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People with foibles are often not conscious of them. - English Elective - NCERT

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People with foibles are often not conscious of them.

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Yes, I do think and I agree with this fact that People with Foibles are often not conscious about them. The reason being that they are ignorant and unaware of it and they continue with their eccentricity, Blissfully, ignorant of them.

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पाठ 1.8: The Luncheon - Talking About The Text [पृष्ठ १०४]

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एनसीईआरटी English (Elective) - Woven Words
पाठ 1.8 The Luncheon
Talking About The Text | Q 1 | पृष्ठ १०४

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

With reference to ‘The Story of My Life’, describe how a teacher can positively impact a child’s life ? 


Answer the following question in 200-250 words:
What is the main theme of 'The Diary of a Young Girl'?


List the steps taken by the captain

(i) to protect the ship when rough weather began.

(ii) to check the flooding of the water in the ship.


Tick the statement that is true.

The story is an account of real events.


Tick the statement that is true.

The places mentioned in the story are all imaginary.


Tick the item that is closest in meaning to the following phrase.

to be wound up


The story begins and ends with Iona and his horse. Comment on the significance of this to the plot of the story.


Do you know of any incident when someone has been brought back to life from the brink of death through medical help. Discuss medical procedures such as organ transplant and organ regeneration that are used to save human life.


Examine the communication channels in the story between Basset and Paul's uncle.


Love is presented as the subject or the doer of actions in the poem. Why do you think the poet has used this form rather than involving human agents?


Explain the phrase.

his bending sickle's compass


Using a dictionary/internet note down the main difference between farm and granary.


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

India has many amazing success stories.


Pick out a word from the poem to complete the sentence meaningfully.

Handicapped people should never be ______. (ignored and avoided)


The soldier-bees carry home ______.


What could have happened to the one who flew away? Who was she?


The description of the character is given below. Identify the character from the play. Find some sentences which support your choice.

He is a brave but irresponsible person.


Show the stages in the process in which Krakatoa collapsed and then Anak Krakatoa formed in the course of volcanic eruptions. Use the flowchart given below.


Write short note on the following:

The 1883 eruption


Answer the following question in one sentence.

What examples of man’s progress have been given in the poem?


Write about one occasion when you have behaved like -

Mr. Nobody


Read the passage and answer the following:

Where does the story take place?


Write an imaginary telephone conversation in which you invite your friend to the above function.


Think and answer:

Does the last line make you happy or sad? Why?


Answer in your own words.

What task did Grandpa wish to avoid?


Answer in your own words.

How many chores did the ancestor from 1800 have to do?


The items in the programme below have got mixed up. Rearrange them in the proper order. Just add the number in the left-hand column.

Balanand Vidyalaya Art Festival Programme
(   ) → Koli Dance
(   ) → igniting the Lamp
(   ) → Chief Guest Speaks
(   ) → Appraisal of the Art Festival
(   ) → Dignitaries Arrive
(   ) → Recital of ‘Taal kacheri’
(   ) → Welcome and Introduction of Guests
(   ) → Prize Distribution
(   ) → The Boy Comes Home - A skit by Std IX
(   ) → Vote of Thanks

Prepare a table to show 'Caesar’s Pranks' at home and outside.


Who is the speaker in this poem?


From the poem, find the old word used for each of the following :

  • towards
  • here
  • does

Find from the Internet and write down.

In which century did William Shakespeare write his famous plays?


‘And calls our Best away’ is a gentle way of expressing the unpleasant idea of a loved one dying. It is an example of euphemism. Think and write down 3 or 4 ways in which we can express the idea of ‘death’ in a tactful and gentle manner.

  1. _________________
  2. _________________
  3. _________________
  4. _________________

Say whether you agree or disagree.

The children would have behaved well on the train if their aunt had scolded them harshly.


Who said the following, to whom, and when?

“As you desire, Huzoor.”


Imagine the following and write about it in your own words:

What the world looks like to a fish. 


Read the following and say whether the statement tells you about a fact or whether it is imaginary.

There is a man in the Moon.


What is the ‘Internet’?


Guess the meaning of dreary. 


Read the following line from the poem and answer the question that follow.

Let me but live my life from year to year, With forward face and unreluctant soul; Not hurrying to, nor turning from the goal; Not mourning for the things that disappear.

Identify the rhyme scheme of the given lines.


The weather is always too hot or cold; Summer and winter alike they scold. Nothing goes right with the folks you meet Down on that gloomy Complaining Street.
Pick out the rhyming words and identify the rhyme scheme of the above lines.


What other various pets did Somu have?


What did Usha buy in the market? List them.


The______ of ______ are nearly run.

  1. soft
  2. vain
  3. fear
  4. joy
  5. love
  6. heard
  7. toiled
  8. mild
  9. good
  10. sand
  11. life
  12. harsh

Read the story on your own. Discuss in a group and complete the story map below.

A story map is the main events of the story given in a flow chart.


The teacher asked the children to take their seat because______.


How did Gulliver overcome the adversity?


Name the vegetables harvested in the vegetation hab.


He got _________ the disease.


What did Anandhan want to become?


Arrange the pictures by using numbers.


Write the rhyming word.

Nature - ______.


Answer using Yes or No and pick sentence from the story to support your answer.

Do cannibals eat people?


What was the age of Robinson Crusoe when he left for sea?


What made him frightened?


Leafcutter ants grow fungus.


Which quality makes 'world is one and human is one'?


Mostly piggy banks look like______.


Why was Chris worried?


Are these sentence TRUE or FALSE

The poet tells the child to be afraid when it is dark.


Read the poem.

For Want of a Nail
For want of a nail, the shoe was lost,
For want of a shoe the horse was lost,
For want of a horse, the rider was lost,
For want of a rider, the battle was lost,
For want of a battle, the kingdom was lost,
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail!
[traditional rhyme]

Now form questions for the answers given in the speech bubbles.


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