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And now, if you will set us to our task, We will serve you four and twenty hours a day! Rewrite the given lines with the ending ‘365 days a year.' - English

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And now, if you will set us to our task,
We will serve you four and twenty hours a day!

Rewrite the given lines with the ending ‘365 days a year.'

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And now, if you will set us to our task, we will serve you, 365 days a year.

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अध्याय 5.2: The Secret of the Machines - Exercise [पृष्ठ १५०]

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सामाचीर कलवी English Class 10 SSLC TN Board
अध्याय 5.2 The Secret of the Machines
Exercise | Q A. 10. e. | पृष्ठ १५०

संबंधित प्रश्न

Fill in with a word in each blanks to complete the summary of the poem. Use the help box given below.

dignified healthier today's persistent care symbol innate
fake adversity hope life disgrace prankster woman
near faith optimistic quitter thaw respect lioness
fear beliefs self-respect saw strength    

Every woman is beautiful ______ She is the ______ of power and ______ She is prone to put her ______ at risk. Every woman is true in expressing her love and she is never ______. She is very ______ in her approach even at times of ______ she finds a ray of ______ and she continues to ______ for her ______ ones. She is the ______ and she has no _______. She is forceful in her ______ and ______ She is never a ______ and she is ______ She is ferocious like a ______ it's better for the ______ to stay away from her. Never should one try to bring ______ to her pride and ______ for she knows how to ______ and ______ them. She is ______ woman. It is ______ to love her______ her and to keep her ______.


A woman is beauty innate,
A symbol of power and strength.
She puts her life at stake,
She's real, she's not fake!

Give the rhyme scheme for the above lines.


Based on your understanding of the poem, read the following line and answer the question given below.

Not a crumb to be found
On the snow-covered ground.

Why was the ground covered with snow?


Based on your understanding of the poem, read the following line and answer the question given below.

But we ants never borrow,
we ants never lend.

Why do you think ants neither borrow nor lend?


Based on your understanding of the poem, read the following line and answer the question given below.

He wished only to borrow,
He’d repay it tomorrow.

Give more examples of rhyming words from the poem.


‘Some crickets have four legs and some have two’. Elucidate this statement from the poet’s point of view.


Compare and contrast the attitude of the ant and the cricket.


What feelings are evoked in us by the machines in this poem?


And now, if you will set us to our task,
We will serve you four and twenty hours a day!

Who does the pronoun ‘you’ refer to here?


Read the given lines and answer the questions given below.

It never grows leaves,
Not in the winter, spring, summer, or fall.
It just sits there never getting small or ever-growing tall.

  1. What does ‘it’ refer to?
  2. In what way the tree is a mystery?

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