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Read the poem below and fill in the gaps, choosing appropriate pairs of rhyming words, to make them meaningful. Little things Little drops of water, Little grains of ______ Make the mighty ocean

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प्रश्न

Read the poem below and fill in the gaps, choosing appropriate pairs of rhyming words, to make them meaningful.

Little things

Little drops of water,
Little grains of ______
Make the mighty ocean
And the pleasant ______.

Thus the little minutes,
Humble though they ______,
Make the mighty ages
Of ______,

Little deeds of kindness,
Little words of ______
Make this earth an Eden,
Like the heaven a ______

(love - above / sand - land / be - eternity)

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उत्तर

Little things

Little drops of water,
Little grains of sand
Make the mighty ocean
And the pleasant land.

Thus the little minutes,
Humble though they be,
Make the mighty ages
Of eternity.

Little deeds of kindness,
Little words of love
Make this earth an Eden,
Like the heaven above

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पाठ 3.1: The Plate of Gold - Warming up [पृष्ठ ५६]

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बालभारती English Standard 8 Maharashtra State Board
पाठ 3.1 The Plate of Gold
Warming up | Q 2.1 | पृष्ठ ५६
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पाठ 3.1 The Plate of Gold
WARMING UP | Q 2. (1) | पृष्ठ १

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Read the following passage and complete the activities given below :

A1 Find out :
Find from the passage the related words to the sea and write them.

ON FIERCE monsoon nights, about one and a quarter-mile off the Mumbai harbor, there have been occasions when 52-year-old Bikaji Ramchandra Dhuri is the only man on the sea. From the watchtower of the Prongs Reef Lighthouse, which is surrounded on all sides by the Arabian Sea, he has heard the sea rage like a possessed spirit – the darkness dispelled only by the beam of light flung across the waters from the tower he mans.

Dhuri is one of the last breeds of lighthouse keepers on the Indian coast, as a majority of the 182 lighthouses in the country are now unmanned. Built-in 1871, the Prongs Reef lighthouse was modeled on Scotland’s  Skerryvore Rocks Lighthouse and is located at a strategic spot on the western coast, marking the entrance to the busy Mumbai Harbour. It was meant to stem the number of shipwrecks off the harbor, which the lone Colaba lighthouse could not illumine on its own. “Even now, during nights, for fishing vessels without any gadgets, it’s the soft light from this tower which directs us to Mumbai,” says Vinayak Koli, a boatsman who helps ferry people and also goes on fishing expeditions.

Throughout the year, Dhuri lives in the lighthouse for 15 days at a stretch, when he is relieved by another keeper. In the monsoon, it becomes his home for three months. “We call it the Kalapana as we are alone in the middle of the sea for days, with basic supplies – and the revolving light that keeps the sea awake,” he says.

A2 Fill in the following information using words from the passage :
(i) The Prongs Reef lighthouse was modeled on _______.
(ii) Dhuri lives in the lighthouse for _______ at a stretch.
(iii) _______ is one of the last breeds of lighthouse keepers on the Indian coast.
(iv) The majority of the _______ lighthouses in the country are now unmanned.

A3 Read the words and find out the similar meaning words from the passage :
Violent Scattered Place of shelter for ships Shine light

A4
(i) “We call it Kalapani as we are alone in the middle of the sea for days”, he says. (Use ‘that’ and rewrite the sentence)
(ii) It was meant to stem the number of shipwrecks of the harbor.
(a) was it? (b) wasn’t it? (c) is it?
(Select the proper tag and rewrite the sentence)

A5 Personal Response
Imagine you have to spend a night in a lighthouse. Narrate your experience.

Identify the words that help you understand the nature of the poet's father.


Read the extract and state whether the following statement is true or false. Correct the false statement.

Growing in abundance is more important than the quality of the crop.


Write how the travellers crossed the second gulf.


Turtles are sea animals.


The turtles use their flippers and make a hollow for their nests.


Karate makes me brave and bold. Would you like to learn it?


Meena studied in ______ standard.


What kind of water did Divya use to brush her teeth?


Appa weaves beautiful sarees with______.


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