Chapter 7: Glimpses of India
Part I A Baker from GoaPage 86 Question 1.What are the elders in Goa nostalgic about?Answer:The elders in Goa are nostalgic about the good oldPortuguese days and their love of bread and loaves. The writer says that…
Chapter 10: The Sermon at Benares
Thinking About the Text(Page 135) Question 1.When her son dies, Kisa Gotami goes from house to house? What does she ask for? Does she get it? Why not?Answer:After the death of her only son, Kisa Gotami was…
Chapter 9: Madam Rides the Bus
Oral Comprehension CheckPage 119 Question 1.What was Valli’s favourite pastime?Answer:Valli’s favourite pastime was standing in the front doorway of her house and looking at the street outside. Question 2.What was the source of unending joy for Valli?…
Chapter 8: Mijbil the Otter
Oral Comprehension CheckPage 106 Question 1.What ‘experiment’ did Maxwell think Camusfearna would be suitable for?Answer:The writer had gone to Southern Iraq in the year 1956. He took a fancy to the idea that instead of keeping a…
Chapter 4: From the Diary of Anne Frank
Activity(Page 49) Question 1.Do you keep a diary? Given below under A are some terms we use to describe a written record of personal experience. Can you match them with their descriptions under ‘B’?(You may look up…
Chapter 10: The Tale of Custard the Dragon
Thinking about the poem (132) Question 1.Who are the characters in this poem? List them with their pet names.Answer:The characters in this poem are Belinda, a little girl, and her pets: a little black kitten, a little…
Chapter 5: The Hundred Dresses – I
Oral Comprehension CheckPage 65 Question 1.Where in the classroom does Wanda sit and why?Answer:Wanda Petronski used to sit on the corner most benches, lost in her world, where rough boys usually sat. She was a very poor,…
Chapter 11: For Anne Gregory (poem)
Thinking About the Poem (page 141) Question 1.What does the young man mean by “great honey-coloued /Ramparts at your ear?” Why does he say that young men are “thrown into despair” by them?Answer:The young man in the…
Chapter 6: The Hundred Dresses – II
Oral Comprehension CheckPage 74 Question 1.What did Mr Petronski’s letter say?Answer:Mr Petronski’s letter was to inform the principal and Miss Mason that Wanda would not come to school as she was fed up of being bullied in…
Chapter 3: A Tiger in the Zoo (Poem)
Thinking About the Poem(Page 30) Question 1.Read the poem again and work in pairs or groups to do the following tasks.1. Find the words that describe the movements and actions of the tiger in the cage and…
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