Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Tick the item that is closest in meaning to the following phrase.
to meet one's match
Options
to meet a partner who has similar tastes
to meet an opponent
to meet someone who is equally able as oneself
to meet defeat
Advertisements
Solution
to meet one's match - to meet someone who is equally able as oneself
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
B1. Complete the following statements:
(i) The poet is talking about............................. .
(ii) As a nation weare missing our .................................... .
(iii) Old people havekeys ........................... .
(iv) The elderly remember .......................... .
"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."
B2 Express
State what the underlined words mean:
(i) Oh the value of the elderly! State the value ............. .
(ii) They are the ones most developed. 'They' stand for ............. .
B3: Match the words in Column A with their rhyming word in Column B:
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Course | (a) Show |
| (ii) Believe | (b) resource |
| - | (c) retrieve |
Who was Selden? Why was he on the moor?
Answer any three of the following in 30-40 words each:
(a) Why has the poet’s mother been compared to the ‘late winter’s moon’?
(b) The poet says, ‘And yet, for these Children, these windows, not this map, their world.’ Which world do these children belong to? Which world is inaccessible to them?
(c) What was the plea of the folk who had put up the roadside stand?
(d) What will happen to Aunt Jennifer’s tigers when she is dead?
Attempt a character sketch of Mrs. Hall.
Read the following extract carefully and complete the activities given below :
A1 Complete the following :
(i) Books were found on the _____________ and ____________.
(ii) The tales are described as ______________ and __________.
|
Have you forgotten? Don't you know?
We'll say it very loud and slow:
THEY ... USED ... TO ... READ! They'd READ and READ,
AND READ and READ, and then proceed
To READ some more. Great Scott! Gadzooks!
One-half of their lives was reading books!
The nursery shelves held books galore!
Books cluttered up the nursery floor!
And in the bedroom, by the bed,
More books were waiting to be read!
Such wondrous, fine, fantastic tales
Of dragons, gypsies, queens, and whales
And treasure isles, and distant shores
Where smugglers rowed with muffled oars,
And pirates wearing purple pants,
And sailing ships and elephants,
And cannibals crouching 'round the pot,
Stirring away at something hot.
(It smells so good, what can it be?
Good gracious, it's Penelope.)
|
Answer the following question in 200-250 words:
Helen had a great love for animals and birds. Write about this aspect of her character.
Tick the item that is closest in meaning to the following phrase.
to be wound up
Look at the following set of words and mention what is common to them both in form and meaning.
|
Snuffle |
snort |
sniffle |
snore |
We 'draw up a deed'. Complete the following phrase with an appropriate word.
________a loan
How does the ‘assortment of remarks’ compiled by the author give us an understanding of the ways of science and poetry?
Personification is a figure of speech that attributes human qualities to inanimate things and abstract ideas. How has it been used in the poem?
'Now I hold Creation in my foot' – explain the centrality of this assertion in the poem. What makes the hawk's assertion of its invincibility so categorical?
How is the essence of the poem captured in the lines 'two tickets to Happiness'?
How did Kumudini react to her mother's death?
Now write what you observe in the following two pictures.
Answer the given question in your own words.
What decision did the Swallow finally make? Was it a wise one? Comment.
Life is an amalgam of happy and sad moments. Think of such moments in your life, pair with your classmate, and share both the aspects of life.
| Happy Moments | Sad Moments |
| 1. Winning the first prize in a competition | Losing your mobile, bicycle, or wallet |
| 2. | |
| 3. |
Say where . . . . . . .
______ do squirrels store their food?
Think and answer in your own words.
What could have inspired the poet to compose this poem? Do you think it relates to our present-day life? Defend your choice.
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.
- ____________________________________________
- ____________________________________________
- ____________________________________________
- ____________________________________________
- ____________________________________________.
Join the sentence using appropriate Co-ordinators. (but, or, so, and)
He places his fingers into the master controls. He operates all four arms of the Da Vinci.
Play the roles of an interviewer and a Great Indian Bustard and present the interview in the classroom.
Fill in the gap, choosing a word from the bracket to make an appropriate comparison.
(tall / quiet / humble / merry / busy / slippery / fast / sly / slow / big)
as ______ as an eel
Read the passage and answer the following question:
Who designed the PVC medal?
What do restive horses do?
Mayor Peter Stockmann is a contrast to Dr. Thomas Stockmann. Justify.
Discuss the following question after you have seen a presentation of the ‘ad’.
What would happen if you ate proper meals like rice and dal or dal-roti?
Read the story and write about the following in short.
Yonamine Chiru of Okinawa
Bassanio borrowed money from Shylock in Antonio’s name.
Read the passage and answer the following:
Which book is introduced in the passage?
List the various things that the Lethargarians do or want to do. Can you sum up all of it in one word or phrase?
Try to write interesting time tables for imaginary people or creatures.
Think and answer:
Why are the sights said to ‘fly’?
Think of a play/skit which you have seen enacted on the stage and which has impressed you. Write the following details about it.
| Name of the play/skit: | ______________ |
| Important characters: | ______________ |
| Any famous actors/actresses: | ______________ |
| Theme: | ______________ |
| Climax: | ______________ |
| Ending: | ______________ |
| Use of lights and special effects if any: | ______________ |
| Use of background music and sound effects if any: | ______________ |
| Use of sets: | ______________ |
| The costumes, make up, etc. of the characters: | ______________ |
| How well the actors present the play and behave on the stage: | ______________ |
| Your own opinion about the play: | ______________ |
Use the following outline to develop a story as a group activity. Then write the story individually.
Family returns home late at night ______ hear converstation between thieves from inside the locked house ______ family gets ready to counter ______ attack ______ father opens the door ______ all enter ______ no one is seen ______ but TV is on detective serial midway.
Read: ‘The Open Window’ by H. H. Munro (Saki).
Find out how the following game is played.
Football
What is meant by browsing or surfing?
Identify the character or speaker.
Now pray tell me, sir, your reason for raising this sea-storm?
The taxi driver took away the narrator’s suitcase.
Read the data below and answer the following question.
Choose the correct answer.
What is the data about?
A sea turtle camouflages its nest by tossing sand on it to ______.
Why do we need trees? List four reasons that Grandfather gives.
Describe what the author saw when he went back to the island.
Complete the sentence given below with word/phrase.
The whole earth smelled ______ and ______.
Amuthan locked the door behind him.
| Our national emblem is taken from Ashoka’s pillar at Sarnath. It is found on all government documents, coins, currency notes, postcards, and envelopes. It consists of four lions standing back to back but, we can see only three lions at a time. There is a Dharma chakra in the centre of the base plate, with the figure of a bull in the right and that of a horse in the left. The entire structure is sitting on a lotus. The words ‘Sathyameva Jayate’ is written under it in Devanagari script. These words mean, ‘Truth alone Triumphs’. |
- Where is our national emblem taken from?
- Where is our national emblem found?
- What does ‘Sathyameva Jayate’ mean?
- What are the animals found in the emblem?
What are the things given by the tree?
Meena’s father was a fisher man.
Who were the friends referred in the story?
Why did Tenzin cry every day?
Match with their storing places.
Why did Bala go to Chennai with his father?
Write the word with same meaning.
Torch
The rabbit had
Who was Hiawatha?
What did Pinocchio say in the end?
Find words from the passage which are antonyms of the following.
- artificially (para 1)
- strength (para 2)
How can we identify insecure websites?
Pick out word which mean the same as
place or fix (para 2)
