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प्रश्न
‘The Storyteller’ has a story within a story.
Search from the Internet or your library books for other stories that have another story within. Enlist at least 3 to 5 of them.
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उत्तर
- The Blind Assassin
- The Thirteen tale
- Canterbury tales
- The Decameron
- The Arabian nights
- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
APPEARS IN
संबंधित प्रश्न
Explain, ‘Just a palsied few at the windows set;’
There's nobody on the house-tops now...
Just a palsied few at the windows set;
For the best of the sight is, all allow,
At the Shambles' Gate-or, better yet,
By the very scaffold's foot, I trow.
Read the above lines and answer the question that follow.
Why does Browning say that the palsied watched the execution?
Locate the following words in the text and study their connotation.
1. gripped the imagination of
2. dawned upon
3. ushered in
4. passed into current coin
5. passport of the future
Discuss in pairs or in small groups
Living abroad is challenging in many ways.
The words in the box are all words that describe movement. Use them to fill in the blank in the sentence below.
The snake hissed, his forked tongue ____________ in and out.
If you see someone lonely or sad you will –
- _______________________
- _______________________
- _______________________
Write a character-sketch of the ‘Stranger-man’ using examples from the story to support the following attributes.
- ignorant, innocent, and polite
- calm and cool
- jumps to wrong conclusions
- hasty and unwise at times
How do you cook rice in your house?
Fill in the gaps in this recipe for cooking rice. Use the words in the box
|
boil |
water |
heat |
keep |
rice |
lid |
low |
water |
more |
ready |
What you'll need
- 1 cup uncooked white rice
- 2 cups water
- pinch of salt
How to make it
- ______the rice until the ______runs clear.
- Drain the water and ______ aside.
- In a medium sized pan, bring water to ______.
- Add the salt, stir, and then add the rinsed and drained ______.
- Reduce the heat, cover the rice, and let it simmer on ______ heat for 20 minutes.
- Check after 15 minutes to see if all the ______ has evaporated. If it has, the rice is ______.
- If not, replace the ______ and let the rice simmer for 5 ______
- Remove from ______ and serve
Write the hungry fox story on your own by looking at the pictures and using the clues given under each picture.
Imagine someone has invited your family to a programme and you were the only person at home when the invitation was given orally.
Write a note (4-5 lines) to pass on the message to the other people in your family. Or, Write an imaginary conversation in which you pass on the message to your parents.
