Samacheer Kalvi solutions for English Class 11 TN Board chapter 3.1 - Forgetting [Latest edition]

How forgetful are you?

How sharp is your memory?

Take this five-minute memory test. The teacher will read out a series of 30 words, one by one. Some of them will be repeated. Whenever you hear a word for the first time, write ‘N’ (for New) in the corresponding box, and when you hear a repeated word write ‘R’. After completing this task, check your results. Compare it with your friends and see where you stand.

Have you ever lost or misplaced anything of value due to forgetfulness?

At times, instances of forgetfulness may land us in a tight spot or in a difficult situation. Therefore, we need to find ways to remember what we have to do or carry with us. One suchway is to make a mental checklist that we can verify before starting any activity.

Now discuss with your partner and think of some practical ideas to overcome forgetfulness, in your day-to-day activities.

Discuss and share your views with the class on the following.

Is forgetfulness a result of carelessness or preoccupation?

What does Lynd actually wonder at?

Name a few things that a person remembers easily.

How do psychologists interpret forgetfulness?

What is the commonest type of forgetfulness, according to Lynd?

What does the author mean when he says the letter in his pocket leads an unadventurous life?

What are the articles the writer forgets most often?

Who are the citizens of ‘dreamland’? Why?

What is common about the ‘angler’ and the ‘poet’?

What made people wonder about the absentmindedness of their fellowbeings?

What are our memories filled with?

When does human memory work with less than its usual capacity?

Why, according to Lynd, should taking medicines be one of the easiest actions to remember?

How do the chemists make fortunes out of the medicines people forget to take?

The list of articles lost in trains suggest that sportsmen have worse memories than their ordinary serious-minded fellows. Why does Lynd say this?

What kind of absent-mindedness is regarded as a virtue by Lynd?

Narrate the plight of the baby on its day out.

You have borrowed a branded cricket bat from your reluctant friend for an outstation match. After returning home you realize you have absent-mindedly left it in the hotel room. Write a letter of apology and regret to your friend.

Kahlil Gibran states ‘Forgetfulness is a form of freedom.’ Write an article for your school magazine, linking your ideas logically and giving appropriate examples.

Will you sympathize or ridicule someone who is intensely forgetful? Write an essay justifying your point of view.

Nobody can say ______there will be an improvement in the______

(whether/weather)

Your ring is ______. Do not ______it. (loose / lose)

We found a ______of biscuits in the old man’s shirt ______. (pocket/packet)

When the pole vaulter cleared 28 ______, it was declared a record ______. (feet/feat)

Explain the ______‘Cut your ______according to your cloth.’ (coat/quote)

The stranger ______for a few minutes before he ______ my house. (paused/passed)

The ______dancer turned ______after the final performance. (weary/wiry)

The chain that I presented to my sister was not made of gold; it was just ______. I am suffering from a sense of ______. (guilt/gilt)

Form meaningful sentence using the given word to bring out at least two different meaning.

train

Form meaningful sentence using the given word to bring out at least two different meaning.

tear

Form meaningful sentence using the given word to bring out at least two different meaning.

wind 

Form meaningful sentence using the given word to bring out at least two different meaning.

light

Form meaningful sentence using the given word to bring out at least two different meaning.

file

Form meaningful sentence using the given word to bring out at least two different meaning.

bear

Now, write the clipped and unclipped forms of the given words and complete the table.

Now, refer to a dictionary and match the professions with their relevant job descriptions.

Fill in the blank choosing the word from the box. Refer to a dictionary if required. 

Peter always refuses alcohol, when it is offered to him at parties and takes a soft drink instead. He says he always has abstained and will always abstain from alcohol as it is a matter of principle for him. We can call Peter a ______.

Fill in the blank choosing the word from the box. Refer to a dictionary if required. 

Aruna always looks at the bright side of things. Even in the face of misfortune, she firmly believes that everything will work out for the best in the end. Aruna is an ______.

Fill in the blank choosing the word from the box. Refer to a dictionary if required. 

The rich industrialist donated a huge sum of money to set up a public library in his native village. He is a ______ and a social reformer.

Fill in the blank choosing the word from the box. Refer to a dictionary if required. 

The Chairperson of our company keeps travelling all over the world to attend conferences and we call her a ______.

Fill in the blank choosing the word from the box. Refer to a dictionary if required. 

Antony has the amazing ability to use both his hands, equally well. He can write, draw and perform various other tasks with equal speed and efficiency with his left as well as his right hand. Antony is ______.

Fill in the blank choosing the word from the box. Refer to a dictionary if required. 

Due to some disturbing incidents in her childhood, Neetu grew into a reclusive adult. She tends to keep aloof and avoids all kinds of social activities. Neetu is a ______.

Fill in the blank choosing the word from the box. Refer to a dictionary if required. 

Tharini acts as an interpreter at meetings between statesmen from different countries. She is also a much sought-after tour guide, as she is wellversed and fluent in multiple languages. Tharini is a ______.

Fill in the blank choosing the word from the box. Refer to a dictionary if required. 

My grandparents are in their nineties. I am glad that this ______couple is active, cheerful and in good health.

Fill in the blank choosing the word from the box. Refer to a dictionary if required. 

Richard Burton was a gifted theatre artist. He donned several roles with ease and is especially famous for the Shakespearean parts he played on stage. Mr. Burton is a born ______.

Fill in the blank choosing the word from the box. Refer to a dictionary if required. 

The Chairman of this concern seems to derive pleasure from inflicting pain on others. He humiliates and hurts his subordinates for no reason. He is a real ______.

Find the antonyms of the following words in the puzzle and shade them with a pencil. The first one has been done for you.

Spot the word

First, read the incomplete sentences given below. Listen to two interesting anecdotes about two scientists, that your teacher will read aloud or play on the recorder. Then, based on your understanding, complete the sentences suitably.

Thomas Alva Edison stepped from a train in Orange, New Jersey and walked down the platform. The station master knew how forgetful the famous inventor was. Therefore, he would always ask him a customary question. He asked Edison if he had left anything behind. Edison confidently replied that he had not left anything and everything was safe with him. Then, he began taking a count of his suitcases. As he was doing so, he happened to look up at the train. With a start, he dropped his bags and raced back to the car in which he had been travelling. What prompted that burst of activity was the face of his bride, with whom he had just married and returned from a honeymoon trip, staring from a window.

Albert Einstein was working at the Princeton University. One day when he was going back home he forgot his home address. The driver of the cab aid not recognize him. Einstein asked the driver if he knew Einstein’s home. The driver exclaimed that there could be no one who did not know Einstein’s address. He added that everyone in Princeton knew where Einstein lived and asked him if he wanted to meet Einstein. Einstein with a sheepish grin replied that he was Einstein and he had forgotten his residential address. He requested the cabbie if he could take him there. The astonished driver drove him home and dropped him safely. The cabbie considered driving Einstein a great honour and refused to charge him for the service.

1. Edison travelled to New Jersey by ______.
2. The station master enquired Edison if ______.
3. Edison raced back to the car when he saw ______.
4. Albert Einstein was working in ______.
5. One day, when he was going back home, he ______.
6. Einstein asked the cab driver if he knew ______.
7. The driver was so good that he ______.

You are travelling by train. When the Train Ticket Examiner enters your compartment, much to your shock, you realize you have forgotten to bring your train ticket. How will you handle the situation?

You forget to wish your best friend on his/her birthday. He gets very angry. How will you try to pacify him/her? Construct a dialogue of about 4 to 5 exchanges and enact a role play

‘Forgetfulness is the beginning of happiness’- Do you agree or disagree? Discuss in class.

Is there a link between intelligence and absent-mindedness? Share your views on this subject, with the class.

Now, read the following biographical extract on Sujatha Rangarajan, a Sciencefiction writer, and answer the questions that follow.

1. Sujatha is the allonym of the Tamil author S. Rangarajan and it is this name that is recognised at once by the Tamil SciFi reading community. You might have seen the Tamil movie ‘Endiran’ where the robot Chitti exhibits extraordinary talents in an incredible manner. The robot could excel a human being in any act, beyond one’s imagination. Jeeno, a robotic dog which appeared in Sujatha’s science fiction novel “En Iniya Iyandhira” (My Dear Robot) formed the basis of Chitti’s character. Like Chitti, Jeeno was an allrounder who could cook, clean and fight. High-tech computer technology terms are used in the story. Jeeno, a pet robot, plays an important role throughout the story. As the story proceeds, it behaves and starts to think on its own like a human and instructs Nila, a human being, on how to proceed further in her crises.
2. In the preface of ‘En Iniya Iyandhira’, the writer states the reason for his attraction to the genre: “Science gives us the wonderful freedom to analyse thousands and thousands of alternative possibilities. While using it, and while playing with its new games, a writer needs to be cautious only about one thing. The story should draw some parallels or association from the emotions and desires of the present humankind. Only then it becomes interesting. Jeeno, the robot dog, was intelligent. But the character became popular only because of the robot’s frequently displayed human tendencies.” It is no wonder that all his works echo these words and will remain etched in the minds of the readers who enjoy reading his novels to have a wonderful lifetime experience.
3. It was Sujatha, who set the trend for sci-fi stories. He had tracked the origin from Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein to his short stories. He has written 50 sci-fi short stories and these were published in various Tamil magazines. His stories have inspired many readers to extend their reading to English sci-fi writers like Isaac Asimov. The themes were bold, even if there was a dependence on a very well-established characterization of English fiction. Sujatha opened up a new world to us with his writings on holograms, computers and works like ‘En Iniya Iyanthira’ inspire many to study computer science.
4. He has been one of the greatest writers for more than four decades. He combined reasoning and science in his writings. Being a multifaceted hi-fi and sci-fi humanistic author, he expressed his views distinctively. He was the one who took Tamil novels to the next level. As an MIT alumnus and an engineer at BHEL, he was very good at technology. He could narrate sci-fi stories impressively. His readers always enjoyed reading all his detective and sci-fi novels which featured the most famous duo ‘Ganesh’ and ‘Vasanth’.
5. Sujatha has played a crucial role as a playwright for various Tamil movies which have fascinated movie lovers. Hence, it is fathomable that the writer’s perspective of future India enthuses every reader and paves a new way to reading sci-fi stories in English.

A. Answer the following questions in a sentence or two.

1. How was Jeeno different from other robots?
2. What precaution should one take while writing Science fiction stories?
3. What inspired Sujatha’s themes?
4. Why were Sujatha’s sci-fi stories impressive?

B. Find words from the passage which mean the same as the following.

1. difficult to believe (para 1)
2. a style or category of art, music or literature (para 2)
3. having many sides (para 4)
4. capable of being understood (para 5)

Identify the change in these pair of active and passive construction.

The pilot flew the airplane to Bengaluru. The airplane was flown to Bengaluru by the pilot.

Identify the change in these pair of active and passive construction.

The bananas were eaten by the monkey. The monkeys ate the bananas.

Change the voice of the following sentence.

Mohammed follows the rules.

Change the voice of the following sentence.

Mohan has completed the course.

Change the voice of the following sentence.

Magdalene is singing the prayer.

Change the voice of the following sentence.

May God bless you with happiness!

Change the voice of the following sentence.

A house is being constructed by them.

Change the voice of the following sentence.

Let the door not be slammed.

Change the voice of the following sentence.

The team was trained by the coach.

Write the process of wrapping a Christmas gift in a paragraph in passive form, with the help of the pictures given below.

Make sentence using the passive form of the verb.

Tagore/award/Nobel prize/

Make sentence using the passive form of the verb.

IIM Ahmedabad/establish/1961

Make sentence using the passive form of the verb.

Chattisgarh/form/2000

Make sentence using the passive form of the verb.

First passenger train/inaugurated /India /1853

Make sentence using the passive form of the verb.

Indian Airlines/set up/1953

Look at the newspaper item given below. Use the information in the headline to complete the sentence.

HEAVY RAINS LASH CHENNAI ______ threw normal life out of gear.

Look at the newspaper item given below. Use the information in the headline to complete the sentence.

NEET CLASSES TO BEGIN ON SEP. 20^TH The Centre co-ordinator informed the candidates ______ Sept. 20^th.

Look at the newspaper item given below. Use the information in the headline to complete the sentence.

12 INJURED AS BUSES COLLIDE About ______at the Dindigul bus terminus here today.

Expand the following new headline in a sentence each.

Municipal elections in December

Expand the following new headline in a sentence each.

Telephone customers to get video phone

Expand the following new headline in a sentence each.

Card license to replace paper driving license

Expand the following new headline in a sentence each.

ATMs without security guard to close

Complete the passage by filling the blanks with the passive forms of the verbs.

The water should be boiled in a vessel. Then tea leaves and milk ______to the water. The vessel ______ with a lid. The tea ______ and ______ into the cups. Sugar ______and ______ well.The tea ______ hot.

Here is a recipe to make a chocolate cake in a pressure cooker. Rewrite the instructions in the passive voice. The first one has been done for you.

Method

1. First sift the flour, cocoa powder, and baking powder in a mixing bowl.
2. Add butter, sugar, salt, water, and vanilla and beat the ingredients using a whisk.
3. Add the eggs and beat the batter until it is smooth
4. Transfer the batter into the baking tin.
5. Heat the pressure cooker, covered with the lid, but without the pressure, for 3-4 minutes on high heat. Then place the cake tin in the empty cooker (Do not add water in the cooker).
6. Close the lid (without the pressure), lower the flame, and cook for about 30 minutes.

Underline the correct verb in these sentence.

Rekha and her sisters (watch, watches) television everyday.

Underline the correct verb in these sentence.

Ravi (do€esn’t, don’t) like sports.

Underline the correct verb in these sentence.

My classmates (study, studies) before a test.

Underline the correct verb in these sentence.

One of the cookies (is, are) missing.

Underline the correct verb in these sentence.

A lady with ten cats (live, lives) in that big house.

Underline the correct verb in these sentence.

Measles (is, are) very serious.

Underline the correct verb in these sentence.

The committee (decide, decides) when to adjourn.

Underline the correct verb in these sentence.

Our team (is, are) the best.

Underline the correct verb in these sentence.

Everybody (enjoy, enjoys) a good song.

Underline the correct verb in these sentence.

Either of these (is, are) suitable.

Correct the following passage.

Where does the deer and the antelope play? One place is Yellowstone National Park. It were created in 1872. Parts of the park is in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho. The park are a safe place for many animals. Bears, moose, buffalo, deer and antelope lives there. Beavers, otters, fish and eagles also enjoys the park. For them, Yellowstone be ‘home sweet home.

Given below are hints about a renowned British science-fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke. Write a biographical sketch on the author in not more than 80-100 words based on the information given below.

You have recently attended a seminar on ‘Science and Literature’ in which writers presented papers on Science Fiction and Literature and focused on the creativity of young writers. Write a short report about it for a leading newspaper in about 100-120 words.

You are the School Pupil Leader. Your school organised an Inter-School Sports event at Nehru Stadium. Write a report on the special events conducted, in about 100-120 words for the school souvenir