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Form groups of 6-8. One person (leader) chooses one item - a picture, a paragraph, or a lesson from any one of the 9th standard textbooks and writes the reference on a slip of paper - English

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Form groups of 6-8. One person (leader) chooses one item - a picture, a paragraph, or a lesson from any one of the 9th standard textbooks and writes the reference on a slip of paper, and folds it. Others ask him/her questions and try to guess what it is, from his/her answers. Follow the rules given below.

  • The maximum number of questions the rest of the group can ask is 20.
  • You cannot ask a direct question like ‘What do you have in mind?’
  • You can ask ‘Wh-’ questions or ‘Yes/no’ questions.
  • The leader has to give truthful answers.
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List of Questions based on the poem 'Silver':

Questions Answers
Are there birds with white feathers around? Yes.
The environment looks cool, is it daytime that the author is referring to? No.
Is everything in the surroundings all quiet and calm? Yes.
Does something appear to be silvery and shining? Yes.
Is the writer referring to a ghost that is trying to haunt him? No.
If it's not daytime and it is night time, can we hear dogs barking? No.
Is someone staring at the trees and birds at this time of the night? Yes.
Is the writer referring to a living being? Yes.
Is the poet referring to something on earth? No.
Is the writer talking about some unknown person walking the path, during night time? No.
If not, a person, then is it some object that he speaks of? Yes.
Does the writer experience some change around, every night? Yes, absolutely!
What are some of those changes that he talks about? The writer observes everything around him sparkling at night.
Is the writer talking of some shining insect, like fireflies at night? No.
Which creatures does he speak of? He observes various creatures like the doves along with dogs, mice, and fish.
Does the poet happen to be by any water body, during the night? Yes.
How does the water look? The brightness of the water seems to increase at night.
Is there an influence of that object on all our surroundings? Yes.
From the picture of the landscape, is there some kind of "Reflection" that is affecting the area? Yes.
Well, then, what is the poet talking about when he compares it to 'Silver'? It's the moon that the poet is referring to, from the poem "Silver."
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बालभारती English Kumarbharati [English] Standard 9 Maharashtra State Board
पाठ 4.1 Please Listen!
Warming Up! | Q 1 | पृष्ठ ८०
बालभारती My English Coursebook [Marathi] Standard 9 Maharashtra State Board
पाठ 2.4 Please Listen!
Twenty Questions | Q 1. | पृष्ठ ५०

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

B1. Select
Fill in the blanks choosing the correct alternatives from those given in the bracket:
(i) The author was inspired and motivated to read ............................................ by the time she was eleven.
[Shakespeare, Chaucer, G.B. Shaw]

(ii) Every lesson .......................... ......... took was spiced with half a dozen or more anecdotes.
[Mrs. Rowlands, Sister Monica, Mr. A.N. Patil]

(iii) The teachers helped the narrator to become ..................................... . .
[confident, happy, independent]

(iv) Mrs. Cynthia Nesamani and Sister Monica gave .......................................... to the narrator.
[freedom to do what he wanted, advice to do something, instructions to produce better results]

In a way, one of the greatest gifts any teacher can give a student, I think, is to inculcate a curiosity to learn.
I've been incredibly lucky to have at least one such teacher at every stage in my life. The first was Mrs. Rowlands who taught me in primary school. She taught me to read without ever pushing me. She made me want to read more by giving 'me some of the most interesting children's books available. And although I still love to go back to those books from time to time, it was only because of her that I was able to read Shakespeare by the time I was ten, and Chaucer a year later.
In later years, it was Mr. A.N. Patil, my Marathi and Hindi Teacher who made a huge impression on me. Every lesson he took, was spiced with half a dozen or more anecdotes from a wide variety of subjects: among them history, politics, religion and sociology. I was, and still am in awe of his knowledge, which despite rather desperate attempts, I doubt I'll ever be able to match.
There have also been other teachers who helped me to try to become independent: to think and act for myself using my own judgement, which to my mind has been just as, if not more important, than actually learning anything.
After all, it's much too easy to become a completely useless repository of facts and little else.
Two teachers whom I remember in particular are Mrs. Cynthia Nesamani and Sister Monica, both taught me in school. The former, by and large, gave me a free rein to do what I wanted to do. I, being one of those people who dislike instructions, she helped me to produce much better results than I'd have otherwise done.

B2.Complete
Read the extract and complete the following:
The teacher can
(i) .............
(ii) ..............
(iii )..............
(iv).................

B3. Similar word
Look at the following sentences arid pick the word having similar meaning to the given word and rewrite:
(i) Spiced His conversation is always with a lot of humour. (made interesting, garnished, flavoured)
(ii) Repository
The library should not merely be a ................ of books. (store-house, reservoir, tank)
(iii) Inculcate
It is the responsibility of the parents and teachers to .......values in the child's formative years. (imbibe, give, show)
(iv) Incredibly
I have been .. lucky to have at least one such teacher at every stage in my life. (importantly, unbelievably, beautifully)

B4. Language study
(i) There have also been other teachers. They have helped me to try to become
independent. (Combine using 'who')
(ii) It was only because of her that I was able-to read Shakespeare.
(Rewrite beginning with: If it was not for her, ). 

B.5 Out motivators
Look at the following table and complete it by presenting your own views

Personalities Influence on your life
(i) Teachers  
(ii) Parents  
(iii) Relatives  
(iv) Friends  

 

 


We know that chimps are intelligent because 


Mention the three phases of the author’s relationship with his grandmother before he left the country to study abroad.


Can you think of a song or a poem in your language that talks of homecoming?


What do the following utterance indicate?
(i)“I told her, through Daniel ...”
(ii)“It’s a cold,” he said finally through Tsetan.


While tribal communities may not seem to possess the scientific temper,there are many ideas from tribal conventions that could enrich modern societies.


Select any one of the famous personalities mentioned in ‘Warming up 1’ on page no. 5. From the library or internet find out their success story. Write it in your own words in about 20 to 30 lines of your notebook.
Give your write-up a suitable title.


complete the following sentence.

Ajoy reported about ________________.


Find evidence from the lesson and write in your own words.

We Indians are obsessed with foreign things. 


Johnsy was hopeful that she will live. 


Use the following word/phrase to make a sentence of your own.

enthusiasm


Find more information about the Indian Armed Forces - the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force with the help of your teacher. 


State the difference between poetry and drama.


Have you seen how wheels move on different surfaces like sand, gravel, grass, or a proper road? What are the differences you see?


Write a short note on the following:

The message in the vision.


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.


Choose the appropriate phrase to insert in the gap, to make the sentence meaningful. Use the appropriate form of the verb.

After I took the medicine, I ______ ______ the pain.


Make as many 5 to 8 letter words as you can within 5 minutes, from the name.

TESHUMAI TEWINDROW
Five-letter words Six-letter words Seven-letter words Eight-letter words
       
       

Form groups of five. Discuss how you can complete the rest of the story without referring to Part II of the story. 


Say whether you agree or disagree.

The children showed disinterest even in the bachelor’s story-telling, throughout.


Read the poem and answer the following.

How would you like to eat your strawberries?


Find out when and where we get strawberries in Maharashtra.


Look at the speaker in each picture. Say whether each one is a good speaker. Give reasons for your answer. 


The poem has rhyming words at the end of the lines. Find and write the pairs of rhyming words in each stanza. 


What is meant by 'Honour the white cane'?


Guess the meaning of the following word.

pleasing


Describe the struggles underwent by the young seagull to overcome its fear of flying.


Find out the rhyme scheme employed in the fourth stanza.


Fill in the table

Problems Faced By Mr. Fogg And His Team Solution
The train stopped in the middle of the forest.  
They couldn’t hire the elephant.  
They were in need of an elephant driver.  

What is the difference between this toy train and a normal train?


Fruits, vegetables, and water in the Mars are not ______.


Why does the poet fly out of the universe?


_________ is the memorial for the soldiers.


They fed fish with______.


What did the five friends call themselves?


Fill in the blank

He is rich ______ he looks simple.


The villagers took oath not to harm the _______.


Secondly the greedy merchant is ready to offer______.


Who lived in the old house?


How did the boy enjoy the company of the tree?


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