Balbharati solutions for My English Coursebook 9 Standard Maharashtra State Board chapter 2.5 - A Play [Latest edition]

Do you like to watch plays?

Which is the last play you saw?

Do you watch TV serials? Which ones?

Do you like slow-moving serials?

Do you like stories from the past? What type of stories do you like?

Make groups of 10-15. In this game, each person writes three sentences about himself/herself, two of which are true and the third one is a lie. Read aloud your sentences, while others guess which two are true and which is a lie.

Examples: Hello, everyone! I am Sonali. I have a brother and a sister. I live in Amalner. We have a pet dog at home.

In the game ‘Two Truths, One Lie!’, it is necessary to use details which can be verified to see whether they are true or false. For example, you cannot use sentences like ‘I once had a blue sweater.’

Divide the students into groups of five. They sit in a circle. They choose one object of daily use such as a bag, wallet, box, etc. The group leader writes four sentences about it.

• I have found a ______
• It’s (colour)
• It’s (shape)
• It has a ______
• I found it (place where it was found)

Others, too, write four sentences each.

• • I’ve lost a ______
• It’s (colour)
• It’s (shape)
• It has a ______
• • I lost it (place where it was lost)

They all open read their lines, beginning with the group leader. The player whose description matches the group leader’s the most gets the object.

What is the name of the town?

What is the name of the King?

What is the speciality of the land?

What Indian proverb is reflected in the play?

Do you think this is a good land to settle in? Why?

What are the titles of King Chaupat?

Can we call thieves ‘truly hard-working and honest’?

If you had been the merchant, what would you have said?

What is the Mortar-maker's excuse? Is it believable?

Do you think the Potter is telling the truth? Why?

Why is the Daughter so confident that the king will not hang her? Does her prediction come true?

Is the Daughter’s complaint about the Goldsmith true?

List the characters that have appeared so far in the play.

List all the different titles they use to address the King.

Copy the exclamations from the play. (At least 5)

Copy the orders (imperative sentences) from the play.

Use your imagination and the details from the play and draw a map of Andher Nagari.

Write what following should have said after listening to the complaint against her:

Daughter

Write what following should have said after listening to the complaint against him:

Potter

Write what following should have said after listening to the complaint against him:

Mortar-maker

Write what following should have said after listening to the complaint against him:

Bricklayer

Write what following should have said after listening to the complaint against him:

Merchant

What should the King have said to the Thief?

Will a thief appear in a court on his own? Why does this Thief dare to do so?

Read the following sentences and find the subject and the verb in each.

Read the following sentences. Write the ones in passive voice. Copy them correctly.

1. I have heard amazing stories ... 
2. I am especially impressed by the fact ...
3. I am quite happy about it.
4. I beg for justice.
5. ... and my friend was instantly killed ...
6. My house has been recently built ...
7. It is the fault of the bricklayer ...

What is the Goldsmith’s excuse?

Is the Goldsmith telling the truth? Give reasons for your answer.

What is the Sage's request?

What does the king want to know?

Is the King willing to hang the Sage?

What is your opinion about the king - is he wicked, greedy, stupid or all of these? Which of his actions/words show that?

List the characters that appear for the first time in this part of the play. Write one or two lines about each of them.

The Goldsmith blamed the King for the delay in his work.

The King thought that the Goldsmith had a good reason to delay the Daughter’s work.

The Goldsmith was hanged.

The noose did not fit the Goldsmith’s neck.

The noose did not fit the disciple’s neck.

The Sage wanted to die on that day.

The Sage wanted to save his Disciple.

The King wanted to be King again in his next birth.

Write any three instances of funny rules and twisted logic used in Andher Nagari.

List the proverbs and sayings used in the play.

Read the entire play and complete the following blame game flow chart.

Form groups. Translate one page of the play into your mother tongue as a group activity. Gather the pages translated by different groups and prepare a translated script of the entire play.

Divide the play (Part I as well as Part II) into sections. Form groups and assign roles. Practise your lines in groups. Hold play reading sessions in the classroom. Which group/student presents the most effective reading?

Note the features that make an oral presentation effective. Some of them are :

• Meaningful reading - taking proper pauses (breaking the speech into meaningful chunks)
• Using suitable intonation
• Speaking clearly
• Good pronunciation - using English sounds and stress patterns
• Pleasant and confident appearance of the speakers.

Look up the following entries in the Language Study pages given at the end.

• stress
• intonation
• sound
• consonant
• vowel

Note the way the dialogue in the play is presented. Look up the word ‘colon’ in the ‘Language Study’ pages and note how it is used in the play.

Listen carefully and write the verbs in the appropriate column.

Teacher: can, give, following, commanded, get, has, been, spare, does, take, hand, have, fall, forgive, let, drag, return, will, is, try, has, must, be, resist, force, speak, are, were, should, had, thought, lost, would, says, was, are, does, may, cannot, demand, shall, shouldn’t, become, reign