Balbharati solutions for English - Kumarbharati 10 Standard SSC Maharashtra State Board chapter 4.4 - The Height of the Ridiculous [Latest edition]

The teacher writes incomplete sentences on the board. He/She asks the students to complete them in their notebooks.

(a) Today, I am happy because____________ .

(b) Today after the class, I wish____________ .

(c) Tomorrow, I feel that____________ .

(d) I want to laugh because____________ .

(e) Today, the class seems to be cheerful about____________.

The teacher writes an incomplete sentence and asks the students to complete it in a funny way. 

Give the words related to:

Pick out the word from the given box and write it in the correct columns below.

Here the focus is not on the spellings but the pronunciation of the words.

Count the syllables and underline the appropriate number in the box.

Count the syllables and underline the appropriate number in the box.

Count the syllables and underline the appropriate number in the box.

Count the syllables and underline the appropriate number in the box.

Count the syllables and underline the appropriate number in the box.

Count the syllables and underline the appropriate number in the box.

Count the syllables and underline the appropriate number in the box.

Count the syllables and underline the appropriate number in the box.

Count the syllables and underline the appropriate number in the box.

Count the syllables and underline the appropriate number in the box.

Write the names of any five of your friends and mention the number of syllables in each name.

Find out expressions from the poem that indicate funny moments.
For example, I laughed as I would die.

Order of sequence:
Arrange the following reactions in their proper order, as per the poem.

(a) His waistband split

(b) The grin grew broad.

(c) Sleepless eye.

(d) Was all upon the grin.

(e) He broke into a roar.

(f) He burst five buttons off

Form pairs and find out the various rhyming words in the poem and two of your own. Complete the following table.

Match the lines with the Figures of Speech.

Copy any two stanzas of the poem in the lines below. Using a coloured pen underline the stressed syllables in each line and put a stress-mark (') over each.

Complete the lines of the poem by choosing proper pairs of rhyming words and make it meaningful.

We returned home late, one____________,
In the window, there glowed a____________. Burglars !! was our very first____________;
For defence, sticks 'n stones we ____________. ''Let's grab the loot and____________,"
was uttered soft, by____________.
The door we softly____________,
And then we were truly____________.
Oops! Before, outside, we'd__________________, The television had been left__________________.

(run, shocked, gone, night, sought, on, someone, thought, light, unlocked)

Form goups in your class and together compose a short humorous poem. Use jokes, experiences, etc. and convert it to a poetic form. Write and decorate it on chart-paper and put it up in your class, in turns.

Read the following poem and write an appreciation of it with the help of the given points in paragraph format.

You can use the following points while appreciating the given poem.

• Title and Poet
• Rhyme Scheme
• Figure of Speech
• Theme/Central Idea (At Least 2 to 3 lines)

Project :
Reading a poem.
Arrange the poetry reading competition. Select the poem of your choice.

• Read the poem silently.
• Repeat the reading of the poem.
• Focus on the pauses, stresses, intonation etc.
• Pay attention to the proper pronunciations.