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प्रश्न
Read the extract 'Being Neighborly' and complete the following statement:
Jo swept a path around the garden for ________________.
उत्तर
Jo swept a path around the garden for Beth to walk in when the sun came out and the invalid dolls needed air.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Attempt in 120‒150 words a character sketch of Miss Sullivan.
Read the follow ing extract and answer the questions given below:
Not gold but only men can make
A people great and strong;
Men who for truth and honor's sake
Stand fast and suffer long.
Brave men who work while others sleep,
Who dare while others fly...
They build a nation's pillars deep
And lift them to the sky.
(1) What makes a nation strong?
(2) According to you, what makes India a strong and powerful nation?.
(3) Write down the rhyme scheme used in the extract.
(4) What does the phrase 'others fly ... ' mean?
Tick the statement that is true.
The story is an account of real events.
Discuss in pairs or groups of four.
Replacing old machines with new is better than getting them repaired.
What is the emphasis placed by Ruskin on accuracy?
The power of poetry lies in suggestion and understatement. Discuss this with reference to the poem.
What, according to the poet, are human beings out of tune with?
The best punishment is ‘forgiveness’. Discuss the sentence in light of the text you have read. You can make use of the following points.
(a) Forgiveness provides an opportunity to change the behaviour.
(b) Forgiveness leads to repentance.
(c) A person may commit a mistake/crime impulsively or under the force of strong emotions.
(d) ________________________
(e) ________________________
Think and answer in your own words in your notebook.
‘Live and let live’ is a famous proverb. Which lines from the poem support this proverb?
Match the professions with the field of work.
| Profession | Field of work | ||
| (1) | Chief Minister | (a) | Business |
| (2) | Magistrate | (b) | Transport |
| (3) | Soldier | (c) | Construction |
| (4) | Trader | (d) | Administration |
| (5) | Builder | (e) | Education |
| (6) | Driver | (f) | Defence |
| (7) | Teacher | (g) | Law |
Form suitable groups and discuss the following.
You have heard/read stories of Akbar and Birbal, Tenali Raman, Mulla Nasruddin. Recollect and write down the names of those stories.
Pick out those aspects of a story that you find a common in all their stories.
- Humour
- Supernatural event
- Wisdom
- Suspense
- Magic
- Beauty of Nature
- Wit
- Play upon words
- Sadend
- Violence
Read aloud the account of how Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon sacrificed his life to defend our country.
Comment on the given statement after reading the given dialogue -
And if we get him itself, nothing but abuse on our heads for it from the people, and maybe from our own relations -
you may begin like this
We do not think about society at large _________________________________________________.
Read the passage and answer the following:
Who has written the book?
In the novel, the Lethargarians give a whole day’s time table of their activities. Can you guess what it would be like?
Use your own ideas and prepare their time table.
Find the pairs of rhyming words used at the end of the lines in the poem.
List the lines that begin with 'Here' or 'And here'.
Also, list the sentences or phrases that begin with ‘And there’.
These phrases and sentences tell us about things that appear one after the other as the carriage moves. Can we tell which ones are closer to the train and which ones are at a distance? How?
Pick out words from the poem that describe the following. List them in Column ‘A’. Substitute each of those describing words with another word/phrase of the same meaning.
| A (Poetic words) | B (Your own words) | |
| the ‘Autumn’ | a maiden fair | |
| stars | ||
| moonlight | ||
| cooing of birds |
Does Marouckla get any of the things she brings?
What does the poet want to know from the lark?
What is the world wide web?
What is meant by being ‘online’?
Find a word that has a similar meaning.
Whole
Identify the character or speaker.
I was Duke of Milan, and you were a princess.
Rearrange the following sentences in a coherent order.
- He ordered Ariel to torment the inmates of the ship.
- Miranda was attracted by Ferdinand and had more concern towards him.
- Prospero and Miranda came to an island and lived in a cave.
- Prospero forgave them and restored his dukedom, Milan.
- He raised a violent storm in the sea to wreck the ship of his enemies.
- Prospero wanted to test Ferdinand and gave a severe task to perform.
- Using his powers, Prospero released the good spirits from large bodies of trees.
- The King of Naples, and Antonio the false brother, repented the injustice they had done to Prospero.
- Ariel was instructed to bring Ferdinand, the prince of Naples to his cave.
- Ferdinand was the second human whom Miranda had seen after her father
Who were the narrator neighbours?
Pick out the other examples for alliteration from the poem.
Identify the speaker/character.
‘ It’s Somu’s thoughtless ways that reduce me to tears’
Read the story again and write how these character reacted in these situation:
Just wait till zigzag settles down in this new home. Visu………….................………………
Aravind and Maya…….……………….
Why can’t Alice get through the little door into the garden?
Read these lines and answer the questions given below.
Where the voice of the wind calls our wandering feet
Whose ‘Wandering feet’ is referred to here?
Read the line and answer the question.
I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky
Where does the poet want to go?
Read the “Story of Self Sacrifice and Bravery” once again and complete the flow chart.
Identify the speaker/character.
He'll have to be given artificial respiration and kept warm.
Ridleys come to lay their eggs in the month of January.
Read the story on your own. Discuss in a group and complete the story map below.
| A story map is the main events of the story given in a flow chart. |
Read the lines and answer the question given below.
And ever again, in the wink of an eye,
Painted stations whistle by
- ‘In the wink of an eye’ means very quickly. Explain ‘painted stations whistle by’.
What is the setting of the story?
How does Patna differ from Delhi?
How did Santhosh record his diary?
Why do the soldiers (people) die? When will it stop?
He got _________ the disease.
| 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?
Robot asked Vicky to sell him to an ______ master.
Match the dialogue to the character.
| "I will do all the work myself." |  |
| "First, you charge my battery." |  |
| "I have bought you a robot." |  |
Look at the picture and tick choose the correct word.
Answer using Yes or No and pick sentence from the story to support your answer.
Did Robinson kill Friday?
Why did Uthaman become angry with the old man?
Choose the champion of the year.
Three waves hit the village.
Did Nandhini have fever?
Meena went to ______ her father.
List the things that humans should save.
What did Bala teach Nithin?
In memory of his mother, he carved ______ statue.
Write the word with same meaning.
Flat
What was the event Megala participated?
Which creatures wake up in the morning before the child does?
Why does the poet feel that the nose is a funny thing?
Why is it not advisable to play online games?
