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प्रश्न
State two changes that were seen in the game of cricket around 1780.
उत्तर
By 1780, a Test match was played for average three days. It was also the period when the first six-seam cricket ball was created.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Thinking about Poem
Can a “simple jab of the knife” kill a tree? Why not?
How does Toto take a bath? Where has he learnt to do this? How does Toto almost boil himself alive?
Listen to the poem.
Oh, I wish I'd looked after me teeth,
And spotted the perils beneath.
All the toffees I chewed,
And the sweet sticky food,
Oh, I wish I'd looked after me teeth.
I wish I'd been that much more willin'
When I had more tooth there than fillin'
To pass up gobstoppers.
From respect to me choppers,
And to buy something else with me shillin'.
When I think of the lollies I licked,
And the liquorice all sorts I picked,
Sherbet dabs, big and little,
All that hard peanut brittle,
My conscience gets horribly pricked.
My mother, she told me no end.
'If you got a tooth, you got a friend.'
I was young then, and careless,
My toothbrush was hairless,
I never had much time to spend.
Oh, I showed them the toothpaste all right,
I flashed it about late at night,
But up-and-down brushin'
And pokin' and fussin'
Didn't seem worth time-I could bite!
If I'd known, I was paving the way
To cavities, caps and decay,
The murder of fillin's
Injections and drillin's,
I'd have thrown all me sherbet away.
So I lay in the old dentist's chair,
And I gaze up his nose in despair,
And his drill it do whine,
In these molars of mine.
"Two amalgum," he'll say, "for in there."
How I laughed at my mother's false teeth,
As they foamed in the waters beneath.
But now comes the reckonin'
It's me they are beckonin'
Oh, I wish I'd looked after me teeth.
About the Poet
Pam Ayres (1947- ) is a contemporary writer, a great entertainer who writes and performs
comic verse. She started writing poems and verses as a hobby and has appeared in every
major TV show in the U.K. She has published six books of poems, and cut seven record
albums including a collection of 50 best known poems.
The black man's face bespoke revenge
As the fire passed from his sight.
For all he saw in his stick of wood
Was a chance to spite the white.
The last man of this forlorn group
Did nought except for gain.
Giving only to those who gave
Was how he played the game.
Their logs held tight in death's still hands
Was proof of human sin.
They didn't die from the cold without
They died from the cold within.
Read the lines given above and answer the question that follow.
What happened to the six humans? Why?
Answer the following question.
What happened one Sunday when the lady was going to her sister’shouse? What did the lady do? What was the bear’s reaction?
Why did Tilloo’s father advise him not to try to reach the surface of the planet?
Find out the meaning of the following words by looking them up in the dictionary. Then use them in sentences of your own.
challenge
Explain with an example how can you put out fire by cutting the supply of oxygen.
How did Ray tackle the evil-minded shoppers?
Fans don’t talk, but it is possible to imagine that they do. What is it, then, that sounds like the fan’s chatter?
Find pictures of the kinds of birds, insects and scenes mentioned in the poem.
Answer the following question. (Refer to that part of the text whose number is given against the question. This applies to the comprehension questions throughout the book.)
How did Patrick help him? (7)
Look at these sentences.
1. “Too boring,” he said.
2. Cleaned his room, did his chores.
When we speak, we often leave out words that can easily be guessed. We do not do this when we write unless we are trying to write as we speak (as in the story).
So, if we were to write carefully, we would say:
- “Homework is too boring,” he said.
- He cleaned his room and did his chores.
Answer the following question:
What does Kalpana Chawla say about pursuing a dream? Do you agree with her that success is possible?
Multiple Choice Question:
How do people become beautiful?
Multiple Choice Question:
What effect does blowing of winds and falling of raindrops create?
Complete the following sentences from memory choosing a phrase from those given in brackets.
Uncle told me that the shopkeeper had made ____________
What decisions were given by Algu and Jumman as head Panch?
Add im- or in- to each of the following words and use them in place of the italicised words in the sentences given below.
| patient, proper, possible, sensitive, competent |
He lacks competence. That’s why he can’t keep any job for more than a year.
What is the significance of the title? To who or to what does it refer?
