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प्रश्न
Try rewriting the lecture as a formal essay and examine Forster’s statement: 'since the novel is itself often colloquial, it may possibly withhold some of its secrets from the graver and grander streams of criticism’.
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उत्तर
Forster’s statement, ‘since the novel is itself often colloquial, it may possibly withhold some of its secrets from the graver and grander streams of criticism’ talks about how novel deals with the colloquial aspects of life and is written in a colloquial language so that it becomes accessible to humbler people too. Therefore, neither would it have the characteristics of a formal essay nor would it deal with higher or more philosophical subject matters that can be subject to ‘grander’ criticisms.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Read the following extract and do the given activities:
B.1) Fill in the Balloons with suitable ideas from the poem:
“Oh, the value of the elderly! How could anyone not know?
They hold so many keys, so many things they can show.
We all will read the other side this I firmly believe
And the elderly are closest oh what clues we could retrieve.
For their characters are closest to how we’ll be on high.
They are the ones most developed, you can see it if you try.
They’ve let go of the frivolous and kept things that are dear
The memories of so sweet, of loved ones that were near.
As a nation, we are missing our greatest true resource,
To get to know our elders and let them guide our course.”
B.2) Find Evidence:
Pick out the line from the extract which supports the given ideas:
(i) The elders have many things to share.
(ii) Everybody knows the value of elderly people.
(iii) The elderly people have vast experience.
(iv) The elderly people are a boon to the nation.
B.3) Write a pair from the extract that rhymes with the given word:
| Fear | ........................... | .......................... |
Notice the kind of English Tsetan uses while talking to the author. How do you think he picked it up?
Guess the meaning of the following word:
Kyang
In which language are these word found?
What impression would you form of a state where the King was 'just and placid'?
Identify the common characteristics shared by tribal communities all over the world.
'There is no sophistry in my body' – this statement expresses the brutal frankness of the Hawk. Does the poet suggest something through this statement?
What quality of 'beauty' and 'love' does the poem highlight?
' Kummi', ' ghumar' and 'dandia' are some dance forms mentioned in the text. Make an inventory of folk dance forms in the different regions of the country.
Read the story and complete the following.
When Revathi played her favourite raga, the plants began to move because, ____________.
Think and answer in your own words.
Does the poet really wish to become a hawker/gardener/watchman? Justify your response.
Say why the speaker of the poem wishes to be a-
hawker
Answer the given question in your own words.
What decision did the Swallow finally make? Was it a wise one? Comment.
Doctors who do special advanced study of specific parts of the body have special terms.
In your group try to match the specialist doctors with who / what they treat.
| Specialists | Who/What they treat | ||
| 1. | Dentist | a. | bone |
| 2. | Cardiologist | b. | brain/with spine |
| 3. | Ophthalmologist | c. | small kids |
| 4. | Orthopedic | d. | teeth |
| 5. | Pediatrician | e. | animals/birds |
| 6. | Neurologist | f. | eye |
| 7. | Veterinarian | g. | heart |
Discuss in your group and write down the most important reason, why Pediatrician and Veterinarians have, a tougher job to diagnose their patients' illnesses.
Mayor Peter Stockmann is a contrast to Dr. Thomas Stockmann. Justify.
Explain the following statement with reference to the context.
You ought to be ashamed of yourself.
Find two examples of the word made by using the following suffix.
-ness
Find, in your science textbook, the topics of the stalls handled by students of VI A.
(Write the page number.)
Listen and complete:
Close your books. The teacher will dictate some lines from the poem. She will say the first half and you have to write the entire line/verse.
- I know a funny ____________ As quiet as a ____________ Who does the mischief that is done ____________.
- There’s no one ever sees his face, And yet we all ____________ That every plate we break was ____________ By ____________.
Read the following sentence aloud. Write who said it and to whom.
“I would rather not go to the party.”
Talk about your favourite season. (A one-minute activity.)
Find the names of the exotic musical instruments and animals mentioned in the poem.
How does the following character in the story live up to their name? Provide points from the story.
Teshumai Tewindrow
Correct the following sentence and rewrite it.
The best shoes that Papa Panov had made were a pair of lady’s shoes.
Guess the meaning of the following word.
water-logged
Imagine you are one of the three brothers. Write in short what you did with the rice.
When do the parents feel sorry and become unhappy?
Read the following line from the poem and answer the question given below.
Nothing goes right with the folks you meet
Down on that gloomy Complaining Street.
- What is the opinion about the folks you meet down the street?
- What does the word ‘gloomy’ mean here?
Identify the speaker/character.
‘ It’s Somu’s thoughtless ways that reduce me to tears’
Identify the speaker/character.
‘Come in, Zigzag, come in dear!’
What did Usha buy in the market? List them.
Which of these statements do you find in the speech?
- Inclusion is essential for us to do well in life.
- We should neglect others.
- Communicate politely with the less privileged.
- Teachers teach us to communicate well.
- Effective Communication is inessential to excel in life.
The______ of ______ are nearly run.
- soft
- vain
- fear
- joy
- love
- heard
- toiled
- mild
- good
- sand
- life
- harsh
What kind of joy is unfurled during the festival of sacrifice?
Pick out the rhyming words from the first stanza of the poem.
when to fight for a righteous cause
one did gain considerable applause.
When will one get an applause?
Read the lines and answer the questions.
There are many legends based on their heroic exploits
a legacy of tales which have been told with much adroit
- What does ‘heroic exploits’ mean?
- What are legends?
Learning About Nature
Learn about caterpillars and butterflies. Read a book about a caterpillar turning into a butterfly. You can get one from the library or go online and find information with pictures.
Read the line and answer the question.
And the wheel’s kick and the winds song and the white sail’s shaking
What according to the poet are the pleasures of sailing?
Read the incidents. Work in small groups to role play the situations in which they showed their presence of mind. Each group should perform the skit for the rest of the class. Share similar situations in the class.
In India’s coastal waters we can see a species of ______.
The horses were four and a half inches tall.
In the Earth, we get water from ______.
The girl admitted to her brother that she was badly frightened.
What was the girl determined to do? Why?
Be humble like a _____.
| Mr. Murugan is a farmer. He has a small piece of land and two bulls. He takes good care of his bulls as they help him in farming. Every morning, he takes the bulls for grazing. When it rains he ploughs the land with the bulls. As he has no one to help he starts sowing the seed before sunrise. He irrigates the crop till it grows. He reaps and binds the crop then takes it to thrash the paddy. Finally, with the help of the bulls, he takes the paddy to his house. |
Choose the main idea of the passage.
What were Anandhan and Yazhini watching in the television?
Choose the correct option from the given homophones.
The wind ______off the leaves.
Pick out the rhyming words from the poem and write.
| Mars | |
| time | |
| be |
What did they use as net?
Who is the hero of this story?
Circle the animals which are in the voyage.
Write the rhyming word.
away
Meena’s father was a fisher man.
The grandmother had kept the plate in memory of her ______.
Write the word with same meaning.
Sink
Why did the headmaster give Megala a special prize?
Who are already awake?
How did Miss Sullivan help Helen?
