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तामिळनाडू बोर्ड ऑफ सेकेंडरी एज्युकेशनएस.एस.एल.सी. (इंग्रजी माध्यम) इयत्ता १०

And now, if you will set us to our task, We will serve you four and twenty hours a day! - English

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And now, if you will set us to our task,
We will serve you four and twenty hours a day!

Open conditional clause is used in the given line. Why is the future tense ‘will set’ and ‘will serve’ used both in the ‘if clause’ and in the main clause?’

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उत्तर

The future tense is used in both the clauses because the people do not make use of the machines properly and maintain them correctly. So the poet stresses that if they are set to their work properly, they will work perfectly.

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पाठ 5.2: The Secret of the Machines - Exercise [पृष्ठ १५०]

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सामाचीर कलवी English Class 10 SSLC TN Board
पाठ 5.2 The Secret of the Machines
Exercise | Q A. 10. c. | पृष्ठ १५०

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

The summer of life she's ready to see in spring.
She says, "Spring will come again, my dear
Let me care for the ones who're near.”

What does the word summer mean here?


How are today's women portrayed by the poet? 


A woman is beauty innate,
A symbol of power and strength.
She puts her life at stake,
She's real, she's not fake!

Add another word that rhymes with it.


She's strong in her faith, firm in her belief.

Pick out other alliterated words from the poem.


Based on your understanding of the poem, read the following line and answer the question given below.

But we ants never borrow,
we ants never lend.

Why do you think ants neither borrow nor lend?


Based on your understanding of the poem, read the following line and answer the question given below.

Thus ending, he hastily lifted the wicket,
And out of the door turned the poor little cricket,

The ant refused to help the cricket. Why?


Based on your understanding of the poem, complete the summary using the phrases given below.

In this narrative poem, the poet brings out the idea that is essential for every creature. He conveys this message to the readers through a story of __________ The ant spends all its summer saving __________. The cricket __________ happily in the summer. He __________ anything for the winter. When winter comes, he is worried that his __________ is empty. So, he seeks the help of the ant to have __________ and a __________ to stay. The cricket was even prepared to repay it in the future. The ant made it clear that ants __________. He also enquired the cricket if it had saved anything when the weather was fine. The cricket answered that it had sung day and night enjoying__________. The ant threw the

cricket out and stated in a stern voice it should dance in the winter season too. In his concluding lines, the poet affirms that this is not __________ but it is true and applicable to __________ also.


‘Some crickets have four legs and some have two’. Elucidate this statement from the poet’s point of view.


And a thousandth of an inch to give us play.
Which of the following do the machines want to prove from this line?


Read the given lines and answer the questions given below.

Rumors are constantly being made,
And each day the house just begins to fade.
What happened inside that house?

  1. Does the house remain the same every day?
  2. How does the poet consider the house to be a mystery?

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