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प्रश्न
Pick out word from the text that mean the same as the following word or expression. (Look in the paragraph indicated.)
the power to endure, without falling ill : _________
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उत्तर
the power to endure, without falling ill : Resistance
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Answer the following question in 30 to 40 words.
On two occasions Bruno ate/drank something that should not be eaten /drunk. What
happened to him on these occasions?
Thinking about the Poem
Is this a true story? Which part of this poem do you feel is the most important?
“There were three animals altogether,” he explained. “There were two goats and a cat and then there were four pairs of pigeons.”
“And you had to leave them?” I asked.
“Yes. Because of the artillery. The captain told me to go because of the artillery.” “And you have no family?” I asked, watching the far end of the bridge where a few last carts were hurrying down the slope of the bank.
“No,” he said, “only the animals I stated. The cat, of course, will be all right. A cat can look out for itself, but I cannot think what will become of the others.”
“What politics have you?” I asked.
“I am without politics,” he said. “I am seventy-six years old. I have come twelve kilometers now and I think now I can go no further.”
“This is not a good place to stop,” I said. “If you can make it, there are trucks up the road where it forks for Tortosa.”
“I will wait a while,” he said, “ and then I will go. Where do the trucks go?” “Towards Barcelona,” I told him.
“I know no one in that direction,” he said, “but thank you very much.
Read the extract given below and answer the question that follow.
Why did the old man have to leave his animals?
When there was a strong wind, the pine trees made sad, eerie sounds that kept most people to the main road. But Mr. Oliver was not a nervous or imaginative man. He carried a torch – and on the night I write of, its pale gleam, the batteries were running down – moved fitfully over the narrow forest path. When its flickering light fell on the figure of a boy, who was sitting alone on a rock, Mr. Oliver stopped.
Boys were not supposed to be out of school after seven P.M. and it was now well past nine. What are you doing out here, boy, asked Mr. Oliver sharply, moving closer so that he could recognize the miscreant.
Read the extract given below and answer the question that follow.
What was Mr Oliver’s reaction?
Answer the following question.
What was Soapy’s first plan? Why did it not work?
Answer the following question
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Answer the following question.
Name two things the elephant can do with his trunk, and two he cannot.
Notice how in a comic book, there are no speech marks when characters talk. Instead what they say is put in a speech ‘bubble’. However, if we wish to repeat or ‘report’ what they say, we must put it into reported speech
Change the following sentences in the story to reported speech.
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Before fire brigades were set out, how people tried to put out fire.
Why did Soapy hope to get food at a large and brightly lighted restaurant?
What did the narrator’s grandfather see at the zoo?
What is amazing about he mounds of the ants?
Discuss the question in pairs before you write the answer.
Why did the dog feel the need for a master?
How does the kite look like in the sky?
When does the kite seem to take rest?
(i) Like Patrick in the story ‘Who Did Patrick’s Homework’, Taro is helped by magic. Do you believe in magic? What are the magical things that happen in these stories?
(ii) Which story do you like better, and why? Do you know such stories in other languages? Discuss these questions in class.
Read the newspaper report to find the following facts about Columbia’s ill-fated voyage.
Number of days it stayed in space: ____________
Multiple Choice Question:
Which one of the following mistakes the child does not make?
Multiple Choice Question:
What does the expression Whatif mean?
What decisions were given by Algu and Jumman as head Panch?
