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Fill in the blank. The author wanted to grow ______________. - English

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प्रश्न

Fill in the blank.

The author wanted to grow ______________.

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उत्तर

The author wanted to grow organic moong.

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पाठ 1.3: The Call of the Soil - Brainstorming [पृष्ठ ३२]

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बालभारती English Yuvakbharati [English] Standard 11 Maharashtra State Board
पाठ 1.3 The Call of the Soil
Brainstorming | Q (A1) (iii) (a) | पृष्ठ ३२

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Attempt a character sketch of Mr Gilman as a teacher.


How does the insertion of dialogue in the story contribute to its interest?


Why do you think that the poet has chosen the title ‘Telephone Conversation’? If you were to suggest another title for the poem, what would it be?


How did the author feel about her mother's passion to make her a dancer?


What does the reference to raw mythology imply?


Read the extract and state whether the following statement is true or false. Correct the false statement.

Newer hybrid crops have a great appetite for chemicals.


Find from the story one word for the following.

any animal that catches mice ______


Answer in your own words.

How did the plants respond when Revathi played her favourite tune?


Write down any two Slogans on 'Gender Equality'.


Answer in your own words.

Read and write down 5 points which prove that Tomba, (Lanthoi’s father) firmly believes in gender equality.


Trees are revered because:

  1. They give us joy.
  2. _________________
  3. _________________
  4. _________________
  5. _________________

Guess the meaning of the following words and phrases:

untold wealth, closest to the Emperor’s heart, grave offence, banish.


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 giraffe


List five of your favourite Hindi or Marathi poems or songs. Try to translate any one of them into English. 


Read and prepare a small presentation in about 100 to 150 words on the ideas of any two philosophers given below.

  • Sant Dnyaneshwar
  • Gautam Buddha
  • Aurobindo Ghosh
  • Kahlil Gibran
  • Socrates.

Go through the following web that highlights the essential qualities of a compere. Discuss with your partner the essential qualities and also the precautions that a compere should take while compering a program.

Precautions to be taken :

  1. __________________________
  2. __________________________
  3. __________________________
  4. __________________________

Visit a library:

Read the biographies of other Indian Saints. Share at least one story from their life with your friends. What message does it contain?


How are fabrics used in our daily life? List all the things that are made up of fabrics in your home. (At least 25)


State whether the following statement is True or False:

Oberon transforms Bottom's head into that of an ass.


Explain the following statement with reference to the context.

From now on The Herald shall be my artillery.


Explain the following statement with reference to the context.

Because your father can't do without my help.


Divide the story into different sections to show the different events and time periods in it. Give a suitable title to each section. 


Write a short monologue using one of the following ideas. Write down the monologue and present it in the class.

Yonamine’s father worrying about getting her married.


List the various things that the Lethargarians do or want to do. Can you sum up all of it in one word or phrase?


What do the following event/action tell us about the characters? Discuss.

Arthur agreed to bring Sir Kay a sword at once.


Correct the following sentence using facts from the passage.

Achilles was killed by an arrow that pierced his heart.


List the names of body parts used in the passage.


What plans did the wife make?


Describe the following with the help of the (The Twelve Months) story.

Summer


Make groups. One person in the group chooses an announcement. Everyone in the group reads that announcement silently but carefully and closes their books. Then that person presents the announcement, changing one of the details in the announcement. Others spot the change. For example, you might say ‘red’ key chain instead of ‘blue’ in the last announcement.


Describe Gulliver’s home in Lilliput. 


What did Ahmad tell Kasim when he dug a channel and began to draw water?


Identify the character or speaker.

What a trouble must I have been to you then!


Why did Herman and the author slam the doors?


Read the incident again and answer the following question.

What did Gilson want the writer to bring for him?


Title summarises the story. Each paragraph is a part of the story. Look at the following expressions and find out the paragraphs that best suit these expressions.

  1. Oh, No! But it happens!
  2. Don’t let out your travelling dates
  3. Anyway, people will be people
  4. Search begins
  5. Things are not that easy
  6. Hurry invites worry

An Anagram is a word or a phrase formed by rearranging the letters of a different word or phrase, typically using all the original letters exactly once. 

Now try to solve these anagrams

1. ELBOW  
2. SECTION  
3. VIEWER  
4. RIPPLES  
5. NEEDLESS  

Write about Hamid in one or two sentences.


Pick out the words which rhyme with the given words and write similar rhyming words on your own.

1. far    
2. fear    
3. low    
4. kind    
5. remain    
6. they    

How can we make our life worth living?


The turtles use their flippers and make a hollow for their nests.


Gulliver took the small creatures in his hand and crushed them.


Match the following.

1. Pablo Inspector
2. Velayudham old man
3. Sreejith dog

Who showed love and care to the children?


Sparrow tied the elephant and the crocodile with a ______.


Why relationships are more important than wealth?


Why do the leafcutter ants grow the fungus?


Where were they going?


The squirrel ran to the _________ tree.


Choose the word with same meaning.

Kingdom- ______


Name the animal and sound it makes.


Match the following rhyming words.

1. earn glow
2. fend day
3. slow learn
4. play end

Who wins the world at the end?


Who are already awake?


Who was Hiawatha?


How did the tree help the boy earn money?


What did the books in the library look like ?


Did the girl buy a picture book?


Being a bachelor, the stranger had no patience with children.


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