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Study the map and the key given below carefully, and complete the sentences that follow.

Key

  1. Lalnagar
  2. Sarkor
  3. Timpur
  4. Rampur (Capital)
  5. Marwah
  6. Chickoor
  7. Strange Lake
  8. Neverest Hills
  9. Nafran
  10. Lakshrnanpur

(a) 

__________________________

Rampur

 

 

is

is situated

lies ____________

is located

half-way along the west coast of Halsi Island.

 

on the south coast of the island, north of ___

(b) Now describe the position of the other eight places, using some of the words in
the box.

at along among
to next to opposite
on between  
in above  
by below  
over    
under    
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उत्तर

(a) 

  1. Lakshman Pur – is situated half-way along the west coast of Halsi Island.
  2. Rampur – is situated on the south coast of the island, north of Bhingai Island.

(b)  — Lalnagar is below the Neverest Hills in the north of Halsi Island.
— Sarkot is on the north coast of the island,
— Timpur lies on the shores of Strange Lake next to Nafran.
— Rampur (capital) is on the south coast opposite the Bhingai Island.
— Marwah is next to {along) the River Exe south of Bir Forest.
— Chickoor is just along Bir Forest on a tributary of the River Exe.
— Strange Lake is in the centre of the island, below the Neverest Hills.
— The Neverest Hills are north of Strange Lake, above Lalnagar.
— Nafran is between Chickoor and Timpur.
— Lakshmanpur is situated on {along) the west coast opposite the Bir Forest.

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पाठ 8.1: Prepositions - Exercises [पृष्ठ ११०]

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पाठ 8.1 Prepositions
Exercises | Q 8 | पृष्ठ ११०

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Answer the following question briefly
Which of the following traits are relevant to the character of the narrator's grandmother?
(i) determined
(ii) selfish
(iii) emotional
(iv)mean
Give reasons for your choice.


You are the grandmother. How did you feel when your granddaughter gave you the novel ‘Kashi Yatre’ ? Write your feelings in your diary.
To make your diary entry interesting, read the following information about what is a diary entry.
A diary entry is a purely personal piece of writing. The writer expresses his/her thoughts and feelings. Reactions to incidents are generally poured out in a diary. Hence expressions that are emotionally charged are used.


                       For example – When you are happy about something, you could start like this
                       8th July 20xx, Wednesday             8 pm
                       Today I am very happy as ………………………..


Given below are five qualities that Charles Hooper displayed during his struggle for survival.

Get into groups of four. Each team will choose one quality to talk about to the whole class for about one minute. But before you talk you have two minutes to think about it. You can make notes if you wish.


Answer the following question:

 Describe Mr. Bramble as he has been described in the story.


Answer the following question.

How do you think the rain quenches the thirst of the fields and cures the ailments of the
clouds ?


You already know the two literary devices generally used by writers and poets for comparison, i.e. metaphor and simile.

e.g. a) He was a lion in the battle, (metaphor)
b) He fought like a lion, (simile) 

In (a) the writer talks of the soldier in terms of a lion. The comparison is implied.
In (b) the writer compares the soldier to a lion with the use of the word like, (as may also be used for such comparisons.) 

Read the poem again and note down the metaphors and similes. Complete the following chart.

Reference Metaphor Simile
world all the world's a stage  
men, women    
school-boy    
lover    
soldier    
reputation    
voice    

Which comparison(s) do you find most interesting? Why? 


On the basis of your understanding of the poem, answer the following question
by ticking the correct choice.

The speaker says that she has paved the way for cavities and decay by __________.


Answer the following question.

With reference to the poem, how can you look after your teeth?


Complete the following sentences about the poem.

  1. In the first stanza, the poet refers to four pieces of evidence: large shoes, a long bed, the Bible, fields cluttered with boulders and a leaky barn. This leads the poet to conclude that ‘the man of the house’ was ________________
  2. I think that the child was probably about six years old because_____________ .
  3. The poet suggests that a woman lived in the farmhouse because______________ .
  4. The family probably left the farmhouse because____________________________ .

Choose three ‘since’ expressions and three ‘for’ expressions from the table above. Then write six sentences using the pattern in the box below.

I haven’t seen him since the day before yesterday.
I have not seen him for ages.


Below are some incomplete sentences about the story. Complete each sentence appropriately, according to the story. 

1. Slava Kurilov was in the water because he ... 
Evidence for this is ... 
2. His biggestmistakewaswhenhe ... 
3. He decided to die because ... 
4. He was carried towards the lagoon when he decided to ... 


Complete the introduction given below to the story The Story Teller by Saki (H.H. Munro), by using ‘a’ ‘art’ or ‘the’’:

The afternoon was hot, and so was (a)______ railway carriage. (b)_______ next stop was at Templecombe, nearly (c)______ hour ahead. In the carriage were a small girl, (d)______ smaller girl, and a small boy. (e)________ aunt belonging to (f)______ children sat in (g)_________ comer seat, and in (h)_______ further comer seat on (i)______ opposite side, was a man who was a stranger to them, but (j)_____ small girls and the small boys were (k)_________ ones who filled the compartment. The children chatted on and on to their aunt, like (l)____ housefly that refuses to be put off. Most of the aunt’s remarks seemed to begin with “Don’t”, and nearly all of (m)______ children’s remarks began with “Why?”


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How to start

  1. Link up the monitor, keyboard and printer.
  2. Plug in the main cable.
  3. Switch on the monitor at the back.
  4. When the light appears on the screen, place the Day Disk in Drive A.
  5. Push in the disk until the button clicks out.
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  6. Press the Drive button and the disk shoots out.
  7. Replace the Day Disk with the Document Disk.
  8. Press function key 7.
  9. Start work!

Question 9.1
Convert these instructions into the past passive by filling in the blanks. The first sentence has been completed as an example.
Firstly the monitor keyboard and printer were linked up. Then the __________ was __________. The monitor __________ at the back. When the light appeared on the screen, __________ in Drive A. The disk __________ until __________. It took the computer 30 seconds to load the programme. The Drive button __________ and the disk shot out. The __________ with the Document Disk. Finally, __________
The word processor was then ready to use.


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• he had put his hoop and his bat away. 
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• Tom was hanging around Becky Thatcher's father's house all night 
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• she was infatuated with patent medicines 
• she had a fever 
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• it was simply fire in a liquid form. 
• her troubles were instantly at rest 
• Tom's indifference was broken. 
• Tom was responding well 
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• repairing a crack in the sitting-room floor 
• looking after his health 
• pouring the medicine into a crack in the sitting-room floor 
• giving the medicine to the cat 


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In groups of four, choose one of the following lists of prepositions and draw simple pictures to illustrate their meaning.

Time Place Movement
since on through
at in along
until behind across
for beside down
after above round

Adjectives and Prepositions
Look at the table below. Decide which of the adjectives in Column A commonly go with which preposition. Tick the table as shown. (There may be more then one tick for each adjective).

A at to about for
worried    
good        
bad        
surprised        
happy        
sensitive        
puzzled        
married        
clever        
suitable        
curious        
due        
qualified        
famous        

Use the adjectives and prepositions from the box above to fill in the gaps below. Add eight sentences of your own.

  1. Mary is bad ________ Maths.
  2. Fruit is good ________ you.
  3. Ram was married ________ Beena for 10 years. They were very happy.
  4. This tool is more ________ planing wood.
  5. What good news! I’m so ________ you.
  6. He’s ________ her; she looks ill.
  7. She’s ashamed ________ her bad behaviour.
  8. They are fond ________ dancing.
  9. He was absent ________ the Science Club yesterday.
  10. He is sensitive ________ criticism.

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