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प्रश्न
Discuss the following topic in groups.
What problems are you likely to face if you keep ants as pets?
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उत्तर
Keeping ants as pets is very uncommon or rare. The reason is that they don’t take orders. They follow their own rules. Above all, they bite and spoil the food.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Thinking about the Text
Answer these question.
I said it with bullets.”
(i) Who says this?
(ii) What does it mean?
(iii) Is it the truth? What is the speaker’s reason for saying this?
After you have made a choice do you always think about what might have been, or do you accept the reality?
What actions of the schoolmates change the author’s understanding of life and people, and comfort him emotionally? How does his loneliness vanish and how does he start participating in life?
Some are meet for a maiden's wrist,
Silver and blue as the mountain mist,
Some are flushed like the buds that dream
On the tranquil brow of a woodland stream,
Some are aglow with the bloom that cleaves
To the limpid glory of new born leaves
Read the lines given above and answer the question that follow.
Pick out two simile from this stanza.
'All right!' you 'll cry.'All right!' you'll say,
'But if we take the set away,
What shall we do to entertain
Our darling children?Please explain!'
We'll answer this by asking you,
'What used the darling ones to do?
'How used they keep themselves contented
Before this monster was invented?'
Have you forgotten? Don't you know?
We'll say it very loud and slow:
THEY ... USED ... TO ... READ! They'd READ and READ,
AND READ and READ, and then proceed
To READ some more. Great Scott! Gadzooks!
One half their lives was reading books!
The nursery shelves held books galore!
Books cluttered up the nursery floor!
And in the bedroom, by the bed,
More books were waiting to be read!
Read the lines given above and answer the question given below.
What should be done to keep the children occupied?
When there was a strong wind, the pine trees made sad, eerie sounds that kept most people to the main road. But Mr. Oliver was not a nervous or imaginative man. He carried a torch – and on the night I write of, its pale gleam, the batteries were running down – moved fitfully over the narrow forest path. When its flickering light fell on the figure of a boy, who was sitting alone on a rock, Mr. Oliver stopped.
Boys were not supposed to be out of school after seven P.M. and it was now well past nine. What are you doing out here, boy, asked Mr. Oliver sharply, moving closer so that he could recognize the miscreant.
Read the extract given below and answer the question that follow.
What was Mr Oliver’s reaction?
What changes occurred in Pamela's persona/ii after the August holiday?
In what ways is an ant’s life peaceful?
Answer the following questions.
(i) If someone doesn’t wear a uniform to school, what do you think the teacher will say?
How was the tiger cub fed?
Why did the farmer think of having a pet?
‘The monkey was scared and depressed’. Why? .
“Trees are to make no shade in winter.” What does this mean? (Contrast this line with the line immediately before it.)
Fill in the blank in the sentence below with the words or phrases from the box. (You may not know the meaning of all the words. Look such words up in a dictionary, or ask your teacher.)
____________ , the elf began to help Patrick.
Complete the following sentence.
The young boy spent his afternoons in the tree ________.
Multiple Choice Question:
Such silly questions are baseless, still ______
Who says this to whom and why?
“But is it right, my son, to keep mum and not say what you consider just and fair?”
Answer the following question:
Why was Rasheed upset?
The words given against the sentences below can be used both as nouns and verbs. Use them appropriately to fill in the blanks.
(i) The boys put up a good athletic____________________________ . (show)
(ii) The soldiers ________________________ great courage in saving people from floods.
What does he carry in his hand?
