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Q7. The Sikh sherbatwala, outside the Golden temple, told Dev that he
would
.
Q8.From the passage, find the synonyms of the
following word:
a] story of your life (para 2)
4. Read the Passage carefully and answer the questions that follow (8 Marks)
Nanotechnology nanodots and hair drives
We know that information in a computer hard drive is stored on a disk coated with a
magnetic material. With advances in nanotechnology, storing tera bytes data in a
computer chip, just a few centimetres wide, has now become a reality. Nanoscopic dots
of nickel have been created by Ashutosh Tiwari and Jagdish Narayanan at North Carolina
State University that measures just five nanometres in diameters. Basically, each nano
dots consists of a discrete ball of seven hundred nickel atoms, and one can have on or
two magnetic states. This allows them hold a single bit of information, as a 1 or a 0,
which are packed close together as the dots are discrete units that are not structural
linked.
For designing these nanodots, researchers first used a pulsed laser to heat nickel
until it turned into plasma- an amorphous form of matter with both positively and
negatively charged atoms. In this form, the nickel rearranged itself on two diferent
substrates- aluminium oxide and tin titanium nitrate- as uniform dots. These dots
rearranged themselves at the destiny that would, theoretically allow about five terabytes
of data or 5000 gigabytes to be packed into computer drive roughly the size of a postage
stamp. The ultimate aim of scientists is to integrate these nanodots with silicon chips.
Notwithstanding the potential of this new computer memory technology, several
changes still need to meet. Actually having five nanometre dots in the right structure on
a surface that can be used as a memory tough task. Secondly it is important to find an
alternative to nickel, as this has to be cooled in order to work efectively as a magnetic
memory. This fabrication technique could, however, be used in other ways. For example,
scientists found it possible to arrange the dots in a uniform manner within the crystalline
structure of tin titanium nitrate. As nanodots could strengthen the crystal lattice of a
molecule, these may lead to the development of novel, super-strong materials.
1. Define information.
2. How is the advancement in nanotechnology useful?
3. What is the ultimate aim of the scientists?
4. What is plasma?
5. Who have created Nanoscopic nanodots of nickel?
6. What does nanodots consists of?
7. How were the nanodots designed?
8. The other word for integrate is .
5. Read the following passage carefully and answer the question that
follows:
(12 marks)
1. When monsoon overstays, with the host of attendant problems getting worse due to
civic neglect, one sees not the romance of rains but the nuisance of it. But rains are not
just water drops from the heavens; they have the power to change the course of the
world history.
2. The awesomeness noise of the rapidly overflowing river currents in the thick forest
night, with five days torrential rains on thorny bushes and shrubs, all made it difficult for
Alexander the Great and his huge army to cross the river Jhelum in high spate. But he
crossed it where it was narrowest.
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3. Thoroughly drenched and with battlefield half flooded, Alexander gathered together
his army on horseback and well before day-break attacked the huge army of king Porus
with the lightning speed, catching them unawareness. Suddenly, the rains gathered
momentum again.
4. The army of Porus consisted mainly of unwieldy elephants scared by the piercing
arrows of rain ran back in retreat, trampling down the soldiers. Some of the animals had
their legs stuck in the deep mud, making them immobile and leading to an easy defeat
of the Indian king.
5. Porus had committed the mistake of presuming that Alexander wont attack in heavy
rains when there was a cloud burst the previous night and the battlefield was half
flooded. The enemys nimble footed horses made swift charges. Overtook the fleeing
elephants in quick succession and defeated the king in no time. Porus was thus not
defeated the king in no time. Porus was thus not defeated by Alexander the Great but by
the incessant rains.
6. Now comes Changez Khan, the invincible Mongol King, who never lost any battle in his
lifetime and was ranked mightier than Alexander. The khan had once laid a siege to
massive Chinese fort for two months with no hope of surrender by the enemy. He was
advised to lift the siege in view of the rations running shorter while it had been raining
intermittently for over a month and half. But the shrewdly waited on for the rains to stop.
7. When the skies cleared for a single day, he negotiated with the Chinese fort guard to
lift the siege provided they gave him rations or else all types of birds that perched in
abundance on the trees inside the fort to feed his hungry army before retreating. By the
same evening the guards threw down thousand of netted and caged birds like sparrows,
pigeons, parrots, thrushes, falcons, starlings, crows and blackbirds.
8. As night fell, an oil soaked piece of cloth was tied around one foot of each bird, which
was set on fire and the whole flock released all of a sudden. The burning creature flew
high in panic and as they wont, returned to their tree-nests in the fort in haste, setting
the fort afire.
9. Taking advantage of the resultant panic and commotion all over the fort, the Khan
attacked the fort with full might. As the main gate of the fort was burnt down, his soldiers
climbed up the ramparts and killed the guards and defeated the Chinese.
10. While Alexander became victorious because of heavy rains on that particular night,
Changez khans triumph was because of the stopping of the rains. Rains are therefore,
natures manifestations that afect diferently diferent people at diferent places and
diferent times, shaping the destiny of mankind diferently and, making history diferent.
- Satya Pal Arora (adapted)
a
c
d
On the basis of your readings of the passage, answer the following questions as
briefly as possible: What generally is the monsoon associated with?
2
marks
What were the two things that made virtually impossible for Alexander the
Great
to
cross
Jhelum?
2 marks
How did the elephants contribute to defeat the Porus?
marks
What made the elephant immobile?
marks
2
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1. Total commitment is not just hard work, it is total involvement. Building a rock
wall is a back-breaking work. There are some people who build rock walls all their
lives. And when they die, there are miles of walls; mute testimonials to how hard
those people had worked.
2. He continued, But there are other men who, while placing one rock on top of
another, have a vision in their minds, a goal. It may be a terrace with roses
climbing over the rock wall and chairs set out for lazy summer days. Or the rock
wall may enclose an apple orchard or mark a boundary. When they finish, they
have more than a wall. It is the global that makes a diference. Do not make
rocketry your profession, your livelihood- make it your religion, your mission.
3. To succeed in your mission, you must have single minded devotion to your
goal. Individuals like me are often called WORKAHOLICS. I question this term
because that implies a pathological condition or an illness. If I do that which I
desire more than anything else in the world and which makes me happy, such
work can never be an aberration. Words from the psalm come to my mind while I
work Examine me, o lord and prove me.
4. Total commitment is a crucial quality for those who want to reach the very top
of their profession. The desire to work at optimum capacity leaves hardly any
room for anything else. I have had people with me who scof at the 40 hours a
week a job they were being paid for. I have known others who used to for 60, 80,
and even 100 hours a week. They used to find their work exciting and rewarding.
Total commitment is the common denominator among all successful man and
woman. Are you able to manage the stresses you encounter in life? The
diference between an energetic and a confused person is the diference in the
way their minds handle their experiences man need his difficulties because they
are necessary to enjoy success. All of us carry some short of super intelligence
with in us. Let it be stimulated to examine our deepest thought desires, and
beliefs.
5. Ones you have done this charge yourself as it work to the commitment to your
work you also need good health and boundless energy. Climbing to the top
demands strength, whether it is true the top of Mount Everest or to the top of
your career. People are born with diferent energy reserves and one who tries first
and burns out easily will do well to recognize his/her life to the earliest.
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(i)
Based on the basic of your reading of the above passage, complete the
following
statements
as
briefly
as
possible.
(4 marks)
(a)To succeed in ones mission one must _____________.
(b)The diference between an energetic and a confused person is
_______________.
(c)The people can happily work for 100 hours a week if they ____________.
(d)The one who tries and burns out first ______________.
(ii)
Fill
in
the
blanks
with
the
appropriate
words/phrases:
(2 marks)
(a)Total commitment is (1) ________ (2) __________.
(iii) What is the importance of difficulties in our life?
(1 marks)
(iv) What qualities are required to succeed in life, according to the passage?
(1 marks)
(v)
Find words/phrases in the passage which mean the same as __________.
(4 marks)
(a) Related to a disease (para 3) ________.
(b) Deviation from normal/distortion (para 3) ___________.
(c) Very important (para 4) _________.
(d) Maximum (para 5) __________.
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5. People have diferent celebrities as their role models. I had one right at
home he says. It shows in his loving portrayal of his father. Still Standing is
a moving film for the audience.
(351 words)
Complete the following statements by choosing the appropriate phrases from
the passage :(8 marks)
1. Filmmaker Chandan Johors film still standing is about ____________.
2. It is an ___________ movie.
3. FOD has helped Sabina by ____________.
4. Seem, a talented painter has lost ____________.
5. Seema trained herself to _____________.
6. Chandans father, Rajinder Johar is ____________ for him.
7. How did Rajinder Johar is ____________.
8. The word for showcase is ___________.
Yes, I knew her, said Granny, but she was a very naughty girl and I
shouldnt tell you about her. But Ill tell you about the photograph. It was
taken in your grandfathers house about sixty years ago. And thats the
garden wall and over the wall and over the wall there was a road going to
town.
Who was the girl? I said. You must tell me who
she was. No, that wouldnt do, said
Grandmother. I wont tell you.
I knew the girl in the photo was really Grandmother, but I pretended I
didnt know. I knew because grandmother still smiled in the same way, even
though she didnt have as many teeth.
Come on, Granny, I said, tell me,
tell me.
But grandmother shook her head and carried on with the knitting. And I held
the photograph in my hand looking from it to my grandmother and back
again, trying to find points in common between the old lady and the little
pig-tailed girl. A lemon-coloured butterfly settled on the end of
Grandmothers knitting needle and stayed there while the needles clicked
away. I made a grab at the butterfly and it flew off in a dipping flight and
settled on a sunflower.
Q1. The grandmother was busy
.
Q2.
were blooming in the garden.
Q3. The boy found
in the box of old things.
Q4. The photograph was taken ago at the boys
. Q5. Apparently, the
girl was
in the photograph.
Q6. The boy recognized the young girl in the photograph by
. Q7. Find words in the passage which mean the following:
a) Searching [para 2]
b) Falling [last para]
9. Rest in peace
1.
Who
The legend of the Everest was born thus. It fired the imagination of
mountaineers of the world over. Mallory and Irving were just two of
them who set forth for the distant mountain. The news of their
success in opening the route across some of the most treacherous
portions of the Everest route excited the mountaineering world to no end.
It was the first time anyone had climbed to such heights. Even before
th
dawn broke on 8 June 1924, Mallory and Irving began their journey to
the summit. They were last seen then. Many said they fell to Gods
wrath having defiled the holy seat of the Mother Goddess. Some said it
was Irvings inexperience which caused the tragedy. There were talks of
the Yeti killing them. And yet there were others who argued that the duo
never went anywhere near the summit and that it was all part of an
imperialist conspiracy. Two years ago, American guide Eric Simonson
found Mallorys frozen body some 180 meters from the summit and set
at rest all such speculations. This year, he is planning another
expedition to recover the remains of Irving. But he has run into stiff
oppositions
from Irvings family which wants their hero to remain in the shadow
of summit which, even in the day of space exploration, remains an
enduring symbol of adventure and discovery.
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EXERCISES
1.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(ii)
(f)
2.
[1]
fearless/adventurous (para1)
10. Read the following passage and answer the questions
[8 Marks]
If
you meet a member of that select club, the Twelve True Fishermen,
entering the Vermon hotel for the annual club dinner, you will observe, as he
takes off his overcoat, that his evening coat is green and not black. If you
ask him why, he would answer that he does it to avoid being mistaken for a
waiter. You will then retire crushed. But you will leave behind you a mystery
as yet unsolved and a tale worth telling.
If you were to meet a mild, hardworking little priest, named Father Brown,
and were to ask him what he thought was the most singular luck of his life,
he would probably reply that upon the whole his best stroke was at the
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Vernon Hotel, where he had averted a crime and, perhaps, saved a soul,
merely by listening to a few footsteps in a passage.
The Vernon Hotel, at which The Twelve True Fishermen held their annual
dinners, stood, as if by accident, in the corner of a square in Belgravia. It
was a small hotel; and a very inconvenient one. But its very
inconveniences were considered as walls protecting a particular class. One
inconvenience, in particular, was held to be of vital importance: the fact
that practically only twenty-four people could dine in the place at once. The
only big dinner table was the celebrated terrace table, which stood open to
the air on a sort of verandah overlooking one of the most exquisite old
gardens in London. Thus it happened that even the twenty four seats at this
table could only be enjoyed in warm weather; and this made the enjoyment
more difficult yet more desired. The existing owner of the hotel was a Jew
named Lever; and he combined with his limitation in the scope of his
enterprise the most careful polish in his performance.
The wines and cooking were really as good as any in Europe. , and the
demeanor of the attendants exactly mirrored the fixed mood of the English
upper class. The proprietor knew all
his waiters like the fingers on his hand; there were only fifteen of them, all
told. It was much easier to become Member of Parliament than to become a
waiter in that hotel. Each waiter was trained in terrible silence and
smoothness, as if he were a gentlemans servant. And, indeed, there was
generally at least one waiter to every gentleman who dined.
Read the questions given below and ANSWER THE QUESTIONS:
[1X 8=8 Marks]
i)
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Steps
Begin the entry with general sentences describing the day or momentary
feelings.
In the body, you may discuss an event, your feeling towards it. How it is
likely to afect your future plans.
Solved Example
1-You are Naresh. You happened to go to Agra in a crowded bus on a hot summer
day.
Record your experience in the form of a diary entry.
Date:
Day:
Time:
Today I had the bitterest experience of life. I never had such an awful experience
in my life before. I had gone to Agra for an urgent work. There were very few
buses plying today as most of them had been put on election duty. I waited for
two hours at the bus-stop to get into the bus. It was much crowded. I somehow
managed to get some space for myself. It was really difficult to breathe. Everyone
was sweating. People were pushing each other. After journey of two hours, I came
out of the bus and took a sigh of relief.
Ill never forget this journey in my life.
Naresh
Question for practice:
1. Today you visited your ancestral village and watched the farmers harvesting a
crop of wheat. Make a diary entry describing your experience at the village.
2. You happened to visit the science city, Gandhinagar as a part of educational
excursion of your school. Describe your experience in the form of a diary entry.
3. You were a member of a team of students campaigning against the spread of
smoking in the village community. Make a diary entry describing your
participation and success achieved in your mission.
Article Writing 100-120 WORDS (5 MARKS)
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Tips-
the amount of time their children spend with these and worry that it
might be distracting and cramping academic and social development.
Using your own ideas and those taken from the unit science, write an article in
180 words, describing both the benefits and harms of using these high-tech
devices.
PRESENT SIMPLE
TENSE
PRESENT
I/you/they play,
He/she/It plays
PAST
TENSE
SIMPLE PAST
I/we/you/he/she/It
/they played
FUTURE
TENSE
SIMPLE
FUTURE
I/we/you/he/she/It
/they
will/shall
play.
PRESENT
CONTINUOUS
PRESENT
PERFECT
PRESENT
PERFECT
CONTINUOUS
I am playing, they I/we/you/they have I/we/you/they have
are playing.
played.
been playing.
He/she/It
is He/she/it
has He/she/It has been
playing.
played
playing.
PAST PERFECT PAST
PAST
PERFECT
CONTINUOUS
CONTINUOUS
I/he/she/It
was I/we/you/he/she/It/t I/we/you/he/she/It/the
playing.
hey had played.
y had been playing.
We/you/they
were playing.
FUTURE
PRESENT
PRESENT
CONTINUOUS
PERFECT
PERFECT
CONTINUOUS
I/we/you/he/she/It I/we/you/he/she/It/t I/we/you/he/she/It/the
/they will/shall be hey will/shall have y will/shall have been
playing.
played.
playing.
DETERMINERS
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Are the words which identify or specify a noun in some way. They do not
describe a noun; they determine it; they point it out. eg-the best boy, that
tree and my brother etc.
KINDS OF DETERMINERS
We have the following kinds of determiners;
1. Articles (a, an, the )
2. Demonstratives (this, that, these, those)
3. Possessives (my, your, his, her, etc.)
4. Distributives (either, neither, each, every)
5. Quantifiers (some, any, much, several, etc.)
6. Interrogatives (what, which, whose, etc.)
Articles
We already know that there are three articles in English: a, an, and the. Of
these a and an are
indefinite articles while the is the definite article.
Uses of article A and An :
before countables in the singular number:
A train,
A question, An uncle,
An umbrella
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This article can be used with both countable (train, book) and
uncountable (mercy, information). And also can be used with the
countable both in the singular number (train) and the plural number
(books).
With a noun that has already been
mentioned: I got a watch as a gift.
The watch is beautiful.
When it is clear from the situation which people or things we mean:
The principal is taking round of the school.
With superlatives:
The brightest star
DEMONSTRATIVES
This and These refer to persons or objects close by. This is used
before singular nouns and These before plural nouns:
This book contains all information.
These flowers are for you.
That and Those refer to persons or objects at a distance. That is
used before singular nouns and Those before plural nouns:
That car belongs to my father.
Those cars are for sale.
This and
That can be used before the uncountable also:
This food is not good.
That rose is beautiful.
POSSESSIVES
Possessives can be used both before singular and
plural nouns: My book,
My books
Your purse, Your purses.
DISTRIBUTIVES
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Either
It has two meanings
any of the two different persons or
things: You can take either bus. (any
of the two buses)
the both
Restaurants have come up on either sides of the road.
(on both the sides)
Neither
It means opposite to either or it means not the one nor the other:
Neither candidate deserves our support.
Each, every
Each is used when we think of things separately,
one by one: Talk to each child.
Every is used when we think of things as a group. The meaning is
without exception:
Every child needs love and protection.
QUANTIFIERS
many and several suggest number, they are used with countable:
many pens, several trees
some and any can be used with both countable and uncountable:
some books,
some tea
many artists
INTERROGATIVES
Determiners that help to ask questions may be described as
interrogatives like what, which, whose, etc.
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MODALS
Modals are verbs used to express the mood or attitude of the speaker.
They are used to give advice, seek or give permission, make suggestions,
make polite requests, give invitations, etc. The most commonly used modals
are:
-
Asking
for
and
permission:
May, can, and
could
giving
Yes
To
as k
or
give
permission we use
Can, could or may.
Can is informal; could is very polite; may is formal. All of them are correct.
The choice depends on the situation and the speakers relation to the listener.
-Asking for things:
Can, could, may, will
-
May is also possible, but being very formal is not preferred. However,
we can use will if we like:
Will you pass on the salt, please?
Possibility:
May, might
Both May and Might are used to suggest possibility. But might
suggests a lesser possibility than may.
In these sentences, could is also possible:
He could be in his office.
But could suggests still lesser possibility.
Must doesnt have a past tense form. So we can use must to talk
about the present or the future:
We must phone Sathish now {present}
We must phone Sathish tomorrow {future}
Should is not as strong as must or have to. Look
at this example: You should wear a helmet while
driving a motor bike.
Ought to conveys the same sense as should. But it carries with it a
sense of moral duty. You ought to take care of your old parents.
ACTIVE AND
PASSIVE VOICE
We can begin a sentence either with the subject or object. This fact
decides whether a sentence is active or passive.
In other words, it is possible for us to recognise the active and the
passive voice. For example, if a sentence has one of the helping verbs
such as am, is, are, was, were, been, being, be and past participles
of the verb like eaten, broken, spent, learnt, incented, discovered, it
is passive voice.
Voice: Voice is the form of the verb which indicates whether a
Active voice
Passive voice
Active Voice: When a verb form shows that the subject has done
something, it is known as active voice.
Ex: Madhavi wrote a letter.
-
Passive voice: when a verb form shows that something has been done
to the subject, it known as passive voice.
Ex: A letter was written by Madhavi.
NOTE: we can turn active voice into passive voice by using some guide
lines. It is not much difficult for us to change the voice of the verb.
BASIC RULES
-A sentence can be separated into subject(S), verb (V) and object(O).
eg: MADHAVI
WROTE
A LETTER
S
V
O
-The object of the sentence must be turned
into subject. eg: MADHAVI
WROTE
A LETTER
S
V
O
A LETTER WAS WRITTEN BY MADHAVI
TENSE
Present Simple
FORM
am/is/are + Past Participle
INDIRECT SPEECH
this/that
these/those
Here
there
Now
then*
Ago
Before
Today/tonight
Yesterday
Tomorrow
CHANGING TENSES
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WAS/WERE
HAD BEEN
HAD BEEN
NO CHANGE
HAS/HAVE
HAD
HAD
NO CHANGE
DO
DID
DID
HAD DONE
HAD DONE
NO CHANGE
WILL/SHALL
(IN CERTAIN CASES, SHALL
MIGHT BE CHANGED INTO
SHOULD)
MAY/CAN
WOULD
MIGHT/COULD
WOULD/SHOULD/MIGHT/CO NO CHANGE
ULD
/OUGHT
MUST TO/USED TO
HAD TO
There are situations in which even if the reporting verb is in the past tense,
we leave the tenses in the reported speech unchanged:
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Our science teacher told us that the pole star does not change its
position in the sky.
I said to the tourist, the Indian summer is usually
very hot. (This reported speech is habitual fact)
I told the tourist that the Indian summer is usually very hot.
The reported speech describes a situation which still exists when the
speech is reported : The station master said, All the trains are
running late because heavy rains have
damaged some parts of the track. (The situation continues to be
unchanged at the time of reporting.)
The station master said that all the trains are running late because
heavy rains have damaged some parts of the track.
PREPOSITION
A preposition is used to show the relationship of a noun or pronoun to
another word in the sentence. Here are some common prepositions :
About, above, after, at, behind, below, between, down, during,
for, from, in, inside, of, off, on, through, to, under, with.
A prepositional phrase is made up of a preposition, its object, and
all the words in between. The object of the preposition is the noun or
pronoun that follows the preposition.
In the front, of cake, at the park, down the hill, across the
street, under the bridge, from my big brother, behind the
counter, after school, for breakfast, of the tree, during
summer vacation.
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GAP FILLING
I Study the given notes and complete the paragraph that follows by filling up the gaps
Notes:
Annual Function of the school
The Mayor as the Chief Guest
Inauguration by the Principal
Prize Distribution by the Chief Guest
Last week the Annual Function of our school (a).. . The Mayor of
the town (b).. to grace the occasion as the chief guest. The
function (c) . by the Principal while the Mayor, the Chief Guest
distributed the prize to the winners.
1. Process of Operating an ATM
Find an ATM of any bank
Take your ATM card and put it in the slot
Enter your secret PIN
Select your option
Wait a little till your transaction is complete
Get the currency
Collect your Card and Transaction Slip
Leave the ATM cabin
For doing transaction through ATM you (a).. to find an ATM of any
bank. First you (b)to put your card in the card slot followed by (c)
..the secret PIN. You are to wait till your transaction is complete.
Then take the currency, collect your card and leave the ATM cabin.
3
Choose or fill up the best word from the options given in bracket to complete
the following passage: (solved)
1. Human civilisations have been around (a).. (at, on, for, in) a paltry 12000
years, barely a (b) .. (many, few, some, each) second (c) (at,
in, on, of) the geological clock. In that short amount (d) ..(of, on,
with, at) time, weve managed (e) .. (at, to, of, for) create quite a
ruckus, etching our dominance (f) (at, in, of, over) nature with our
villages, towns, cities and megacities. The rapid increase of human population
has left us battling with other species for limited resources.
(for, few, on, of, to, over)
2. Dr. Sadao Hokis house (a) . built on a spot of the Japanese coast (b)
.. (c) a little boy he had (d) played. The low,
square stone house was set (e) rocks well (f) a narrow
beach that was outlined with bent pines. His father had taken him often to the
islands of those seas.
moment I thought of (d)(run, running, ran, runs) away and spending the
day out of door. It was (e) .(so, very, too, little) warm, so bright ! The
birds (f) (are, were, is, will) chirping at the edge of woods.
2. Iona moves (a) ( in, at, of, on ) (b) .(a few, few, little, many)
steps, doubles himself (c),( up, down, on, about) and abandons himself
to his grief. In less than five minutes he (d)( straightens, straightened,
straightening, will straighten) himself. He can bear it (e) (no longer, any
longer, much longer, less longer) About (f)(an, a, the, one) hour and
a half Iona is seated by a large stove.
EDITING TASK
ERROR CORRECTION
5. The following passages have not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the
incorrect word and the correction against the correct question number. Remember to
underline the word you have supplied.
1.
(a)
_________
__________
deer on surpassing beauty and wandered
(b)__________ ___________
around an ashrama playfully in order to
(c) __________
___________
Draw Sitas attention. She is gathering
(d)__________
____________
flowers near the ashrama, while she suddenly
(e) _________
____________
saw the golden deer. Enchanted with the charming (f) __________
_____________
beauty of the animal, she asked Rama and Lakshmana
to look at the exquisite animal.
(c)
(b)
____________ __________
____________ __________
(d)
____________
(e)
(f)
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____________
__________
__________
(a)
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(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
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(f)
__________
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To
The Editor
The Times of India
New Delhi
Sir
I want to bring (a) for your notice the frequent breakdown of (b) electrical in Patparganj.
Inspite (c) to many reminders the Electricity Board has done (d) something except (e)
gave false promise. The students and old people (f) will the worst suferers. Even the
voltage is very low. The supply is very erratic. I hope the Board will take immediate steps
to ease the situation.
Yours faithfully
Ram Lal
8. There is one error in each line of the following passage. Write the
correct answer in your answer sheet
Solved
INCORRECT
CORRECT
to
on
was
down and saw the burglar lying flat in his stomach half under
in
on
and behind the couch. His head was right near the policeman
policeman
legs. The policeman jump of the couch and the man was
jump
policemans
jumped
after
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9.There is one error in each line of the following passage. Write the correct
answer in your answer sheet.
INCORRECT
CORRECT
It was not the body part you are likely to think much about.
was
is
But with just a little effort, you could prolong the life of your brain
could
can
to
have
to
the disease among the elderly is taking place at India, China and
at
in
it
being
OMISSION OF WORDS
10.In the following passages one word has been omitted in each line. Write the
missing word along with the word that comes before and the word that comes
after it. Ensure that the word that forms your answer is underlined:
1. In the bejewelled beauty Lakshadweep. the most(a) ____________
__________
(b)____________
__________
(c) ____________
__________
(d) ___________
__________
(e) ____________
(f)______________
_________
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13.In the following paragraph one word has been omitted in each
line. Find the place where you think the word is missing and write
the same in your answer sheet.
On a grey and chilly morning / September last year,
72 passengers in
boarded a Tupolev Tu-154 airliner / the five-hour trip
from Polyarny, for
in northwest Russia, to Moscow. Like many / their
fellow travelers, of
Stanislav and Ekaterina Shestakov / flown the route
often enough had
to know the cabin / crew name. But that didnt
make Stanislav by
any calmer. As always, he felt certain / the flight would end badly.
That
(b)____________
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(c) ____________
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(d) ___________
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(e) ____________
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(f)______________ __________
__________
(a) ____________
(b)____________
__________
(c) ____________
(d) ___________
__________
(e) ____________
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(f)______________ __________
SENTENCE REORDERING
15. Look at the words and phrases given below. Rearrange them to form
meaningful sentences.
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1. (a)
(Solved)
Answers
(a)
(b)
(c)
2. (a)
3.
4.
(b)
(c)
Knew/father/nobody/who/was/his
died/mother/his birth/his/soon/after
(a)
(b)
(c)
pillars/there/human life/man/of/woman/and/are/two
both/ in the making of/share/responsibility/equal/the/society
both/each other/hence/are/supplement/to
(a)
(b)
(c)
5.
6.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(a)
(b)
(c)
upper most/soil/layer/is/earth/the/of/the
it/plants/which/supports/food/provide/all living things/to/planet/on/this
soil/thus/foundation/earth/life/on/of/is/the/all
people/look at/tend to/you look/the way/yourself/at/you
brought up/Oliver/was/workhouse/orphanage/run by/the/an/in
from the very beginning/status of women/there/but/question mark/has
been/a/big/the/an/in our society.
More Questions
a) Rearrange the following words and phrases to form meaningful sentences.
i)bike/
blue/./Nitish/rode/his/ne
w/ Ans. Nitish rode his
new blue bike.
ii) Grandmother/
in/the/played/./and/her/park/Sunita/ Ans.
Sunita and her Grandmother played in
the park.
iii) / ./ and/ Father/ to/ store/ Mother/
the/ went/ Ans. Mother and Father
went to the store.
b) Rearrange the following words and phrases to form meaningful sentences.
i)hall/the/down/the/all/walked/ch
ildren/./ Ans. all the children
walked down the hall.
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iii)
Jigyasa/,/ I /walked/around/
SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION
TYPE-I
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Receptionist
:
Im sorry. Theres a long waiting list. You will have to wait
for at least two weeks.
Patient
:
But by then I can die.
Receptionist
:
No problem. If your wife informs me, I can cancel the
appointment.
A patient went to his doctors clinic and asked the receptionist (a)
..
......... with the doctor that
evening. He said to the receptionist that he was very sick. The receptionist apologized
saying that there (b) ..
.. . She further added that (c)
1. Principal
:
Why are you seeking admission to the school?
Arpita
:
Your school has talented teachers.
Principal
:
To which stream do you wish to take admission?
Arpita
:
I wish to take admission in the Science stream.
The
principal
asked
Arpita
(a)
..
.
Arpita
replied
that
(b)
. The principal
then
wanted
know
(c)
. Arpita told him
that she wished to take admission in the science stream.
2. Teacher
:
Amit, where did you buy this practical file from? Can you
buy one for me?
Amit
:
Sir, do you want exactly the same?
Teacher
:
Yes.
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Amit
:
O.K. Sir. Ill buy one for you today.
The
teacher
asked
Amit
(a)
He further
asked
him
(b)
Amit
respectfully
enquired
(c
)
His teacher
replied in affirmative. Then Amit assured him that he would buy one for him
that day.
TYPE II
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
disappeared in a flash
Screamed in terror
To my relief
Q.2 One of your family members fell sick and is admitted in a hospital for
treatment. You made up your mind to know the state of the patient
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and visit the hospital. Your experience there was very shocking when
you saw the poor plight of the patients and infrastructure. Describe
your visit to the hospital in about 120 words.
HINTS
1. Use past Tense
2. Include all the facts like unhygienic surroundings, stinking toilets, over
crowded rooms, stray dogs and cats inside, no security and low quality
of diet etc. within the word limit.
Suggested points:
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Q10. Read the following conversation and complete the paragraph below 3 MARKS
: Mom, I was
[4 marks]
iii)
i) I said to Amrit, where have you been living all these days?
I asked Amrit where
iii)
Mini said
.
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ii)
Monika said to
iii)
Sarika said, I
How I Taught
My Grandmother to Read
25 Marks
Lesson at a Glance
The narrator was a girl of twelve and lived in a village of north Karnataka with her
grandparents.
At that time, Triveni was very popular among people for her style and subjects of
her stories.
In her novel Kashi Yatre, the heroine is an old lady who desires to go to Kashi to
worship Lord Vishweshwara.
The old lady gives away all her savings to an orphan girl because she has no
money for her wedding.
The Old lady, the heroine of Kashi yatre considers the happiness of this orphan girl
more important than worshipping, Lord Vishweshwara at Kashi.
The narrators 62-year old grandmother, Krishtakka could not read and so she
would ask her granddaughter to ready every episode of Kashi Yatre with her
friends at the temple.
Once the narrator went to a neighbouring village for a wedding and came back
only after a week.
When the narrator came back to her village, she was surprised to see her
grandmother in tears.
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The grandmother narrated her story. She lost her mother at a very young age and
her father got married again.
The grandmother never went to school and at times used to regret not going to
school.
She made sure that her children and grandchildren studied well.
In the narrators absence, the grandmother opened the magazine Karmaveera but
couldnt understand anything written there.
She surprised her granddaughter by declaring that she had decided to learn the
Kannada alphabet from the next day.
She kept Saraswati Pooja day during Dassara as the deadline. That day she should
be able to read a novel on her town.
Childishly, the narrator made fun of the old lady but the grandmother just smiled.
The next day onwards, the narrator started her tuition.
The grandmother proved to be a wonderful student and did amazing amount of
homework.
On the Dassara festival day the grandmother called her granddaughter to the
pooja place and made her sit down on a stool.
Then she did something quite unusual. She touched the feet of her granddaughter.
The grandmother explained that she was touching the feet of a teacher not of her
granddaughter.
The narrator gave her gift to her first student. It was a copy of Kashi Yatre.
The grandmother opened the novel and read immediately the title Kashi Yatre by
Triveni. She had passed with flying colours.
SUMMARY OF THE LESSON
In How I Taught My Grandmother to Read, Sudha Murty describe the determined efforts
of an illiterate old lady Krishakka to make herself literate. She decided to read a novel on
her own. The grandmother set the deadline and achieved the impossible within the time
set for the target. She was able to read the novel Kashi Yatre in the Kannada language
on her own at sixty-two. She was helped by her young granddaughter who acted as her
only teacher. The grandmother proved that there is no age bar for learning.
REFERENCE TO CONTEXT
Read the given extracts and answer the question that follows:
1. One of her novels, called Kashi Yatre, was appearing as a serial in the Kannada
weekly Karamveera then. It is the story of an old lady and her ardent desire to go
to Kashi or Varansi.
Questions
1. Who is the author of Kashi Yatre?
2. Like the old lady in Kashi Yatre, who was the other character who had ardent
desire to go to Kashi?
3. What do you know about Karamveera on the basis of the above passage?
4. Why did the narrator go to an neighbouring village? What change did she
notice when she came back to her village?
5. The Describe the grandmothers childhood.
6. Why coulnt the grandmother learn anything even after her marriage?
7. What made the grandmother take the most momentous decision of her life?
8. What was the most unusual decision of the grandmother and why did she
do so?
9. Why did the narrator laugh at her grandmother? Was she proved right in
this regard?
10.What eforts did the grandmother make to learn the Kannada alphabet and
language?
11.What was the deadline? Did the grandmother achieve her target in the
stipulated time?
12.Why did the grandmother touch the feet of the narrator? What does it show
about her character?
13.Highlight the message given by the lesson How I Taught My Grandmother
to Read.
II.
In 1953, Chuck Charle Hooper was a favoured young man. Everything was going
well for him.
He was already a zone sales manager for a chemical company.
One day while driving home he met with a horrible car accident.
He was taken to a hospital with a subdural haemorrhage and a completely
paralysed left side of the body.
Hooper remained on the critical list for a month.
His company asked him to take a year of and promised to create a desk job for
him at headquarters.
Chuck Hoopers paralysed arm and leg were given a special treatment in the
hospital. Every day there was someone working his paralysed arm and leg by
baths, exercises, a wheeled walker.
But Chuck didnt make much improvement.
In March, they let him out of the hospital. Here, his condition became worse
because there was no one beside him.
Finally, Chuck Hoopers beloved dog Duke was called home from the kennel.
When Duke saw Hooper, He jumped on him causing him to fight to keep his
balance.
The intelligent dog realised his mistake. He never jumped on Chuck Hoop0er
again.
The two, Hooper and Duke, used to stare at each other day in and day out.
Chuck Hooper felt lonely and was always lost in his thoughts.
Duke finally couldnt stand the boredom and yearned to go out with his master.
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One evening Chucks good hand idly hooked the leash onto Dukes collar to hold
him still. For Duke, it was like lighting a fuse.
With Hooper standing, the dog walked to the end of the leash and tugged steadily.
Leaning back against the pull, Hooper learned to keep his balance without Marcy.
Dukes re-entry into Hoopers life lifted his numb spirits.
The day Duke made Hooper take his first step, the hope was rekindled.
By now neighbours on their street were watching the pattern of Hoopers progress.
On June 1, Hooper and Duke walked up to an intersection quite far away.
On January 4, Hooper surprised the staf by walking to the local branch office of the
company.
Hooper further amazed his staf by setting his next objective : March 1, a full days
work.
After March 1, Hooper had no time for physiotherapy and depended completely on
Duke.
Duke pulled him along the street, increasing Hoopers stability and endurance.
On the evening of October 1957, the Hoopers had guests. Suddenly they heard
the screech of brakes outside and looked for Duke.
Duke was run over and driven to the animal hospital with severe injuries.
He was drugged but could not survive.
A few weeks ago, Hooper was promoted to Assistant National Sales Manager.
The promotion order was so worded as if it was a special tribute to Duke. .........
therefore, to advance our objectives step by step, Charles Hooper is appointed
Assistant National Sales Manager.
Actually, it was Duke who advanced Hoopers objective step by step and made him a
normal man.
By thirty .bridges.
Q.1Name the poetic device used in twenty town .
Q.2 Explain slip between the ridges.
Q.3 What is the rhyme scheme .
SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTION:
1 Describe personification.
2 What is refrain?
3 Describe sound and noises mentioned in the poem?
VALUE BASED QUESTIONS
1 Describe the complete journey of the brook in your own words.
Reference to Context
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
(a) Why does the poet feel sorry ?
(b) Where do the two roads diverge in ?
(c) What is the mood of the poet in these lines ?
II
2. Describe both the roads that lay before the poet. Why did he take a long time to
make a
Choice?
3. How did the poet resolve the dilemma? Why didnt he choose the first road ?
4. Why did the poet choose the second road ? Was it a good choice ?
III
Lesson at a Glance
The poet sees a Highland girl reaping and singing all alone in a field.
She is cutting and binding crops and singing a song in her local dialect.
The song at once afects the poet and he listens to it with rapt attention.
The song of the solitary reaper is even sweeter than the song of the nightingale
that sings to refresh the tired travellers in the Arabian desert.
Her song is even more thrilling and exciting than the song of the cuckoo that sings
in the spring.
The poet cant understand the local dialect in which she is singing. He doesnt
know anything about the theme of her song.
He only makes a guess that her sad song is related to some old unhappy things
that took place in the distant past.
Perhaps the song describes some natural calamity, loss or pain that troubled
humanity in the past and may do so in the future.
Perhaps she is singing about ordinary day-to-day matters.
Whatever is the theme, the poet hears it with utmost attention and remains
spellbound.
The efect of the song remains much after it is heard no more.
The poet recollects an emotional experience. The poet sees a solitary Highland girl
reaping and singing by herself in the field. The song of the reaper finds an immediate
echo in the heart of the poet. He listens to her song standing there silently. The
melodious song leaves a deep impact on the poet. The song continues echoing in his
heart long after it is heard no more. The beautiful experience gives him a long-lasting
pleasure.
I
1.
Reference To Context
Alone she cuts, and binds the grain,
And sings a melancholy strain;
O listen ! for the vale profound
Is overflowing with the sound.
III
Lesson at a Glance
Lord Ullins daughter fell in love with a Scottish Chieftain.
Lord Ullin was against their marriage and so his beautiful daughter eloped with her
lover.
When he came to know of the elopement, Lord Ullin became furious and gave
them a hot chase with his armed horsemen.
The chieftain asked the boatman to make haste and sail them over the ferry. He
also promised to give him a silver pound as a reward.
If they were found out, Lord Ullin would put him to death.
The valiant boatman promised to sail them over to the ferry only for his extremely
beautiful bride.
A storm overlook them and the water waves became threatening like ghosts.
They were in the middle of the storm. It was growing even more furious and
beyond the control of human eforts.
The beautiful lady cried for making haste as she didnt want to face her angry
father.
The stamping of the horses were heard nearer.
At last, the inevitable happened and both the lovers met their watery graves.
Lord Ullin saw his daughter caught up in the storm and promised that he would
forgive them.
But the assurance had come too late and he saw his daughter extending one arm
for help and the other around her lover.
Lord Ullins wrath was changed into wailing as he saw his beautiful daughter lying
dead before his own eyes.
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Reference To Context
Now, who be ye, would cross Lochgyle,
This dark and stormy weather?
O, Im the chief of Ulvas isle,
And this, Lord Ullins daughter
(a) Why was the boatman surprised?
(b) How did the chief introduce himself?
(c) Who was the lady with the chief?
II
III
He deliberately finds faults with it. He says that its garden and salon are too small.
Juliette is a perfect saleswoman. She praises the place, advantages and comforts
it provides to its buyer.
She demands two hundred and fifty thousand francs. When Mr. Gaston finds it
`decidedly excessive`, she cuts it down to two hundred thousand francs.
Juliette and Jeanne go upstairs to see the upper floor.
Mr. Gaston is alone when Mrs. Al Smith comes there.
Mrs. Al Smith mistakes Mr. Gaston as the owner of the villa.
She is in a hurry and wants to buy the villa as it is near Paramount Studio where
she will be shooting for some films.
Mrs. Al Smith strikes the deal in three hundred thousand francs and gives a
cheque to Mr. Gaston.
The rest of the transaction will be completed by her lawyer.
By now Jeanne has given up the idea of buying the villa.
After making a deal in three hundred thousand francs, Mr. Gaston takes a
complete about- turn.
He praises the villa, its rooms, the garden, the salon and the baths.
He even humours his wife. He shows concern for her old parents and her sister`s
children.
He promptly makes the deal with Juliette in two hundred thousand francs.
He receives the signed receipt and Juliette gets a cheque from him.
Jeanne doesn`t know what is happening there.
Juliette was happy to get two hundred thousand francs but Mr. Gaston proved
smarter and earned a cool one hundred thousand francs in the bargain.
` That was a month ago and now I have only one thought,
that is to get the wretched place of my hands.
Questions :
1. What does the speaker think about the villa?
2. What is she ready for?
3. Is she really sacrificing the villa at any price? Give a reasoned answer.
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
1. Why was Juliette desperate?
2. Did Juliette really want to sacrifice the villa at any price or only pretending?
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chatter, chatter, as I
fow To join the
brimming river,
Men may come and men
may go, But I go on for ever
i) Identify the poem and the poet
ii) Explain brimming. What picture does it create?
iii) Explain the last two lines of the poem.
2. I am touching the feet of a teacher, not my grand daughter. 3m
i) Name the lesson and its author.
ii) Who says this to whom?
iii) Why does the speaker resort to such a noble gesture?
3. I am not in the least surprised. It is a most delightful little place. Its
appearance is modest, but it has a charm of its own. I can tell you by
just looking at you that it would suit you admirably, as you suit it, if you
will permit me to say so. Coming from me, it may surprise you to hear
that you already appear to be at home. The choice of a frame is not so
easy when you have such a delightful pastel to place in it.
3m
4.
For a good Cause, if you are determined, you can overcome any
obstacle, I will work harder than anybody but I will do it. For learning
there is no age bar.
1. Identify the speaker
2. When does the speaker say these lines?
3. What does the good cause refer to?
5.
Copies are not always good. We could only imitate you and
imitations are no better than parodies. We are so diferent. Think of
itEuropeans go to America to earn money and Americans come
to Europe to spend it.
8. You are an exception. Frenchmen usually have to consult about ten people
before they get a move on .
Do you or dont you want to sell this house ?
d) who is You here ?
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2.
For learning there is no age bar Comment with reference to the story
How I taught my grandmother to Read.
3.
4.
Write a page in your diary about your plans to gift grandma with the
novel Karmaveera on the day she would fulfill her aim to read and
write.
5.
6.
Grandmother was restless when the narrator was away for sometimes.
Why? Comment on the urge of learning of the sixty two year old woman
in the story How I taught my grandmother to Read.
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7.
8.
Grandmother is literate now. She wants to carry out this message to all
illiterate women of all ages. She wants an adult school to be opened in
her village. She writes a letter to the Pradhan of the Gram Panchayat.
Write the letter.
9.
10.
11.
Chuck Hooper is now able to move his limbs. He writes about his
helpless feelings while lying in bed after the accident. Write the page of
his diary.
12.
You are Chuck Hooper, you go for short walk everyday with Duke and you
are improving physically. You decide to visit your workplace. Write a
page of your diary about your plans.
13.
In the story A Dog named Duke, who is the actual hero? Justify your
answer with reference to the story.
14.
15.
16.
17.
SOLVED
Q1. You are Chuck Hoopers wife Marcy. You remained overwhelmed at
Dukes dedications towards the recovery of your husband. Write a
letter to your friend describing how Duke has become your saviour.
Ans:
nd
2 Cross
New
Towers
London
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th
10 Nov 2012
Dear Anne,
You will be glad to learn that my husband Chuck is able to walk now
and has also joined office. It is all because of our pet dog Duke, the
Doberman Chuck had brought. I was a little reluctant at the beginning
though I agreed to have him later. I had actually sent Duke to a
kennel after Chucks accident but brought him back to give Chuck
company during his bedridden days after he was released from hospital.
Duke appeared to be an epitome of hope and determination. There
was some sort of understanding between Duke and Chuck. Duke always
stayed with Chuck and helped him whenever needed. It was Duke who
helped Chuck make eforts to put his first step. Duke miraculously
managed to re-awaken the dead spirit of Chuck to live and Chuck
started walking step by step every day. It was clear that Duke
understood his masters grief and determined to help him get over the
state of helplessness. Whenever Chuck lost his balance, Duke would be by
him like a post. Indeed God has sent an angel to my home in disguise of
Duke.
That my dear husband is not only walking but also working today is
nothing but a miracle. Dukes loyalty, affection and determination were
instrumental in the recovery of his master. Unfortunately when his
master is fit today, Duke is no more to enjoy the delight of seeing his
master back in his original form. Duke met with a motor accident and
breathed his last a few days back. I have posted few of his photographs in
my Facebook account for all of you. God give his soul rest and peace.
With lots of love
Marcy
Q2.Marcy writes a tribute in the local newspaper for her dog Duke. Write the
tribute.
Ans:
(Hints)
---realization of Dukes dedication---Chucks attachment towards Duke--Chucks recovery
with Duke---Her change of attitude towards Duke.
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2.
3.
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4.
Montmorency:- a dog looks innocent - like an angel--very mischievouschief ambition to meddle around-has many friends-killed a dozen
chickens-does not enjoy boat trip- faithful to friends.
5.
Boat .
Q4. Write a note on characterization in Three men in a Boat.
Q5.How did Harris sing a comic song and with what result ?
Q6 Describe the funny incident in which two drunken men got into the same bed in the
dark without knowing it at a country inn?
Q7.
There are a number of funny situations in the novel. Describe any two
incidents which evoke laughter.
Q8.
Q9.
The three friends decide to take a journey to the sea in the name
of Change they required. Elaborate
Q10. Describe the cheese episode in the novel. Does the authors
presentation of the episode in such exaggerated manner create true
humor and laughter?
Q11. Describe the three friends briefly.
Q12. Jim takes pride of his appearance and taste of clothes. Describe
incidents to justify the statement.
Q13. Three Men in a boat was meant to be a Travelogue. Describe an
incident from the novel to support this statement.
Q14. Give two instances that reveal Jims love for history and
old buildings.
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Q15. We are but the sorriest slaves of our stomach says the author. What
incident justifies the given statement?
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