Question
A1. Simple Factual Activities :
Write whether the following sentences are True or False:
(i) In the beginning, Anil taught Hari to cook and write his name.
(ii) Anil writes for magazines for a living.
(iii) Hari liked working for Anil.
(iv) Anil kept a small bundle of notes in a cupboard.
He took me to his room over the Jumna Sweet Shop and told me I could sleep in the balcony. But the meal I cooked that night must have been terrible because Anil gave it to a stray dog and told me to be off. But I just hung around, smiling in my most
appealing way, and he couldn’t help laughing.
Later, he patted me on the head and said never mind, he’d teach me to cook. He also taught me to write my name and said he would soon teach me to write whole sentences and to add numbers. I was grateful. I knew that once I could write like an educated man there would be no limit to what I could achieve.
It was quite pleasant working for Anil. I made the tea in the morning and then would take my time buying the day’s supplies, usually making a profit of
about a rupee a day. I think he knew I made a little money this way but he did not seem to mind.
Anil made money by fits and starts. He would borrow one week, lend the next. He kept worrying about his next cheque, but as soon as it arrived he would go
out and celebrate. It seems he wrote for magazines a queer way to make a living!
One evening he came home with a small bundle of notes, saying he had just sold a book to a publisher. At night, I saw him tuck the money under the mattress.
A2. Complex Factual Activities:
Complete the following:
(i) Hari was grateful because ............... .
(ii) Hari continued making money ................ .
A3. Activities based on Vocabulary:
(1) Find from the passage the collocations for the following:
(i) ............. dog (ii) ............. sentences.
(2) Insert the appropriate word/phrase given below, in the sentence that follows:
(flattery, appealing, by fits and starts, dashed to, undetected, spirits rose)
(i) The artist completes his paintings by ................... .
A4. Activities based on Contextual Grammar:
Pick out the finite verbs from the following sentences and write their tense:
(i) Anil gave it to a stray dog and told me to be off.
(ii) It seems he wrote for magazines a queer way to make a living.
A5. Personal Response:
(i) Anil knew he was being robbed; yet he did not say anything. What would you have done in Anil's place?
Write whether the following sentences are True or False:
(i) In the beginning, Anil taught Hari to cook and write his name.
(ii) Anil writes for magazines for a living.
(iii) Hari liked working for Anil.
(iv) Anil kept a small bundle of notes in a cupboard.
He took me to his room over the Jumna Sweet Shop and told me I could sleep in the balcony. But the meal I cooked that night must have been terrible because Anil gave it to a stray dog and told me to be off. But I just hung around, smiling in my most
appealing way, and he couldn’t help laughing.
Later, he patted me on the head and said never mind, he’d teach me to cook. He also taught me to write my name and said he would soon teach me to write whole sentences and to add numbers. I was grateful. I knew that once I could write like an educated man there would be no limit to what I could achieve.
It was quite pleasant working for Anil. I made the tea in the morning and then would take my time buying the day’s supplies, usually making a profit of
about a rupee a day. I think he knew I made a little money this way but he did not seem to mind.
Anil made money by fits and starts. He would borrow one week, lend the next. He kept worrying about his next cheque, but as soon as it arrived he would go
out and celebrate. It seems he wrote for magazines a queer way to make a living!
One evening he came home with a small bundle of notes, saying he had just sold a book to a publisher. At night, I saw him tuck the money under the mattress.
A2. Complex Factual Activities:
Complete the following:
(i) Hari was grateful because ............... .
(ii) Hari continued making money ................ .
A3. Activities based on Vocabulary:
(1) Find from the passage the collocations for the following:
(i) ............. dog (ii) ............. sentences.
(2) Insert the appropriate word/phrase given below, in the sentence that follows:
(flattery, appealing, by fits and starts, dashed to, undetected, spirits rose)
(i) The artist completes his paintings by ................... .
A4. Activities based on Contextual Grammar:
Pick out the finite verbs from the following sentences and write their tense:
(i) Anil gave it to a stray dog and told me to be off.
(ii) It seems he wrote for magazines a queer way to make a living.
A5. Personal Response:
(i) Anil knew he was being robbed; yet he did not say anything. What would you have done in Anil's place?
