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01. Some statements are given below. Some are true and some are false. Tick ‘off’ ‘T’ or ‘F’ before them. Also, indicate the scene number in which you can find your answer.

1. I want tailors who will make me magic clothes — True (S – 1)
2. We require a large quantity of the finest silk and the purest gold thread. — True (S – 1)
3. I shall wear the new clothes in the coronation that I am expected to lead — True (S – 1)
4. Only the gentlemen who are fit for their jobs can see the cloth — True (S – 1)
5. I must send my special Assistant to see what is happening here — True – (S – 2)
6. The courtiers showed great surprise to see the Emperor. — True (S – 4)
7. When the Emperor reached the balcony there was pin-drop silence — True (S – 4)

C2. Some important events in the play are given in a jumbled order, Put them in the order in which they are in the text.

Question 1.
The Emperor wears new clothes and walks towards the balcony.
Answer:
The Emperor is fond of wearing new clothes.

Question 2.
The Chief Adviser visits the looms to inspect weaving.
Answer:
The Emperor wants a different set of clothes.

Question 3.
The Special Assistant pays a visit to see how the weavers are preparing the new clothes.
Answer:
He orders to find a new tailor to stitch his clothes.

Question 4.
The Emperor is fond of wearing new clothes
Answer:
The two tailors visit the palace

Question 5.
He orders to find a new tailor to stitch his clothes.
Answer:
The Chief Adviser visits the looms to inspect weaving

Question 6.
The Emperor wants a different set of clothes.
Answer:
The Special Assistant pays a visit to see how the weavers are preparing the new clothes.

Question 7.
The two tailors visit the palace.
Answer:.
The Emperor wears new clothes and walks towards the balcony.

Question 8.
A little child cricks out that the Emperor has no clothes on and he is as naked as a baby.
Answers:
A little child cries out that the Emperor has no clothes on and he is as naked a baby.

C3. Four alternatives are given for each of the following questions/incomplete statements. Choose the most appropriate one.

Question 1.
The Emperor was fond of ………….
a. Hunting wild animals
b. attending processions
c. Wearing new clothes
d. weaving soft silk
Answer:
c. Wearing new clothes

Question 2.
The tailors who came to the Emperor palace claimed that they were
a. great tailors
b. ordinary tailors
c. special tailors
d. magic tailors
Answer:
d. magic tailors

Question 3.
The weavers told the Emperor that they required …………..
a. The finest silk and the purest gold thread
b. the finest cotton and silver thread
c. the costliest diamond and muslin cloth
d. gems and copper thread
Answer:
a. The finest silk and the purest gold thread

Question 4.
According to the weavers, the clothes made by them could be seen by ………….
a. gentlemen unfit for their jobs
b. fools unfit for their jobs
c. wise men fit for their jobs
d. people unfit for wearing them.
Answer:
c. wise men fit for their jobs

Question 5.
Who cried out with laughter that the king was as naked as a baby?
a. the Chief Adviser
b. the first weaver
c. a child
d. the special assistant
Answer:
c. a child

Read and Write:

C4. Read and discuss your responses with уоur partner. Then write

Question 1.
Why was the Emperor not able to give much time to the business of his kingdom?
Answer:
Every day the Emperor spent many hours trying out new clothes. Therefore he was not able to give much time to the business of his kingdom.

Question 2.
Why did the Emperor want a new set of clothes every day?
Answer:
The Emperor was very much fond of new clothes every day. To him, new clothes are more than anything else in the world.

Question 3.
What did the Chief Adviser tell the Emperor about the two weavers?
Answer:
The Chief Adviser said that the two weavers were magic tailors. They had learned a secret method of making the finest silk cloth and the most beautiful clothes from that cloth. They were waiting to see him since the previous day.

Question 4.
What did two weavers say about the magic way of making beautiful silk cloth?
Answer:
The two weavers explained about the magic way. The silk cloth is finely woven with many rich colors and attractive patterns. That type of dress can be worn by only the great emperors like him.

Question 5.
What did the two weavers say about the magic cloth be different from the ordinary clothes that people wear?
Answer:
That is magic clothes, only wise men can see but fools will not be able to see. Only those who are clever and fit for their jobs will see and those who are foolish and unfit for their work will not see. Like this, it is different from ordinary clothes.

Question 6.
Why did the Emperor think that the weavers had given him an excellent idea?
Answer:
The Emperor thought that he will not only get a new set of clothes but he would be able to find out or judge who are fit or not for their post. So he felt it was an excellent idea.

Question 7.
What conditions did the weavers lay down for starting the work?
Answer:
The weavers required a large quantity of finest silk, the purest gold thread, and several jewels before starting their work.

Question 8.
How did the two weavers start their work on the two looms?
Answer:
The two weavers worked on the looms pretending to weave. Before that, they put all the fine silk, golden thread, and jewels in their bags and kept it secretly. But they didn’t put anything on the loom.

Question 9.
Why was the Chief Adviser greatly surprised when he first saw them working?
Answer:
The Chief Adviser saw that the two weavers seem to be working very hard. They were pretending to weave, but nothing was there on the loom. So he was greatly surprised.

Question 10.
How did the weavers try to confuse the Chief Adviser?
Answer:
The Chief Adviser came into the room to find out how the weavers were getting along with their work. He did not see any cloth on the looms. The weavers welcomed him, took him near the loom and started describing the pattern of the cloth which was actually not there. They said it had dark red and sky blue colours on the gold background. The Chief Adviser got more and more confused. But, he agreed with the weavers out of fear that he would be considered a fool and an unfit officer.

Question 11.
What made the Chief Adviser feel worried about his own fitness for the post he was holding?
Answer:
The Chief Adviser did not see anything on the looms. The weavers confused him saying that there was cloth with beautiful patterns and colours. He remembered that the weavers had said only the wise, clever, and fit people could see the magic cloth. This thought made him worried about his own fitness.

Question 12.
What was the terrible experience of the Adviser’s Special Assistant?
Answer:
The weavers showed him the imaginary cloth which they had been pretending to be weaving. The Special Assistant was also confused. He had been told that the weavers had done a good job. The thought of his own foolishness and inability to not seeing the cloth made him consider his experience as terrible. He decided to keep the secret to himself.

Question 13.
How did the two weavers pretend to make the Emperor’s new clothes and help him wear them?
Answer:
The weavers kept everything given to them in their bags. They pretended to work on the looms on the imaginary cloth. They confused the Chief Adviser and the Special Assistant with the description of the magic cloth. Then, they came to the Emperor pretending as if they were carrying clothes. The weavers requested the Emperor to go into the dressing room. The King removed the clothes he was wearing. The weavers pretended as if they were dressing the Emperor. Finally, there was very little cloth on the Emperor’s body.

Question 14.
Why did the Chief Adviser request the Emperor to show himself on the balcony?
Answer:
The Chief Adviser requested the Emperor to show himself to the people before the procession sets out. Because they were waiting to see their emperor in a new dress for long hours. The Emperor would come to the balcony to please them.

Question 15.
What was the Emperor’s reply to his request?
Answer:
The Emperor was so happy and agreed to his request and told after dressing he would come definitely.

Question 16.
How did the courtiers behave when the Emperor walked towards the balcony almost naked?
Answer:
The Courtiers show great surprise to see the Emperor having little clothes on his body. But no one says the truth.

Question 17.
What happened when the Emperor reached the balcony ?
Answer:
When the Emperor reached the balcony, cheers stop all of a sudden and there is pin-drop silence. But the little child crying out with laughter said that the Emperor had no clothes on his body and did the king become so poor that he had no money to buy clothes.

C5. Answer each of the following questions in a paragraph.

Question 1.
The Emperor has been described as proud and foolish. But he has another serious weakness which is shown in his behavior towards his Chief Adviser. Write a paragraph describing the Emperor’s character.
Answer:
The Emperor had a great weakness for clothes. He liked clothes more than anything else in the world. He wanted new clothes every day. He would spend a lot of time in his dressing room trying out new clothes. He was angry with the Chief Adviser for not getting him the best clothes. He thought the clothes he had were not fit for an Emperor. He decided to banish all the tailors from his kingdom because they were all worthless in his opinion. He wanted new clothes and new clothes only.

Question 2.
Imagine you are the child who laughed at the King at the end of the story. Narrate the scene to your friends, and write the narration.
Answer:
My father and I went to see the procession of the Emperor yesterday. Many people had gathered on both sides of the road. People were shouting ‘Long live the Emperor’, ‘Long live the Emperor’. The children were singing and laughing. It was a festive atmosphere. We were all eagerly waiting for the Emperor’s arrival. We were told the Emperor was getting into new clothes. He took a long time to come out.

Finally, he stepped out onto the balcony. It was a funny sight. People were shocked to see the Emperor. They stopped cheering. There was pin-drop silence. The Emperor was not wearing any clothes at all. He was as naked as a baby. I could not control myself. I laughed aloud and told my father that the Emperor was naked. All of us laughed at the funny sight. The Emperor was ashamed to stand before us. He ran back into his dressing room.

Question 3.
The weavers tricked the Emperor. Do you think what they did was right?
Answer:
Yes, what the weavers did was right. The Emperor was proud and foolish. In addition to that, he was very fond of new clothes. He spent so much of time trying out new outfits, that he had no time to take care of the affairs of the kingdom. He neglected his duties towards his subjects. He had become very selfish and arrogant also. The weavers thought of a plan to cheat him. In doing so, they taught him a very good lesson.

Vocabulary:
V1. Look at the following opposites.

1. Useful ×useless
2. powerful ×powerless
3. hopeful×hopeless
4. helpful × helpless
5. worthy × worthless
6. careful × careless

Note: The suffix — less means ‘without’ as in noiseless – (without noise) purposeless (without purpose).
Now make as many phrases as possible and use them in sentences of your own. One example is done for you.
Eg: Useful or Useless

1. Sham have given us a useful / useless suggestion.
2. colorful ×colorless
   Hari bought a colorful / colorless book
3. meaningful × meaningless
   My mother gave me a meaningful / meaningless advice
4. helpful x helpless
   This product is very helpful/helpless to women.
5. Purposeful ×purposeless
   The meeting was purposeful/purposeless
6. Soulful ×soulless
   The rival groups made a soulful / soulless agreement
7. powerful ×powerless
   The committee’s discussion was powerful/powerless
8. worthy_× worthless
   The witness gave a worthy / worthless information.

V2. Read the following phrases given in the web – diagram.

From the web – diagram frame phrases like a set-up. First, match them with their meanings given in
brackets. Then fill in the blanks.

1. start on a journey ……………. set forth
2. to be put down in writing ……….. set down.
3. be opposed to …………. set against
4. trigger …………. set on
5. begin …………… set about
6. established ………….. set up

Use the correct form of the phrasal 4. verbs given in V3 and fill in the blanks appropriately.

1. Why don’t you set down your ideas on paper.
2. Ravi and Raju have set out on a journey round the world.
3. How long will you take to set up this machine?
4. Suma set herself out going to university.
5. If we all set up we can finish the cleaning in an hour.
6. I have to buy some woolens before the cold weather sets in

V3. Read the sentences and match them with their meanings.

1. take a day off, Kavya	a) angry unfriendly
2. Mysore is still five miles off	b) starting on a journey
3. Asha is off to Mangalore tomorrow	c) away, distant in time
4. Shoes are on sale with 20% off	d) away, distant in space
5. The bullet went off the target	e) away from work or duty
6. The holidays are not so far off now.	f) reduced in price cheaper
7. Veena was a bit off with me this morning	g) away from the aim.

Answer:

1. e
2. d
3. b
4. f
5. g
6. c
7. a

V4. Read the table and study the example Different forms of the words are given.
Different forms of words

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
Success Successor Succession	Succeed Succeeded	Successful unsuccessful Succeeding successive	Successfully unsuccessfully

 

Now frame sentences using each of these word forms.

e.g. The Scientist was successful in his efforts.

1. Success brings happiness.
2. Krishnadevraya’s successor was inefficient.
3. If we want to succeed, we should work hard.
4. R.C.B succeeded in I match at Bangalore
5. The succeeding C.E.O brought the company to a great height.
6. Nowadays the success rate is rapidly increasing
7. The unsuccessful students work hard for the next examination.

V5. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words in brackets. One example is given. Write the different forms of words and frame one example for each form of the word.

1. The dog was named[name]Tommy.
2. I’m hoping that you’ll succeed this time.
   I hope you will not disappoint me
3. His love was only a pretension to cheat me
   He pretended to love me.
4. The child was healthy and good looking.
   The child’s health is perfectly alright.
5. It is our duty to service old people.
   service brings satisfaction.
6. Parents prime duty is educate their children
   Nowadays education becomes a business.

V6. Fill in the blanks using the appropriate form of words given in brackets

We had a wonderful (wonder) holiday at Ooty last summer. The weather was cool (cool) most of the time. We had pleasing (please) showers almost daily. The food was delicious (delicious) but father thought it was rather spicy (spice). The people were friendly (friend) and the scenery was extremely attractive (attract). We took a lot of beautiful (beauty) photographs of the hills and valleys. One night we watched a show of folk dance and music. Oh! it was so entertaining (entertain). On our last day, we went to the state Emporium and bought some art (art) things made out of wood.

V7. Rewrite the following sentences after making necessary corrections.

1. News are very good.
   News is very good.
2. There are 26 letters of the alphabet in English.
   There are 26 letters of the alphabet in English.
3. Please give me some information.
   Please give me some information
4. I have bought some furniture last week.
   I have bought some furniture last week.
5. Politics are the last resort of scoundrels.
   Politics is the last resort of scoundrels.
6. There are more sceneries in the Paintings.
   There are more scenery in the Paintings.

Note: The following words are generally used in the singular. furniture, alphabet, scenery, machinery, information, vocation, hair, The following words have plural form but take a singular verb, Physics, politics, economics, news, innings, headquarters.

C. READING
Task 1.
Read the following passage and answer the questions.

Man is an enemy of many animals. Baby seals are clubbed to death for their skins.Crocodiles are tracked down and their skins are used for handbags and shoes. Elephants are destroyed for their ivory which is used for Jewelry.Whales are hunted for their oil. The whole species is being endangered to satisfy man’s love for fashion.

Questions : Make a list of the animals mentioned above and for what use they are killed.

Animals — Use
Elephants — jewelry
Baby seals — skins
Crocodiles — skin for handbags shoes
Whales  — oil

The above passage deals with man as an enemy of animals.

	Cats	Dogs
Family	tigers	wolves
Faithful to	home area	masters
Hunting habits	hunts alone	hunt in groups
Body language	arch their back	pull their lips show
(In anger)	try to look large	their teeth
Special skills	It can fall from significant height but still survive without much injury.	It can sense any smell in no time.

D. Grammar
Reported Speech

Task 1. Read the conversation between Aladdin and a stranger.

Stranger : Are you Mustafa’s son?
Aladdin : Yes Sir, I am, but my father is dead
Stranger : Don’t worry, my son! This is indeed a sad news. I am your father’s brother. Go and tell your mother. (Now Alladin went to his mother)
Aladdin: Mother, there is a gentleman at the door. He says he is my uncle. Should I bring him in?

Fill in the blanks in the paragraph given below using the clues given :

Note; The above conversation is in indirect speech.
Aladdin met a stranger who asked him if he was Mustafa’s son. Aladdin told him that he was, but his father was dead. The stranger consoled him saying not to worry and said that it was indeed sad news. He further informed him that he was his father’s brother and asked him to go and tell that to his mother. Aladdin went | and told his mother that there was a stranger at the door who said he was his uncle. He further asked her if he should bring the stranger in.

Task 2 Now express the following sentences in the reported speech.

1. Kiran said to Reshma, “I am enjoying his new job.”
   Kiran told Reshma that he was enjoying his new job.
2. “Renu has invited us to the party,” said Reshma.
   Reshma told us that Renu had invited them to the party.
3. Kiran said, “We must attend the party/ Let’s Plan for it”.
   Kiran said that they should attend the party and added that they should plan for it.
4. Kiran’s father said “You must visit your grandmother more often.”
   Kiran’s father said that he should visit his grandmother more often.
5. Reshma said, “We are planning to visit her coming Sunday.”
   Reshma said that they were planning to visit her the following Sunday.
6. “Last month you were busy. So you dropped the idea,” said Kiran’s mother.
   Kiran’s mother said that the previous month he had been busy and hence he had dropped the idea.

E. Writing:
Punctuation.
Task 1. Look at the following sentences, and observe how the commas are used.

1. Sarojini Naidu, the nightingale of India, was born in Hyderabad in 1879.
2.  Indira Priyadarshini, daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, became as famous as her father.

Note: A comma is used in writing to denote a pause.

Task 2 : Insert commas wherever necessary

1. Sir John Smith, the vice-chancellor, arrived just now.
2. As the teacher entered, all the students stood up.
3. “John, when will you come?” said Prema.
4. Not knowing whom to address, he kept silent.
5. If you do not know the answer, ask the teacher

Task 3. Read the following sentences, Observe the use of the apostrophe

1. We celebrate Children’s Day on November 14th every year.
2. Teacher’s Day is celebrated on September 5th every year.
3. This is men’s wear and this is women’s wear.
4. “The Emperor’s New Clothes” is a play.
5. A Nation’s Strength is a meaningful poem.

Task 4. Use apostrophe (whether necessary in the following paragraph.

Aristotle was born in Stagira, a Greek outpost on the Macedonian coast. His father was a doctor in the court of Philip II of Macedon. When Aristotle was about 17, he left for Athens where he became a pupil of Plato. He stayed in Plato’s Academy in Athens for 20 years, first as a student and later as a teacher. Then he was invited back to Macedon to tutor Alexander, Philips son.

Aristotle’s enthusiasm for wisdom and for free expression of ideas greatly influenced the young prince, and clearly played a role in eventually making him Alexander the Great.

Interestingly, Socrates disciple was Plato, Plato’s disciple was Aristotle, and Aristotle’s disciple was Alexander the Great.

The Emperor’s New Clothes Summary in English

Once upon a time, there lived a proud and foolish emperor who was very fond of wearing new clothes. He spent most of the time trying out new clothes. So he had very little time to attend the affairs of the kingdom.

One day the emperor was in an angry mood because he was not satisfied with the dresses which were brought by his Chief Adviser. He asked his Chief Adviser to banish all the worthless tailors of the country. He wanted new clothes and a tailor who can make him a different set of clothes every day. The chief adviser informed that two weavers were waiting to see the emperor and they were magic tailors also. He ordered to bring them. The two weavers came and explained their wonderful clothes. To prepare the wonderful dress, they need the finest silk, purest gold thread, and several jewels.

Emperor agreed to provide all they need. The weavers sew their magic dress which was not only beautiful to look, but also make the emperor to Judge his people. Because only wise, clever, and fit for their jobs will see and those who are foolish, unfit for their work will not see the dress. The emperor considered that he will be able to find out who is fit to manage the affairs of his kingdom and who is not.The weavers were provided with a large quantity of silk, the purest gold thread, and several jewels to decorate the dress.

Next day evening the chief Adviser came to see the weavers. Weavers were pretending to weave. They seem, to be working hard but he couldn’t seem, the clothes on the looms. The weavers described the color, pattern, design of the cloth. They exaggerated the beauty of the dress.The chief adviser positively responded to the weavers because if he said that he can’t see the clothes means he is a fool and not fit for his post. So he decided to send his Special Assistant to see what really happens.

Then the Special Assistant suspected the weavers. He was surprised that nothing was to be there on looms. The weavers as usual praised the clothes as they did to the Chief Adviser. The Special Assistant also thought of as the Chief Adviser. The weavers told that dress would be ready by the next morning. On the day of the procession, the emperor came with his Chief Adviser, the Special Assistant, and other courtiers to the Hall. The weavers took him to the dressing room. All the people outside heard the low voices of weavers and emperor. The Chief Adviser requested to the emperor that if he shows himself on the balcony before the procession, the people will feel happy. The emperor agreed to come.

After dressing the emperor walking through the hall towards the balcony. The courtiers show great surprise to see the emperor having little clothes. But no one says anything. When the emperor reaches balcony, cheers stop all of a sudden and there is pin-drop silence. Then the little child crying out with laughter, look, Daddy, the emperor has no clothes at all. Has the king become very poor? Doesn’t he have money to buy clothes”?

The Emperor’s New Clothes Summary in Kannada

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C1. Answer the following questions and share your responses with your partner:

Question 1.
Name the creature mentioned in the poem.
Answer:
Snail is the creature mentioned in the poem

Question 2.
Who do you think is the speaker?
Answer:
The speaker is none other than the poetess (mother)

Question 3.
Who is the speaker addressing?
Answer:
The speaker addressing her five years old and the readers.

Question 4.
What does the child want his mother to see?
Answer:
The child wants its mother to see the snail.

Question 5.
What does the mother tell the child?
Answer:
The mother tells her child that they should not have the snail-like that. It would be unkind because it might crawl on to the floor and might get crushed under one’s foot.

Read and Write.

C2. Read and discuss your responses with your partner. Then write.

Question 1.
Why does the mother say ‘a kind of faith prevails?
Answer:
The mother says ‘a kind of faith prevails’ because she sees that her child’s gentleness is moulded still by words rather than being guided by gentle actions. Even though the mother acted cruelly by, drawing the child’s kittens, trapping nice, and shooting wild birds. The ‘faith’ the mother refers to is that is the belief that character is built by words rather than actions.

Question 2.
How has the mother treated other animals?
Answer:
The mother has trapped mice, shot wild birds, drowned kittens, and betrayed the closest relatives like other people.

Question 3.
Do you observe any difference between the mother’s treatment of the snail and her treatment of other animals and her own relatives?
Answer:
Yes, there is a vast difference between the two. She wants her child to be kind to the snail. She does not want the snail to get crushed under someone’s foot. She behaves well here. But, she had not shown the same kind of concern to other animals. She had killed mice, birds, and kitten without any pity. She had even ill-treated her own relatives. She does not practise what she preaches.

Question 4.
Hoe does the mother console herself? Read the last two lines and comment.
Answer:
The mother wants her child to learn good behaviour and be kind to all creatures. She recalls that she had not been kind to such creatures. In real life, she had seen people behaving in a similar manner. No one is perfect in this regard. They say one thing and do some other thing. The mother consoles herself saying that she and her child are kind to snails, and this mattered more than anything else, as this is the order of the day.

For a Five Year Old Boy Poem Summary in English

The Poem ‘For a five-Year-old is written by Fleur Adcock.. In the poem, the poet ironically points out the contradictions in our day to day dealings of life. She points out the differences between what we preach and low we act. She ironically points out that by nature human beings do not practice what they preach.

The poet illustrates this human behaviour by narrating a fictitious episode in which she imagines her five-year-old child calling out to her after it sees a snail climbing up the window silly after a rainy night. The mother (Poet) goes to the child’s room and explains that it would be unkind to leave it there because it might climb down to the floor. So it is better to take care of it, before someone unknowingly squashes it. She asks the child to pick it up carefully and carry it outside to the garden and leave it there to feed on daffodil flowers.

In the next stanza the poet wonders why such a kind of faith still prevails where people still believe that character is built by mere words of advice, than by actions of others. She feels sad, because the child believed in her words and acted gently with the snail. She feels sad but amazed because the child believed the words of her mother (Poet) who was actually not gentle in her actions. The mother (Poet) had taken her words seriously even though it knew that the mother had drowned the child’s kittens and betrayed even her close relatives. The Poet had also conveyed such harsh truths to others. The harsh truth is that, it is human nature to preach one thing and practice another and that is how things go on in this world.

She strongly believes that being a mother of a child, she is right in advising her child to be good and gentle. And so both the mother and child are kind to little creatures like snails.

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C1. Answer the following questions. Share your response with others :

Question 1.
Who is the poet speaking about?
Answer:
The poet was speaking about the busy bee.

Question 2.
Why does the bee sit on the flower?
Answer:
The beet sits on the flower to collect nectar and afterward the nectar changes in to sweet honey.

Question 3.
How does the bee build her cell?
Answer:
The bees are very clever and build the (hive) cell by using wax which secretes from its body. The cells are uniform and beautiful. Bees build it skillfully.

Question 4.
‘I would be busy too’. Who does ‘I’ refer to?
Answer:
Here I refer to the poet himself

Question 5.
What does ‘sweet food’ mean in the context?
Answer:
In the context the ‘sweet food’ means honey.

Question 6.
Who does Satan manage to work through?
Answer:
Satan manages to work through idle people and bring about destruction.

C2. Pick out the best alternative for each of the following statements:

Question 1.
People like the bee because
a. it is clever
b. it sits on the opening flower.
c. it works hard
d. they get honey from it.
Answer:
d. they get honey from it.

Question 2.
And labors hard to store it well.
Here it refers to
a. the bee
b. the honey
c. the wax
d. the flower
Answer:
b. the honey

Read And Write :

C3. Read and discuss your responses with your partner. Then Write:

Question 1.
Why does the poet call the bee busy?
Answer:
The bee is always working from morning to evening. They collect the honey from the flowers and store it well in the hive. They are not idle and do not spend time wastefully. So the poet calls the bee busy.

Question 2.
‘Let my first years be passed”.

1.  What does ‘first years’ refer to?
2. How does the poet want to spend his first years?
3.  Why does he want to do so?

Answer:

1. Here the’ first years’ refers to the early life of the poet, which means his boyhood.
2. The poet wanted to spend his first years reading books, working or playing.
3. He wanted to do so because it gives fruit at the end of life.

Question 3.
How can you say that the bee is intelligent and clever?
Answer:
The bee builds its hive very skillfully. The hive is beautiful to see and it has hundreds of compartments. It is strong and made up of wax, that is secreted in its body. It converts nectar into honey, which is sweet and healthy. So the poet says that the bee is intelligent and clever.

Question 4.
What is admirable about the work of the bee?
Answer:
The Bee-hive is very beautiful to see but it is very complicated to build. The skill of build¬ing the hive and conversion of nectar to Honey are admirable works of the bee.

Question 5.
Why does the poet want us to be like the bee?
Answer:
The poet wants us to be like the bee because the bee is useful to society We should also be helpful to society by doing good and useful work.

Question 6.
Why should we not keep ourselves idle? What will happen if we are idle?
Answer:
We should not keep our selves idle because Satan finds some mischief and rums our life.

Question 7.
What is the message of the poem?
Answer:
The message of the poem is ‘Kayakave Kailasa’ means we should a way to do the good and useful work.

Question 8.
Which lines do you like the best in the poem? Give reasons for your choice.
Answer:
How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour: These are the best lines in the poem because the little bee is always busy and make use of its time. It builds beautiful hives and collects honey, which is useful to man. Honey never gets spoils.

Question 9.
Pick out the rhyming words in the poem and add more words to each of the rhyming pairs.
Answer:
The Rhyming words in the poem are shining opening, busy-honey, hour-flower, bee-tee, cell -well, skill- still, too-do, play-day.

The Little Busy Bee Poem Summary in English

The bee is known for its work. Always it. works, so it is identified as a busy bee. It builds the hive very skillfully and stores sweet honey in it. The poet’s intention is, like the bee, we too must be busy and always do useful work.

How does the little busy bee work? It makes | good use of time. It starts work when the sun I rise i.e. in a shining hour. The worker bee starts j its work by collecting Honey from all the blooming flowers. All the bees collect nectar and carry it to the hive. The female worker bees are the only j bees that make nectar into honey.

The bees build their cell very skillfully, spread j their wax neatly and work hard to store honey in the cell. The poet speaks about himself and wants us to be like a busy bee in our work. We should! not be tempted to be idle or sit around doing | nothing. Satan in the poem refers to the devil, or some evil being who injures the idle person.

The poet wants to spend his boyhood day by reading good books, playing and doing some good and useful work. Every human being could be. busy like bee and do useful work. Bees build their hives skillfully. We too should do the work with our efficient skills.

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C1. Answer the following questions. Share your response with others:

Question 1.
List out the things where beauty can be seen during the day.
Answer:
The poet has a simple idea of beauty. She says that beauty can be seen in the sunlight, trees, and birds as well as in corn growing, people working or people dancing for the harvest. This is an original idea of beauty.

Question 2.
The poet says ‘beauty is heard in the night’. Pick out any two things of beauty from the poem that are seen at night.
Answer:
In the second stanza, the poet talks about how beauty can be heard. Beauty can be heard at night when the wind sighs and when the rain falls and when a singer sings in earnest from the depth of his heart.

Question 3.
Read the first and second stanzas of the poem again. Note the following phrases. Corn growing, peopleworking or dancing, wind sighing, rain falling, a singer chanting..
These could be written as

1. Corn that is growing
2. People who are working or dancing.

Can you rewrite the other phrases like this? Why do you think the poet uses the shorter phrases?
Answer:
The other phrases in the poem are
wind sighing — Wind that is sighing,
rain falling — the rain that is falling
singer chanting — the singer who is chanting
The poetess uses shorter phrases to give stress or emotional feeling.

Question 4.
The Poet says ‘Beauty is seen’ and ‘Beauty is heard’. List out the beautiful things you have seen or heard.
Answer:
There are beautiful things to be seen all around us. From a blade of grass to a banyan tree, from an ant to a mammoth, from the laughing, innocent face of a child to the chuckling, wrinkled visage of an old man, there is beauty in the world of nature and in the world of men. There is also beauty in the monuments built by men, machines produced by men, and artifacts made by men.

Similarly, there is beauty in many things that we get to hear. From the natural sounds in nature to the sound of musical instruments and the voice of men, there is beauty that can be heard. It could be the chirping of birds, gurgling sound of rivers, trumpeting of elephants; it could be the tender sound of a child, delicate voice of a woman, the mature resonance of an old man. There is beauty all around us in abundance.

Question 5.
The poet says ‘Beauty is in yourself.’ What things does she mention here? When does she want us to follow them?
Answer:
Beauty is in ourselves. That is in our good deeds, happy thoughts. These all repeat themselves in our dreams, in our work, and in our rest.

Question 6.
Write a paragraph about beauty. You can use your own ideas along with the ideas in the poem.(You may discuss with your partner)
Answer:
The saying ‘Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder’ shows that the perception of beauty is subjective. The Keatsian sentiment ‘Beauty is truth, truth beauty’ argues that beauty transcends time. There is also the saying that beauty is skin deep. Here, the idea is that physical beauty is transitory and fades- away as time passes and age catches. It is clear that there are different ideas of beauty. My idea of beauty is to have a beautiful mind that does not allow anything of beauty, whether natural or manmade, to be destroyed.

Question 7.
The phrase wind sighing’ is personification. Give two more examples of personification. You may take the help of your teacher.
Answer:
Rain falling, Happy thoughts are examples of Personification.

Beauty Poem Summary in English

The poetess describes beauty’ in this poem. She is trying to tell us that beauty is everything in life. Beauty can be seen in the sunlight, the trees, the birds, corn growing, people working, dancing and singing in their harvest, wherever we see, the beauty is there.

We can hear the beauty in the night that is sighing wind, falling raindrops, chanting melodious hymns and anything serious and sincere.

We can see the beauty in ourselves. That is good deeds, happy memorable thoughts childhood, repeated thoughts in our dreams, in our work and even in our rest. Beauty is God and God is beauty.

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C1. Answer the following questions and share your repo use with your partner.

Question 1.
Who were Raman’s parents ?
Answer:
Raman’s parents were Chandrasekhar Iyar and Parvathi Ammal.

Question 2.
Why was Raman not able to attend school regularly?
Answer:
Raman was not able to attend the school regularly because he was often ill and sick.

Question 3.
Where did he complete his Intermediate examination?.
Answer:
He did his Intermediate examination from Hindu College at Vishakapatnam.

Question 4.
What subjects did his relatives advise him to take BA.?
Answer:
His relatives advised him to take History and Economics for B.A. and also social that to give up Science.

Question 5.
Why could not Raman go to the United Kingdom for higher studies?
Answer:
Raman’s health broke down and hence he could not go to the United Kingdom for higher studies.

C2. Answer the following questions and share your responses with your partner.

Question 1.
How long did he work at Calcutta University?
Answer:
Raman worked for 15 years as Professor at Calcutta University.

Question 2.
What made Raman give up the highly paid post of Special Accountant General?
Answer:
Raman was offered the post of Professor at Calcutta University. So he resigned his highly – paid post of special Accountant General and became a Professor.

Question 3.
How did the Soviet Union honour him?
Answer:
The Soviet Union, in the year 1957, honoured Raman with, the prestigious International Lenin Prize.

Read And Write:

C3. Read the following questions. Before writing the answers discuss your responses / ideas with others in the group.

Question 1.
What makes you think that Raman even as boy, had great interest in Science?
Answer:
Raman was very much interested in science from his childhood days. He had made the model of dynamo at his young age. During his school days, he borrowed science books from college students and read them. All these incidents make us to think that Raman, even as a boy, had great interest in science.

Question 2.
Why did Raman’s relatives ask Raman to take up Arts Subjects? How did Raman react to it?
Answer:
When he Joined Presidency College, Madras, for his B.A, his relatives wanted him to give up Science and take history and Economics. [Arts Subjects] But Raman had made up his mind to study science, so he took physics and secured First Rank with number of prizes. After his M.A again his relatives asked him to take up same Arts subjects in Competitive examination in Calcutta. Raman agreed and took the same. He did well with new subjects and got First place in the competitive examination.

Question 3.
What was Raman’s First disappointment in life?
Answer:
Raman wanted to go to the United Kingdom for higher studies in science after his M.A. At that time again his health broke down and he could not go. This was the first and greatest disappointment in life.

Question 4.
Why was Raman not happy with the post of Deputy Accountant General?
Answer:
Raman wanted to become a scientist. That was his life’s ambition. But, circumstances forced him to become Deputy Accountant General. His love for science was so intense that he felt like a fish out of water. Unwillingly he was doing his job. He was waiting for an opportunity to leave the job and become a scientist.

Question 5.
How can you say that Raman had not lost interest in science when he was the Deputy Accountant General.?
Answer:
After becoming Deputy Accountant General, he had contact with scientists and he took interest in science. One day when he saw the banner of science, he got off from the moving train and went to meet the Scientists who had gathered in that building.

When he was in Rangoon, he heard that an institution had bought a piece of modern Scientific apparatus. He hurriedly went to have a look at it. By these two incidents, we can say that he had not lost interest in science.

Vocabulary :

V1. Fill in the blanks with the words opposite in meaning to the words underlined.

1. We should neither borrow nor ……….
2.  Why do you feel old? Feel ………….
3. Don’t stand outside. Come …………..
4. Are wealthy people really ………….. or …………?
5. Eat less but work …………

Answer:

1. lend.
2. Young
3. inside
4. happy, sad
5. more

V2. The Pronunciation of the following pairs of words are almost the same but they differ in meaning. Use each word in the pair in meaningful sentences.

1. Break, brake
2. knew, new
3.sight, site
4. some, sum
5. plays. place

1. The compound wall is not easy to ………… Yesterday my car ………….. were repaired.
2. Ramu …………. many languages. Today I bought a ………… house.
3. Our eye ……….. must be clear. This ………… is very big.
4. ………… apples are sweet. This …………. is easy to do.
5. Shakespeare’s ………. are very interesting. Which …………. is nice to see.?

Answer:

1. Break, brake
2. knew, new
3. sight, site
4. some, sum
5. plays. place

V3. Fill in the blanks with suitable phrasal verbs or idioms, choosing from the ones given in brackets.

[makeup, put up with, give up, put on, a fish out of the water, make out, break down]

1.  We usually …………… cotton clothes during the summer.
2. One day, a villager came to me and asked me to read a letter. I tried my best, but could not …………… what the person had written.
3.  Great people/persons have an ocean of patience. They have learned to ……………… difficulties
4.  Raju’s health used to ……………… now and then. So, he had to …………… the highly paid post of Accountant in an office. At first he felt like ……………. out of water.
5. People should …………………. their mind to fight against corruption.

Answer:

1. put on
2. make out
3. put up with
4. break down, give up
5. makeup

V4. Make compound words with the words given in Columns ‘A’ and ‘B’ and use the same in meaningful sentences of your own.

A	B
1.     Boy	a.     Class
2.     Time	b.     Post
3.     First	c.      Mate
4.     Road	d.     Table
5.     Speed	e.     Map
6.     Class	f.       Fast
	g.     hood

Answers:

1. g
2. d
3. a
4. e
5. b
6. c

V5. Which words/phrases in the text mean more or less the same as the following? Paragraph numbers are in given in brackets.

1. boyhood  [P1] early days
2. uncomfortable [P3] fish out of water
3. chance [P3] opportunity
4. happily [P5] gladly
5. not remember [P6] forget
6. morning food [P6] breakfast
7. money permitted to be drawn for the expense [P7] exchange the burnt notes for new note
8. sympathy [P7] admitted

V6. Give the negative forms of the underlined words using a prefix, like in-, un-, dis-, im.

Eg. a popular poem —  an unpopular poem

1. an interesting story —  an uninteresting story
2. a fortunate thing —  an unfortunate thing
3. a correct answer —  an incorrect answer
4. a pure heart —  an impure heart
5. a happy day —  an unhappy day
6. an honest person —  a dishonest person.

V7. Fill in the blanks with the noun forms of the underlined words.

Question 1.
The teacher dictates notes.
Answer:
The teacher gave us a dictation.

Question 2.
Admit Suresh to VIII standard.
Answer:
Let Suresh get admitted to VIII standard.

Question 3.
Literates should educate the villagers.
Answer:
Literates should give education to the villagers.

Question 4.
Appoint him.
Answer:
Give him an appointment

Question 5.
Have you decided where to go?
Answer:
Have you taken the decision, where to go?

V8. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the words given in brackets.

1. Please give your …………. [accept] within a week.
2. The speaker accepted the …………… [resign) of the legislator.
3. We should not have too much ……………. [attach] to anything
4. The …………… [discover) of the sea route to India was made by Vasco de Gama.
5. The teacher admired the …………. [honest] of Manjula.
6. Have a ………….. [science] outlook
7. Please don’t cause ……………. [inconvenient] to travelers.
8. Make ……………. [meaning] sentences.
9. Why are you afraid of the ……………. [examine)?
10. Chemistry is an ………….. [interest] subject.

Answer:

1. Acceptance
2. resignation
3. attachment
4. discovery
5. honesty
6. scientific
7. inconvenience
8. meaningful
9. examination
10. interesting

A. Listen and Speak – Vowels / e and / ae.

Task 1.

Vowels /e/	Vowels /a/
bed, set, met pen, said	bad, sad, sat, mat pan

Task 2.
Your teacher will say and write the following wordș. Identify the vowels soiunds in them and write them in the appropriate column.

/i/	/I/	/a/	/e/
flee, sleep speed, mean dream please sea, free.	spin, trim hid, split, mint, click	catch, fan span, mad scratch	drench tense left, sent, fresh den, sketch.

B. Spoken English

Situation: 2
(Two friends Raj and Latif meet by chance. Fill in the blanks) :

Raj: Oh, what a surprise You’re Latif aren’t you?
Latif: Yes I am, But how come you’re here?
Raj: Latif, I have come on some official work here
Latif: Ah, you’re a businessman. You have set up a shop here, haven’t you?
Raj: Yes I have. Well, let’s have, coffee shall, we?
Latif: By all means. After that we can talk a lot, can’t we?

Read the map and the information is given carefully. Based on them, say whether the following statements are true or false, Write “T’ for true and ‘F’ for false in the boxes accordingly.

Question 1.
Tamilians are over 50% in the northernmost part of Srilanka.
Answer:
True

Question 2.
In Batticaloa, the Tamilians are less than 50%.
Answer:
False

Question 3.
The east coast of Sri Lanka has more Tamilaians than its west coast.
Answer:
True

Question 4.
More than 50% of the people in Colombo are Tamilians.
Answer:
False

Question 5.
Only Sinhalese live in Jaffna.
Answer:
False

Question 6.
The central part of Srilanka is dense with Tamilians.
Answer:
False

Question 7.
Kandy does not have any sea coast.
Answer:
True

D.Grammar:

Task 1. Use walk’ or ‘ walks’ in sentences beginning with the following subjects :

1. My father walks in the evening.
2. You are walking slowly.
3. John walks with his dog.
4. Children are lazy to walk.
5. Your sister is punctual to walk.
6. Twenty boys are participating in the competition of brisk walk
7. His brother walks with his friend.

Task 2. Match the words. Using the appropriate form of verbs, frame sentences. One example is given.

1. A ship sails on the water.
2. The doctor treats the patient.
3. A dog chases a cat.
4. Birds fly in the sky
5. Vendors sell things on the streets
6. Children like sweets.
7. A carpenter makes tools from wood.
8. Water flows downwards.
9. Our school beginning at 9 O’clock in the morning
10. The goalkeeper stops the ball.

The Present Continuous or The Present Progressive Form.
Task 3. Look at these pictures. Write what they are doing.

According to picture

1. A mother is lighting the lamp.
2. A farmer is carrying a bundle
3. A girl is eating fruit.
4. A student is reading a book.
5. A boy is running in the field.

E. Writing
Framing sentences

Task 1. Frame appropriate phrases with the words from the table given by below. Also, build by a context/ sentence using the phrase.

A	B	C
faith interest sympathy slave passion you memory	to for in the poor	science money dancing

e.g. Phrase — slave to money.
Context: Pradeep is a slave to money. He has become inhuman.

1. Phrase — Faith in science
   Ravi has faith in science. So he believed to conduct experiments in science.
2. Phrase — Sympathy for the poor.
   If we show sympathy for the poor, this will help to build harmony in society.
3. Phrase — Interest in dancing
   Girls are interested to learn dancing. They are able to give nice programmes.
4. Passion for science
   Scientists have a passion for science. So they can work hard in research centers.

Task 2. Rearrange the words into meaningful sentences.

1. I learn a little from every incident.
2. The bigger of the two was a sturdy youngster
3. They wore no shoes and their feet were muddy.
4. Mahatma Gandhiji adopted non-violence as his weapon.
5. I thought on the subject deeply, that evening.

Sir C.V. Raman Additional Questions and Answers

Question 1.
When was Sir C.V. Raman born?D
Answer:
Raman was born on November 7, 1888.

Question 2.
What was C.V. Raman’s father?
Answer:
C.V. Raman’s father Chandrashekara Iyer was a Professor of Physics at Hindu College, Vishakapatnam.

Question 3.
Which subject did he choose to study for his B.A. and M.A.?
Answer:
Raman chose Physics as his special subject for his B.A. and M.A. degrees.

Question 4.
Which subjects did Raman study for the competitive examination?
Answer:
Raman studied History and Economics.

Question 5.
When did he become Special Accountant General for Posts and Telegraphs in Calcutta?
Answer:
Raman became Special Accountant General for Posts and Telegraphs in Calcutta in 1991.

Question 6.
What made him take up research on the scattering of light?
Answer:
On his voyage to Europe, Raman saw the blue water of the Mediterranean Sea. This made him take up research on the scattering of light in liquids.

Question 7.
What is Raman’s discovery known as?
Answer:
Raman’s discovery is known as the “Raman Effect”.

Question 8.
Why did Raman admit the candidate who had failed the tests?
Answer:
A candidate came for admission to the Raman Research Institute. He appeared for the entrance test but failed. The office gave him excess traveling allowance by mistake. The candidate came back to the office and returned the excess money paid to him. Raman came to know of this.

He was impressed by the candidate’s honesty and gave him admission. The candidate was surprised to know that he had got a seat in spite of failing in the test. Raman told him that he had admitted him to the institute because of his character. Raman said that he would teach him Physics, as he was not good at Physics.

Question 9.
How did the Government of India honour him?
Answer:
The Government of India honored him with the highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna, in 1954.

Multiple Choice Questions

Four alternatives are given for each of the following questions / incomplete statements. Choose the most appropriate one.

Question 1.
For his work on scattering of light and Raman Effect, C. V. Raman was awarded the
A) Knighthood
B) Nobel Prize
C) Bharatha Ratna
D) International Lenin Prize
Answer:
B) Nobel Prize

Question 2.
Raman Institute was the brainchild of
A) Parvathi Ammal
B) Chandrashekhara Iyer
C) C.V. Raman
D) Rabindranath Tagore
Answer:
C) C.V. Raman

Question 3.
After his M.A., Raman wanted to go to
A) U.S.A.
B) Calcutta
C) Madras
D) United Kingdom
Answer:
D) United Kingdom

Question 4.
Raman felt like a fish out of water in his new post. The above idiom means
A) he was comfortable in his new post
B) he liked his job very much
C) he was unhappy with his new post
D) he looked like a fish.
Answer:
C) he was unhappy with his new post

Question 5.
Raman resigned the post of Director of Indian Institute of Science because
A) he was appointed professor at Calcutta University
B) he became the Director of Raman Research Institute
C) he took up research on the Mediterranean Sea
D) he was appointed Special Accountant General for Posts and Telegraphs
Answer:
B) he became the Director of Raman Research Institute

Question 6.
Raman admitted the candidate to the Raman Research Institute though he had not done well in the tests because
A) the candidate did not ask for travelling allowance
B) there were no students in the institute
C) Raman liked the candidate’s honesty
D) Raman wanted to teach him Physics
Answer:
C) Raman liked the candidate’s honesty

Question 7.
C. V. Raman became Sir C. V. Raman after he was
A) awarded the Bharatha Ratna
B) awarded the International Lenin Prize
C) conferred Doctorates by a number of universities
D) Knighted by King George V
Answer:
D) Knighted by King George V

Sir C.V. Raman Summary in English

Sir C.V. Raman was a great scientist. He won the Nobel prize for his work on the scattering of light and his discovery of the Effect of Light Rays [Raman Effect]. The govt gifted him 25 acres of land to carry out further research work. Raman Institute was the dream child of Sir C.V. Raman.

1. He was born on November 7th, 1888 in Trichy. His parents were Chandrasekhar Iyar and Parvathi Ammal. His father was a professor of Physics at Hindu College, Vishakapatnam. Raman studied there. He was very much interested in science from his boyhood days. He had made the model dynamo in his early childhood. He borrowed science books from college students and read them. He showed great interest in science. He used to fall sick now and then.

2. He got First class in Matriculation examination at the age of 12. He joined Presidency college and his relatives wanted him to give up science and take History and Economics as his special subjects for B.A. But Raman took Physics and secured I Rank and a number of prizes in B.A. He passed M.A. Physics in January 1907.

3. After M.A., he wanted to go to the U.K for higher studies in Science. Because of his health. This was the greatest disappointment in his life. He got the first place in Competitive examinations and was appointed Deputy Accountant General in 1907 at Calcutta. All his relatives felt happy. But Raman felt like a fish out of water in his new post. He still had hopes and waiting for an opportunity to become a Scientist.

4. Even though he was Deputy Accountant General he mixed with scientists and took interest in science. Once he saw a banner of science, he got off the moving train and went to meet the scientists. Once he heard an institution had bought a piece of Modem Scientific apparatus, he hurriedly went to have a look at it.

5. In 1911, he was appointed as Special Accountant General for Posts and Telegraphs in Calcutta. When he was offered the post of Professor at Calcutta University, he jumped at this offer and accepted gladly. After 15 years of service, he became the Director of the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore. The Raman Research Institute was started in 1948. He be¬came the Director of the Research Institute.

6. He was a great scientist, he would for¬get all about food and rest while he was at work, his wife had often to tell him that his breakfast or coffee was getting cold. He saw the wonderful blue of the Mediterranean Sea, this led him to work on the Laws of Light scattering in liquids and discovered the Raman Effect. For this, he got the Nobel Prize in 1930.

7. Raman was a kind man. When he was working as the Deputy Accountant General, he helped to exchange a burnt 100 Rupee note of a villager to a new one. Once Raman admitted candidate to Raman Research Institute though he failed in the test because of his honesty.

8. Raman got a number of honors and medals. In 1929 he was knighted by King George V and became Sir C.V.Raman. number of Universities honoured him with Doctorates. The government of India awarded him with Bharat Ratna in 1954. The Soviet Union honored him the International Lenin Prize.

9. Raman died on 21st November 1970 at the age of 82. India lost her great son and the world, a great scientist.

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I. Answer the following in a sentence or two:

Question 1.
What was the wild imagination of the hare?
Answer:
The wild imagination of the hare was if the earth was to fall to pieces, what would become of it? a strange fear struck him.

Question 2.
Which event caused the crash?
Answer:
At that very moment, a huge ripe bel fruit fell right on the top of the palm shrub and caused a crash.

Question 3.
Name a few animals that joined the race.
Answer:
A hundred thousands of hares, deer, boar, antelope, buffaloes, gozelly, rhinoceros, tiger and an huge elephant joined the race.

Question 4.
Which of the animals do you think was the sensible one? How do you justify that?
Answer:
The Lion, king of the animals was the sensible one among the animals. Because after hearing the cause of the wild flight of animals, it thought that they must have misunderstood some sound.

Question 5.
What did the lion guess about the cause of the crash?
Answer:
The lion, after listening to the hare, guessed that a ripe bel fruit might have fallen from above on to the palm shrub and had caused the crash.

Question 6.
What was the command given by the lion to the animals at the end?
Answer:
The command given by the lion to the animals at the end was “Dear animals, you need not have any fears. There was neither an earthquake not any other calamity. Go back to your places, and live as you did before”.

II. Write the answers for each of the following in about 50-60 words :

Question 1.
It is said: ‘The mob cannot think.’ If so, how does this story illustrate that?
Answer:
Yes, I will agree with the statement. The hare lived under a small palm shrub at the foot of a bel tree. Once it misunderstood the crash of the falling ripe fruit on the leaves of the palm tree as earth is falling to pieces so it fled madly without looking behind. On the way, another hare followed it and another hare until a hundred thousand hares were all fleeing after it.

Then a deer, a bear, an antelope, a buffalo, a gozello, a rhinoceros, a tiger and an elephant all joined in the stampede followed by the whole race of each species. In this way gradually, the line of animals stretched out over a distance of about three miles.

Question 2.
Sum up what the lion did to verify the statement of the hare.
Answer:
When the lion saw the wild flight of animals it came to know that the earth was falling to pieces. He thought, probably the animals misunderstood some sound they heard. The first hare narrated what had happened, so the lion guessed the probability and it took the hare to the spot, which is the dwelling placed of the hare. There the lion inspected and found out the ripe fruit which fell on the leaves and concluded the real fact and there was no sign of any earthquake nearby. Like this, the lion verified the hare’s statement.

The Earthquake Additional Questions and Answers

Multiple Choice Questions

Four alternatives are given for each of the following questions/ incomplete statements. Choose the most appropriate one.

Question 1.
The story ‘The Earthquake’ happened at a place dose to
A) the western ghats
B) the western sea
C) western India
D) Mithila
Answer:
B) the western sea

Question 2.
What incident made the hare think that the earth was fallin§ to pieces?
A) All the animals started running
B) The earth began to shake
C) It saw the earth-shaking when it looked into its earthhole
D) A huge ripe bel fruit fell on a palm shrub
Answer:
D) A huge ripe bel fruit fell on a palm shrub

Question 3.
The animal that did not join the race was the
A) lion
B) tiger
C) elephant
D) deer
Answer:
A) lion

Question 4.
‘So they all joined the stampede’. The word ‘stampede’ means
A) parade
B) procession
C) march
D) mad rush
Answer:
D) mad rush

The Earthquake Summary in English

The given lesson ‘The Earthquake’ is a folk tale. The narrator tells us that the story happened a long time ago, in a place near to the western sea. A hare lived under a small palm shrub at the foot of a Bel tree. One day, a strange fear struck the hare. It started wondering what would happen to him if the earth fell to pieces. At the very moment, a huge ripe bet fruit fell right on top of the palm shrub with a loud crash. The hare was horrified and thought that the earth was surely falling to pieces around him. He madly fled away from the place.

Another hare, saw him fleeing asked him why he was running away scared. The fleeing hare asked the other hare not to question him, without even looking back. The other hare ran after him and insisted that he answer him. The fleeing hare replied that he was running away because the earth was falling to pieces.

So the other hare also joined him and as they were running another thousand hares joined them when they heard that the earth was falling to pieces. Later a deer, a boar, an antelope, a buffalo, a gazelle, a rhinoceros, a tiger and an elephant joined them. The line of animals stretched to about three miles.

Later a lion saw this wild flight of animals and asked them what it was all about. When they told him that the earth was felling to pieces, the lion thought to himself that, since there was no earth quake, they might have misunderstood some sound they had heard and started fleeing. He decided to stop them as he feared they all of them would come to destruction.

The lion sprang swiftly to the foot o fa hill ahead of all the animals and roared thrice at the top of his voice. All the animals were frightened and huddled up together and stood still.

Then the lion asked them why they were running away. All the animals answered in chorus that they were running away because the earth was falling to pieces. When the lion asked them, who had seen the earth falling, the animals started to point at each other. At last the first hare which had started all this came forward and spoke to the Lion. The j hare narrated all which had happened till then. The Lion realized that the hare had heard a ripe bel fruit fall down on the palm leaf with a crash and started running away believing that the earth was falling to pieces.

The Lion then ordered the other animals to stay where they were and took the hare to the place at the foot of the palm trees. After inspecting the place the lion found the ripe bel fruit which had come crashing down on the palm leaves. The Lion then understood everything. He asked the hare to jump on his back, and they went back to the other animals. 1 he wise Lion then spoke to the other animals and assured them that there was no earthquake or any other calamity and it was perspective safe for them to go back to the place they lived. All the animals thanked the lion and went back home.

Imagine what would have happened it the king Lion had not gone to check the real feet. The Moral of the story is that we should check the real fact before we act.

The Earthquake Summary in Kannada

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I. Answer each of the following in a sentence or two:

Question 1.
What was Kaushika very angry with the bird?
Answer:
Kaushika was sitting under a tree and studying the Vedas. The bird’s loud twittering disturbed him. So, he was very angry with the bird.

Question 2.
Why did the housewife delay in giving alms of Kaushika?
Answer:
The housewife was attending to the needs of her husband who had come just then. She considered it her primary duty. So, she delayed in giving alms-to Kaushika.

Question 3.
Who did she advise Kaushika to meet?
Answer:
She advised Kaushika to meet Dharamavyadha who lived in the city of Mithila.

Question 4.
Why did Kaushika feel stunned at the words of Dharmavyadha?
Answer:
When Kaushika came to Dharmavyadha shop he invited him heartily and asked him it the woman had sent him. By hearing these words Kaushika felt stunned.

Question 5.
What did Kaushika do after his visit to Dharmavyadha?
Answer:
Kaushika returned home and thereafter he spent his days in the service of his parents and in teaching others the Vedie lore he had mastered.

Question 6.
What did Sage Markandeya tell Yudhistira in the end?
Answer:
Sage Markandeya said that there were enlightened souls in all divisions of people who could guide even scholars and masters of Vedic teachings.

II Answer each of the following in a paragraph

Question 1.
Narrate how Kaushika felt on listening to the lady.
Answer:
Kaushika went to a town and stood before a house begging for alms. The lady of the house was attending to her husband. She took some time to bring alms to Kaushika. Kaushika became angry and glared at her. The lady said that she was not a crane to get burned up by his angry looks. Kaushika was startled. He wondered how she knew about the crane. She said that he had only mastered the Vedas but had not learnt the principles of Dharma. She advised him to go to Dharmavyadha and learn the mysteries of Dharma from him.

Question 2.
What are the essentials of Dharma, according to Dharmavyadha?
Answer:
According to Dharmavyadha the essentials of Dharma are to engage oneself in one’s inherent duty, to be truthful, to be patient and merciful, not to be elated in happiness or depressed in difficulties, to be engaged in prayer and tapas, to appreciate the good qualities in others, not to boast, to have bath in sacred rivers, to visit holy places and to serve our parents and the guru who has bestowed knowledge on us. These are the mysteries of Dharma.

Question 3.
What can we learn from the story of Dharmavyadha?
Answer:
Dharmavyadha was a meat seller. He was doing his family profession with all honesty and sincerity. He never lied, cheated or killed any animal. Though he was selling meat, he followed the simple path of Dharma. He was truthful, merciful and patient. He respected others. He served his Guru and parents. He considered it his primary duty to take care of his parents in their old age. We should also develop such good qualities.

The Story of Dharmavyadha Additional Questions and Answers

Multiple Choice Questions

Four alternatives are given for each of the following questions/ incomplete statements. Choose the most appropriate one.

Question 1.
‘The Story of Dharmavyadha’ is taken from the
A) Ramayana
B) Vedas
C) Mahabharatha
D) Panchatantra
Answer:
C) Mahabharatha

Question 2.
Kaushika felt proud at the death of the crane because
A) its loud twittering had disturbed him
B) it had perched on a branch over his head
C) it was reduced to ashes
D) he realised his ascetic power
Answer:
D) he realised his ascetic power

Question 3.
Dharmavyadha was a
A) meat-seller
B) saint
C) teacher
D) vedic scholar
Answer:
A) meat-seller

Question 4.
The story of Dharmavyadha was narrated by
A) Markandeya
B) Yudhishtira
C) Kaushika
D) the lady
Answer:
A) Markandeya

Question 5.
Kaushika realised that his Dharma is to serve
A) his parents
B) his teacher
C) the sage
D) Yudhishtira
Answer:
A) his parents

Question 6.
Kaushika was very angry with the bird because
A) it had disturbed him with its loud twittering
B) it had perched on a branch overhead-
C) it did not listen to him
D) it did not allow him to sit under the tree
Answer:
A) it had disturbed him with its loud twittering

Question 7.
Who did the mistress advise Kaushika to meet?
A) Yudhistira
B) Markandeya
C) Dharmavyadha
D) the crane
Answer:
C) Dharmavyadha

The Story of Dharmavyadha Summary in English

Long ago there lived a person named Kaushika. Although he was proficient in the veda’s he wised to surpass all in learning and left home to meditate and pursue studies, in the forest.

Once, when he was sitting under a tree studying Vedas, he was distracted by the loud twittering of a crane which was sitting on a tree, above him. Kaushika looked up and glared at the bird and it was reduced to ashes. Kaushika felt sorry for having caused the bird’s death but was also pleased by his ascetic powers.

He went to a nearby town to seek alms, and stood before a house and begged for alms The mistress was busy attending to her husband and took some time to bring him alms. When Kaushika glared at her, the lady smiled and said that she was not a crane which he could bum with his glare. Kaushika was astonished and wondered how the lady knew of the incident then the woman explained Kaushika, that he might have mastered the Vedas but he was ignorant of the mysteries of Dharma and asked him to go to Mithila to learn about the mysteries of Dharma from a men called Dhrmavyadha.

Kaushika then went to Mithila and met Dharmavyadha. Dharmavyadha was a meat seller. When Dharmavyadha saw Kaushika he warmly welcomed him and asked him if a chaste women had sent him to meet him. Kaustika felt humbed. He had always imagined that he was the only learned man. But he now realised that it was not so. Later Kaushika humbly requested Dharmavyadha to tell him about the mysteries of Dharma.

Dharmavyadha humbly told Kaushika that he could only tell him about the path he followed. He was of the opinion that one should engage oneself in his duties, be truthful, patient and merciful. One should not be elated in happiness or depressed in difficulties. One should always be engaged in prayers and tapas and should appreciate the good qualities in others. He also told Kaushika that though he followed the hereditary profession of selling meat he did not kill animals and had never uttered a lie and therefore had no enemies. He said that his foremost duty was to serve his parents with devotion because their blessings were like a shield to him.

Later Dharmavyadha took Kaushika to his house to meet his parents He prostrated before them and sought their blessings. Kaushika also bowed before Dharmavyadha’s parents and sought their blessings. Then Kaushika humbly bowed before Dharmavyadha and told 1 rim liis arrogance had evaporated and that Dharmavyada had opened his eyes. He tells Dharmavyadha that from then on he shall join his parents and serve them and also cultivate the virtue that Dharmavyada followed. Kaushika returned home and spent his days serving his parents and teaching the Vedas.

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C1. Answer the following questions and share your responses with your partner :

Question 1.
What words in stanzas 1 and 2 mean
[a] 100 years
[b] scene?
[c] centuries
[d] sight
Answer:
[c] centuries

Question 2.
Make a list of all the words that are used in the poem to describe the ‘axe’.
Answer:
axe is described as a quick axe, sharp axe. glittering axe and bright axe.

Question 3.
Read the following words.
[small, strong, weak, dry, trunk, axe, wood, timber, tree]
Which word does not fir into the fist above?
Answer:
Timber is the word that does not fit in the above list.

C2 Answer the following questions picking up the most appropriate ones from those given in brackets :

Question 1.
What did the man strike the tree with?
Answer:
[knife, axeysickel, saw] axe

Question 2.
Who was watching the sight of the man cutting the tree?
Answer:
[women, people, woodcutters, children] people

Question 3.
What did the tree look like?
Answer:
[small, strong, weak, dry] strong.

Read And Write :

C3. Read and discuss your responses with your partner. Then write

Question 1.
Who do you ‘I’ refers to in this poem?
Answer:
In the poem T refers to the poet Clifford Henry Dyment.

Question 2.
Why do you think the poet stopped?
Answer:
The poet stopped to watch a man striking at the trunk of a tree with an axe.

Question 3.
Which line tells us that the tree is aged?
Answer:
How old the tree was, and how dangerous this line tells us that the tree is aged.

Question 4.
Does the poem mean that cutting a tree is a huge loss for human beings? Which line supports your answer?
Answer:
Yes, it is a heavy loss for human beings. This is understood by the lines….cut down a thousand men…

Question 5.
Do you think the poet wrote this poem while the tree was being cut? Support your answer picking up the relevant line/lines from the poem.
Answer:
No, the poet did not write the poem while the tree was being cut. The fifth and sixth lines reveal this fact – And I remember how I liked the sight Of poise and rhythm as the bright axe swung.

Question 6.
Do you think the poet has made his intention clear to the reader at the end? Which lines support your answer?
Answer:
Yes. The poet has made his intentions clear in the end. The last two lines of the poem support the answer – But I saw death cut down a thousand men In that tall lovely legacy of wood.

Question 7.
What message does the poem give us?
Answer:
The poem gives us the message that people have many reasons to cut trees. It might fall as it was very old but it had more good in them than a growing tree. The poet compares the death of the tree is equal to the death of thousands of men.

Question 8.
What do you learn about the trees from this poem?
Answer:
The tree takes many years to grow strong, when it was old men fells the tree and its timber is of more value. After the death also the tree is useful as a timber.

Question 9.
‘But I saw death cut down a thousand men.’ Explain, what does the poet mean by ‘Lovely legacy of wood’.?
Answer:
“Death” here means the felling, the killing, of a fine tree. Such a destructive act destroys the happiness of many people (“a thousand men”) who sought shade and shelter under it, who found happiness in listening to the chirruping of birds the tree housed, who found protection of the environment offered by that tree and other trees.

The tree that was being cut down was planted long time ago, and it had grown strong through the centuries. Thus, for the present generation this strong and lovely tree with its precious wood, had become a lovely legacy or inheritance. It was a gift from the past to be enjoyed by all generations – the present and to come.

Question 10.
A sonnet is a poem of fourteen lines. Usually, a sonnet has a rhyme scheme. Is this poem a sonnet? Check whether this poem has a rhyme scheme or not.
Answer:
The poem is not a sonnet. There is no rhyme scheme.
Note: Imagine a boy in your classroom, by name Shashi, is unable to answer even a single question. The teacher gets angry. In this anger, if the teacher says, ‘Shashi, you’re the Einstein of this class,” does the teacher really mean what he says? or does he mean the opposite? Such expressions that say the opposite of what they really mean are examples of irony. Read the second stanza carefully.

Do you find any expressions of irony in it? The expression of irony in the poem is as follows : (2nd Stanza). A man who fells a tree makes people watch, for glory seems to crowd upon the axe.

C4. Death lay his icy hands on kings.

The tree raised his hands to pray. The above lines are instances of personification where human qualities are attributed to inanimate objects like ‘death and tree’. What is personified in the last stanza? Death is personified in the last stanza.

The Axe in the Wood Poem Additional Questions and Answers

Question 1.
What did the poet stop to watch?
Answer:
The poet stopped to watch a man strike at the trunk of a tree that had grown strong through the centuries.

Question 2.
The poet says that he liked the sight of a tree being cut. Why?
Answer:
The poet liked the sight of a tree being cut. He admired the poise of the woodcutter, and the rhythm of his strokes as he swung the bright axe. He was not the only one who liked watching the felling of a tree. A swinging axe wielded by a woodcutter always drew a crowd.

Question 3.
In describing people’s reaction to the cutting of a tree, the poet is also commenting on:
a) their delight in destruction.
b) their selfishness.
c) their indifference.
Answer:
a) their delight in destruction.

Question 4.
Who makes excuses for cutting trees? Do these excuses satisfy the poet? Which is the word that provides a clue to your answer?
Answer:
The people who come to watch a tree being cut down always make excuses for its being brought down. But, these excuses do not satisfy the poet. The word “But”, following immediately after the statement of excuses indicates he does riot accept the excuses.

Question 5.
How long does it take for a tree to grow strong, according to Clifford Dyment?
Answer:
It takes many a century for a tree to grow strong.

Question 6.
What has a swinging axe always drawn, according to the poet in ‘The Axe in The Wood’?
Answer:
A swinging axe has always drawn a crowd.

Question 7.
What does the poet see in the death of a tree in the poem ‘The Axe in The Wood’?
Answer:
He sees death cut down a thousand men.

Question 8.
Mention one of the excuses made by people who cut down trees in the poem ‘The Axe in The Wood’.
Answer:
The tree was old and so, might fall.

Question 9.
List the justifications given in support of cutting the tree. Whose point of view is this? Does the poet share this point of view?
Answer:
The justifications for cutting down the tree are: The tree is very old. It is dangerous to let it stand. It might fall any moment. It is best to cut it down. Then it can be converted into timber and piled up in a timber-stack. Timber is much better than a growing tree, growing older and more likely to fall. These are the views held by the people who stop to watch a tree being cut down. They will give these views to a person who might object to the cutting down of a tree.

The poet does not hold this view, though ironically. When he saw the woodsman wield the axe and strike at the tree he stopped to admire the action. He feels that destroying a tree that has grown strong through many centuries, and has become “a lovely legacy of wood” for posterity amounts to “killing” of thousands of people who derive benefits of various kinds from a strong old tree.

Question 10.
How does the poet present two conflicting views in the poem ‘The Axe in The Wood’?
OR
What is the attitude of the poet towards the cutting of trees in ‘The Axe in The Wood’?
OR
The poem ‘The Axe in The Wood’ is about cutting a tree, but its message is the conservation of nature. – Explain.
Answer:
A tree that has grown strong through the centuries invites admiration. But, when a cutter strikes at the trunk of that old tree, that to invites attention. We admire the poise of the cutter and the quick rhythmic movements of his- bright swinging axe, and we watch fascinated as the yellow chips go spinning in the air.

But, then come some disturbing murmurs: Should such an old tree be allowed to stand? Is it not dangerous to let it stand when it might come crashing down? Won’t it be better if it were stacked in the timber yard? And then, when it is cut down, admiration disappears: There is only regret that this “tall lovely legacy of wood” is no more. Centuries ago our wise forefathers planted this tree. It grew through the ages, providing shade, shelter to men and beasts, and helping to preserve the environment. And now it is gone through man’s insensitivity.

Multiple Choice Questions

Four alternatives are given for each of the following questions/ incomplete statements. Choose the most appropriate one.

Question 1.
The poem ‘The Axe in the Wood’ is written by
A) Fleuf Adcock
B) Clifford Henry Dyment
C) James Kirkup
D) Isaac Watts
Answer:
B) Clifford Henry Dyment

Question 2.
Who was watching the sight of the man cutting the tree?
A) women
B) people
C) woodcutters
D) children
Answer:
B) people

Question 3.
The expression “lovely legacy of wood” in the poem
‘The Axe in The Wood’ means:
A) the invaluable wealth of the forest left behind by earlier generations
B) the beautiful sight of the forest
C) the lovely furniture made of wood
D) the wood from the tree handed down by predecessors.
Answer:
A) the invaluable wealth of the forest left behind by earlier generations

The Axe in the Wood Poem Summary in English

This poem is written by Clifford Henry Dyment. The poem is about the harmful effects of poaching and the indiscriminate cutting of trees.

In this poem, Henry says that when once he was walking, he stopped to watch a man cut¬ting a tree. The tree was very old and it seemed to be a century old. As he was cutting it, the sharp axe appeared to be glittering and it struck deep inside the bark and the yellow wooden chips (which usually comes when we chop any wooden material) flew in the air.

The poet liked the sight. As the person was cutting the tree, a melodious sound was heard as he struck the axe and paused as he took it off.

The poet says that people have many reasons to cut trees. It might fall as it was very old but it had more good in it than a growing tree. Then Henry compares the death of the tree to the death of thousands of men.

The poem conveys the message that the beauty of nature should be preserved and en-joyed. Thus the poet condemns the onslaught on nature in an ironic way.

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C1. Answer the following questions and share your responses with your partner

Question 1.
Name the fields in which Luther Burbank’s influence prevails.
Answer:
Luther Burbank’s influence prevails in the scientific community among the people who work in the fields of agriculture, horticulture, forestry and livestock.

Question 2.
When was Luther Burbank born?
Answer:
Luther Burbank was born on 7th March 1849.

Question 3.
What was Luther Burbank’s goal in life?
Answer:
Luther Burbank’s goal in life was to grow and grafting new varieties of fruits and vegetables.

Question 4.
Name the book that helped Burbank to decide on his goal of life.
Answer:
The book that helped him to decide on his goal of life was Darwin’s “Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication”.

Question 5.
Mention the name of the new variety of potato grown by Burbank.
Answer:
The name of the new variety of Potato plant grown by him was “Idaho Potato”.

Question 6.
How was the weather in the State of California?
Answer:
The weather in the State of California was mild, and the soil was rich and varied.

Question 7.
How many varieties of fruits did Burbank grow on an acre of his farm?
Answer:
An acre on his form Burbank grew several thousand different varieties of fruits. He grew 526 different types of apples on the same tree.

Question 8.
What is grafting?
Answer:
Grafting and budding are horticultural techniques used to join parts from two or more plants so that they appear to grow as a single plant. In grafting, the upper part (scion) of one plant grows on the root system (rootstock) of another plant.

C2. Which of the following things was Burbank able to do because of his e experimentation. Tick off (√)against true statements and an (X) against others.

1. growing hundreds of varieties of apples — (✓)
2. spending 15 years for a tree to bear fruits — (✗)
3. Making a young plant yield fruit in a year or two — (✗)
4. growing about 526 varieties of apples in an acre of his farm — (✗)

Read and Write :
C3. Read and Writes

Question 1.
How did Burbank’s genius benefit the life of the common man?
Answer:
A common man’s day-to-day life has been greatly affected by Burbank’s genius. He developed an improved cherry, a thornless blackberry, a thornless cactus now used as fodder for livestock, and a peach tree that can tolerate freezing temperature. He developed seventy-three new flowers including the Shasta Daisy and a rose.

Question 2.
Why did Burbank more from Massachusetts to California?
Answer:
Burbank realized that the climate of his native place was not suitable for his work. The weather in the State of California was mild; the soil was rich and varied. So, he moved to ‘Santa Rosa’ in California.

Question 3.
What did Burbank call his new home? Why?
Answer:
He called his new home as “The chosen spot” because the climate and the soil were most suitable for his experiment as far as nature was concerned.

Question 4.
How did grafting help Burbank in his experimentation?
Answer:
He was able to grow several thousands of different varieties of fruits. His wonderful achievements were made possible by grafting many twigs on a single tree. In this manner, he was able to grow 526 different types of apples on the same tree. It was possible to save space to grow that the plants get fruits in just 2-3 years. Like this, the grafting helped Burbank in his experimentation.

Question 5.
In what way did Burbank save space and speed up his experiments?
Answer:
Burbank grafted many twigs on a single tree. In this manner, he was able to grow 526 different types of apples on the same tree. By this method, it was possible for him to save space to speed up his experiments.

Question 6.
What were Burbank’s experiments on cherry, blackberry, cactus, and Shasta daisy?
Answer:
Burbank conducted experiments on growing different varieties of cherry on a single tree. He caused desert cactus to grow a thousand times faster. He developed an improved cherry, a thornless Blackcherry, a Cactus without thorns. He developed 73 new flowers including the Shasta Daisy and a rose.

C4. Write a paragraph on each of the following.

Question 1.
Write a note of Burbank’s early life.
Answer:
Luther Burbank is a well known U.S. plant breeder. He was born on 7th March 1849 He was brought up on a farm in the state of Massachusetts. He was attracted to the wonders of nature and learned the techniques of growing various crops and plants during his early years. When he was 21 years old, he started market gardening and was successful.

Question 2.
Describe the three techniques on which Burbank’s experiments were based.
Answer:
Luther Burbank’s experiments were based on three basic techniques. First, he would collect a variety of domestic plants and bring in many foreign varieties of plants. He would grow them under different conditions. These plants would prove to be strong, plentiful, and sometimes showed new qualities and other desirable changes.

Secondly, he grew many varieties of fruits, flowers, and vegetables by changing water, food supply, temperature, light or space. He even crossed plants to produce plants with dissimilar traits and variations. Lastly, after the production of different varieties, he would choose the plants that showed desirable changes. He would also use them for further experimentation.

Question 3.
How did Burbank react when some of the efforts ended in failure?
Answer:
Burbank set up a nursery garden, greenhouse, and experimental farms in Santa Rosa, California. He conducted more than 10,000 experiments with 600 different kinds of plants. Many of his experiments were failures. Once he crossed a tomato with a potato. He was able to grow a vegetable, but it was not of any use. When he failed, he was not disappointed. He had patience, perseverance, and devotion that nothing could dishearten him.

Vocabulary:

VI. Look at the following phrase and see how the two words go together. They are callocative words.

1. Sunny weather
2. smiling face
3. hard-working scientist
4. improved cherry.

Now fill in the blanks with the most appropriate describing words given in the box below. For a few, you may have more than one combination.

1. Scientific community rich community.
2. desert soil
3. white blackberry
4. thornless cactus.
5. successful attempt
6. commercial value.
7. rich community

V2. Give below are some names. Classify them into categories of flowers, fruits, and vegetables you may consult a dictionary/encyclopedia if you need it.

Fruits	Vegetables	Flowers
Orange plum mango black berry banana cherry lemon apple grapes tomato peach water melon	brinjal neem potato carrot desert cactus	jasmine Lotus Shasta daisy Marigold rose

Drunken Monkey KungFu Scares Village:

1. Chikkanayakanahalli: A monkey, addicted to alcohol and often attacking people, is scaring the wits out of the residents of Shettykere, a village here.
2. The monkey was first noticed in the village a month ago. It has taken a liking for alcohol, perhaps due to some mischievous alcohol addicts in the villages initiating it into drinking. It is now addicted to the brew and often gets high. It has also become indiscriminate in its eating habits and has put on weight and become aggressive.
3. Once inebriated, the monkey begins harassing passerby and even attacking them. The aggressive monkey scares even a large crowd. So far, it has attacked at 30 persons, injured many of them. Even dogs are among its victims.
4. The monkey, which has made the bus terminal its home, snatches traveler’ bags and their belongings. Anyone resisting it is attacked.
5. But pious, if not cowardly they are, the residents see it an incarnation of Hanuman, the monkey god, and worship it, but their piety is wearing thin, and they want someone to get rid of the rowdy Simian.

Questions:

Question 1.
Where and when was the drunken monkey noticed first?
Answer:
The monkey was first noticed in the village of Shettykere, a month ago.

Question 2.
How did addiction affect the monkey? (see paragraph 2)
Answer:
The monkey often gets high and it has also become indiscriminate in its eating habits and has put on weight and become aggressive after addiction of alcohol.

Question 3.
You may have come across new words in the news report. The words used, meanings and paragraph numbers in which they appear are given. Find out and write them in the blanks provided,
Answer:

1. attacking — (P3) aggressive
2. takes away — (P4) snatches
3. Avatar — (P5) incarnation
4. troubling — (P6) harassing
5. monkey — (P5) Simian

Question 4.
Match the phrases with their meanings:

A	B
1. Scaring the wit out of	making one very afraid
2. getting high	being over drunk
3. wearing thin	Vanishing
4. getting rid of	Avoiding
5. feeling very difficult to	going up the hill do something

B Grammar:
The Passive Voice
Task. Match the names in the left-hand column with the discoveries/invention/composition etc, in the right-hand column. Then write sentences in both active and passive voice using the agent and appropriate verb.

1. Kalidasa — Geeta Govinda
2. Jayadeva — Shakuntala
3. Tagore — Film ‘Tare Zameen par’
4. Amir Khan — Jai Ho
5. Gulzar — Harry Potter
6. J.K. Rowling — Geethanjali
7. Galileo — Telescope.

e.g.Galileo invented the telescope. The telescope was invented by Galileo

1. Kalidasa wrote Shakuntala
   Shakuntala was written by Kalidasa.
2. Jayadeva wrote Geeta Govinda.
   Geeta Govinda was written by Jayadeva
3. Tagore wrote the National Anthem.
   The National Anthem was written by Tagore.
4. Amir Khan directed the film ‘Tare Zameen
   Par The film “Tare Zameen Par’ was directed by Amir Khan
5. Gulzar penned Jai Ho.
   Jai Ho was penned by Gulzar
6. J.K. Rowling wrote the Harry Potter Series.
   The Harry Potter series was written by J.K. Rowling

C.Writing:
Task 1.
An outline of a story is given below. Complete the story supplying the required words and phrases.

A cap seller on his way to market stopped under a huge tree. The day was very hot and he lay in the cool shade of a huge tree. He soon took a nap beside his basket of caps. When he woke up, to his horror, he found the basket empty. He thinks they are stolen. However, soon he hears some noises above and when he looks up, he finds monkeys with caps on.

The cap seller makes desperate efforts to recover the caps. When he does not succeed, hopelessness, he, at last, snatches his own cap off his head and throws it down. To his luck, the monkeys do the same and the relieved cap seller picks up the caps and leaves the place feeling happy.

Task 2.
Expand any one of the following proverbs into 5 or 6 sentences of your own.

1. A stitch in time saves nine.
2. Jack of all trades, master of none
3. Prevention is better than cure
4. Where there is a will, there is a way.
5. All that glitters is not gold.
6. Self -assessment.

Luther Burbank Additional Questions and Answers

Question 1.
Who was Luther Burbank?
Answer:
Luther Burbank was a well known U.S. plant breeder.

Question 2.
How was he able to produce the ‘Idaho Potato’?
Answer:
Burbank planted 29 seeds from an early rose potato plant. He produced a new variety of seeds. Its superior quality made it very popular among the local farmers. Today, this potato is called Idaho potato. Even to this day it is grown on thousands of acres in North-western U.S.

Question 3.
How is Burbank’s work equated to present-day miracles in science and technology?
Answer:
In the present times, miracles are happening in steel mills, the automobile industry, markets of commerce and industry, and so on. But, Burbank experimented with the simple elements of nature to produce desirable changes and effects. Hence, his works are as remarkable as the production of shiny cars, bridges, tunnels, etc.

Multiple Choice Questions

Four alternatives are given for each of the following questions/ incomplete statements. Choose the most appropriate one.

Question 1.
Luther Burbank is a well known
A) plant breeder
B) gardener
C) physicist
D) agriculturist
Answer:
A) plant breeder

Question 2.
When Burbank was 21 years old, he started
A) animal husbandry
B) market gardening
C) cattle rearing
D) livestock farming
Answer:
B) market gardening

Question 3.
Burbank moved from his native place to the state of California because
A) California was more suitable for his work
B) there were no farms in California
C) only California was suitable for growing vegetables
D) varieties of plants were available there
Answer:
A) California was more suitable for his work

Question 4.
According to Burbank, the production of this fruit/vegetable was a paradox
A) Cherry
B) Idaho potato
C) White blackberry
D) Peach
Answer:
C) White blackberry

Question 5.
How did Burbank get fruits in just two or three years?
A) By grafting seeds from a young plant to a fruit-bearing tree
B) By grafting fruits from a young plant to a fruit-bearing tree
C) By grafting a twig from a young plant to a fruit-bearing tree
D) By crossing plants that had dissimilar qualities
Answer:
C) By grafting a twig from a young plant to a fruit-bearing tree

Luther Burbank Summary in English

What does the world call a man who turned the yellow flower into red, who made the seeds of plums disappear, desert cactus to grow a thousand times faster, made blackberry into white, who grew 500 different kinds of cherries on one tree? Was he a master gardener or a miracle-working magician.

Fie has been awarded many title, but he was so simple, hardworking scientist.

The products of his genius continue to play a part in the day-to-day lives of people throughout the world. His most important contribution is a lovely flower that never existed before him.

He was born on 7th March 1849. Fie was attracted towards the wonders of nature and learned the techniques of growing various crops. After reading Darwin’s book, he decided to devote his life to grow new varieties of plants.

He started market gardening at the age of 21. He was successful in selling high-quality vegetable. He planted 29 seeds from an early rose potato plant and produced superior quality up to today. This potato is called “Idaho Potato”, it is grown on thousands of acres in North-Western U.S.

He moved to the State of California at the age of 26, because his native place was not suitable for his work. He carried on his experimental and original work on plants for more than half a century on “Santa Rosa” near San Francisco. He described his new home as “The Chosen Spot” of all this earth as for as nature was concerned.

The three basic techniques of his experiments arc
1. collect different kinds of domestic plants and bring in many foreign varieties of plants, when they were grown under different conditions, they would prove strong, plentiful or hard, show other desirable changes.

2. He grew many varieties of fruits, flowers and vegetables by changing water, food, temperature, light or space variations were achieved by crossing plants, which had very dissimilar qualities.

3. He could recognize and select the plants which showed desirable changes. He could also choose them for further experiments.

Thus he was successful to produce a white blackberry and he called it the paradox. The pile of rejected seedlings measured 12 ft high, 14 ft wide,‘22 ft long and had contained 65,000 berry bushes. Among them he decided to keep for further study was less than 2 dozen.

He was able to grow 526 different types of apples on the same tree, ft was possible for him not only to save space but also to speed up his experiments. His experimented plants took only 2-3 years to yield fruits instead of 15 years.

He carried out more than 10,000 separate experiments with 600 different kinds of plants. He developed an improve cherry, a thornless blackberry, a cactus without thorns used as food for livestock and a peach tree that can withstand freezing weather. He delighted flower lovers with 73 new flowers, Shasta Daisy and a rose that bears his name.

Many of his efforts ended in failure. The crossing of tomato with potato was failed. But his devotion was so deep and strong that nothing could disappoint him. Miracles were happening in all the field like in steel mills, automobiles and markets of commerce and industry. Burbank’s discoveries are also as remarkable as the shiny cars, bridges, tunnels and singing wires.

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C1. Answer the following questions and share your responses with your partner.

Question 1.
Where was Oliver Twist Born?
Answer:
Oliver Twist was born in the poor house of a little town on a cold, black night in the winter of 1837.

Question 2.
Who was present when Oliver was born?
Answer:
When Oliver was born, the doctor was present, who was hastily called for the purpose.

Question 3.
What happened to the mother as soon as the child was born?
Answer:
As soon as the child was born, mother was died.

Question 4.
What dis the mother look like while she was alive?
Answer:
The mother was young and good looking | woman while she was alive.

Question 5.
Who was Mr. Bumble ?
Answer:
Mr. Bumble was a town beadle, he had full authority over the people of the poor house.

Question 6.
How did Mr. Bumble treat the children?
Answer:
Mr. Bumble was the officer in charge of the poorhouse. He starved and ill-treated the children under his care.

Question 7.
What did Oliver’s friends want him to ask the master?
Answer:
Oliver’s friends persuaded him to ask for more food.

C2. Answer the following questions and share your responses with your partner.

Question 1.
How were the children fed in the house?
Answer:
The children were fed in a large stone hall, with a big metal basin at one end. The master stood by the metal basin and served each child with a small bowl of watery gruel. Boys have very good appetites and the food given them was not sufficient.

Question 2.
Why was a council’ held by the boys? What did they decide in it?
Answer:
A council was held by the boys because the boys were not fed enough in the poor house. Boys have good appetites. They were all always hungry. That evening one of the bigger boys said that unless he had an extra bowl of gruel, he would certainly eat the boy who slept next to him. That boy had a wild and hungry eye, therefore the smaller boys believed him. The decision of the council was that Oliver Twist walks up to the master and to ask for more.

Question 3.
What did Oliver ask his master for?
Answer:
Oliver had the bowl in his hand and stood in front of the master and asked, Please Sir, I want some more”.

Question 4.
How did the master react to the request of Oliver?
Answer:
The master turned pale and shouted ‘what’ as if he could not believe his ears. When Oliver repeated his request, the master hit him, seized him by his arms, and shouted for the beadle.

Question 5.
What was the punishment that Oliver got asking for more?
Answer:
The master aimed a blow at his head, seized him by his arms, and called Mr. Bumble. Mr. Bumble came and Oliver was immediately locked in a room to spend the night alone. That was the punishment for Oliver for asking more food.

Question 6.
What did Mr. Bumble ultimately decide to do with Oliver?
Answer:
Mr. Bumble ultimately decided that Oliver was to be thrown out of the poorhouse. So he announced, offering a reward of 5 pounds to any man or woman who would take Oliver Twist from that poorhouse.

Question 7.
What was Oliver’s crime, according to Mr.Bumble?
Answer:
According to Mr. Bumble, it was an offense to ask more food being an orphan. he considered that how dare he was to ask, and it tempted a lot.

Read and Write:

C3. Read and discuss your responses to your partner. Then write

Question 1.
Briefly explain the circumstances under which Oliver Twist was born.
Answer:
Oliver’s mother was a young, good looking woman. She was found lying in the street. It appeared she had walked a long distance before she came there. She was shifted into the poor – house. A doctor was hastily called for. Oliver was born on a dark, cold night in the winter of 1837. An old woman helped the doctor at the time of Oliver’s birth. Oliver’s mother died as soon as he was born, leaving him an orphan.

Question 2.
How can you say that Oliver’s mother was a poor woman?
Answer:
Oliver’s mother was a young, good looking woman who had been found lying in the street. It was clear that she had walked some distance before she died. Her shoes had been torn to pieces. This shows Oliver’s mother was a poor woman.

Question 3.
What kind of a man was Mr. Bumble?
Answer:
Mr. Bumble was a town beadle, he had full authority over the people of the poor house. Mr bumble starved and ill-treated the children under his care.

Question 4.
Why were the boys always hungry?
Answer:
The boys were not fed enough in the poorhouse. Boys have good appetites. They were all always hungry.

Question 5.
How did the children plan to satisfy their hunger?
Answer:
The children held a council the decision of the council was that Oliver Twist was to walk up to the master and to ask for more.

Question 6.
What was the result of Oliver’s request for more food?
Answer:
The master punished Oliver with a blow to his head. Mr. Bumble locked him up in a room for the night. Both of them felt that asking for more food was Oliver’s crime.

Question 7.
Why did Mr. Bumble get a notice posted outside the gate?
Answer:
According to Mr. Bumble it was an offense to ask more food being an orphan and ultimately decided that Oliver was to throw off the poorhouse. So he announced offering a reward of 5 pounds to any man and woman who would take Oliver Twist form the poorhouse.

Question 8.
Sum up Oliver’s birth and his life in the poor house.
Answer:
Oliver Twist was born to a poor woman in a little town on a cold black night in the winter of 1837. As soon as the child was born the mother died. Oliver was taken to Mr. Bumble’s orphan house. The children were fed in a large stone hall, with a big metal basin at one end. The Master stood by the metal basin and served each child with a small bowl of watery gruel. The boys were not fed enough in the poorhouse. Boys have good appetites. The council decided that Oliver Twist walk up to the master and to ask for more. The master was fat and healthy but when he

heard Oliver request he turned pale. He said ‘What !’ as if he could not believe his ears. After this Mr. Bumble immediately locked him in a room to spend the night alone. It was a punishment to Oliver for asking more food, for this Mr. Bumble decided to throw him out of the poorhouse by announcing a reward of 5 pounds to any man or woman who would take Oliver Twist from that poorhouse.

Question 9.
Briefly narrate the events that led to Oliver being locked up in a room.
Answer:
The children in the poor house were not fed properly. Mr. Bumble was ill-treating them. At mealtime, a small bowl of watery gruel was given to the children. They were always hungry and wanted more food. One evening a boy said that he would eat the boy who slept next to him if he was not given an extra bowl of gruel. The children held a meeting. They appointed Oliver to go to the master after supper and ask for more food. When Oliver requested the master to give him some more gruel, he got wild and hit him hard. The master complained to Mr. Bumble about Oliver’s crime. Mr. Bumble became angry and he locked up Oliver in a room for the night.

C4. Match the descriptive words that go with the characters listed below

Oliver Twist	Oliver’s Mother	Mr. Bumble
hungry	young	cruel
thin	good looking	pale
frightened		fat
miserable submissive	poor	tyrannical

poor, hungry, cruel, pale, thin, frightened, miserable, good looking, fat, tyrannical, submissive.

C5. Look at the following headings. Choose the best among them for the paragraphs indicated. Write them against the numbers.

Paragraph

1. Death of the mother
2. Birth of an orphan
3. Boy’s admission to the poor house
4. Naming of a boy 5. Boys holding a council
5. Oliver being forced to ask for more
6. Mr Bumble’s reaction
7. Punishment

V1. Underline the word that does not belong to the group in each case.

1. farmer, former, doctor, teacher’
   former
2. ate, swallowed, smelt, gulped
   Smelt
3. miserable, sad, agile, sorrowful
   agile
4. stated, said, narrated, heard
   heard
5. quickly, hastily, rudely, immediately
   rudely
6. weak, pale, robust, thin
   robust

V2. Look at the following two words.

The first is a verb and the second is a noun. We add  ‘ment’ to the verb and get the noun. Given below is a list of nouns. Some are made from verbs. e.g., ‘movement’and some are not. e.g., ‘cement’. Pick out those words which are made from verbs.

1. Movement
2. cement
3. amazement
4. development
5. instrument
6. establishment
7. measurement
8. regiment
9. astonishment
10. government
11. moment
12. garment

V3. Write down the noun forms of the following verbs. They do not take the suffix – ‘ment ending. [You may consult a dictionary if you like]

1. invent — invention
2. born — birth
3. suggest — suggestion
4. exist — existence
5. grow — growth
6. tire — tiresome
7. think — though

C.Grammar:
Framing Questions

Task 1. Frame questions for the following statements. One is done for you.
A. Eg:
Sujay and Supriya are Radha’s cousins
Are Sujay and Supriya Radha’s cousins?

1. The pet dog is called Rambo.
   Is the pet dog called Rambo ?
2. The children are happy.
   Are the children happy?
3. He is practicing yoga.
   Is he practicing yoga?

B. Eg :
Radha likes sweets.
Does Radha like sweets?

1. She visits her aunt’s place every summer.
   Does she visit her aunt’s place every summer?
2. She loves playing with her cousins.
   Does she love playing with her cousins?
3. He likes reading storybooks.
   Does he like reading storybooks?

C. Eg :
The children love playing with Rambo
Do the children love playing with Rambo?

1. The kids practice yoga every morning.
   Do the kids practice yoga every morning?
2. Reshma and Rahim like to play with Raghu.
   Do Reshma and Rahim like to play with Raghu?
3. They enjoyed the vacation
   Did they enjoy the vacation?

Task 2. Frame questions for the statements given below using the question words given in brackets. Do not for
get to put the question mark. The first question is done for you.

1. This novel was written in 1969 (when)
   When was this novel written?
2. The briefcase was stolen at the station(Where)
   Where was the briefcase stolen?
3. The auditorium was constructed last year(When)
   When was the auditorium constructed?
4. The money was collected by the students.(By Whom)
   By whom was the money collected?
5. They have bought six plants for my garden. (How Many)
   How many plants have they bought for my garden?
6. His house was destroyed by fire (How)
   How was his house destroyed?
7. The servant let out the secret. (Who)
   Who let out the secret?
8. Sunder visits his parents twice a week. (How Often)
   How often does Sunder visit his parents?
9. You have selected this book (which)
   Which book have you selected?
10. Janaki waited for two hours to consult the doctor. (How long)
    How long did Janaki wait to consult the doctor?
11. It is his fault (whose)
    Whose fault is it?

D. Writing:

Task 1. Look at the following table. Some important facts about Ruskin Bond are given. Write a paragraph based on the information provided.

Birthplace — Kasauli H.P.
Date of birth —19 May 1934.
Residence — Mussoorie
Work-Occupation — Novelist, short story writer
His -books — Translated into many European and Indian languages.
Awards — Kendra Sahitya Academy Award in 1992.
Ruskin Bond, a fmous novelist and story writer, born on 19 May 1934 at Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh. He stays at Mussoorie. His books translated into many European and Indian Languages. He is the author of Blue Umbrella and Delhi is not far Ruskin Bond was awarded Kendra Sahitya Academy Award in 1992.

The Boy Who Asked for More Additional Questions and Answers

Question 1.
On what kind of night was Oliver born?
Answer:
Oliver was born on a cold, dark winter night.

Question 2.
Why does the author say that the baby would have cried still louder?
Answer:
The author thinks that, if the baby had known that he was an orphan in a poor house, he certainly would have cried still louder.

Question 3.
Who named the baby?
Answer:
The town beadle Mr. Bumble named the baby.

Question 4.
How did Oliver Twist look on his ninth birthday?
Answer:
Oliver looked pale and thin.

Question 5.
Who brought Oliver trouble in the end?
Answer:
His own companions brought him trouble in the end.

Question 6.
What do boys generally have?
Answer:
Boys generally have good appetites.

Multiple Choice Questions:

Four alternatives are given for each of the following questions/ incomplete statements. Choose the most appropriate one.

Question 1.
The extract ‘The Boy Who Asked For More’ is written by
A) Daniel Miller
B) Charles Dickens
C) A.L. Hendricks
D) C.F. Andrews
Answer:
B) Charles Dickens

Question 2.
Oliver was born in the year
A) 1837
B) 1836
C) 1838
D) 1840
Answer:
A) 1837

Question 3.
The name ‘Oliver Twist’ was invented by
A) Mr. Bumble
B) Oliver’s father
C) his master
D) his mother
Answer:
A) Mr. Bumble

Question 4.
Who persuaded Oliver to ask for more?
A) Mr. Bumble
B) His master
C) His friends
D) One of the bigger boys
Answer:
C) His friends

The Boy Who Asked for More Summary in English

‘Oliver Twist’ is a very famous and popular story throughout the world. The reader never forgets this story which is most memorable and touched deeply. This lesson is an “extract from “Oliver Twist’.

Oh er was born to a poor woman in the poor- house of a little country town on a cold black night in the winter of 1837. A doctor attended Iris birth who was hastily called for the purpose.

His mother died as soon as the baby took his first breath. She was a young, good-looking woman and died on the street. It was clear that she had walked some distance before she died. Nobody knew her.

The baby cried loudly. If he could have known that he was now an orphan of a poor house, it is likely that he would have cried still louder.

Mr. Bumble called this baby as Oliver Twist. He was the town office and had full authority of the poorhouse. He thought himself a very great man and strayed and ill-treated the children. Oliver was pale, thin child at his ninth birthday. He had hardly known a kind word or any kindly look. His friends were his companions in misery. In the end, they brought him trouble. They persuaded him to ’ask for more’.

One evening at supper time as usual the master was serving the food to the children. He was serving a small bowl to watery grauel. The food was not enough for the boys because they had an excellent appetite. One of the bigger boys said to Master that unless he had an extra bowl of grauel, he would certainly eat the boy who slept next to him. So the smaller boys believed him. A council was held. Oliver Twist
w as appointed to ask for more.

After the boys swallowed their food, they forced Oliver to go. He went to master and asked in a little frightened voice, “Please sir, I want some more”. The master was fat healthy man, he said what’ he could not believe his ears.

The master aimed a blow at the head, seized him by his arms and shouted for the beadle (officer). Mr Bumble rushed and heard of Oliver’s crime. He claimed ’Asked for more’. I never heard of such a thing, this miserable boy will be hung !.

As a punishment, Oliver was locked in a room to spend the whole night alone. Early next morning a notice was posted on the gate offering a reward of five pounds to any man or woman who would take Oliver Twist from that orphanage.

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