Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
This phrase originates from the fable ‘The Monkey and the Cat’. Explain how Macavity contradicts the phrase ‘cat’s paw’.
Advertisements
Solution
Cat’s paw means being an incumbent in someone’s hand and do what the other person says. But Macavity is the master. He’s nicknamed the “hidden paw”. He is the Napoleon of crime controlling the operation of all the wicked cats in London. Macavity really contradicts “cat’s paw” absolutely.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Imagine that you are a lawyer defending the case of the eyes in court. Present your counter statement in support of your client.
How do trees access the internet?
They simply ___________ in.
Work in groups of four. Discuss how the story would have been different if.
Pongo had forgotten to lock the door properly but the narrator only discovered it just before Pongo returned.
Divide the students into groups of five and conduct a group discussion on the topic "Importance of Mathematics in Our Everyday Life". The teacher will act as a moderator.
On the first day of school ______.
As a child I spent my free time ______.
I have never visited ______.
Read the story. Divide yourselves into groups of four. Discuss what little Sarah wants to talk about. Take roles and enact the story.
Read the different verb form where they remain the same in the direct and indirect speech in the following case. Fill in the blank with missing indirect speech.
We do not usually change the modal verbs must and needn’t. But must can become had to or would have to and needn’t can become didn’t have to or wouldn’t have to if we want to express an obligation. Would/wouldn’t have to are used to talk about future obligations.
Review an event which your school has hosted recently.
Role-play the conversation in the class.
| Manoj: | Hi Priya! How are you? |
| Priya: | I am fine, and what about you? |
| Manoj: | I am fine too. What are you doing in this early morning? |
| Priya: | I am taking care of my garden. |
| Manoj: | Oh! What a beautiful garden it is! |
| Priya: | It is beautiful as I work every day in it. |
| Manoj: | Who helps you in your work? |
| Priya: | I do it myself. It is my hobby and I have cultivated vegetables. |
| Manoj: | Oh! that’s nice. How long have you been doing this? |
| Priya: | I have been doing this for ...... |
| Manoj: | .................................... |
| Priya: | .................................... |
| Manoj: | .................................... |
| Priya: | .................................... |
| Manoj: | .................................... |
Put students into groups of three and let them act as Jane.
Student A: You are Jane. You live with the Reeds. Tell the other students about your life there.
Student B: You are Jane. You have been at Lowood School for a few months. Tell the other students about your life there.
Student C: You are Jane. You are eighteen. You are going to work at Thornfield Hall as a teacher. Tell the other students about your hopes for your life.
After this, decide who is the unhappiest of the three ‘Janes’.
Change the following into Direct Speech.
Nevin asked his father when the next letter would come.
Change the following into Direct Speech.
Ebin asked me what I wanted.
Look at the picture of a village festival carefully. Talk about the activities that are going on by using the hints given in the help box.
About the place and the people — what is happening: what do the children and the adults do? – kind of shops – performances
Identify a sentence and a phrase which tells us that the story took place in summer.
Borrowing a book from public Library.
Betty bought a bit of butter,
But the bit of butter that Betty bought was bitter.
So Betty bought some better butter,
To make the bitter butter better.
What does ‘features’ mean? Look up the dictionary. What are the different kinds of features of people we come across in the world? Discuss.
Some letter are missing in each word.
sl ______ p
Do you think that –
Hiawatha liked learning new languages?
Have you seen
- a hippopotamus in a hat?
- a hen in a beehive?
- a helicopter with hair?
- a horse drink honey?
Why should we not cut trees?
Now use these ideas and prepare a speech on the topic ‘The importance of developing a positive attitude’ and deliver the speech in the school assembly
‘ A friend in need is a friend indeed’. Does this hold good in all situations? Share your views with your class.
Here are a few instructions given by a Health Inspector to a group of students, in order to prevent malaria and dengue. Complete the series adding some more important instructions.
- Do not allow water to stagnate in and around your house.
- Keep your surroundings clean.
- Wear long-sleeved shirts/blouses and long pants/skirts that cover your arms and legs.
- ______
Now, write a set of 8 to 10 instruction for the following situation.
A mother to her children, on safety measures to be taken before leaving home on vacation.
Your school has arranged for a road safety campaign, Share a few ideas with your classmates which can be used during the campaign. For example ‘Speed thrills but kills’.
