Samacheer Kalvi solutions for English Class 11 TN Board chapter 3.3 - The First Patient (play) [Latest edition]

Given below is a list of tools and equipment. Associate them with the appropriate profession and complete the table.

plough, hammer, oven, thermometer, voltmeter, wood, chisel, seed drill, voltage, detector, cutting boards, stone picker, spatula, cultivator, nail puller, wire strippers, framing square, fork, flashlight

Complete the summary of the play, choosing the appropriate words from the list given below the passage.

A number of patients wait at the (1) ______of a dentist’s clinic. Everybody is tensed at the thought of a painful (2) ______being extracted. One of the women is bent on showing everyone her (3) ______. After the arrival of the dentist, Joe, the first (4) ______is called in. Sometime later, the nurse comes out and goes in with a (5) ______. Everyone is (6) ______at this, imagining Joe being subjected to a lot of hammering in the process of his tooth being pulled out. Once again the nurse comes out to fetch a large pair of (7) ______and later on she takes in a (8) ______. A little boy confesses that he pretended to have (9) ______, because he did not wish to go to school. The loud (10) ______and screeching from within the room makes everyone leave the (11) ______, one by one. Finally there are only two women in the waiting room, one of them being Joe’s wife. She weeps (12) ______about her husband. But Joe comes out and explains that he had shifted his (13) ______to the evening and had been given some pills for the pain. After they leave, the dentist comes out and locates the key of his tool (14) ______. He had been trying to open it using the hammer, the pliers and the hacksaw only in vain. The woman with the photographs is surprised to see that the (15) ______had moved quickly and she was the next patient to go in.

Based on your understanding of the play, complete the Graphic Organiser (GO) suitably.

Who were the patients waiting for?

How did Woman 5 spend her time in the waiting hall?

How did the other Women react to Woman 5?

Are children afraid of visiting the dentist? Give reasons.

What were the strange instruments the nurse carried to the surgery? How did the waiting patients interpret her act?

Bring out the people’s reaction to the noises from the surgery.

Why did they sympathize with the first patient?

Why did Woman 1 panic more than the others?

Woman 5 was not aware of what was happening. Why?

How did Woman 5 move ahead in the waiting list of patients?

Why do patients leave the clinic without meeting the dentist?

What had really happened in the dentist’s room?

Now, read the descriptions given under Column A and match them with their correct (-ist words) describing specialists in the various fields of medicine given under column B.

Read the following statements. Now, listen to the talk on the importance of humour and laughter for good physical and mental health. You may listen to the text again if required, to help you choose the correct option

Humour and laughter are used in a variety of therapeutic situations. Therapeutic humour has the power to motivate and lessen stress and pain. Laughter improves one’s sense of well being. The benefits of a good “belly laugh” are being discovered by empirical research. You can feel relaxed and good after laughing at a funny movie, television program, or humorous event.

It seems generally accepted that our bodies respond in a positive way to a hearty laugh. It is reported that laughter, like exercise, can reduce stress, improve tolerance to pain, and alter bodily functions such as blood pressure, heart rate, muscle activity, and stomach acidity. In business, managers are learning the advantages of using humour. Happier, healthier employees work better. Humour improves employee creativity, so employees are sometimes trained how to introduce humour into their personal/professional life.

A number of hospitals and related institutions have created humour rooms. The humour room is stocked with books, comics, funny posters, audiotapes, and videos. Humour is a therapeutic tool that demands energy for its creation, yet its rich rewards include a closer therapeutic bond through shared laughter. The best humour comes from what is going on “at the moment.” Therefore one can plan to use humour yet rely on spontaneous opportunities to employ it. Humour is something positive that should bring mutually shared enjoyment and pleasure. Above all, humour is called a way of living not a part of living.

i) Humour has the power to motivate and ______stress and pain.

1. improve
2. intensify
3. intensify
4. increase

ii) It seems generally ______that our bodies respond in a positive way to a hearty laugh.

1. accepted
2. denied
3. improved
4. confused

iii) The _________ is stocked with books, comics, funny posters, audiotapes, and videos.

1. waiting room
2. humour room
3. ICU
4. reception

iv) One can plan to use humour yet rely on __________ opportunities to employ it.

1. late
2. better
3. future
4. spontaneous

v) Humour is called a way of _________, not a part of living.

1. living
2. playing
3. nourishing
4. developing

Complete the following dialogue between a doctor and a patient with ten sets of utterances for the following situation in which a person goes to a doctor for treatment. The doctor wishes to give him/ her an injection. The person is scared. The doctor convinces the patient and administers the injection. Now, in pairs, enact the dialogue in the classroom.

Based on your understanding of the play, explain how a mistaken understanding of events can lead to confusion. How has the author used this unexpected combination of events in the situation to create humour?

Have you ever found yourself in such a situation? Discuss in groups and act out such a situation.