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प्रश्न
Notice these expressions in the text. Infer their meaning from the context.
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honing our seafaring skills
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ominous silence
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Mayday calls
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pinpricks in the vast ocean
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a tousled head
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उत्तर
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honing our seafaring skills: this refers to the efforts made by the author and his wife, to perfect or sharpen their seafaring skills.
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ominous silence: the silence here refers to impending danger.
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Mayday calls: Mayday calls are radio-telephonic words which signal aircraft or ships stuck in a disastrous situation.
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pinpricks in the vast ocean: this phrase expresses the search for two small islands in the vast ocean.
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a tousled head: this refers to hair in disarray or the disarranged hair of the author’s son, Jonathan
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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.
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(b) Make a summary of the passage in not more than 80 words using the notes made and also suggest a suitable title.
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With mended glass, life bottle bits on stones.
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B1 State which of the following statements are
True or False :
(i) The elderly are nearest to our own exalted personality.
(ii) The elderly are those persons whose growth is stunted.
(iii) We should know our elderly people well, in order to receive guidance.
(iv) The elderly hold on to the frivolous aspects of life.
Elderly people should be around us. Justify.
(b) abb
(c) abba
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put up with:
What decision taken by Dick changed his fortune?
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Read the story and choose the appropriate meaning.
Skeleton branches ____________.
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The soldier-bees carry home ______.
Refer to a good dictionary that carries phonetic transcriptions printed next to words. The word below is familiar to you. Copy the phonetic transcription from the dictionary and say it aloud as you write.
work ........
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
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Hat
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And then, once the ring's broken, we'll get to work and show the public every day just how incompetent the Mayor is!
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You should never lose a match.
Does the traveller really have a magic stone?
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Shylock demanded a pound of Antonio’s flesh.
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What themes would you like to add to the themes given in this passage?
Name the white and bright things mentioned in the poem.
Read the passage and answer the following:
When was the book written?
Visit a library:
Read the stories of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.
Answer the following question and write in short, why the parody sounds funny.
What does the bee stand for?
In the last stanza, there are three four-letter words that refer to a beautiful valley.
They are: • ______ • ______ • ______
Write the symbol that is used in the poem to represent the following idea.
Equally good options.
Correct the following sentence and rewrite it.
Jesus had actually visited Papa Panov only once on Christmas Eve.
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Table Tennis
Discuss how you will measure the worth of a book.
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A Question
Identify the character or speaker.
Now pray tell me, sir, your reason for raising this sea-storm?
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The______ of ______ are nearly run.
- soft
- vain
- fear
- joy
- love
- heard
- toiled
- mild
- good
- sand
- life
- harsh
Read the poem aloud in pairs.
Grandfather helped grandma out with the gardening because he______.
What made the trip a memorable one?
In the Earth, we get water from ______.
Read scene I of the play carefully and answer the question below.
Match the following.
| Sr.No. | CHARACTER | TRAIT |
| a. | Father Wolf | with a grey nose…feeds her four cubs |
| b. | Tabaqui | the big one from Waingunga River with a lame foot |
| c. | Mother Wolf | the chief of the Wolves |
| d. | Shere Khan | begs for meat and thanks for the meal/warns the wolves about the arrival of Shere Khan |
Does it work its best?
Choose the odd one out.
Write the rhyming word.
Bird - ______.
They use ______ as bait.
Bala and Janani acted like the______.
Moles dig ______ to catch earth worms.
Which quality makes 'world is one and human is one'?
Tenzin’s family first lived in ______.
What does the poem tell us to do?
What is the best time to water the plants?
Which part of the plant should be watered?
