#41 Class-9 The Fun They Had ---A short MCQ Test

Hello dear students,

This is a short MCQ test for you from the lesson 'The Fun They Had'. You can check your score also after submitting the answers. Click the link to attempt the test

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#40 Class 12 A short test from the lesson 'The Last Lesson'. (18/04/2020)

Hello dear students,

This is a short MCQ test for you from the lesson 'The Last Lesson'. Attempt the test. You can share your score also in the comment box of this post. Click the link

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#39 Class 9 The Fun They Had

Exercise No. 3 at Page No.12 (Making adverbs from adjectives)

It is very simple just remove 'y' at the end of the adjective and add 'ily' in place of that.

Look at the example--

Angry--  Angrily

Now you can do rest of the words easily.


Also do this question

How are E-books different from real books? Write any two points.

#38 Class 12 An elementary school classroom in a slum ((17/04/2020)

Hello dear students,

Today we are going to start the poem 'An Elementary school classroom in a slum' by Stephen Spender. You can download the PDF copy of the lesson by clicking on following link

http://www.ncert.nic.in/ncerts/l/lefl112.pdf


This poem is all about the pathetic classrooms of slum children of England. Read the introduction to the poet from the PDF copy.Here we go with the paraphrasing of the poem.

Far far from gusty waves these children's faces. Like rootless weeds

These slum children are very far and away from the gusty waves (waves of development). Their faces look as pale and discarded as rootless weeds. As a farmer throws weeds out of his field thinking that weeds are useless in the same way the society has ignored and discarded these slum children.

the hair torn around their pallor

These children have not combed their hair properly as they have not bathed for a long time. Their hair are torn around their forehead.

The tall girl with her weighed-down head. The paper seeming boy, with rat's eyes.

A tall girl also can be seen in the classroom. Her head is down because of a disease. Also we can see a boy in the classroom who is as thin as paper. His eyes look like of a rat's eyes. Rat's eyes are the symbol of hunger.

#37 The Fun They Had (Questions and answers, language activity)

Answers of the activity No.2 given at page No.11

1. carefully 2. loftily 3. differently 4. sorrowfully 5. completely 6. nonchalantly 7. awfully 8. quickly


 Questions for today

Q.1 What are the main features of the mechanical teachers and the schoolrooms that Margie and Tommy have in the story? How are these different from old schools?

Hints--- A room of home specially meant for school, No classmates, teaching by mechanical teacher, regular home work, regular tests, fix teaching hours, everyday school except Saturday and Sunday, E-books, content of the books keep up moving

Old schools had school buildings, classmates, human teachers, good interaction, physical books, No E-content.

Q.2 Why did Margie hate school? Why did she think the old kind of school must have been fun?

Ans. The mechanical teacher too boring and worrisome, everyday demanded home work and tests created pressure
Old kind of school fun because good participation of students, helping each other in home work, met everyday, enjoyed and played, a human teacher to interact 

#36 My mother at sixty six-- Important Questions (16/04/2020)

Q.1 Why did Kamala Das become sad when she gave a look at her mother's face?

Q.2 How did Kamala Das try to divert her attention from her mother's old age?

Q.3 Why are the tress shown as sprinting?

Q.4 Why has the mother's face been compared with the late winter's moon?

Q.5 What did the smile of the poet signify?

Important Point-- Whole the poem is written in a single sentence. 

Put your doubts in the comment box of this blog.

#35 Class 12 My mother at sixty six-- Explanation of remaining part of the poem 15/04/2020

Hello students,

Here is the second part of the poem  'My mother at sixty six' by Kamla Das.

but after the airport's security check, standing a few yards away--- The poet 'Kamla Das' had reached at the airport. She was going to enter into the security check area.

I looked again at her, wan, pale as a late winter's moon and felt that old familiar ache, my childhood's fear------ The poet gave again a look at the mother's face because finally she was going to enter into the security check area. The mother was looking colourless, pale like late winter's moon. The mother's face had been compared by late winter's moon. As a late winter's moon is the symbol of the departure of winter in the same way, her mother's old face is the symbol of her approaching death. A late winter's moon is pale and colourless in the same way her mother's face is also colourless and pale.She started to feel that familiar childhood pain---the pain of losing her mother.

but all I said was, see you soon, Amma, all I did was smile and smile and smile.....------ She was being very emotional while parting from her. She could not say much but smiled and smiled. That smile might be the symbol of her helplessness. It also might be the symbol of her hope that evrything would be good.


         Poetic Device used

Simile-- The mother's face has been compared with a late winter's moon.