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प्रश्न
What does the phrase 'as if he were on needles' mean? Can you think of another phrase with a similar meaning substituting the word 'needless'?
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उत्तर
The phrase actually is 'on pins and needles' which means to be nervously waiting to see what is going to happen.
Another phrase that has a similar meaning is 'on tenterhooks'.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What were Watson's observations on the stick left behind by Dr. Mortimer? How far did Sherlock Holmes prove him wrong? (in about 125 words)
Answer any four of the following in 30−40 words each:
(a) What did garbage mean to the children of Seemapuri and to their parents?
(b) How did Rajkumar Shukla establish that he was resolute?
(c) 'Life is what it is all about;...' How is keeping quiet related to life?
(d) Mention any four things of beauty that add joy to our life.
(e) The manner of his (the Tiger King's) death is a matter of extraordinary interest. Comment.
(f) In what condition did Dr. Sadao find the American soldier at the seashore?
Read the following extract and answer the questions given below:
If you do not get lowered in your own eyes
While you raise yourself in those of others,
If you do not give in to gossips and lies
Rather heed them not, saying, 'who bothers?'
You may be the person I am looking for.
If you crave not for praise when you win
And look not for sympathy while you lose,
If cheers let not your head toss or spin
And after a set-back, you offer no excuse,
You may be the person I and looking for.
(1) What should be your reaction towards gossips and lies?
(2) Who are your role models? Why?
(3) Give the rhyming pairs of words from the first stanza.
(4) Which line is repeated in this extract and what is its effect?
Mention the way in which the sparrows expressed their sorrow when the author’s grandmother died.
Look for pictures in newspapers and magazines that depict the urban civic problems discussed in the text. Cut them out and pin them to the text at appropriate places.
Discuss the following statement in groups of two pairs, each pair in a group taking opposite points of view.
A single event may change the course of the history of a nation.
Why does Russell call the three passions 'simple'?
Distinguish between the following pairs of words
| Incredulous | - | Incredible |
| Suspicious | - | Susceptible |
| Sensitivity | - | Sentimentality |
| Successive | - | Successful |
How does the poet tossed back from ecstasy into despair?
Read the following statement and mark those that apply to you.
I wish to be friends with someone but my friendship is rejected.
Make a list of the preparations made for an assault on Tiger Hill.
They also explored to ______________.
Answer in your own words.
Read and write down 5 points which prove that Tomba, (Lanthoi’s father) firmly believes in gender equality.
Answer the given question in your own words.
Where was the Happy Prince’s statue located?
Pick out a word from the poem to complete the sentence meaningfully.
She ______ (bargained) with the hawker to reduce the price.
Correct the following statement.
Sue ignored Johnsy completely.
Write any five illnesses of the animals in the poem that you find most amusing / laughable.
Out of all names of birds and animals given in the poem, pick out 4 names that are similar in English as well as in Hindi/Marathi or your Mother's tongue.
Read the expression:
‘the blueprint of our past’s tomorrow’. Consider in a group why the poet has not mentioned ‘the present’. It is because of the planners who have possessed our ‘present’ in order to change ‘our past’ into the ‘future’ they desire. Go through the poem and write the lines which support this thought.
- The buildings are in alignment with the roads which meet at desired points.
- ____________________________________________
- ____________________________________________
- ____________________________________________
- ____________________________________________
- ____________________________________________.
Read aloud with the leader: Form groups of five. Read the passage aloud in groups. The leader begins every sentence and stops after a few words. The other members complete the sentence, reading it aloud in the chorus.
Guess the meaning of the following from the context.
The meadow is wrapped in shadow.
Visit a library:
Read Lewis Carroll’s book ‘Alice in Wonderland.’
Read the passage and answer the following:
Where does the story take place?
Read the passage and answer the following:
When was the book written?
Write the following:
The sights seen through a railway carriage mentioned in the first stanza.
Find and read other poems of R. L. Stevenson using the internet. Find other rhythmic poems about trains, in English, or other languages.
Discuss:
In the story, human settlements are mentioned but not cities or villages. Why is it so?
Pick out three examples of interrogation (rhetorical questions) from the poem.
Explain in your own words the point that each one makes.
| Interrogation | Explanation |
| (1) | |
| (2) | |
| (3) |
Put the following events in proper order.
- Holmes and others go to the bank.
- Clay digs a tunnel.
- Ross closes the office of the 'Red-headed League'.
- Holmes catches the criminal Clay.
- Clay and Ross enter the cellar to steal the gold.
- The bank received a lot of gold from the Bank of France.
- Holmes visits the area around Mr. Wilson’s shop.
Listen carefully and guess how the sentence would end.
When the students saw the question paper, they were ______.
Think of other funny names for imaginary creatures. Write any 3 of them.
Write a short note/story based on the ill effects of pollution.
What does a farmer need most for his fields?
Bring out a few differences between the two art forms: Therukoothu and Bommalattam.
What made John Shepherd-Barron to come up with the idea of ATM?
Which mode of transport did Fogg choose?
Turtles come ashore to lay eggs
What does the peepul do?
The little bird found a shallow hollow in the ground.
The man destroyed ______.
Name the planets the poet flies through.
How does Patna differ from Delhi?
________ was a young talented doctor.
Jaswant managed to kill _________ Chinese soldiers.
The robot did not obey his master.
Rosy ______a bicycle.
Why did the old man need someone?
Name the character or speaker.
“Believe yourself.”
Why was the fish floating on top?
Write the rhyming word.
away
What did the five friends call themselves?
Where does the scene take place?
What were the people excited about?
Read the advertisement and answer the question given below.
What is the advertisement about?
List the things that humans should save.
The tank in Divya’s village was almost ______.
Mostly piggy banks look like______.
What incident made Mugund make a wooden drum?
Read the poem.
For Want of a Nail
For want of a nail, the shoe was lost,
For want of a shoe the horse was lost,
For want of a horse, the rider was lost,
For want of a rider, the battle was lost,
For want of a battle, the kingdom was lost,
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail!
[traditional rhyme]
Now form questions for the answers given in the speech bubbles.
Match the following items from column-A with those column-B:
| Column 'A' | Column 'Non-Textual' |
| (a) Geoffrey Chaucer | (i) Trinidad |
| (b) Daniel Defoe | (ii) Wuthering Heights |
| (c) V.S. Naipaul | (iii) Robinson Crusoe |
| (d) Emile Bronte | (iv) The Canterbury Tales |
Being a bachelor, the stranger had no patience with children.
