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प्रश्न
Read the polite request/suggestion and complete the gaps in the responses. Make sure they are polite and not repeated.
| Shall we plan a class-picnic? | Agree (1) _____________ Refuse (2) ____________ |
उत्तर
Accept (1) Yes, let's!
Refuse (2) Not now: I'm going to my native place or a month.
APPEARS IN
संबंधित प्रश्न
Read the following passage and do the activities.
He decided, instead to go to a hermit who was widely renowned for his wisdom. The hermit lived in a small hut in a forest which he never left. He spoke only to common folk. So the king put on simple clothes and approaching the hermit’s cell, dismounted his horse and left his bodyguard behind.
When the king arrived, the hermit was digging the ground in front of his hut. He greeted the king but went on digging. The hermit was frail and weak, and each time he struck the ground with the spade and turned over a little earth, he breathed heavily. The king went up to him and said, “I have come to you, wise hermit, to ask you to answer three questions-How can I learn to do the right thing at the right time? Who are the people I most need, and to whom should I, therefore, pay most attention ? And what affairs are the most important and need my first attention?”
The hermit listened to the king but said nothing. He just spat on his hand and resumed digging. The king watched in silence for a while. Then, feeling sorry for the hermit, he said, “You are tired, let me take the spade and work a while for you.” The hermit silently handed over the spade and sat down on the ground. When he had dug two beds, the king stopped and repeated his questions. The hermit again gave no answer, but rose, stretched out his hand for the spade, and said, “Now rest a while and let me work a bit”. But the king did not give him the spade and continued to dig.
One hour passed and another. The sun began to sink behind the trees and the king at last stuck the spade into the ground and said, “I came to you, wise one, for an answer to my questions. If you can give me none, please say so, and I will go home.’’ “Here comes someone running,’’ said the hermit, “let us see who it is.
(B1) State whether the following statements are True or False.
(a) The hermit answered all the questions.
(b) The hermit was strong and firm.
(c) The king had come to hermit to ask him answers of seven questions.
(d) The king felt sorry for the hermit after watching him tired.
(B2) Why did the king come to the hermit? How did the hermit respond to the king’s questions?
(B3) Find out two present participles and two past participles.
(B4)
(1) You are very tired.
(The correct exclamatory form of the sentence is …………..)
(i) How are you tired !
(ii) How tired you are !
iii) How you are tired !
(2) The hermit gave no answer. (Make it affirmative.)
(B5) Whom will you consult if you have any doubt or question in your mind? Why?
Read the polite request/suggestion and complete the gaps in the responses. Make sure they are polite and not repeated.
| Could you lend me your dictionary? | Accept (1) __________ Refuse (2) __________ |
Read the polite request/suggestion and complete the gaps in the responses. Make sure they are polite and not repeated.
| May I know the exact time? | Accept (1) ____________ Refuse (2) ____________ |
Match the titles with the contents of the proper paragraph.
| 1. | Once a certain king . . . important to do. | a | King gains a friend. |
| 2. | Many learned people . . . time for everything. | b | The wounded stranger. |
| 3. | Equally varied . . . gave the reward to none. | c | King helps the hermit. |
| 4. | When the King arrived, . . . my first attention. | d | The stranger begs for pardon. |
| 5. | The hermit listened . . . continued to dig. | e | The hermit points out answers. |
| 6. | The King turned round . . . gave it to him. | f | Stranger’s vicious intention. |
| 7. | Meanwhile the sun . . . said the King. | g | Questions remain unanswered. |
| 8. | “You do not know . . . all my life. | h | The king received various answers. |
| 9. | The King was very glad . . . the day before. | i | King’s announcement. |
| 10. | “Do you not see?” . . . sent into this life!” | j | The King meets the hermit. |
Complete the Tree diagram associated with the happenings in the story.
Choose the correct answer and fill in the blank.
The King wanted to know the ________ time to begin everything.
Answer the following question.
The hermit ‘spoke only to common people’; so the king ‘put on simple clothes’. Do you think the king hoped to be mistaken for a common man or was he just showing that he was a humble person? What shows that the hermit knew him to be the king?
Read the story in your own language, summarize the following aspects of the story in 4 to 5 lines each in your own language. Write it in your notebook.
(a) King’s problem : __________________
(b) Attempts made to find a solution : __________________
(c) Climax : __________________
(d) Solution : __________________
(e) Message : __________________
Read the following passage and do the activities:
(A1) Relate the following actions with the king and the hermit: (2)
| digging | learning things | breathe heavily | asking questions |
| King | Hermit |
| 1.______ | 1.______ |
| 2.______ | 2.______ |
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When the king arrived, the hermit was digging the ground in front of his hut. He greeted the king but went on digging. The hermit was frail and weak, and each time he struck the ground with the spade and turned over a little earth, he breathed heavily. The king went up to him and said, “I have come to you, wise hermit, to ask you to answer three questions - How can I learn to do the right thing at the right time? Who are the people I most need, and to whom should I, therefore, pay most attention? And what affairs are the most important and need my first attention?” The hermit listened to the king but said nothing. He just spat on his hand and resumed digging. The king watched in silence for a while. Then, feeling sorry for the hermit, he said, “You are tired, let me take the spade and work awhile for you.” The hermit silently handed over the spade and sat down on the ground. When he had dug two beds, the king stopped and repeated his questions. |
(A2) State whether you agree/disagree with the following statements: (2)
- The hermit was strong and agile.
- The king came to the hermit to ask three questions.
- The hermit handed over the spade and sat down.
- The king wasn’t feeling sorry for the hermit.
(A3) Solve the cross word puzzle using words from the passage referring to the clues are given: (2)
| Down | Across |
| (1) Restart/Start again | (3) A tool for digging |
| (2) Sage |
(4) Intelligent |
(A4) Do as Directed: (2)
- When the king arrived the hermit was digging the ground.
(Name and identify the subordinate clause.) - The hermit listened to the king but said nothing.
(Rewrite the sentence and begin it with “Though …...)
(A5) Whom do you consider your guide when you are in difficulty? Why? (2)
Read the following passage and do the activities.
B1. State whether the following statements are True or False in context to the passage.
- The king helped his friend who was wounded.
- The weather was hot and humid.
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Meanwhile, the sun had set and it had become cool. So the king, with the hermit's help, carried the wounded man into the hut. The man lay there quietly with his eyes closed. By now, the king was so tired after his walk and the work he had done, that he laid down himself and soon fell asleep. When he awoke in the morning, it took him some time to remember where he was and who was the strange bearded man lying by his side and gazing intently at him. "Forgive me!" said the bearded man in a weak voice, when he saw that the king was awake and was looking at him. "I do not know you, and I've nothing to forgive you for", said the king. "You do not know me, but I know you. I am that enemy of yours who swore to revenge himself on you because you executed his brother and seized his property. I knew you had gone alone to see the hermit, and I resolved to kill you on your way back. But the day passed and you did not return. So I came out of my ambush to find you. Your bodyguards recognized me and wounded me. I escaped from them but would have bled to death had you not dressed my wound. I wished to kill you but you have saved my life. Now it I live, and if you wish it, I'll serve you all my life." The king was very glad to have made peace with an enemy so easily and to have gained him for a friend. He not only forgave him but also said that he would send his men and his own physician to attend to him. The king then took leave of him and went out of the hut to look for the hermit. |
B2. Complete the word web in context with the king's qualities as understood from the passage.
B3. Find out the words from the passage which mean:
- Showing great attention to something.
- Kill someone as a legal punishment.
- To hide and wait for someone in order to attack them.
B4. Convert the words as directed.
- Write the noun form of 'quietly'.
- Write the adjective form of 'forgive'.
B5. Do you think the hermit knew, beforehand, not only about the king's arrival but also about the attack by his enemy?
