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प्रश्न
Read the following extract and then do all the activities that follow :
I rain into a stranger as he passed by
“Oh, excuse me please” was my reply.
He said, “please excuse me too; wasn't even watching for you.”
We were very polite, this stranger and I.
We went on out way and we said good-bye.
But at home a different story is told.
How we treat out loved ones, young and old.
Later that day, cooking the evening meal,
My daughter stood beside me very still.
When I turned, I nearly knoked her down.
“Move out of the way,” I said with a frown.
She walked away, her little heart broken.
I didn't realize how harshly I'd spoken.
While I lay awake in bed,
God's still small voice came to me and said,
“While Dealing with a stranger, common courtesy you use,
But children you love, you seem to abuse.”
A1. Order-
The incidents narrated in the extract are arranged in a jumbled manner here, Rearrange them in a proper order as they occur in the extract:
(i) The poet and the stranger went on their way saying good-bye.
(ii) Seeking excuse politely from the stranger, she went her way.
(iii) The poet ran into a stranger on the road.
(iv) The poet yelled at her daughter.
A2. Poetic device:
Make a list of rhyming pairs from the second stanza and note down the rhyme scheme of the same stanza.
A3. Personal Response:
Understanding and politeness are the essentials of out everyday life. Explain your views in brief.
A4. Creativity -
Frame two poetic lines on the following situation using a rhyming pattern with the help of clues given:
“While introducing great personalities, we praise them highly and talk about their qualities, but while speaking
about our friends we may not follow the same trend.”
While introducing great personalities, — a
------------------------------------ — a
But while speaking about our friends, — b
------------------------------------ — b
उत्तर
A1.
(iii) The poet ran into a stranger on the road.
(ii) Seeking excuse politely from the stranger, she went her way.
(i) The poet and the stranger went on their way saying good bye.
(iv) The poet yelled at her daughter.
A2.
The list of rhyming pairs from the second stanza are:
told – old, meal – still, down – frown, broken – spoken.
The rhyme scheme of the same stanza is aabb.
A3.
Human personality consists of multiple layers & stanges of formation which includes manners, behaviour, character, personality & individuality. Understanding and politeness reflects a person's behaviour and manners both. In our daily life, we have lot of ups and down because not all days are the same. So, being understanding & adapt according to the situation is essential for an individual or else he/she will not be able to survive during that time. Showing understanding in several life issues shows the maturity level of a person & can avoid several consequences arising out of it. Politeness is one's behaviour or you can say a basic manners. Whether a person is known to us or he/she is a stranger it is our duty to be polite and be kind towards every living being as this is one of the parameters where an individual's character is also judged. Also, when you are polite to everyone people around will like you & appreciate your presence in daily life. Hence, both understanding & politeness are the essentials of our everyday lif.
A4.
while introducing great personalities,
we do not check their humanities
But while speaking about our friends,
we forget half of them pretend.
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- Suggest a suitable title to the passage.
- Identify the meaning of the word similar to the one used in the fourth para:
- emerging
- filtering
- floating
- falling
Write compound word using the pictures.
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| ____________ | ||
Being a bachelor, the stranger had no patience with children.
