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Question
complete the following sentence.
Ajoy reported about ________________.
Solution
Ajoy reported about how the game was played, how the game performed, and how the game ended.
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Read the following passage and do the activities:
B1 Match:
Match the areas given in Column ‘A’ with the description of Mehendi design given in Column ‘B’:
| 'A' | 'B" | ||
| (i) | North African | (a) | A mix of Indo-Pakistani and Arabic design |
| (ii) | Indian | (b) | Delicate loops and curves, paisleys, teardrops |
| (iii) | Arabic | (c) | Geometrical images |
| (iv) | South Asian | (d) | Local textiles, paintings, and architecture |
Henna comes from the leaves of the plant Lawsonia inertias. The plant grows in hot and dry climes and is native to North Africa, the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East. The leaves of the plant are dried and crushed to powder. Various additives such as coffee decoction, tea, lime juice, Mehendi and eucalyptus oil are mixed with the henna powder to increase the potency of the dry, this also helps to bind the powder to a paste-like consistency. The mixture is applied through cones in intricate patterns depending on the region of use.
Album of Patterns
Four major styles can be found in the vast dictionary of Mehendi designs. Earlier the application was restricted to hand and feet, but the adoption of Mehendi by different cultures throughout the world has seen experimentation on different body parts including the neck naval and back.
North African patterns rely on geometrical images to trace the shape of hands and feet, Arabic designs borrow heavily from local textiles, paintings, and architecture. These are more spaced out, to allow the design to stand out boldly from the skin parts left untouched by henna. The Indian style comprises of delicate loops and curves, paisleys, teardrops and flowers that give a dainty filigreed glow-like effect. Though intricate patterning is the name of the game today, this trend took off in India only during the 20th century. The patterns preferred by the South Asian countries are mixed with Indo-Pakistani and Arabic design schemes. Chinese and Celtic symbols now find a place in the vast repertoire of Mehendi designs as well.
B2 Complete:
Complete the following and write:
(i) The procedure before applying henna _______
(ii) The reasons for using additives _______
(iii) The suitable climatic conditions for the henna plant _______
(iv) Mehendi is used on _______
B3 Find words:
Look at the following description and find out proper words from the passage and write:
(i) Existing naturally in the place : - n _______
(ii) Consist of something: - c _______
(iii) Delicate decoration made from gold, silver and copper wire: - f _______
(iv) Substance that is added in small quantity : - a _______
B4 Language study:
Fill in the blanks with suitable subordinators given in the box:
| as well as, so that, however, which |
(i) The mixture is applied through cones in intricate patterns _______ depend on the region of use.
(ii) The intricate pattern is the name of the game of today _______, this trend took off in India, recently.
(iii) North African pattern relies on geometrical images ______ they can trace the shape of hands and feet.
(iv) The patterns preferred by the South Asian countries are mixed with Indo-Pakistani _______ Arabic design schemes.
B5 Personal Response:
Which Mehendi design do you like? Why?
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Why have the words, 'pretended' and 'seemed' been used in the lines:
...Pretended to believe every single word
of what the tiger king said.
And seemed to be taken in by all the lies.
How does the sense of these lines connect with the line 'Ajamil wasn't a fool'?
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Make sentence of your own using the following expression.
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Little things Little drops of water, Thus the little minutes, Little deeds of kindness, |
(love - above / sand - land / be - eternity)
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- Brighter garden
- ________________
- ________________
Say where . . . . . . .
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Write a short note on Emperor Akbar.
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DD National, National Geographic, Discovery, and Animal Planet.
Write in short about what your parents/guardians feel when they send you to school.
Find a suitable object for each comparison.
Have you seen a newborn young one of an animal?
Write the conditions that Portia put down to warn Shylock.
What did Mr. Gizare appreciate the most?
Who is the speaker in the poem?
Write a review of your favorite book. Use the following points:
- Title of the book
- Author/Authors
- The central idea or story
- The important characters
- Some special features of the book
- Why it is your favourite book.
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What do you like better - the original poem or the parody? Why?
Read the remaining part of the original story.
There are many popular lines like:-
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- ‘Life is a journey- keep going ahead’.
Discuss and write down a few such metaphorical lines about ‘life’. You can make them up yourselves.
- ____________________________
- ____________________________
- ____________________________
- ____________________________
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Say whether you agree or disagree.
The wolf could not trace Bertha because she was behind a myrtle bush.
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Rewrite the following line in your own words.
.......... ‘till off they flash
Singing sweetly their delight.’
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What does 'Rangaawali' mean?
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What prompted the young seagull to fly finally?
Complete the given tabular column with the suitable plural forms.
| chair | - | |
| box | - | |
| Eskimo | - | |
| lady | - | |
| radius | - | |
| formula | - | |
| child | - | |
| deer | - | |
| loaf | - | |
| hero | - |
Who is wise according to you?
What do the people do when the festival of Music is celebrated?
The eggs of an Olive Ridley are in the shape and size of a cricket ball.
The girl admitted to her brother that she was badly frightened.
A man in ______ clothes stopped near him.
The old man helped ______ and ______.
Who will be the fortunate?
Where did the bird catcher sit?
Why did she pick up her pace?
They fed fish with______.
Write the rhyming word.
away
How did they go to school?
Pick out the rhyming words and write.
| green | |
| human | |
| will | |
| welfare |
What does Amma often say?
How did Bala help Amma and sisters?
Why should a fisher wait?
The fir tree was sad ______.
List three questions that the little boy asks.
- ______
- ______
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