Balbharati solutions for एकात्मिक ६ कक्षा भाग ३ [अंग्रेजी माध्यम] महाराष्ट्र स्टेट बोर्ड chapter 3.6 - The Merchant of Venice [Latest edition]

The merchant ships brought spices and other treasures from India and other countries to Italy.

Antonio had gone on a long voyage. 

Bassanio was very rich.

Portia had many brothers and sisters.

Portia’s suitors chose the gold and silver caskets.

Bassanio borrowed money from Shylock in Antonio’s name.

Shylock was not at all generous.

Shylock demanded a pound of Antonio’s flesh.

Portia saved Antonio in the court of law.

Antonio’s ships were lost at sea.

Write a few lines about each character. 

Write the following in short:

The story of the three caskets.

Write the following in short:

What the young lawyer pleaded.

Write the following in short:

The events at the court.

Write the conditions that Portia put down to warn Shylock. 

Find four words ending with ‘-ous’ from the story.

Can you add three more words ending with ‘-ous’ to this list? 

Read the following words. Write the words that are combined to make these words.

• faraway
• nobleman
• whoever
• moneylender 
• sometimes

Add ten more words to the list on your own. Each of the component words must be meaningful.

Read the following chains of words:

• fortune - fortunate - fortunately - unfortunately 
• know - knowing - knowingly - unknowingly
• amaze - amazing - amazingly
• possible - impossible - impossibly

Add a proper prefix to the following word to make a new word.

kind

Add a proper prefix to the following word to make a new word.

intelligent

Add a proper prefix to the following word to make a new word.

advantage

Add a proper prefix to the following word to make a new word.

happy

Add a proper prefix to the following word to make a new word.

allow

Add a proper prefix to the following word to make a new word.

safe

Find at least three sentences in the story which have modal verbs.

Visit a library:
Read other tales from Shakespeare, for example, Julius Caesar, As You Like It, Macbeth, and The Tempest.

Hold a mock trial for the following offence. There should be a complainant, a defendant, and lawyers to argue the case on behalf of them. The whole class can vote to pass the judgment. On what occasions will you plead for justice? What punishment will you suggest? When will you plead for mercy?

A very poor and honest servant has broken a vase while cleaning it. The vase was valuable and the employer liked it very much.

Hold a mock trial for the following offence. There should be a complainant, a defendant, and lawyers to argue the case on behalf of them. The whole class can vote to pass the judgment. On what occasions will you plead for justice? What punishment will you suggest? When will you plead for mercy?

A poor man stole some ornaments from a rich girl.

Hold a mock trial for the following offence. There should be a complainant, a defendant, and lawyers to argue the case on behalf of them. The whole class can vote to pass the judgment. On what occasions will you plead for justice? What punishment will you suggest? When will you plead for mercy?

A young man was injured in a road accident due to another man’s careless driving.