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Question
Note the following construction carefully and then use them to express your ideas:
They made it too big to go inside your city.
______ too ______ to ______.
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Solution
We were too tired to continue the game.
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How?: Follow the above procedure. Now all questions should begin with ‘How-?’
Prepare a short script for your interviews.
Correct the following sentence using facts from the passage.
During the war, Trojans jumped over the fort gates to fight the enemy.
Correct the following sentence using facts from the passage.
Troy was attacked because it was a strong, rich city
Correct the following sentence using facts from the passage.
The Greek armies and heroes always defeated the Trojans.
State the counter-action for the following actions.
| Action | Counter-action | ||
| (a) | Helen eloped with Paris. | (1) | ____________ |
| (b) | The Greeks sailed to Troy and attacked it. | (2) | ____________ |
| (c) | Hector was killed by Achilles. | (3) | ____________ |
| (d) | The siege continued for ten long years. | (4) | ____________ |
| (e) | The fighting went on daily | (5) | ____________ |
From either of our two Indian epics, find out which battle/war lasted the longest? Write down its cause, the enemy armies, its heroes, its duration, and the final outcome.
- Cause _________________.
- The enemy armie _________________.
- Heroes _________________.
- Duration _________________.
- Final outcome _________________.
List all the words related to ‘war’ from both parts of the story.
Note the following construction carefully and then use them to express your ideas:
The Greeks were tired of the long war.
______ tired of ______.
Note the following construction carefully and then use them to express your ideas:
They are afraid of the long voyage home, too.
______ afraid of______ .
Note the following construction carefully and then use them to express your ideas:
They were so excited that they paid no attention to his words.
______ so ______ that ______.
Put the following events in the order in which they took place. Number them accordingly.
| (a) | The Trojans found a Greek man under the big wooden horse. |
| (b) | They broke down part of the wall and brought the horse in. |
| (c) | The cunning Odysseus thought of a plan. |
| (d) | The Greeks burnt their tents and sailed away. |
| (e) | Troy was burnt down. |
| (f) | The Greeks built a big wooden horse. |
| (g) | The great heroes hid inside the horse. |
| (h) | The priest warned the Trojans not to break the wall. |
| (i) | The Trojans were happy to see the Greek ships go. |
| (j) | The Trojans slept soundly. |
| (k) | The Greeks came out of the horse and opened the gates. |
| (l) | The Greek army entered the city. |
Form pairs. Imagine you are a pair of Trojans and you have come to know about Odysseus’s plan. Make a counter plan to defeat the Greeks. Write down your plan as you would explain it to your fellow Trojans.
Do you know stories from any epics or mythological poems?
Who is your favourite warrior?
How did the location of Troy help it to grow into a very rich/ prosperous city?
Who were the brave heroes on either side who were killed in the war?
Read the story and ‘retell’ it in your mother tongue. When you ‘retell’ a story, you tell it using your style and not translate it word by word. (Part I)
Underline the subject in the following sentence:
The Trojans, too, fought hard.
Underline the subject in the following sentence:
The fighting went on.
What was the reason for Troy to rejoice and celebrate?
Was the big wooden horse really an offering to the god of the sea?
How did the cunning Greek explain the presence of such a large wooden horse?
How did the Greek ships remain hidden from Troy?
What did the Greek soldiers hidden in the wooden horse do after nighfall?
What distressing sounds and sights could be witnessed at Troy, that fateful night?
What was the destiny of the royal family of Troy and that of Helen?
Refer to the Language Study pages and read the following entries:
- word
- phrase
- clause
- sentence.
A phrase is a meaningful group of words. Read the following phrases:
- The wise Odysseus
- A great horse of wood
- A skilful engineer
- The greatest heroes
- The secret of opening and shutting the entrance
- On the seashore outside the walls
- In the darkness
- Watching for the return of the fleet
- Part of their strong wall
Write three phrases on your own.
A phrase is a meaningful group of words. Read the following phrases:
- The wise Odysseus
- A great horse of wood
- A skilful engineer
- The greatest heroes
- The secret of opening and shutting the entrance
- On the seashore outside the walls
- In the darkness
- Watching for the return of the fleet
- Part of their strong wall
All the above phrases are parts of sentences; they do not form a complete sentence by themselves. A sentence expresses a complete idea. You know that it has a subject and a predicate. A sentence has at least one finite verb in it. Read the following examples:
- The tents had been burnt.
- The shore was deserted.
- The Greek ships had all gone.
Write three sentences using your own ideas.
