Page 1 : STD. X., ENGLISH WORKBOOK NOTES., , 3.2 THE NIGHT I MET EINSTEIN, READING SKILLS, VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR, A1. Simple Factual Activities:, (1) Complete the following sentences :, (a) The narrator was not happy about the concert because he saw as very famous face., (b) When the narrator turned to look at his neighbour he did understand classical music and, thought that he was tone-deaf, (c) Entertainment arranged for by the hostess contestants where everyone could listen to the very, good pianist, (2) What was the writer’s reaction to classical music?, Ans. The writer was not able to understand classical music he thought he was a tone-deaf as a result, he, felt forced of pay attention., A2. Complex Factual Activity:, Who said to whom? Or complete the table, Statement, Who, , 1., , “We are going to listen, The, to a very good, hostess, pianist.”, 2., “You’re fond of, A guest, Bach?”, at the, party, , To whom, , Effect on the, listener, , To the guests, including the writer, , Unhappy, polite, , The narrator, , Anted to say, something ordinary, to get out of the, situation, , A3 Activities based on vocabulary, (1) Rewrite the following sentence using the phrase is given the bracket, (1) Sachin was fond of playing cricket, (2) Students should pay attention to their studies, (3) The rabbit trapped in the snare was trying to get out of it., (4) He moved and saw shock of hair gleaming the sun, 2 Write one word for, (a) musical performance in public – concert

Page 2 : (b) A lady who invites and looks after guest – hostess, (c) man who helps the poor by giving them money – philanthropist, (d) One who plays piano – pianist, A4. Activities based on contextual grammar, (1) Chairs were being arranged (change to active voice), Ans. They were arranging the chairs, (2) I heard everyone clapping so I realise that the peace was over. (rewrite using when/because), Ans. I realise that the peace was over because I heard everyone clapping., A5. Personal response, (1) Have you ever attended a concert? write a few lines about it., Ans. Yes, I have attended a concert of Justin Bieber it was so excited to see my favourite popstar live on, stage and to hear him singing my favourite songs. It was an incredible way to spend a few hours and to be, part of a crowd that were equally enthusiastic fans., Classical music, Folk music, Light music, It is serious music that, It uses simple tune, easy, Light music is a generic tune, follows established strict, language and local dialect. It applied to light orchestra, principles of music., is played or sung by, music which is pleasant to, Referred to as traditional, ordinary people not by, hear. It doesn’t impose strict, music, professional musicians., rules., , Read the following passage and do the activities:, A1. Simple Factual Activity:, Write true or false for the statements:, 1. The narrator had heard of Bach., 2. The narrator’s answer displeased Einstein., 3. The upper room had a gramophone., 4. The narrator liked the kind of music where, he could follow the words., , Ans., False, True, True, False, , A2. Complex Factual Activity:, Complete the following sentences:, a. Einstein was surprised to hear that the narrator had never heard any of Bach’s, did not know anything about him., b. The narrator could not understand music because he was tone-deaf., Who said to whom? Or complete the table, Statement, Who, , 1., 2., , “I do not know, anything about Bach”, “I like songs that have, words”, , To whom, , The, Albert Einstein, narrator, The, The old man, narrator, , Effect on the, listener, , The listener looked, surprised, The listener smiled,, obviously pleased., , How were Einstein and the writer different in the way they listened to music?, , music and

Page 3 : As far as listening is concerned the writer did not understand classical music at all as he thought he was, tone-deaf where as Einstein was fond of classical music and Bach was his favourite composer which is why, he attended the contest., A3. Activities based on vocabulary:, Pick out the words that refer to the following:, Ans:, i., A device used to play recorded music, gramophone, ii., One who is poor at deciphering musical notes, tone-deaf, Write opposite of the words using the prefixes ‘dis’, ‘mis’, or ‘un’:, i., able x disable, ii., important x unimportant, iii. pleased x displeased, iv., understand x misunderstand, A4. Activities based on Contextual Grammar:, (1) State what the underlined modal auxiliaries indicate:, I must tell this man the truth., Ans: Necessity, (2) He said, “What kind of music do you like?” (Rewrite using the indirect form of narration.), Ans: He asked me what kind of music I liked., A 5. Personal response, What do you learn from Einstein treatment of the young man?, Answer Einstein showed a good and friendly nature and instead of getting frustrated he accepted the, writers lack of ability and taught him to appreciate music. From this, I learnt that we should be, friendly, helpful and empathetic. We should listen to other and overcome prejudice., Q.3 read the following passage and do the activities, A1. simple factual activities, Complete the following, (1) Two singers mentioned in the passage are:, Ans. Bing Crosby, John McCormack., (2) The writer thought that the simplest answer was:, Ans. To sing the lines back to him., (3) The singer whose song was more advanced was, Ans. It was john McCormack., , (1) Who said to whom? Or complete the table, Statement, Who, To whom, , 1., , 2., 3., , “You are not tone, deaf”, , Albert The narrator/writer, Einstein, , Effect on the, listener, , Listener tried to, justify himself, , How did Einstein help the narrator appreciate music?, Ans: The writer told Einstein that he was tone deaf. Einstein took him to a room which had a, gramophone and played the type of music which the writer had heard and could understand well.

Page 4 : A3. Activity based on vocabulary, (1) Rewrite the sentence inserting the appropriate phrases in their proper form, (a) You should to get into mathematics so that you can to work out problems, (b) Hi read the passage 2 or 3 times in order to understand it, A4. Activities based on contextual grammar, (1) Rewrite using the indirect form of narration:, (a) “could you have done. It? Said Einstein., Ans: Einstein asked, if I could have done that?, (b) “You are not tone-deaf,” he said to me., Ans: He told me that, I was not tone-deaf., (2) Add question tags:, 1. It proves everything., Ans: It proves everything, dosen’t it?, 2. Sing that back., Ans: Sing that back, will you?, A5. Personal Response, (1) What do you learn from Einstein’s treatment of the young man?, Einstein showed a good and friendly nature and instead of getting frustrated he accepted the writers, lack of ability and thought him to appreciate music from this I learnt that we have should be friendly, helpful and empathetic we should listen to others and overcome prejudice., (2) Do you think the comparison between music and arithmetic was a good one? In any ways, Ans. Yes, I think comparison between music and arithmetic was a good one. Einstein manage to see, so much perhaps more significantly to be in his arithmetic example a mathematics teacher starts the, chapter with elementary things and then proceeds from simple to complex when the child acquires, the scale with simplest problems it leaves the child solve division and fractions the writer and never, had the basis of music and it directly but the complex parts of the classical music in the writer and, mastery skills of listening to understand the BCS he was able to clap sincerely, Q 4. Read the following passage and do the activities:, A.1. Simple Factual Activity:, Choose the correct alternatives and fill in the blanks :, (1) Whenever the narrator hears the piece of Bach, he remembers Einstein. (Einstein/ the hostess), (2) The hostess was angry with the narrator. (Happy/angry), (3) Finally, the narrator enjoyed concert. (enjoyed/did not enjoy), (4) Einstein was pleased with the narrator. (pleased/displeased), A.2. Complex Factual Activities:, *(1) Complete the following:, (a) The narrator’s memory has an image of Einstein as a small man with the shock of untidy hair and a, pipe in his mouth, (b) The greatest act towards human beings is opening up the frontiers of beauty.

Page 5 : (2) Who said to whom? Or complete the table, Statement, Who, To whom, , 4., , “Just allow yourself to, listen. That’s all there, is to it”, , Einstein, , The writer, , Effect on the, listener, , Appreciated the, music or clapped, sincerely, , (3) What does the last line tell you about Einstein?, Ans: The last line tells us about Einstein’s genuine attempt which opens the door of interest for, beauty of music which explains to the writer to work around with eyes and ears opened. It makes, him learn that one should be open to everything around him and not to be afraid tp experience or try, new things. Creativity will come gradually., A3. Activities based on vocabulary:, (1) Choose the correct meaning in the context of the passage:, (i), Down: downstairs, (a) Southwards (b) downstairs (c) soft feathers, (ii), Piece: musical composition, (a) A thing (b) an example of artistic workmanship (c) musical composition, (2) Rewrite the sentences inserting the appropriate phrases in their proper form:, (to open up, to turn on, to turn off), (a) To enjoy the music and relax, he turned on the music and turn off the lights., (b) His new discovery is to open up new areas of research in digital technology., (3) Pick out from the passage words that refer to:, (a) Boundaries or limits of a field, (b) An unfriendly expression on the face, , Ans:, frontiers, a cold look, , A4. Activities based on Contextual Grammar:, (1) I was the most important person in the world. (Rewrite in the comparative and positive degree), Ans: I was more important than any other person in the world., (2) “I’m so sorry, Dr. Einstein,” she said. (Rewrite using the indirect form of narration), Ans: She told Dr. Einstein that she was very sorry., A5. Personal Response:, Why, do you think, did the lady look ‘puzzled’?, Ans: The lady looked puzzled, when Einstein told her that he and the narrator were engaged in the greatest, activities of which human being is capable of. As according to the lady listening to classical music was the, form of human activity, For Einstein, opening the mind of other to appreciate the beauty of something was, the highest from of human activity. This view point puzzled the lady., LANGUAGE STUDY ACTIVITIES (based on vocabulary and grammar), (A) A1. Do as directed (Simple Activities), , (1) Write two compound words from the lesson.

Page 6 : Ans. Anything, everything, (2) Identify the type of sentence, Please come with me., Ans. Imperative sentence, (3) Punctuate the sentence:, can you give me an example perhaps he said, Ans. “Can you give me an example, perhaps?” he said., (4) Write the hidden words in the given words:, Understand, Ans. under, stand, sand, rest, (5) Frame a sentence given the phrase: in order to, Ans. He swept out the backyard in order to please his father., (6) Pick out the gerund and use in your own sentence:, It’s like learning maths., Ans. Gerund: learning, Sentence: Ever since his failure. He gives more importance to learning., (7) Spot the error and correct the sentence:, I was here everyone is clapping., Ans. I heard everyone clapping., (8) Write the present and past participles of the given verbs:, Clap, rot., Ans. Clapping, clapped, rotting, rotted., (9) Complete the word chain:, , Pianist, , tree, , end, , danger, , river, , rich, , hasty, , A2. Do as directed (Medium level activities):, (1) The word kind has two different meanings. Write sentences to bring out the two meanings., yellow, music, warm, Ans:, 1. This was a different kind of music that he had never heard before. (a group of things having the, same characteristics), 2. The old lady was kind to the little children in the neighbourhood. (generous or considerate), (2) Rewrite the following sentence using the underlined verb in the present perfect continuous tense., 1. Can you tell me what you just heard?, Ans: Can you tell me what you have just been hearing?, (3) Write a word register for the word ‘music’ from the lesson., Ans: concert, pianist, classical music, tone-deaf, piece, Bach, gramophone, song, tune, Bing, Crosby,, John McCormack, The Trumpter., B. Do as directed (Challenging activities):, (1) Change to the positive degree of comparison., He was one of the kindest persons I ever met., Ans: Not many people I had ever met were as kind as he was., (2) Use the word ‘face’ as a noun as well as a verb in sentences.

Page 7 : Ans: He has an aristocratic face (Noun), He faced many obstacles on his journey. (Verb), ENGLISH WORKSHOP, Q. 1. Rewrite the following sentences inserting the appropriate phrases in their proper form:, (to get out of, to give in, to come down, to give off), (a) He got out of bed and came down to the living room to see if the door was closed., Q. 2. Prepare a word list of occupations in alphabetical order from the letters A up to T., (You may skip ‘K’ and ‘g’.)., Ans., Actor, Engineer, Inspector, Musician, Quarry worker, , Banker, Farmer, Jockey, Neurosurgeon, Radiologist, , Carpenter, Geologist, Keyboardist, Optician, Singer, , Driver, Haberdasher, Labourer, Painter, Tailor, , Q. 3. Degrees of Comparison (Positive/ Comparative/ Superlative) :, Insert the appropriate expressions, choosing from those given after each sentence for the positive, degree:, 1. I am not as tall my friend. (taller than/ more taller/ as tall as), 2. They are as helpful as neighbours. (as helpful as / most helpful/ more helpful), 3. No other desert in Africa is nearly as big as the Sahara Desert. (biggest of all/ nearly as big as/, bigger as), 4. Very few animals in the world are exactly as huge as an elephant. (exactly huger than/ exactly as, huge as/ huger than), 5. Some snacks are at least as tasty as a pizza. (at least as tasty as/ tastier as/ most tasty as), Q. 4. Change the Degree of Comparison, as directed and rewrite without changing the meaning., (i) No one in the class is as brilliant as Tanvi. (Superlative), Ans. Tanvi is the most brilliant in the class., (ii) Diamond is one of the most precious of all stones. (Comparative), Ans. Diamond is more precious than most other stones., (iii) Her hand writing is better than that of her sister. (Positive), Ans. Her sister’s handwriting is not as good as hers., (iv) Jupiter is the largest of all planets. (Comparative), Ans. Jupiter is larger than all other planets., (v) He is not the greatest of all leaders. (Positive), Ans. Few other leaders are at least as great as he is., (vi) This painting is better than any other painting in the palace. (Superlative), Ans. This painting is the best painting in the palace.

Page 8 : WRITING SKILL, Q. 1. ‘Music is the medicine of the mind’. Narrate an experience that leads to the above conclusion., Write it in your own words, in your notebook., Ans. Musical Miracle, Everybody considers music to be a mode of relaxation or entertainment. Perhaps, most of us have, experienced it too. I recently experienced the power of music., I started waking up early to allot more time to my studies this year. Throughout the day, I am busy with my, school, classes, homework, projects and tests. The change in my sleep schedule started affecting my health. I, started having frequent headaches, sprains and stomach disorders. Then, as if by a miracle, I came across an, article in the newspaper that linked all these disorders to stress. It immediately clicked Among other t, solutions mentioned in the article, listening to peaceful instrumental music caught my attention. I, immediately decided to change my habit Every morning, as soon as I woke up, I turned on a soundtrack of, instrumental flute that covers of the latest songs. The effect it started showing was almost unbelievable. My, headaches vanished. To top it all, my concentration and retention also improved. This experience has made, me believe that ‘music is the medicine of the mind.”, Q. 2 Give two points of difference between, Ans., Instrumental Music, 1) Music composed using only, instruments., 2) Its’s strictly instrumental and has no, lyrics., , Vocal Music, 1. It’s a type of music which is, performed by one or more singers, 2. It’s vocal, with or without instrument,, with lyrics., , Q. 3. Imagine you are the monitor of the class. You are asked to conduct an interview of a famous, scientist who is in your city/village. Frame 8 to 10 interview questions with the help of the following, points., (i) Early life and education, (ii) Interest for this particular field, (iii) Any inspirational incident that occurred in his/her life, (iv) Guru or mentor, (v) Inventions and awards, (vi) Future plans, (vii) Advice/Appeal to youngsters, Ans. Good afternoon, Sir. It is indeed an honour to get this opportunity of speaking to a famous scientist like, you. I would like to ask you a few questions., (i) From where did you do your schooling?, (ii) What was your favourite subject in school?

Page 9 : (iii) How did you acquire interest in this field?, (iv) Why is your research important?, (v) How did it feel like to receive India’s higher civilian honour?, (vi) What is your biggest goal in life?, (vii) What was the most challenging aspect in your career?, (viii) which professional moment of extremely proud? Yours makes you, (ix) Please share with us any inspirational incident that proved to be a turning point in your life., (x) What are your future plans?, (xi) What is your advice to young science enthusiasts Who want to research and establish a career in science, and technology?, Thank you so much for your valuable time. It was a great learning experience. Wish you success and many, more achievements.