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प्रश्न
Pick out the line that suggests that the child is afraid of snakes.
उत्तर
“I saw a snake and ran away.”
APPEARS IN
संबंधित प्रश्न
Thinking about the Poem
Is the poet now a child? Is his mother still alive?
Behrman has a dream. What is it? Does it come true?
JUST THINK
In line 35, the poet has misspelt the word 'amalgum'. Why do you think she has
done that? Discuss.
(The teacher should point out the use of 'me' instead of 'my' and other linguistic
variations that make the poem enjoyable.)
Look at the passage below and study how the personal pronouns refer to different people.
What does he plant who plants a tree?
He plants, in sap and leaf and wood,
In love of home and loyalty
And far-cast thought of civic good____
His blessing on the neighbourhood,
Who in the hollow of his hand
Holds all the growth of all our land____
A nation's growth from sea to sea
Stirs in his heart who plants a tree.
Read the lines given above and answer the question that follow:
What motivates the man to plant a tree according to the poet?
The next man looking 'cross the way
Saw one not of his church
And Couldn't bring himself to give
The fire his stick of birch.
The third one sat in tattered clothes.
He gave his coat a hitch.
Why should his log be put to use
To warm the idle rich?
The rich man just sat back and thought
of the wealth he had in store
And how to keep what he had earned
From the lazy shiftless poor.
Read the lines given above and answer the question that follow.
Which is the symbol word used in these lines?
“Now Abbu Khan understood Chandni’s problem...” What was Chandni's problem?
Chandni fought the wolf because she
Answer the following question
Explain why no one seemed to be interested in talking about the hilsa-fish which Gopal had bought
How did Golu help the python?
The cook loved the bear like her own son. Justify.
How did the mongoose prove his friendly nature?
Why did Vijay Singh ask the ghost disguised as Natwar to come closer?
Discuss the question in pairs before you write the answer.
Who did he choose next?
Multiple Choice Question:
The word ‘caring’ in the passage means ______
What did the speaker do while hiding himself in the banyan tree branches?
Write a paragraph about yourself so that people who read it will get to know you better. You could write about yourself from any point of view, or choose one of the following topics.
- What I enjoy doing most
- What makes me angry
- What I hate to do
- What I want to become
(Remember to give reason or details of what you write about so that anyone reading it will understand you better.) After you have finished your paragraph affix your photo on the sheet and display it on the wall. Read each other’s paragraphs. Did you understand someone else better after you had read what he/she wrote?
Look at the following phrases and their meanings. Use the phrase to fill in the blank in the sentence given below.
Why don’t you __________________ your ideas on paper?
In the poem, Birches, how are the crystal shells shed?
The poem, 'A Considerable Speck’, captures ______.
