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What made the dogs follow the grandmother after school hours?

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Grandmother brought a bundle of stale chapattis with her to the temple. The village dogs followed her. In return, she went on throwing the chapattis to the dogs who growled and fought with each other to have a piece of chapatti.

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अध्याय 1.1: The Portrait of a Lady - Exercises [पृष्ठ ५]

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अध्याय 1.1 The Portrait of a Lady
Exercises | Q 1. e. | पृष्ठ ५

संबंधित प्रश्न

Write an original short story beginning with the following words : 

She was delighted to find the sealed envelope lying on her table. As she reached for it ............. 


In the following items, sentence A is complete, while sentence B is not. Complete sentence B, making it as similar as possible to sentence A.  Write sentence B.

(A) His attitude towards his parents has always puzzled the
(B) I have .................................................................................. 


Give two examples of alliteration from the poem.


Pick out aparadox from the poem.


The caged bird sings with
A fearful trill of things unknown
But longed for still and his
Tune is heard on the distant hill
For the caged bird sings of freedom.

Read the above lines and answer the question that follow.

What parallel can be drawn to the poet’s feelings and that of the caged bird?


Write a composition (350 - 400 words) on the following:

"Money is important for happiness." Express your views either for or against this statement.


This book runs________a hundred and fifty pages.


What could the narrator hear as he was lying down?


Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Inspector: [Sharply] Are you sure there was nobody in the room already?
De Levis: [Taken aback] I don’t know. I never thought. I didn’t look under the bed if you mean that.
Inspector: [Jotting I Did not look under bed. Did you look under it after the theft?
De Levis: No. I didn’t.
Inspector: Ah! Now, what did you do after you came back from your bath? Just give us that precisely.

(i) What reply did De Levis give to the inspector’s last question in the extract? 
(ii) What made De Levis check the contents of his pocketbook? What did he find there?
Whom did he go to upon discovering the theft? 
(iii) Who was Robert? Where was Robert’s room? At what time did he take De Levis’ clothes and boots? 
(iv) What is the Inspector’s final theory of the theft? 
(v) Whom did De Levis accuse of stealing his money? What were his reasons for making this accusation? 


Join the following sentence to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so.  

They bought a new car. They can travel long distances.


‘Catamaran’ is a kind of a boat. Do you know which Indian language this word is derived from? Check the dictionary.


Discuss the following in groups of two pairs, each pair in a group taking opposite points of view.

Scientific intervention is necessary to unearth buried mysteries.


Discuss with your partners

The manner you adopt when you talk about a teacher to other teachers.


‘Don’t expect an English cup of tea’—how does this phrase bring out the contrast between English and American attitudes?


Compose 4-6 lines on your own on ‘Good deeds’.


Use the phrase in a sentence of your own, after finding out its meaning.

carry on


We add ‘un-’ to make opposites. For example, true — untrue. Add ‘un’– to the word below to make its opposite. Then look up the meaning of the word you have formed in the dictionary.

answerable: ____________


Read the descriptions below of what the snake did and what the mongoose did. Arrange their actions in the proper order

(i) ceased to struggle
  •  grabbed the snake by the snout
(ii) tried to mesmerised the mongoose
  • dragged the snake into the bushes
(iii) coiled itself around the mongoose
  • darted away and bit the cobra on the back
(iv) struck the crow
  • pretended to attack the cobra on one side
(v) struck again and missed
  • refused to look into the snake’s eyes
(vi) struck on the side that the mongoose pretended to attack
  • sprang aside, jumped in and bit

The words in the box are all words that describe movement. Use them to fill in the blank in the sentence below.
The birds _______________ at the snake.


Search in your college library or on the internet for at least five stories where a king or any great person has forgiven a losing king, culprit, or offender. There are many such stories that you might have read in your history books. One such story is of Alexander and Porus. Find at least five stories and write their summarised version in your notebook.


Refer to the library and collect at least five poems of any Nature poet. Write the poems along with their summary.


Compose a poem in an imaginary village. Try to maintain the rhyme scheme in the poem. You may begin like this….

Settled on the bank of a river
      Like a queen
Is my beautiful village
    Full of bushes green.


Convert the stories into dialogues and read the dialogues aloud in the class.


You have an Environment Protection Week to be celebrated in your school. You have invited an environmentalist. You have to interview him/her about how to save environment. Frame about 10-12 questions for the interview.


Your class has to stage a Puppet Show in the Assembly Open Forum on the topic ‘Child Labour’. Divide yourselves into groups and discuss the requirements for the presentation like a storyline, characters, dialogues, choice of puppets, and music for the interlude. Now complete the dialogues given below.

Ramesh Let us present a Puppet Show on CHILD LABOUR for our Assembly Open Forum.
Mohammed That is a very good idea! Let us start planning right away.
Geetha _______________________________________________________?
Leema I suggest we begin with the storyline first.
Mani How ___________________________________________________ ?
Ramesh We can have around five characters.
Mohammed What __________________________________________________ ?
Meena We can focus on the problems of poverty and illiteracy as the major reasons for child labour.
Ramesh Can _________________________________________________?
Leema I am good at making stick puppets. I will make them myself. But I require some help.
Mani I ________________________ . Tell me, ______________________. 
Leema Thank you, Mani. Let us stay back after the meeting and discuss.
Ramesh Have ___________________________ ?
Meena I think we should have some music for the interlude.
Geetha That would make it really interesting. I will get my music group to start working on the tunes for our puppet show.

Find example of alliteration and write them in the blank.

in a blaze of heat

with sunny smiles.


Using the given informal letter as a model, write a letter on the topic given below.

Write a letter to your father asking permission to go on an educational tour.


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