how did montmorency add confusions while packing?.
character sketch on jerome
how did harris and george irritate the speaker jerome?
describe the expirenceof the 3 friends when they were caught in the incessant rain. three men in a boat
What does Jerome say was Montmorency’s ambition in life? What do you think of Montmorency and why?
Match the words/phrases in Column A with their meanings in Column B.
A
B
1.
slaving
(i)
a quarrel or an argument
2.
chaos
(ii)
remove something from inside another thing using a sharp tool
3.
rummage
(iii)
strange, mysterious, difficult to explain
4.
scrape out
(iv)
finish successfully, achieve
5.
stumble over, tumble into
(v)
search for something by moving things around hurriedly or carelessly
6.
accomplish
(vi)
complete confusion and disorder
7.
uncanny
(vii)
fall, or step awkwardly while walking
8.
(to have or get into) a row
(viii)
working hard
You have seen how Jerome, George and Harris mess up their packing, especially of the hamper. From their mistakes you must have thought of some dos and don’ts for packing. Can you give some tips for packing by completing the paragraph below?
First pack all the heavy items, especially the ones you don’t need right away.
Then...
Here are some words and phrases you can use to begin your sentences
with:
• Then
• Next
• Now
• Remember
• Don’t forget
• At last/ Finally
SECTION B
(WRITING-20 MARKS)
Q5 Write a paragraph using the notes of a journalist on the issue of extinction of species. (4 Marks)
ON THE VERGE OF EXTINCTION
· Project- launched –Natural History Museum, London
· Protection of vast species
· Mass wipe out in Decades
· Consequence of human action--- wars, taking away too much from nature, hunting, loss of habitats
Q6. You have been reading incidents of foreign tourists being duped and cheated of their
money and valuables, incidents of inhospitable behavior and eve teasing. As a concerned
citizen, write an e-mail to the Editor of a National daily expressing your views on the issue
and also giving suggestions on how to make our city a safer tourist destination. The
format of e-mail is given. (8 Marks)
Date:
From:
Subject:
To:
Dear Sir
Regards
Name
Q7. Now a days the youth are taking upon themselves different roles and responsibilities.
They also have varied interests. Recently you came across the following pictures in a
magazine. Using the information you gather from the picture and ideas of your own,
write an article on, ‘The Changing Role of Youngsters’. (8 Marks)
Q3 Read the following passage carefully: (5 Marks)
The tree was young and strong and it took a long time to kill. It took two workmen with axes, two days, including tea breaks. Which without conscious irony, they took in the shade of the leafy branches of the tree they were chopping down. It was a Gulmohar I had planted 13 years ago, along with several other saplings, when Bunny and I moved into the National media centre. The NMC is built on a little over 22 acres and many hundreds of the local babul trees that used to cloak that part of the Haryana countryside like smoke from evening chullas must have been cut down to make way for the brick and cement of our colony. I’m not a tree hugger but still felt that some restitution was due. So Bunny and I planted several saplings.
The two gulmohars at the rear were foot high saplings when we put them in the soil. In a few years their branches aflame with scarlet flowers in summer, rose above the first floor window, flooding the room with afterglow and screening from view the ugly scars of new construction in what had once been open fields behind our house. I felt the smugness of satisfaction, of having done the right thing. I’d given back, in however small a way, a little bit of what we take away from the earth everyday, everywhere.
Righteousness invites its own revenge. The roots of one of the trees had spread, crushing the sewage system. The handyman gave us the choice of either cutting down the tree or its roots would endanger the foundations of the house.
Answer the following questions by selecting the most appropriate option from the ones given below:
1) The irony in the first para is that the
a) The tree was planted by the author but cut by the workmen
b) The workmen chopped the tree that gave them shade.
c) It took 13 years for the tree to grow
d) The author was not passionate about trees yet he planted them
2) When the colony was settled, the author decided to
a) make the outskirts greener
b) plant a few saplings around the house
c) sulk in depression
d) start a movement
3) The feeling the newly grown gulmohar trees evoked in the author was of
a) remorse
b) pride
c) self - satisfaction
d) regret
4) The writer had to get the free felled because
a) he was being righteous
b) the house was in danger of being destroyed
c) the tree had grown too tall
d) the sewage system was damaged
5) Being righteous means
a) Doing things the correct way
b) Being aware of your rights
c) Following your heart
d) Conscious of the ways of the world
Discuss in groups and answer the following questions in two or three paragraphs (100 −150 words)
1. Of the three, Jerome, George and Harris, who do you think is the best or worst packer? Support your answer with details from the text.
2. How did Montmorency ‘contribute’ to the packing?
3. Do you find this story funny? What are the humorous elements in it?
(Pick out at least three, think about what happens, as well as how it is described.)
Discuss in pairs and answer each question below in a short paragraph (30 − 40 words).
1. How many characters are there in the narrative? Name them. (Don’t forget the dog!).
2. Why did the narrator (Jerome) volunteer to do the packing?
3. How did George and Harris react to this? Did Jerome like their reaction?
4. What was Jerome’s real intention when he offered to pack?
5. What did Harris say after the bag was shut and strapped? Why do you think he waited till then to ask?
6. What “horrible idea” occurred to Jerome a little later?
7. Where did Jerome finally find the toothbrush?
8. Why did Jerome have to reopen the packed bag?
9. What did George and Harris offer to pack and why?
10. While packing the hamper, George and Harris do a number of foolish and funny things. Tick the statements that are true.
(i) They started with breaking a cup.
(ii) They also broke a plate.
(iii) They squashed a tomato.
(iv) They trod on the butter.
(v) They stepped on a banana.
(vi) They put things behind them, and couldn’t find them.
(vii) They stepped on things.
(viii) They packed the pictures at the bottom and put heavy things on top.
(ix) They upset almost everything.
(x) They were very good at packing.
it can surprise many people that the things like worry can be a killer .That has been proved by all medical researches that worry is a major cause for heart ailments,blood pressure and many other diseases
how did montmorency add confusions while packing?.
character sketch on jerome
In PACKING lesson in BEEHIVE text book.
how did harris and george irritate the speaker jerome?
describe the expirenceof the 3 friends when they were caught in the incessant rain. three men in a boat
What does Jerome say was Montmorency’s ambition in life? What do you think of Montmorency and why?
Match the words/phrases in Column A with their meanings in Column B.
A
B
1.
slaving
(i)
a quarrel or an argument
2.
chaos
(ii)
remove something from inside another thing using a sharp tool
3.
rummage
(iii)
strange, mysterious, difficult to explain
4.
scrape out
(iv)
finish successfully, achieve
5.
stumble over, tumble into
(v)
search for something by moving things around hurriedly or carelessly
6.
accomplish
(vi)
complete confusion and disorder
7.
uncanny
(vii)
fall, or step awkwardly while walking
8.
(to have or get into) a row
(viii)
working hard
You have seen how Jerome, George and Harris mess up their packing, especially of the hamper. From their mistakes you must have thought of some dos and don’ts for packing. Can you give some tips for packing by completing the paragraph below?
First pack all the heavy items, especially the ones you don’t need right away.
Then...
Here are some words and phrases you can use to begin your sentences
with:
• Then
• Next
• Now
• Remember
• Don’t forget
• At last/ Finally
SECTION B
(WRITING-20 MARKS)
Q5 Write a paragraph using the notes of a journalist on the issue of extinction of species. (4 Marks)
ON THE VERGE OF EXTINCTION
· Project- launched –Natural History Museum , London
· Protection of vast species
· Mass wipe out in Decades
· Consequence of human action--- wars, taking away too much from nature, hunting, loss of habitats
Q6. You have been reading incidents of foreign tourists being duped and cheated of their
money and valuables, incidents of inhospitable behavior and eve teasing. As a concerned
citizen, write an e-mail to the Editor of a National daily expressing your views on the issue
and also giving suggestions on how to make our city a safer tourist destination. The
format of e-mail is given. (8 Marks)
Date:
From:
Subject:
To:
Dear Sir
Regards
Name
Q7. Now a days the youth are taking upon themselves different roles and responsibilities.
They also have varied interests. Recently you came across the following pictures in a
magazine. Using the information you gather from the picture and ideas of your own,
write an article on, ‘The Changing Role of Youngsters’. (8 Marks)
Q3 Read the following passage carefully: (5 Marks)
The tree was young and strong and it took a long time to kill. It took two workmen with axes, two days, including tea breaks. Which without conscious irony, they took in the shade of the leafy branches of the tree they were chopping down. It was a Gulmohar I had planted 13 years ago, along with several other saplings, when Bunny and I moved into the National media centre. The NMC is built on a little over 22 acres and many hundreds of the local babul trees that used to cloak that part of the Haryana countryside like smoke from evening chullas must have been cut down to make way for the brick and cement of our colony. I’m not a tree hugger but still felt that some restitution was due. So Bunny and I planted several saplings.
The two gulmohars at the rear were foot high saplings when we put them in the soil. In a few years their branches aflame with scarlet flowers in summer, rose above the first floor window, flooding the room with afterglow and screening from view the ugly scars of new construction in what had once been open fields behind our house. I felt the smugness of satisfaction, of having done the right thing. I’d given back, in however small a way, a little bit of what we take away from the earth everyday, everywhere.
Righteousness invites its own revenge. The roots of one of the trees had spread, crushing the sewage system. The handyman gave us the choice of either cutting down the tree or its roots would endanger the foundations of the house.
Answer the following questions by selecting the most appropriate option from the ones given below:
1) The irony in the first para is that the
a) The tree was planted by the author but cut by the workmen
b) The workmen chopped the tree that gave them shade.
c) It took 13 years for the tree to grow
d) The author was not passionate about trees yet he planted them
2) When the colony was settled, the author decided to
a) make the outskirts greener
b) plant a few saplings around the house
c) sulk in depression
d) start a movement
3) The feeling the newly grown gulmohar trees evoked in the author was of
a) remorse
b) pride
c) self - satisfaction
d) regret
4) The writer had to get the free felled because
a) he was being righteous
b) the house was in danger of being destroyed
c) the tree had grown too tall
d) the sewage system was damaged
5) Being righteous means
a) Doing things the correct way
b) Being aware of your rights
c) Following your heart
d) Conscious of the ways of the world
Discuss in groups and answer the following questions in two or three paragraphs (100 −150 words)
1. Of the three, Jerome, George and Harris, who do you think is the best or worst packer? Support your answer with details from the text.
2. How did Montmorency ‘contribute’ to the packing?
3. Do you find this story funny? What are the humorous elements in it?
(Pick out at least three, think about what happens, as well as how it is described.)
Discuss in pairs and answer each question below in a short paragraph (30 − 40 words).
1. How many characters are there in the narrative? Name them. (Don’t forget the dog!).
2. Why did the narrator (Jerome) volunteer to do the packing?
3. How did George and Harris react to this? Did Jerome like their reaction?
4. What was Jerome’s real intention when he offered to pack?
5. What did Harris say after the bag was shut and strapped? Why do you think he waited till then to ask?
6. What “horrible idea” occurred to Jerome a little later?
7. Where did Jerome finally find the toothbrush?
8. Why did Jerome have to reopen the packed bag?
9. What did George and Harris offer to pack and why?
10. While packing the hamper, George and Harris do a number of foolish and funny things. Tick the statements that are true.
(i) They started with breaking a cup.
(ii) They also broke a plate.
(iii) They squashed a tomato.
(iv) They trod on the butter.
(v) They stepped on a banana.
(vi) They put things behind them, and couldn’t find them.
(vii) They stepped on things.
(viii) They packed the pictures at the bottom and put heavy things on top.
(ix) They upset almost everything.
(x) They were very good at packing.