Balbharati solutions for इंग्लिश कुमारभारती [अंग्रेजी] कक्षा १० महाराष्ट्र राज्य बोर्ड chapter 2.2 - Three Questions [Latest edition]

Expressions in English classified under different heads.

Pair up with your partner, guess and match the columns. (Use a dictionary.)

Read the polite request/suggestion and complete the gaps in the responses. Make sure they are polite and not repeated.

Read the polite request/suggestion and complete the gaps in the responses. Make sure they are polite and not repeated.

Read the polite request/suggestion and complete the gaps in the responses. Make sure they are polite and not repeated.

Read the polite request/suggestion and complete the gaps in the responses. Make sure they are polite and not repeated.

Read the polite request/suggestion and complete the gaps in the responses. Make sure they are polite and not repeated.

Read the polite request/suggestion and complete the gaps in the responses. Make sure they are polite and not repeated.

Let’s see if you remember a nursery rhyme you must have sung, as a kid:

Fill in the missing words:

‘The time to be happy is ______
The ______ to be happy is here.
And the way to be ______, is to ______ someone
happy And have a little ______ right here!’

(happy, make, heaven, now, place)
(You can listen to this song on the internet.)

Read the story and answer whether the following statement is true or false.

The people convinced the King to make a proclamation.

Read the story and answer whether the following statement is true or false.

The hermit spoke usually to everyone.

Read the story and answer whether the following statement is true or false.

The King received all answers from the hermit.

Read the story and answer whether the following statement is true or false.

The person the King saved and helped was his enemy.

Read the story and answer whether the following statement is true or false.

To do good to people is the purpose of our life.

Match the titles with the contents of the proper paragraph.

The character traits of the king and hermit are mixed up. Sort them out in the right box.

Complete the Tree diagram associated with the happening in the story.

Complete the Tree diagram associated with the happening in the story.

Complete the Tree diagram associated with the happening in the story.

Complete the Tree diagram associated with the happenings in the story.

Write down in your notebook two points for the following. 

How do you know the learned advisers who came to the court confused the king?

Write down in your notebook two points for the following. 

How do you know the king was humble?

Write down in your notebook two points for the following. 

How do you know the king’s enemy was repentant?

Write down in your notebook two points for the following. 

How do you know the hermit was truly wise?

“Varied” (Paragraph-3) means ______.

Many learned people came to the court and gave ______.

The synonym of ‘convinced’ is ______.

The King wanted to know the ______ time to begin everything.

‘‘I pray you to answer my question.’’ Here, ‘pray’ means ______.

Choose an adverb that collocates with “breathed ______.

The learned people were sometimes divided in their opinions, different persons giving quite different answers; at other times, none of them gave an answer. They all suggested ways to look for an answer. Point out one example of each.

Though the hermit did not say anything to the king for some time, he did not ignore the king or treat him rudely in any way. Do you agree? What evidence of his politeness can you point out? What shows that he listened and responded to the king’s words?

The hermit ‘spoke only to common people’; so the king ‘put on simple clothes’. Do you think the king hoped to be mistaken for a common man, or was he just showing that he was a humble person? What shows that the hermit knew him to be the king?

Did the king behave as an ordinary person, rather than as a ruler, at the hermit’s hut? What shows it? Did he also act as a good, kind person? When did he do so?

Do you think the hermit knew, beforehand, not only about the king’s arrival but about the ambush by his enemy? Think a little about this and say what you really feel.

Consider this list of the different things that happened and rearrange them in the order of time, that is, what happened first, what happened next, and so on. Read the related paragraph again if you are uncertain.

1. The bearded man resolved to kill the king.
2. The king went alone to see the hermit.
3. The king executed the bearded man’s brother.
4. The king spent the night at the hermit’s hut.
5. The bearded man laid an ambush to kill the king.
6. The king’s bodyguards recognised and wounded the bearded man.
7. The bearded man came out of the ambush.

Read the story in your own language, summarize the following aspect of the story in 4 to 5 lines in your own language. Write it in your notebook. 

King’s problem

Read the story in your own language, summarize the following aspect of the story in 4 to 5 lines in your own language. Write it in your notebook. 

Attempts made to find a solution

Read the story in your own language, summarize the following aspect of the story in 4 to 5 lines in your own language. Write it in your notebook. 

Climax

Read the story in your own language, summarize the following aspect of the story in 4 to 5 lines in your own language. Write it in your notebook. 

Solution

Read the story in your own language, summarize the following aspect of the story in 4 to 5 lines in your own language. Write it in your notebook. 

Message

The following compound word from the story are spelt in a jumbled order. Rearrange the letters to make the word meaningful.

a r e e t u k d n 

The following compound words from the story are spelled in a jumbled order. Rearrange the letters to make them meaningful.

y o n n a e

The following compound words from the story are spelled in a jumbled order. Rearrange the letters to make them meaningful.

s t a p s i e m

The following compound words from the story are spelled in a jumbled order. Rearrange the letters to make them meaningful.

d u b g y r o a d

The following compound words from the story are spelled in a jumbled order. Rearrange the letters to make them meaningful.

f r a w e r a

The following compound words from the story are spelled in a jumbled order. Rearrange the letters to make them meaningful.

h e e d a r f o n b

The following compound words from the story are spelled in a jumbled order. Rearrange the letters to make them meaningful.

h e i l n e w a m

The following compound words from the story are spelled in a jumbled order. Rearrange the letters to make them meaningful.

n e v h i g r e t y

From the story, find the collocation of the following.

............ important.

From the story, find the collocation of the following.

............. intently

From the story, find the collocation of the following.

frail and .........

From the story, find the collocation of the following.

widely ..........

From the story, find the collocation of the following.

.......... time

From the story, find the collocation of the following.

......... blood

From the story, find the collocation of the following.

simple ..........

From the story, find the collocation of the following.

......... closed

From the story, find the collocation of the following.

.......... asleep

From the story, find the collocation of the following.

.......... peace.

Say whether the Verbs underlined in the sentence are finite (limited by the number or person of the subject) or non-finite (not governed by the subject, number or person).

He decides to go to a hermit.

Say whether the Verbs underlined in the sentence are finite (limited by the number or person of the subject) or non-finite (not governed by the subject, number or person).

I have come to you, wise hermit.

Say whether the Verbs underlined in the sentence are finite (limited by the number or person of the subject) or non-finite (not governed by the subject, number or person).

He gave the reward to none.

Say whether the Verbs underlined in the sentence are finite (limited by the number or person of the subject) or non-finite (not governed by the subject, number or person).

The hermit was digging the ground.

Say whether the Verbs underlined in the sentence are finite (limited by the number or person of the subject) or non-finite (not governed by the subject, number or person).

I pray for you to answer my questions.

Say whether the Verbs underlined in the sentence are finite (limited by the number or person of the subject) or non-finite (not governed by the subject, number or person).

“Forgive me.”

Say whether the Verbs underlined in the sentence are finite (limited by the number or person of the subject) or non-finite (not governed by the subject, number or person).

The sun began to sink.

Narrate an experience of your own that has helped you to realise that ‘Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.’ Write it in your notebook, in about 20 lines.

After reading this story, develop a dialogue with 2 of your classmates about the characters in the story. Besides the tactful introduction to the conversation and write 8 to 10 sets of dialogues.

From the library or Internet, read the story ‘How much land does a man need?’ by Leo Tolstoy and write a review of the same, covering the following points.

• Background of the story
• Characters
• Plot/Theme
• Climax
• Message/Moral