English Medium Class 10 - CBSE Question Bank Solutions for English Communicative

Answer the following based on your reading of the passage above :

What happened to the money he had earned at Mrs Ruffner’s house ?

Discuss the following question in detail and write the answer in your notebook :

Why does Patol Babu walk away before he can be paid for his role? What does this reveal about his character?

Discuss the following question in detail and write the answer in your notebook :

Do you think making a movie is an easy job? Discuss with reference to the story.

Answer the following based on your reading of the passage above :

How far was Hampton from Malden ? Was he able to hire a coach ? What did he do and where did he reach ?

Here are some lines from the lesson. What do they tell us about Patol Babu's character? You may take help from the words given in the table below or find some of your own from the dictionary. The first one has been done for you:

(a) That an offer to act in a film could come to a 52-year-old nonentity like him was
beyond his wildest dreams unassuming; modest

(b) Indeed, there was a time when people bought tickets especially to see
him…………….

(c) 'I was with Hudson and Kimberley for nine years and wasn't late for a single day.'
…………………………………….

(d) It didn't matter if the part was small, but, if he had to make the most of it, he had to learn his lines beforehand. How small he would feel if he muffed in the presence of
so many people………………………….

(e) Patol Babu cleared his throat and started enunciating the syllable in various ways. Along with that he worked out how he would react physically when the collision took place--how his features would be twisted in pain, how he would fling out his arms, how his body would crouch to express both pain and surprise--all these he performed in various ways in front of a large glass window. …………………….

(f) It is true that he needed money very badly, but what was twenty rupees when measured against the intense satisfaction of a small job done with perfection and dedication?...............................................................

Answer the following based on your reading of the passage above :

What did he do in Richmond in order to earn for his journey to Hampton ?

Here are some lines from the lesson. Match the meanings of the underlined words with their meanings listed below

Answer the following based on your reading of the passage above : 

 Why did the writer not make a favourable impression on the head teacher ?

After Patol Babu returns home he recounts his experience in front of the camera to his wife. In pairs write out the exchange in the form of a dialogue and enact it  before the class. You may start like this….

Patol Babu's wife: So what happened at the shooting today? Did you get to do your
role?
Patol Babu: Oh, yes, I had the time of my life……………..

Answer the following based on your reading of the passage above :

What did he have to go through in order to get admission to the Hampton Institute ?

Answer the following based on your reading of the passage above :

The names of some places are given below. Think of the main event that took place there and write them in the order given in the story.

(a) Hampton
(b) General Lewis Ruffner’s house
(c) coal mine
(d) city of Richmond in Virginia.

Patol Babu impresses everyone at the shoot with his acting talent in spite of having a one word dialogue. In groups of four enact the word 'Oh' in different ways to show the following emotions:
• happiness • sorrow
• excitement • fear
• sarcasm • pain
• disappointment • surprise
Each group will then enact one of these emotions to the rest of the class using the word
'Oh'. The other groups will try to guess which emotion is being expressed.

Which of the following qualities best describe the boy’s character ? Give evidence from the story to support your answer.

  kind                polite                                          hard- working 

  careful            friendly                                       respectful

  generous         honest             frank                  eager to learn 

Patol Babu writes a letter to Nishikanto Ghosh to thank him for being instrumental in his getting a role in a film. He also shares his experience at the film shoot including the excitement and deep satisfaction that he derived from the same. Write the letter in about 200 words.

Match the following phrases with their meanings :

Listen to your teacher read out from page no. 193, the passage on character actors and complete the exercise as directed.

Supporting roles are those roles that do not affect the plot or the subject of the film

Listen to your teacher read out from page no. 193, the passage on character actors and complete the exercise as directed.

People become character actors chiefly because (Tick the right choices)

Listen to your teacher read out from page no. 193, the passage on character actors and complete the exercise as directed.

'star quality' refers to things like……………..(Tick the right choice)

Listen to your teacher read out from page no. 193, the passage on character actors and complete the exercise as directed.

After the age of forty, the actors most likely to get less work are (Tick the right choice)

Listen to your teacher read out from page no. 193, the passage on character actors and complete the exercise as directed.

The chief advantages of being a character actor is that …………….(Tick the right choice)