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प्रश्न
The tongue justifies the possession of the spectacles on behalf of the nose. Pick up the expressions from the poem that argues in favour of the Nose and complete the following web diagram.
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उत्तर
- That the Nose has had spectacles always in wear, Which amounts to possession time out of mind.'
- they are made with a straddle As wide as the ridge of the Nose is;
- That the visage or countenance had not a Nose, Pray who would, or who could wear spectacles then?
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Read the following extract and answer the questions given below:
How do you know
Peace is a woman?
I know, for
I met her yesterday
on my winding way
to the world's fare.
She had such a wonderful face
just like a golden flower faded
before her prime.
(1) How does the poet describe the face of peace?
(2) Do you think there is a way out of the war-ridden world? What is it?.
(3) Name and explain the figure of speech in the following line:
"I met her yesterday
on my winding way."
(4) The poet asks the question and herself answers it. What effect does it create in the extract?
'Have you come back?' said the woman.'I thought that no one had come back.'
Does this statement give some clue about the story? If yes, what is it?
Explain the associations that the colour 'white' has in the story.
The peacock is the national bird of India. Why do you think the peacock has been chosen?
Qua story’: what does the word mean? Find other expressions using the word qua.
The poetic effect is achieved in the poem through understatement and asides. Discuss this with examples.
The title, 'Refugee Blues' encapsulates the theme of the poem. Comment.
Fill in the blank.
Baban’s father and some elders mentioned the name of __________.
Write down any two Slogans on 'Gender Equality'.
Find evidence from the lesson and write in your own words.
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Read the lesson and name the following.
A sack around the heart ______
Refer to a good dictionary that carries phonetic transcriptions printed next to words. The word below is familiar to you. Copy the phonetic transcription from the dictionary and say it aloud as you write.
work ........
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Look at the following words carefully for one minute. Now close your book and try to write down as many of the words as you can remember.
| crust, tremendous, lava, crater, volcanic, tsunami, island, extinct, disaster, dormant, eruption, plume, inland, molten, active, coast |
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To whom is the poem addressed?
An activity:
Speak fast, think faster! Form groups of 4-6. Discuss each of the following topics. Then each person in the group should choose a topic and speak about it for one minute. Try to say as many sentences as you can in that time
What is not likely to happen or will never happen...
‘It won’t rain in the classroom... I won’t ever see a live dinosaur... The sun will never set in the east...’ etc.
Read the passage and name the following.
He composed the Illiad and Odyssey.
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Sayali made a hasty purchase.
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Write the symbol that is used in the poem to represent the following idea.
It was tempting and needed to be tried.
Say whether you agree or disagree.
The youngest child was most irritating.
Discuss how you will measure the worth of a book.
What examples of plentiful things does the poet give?
Who is a ‘netizen’?
What conclusions did grandfather jump to when he saw the cops?
Hamid’s heart sank because the price of the tongs was______for him.
Tom lay thinking. Presently it occurred to him that he wished he was sick; then he could stay home from school. He examined himself. He found no symptoms or sickness, and he investigated again. This time he felt he had a stomach ache, but it soon grew feeble, and presently died wholly away. He reflected further.
Why did Tom wish that he were sick?
Usha went to visit her______ house after shopping in the market.
Pick out the rhyming words from the first stanza of the poem.
Role play
Put students in pairs to role-play a conversation between:
- Alice and her sister.
- Alice and White Rabbit.
Why did the train stop in the middle of the forest?
Read the line and answer the question.
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow rover.
What kind of human company does the poet want?
Write a summary based on the flow chart.
It is a problem for sea turtles to come ashore because ______.
What made Grandfather plant saplings on the rocky island?
What is the difference between this toy train and a normal train?
In the Earth, we get water from ______.
Nilavan unknowingly started the space shuttle.
Try your own.
Rearrange the story in order.
- Jaswant stayed back in his post.
- He killed 300 chinese soldiers in the battle.
- He fired weapons from separate points.
- Sela and Nura helped him in the battle.
- Jaswant shot himself to death.
- Chinese soldiers caught the man who supplied food.
- He was awarded the Mahavir Chakra.
Choose the odd one out.
Why do we discover a mystery?
What did the five friends call themselves?
Choose the correct answer.
Fill in the blank
He has bat ______ ball.
The brown sparrow laid ________eggs.
Parents never let us get ______.
Who helped Tenzin in learning English words?
Why it is important for people to live without boundaries?
The king gave______ seeds.
In real, the test is for______.
The king shouted at Ani.
Before going to bed that night, Chris gave his new teacher a ______.
The garden Alice saw was
Read the following information given in the table below and answer the questions.
| A nice choice from Chennai to the National capital | |||
| RAJADHANI EXPRESS TIMETABLE | |||
| Shortest Route between Chennai and Hazrat Nizamuddin 8 Halts & 324 intermediate stations in between | |||
| Station Name | Departs | Day | Speed |
| Chennai Central | 06.05 | 1 | 75 |
| Vijayawada | 11.55 | 1 | 76 |
| Warangal | 14.40 | 1 | 77 |
| Balharshah | 18.00 | 1 | 78 |
| Nagpur | 20.45 | 1 | 74 |
| Bhopal | 02.10 | 2 | 89 |
| Jhansi | 05.31 | 2 | 99 |
| Gwalior | 06.32 | 2 | 85 |
| Agra Cantt | 07.57 | 2 | 76 |
| Hazrat Nizamudin | 10.25 | 2 | - |
a) The number of stations between Chennai Central and Hazrat Nizamudin is______.
- five
- ten
- eight
- eleven
b) The train is expected to reach ______ around 8.45 PM
- Warangal
- Vijayawada
- Bhopal
- Nagpur
c) Between ______ the train runs at its maximum speed.
- Bhopal and Gwalior
- Bhopal and Jhansi
- Bhopal and Hazarat Nizamudin
- Bhopal and Agra
d) Almost ______ the train reaches Vijayawada.
- the day after
- around early morning
- late night
- around noon
e) People prefer the Rajadhani Express to travel from Chennai to reach the capital because ______.
- it reaches the destination on the same day
- the charge is reasonable.
- the train halts at ten stations.
- it is the shortest route from Chennai to New Delhi.
f) The destination of Rajadhani express is______.
- Hazarat Nizamudin.
- New Delhi junction.
- Old Delhi.
- Rajkot.
Pick out word which mean the same as
stop doing something (para 1)
