Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Do you remember someone speaking to you angrily, without thinking?
Solution
Yes, a few months ago, my older sister was unhappy when our mother chastised her for not finishing her assignment. She was in a foul mood and spoke to me aggressively.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
- Do you write a diary?
- Do you write letters or notes to your friends and relatives?
- Do you ever fight with your friends?
- Do you have arguments with your family members?
- What are the arguments about?
Was Disraeli trying to give a scientific reason?
Prepare a similar list of adverbs which show the difference in the manner of saying or communicating something. A few examples are given here.
- politely
- brightly
- sweetly
- nicely
- lovingly
- kindly
- angrily
- rudely
- nastily
- quietly
- slowly
- quickly
Was he only trying to give a message in a lighthearted but effective way?
You have learnt about adaptation in living things in your science textbooks. Find the biological reasons why man’s ears and mouth have developed the way they are now?
Draw comic diagrams to represent the content of the first two paragraphs.
Guess the meaning of stammered.
Guess the meaning of exhausted.
What did you do on that occasion? Did you also speak angrily?
Discuss what you can do to control your anger.
Reflect: Have you ever passed on an empty remark or vain statement that might hurt someone else? What can you do to avoid doing it again?
Complete the following.
Harsh words are like scattered bits of paper carried away by the wind because ______.
Complete the following.
The two lips are like a fence because ______.
Complete the following.
The two rows of teeth are like a fence because ______.
Complete the following.
Our ears are like funnels because ______.
