#45 Class-9 The Road not taken (21/04/2020)

Paraphrasing of the poem

Then took the other, just as fair

After inspection the first road, the poet gave a look at the second road. It was looking fair in the same way like the first road.

And having perhaps the better claim

The second road appeared  more appealing. It had better claim.

Because it was grassy and wanted wear.

The second road looked more appealing to the poet because it was full of grass. It seemed that no one had attempted that. It invited people to walk on.

Though as for that passing there had worn them really about the same.

If people had walked on this road also, there would not have any difference between these two roads. This second road also would have become just like the first one.

#44 Class 12 An elementary school classroom in a slum (21/04/2020)

The stunted, unlucky heir of twisted bones reciting his father's gnarled disease.

That paper seeming boy (Thin boy) indicates towards malnutrition in slum areas. We can see one more child in the class who is stunted (his bones have not developed). He has inherited the gnarled disease (the disease of twisted bones) from his father.

His lesson, from his desk.

He is taking his lesson sitting at from his desk.

At back of the dim class one unnoted, sweet and young.

The class is dim because of less light. It is situated in a narrow street that's why the sun-rays are not reaching to the class. In this dim class we can see one sweet and young who has gone unnoticed till now.

His eyes live in a dream of squirrel's game, in tree room, other than this.

That sweet boy has a dream  in his eyes. He wants to play and move like a squirrel who keeps up moving from his tree nest to the classroom. He wants that liberty to move out of his slum.


Poetic devices used--

1. Alliteration--- Far, far from gusty waves.......

2. Simile-- these children's faces like rootless weeds

3. Metaphor-- The stunted, unlucky heir of twisted bones.

#43 Class 9 The Road not taken by Robert Frost (20/04/2020)

Hello dear students,

Today we are going to start the poem 'The Road not taken'. The poem is composed by Robert Frost. He was an American poet. He could not succeed in America as a poet. That's why he shifted to England and there he became successful as a  poet. But to get satisfaction, he took another hard decision and returned to America back. That decision made a big difference in his life and he became quite successful as a poet in America.In this poem 'Roads' are the symbol of choices/ decision which we make in our life.


Two roads diverged in a yellow wood

The poet found two roads in a forest when he was travelling there. Both the roads were going aside from one path. It was a yellow wood (forest). The forest was yellow because it was full of yellow leaves as it was the season of autumn.

And sorry I could not travel both and be one traveller long I stood

As he was a single traveller so he could not take both the roads and stood there for a long time thinking which road he should take.

And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth:

Standing there for a long time, he observed both the roads. He observed the last end of the roads up to what his eyes could see through the bushes.

#42 Class 12 online MCQ Test from the poem 'My mother at sixty six' (20/04/2020)

Click this link and attempt the online MCQ test from the poem'My mother at sixty six'.

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#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.