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प्रश्न
Discuss in groups of four.
The reasons why people willingly undergo the travails of difficult journeys.
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उत्तर
People like Nick Middleton and Edward Michael "Bear" Grylls undergo the travails of difficult journeys for not just one single reasons. They like to explore and experience the adventure. Risk is the biggest of all addictions in the world and the challenges they take on gives them the perfect rush. Nick is a geographer who likes to expose himself to nature. He likes to survive the extreme and hostile conditions, like starving oxygen. The programme Going to Extremes is about the extreme lifestyles he survives on. The adrenaline and the excitement of these unusual experiences is unparalleled and unmatched. It is an addiction that these explorers dwell on. It is their food for living.
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(i) The interest of Maharashtra and that of India should be one for the progress of Maharashtra state, because ................
Read the extract and do the following activities :
B1 Likes and dislikes :
(i) The child likes eating _______
(ii) The child dislikes eating _______
They won’t eat peas, don’t like your bread -
For something in it crunches;
They gag on fat, the gravy’s gross,
They won’t eat grapes in bunches.
Tomatoes, onions, peppers, fish
Garlic nor cottage cheese;
Oh, it’s a dish uncommon rare
That truly seems to please.
No red sauce may the ice cream have,
“It’s bleeding,” they will say;
And gravely hand it to their mum
To take it to clean away
But let us speak of chocolate cake,
It must be frosted o’er;
They’ll devour three full slabs,
And calmly ask for more.
Oh, I do so always love to eat
With picky little pests,
Whose parents joy to make them
The most undesirable guests!
B2 What message does the poem convey for children?
B3 Pick out two pairs of rhyming words from the poem.
Which language do you think the author and his grandmother used while talking to each other?
Discuss the following statement in groups of two pairs, each pair in a group taking opposite points of view.
The methods of inquiry of history, science, and philosophy are similar.
Comment on the way in which the theme of the story has been introduced.
How do the patterns of creativity displayed by scientists differ from those displayed by poets?
What is the central argument of the speaker?
Considering that this is an excerpt from a lecture, how does the commentary provided by the speaker string the arguments together?
Why is the speaker’s childhood described as ‘a forgotten boredom’?
State the central issue in the poem.
The quill is the central element of the poem – what does it symbolise?
Discuss the following in pairs or in small groups.
“Discipline and a questioning spirit can coexist in an individual.”
Read the following statement and mark those that apply to you.
I make friends easily.
Make groups and discuss the following:
Name a few scientists/explorers/social reformers/inventors/discoverers, who spent most of their lives to find solutions to some major problems/setbacks, that mankind faced.
You might have visited a bridge. Complete the web describing the sights you could see from the bridge.
In the following sentence, point out the Main Clause and Subordinate Clause. Encircle the Subordinator.
Old Behrman was a painter, who lived on the ground floor.
The whole world is happy because children are going to school. Why is it so? Discuss it in the classroom.
List five of your favourite Hindi or Marathi poems or songs. Try to translate any one of them into English.
The description of the character is given below. Identify the character from the play. Find some sentences which support your choice.
He is the centre of the play.
State whether the following statement is True or False:
Both Demetrius and Lysander fight for Hermia.
Name the white and bright things mentioned in the poem.
Read the passage and answer the following:
Who is the main character in the story?
What do the following event/action tell us about the characters? Discuss.
Arthur agreed to bring Sir Kay a sword at once.
Prepare similar word chains using the following ideas.
waterbody - pool ____________.
Answer the following question and write in short, why the parody sounds funny.
What does the bee stand for?
Read the following from the Language Study pages:
- adjective clause
- adverb clause
- noun clause
Find one example of each from the passages. (Note the linking word when you do that.)
The table-tennis set was gifted by ______.
List the various ways of avoiding the errors mentioned in the passage.
What message does the poet wish to convey through this narrative poem, ‘Tansen’?
Imagine the following and write about it in your own words:
What the world looks like to a fish.
List 5 of the sounds that you like.
Write other meaningful words that begin/end with springtime.
Draw a diagram to explain the idea of Internet.
Guess the meaning of dreary.
What were the various sounds the brothers heard when they went downstairs?
Read the data below and answer the following question.
Choose the correct answer.
Identify the three jobs where the same percentage of women work.
‘ If only her son were there, it would have been a different kind of Eid’! What had happened to her son?
Rearrange the jumbled sentences and write them in the correct order.
- But Hamid bought a pair of tongs.
- Granny Ameena felt proud of her grandson.
- Hamid’s friends bought different toys of their choice.
- Hamid proudly compared his tongs with a brave tiger.
- Hamid had less money than his friends.
- Granny Ameena was worried as he had to go to the Eidgah alone.
Find a sentence/word from the text which express the following.
The parent’s earlier view of the child
Do you think this was a good idea?
Identify the speaker/character.
"Don't let us down now, Gulliver; we need your help."
How does Patna differ from Delhi?
Name some of the activities that the village children were doing on their vacation.
What did the father give to all the daughters?
Where is Jaswantgarh located?
Jaswant was captured alive.
Read the passage and colour one flag each time you read.
Our national emblem is taken from Ashoka’s pillar at Sarnath. It is found on all government documents, coins, currency notes, postcards, and envelopes. It consists of four lions standing back to back but, we can see only three lions at a time. There is a Dharma chakra in the centre of the base plate, with the figure of a bull in the right and that of a horse in the left. The entire structure is sitting on a lotus. The words ‘Sathyameva Jayate’ is written under it in Devanagari script. These words mean, ‘Truth alone Triumphs’.
Why should we read?
Look at the picture and tick Choose the correct word.
Answer using Yes or No and pick sentence from the story to support your answer.
Did Robinson’s ship sink?
Arrange the actions of Robinson by numbering from 1 to 10.
Guess how would the sparrow pull the elephant and the crocodile.
Where do ants pile their food?
Do you think Ani will be a good leader? Why?
Read the passage and colour one bag each time you read.
There lived a poor but an honest farmer in a village. He supported himself, his wife and seven children using his small piece of land.
One day while he was walking in his field, he found a bag of gold.
He took it home and showed it to his wife. His wife told him to keep some of the gold. He told his wife that honesty is the best policy. He tried to find the person who lost it. At last, he found that the owner of the bag and gave it back. The rich man took the bag and thanked him.
Write the word with same meaning.
post- ______
What did he learn about the birds?
What did the books in the library look like ?
Match the following items from column-A with those column-B:
| Column 'A' | Column 'Non-Textual' |
| (a) Geoffrey Chaucer | (i) Trinidad |
| (b) Daniel Defoe | (ii) Wuthering Heights |
| (c) V.S. Naipaul | (iii) Robinson Crusoe |
| (d) Emile Bronte | (iv) The Canterbury Tales |
