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तामिळनाडू बोर्ड ऑफ सेकेंडरी एज्युकेशनएस.एस.एल.सी. (इंग्रजी माध्यम) इयत्ता १०

Read the given lines and answer the questions given below. What happened inside that house? I really don’t know.

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प्रश्न

Read the given lines and answer the questions given below.

What happened inside that house?
I really don’t know.
I guess it will always be a mystery.

  1. Does the poet know what happened in the house?
  2. What is the mystery about the house?
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उत्तर

  1. the poet does not know what happened inside the house.
  2. No one knows what is happening inside the house and the poet thinks it will remain a mystery.
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पाठ 7.2: The House on Elm Street - Exercise [पृष्ठ २०३]

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सामाचीर कलवी English Class 10 SSLC TN Board
पाठ 7.2 The House on Elm Street
Exercise | Q A. 5. | पृष्ठ २०३

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

The summer of life she's ready to see in spring.
She says, "Spring will come again, my dear
Let me care for the ones who're near.”

How does she take life?


Despite the sighs and groans and moans,
She's strong in her faith, firm in her belief!

Is she complaining about the problems of life?


She's today's woman. Today's woman dear.
Love her, respect her, keep her near...

How should a woman be treated?


She's a lioness; don't mess with her.
She'll not spare you if you're a prankster.

Pick out the line that has a metaphor in it.


She's strong in her faith, firm in her belief.

Pick out the alliterated words from the above.


Based on your understanding of the poem, read the following line and answer the question given below.

A silly young cricket accustomed to sing
Through the warm, sunny months of gay summer and spring.

Name the seasons mentioned here.


Based on your understanding of the poem, read the following line and answer the question given below.

Away he set off to a miserly ant,
To keep if, to keep him alive, he would grant
Him shelter from rain,
And a mouthful of grain.

What would keep him alive?


Based on your understanding of the poem, read the following line and answer the question given below.

But we ants never borrow,
we ants never lend.

Why do you think ants neither borrow nor lend?


Based on your understanding of the poem, complete the summary using the phrases given below.

In this narrative poem, the poet brings out the idea that is essential for every creature. He conveys this message to the readers through a story of __________ The ant spends all its summer saving __________. The cricket __________ happily in the summer. He __________ anything for the winter. When winter comes, he is worried that his __________ is empty. So, he seeks the help of the ant to have __________ and a __________ to stay. The cricket was even prepared to repay it in the future. The ant made it clear that ants __________. He also enquired the cricket if it had saved anything when the weather was fine. The cricket answered that it had sung day and night enjoying__________. The ant threw the

cricket out and stated in a stern voice it should dance in the winter season too. In his concluding lines, the poet affirms that this is not __________ but it is true and applicable to __________ also.


How is the mystery depicted in the poem?


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