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प्रश्न
Discuss the following in pairs or in small groups.
“Before you begin experimenting you need to perfect the technique with which you experiment.”
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उत्तर
There is a tendency among people that they they start experimenting without perfecting the technique with which one experiments. Great exponents of arts, however, often recommend that improvisation should follow perfection of the technique with which one begins with. Otherwise, the experiment becomes an end in itself without bearing any fruit.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Read the passage carefully.
1. I remember my childhood as being generally happy and can recall experiencing some of the most carefree times of my life. But I can also remember, even more vividly, moments of being deeply frightened. As a child, I was truly terrified of the dark and getting lost. These fears were very real and caused me some extremely uncomfortable moments.
2. Maybe it was the strange way things looked and sounded in my familiar room at night that scared me so much. There was never total darkness, but a street light or passing car lights made clothes hung over a chair take on the shape of an unknown beast. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw curtains move when there was no breeze. A tiny creak in the floor would sound a hundred times louder than in the daylight and my imagination would take over, creating burglars and monsters. Darkness always made me feel helpless. My heart would pound and I would lie very still so that 'the enemy' wouldn't discover me.
3. Another childhood fear of mine was that I would get lost, especially on the way home from school. Every morning, I got on the school bus right near my home ‒ that was no problem. After school, though, when all the buses were lined up along the curve, I was terrified that I would get on the wrong one and be taken to some unfamiliar neighbourhood. I would scan the bus for the faces of my friends, make sure that the bus driver was the same one that had been there in the morning, and even then ask the others over and over again to be sure I was in the right bus. On school or family trips to an amusement park or a museum, I wouldn't let the leaders out of my sight. And of course, I was never very adventurous when it came to taking walks or hikes because I would go only where I was sure I would never get lost.
4. Perhaps, one of the worst fears I had as a child was that of not being liked or accepted by others. First of all, I was quite shy. Secondly, I worried constantly about my looks, thinking people wouldn't like me because I was too fat or wore braces. I tried to wear 'the right clothes' and had intense arguments with my mother over the importance of wearing flats instead of saddled shoes to school. Being popular was very important to me then and the fear of not being liked was a powerful one.
5. One of the processes of evolving from a child to an adult is being able to recognise and overcome our fears. I have learnt that darkness does not have to take on a life of its own, that others can help me when I am lost and that friendliness and sincerity will encourage people to like me. Understanding the things that scared us as children helps to cope with our lives as adults.
(a) On the basis of your reading of the above passage, make notes using headings and subheadings. Use recognizable abbreviations wherever necessary.
(b) Make a summary of the passage in not more than 80 words using the notes made and also suggest a suitable title.
How did Helen benefit when Dr. Graham Bell accompanied her to the World Fair?
Combine related points.
Number the points.
Why is the quality of pity earth-bound while the other two passions are elevating?
How does Forster trace the human interest in the story to primitive times?
Read the story and complete the following.
Revathi’s grief knew no bounds because, ____________.
Imagine that you are the peasant. Compose a short prayer to God, after having received the plate of gold. Write it using stylish handwriting.
Read other poems by Leigh Hunt, especially 'Abou Ben Adhem'.
Compare the messages in that poem with those in 'The Plate of Gold'. What do you observe?
A bridge connects people on either side of a river or valleys in cities or villages. Discuss with your partner the importance of a bridge to both the cities and the villages and complete the table.
| Cities | Villages |
Discuss in groups and share with one another.
The daily routine of your mother and father on working days.
Say where the image from nature given in the poem exists.
AIR / LAND / WATER
beneath the boughs
Form suitable groups and discuss the following.
You have heard/read stories of Akbar and Birbal, Tenali Raman, Mulla Nasruddin. Recollect and write down the names of those stories.
Pick out those aspects of a story that you find a common in all their stories.
- Humour
- Supernatural event
- Wisdom
- Suspense
- Magic
- Beauty of Nature
- Wit
- Play upon words
- Sadend
- Violence
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 deer
Use the following phrases in your own words.
- roam around
- again and again
- bring something back
- there and then
Enact the advertisement:
Seven children wait in different places, striking a suitable pose as shown in the ad. The character ‘Krispy Krunchy’ comes in dancing. He goes near every child, singing the words shown in the ad. He offers a Krispy Krunchy piece to every child.
The child eats it and begins to smile and clap. At the end, the character faces the class, shows a big pack of Krispy Krunchy, and presents the last few lines.
Answer the following question in one sentence.
What would he do if he had the power to do it?
Answer the following question in one sentence.
What examples of man’s progress have been given in the poem?
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 following sentence aloud. Write who said it and to whom.
“Why, the dress you go to the theatre in !”
Read the following sentence aloud. Write who said it and to whom.
“You have nothing else?”
Prepare similar word chains using the following ideas.
wind - breeze __________________.
Correct the following sentence using facts from the passage.
The great heroes avoided one another.
Guess the meaning of the following word:
exorbitantly
Write the smaller and related words that you see within this word.
List the names of body parts used in the passage.
Fill in the table.
| Period | Way of Addressing a Mother | Boy’s Costume | Lady’s Costume | Daily Chores | Games |
| The 1950s | silk saree | ||||
| 1910 | Kurta pajama and cap | ||||
| The 1800s | |||||
| The 1500s | |||||
| 1000 | |||||
| 100 AD | feed poultry tend sheep keep away birds plaster the yard | ||||
| 3000 BC | Chaupar |
Observe the picture and the labels carefully. Then match the words and the meanings given in the following table.
| Words | Meaning |
| 1. yard | (a) a floor, flat area built on a ship |
| 2. mast | (b) the forward part of the main body of a ship |
| 3. bow | (c) the forward part of a deck |
| 4. deck | (d) tall, upright pole on a ship |
| 5. forecastle | (e) a pole slung across a ship’s mast. A sail hangs from a yard. |
| 6. starboard | (f) the rearmost (back) part of a ship |
| 7. stern | (g) the part which is always at the front while the ship is sailing. |
| 8. afterdeck | (h) the right-hand side of a ship as one faces forward |
| 9. fore | (i) an open deck near the back |
Write in your own words.
What does the poet hope for?
What did the husband want to do with the extra milk?
Read the word. Write the words that combine to make it.
snowwhite
Look at the speaker in each picture. Say whether each one is a good speaker. Give reasons for your answer.
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Rewrite the following line in your own words.
'Never one comes flying by
But will flutter down to drink.'
What did the Judge tell Ahmad?
Do you think that the young seagull’s parents were harsh to him? Why?
Read the following line from the poem and answer the question that follow.
Not hurrying to, nor turning from the goal; Not mourning for the things that disappear
- Why do you think the poet is not in a hurry?
- What should one not mourn for?
What was Mrs. Krishnan busy with?
“I will die, but not run away.” – Justify the saying of Neerja.
It is a problem for sea turtles to come ashore because ______.
Selvi asked, 'Did they come in an aeroplane?' because she______.
Complete the sentence given below with word/phrase.
The whole earth smelled ______ and ______.
The wild boar settled down scraping the hole into a ______ to have a good sleep.
Why did the girl reply haughtily?
Be humble like a _____.
Jaswant managed to kill _________ Chinese soldiers.
Look at the picture and Choose the correct word.
The pigeon flew away for dry twigs.
What party is that?
Why do we ask questions?
Divide the following word.
circle
Pick and write the adverbs to complete the sentence.
A jackal cheated the crow ______.
Circle and write the adverbs.
I'm waiting here. ______
How are we divided in real world?
Name the places that Tenzin’s family lived in.
Do you think it is right for the tanker to take water? Why?
Match the rhyming words.
| Say | grow |
| All | time |
| Go | day |
| Rhyme | fall |
Recite the poem The Painter with correct intonation.
The Delhi government did not allow blind children to study Science after ____________.
The child won’t ______ anything, if he closes his ears.
Are these sentence TRUE or FALSE
The poet tells the child to think of friends after it is dark.
Should children be discouraged from playing online games?
