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प्रश्न
Examine the communication channels in the story between Paul and his mother.
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उत्तर
Paul and her mother shared the most intimate conversation through the eyes. Though they were not actually love bound to each other as in the first paragraph, the author says that it was the children and the mother alone who knew that there was no love in their relation, they knew it because they read in each other's eyes.
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Attempt a character sketch of Squire Cass.
Read the following passage carefully and complete the activities given below :
A.1) Complete the web :
Write the words from the passage on the web. 
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A.2) Finding meanings :
Write what you mean by :
(i) _______ there is always an opening.
(ii) _______ its chapter was over.
(iii) _______ the tree was back to its green majesty.
(iv) _______ this too shall pass.
A.3) Matching :
Match the words in Column ‘A’ with their synonyms in Column ‘B’:
| Column 'A' | Column'B" | ||
| (i) | conviction | (a) | strong feeling |
| (ii) | alchemy | (b) | delicate |
| (iii) | frail | (c) | mysterious/magical power |
| (iv) | passion | (d) | strong belief |
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blow-by-blow account
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morale booster
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relegated to
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political acumen
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de facto
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astute
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doctored accounts
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gave vent to
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________ends meet
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with a full stomach for a common bond.'
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Read the following statement and mark those that apply to you.
I have cordial relationships with all but I cannot connect with anyone.
Fill in the blank.
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Read the passage and answer the following question:
What makes Indra’s vajra or weapon invincible?
What could have happened to the one who flew away? Who was she?
Give reasons :
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What themes would you like to add to the themes given in this passage?
Read the following sentence aloud. Write who said it and to whom.
“I would rather not go to the party.”
Write one or two sentences about something beautiful, using your own experience or imagination. Then rearrange the words in the sentences in a poetic form. You may write about a beautiful day, a beautiful night, a stream, a crop standing in a field, a graceful bird or animal, etc.
Read the poem: ‘Home they brought her warrior dead’ by Alfred Lord Tennyson.
Suggest at least one method of creating something useful or beautiful from waste.
Find three lines, that contain images of nature in the autumn season.
During daytime
- _______________________
- _______________________
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- ____________________________
- ____________________________
- ____________________________
- ____________________________
- ____________________________
Correct the following sentence and rewrite it.
By afternoon, Papa Panov had stopped looking out for Jesus.
Guess the meaning of the following word.
water-logged
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A Statement
Find two examples of the following from the lesson.
A Command
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Find ten other short forms related to ICT (Information and Communication Technology).
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In the dim past, nor holding back in fear From what the future veils; but with a whole And happy heart, that pays its toll To Youth and Age, and travels on with cheer.
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Paragraph 1
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2. Who was working with the hammer and chisel? ______
Paragraph 4
1. Who was staring? ______
2. Who was the young stone carver? ______
3. What was he working on? ______
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When Amma said,'Don’t upset our foreign visitor' she meant______.
The second daughter ________ the milet to a flock of birds.
| 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’. |
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Being a bachelor, the stranger had no patience with children.
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