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प्रश्न
The poet encourages her brother in the second part of the poem by telling him about the brighter side of life. Discuss with your partner and make a list of the expressions in the poem that mean encouragement.
- Brighter garden
- ________________
- ________________
उत्तर
- Brighter garden
- not a frost has been
- unfading flowers
- bright bee hum
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What were Helen’s memories of Radcliffe?
Attempt in 120‒150 words a character sketch of Miss Sullivan.
Answer any four of the following questions in 30-40 words each:
(a) What did Franz wonder about when he entered the class that day?
(b) What shocking experience did Douglas have at YMCA pool?
(c) Why does Kamala Das compare her mother to 'a pale winter's moon'?
(d) What rich bountry has the heaven given us? (A Thing of Beauty)
(e) Why did the Maharaja have to pay a bill of three lakh rupees to the British jewellers?
(f) What problem did Roger Skunk face when he went to play with his friends. How did he solve it?
Describe the role of Mr. Keith in the life of Helen in ‘The Story of My Life’.
How is the father’s helplessness brought out in the poem?
Briefly comment on:
The author’s physical condition in Darchen.
Personification is a figure of speech that attributes human qualities to inanimate things and abstract ideas. How has it been used in the poem?
Read the extract and state whether the following statement is true or false. Correct the false statement.
The author is an example of ‘reverse migration’.
A small thought, put in action, led to a great achievement. Pick out the lines from the beginning and end of the poem and explain their significance.
Pick out a word from the poem to complete the sentence meaningfully.
The Government made a ______ (announcement) about their new taxation policy.
Go through the poem and state whether the following statement is true or false.
Planners are concerned about the environment of the area.
Fill in the gaps in the table of Degrees of Comparison.
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| (1) | ____________ | ____________ | oldest |
| (2) | ____________ | healthier | ____________ |
| (3) | near | ____________ | ____________ |
| (4) | ____________ | finer | ____________ |
| (5) | ____________ | ____________ | earliest |
| (6) | small | ____________ | ____________ |
| (7) | ____________ | faster | ____________ |
| (8) | high | ____________ | ____________ |
Honey-bees live an organized life like human beings. Discuss what work the following honey-bees do, as per the poem. Write it down in your own words, in your notebook.
- King/Emperor bee
- Magistrate bees
- Merchant bees
- Soldier bees
- Mason bees
- Civilian bees
- Porter bees
- Judge bee
Find at least two things from the poem that show the following:
The atmosphere is pleasant.
Fill in the gap, choosing a word from the bracket to make an appropriate comparison.
(tall / quiet / humble / merry / busy / slippery / fast / sly / slow / big)
as ______ as an eel
What did one of the fluttering creatures do?
State whether the following statement is True or False:
Lysander and Demetrius fall in love with Helena as a result of the love potion.
Who was Sushruta?
Expand the following ideas in a paragraph or two:- Courage and resourcefulness are the keys to overcome problems.
Rewrite the poem in the form of a prose passage.
An activity:
Speak fast, think faster! Form groups of 4-6. Discuss each of the following topics. Then each person in the group should choose a topic and speak about it for one minute. Try to say as many sentences as you can in that time
What is not likely to happen or will never happen...
‘It won’t rain in the classroom... I won’t ever see a live dinosaur... The sun will never set in the east...’ etc.
Complete the following sentence with reference to the passage:
The king was determined to prevent his beloved son from ____________.
Can you think of a similarity between a raven and a writing desk? Write at least five differences between the two.
Find the meaning of the following word.
thee
Prepare similar word chains using the following ideas.
size - big _______________.
What changes do we see in the life of human beings when the season changes? Write with reference to their clothes.
Describe a crocodile in your own words.
Note that most of the time well-known works are parodied, because people can enjoy the parody better when they know the original. Try to find more examples of parodies in English or other languages.
Complete the following diagram.
Write in your own words.
Who does the poet invite to join him?
Imagine the following and write about it in your own words:
What the world looks like to a baby.
Name the following.
Scored the first goal in the match.
Name the following.
Pounced on Dhyan Chand and hurt him.
Discuss what you can do to help other animals in your surroundings. Write down any three ideas you like from the discussion.
Guess the meaning of dreary.
What was Ariel ordered to do with the people on the ship?
Why was the narrator sorry to have paid attention to the footsteps?
Gilson asked the narrator to buy a tie.
How does the ability to question help us?
What makes us happy and free, according to the poet?
Look at the number pattern. Fill the blank in the middle of the series or end of the series.
CMM, EOO, GQQ, ______, KUU
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?
What are the characteristics of a courageous man?
Why did the author help his Grandfather plant trees?
The villagers, built a _______ on his memory.
Who helped Jaswant in the battle against Chinese?
Read scene I of the play carefully and answer the questions below.
Tabaqui acts as ______ to the pack of wolves.
A robot advised her to______.
How did the old man disguise himself?
Where did we visit a mermaid?
Welcome guests to win everyone’s _____ in life’s race.
Some words sound the same but their spelling and meaning are different. Such words are called homophones. There are many homophones.
Why did the audience cheer?
Did she give up the fight?
Do you love to seek answers to the questions?
Why was the teacher annoyed?
Name the things that good merchant offered for the plate
What strange things did Alice see?
What did he claim to know?
Write the related words as shown in the example.
