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प्रश्न
The narrative has many phrases to describe the scenic beauty of the mountainside like:
A flawless half-moon flated in a perfect blue sky.
Scan the text to locate other such picturesque phrases.
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उत्तर
Here are a few extracts from the text that describe the scenic beauty of the Tibet region:
"Extended banks of cloud like long French loaves glowed pink as the sun emerged to splash the distant mountain tops with a rose-tinted blush."
"We entered a valley where the river was wide and mostly clogged with ice, brilliant white and glinting in the sunshine. The trail hugged its bank, twisting with the meanders as we gradually gained height and the valley sides closed in."
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Attempt the following in 150-200 words.
What was the incident of the Frost King? How did it affect Helen?
Mention three reasons why the author’s grandmother was disturbed when he started going to the city school.
List the steps taken by the captain
(i) to protect the ship when rough weather began.
(ii) to check the flooding of the water in the ship.
Guess the meaning of the following word:
Kyang
In which language are these word found?
Tick the statement that is true.
The story tries to relate history to Science.
Discuss the following statement in groups of two pairs, each pair in a group taking opposite points of view.
The methods of inquiry of history, science, and philosophy are similar.
There is mention of three communities in the story: the Marathas, the Mughals, the Anglo-Indians. Which language do you think they used within their communities and while speaking to the other groups?
Adi Song for the Recovery of Lost Health' is in Miri Agom while Adi Agom is the Adi community's language for routine conversation. How does this reflect upon the high level of language sensitivity of the Adi? Can you think of other parallels in modern languages between the literary variety and the colloquial variety?
Discuss in pairs or in small groups
The description of novels as organisms.
Comment on the subtlety with which the poet captures the general pattern of communication within a family.
No trees except the one which grows and seethes in one's dreams'– why is the phrase 'grows and seethes' used?
Read the following statement and mark those that apply to you.
I have a large group of friends but no best buddy.
Make groups and discuss the following:
Did they themselves suffer from those problems/setbacks?
Think and answer in your own words.
How do parents react when they see children soil their clothes in dust and heat?
Read the following words :
Brigadier, Commander, capture, evicting, enemy, defense
All these words are related to war affairs and war.
Find more such words from the passage.
Find from the library or internet other poems composed on tiny living creatures. Try to understand the message in each of them.
Answer the given question in your own words.
Why did the swallow decide to stay under the statue of the Happy Prince at night?
Life is an amalgam of happy and sad moments. Think of such moments in your life, pair with your classmate, and share both the aspects of life.
| Happy Moments | Sad Moments |
| 1. Winning the first prize in a competition | Losing your mobile, bicycle, or wallet |
| 2. | |
| 3. |
The kite - Bazar in Ahmedabad, is open day and night for a week.
Sue and Johnsy were very close friends.
Given below are various professions in column A and in column B, the nature of work in respective professions. Match the columns.
| A | B |
| (i) Anaesthetist | (a) Specialist in the treatment of problems concerning the position of teeth and jaws. |
| (ii) Pharmacist | (b) A person who designs buildings and supervises the process of constructing them. |
| (iii) Orthodentist | (c) A person who is in charge of a newspaper or of a part of a newspaper. |
| (iv) Dermitologist | (d) The medical study of the skin and its diseases. |
| (v) Architect | (e) A person who has been trained to prepare medicines and sell them to the public. |
| (vi) Chartered Accountant | (f) A person whose job is to give drugs which makes the person not feel pain especially in preparation for a medical operation. |
| (vii) Editor | (g) A person who is engaged in the profession of accounting and examining the statements and records of accounts. |
Go through the poem and state whether the following statement is true or false.
Planners plan to construct buildings wherever they find a place.
How do we realize that animals are not feeling well?
Imagine that one of your family members/friends/classmates has recently undergone surgery. You were curious and wanted to learn about his/her experience.
Match the questions you asked with their answers.
| 1. | What health problem did you suffer from? | a. | I was given a bath and I wore a surgical gown. |
| 2. | Whom did you inform about it first? | b. | I was given an injection of anesthesia. |
| 3. | What type of doctor did you consult? | c. | I consulted an orthopedic surgeon. |
| 4 | How did he/she find out that you needed a surgery? | d. | I was relieved and happy that the operation was over. |
| 5. | What preparation was done before the surgery? | e. | I had fractured my ankle while playing hockey. |
| 6. | What did you feel when you were taken to the operation theatre? | f | No, I did not feel anything. I was fast asleep. |
| 7. | What was the first step before the actual surgery? | g. | I recovered and I could walk normally after 3 weeks. |
| 8. | Did you feel any pain during the surgery? | h. | Our school hockey coach. |
| 9. | What did you feel when you opened your eyes after the operation? | i. | The doctor took an X-ray of my ankle, and he found a fracture in my ankle. |
| 10. | How soon did you recover? | j. | I was very nervous. |
Fill in the gap, choosing a word from the bracket to make an appropriate comparison.
(tall / quiet / humble / merry / busy / slippery / fast / sly / slow / big)
as ______ as an elephant
The man in the moon is mentioned in many nursery rhymes and stories. When people see the spots on the surface of the moon, they imagine that it’s a human face or the figure of a man who lives on the moon. Sometimes, other characters like rabbits are also imagined to live with the man. Here are two nursery rhymes about the man on the moon.
Discuss the question after you have seen a presentation of the ‘ad’.
What does the ad tell you?
Have you seen a newborn young one of an animal?
Explain the use of the following property in the development of the play.
An envelope containing the letter
Find the names of the exotic musical instruments and animals mentioned in the poem.
Write in your own words.
How should that person sing?
Read the story ‘Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend’ by P. G. Wodehouse.
Read the poem and answer the following.
Which strawberries are sweeter?
Does Marouckla get any of the things she brings?
Write what you can do to welcome birds in your surroundings.
Where was the well situated?
What did the Judge tell Ahmad?
Answer the question in a paragraph of about 100 – 150 word.
Write a detailed character sketch of Prospero.
What did Granny say about Hamid’s parents?
Fill in the blank
______ is the festival which fills our hearts with delight.
Look at the number pattern. Fill the blank in the middle of the series or end of the series.
FAG, GAF, HAI, IAH, ______
Give an example for dazzling light.
Why does the writer think that the peepul tree is a great show off?
Amma bought the vegetables from the______.
Why did the girls snigger?
_____ is called the red planet.
What is the setting of the story?
The blue lights seen through the window were aliens.
Why did Santhosh forget to watch television or play video games?
They ate a bowl of __________.
How did Vicky change at the end?
They use ______ as bait.
Match the following.
| pale |  |
| tremble |  |
| fainted |  |
Meena's village was hit by waves on a______.
What did Kani realize in the story?
Amir switched off the fan wheFalsen he walked out.
Who helped Tenzin in learning English words?
Draw me some hair, quickly, I look like a ______.
Why did Nasruddin say, “It was my aim,” the third time?
From where did the naughty boy come?
