Balbharati solutions for एकात्मिक ७ कक्षा भाग ३ [मराठी माध्यम] महाराष्ट्र स्टेट बोर्ड chapter 3.5 - The Red-headed League [Latest edition]

We come to know about many types of crime through the mass media. We hear/read about theft, burglary, robbery, murder, kidnapping, blackmailing—the list can be very long. It is important to detect crime, find the criminal and prove that he / she is guilty so that justice is done. People of all ages like to read about stories of crime and detection–how a daring, intelligent policeman or detective catches a criminal. Have you read such stories or seen such programmes on TV? Would you like to write such a story? 

• Think of interesting titles for mystery stories such as: 
  'The Case of ..........'
  'The Mystery of .........'
  'The Adventure of .........'
• Form groups and try to write an outline of a detective . story in English as a group activity. Discuss and note down the characters, the events, and how your hero/heroine who is detective solved the mystery. 

Divide the class into two groups. Each group writes the description of a crime. Exchange your descriptions. Then prepare a set of 'probing' questions to make inquiries about (investigate) the crime. Demonstrate the questions and answers in the classroom.

Find samples of 'classified ads' from an English newspaper. Where will the advertisement given here be seen in the classifieds?

Find out what you have to do when you are told to 'apply in person'?

Find out how photographs were developed in those days.

Why was Fleet Street full of red-headed people?

Who was well suited for the job?

Why did Mr. Wilson accept the job?

Would you like to do such a job? Why?

What is the difference between a dictionary and an encyclopedia? Find out.

Suggest a few words that may appear under ‘A’ after Archery in an encyclopedia.

Find and write the descriptions of different people given in this story.

Present Mr. Wilson’s story as it would be shown in a comic strip. Write what picture you will show in each frame along with the dialogues. Write the dialogue with the help of the story. Examples:

This is a story within a story. Show it in the diagram.

• Dr. Watson's story
• Mr. Wilson's story

Tell the name of the young man who opened the door to Mr. Holmes.

What did Holmes want to see?

Guess where Mr. Merryweather took the others.

How did Mr. Merryweather come to know about the crime?

Why did Mr. Holmes think the criminals would act that night?

How did the criminals enter the cellar? 

Who were the two criminals?

Who tried to get away? Do you think he was able to escape? Why?

Guess the meaning. of 'tunnel'.

Explain the trick of the ‘Red-headed League’. How was it related to Mr. Wilson’s hair? 

Why did Holmes become suspicious? 

How did Holmes find out that the assistant was a criminal?

How did Holmes guess that he was digging a tunnel?

Put the following events in proper order. 

• Holmes and others go to the bank.
• Clay digs a tunnel.
• Ross closes the office of the 'Red-headed League'.
• Holmes catches the criminal Clay. 
• Clay and Ross enter the cellar to steal the gold.
• The bank received a lot of gold from the Bank of France.
• Holmes visits the area around Mr. Wilson’s shop.

From the passage, find adverbs that end with '-ly'. Find the adjective in each of the adverb. 

Do you ride a bicycle? Read and follow the Bicycle User's Manual. 

Read the word picture of a bicycle carefully.

• List the words from the diagram.
• Write these words in the proper column in the following table.
  You may add other cycle parts than those shown in the figure.

• Write other cycle / bicycle related words that you use.
• Find the compound words used in the diagram.

Translate any one part of this bicycle user's manual.

Collect specimens of other manuals and exhibit them in the classroom. 

Try to draw a similar 'word picture' of any object of your choice.