(I) ANSWERS
B.1. (i) (c) A rare dish (ii) (c) chocolate cake
B.2. The kids are little brats who always keep
complaining about the food served to them and are very choosy about the food
they want to eat. All the healthy food served to them is a strict no-no. These
picky, whining and persnickety nature of the kids turns them into
undesirable guests.
B.3. (i) please (ii) away (iii) more (iv) guests
(II) ANSWERS
A.1. (i) (c) boldly and happily (ii) (a) hold friends
A.2. We should be our best in all that we say and
do, i.e. we should put in maximum efforts in every way no matter what the
situation is.
A.3. (i - c), (ii - a), (iii - d), (iv - b)
(III) ANSWERS
A.1. (i) to never allow the children near the
television set (ii) an idiotic thing
A.2. The children have been gaping at the screen.
They are lazy and they sit as if they are hypnotised by the junk that is shown
on the T.V.
A.3. And stare until their eyes pop out. / A dozen
eyeballs on the floor.
(IV) ANSWERS
B.1. (i) True
(i) False
B.2. The elders let go of frivolous things and they retain things that are dear to them.
B.2. The elders let go of frivolous things and they retain things that are dear to them.
B.3. The figure of speech we come across here are
exclamation and interrogation.
(V) ANSWERS
B.1. (i) tomorrow’s greedy fight (ii) our future generations
B.2. Due to our heavy dependence on electronic products,
the pollution level has increased at an alarming rate. This is now endangering
every living species on earth, be it plants, animals, or mankind.
B.3. The rhyme scheme of the given extract is
irregular.
(VI) ANSWERS:
A.1. (i) wind
(ii) woods
A.2. (i - c), (ii - d), (iii - a), (iv - b)
A.3. (c) Personification
(VII) Answers:
B.1. (i - c), (ii - d), (iii - a), (iv - e)
B.2. The poet says that man has ignorantly ruined
this planet earth due to his selfishness. Still the solution lies in our hands.
If we take care to rebuild our planet, we may be able to save it from perishing
any further.
B.3. (b) Alliteration
(VIII) Answers:
B.1. (i) grinning
(ii) blood
(iii) Gardens
(iv) Troubled
B.2. Through unity our country shall rise to dream,
to work hard and to build or create a new nation.
B.3. The rhyme scheme of the poem is irregular.
(IX) Answers:
A.1. (i) (b) the night before
(ii) (a) moors
(iii) (c) hare
(iv) (d) raindrops
A.2. The sky rejoices in the morning’s birth, the
grass is bright with raindrops on the moors and the hare runs in merriment
splashing mist with her dancing feet which glitters in the sun and follows the
hare wherever she runs.
A.3. night - bright, floods - woods, chatters -
waters, birth - mirth, sun - run (ANY TWO)
