"Who fell in the great victory.
"I find them in the garden,
For there's many here about;
And often when I go to plough,
The ploughshare turns them out!
For many thousand men,"said he,
"Were slain in that great victory."
Read the lines given above and answer the question that follow.
What words show that there were many such skulls to be found there?
The athletes had come from all over the country
To run for the gold, for the silver and bronze
Many weeks and months of training
All coming down to these games.
The spectators gathered around the old field
To cheer on all the young women and men
The final event of the day was approaching
Excitement grew high to begin.
Read the lines given above and answer the following question:
Explain with reference to context.
An old man with steel rimmed spectacles and very dusty clothes sat by the side of the road. There was a pontoon bridge across the river and carts, trucks, and men, women and children were crossing it. The mule-drawn carts staggered up the steep bank from the bridge with soldiers helping push against the spokes of the wheels. The trucks ground up and away heading out of it all and the peasants plodded along in the ankle deep dust. But the old man sat there without moving. He was too tired to go any farther.
Read the extract given below and answer the question that follow.
What does the reference to the old man in the beginning and the end of the passage indicate?
How should we view the past and the future? what advice does the past give in this context?
The author felt sorry for complaining about his boots. What made him feel so?
What made Ray think the visitor was not really a shopper?
Why was the monkey happy/unhappy?
How does the author define ‘sleep’?
What happens when the adults give too many instructions to their children?
Why do the fathers find trees useful?
Who do you think or understand what the talking fan wished to convey?
What did Miss Beam teach the children at her school?
Answer the question.
What do you think these phrases from the poem mean?Punished in the corner.
Write True or False against the following statement.
Radha’s mother enjoys doing things with her.
Can there be a good reason behind speaking when everybody else is silent?
