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प्रश्न
Mark the right item:
“This made Taro sadder than ever.”
‘This’ refers to ______
विकल्प
a strong wind that began to blow
Taro’s father’s old age
Taro’s inability to buy expensive saké for his father
उत्तर
‘This’ refers to Taro’s inability to buy expensive saké for his father
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Thinking about the Text
Given in the box are some headings. Find the relevant paragraphs in the text to match the headings.
An Orphaned Cub;
Bruno’s Food-chart;
An Accidental Case of Poisoning;
Playful Baba; Pain of Separation;
Joy of Reunion;
A Request to the Zoo;
An Island in the courtyard
Irony is when we say one thing but mean another, usually the opposite of what we say. When someone makes a mistake and you say, Oh! That was clever!” that is irony. You’re saying ‘clever’ to mean ‘not clever’.
Expressions we often use in an ironic fashion are:
• Oh, wasn’t that clever!/Oh that was clever!
• You have been a great help, I must say!
• You’ve got yourself into a lovely mess, haven’t you?
• Oh, very funny!/How funny!
We use a slightly different tone of voice when we use these words ironically.
Read the play carefully and find the words and expressions Gerrard uses in an ironic way.
Then say what these expressions really mean. Two examples have been given below.
Write down three such expressions along with what they really mean.
| What the author says | What he means |
| Why, this is a surprise, Mr – er – |
He pretends that the intruder is a social visitor whom he is welcoming. In this way he hides his fear. |
| At last a sympathetic audience! | He pretends that the intruder wants to listen to him, whereas actually the intruder wants to find out information for his own use. |
How does he narrate the story of the tusker? Does it appear to be plausible?
Why do the courtiers call the prince ‘the Happy Prince’? Is he really happy? What does he see all around him?
Complete the following statement.
When she finished college, Santosh had to write a letter of apology to her father because _________
Answer the following question in one or two sentences.
Who were Abdul Kalam’s school friends? What did they later become?
Personal Pronouns
Read the following conversation:
Malavika and Deepak are looking through some photographs of Malavika’s family.
Malavika : Now … this is my brother Shantanu. Shantanu is in Class VIII. Shantanu is brilliant at playing tennis. Shantanu is also good at singing. Shantanu sings a lot.
Deepak : Shantanu sounds interesting. I’d like to meet Shantanu. I’m looking for someone to play tennis with.
Malavika : Well … why don’t you come around tonight and meet Shantanu? My parents will be out. My parents always go out on Tuesdays.
Improve the above conversation by using suitable pronouns where required.
Some are like fields of sunlit corn,
Meet for a bride on her bridal morn,
Some, like the flame of her marriage fire,
Or, rich with the hue of her heart's desire,
Tinkling,luminous,tender, and clear,
Like her bridal laughter and bridal tear.
Read the lines given above and answer the question that follow.
The poet has used several expressions which form pictures in the readers mind “fields of sunlit corn” and “circles of light”. Pick out more such expressions from the poem.
The most important thing we've learned,
So far as children are concerned,
Is never, NEVER, NEVER let
Them near your television set-----
Or better still, just don't install
The Idiotic thing at all.
In almost every house we've been,
we've watched them gaping at the screen
They loll and slop and lounge about,
And stare until their eyes pop out.
(Last week in someone's place we saw
A dozen eyeballs on the floor.
They sit and stare and stare and sit
Until they're hypnotised by it,
Until they're absolutely drunk
With all that shocking ghastly junk.
Read the lines given above and answer the question given below.
Describe the effects of television on children’s mind.
The story of an ant’s life sounds almost untrue.
The underlined phrase means
On getting Gopu Mama’s chappals, the music teacher tried not to look too happy. Why?
Find in the poem an antonym (a word opposite in meaning)for the following word.
long
Mark the right item.
When the old couple became rich, they
Mr Wonka collected whose toe-nail?
Multiple Choice Question:
The members of a family act ________
Give a synonym for ‘like’ in the context of the poem.
In the Masque in Act IV of the play The Tempest, how does Ceres know that Juno is coming?
Complete the following sentence by providing a reason:
In the short story, To Build a Fire, the fire built by the man under the tree was extinguished because ______.
What does Portia ask of Antonio as a remembrance before she leaves the courtroom?
How is Death personified in the opening lines of the poem, Death be Not Proud?
