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प्रश्न
Why was Sir Francis angry?
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उत्तर
The tickets were sold covering the distance from Bombay to Calcutta. The papers also announced the opening of the railway throughout. The papers were mistaken. So, Sir Francis was angry.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Read the following extract and complete the activities given below :
A1 Compare the old and new house and complete the table :
| Points | Old House | New House |
| Surrounding | razzle-dazzle | – |
| Size of the house | – | big |
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.
“Is a slightly smaller house not available?” she asked father, “We do not have enough curtains for this place. And the furniture seems a little inadequate. Why did they have to plan the kitchen at such a distance from the dining-room? It is like doing a route march. And who is going to help me keep this place clean and dusted?”
Her misgivings and objections were undoubtedly valid. But, seeing our crestfallen faces, she sighed and gave in. We made extravagant promises to help in the household chores. Keep our rooms tidy. Put away our toys and books. She smiled with amused disbelief, her mind already working out how many meters of curtain-cloth would be needed and so on.
A2 Complete :
Complete the following list of objections that the mother had with the new house :
(i) Inadequate _______
(ii) Do not have _______
(iii) Kitchen at a distance from _______
(iv) A very big _______
A3 Personal response:
Do you agree with the objections raised by the mother? Explain.
What is the central argument of the speaker?
Fill in the gap, choosing a word from the bracket to make an appropriate comparison.
(tall / quiet / humble / merry / busy / slippery / fast / sly / slow / big)
as ______ as a lark
Draw word webs for the following. Begin with the given word and go on writing as many other words associated with it, as you can. Use these words to write other related words to form a word web.
Read the passage and answer the following:
Who has written the book?
What is meant by browsing or surfing?
Choose a word that has at least four letters in it. Imagine that it is a short form. Write the name /phrase /words it stands for.
For example, STEP : Sunday and Thursday Evening Programmes.
Read the lines and answer the question given below.
Here is a child who clambers and scrambles,
All by himself and gathering brambles;
- Where do you think the child is?
- What does ‘gathering brambles’ mean?
Replace the bold word/words with a word from the quiver and re-write the sentence –
The teacher said something about his good handwriting. He felt very happy.
Who agreed to help Helen?
