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Section-2 — The Day Beni Pishi Lost Her Voice, ANSWER ORALLY, Question 1. 'For once we saw our mighty Beni Pishi blushing.', (a) When does a person usually blush?, Answer (a) A person usually blushes when he is feeling shy or embarrassed., (b) Why do you think Beni Pishi was blushing?, Answer (b) Beni Pishi was blushing because the secret behind her strong and everlasting teeth was out., Though she boasted about her teeth being strong like the Himalayan rocks it was revealed that she, actually did not have her own pair of teeth., , MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS, Tick (✓) the correct answer in each., 1. Whom did Beni Pishi stay with?, (a) her mother, (b) her brother (✓), (c) her uncle, (d) her nephew, 2. What reason did Ramu suggest for Beni's silence?, (a) the ghost on the neem tree (✓), (b) stomach, (c) sore throat, 3. What kind of a person was Beni Pishi?, (a) talkative (✓), (b) quiet and friendly, (c) mother of affection and virtue, (d) helping and caring, 4. The story of the ghost on the neem tree did not convince the author, (a) because Pishi had not gone near the neem tree with open tresses, (b) because the author had often climbed the neem tree with open tresses (✓), (c) because nothing was visible near the neem tree
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READ AND ANSWER, Question 1. What strange thing happened to Beni Pishi? Why was this thing unusual?, Answer 1. Beni Pishi who had the reputation of being talkative could not talk. One fine day she, , just refused to open her mouth and utter a word., Question 1. What did Ghanashyam Kaka bring for his sister?, Answer 1. Ghanashyam kaka brought a small brown paper packet which contained a pair of dentures,, rimmed with pink plastic gum for his sister., , THINK AND ANSWER, Question 1. Why does the author say that Pishi not talking, was like a rose not emitting fragrance?, Answer 1. The essence of a rose is its fragrance. Similarly, for Beni Pishi her talking was her essence., Incessant talking and Beni Pishi were synonymous with each other like a rose that is closely associated, with its fragrance. Therefore, when Beni Pishi was not talk.ng she was compared to a rose that was not, emitting fragrance., Question 2. (a) Was Beni Pishi in possession of a ghost?, Answer. (a) No, Beni Pishi was not in possession of a ghost., Question (b) What was her actual problem?, Answer. (b) She had lost her dentures. Since she could not speak without opening her mouth as it would, reveal that she had no real teeth, Beni Peshi preferred to keep quiet., 3. Beni Pishi had a reputation., (a) What was this reputation?, , Answer (a) Beni Pishi who had the reputation of being talkative could not talk. One fine day, she just refused to open her mouth and utter a word., (b) What does it reveal about her character?, Answer (b) it reveals that she was a talkative lady., (c) Who solved her problem and how?, Answer. (c) Her brother Ghanashyam solved her problem by gifting her a pair of dentures., Ghanashyam kaka brought a small brown paper packet which contained a pair of dentures, rimmed with, pink plastic gum for his sister., Reference To Context, Read the following statement and answer the questions that follow., "Is there a remedy?", (a) Who said this and to whom?
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Answer (a) Family members of Beni Pishi told to Ramu., (b) Why did the speaker/speakers say this?, Answer (b) The speakers said because no one was having any remedy., c) What was the 'remedy?, Answer (c) The remedy was find out a person for shooing off the ghost., (d) What happens next?, Answer (d) A person was called for remedy., Time For Discussion, Question 1. What are superstitions? How are they harmful for a society?, Answer 1. Superstitions are beliefs or practices for which there seems to be no logic or significance., They are born out of either fear or ignorance., They cause negative impact on how people conduct themselves. These are baseless notions which may, hinder people from taking strong decisions and grip people with unknown fears., Question 2. Distinguish between traditions and superstitions., Answer 2. Tradition refers to a set of beliefs or customs that has been passed on from one generation to, another over the years., Superstition is the belief that particular events happen in a way that science or logic cannot explain., GRAMMAR, , Reported Speech, Example:, Raghav: "Clean my table!", • Raghav told me to clean his table., A. Change the given sentences to reported speech., 1. Ankit: "Where is my English workbook?", Ankit asked me where his English Workbook was., 2. Tina: "Send a text message to me., Tina told me to send a text message to her., 3. Mary: "We need to help Ankit's sister!", Mary told me that we needed to help Ankit's sister., 4. Shrey: "Wash your hands!", Shrey commanded me/him to wash my/his hands., 5. Neha: "When does the train arrive?", Neha asked her friend when does the train arrive.
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6. Sana: "Give me your bag.", Sana commanded me to give her bag., Reported Speech, B. Read this story and rewrite it in reported speech., One day Akbar said to Birbal, "Can you tell me how many bangles your wife wears?" Birbal said, "I'm, sorry I can't." "You can't?" exclaimed Akbar, "You see her hands every day while she serves you food., Yet, you do not know how many bangles she has on her hands. How is that?" "Let us, go down to the, garden," said Birbal, "and I will tell you." They went down the small staircase that led to the garden., Then, Birbal turned around and asked Akbar, "Your Majesty, you go up and down this staircase every, day. Can you tell me how many steps are there in this staircase?" Akbar had no answer., Answer, One day Akbar asked Birbal whether he knew how many bangles his wife wore. Birbal, regretted that he could not. Akbar was astonished and said that he must be seeing her hands, everyday while she served him food. He was surprised and asked why he did not know how, many bangles she had on her hands. Birbal suggested that they go down to the garden and he, would tell him. They went down the small staircase that led to the garden. Then Birbal turned, around and said that His Majesty went up and down the staircase everyday. He asked if he, could tell him how many steps were there in that staircase. Akbar had no answer., , WORD QUIZ!, Tick (✓) the odd word., (a) converse (✓), (b) suspense, (c) sigh, (d) mumble, Infinitives, Join the sentences using infinitives., 1. She is very sad. She cannot sing., She is too sad to sing a song., 2.He is very tired. He cannot go to school today., He is too tired to go to school today., , 3. I am going to the market. I want to buy a new dress for myself., I am going to the market to buy a new dress for myself., , 4. Meena is very hungry. She doesn't want to wait for the others for dinner., Meena is too hungry to wait for the others for dinner., , 5. The girls are very fond of dancing. They will not give up their classes., The girls are too fond of dancing to give up their classes., BE WORD-WISE, , A. Choose and circle the correct word as directed.
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1. A word that means the same as: fight, confess/struggle/model/forbid, 2. A word that means the same as: think about, suspect/modest/former/consider, 3 A word that means the same as: scare frighten/system/motion/crop, 4. A word that means the same as: robber, gain/curious/thief/narrow, B. Put the correct adjectives (given in the brackets against each sentence) to fill in the blanks., 1. The man in the blue uniform is a courageous soldier. (courageous, confident), 2. The building was under renovation for a few months. Everyone likes its new look. (new, fresh), 3. The woman seemed to have been dragging her frail body. (old, frail), 4. The beautiful lady standing at the airport is a movie actress. (beautiful, handsome), PUNCTUATE, Edit the given paragraph by putting commas, apostrophes and full stop wherever necessary., Do not forget the capital letters. There are two spelling mistakes, correct them., on saturday rudr went over to shreyas house to play basketball they played a game of one-on rudr made four baskets, but shreyas made six rudr was the winer after the game both of them wen nearby club to have some snacks and, watch the cricket match the club was closed and hence asked shreyas to accompanee him to a nearby restaurant, , On Saturday Rudr went over to Shreya's house to play basketball. They played a game of one-onone. Rudr made four baskets but Shreyas made six. Rudr was the winner. After the game both of, them went to a nearby club to have some snacks and watch the cricket match. The club was closed, and hence Rudr asked Shreyas to accompany him to a nearby snack bar.
