Please select a subject first
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List the steps taken by the captain
(i) to protect the ship when rough weather began.
(ii) to check the flooding of the water in the ship.
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Describe the mental condition of the voyagers on 4 and 5 January.
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Describe the shifts in the narration of the events as indicated in the three sections of the text. Give a subtitle to each section.
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What difference did you notice between the reaction of the adults and the children when faced with danger?
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How does the story suggest that optimism helps to endure “the direst stress”?
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Notice these expression in the text. Infer their meaning from the context.
ducking back
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What lessons do we learn from such hazardous experiences when we are face-to-face with death?
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Why do you think people undertake such adventurous expeditions in spite of the risk involved?
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Notice these expression in the text. Infer their meaning from the context.
manoeuvres
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Notice these expression in the text. Infer their meaning from the context.
billowed
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We have come across words like 'gale' and 'storm' in the account. Here are two more words for 'storm': typhoon, cyclone. How many words does your language have for 'storm'?
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Notice these expression in the text. Infer their meaning from the context.
swathe
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Notice these expression in the text. Infer their meaning from the context.
cairn of rocks
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Here are the terms of different kinds of vessels: yacht, boat, canoe, ship, steamer, schooner. Think of similar terms in your language.
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‘Catamaran’ is a kind of a boat. Do you know which Indian language this word is derived from? Check the dictionary.
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Have you heard any boatmen’s songs? What kind of emotions do these songs usually express?
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Notice these expression in the text. Infer their meaning from the context.
careered down
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Notice these expression in the text. Infer their meaning from the context.
salt flats
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The following words used in the text as ship terminology are also commonly used in another sense. In what contexts would you use the other meaning?
| Knot | stern | boom | hatch | anchor |
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The following three compound words end in-ship. What does each of them mean?
| airship | flagship | lightship |
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