Advertisements
Advertisements
प्रश्न
Complete the mind map given below and write a brief summary of the story in your own words.
Advertisements
उत्तर
- Miss Meadows was upset over a letter from Basil breaking the engagement.
- She remains gloomy and irritable in class.
- She taxes the students making them sing a lament.
- She thinks of the letter from Basil as a knife piercing her heart.
- Basil seems to have deserted her.
- The girls sense her change of mpod.
- Suddenly she is called by Headmistress Miss. Wyatt.
- The headmistress gives her a telegram which asks her to forget the letter.
- Miss Meadows feels happy and returns to the class with vigour and good cheer.
A brief summary:
Miss Meadows was upset over a letter from Basil breaking the engagement. She remains gloomy and irritable in class. She taxes the students making them sing a lament. She thinks of the letter from Basil as a knife piercing her heart. Basil seems to have deserted her. Suddenly she is called by Head mistress Miss. Wyatt. The headmistress gives her a telegram which asks her to forget the letter. Miss Meadows feels happy and returns to the class with vigour and good cheer.
APPEARS IN
संबंधित प्रश्न
Write the noun forms of the following word adding −ance or −ence to it.
signify _____________
Complete the sentence below using the appropriate forms of the verbs in brackets.
I __________ (phone) you when I ________ (get) home from school.
Read the expression ‘permutation of possibility’. The consonant sound ‘P’ at beginning of the successive words creates a sonorous effect. This is an example of Alliteration. Find out more examples of Alliteration from the poem.
Read the entry about ‘voice’ in the ‘Language Study’ pages. Note that the speeches of all the boys are in the ‘active’ voice. Turn them into passive constructions.
Neel - I put the dishes in the dishwasher.
Underline the main clause in the following sentence:
One day Tegumai Bopsulai went down through the beaver-swamp to the Wagai river to spear carp-fish for dinner, and Taffy went too.
Find one example of the following punctuation mark from the story and copy the sentence in which they are used - semi-colon.
Change the meaning of the sentence by changing the preposition.
The tiger jumped into the river.
In the following sentence, the verb has two object namely Direct and Indirect object. Change each of the following sentence into two passive using a direct object as the subject in one and indirect in the other.
They offered the job to Venkat.
He took a ______ of the cake.
Unscramble the sound – describing words from the text. One has been done for you.
E.g. igeglg – giggle
| 1. | noam | |
| 2. | murebl | |
| 3. | lowh | |
| 4. | mobo | |
| 5. | cohe | |
| 6. | nogra |
This fruit is ______ the Mexican capital.
Read the list of words. Write down all the words related to those words. Create a “map” using a graphic organizer and discuss it in groups. One is done for you.
| library | building | garden | student |
| teacher | advertisement | animal | art |
Underline the conjunction in the following sentence.
Shekar is intelligent but careless.
Find any five words related to sea from the text (Sections I & II). Write them below. Then use the words to frame sentences of your own.
eg: beach – We like to play in the sandy beach.
______ - ______
______- ______
______- ______
______- ______
______- ______
Refer to a dictionary for the meanings and choose the odd one.
Tiny
Give the correct verb form for the following sentence.
He ________ (watch) movie.
Choose the verb and complete the sentence.
John has __________ a letter to his father.
Recite the poem with correct intonation.
Match the rhyming word.
| 1. | green | can |
| 2. | society | care |
| 3. | man | clean |
| 4. | welfare | duty |
Frame meaningful sentence of your own using the following expression from the story. Use a dictionary if required.
accepted her seclusion with resignation
Fill in the blank with suitable homophone:
The soldiers had to pass ______ a dark tunnel.
The world of sports has given us many idiomatic expressions like ‘blow-by-blow.’ Read the description of each of the idioms given below. Then match these idioms with their meaning given in the box.
| Idioms | Meaning |
| i) throw in the towel: Wet towels are kept near a boxing ring to wipe the sweat of boxers between rounds. When a boxer was getting badly beaten, his manager would throw a towel in the ring to end the fight. | a. state of near collapse or defeat |
| ii) in our corner: In a boxing match, the corners are the two opposite angles of a boxing ring where the boxers rest between rounds. | b. unfair or unsporting behaviour |
| iii) on the ropes: Boxing rings are typically enclosed by four ropes. As a boxer when your opponent has forced you against the ropes with his/her attack, you are in trouble. | c. prepare for a conflict |
| iv) below the belt: Hits below the beltline are generally considered illegal in boxing. | d. on your side in an argument or dispute |
| v) square off: facing each other at the beginning of a match | e. to give up |
This paragraph has only simple sentences. Combine them into compound and complex sentences. The first one is done for you.
One day Ajay and Tijo went to the canal. They wanted to catch some fish. Some people were playing nearby. They chose a better place. They took out the fishing rods. Suddenly there was a loud splash. They also heard a loud scream. Both Ajay and Tijo looked up. They saw something moving in the water. Then they saw a hand waving. Someone had fallen into the canal. It was Yusuf. He had jumped into the water. He wanted to swim.
One day Ajay and Tijo went to the canal as they wanted to catch some fish______
Underline the prepositional phrase.
Our nation is famous for its glorious culture.
Change the following sentence into Active Voice.
Why were you scolded by your parents?
Form a phrase with each of the following pair of noun given below.
skeleton + system -
Use the gerundial form of the verb in the bracket and fill in the blank.
My friend waited for the ______ (meet).
Identify the error in each of the following sentence and rewrite them Correctly.
Many a student were awarded at the function.
Using your own ideas, frame three sentences that show continuous action. Example: You are leading me.
Write compound word using the pictures.
 |
+ |  |
| _______________ | ||
