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Question
Underline the subject in the following sentence:
The Greek armies sailed to Troy.
Solution
The Greek armies sailed to Troy.
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Why? : Form groups of five. Choose a familiar character from any one of the epics you know. One person from the group plays the role of that character. Others in the group frame questions related to that character’s life. The condition is that all the questions should begin with ‘Why ... ?’. They interview the character using these ‘Why-?’ questions. Practice and present the interview in the classroom.
Prepare a short script for your interviews.
Correct the following sentence using facts from the passage.
Helen eloped with Menelaus.
Correct the following sentence using facts from the passage.
The Greek armies and heroes always defeated the Trojans.
Find and write the Greek and Trojan names used in the story (Part I and II).
Note the following construction carefully and then use them to express your ideas:
A horse big enough to hold men inside it.
______ enough to ______.
Note the following construction carefully and then use them to express your ideas:
The Greeks were tired of the long war.
______ tired of ______.
Note the following construction carefully and then use them to express your ideas:
They made it too big to go inside your city.
______ too ______ to ______.
Do you know stories from any epics or mythological poems?
Who is your favourite mythological character?
What do you like about that character?
Who is your favourite warrior?
If you could visit a place in the ancient world or the mythological world, which place would you choose? Which event would you like to see?
How did the location of Troy help it to grow into a very rich/ prosperous city?
What was the cause of the ten-year-old war between the Greeks and Trojans?
Read the story and ‘retell’ it in your mother tongue. When you ‘retell’ a story, you tell it using your style and not translate it word by word. (Part I)
Underline the subject in the following sentence:
The Greeks waited to take revenge on Troy.
Underline the subject in the following sentence:
The fighting went on.
Was it enough to use the wooden horse to hide?
What was done to make the Trojans take it inside the city?
Was the big wooden horse really an offering to the god of the sea?
How did the cunning Greek explain the presence of such a large wooden horse?
What was the destiny of the royal family of Troy and that of Helen?
A phrase is a meaningful group of words. Read the following phrases:
- The wise Odysseus
- A great horse of wood
- A skilful engineer
- The greatest heroes
- The secret of opening and shutting the entrance
- On the seashore outside the walls
- In the darkness
- Watching for the return of the fleet
- Part of their strong wall
Write three phrases on your own.
Identify one example of a main clause and one example of a dependent clause from page 74.
