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प्रश्न
Read the poem and complete the web about the activities the planners do.
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उत्तर
The Planners
- Plan and build.
- Grid all the spaces and fill them with permutations of possibilities.
- Rearrange buildings with roads that meet at desired points.
- Kick aside useless blocks with dental dexterity.
- Erase the flaws and blemishes of the past.
- Drill right through the fossils of the last century.
- Pile non-stop.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
B1. Find reasons
(i) The effect of receding forest …………………………………. .
(ii) The number of animals is reduced because ………………………. .
(iii) Elephants entered the city because…………………… .
(iv) Elephants lived a wary life …………………….. .
On the left bank of the Ganga, where it emerges from the Himalayan foothills, there is a long stretch of heavy forest. There are villages on the fringe of the forest, inhabited by bamboo cutters and farmers, but there are few signs of commerce or pilgrimage. Hunters, however, have found the area an ideal hunting ground during the last seventy years, and as a result, the animals are not as numerous as they used to be. The trees, too, have been disappearing slowly; and, as the forest recedes, the animals lose their food and shelter and move further on into the foothills. Slowly, they are being denied the right to live
Only the elephants can cross the river. And two years ago, when a large area of the forest was cleared to make way for a refugee resettlement camp, a herd of elephants - finding their favourite food, the green shoots of the bamboo, in short supply - waded across the river. They crashed through the suburbs of Haridwar, knocked down a factory wall, pulled down several tin roofs, held up a train, and left a trail of devastation in their wake until they found a new home in a new forest which was still untouched. Here, they settled down to a new life but an unsettled, wary life. They did not know when men would appear again, with tractors,bulldozers and dynamite.
B2. Find out
Mention four things the elephants did when they found shortage of food:
(i)………………
(ii)………
(iii) …………
(iv) ………….
B3.Phrases
Make meaningful sentences by selecting any two of the following phrases:
(i) to make way for
(ii) in short
(iii) on the fringe of.
B4. Language study
Select the proper alternative to make the correct voice:
(i) Hunters have found an ideal hunting ground.
-An ideal hunting ground ........found by hunters. (had been, has been, was)
(ii) They are being denied the right to live.
- The people ........them the right to live. (are denying, were denying, denying)
B5.Personal response
What would be your contribution to protect the natural habitat of animals?
Which language do you think the author and his grandmother used while talking to each other?
What is the meaning of the line “Both wry with the laboured ease of loss”.
Notice the kind of English Tsetan uses while talking to the author. How do you think he picked it up?
Discuss the following statement in groups of two pairs, each pair in a group taking opposite points of view.
The story is called ‘The Adventure’. Compare it with the adventure described in ‘We’re Not Afraid to Die...’
How do you distinguish between information gathering and insight formation?
How does the poem emphasise the physical prowess of the Hawk?
Study the Note to Aspects of the Novel given at the end. Discuss the features that mark the piece as a talk as distinguished from a critical essay.
Read the extract and state whether the following statement is true or false. Correct the false statement.
The author did not succeed in finding Kasbai.
Think and write down how the following creature can be useful:
Dragon fly:
There are different types of short stories. Use a dictionary/internet and find out what each of the following types refers to.
- fable:
- anecdote:
- fairy tale:
- parable:
- tragedy:
- humorous story:
- detective story:
- myth:
The cherry tree has inspired the poet to compose the poem. Such poems, describing Nature or aspects of Nature are called ‘Nature poems’. Find out some expressions from the poem that bring out the elements of the beauty of Nature.
Johnsy realised that her thinking was wrong.
Correct the following statement.
The real ivy leaf did not fall off at all.
Out of all names of birds and animals given in the poem, pick out 4 names that are similar in English as well as in Hindi/Marathi or your Mother's tongue.
Go through the poem and state whether the following statement is true or false.
The newly planned city looks modern and amazingly beautiful.
Join the sentence using appropriate Co-ordinators. (but, or, so, and)
He places his fingers into the master controls. He operates all four arms of the Da Vinci.
Complete the following web diagram.
Describe the following with the help of the story.
The fabric is woven by Thiruvalluvar
Discuss in groups and think about it.
List a few occasions on which you had become angry. What do you do when you are angry?
Form a pair. Write at least one short dialogue for the following expression.
I agree.
What were the three things that Sushruta discovered?
What two basic rules were followed in the Science Fair?
Explain the idea of ‘Conservation of Nature through Livelihood’ briefly, using the example given here.
Sayali did not understand the mistake she had made.
Find the words that mean the following from the first stanza.
- Gold hammered into a flat, thin shape: ______
- show off proudly: ______
- tilt, move at an angle: ______
- across, especially in a slanting direction: ______
Complete the following diagram.
Write in your own words.
How should that person sing?
Write in your own words.
In which professions is a person forced to stay away from his home/ homeland for a long time? Try to guess why the poet is forced to stay away from his home?
The poem has rhyming words at the end of the lines. Find and write the pairs of rhyming words in each stanza.
Identify the speaker/character.
‘ Remember the tiny penknife he gave me last year’.
Write the name of the toys against each picture.
Read the poem and fill in the blanks with the correct option.
It is better far to rule by ______, than ______.
- soft
- vain
- fear
- joy
- love
- heard
- toiled
- mild
- good
- sand
- life
- harsh
Teach it in accents______ and______.
- soft
- vain
- fear
- joy
- love
- heard
- toiled
- mild
- good
- sand
- life
- harsh
Fill in the blank
______ is the festival which fills our hearts with delight.
Do you think this was a good idea?
Read these lines and answer the questions given below.
With lutes in our hands ever-singing we roam,
All men are our kindred, the world is our home.
- Who does ‘we’ refer to? What do they have in their hands? What is its name?
- How are the men in the world related to the singers?
Neerja had a sour marriage due to______.
The ________ are trying to terraform Mars.
What is a sol? How many sols make a year?
What did the father give to all the daughters?
Who helped Jaswant in the battle against Chinese?
Vicky pleaded his father to buy a robot.
How do the wheels go?
How did the old man disguise himself?
Write the rhyming word.
Bird - ______.
His father wanted him to do well in ______.
Master trained Akilan on a ______.
Where is Keeraikuppam located?
How did they go to school?
Why was the teacher annoyed?
Leafcutter ants drink______.
If we didn’t have boundaries, we don’t need _______.
Mostly piggy banks look like______.
Draw me some hair, quickly, I look like a ______.
What did Nasruddin boast about?
What secrets did he learn about beasts?
According to Tagore, when will India get the opportunity to win the gift of freedom?
William Shakespeare was one of the greatest playwrights of all time. He lived in the 16th century. Many Shakespearean plays have been written in the short-story form. Find out the names of at least 5 of Shakespearean plays.
Example: Romeo and Juliet
