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Prose Section On saying please Extract No. 04 Activities with expected answers Page no. 16/17   [ Lines, “It is ……………given me.”] Read the first activity, read the extract and do all the activities that follow: A1. Rearrange :                           Following sentences are jumbled up rearrange them as per their occurrence in the extract. a) The account was settled by the narrator b) The narrator found a shilling in the corner of his pocket. c) The narrator had left home without money. d) The narrator told the conductor honestly that he did not have a penny (Correct order is ....... c),  d),  b),  a) ) It is not, therefore, with any feeling of unfriendliness to conductors as a class that I pay a tribute to a particular member of that class. I first became conscious of his existence one day when I jumped on to a bus and found that I had left home without any money in m...

Brainstorming activities: (A1) (i) Given below are some descriptions. Discuss them with your partner and find out one word for each of them. An example is given for you. (a) The scientific study of the universe and the objects in it, including stars, planets, nebulae and galaxies - Astronomy (b) The study of the movements of the planets, Sun, Moon, and Stars in the belief that these movements can have an influence on people's lives - Astrology or (Cosmology or Astrophysics) (c) A prediction of what will happen in the future. - Prophet or Foreteller or Oracle (d) Scientific discipline that studies mental states and processes and behaviour in humans and other animals. - Psychology (ii) In the story we are told that the Town Hall Park was a remarkable place in many ways for an astrologer to build his business. Discuss it in a group and list the exceptional qualities of the place. a) A surging crowd    b) A variety of trades and occupations. c) An auct...

Prose section Unit 1.2 On saying please Extract No. 03 Activities with expected answers Page no. 15/16   [ Lines, “ But Though ……………service”] Read the first activity, read the extract and do all the activities that follow: A1. True or False :                     State whether the following statements are True or False. a) Being civil is utmost important. (T) b) We should acknowledge a service.  (T) c) Commands can be used in day to day life to deal with people.  (F) d) Courtesies help the machine of life to run sweetly.  (T) But though we are bound to endorse the verdict against the lift-man most people will have certain sympathy with him. While it is true that there is no law that compels us to say ‘Please’, there is a social practice much older and much more sacred than any law which enjoins us to be civil. And the first requirement of civility is that we should acknowledge a service....

Prose section On Saying Please Extract No 02 Activities with Expected answers Page no. 15   [ Lines, “This does not………..moods and manners”] Read the first activity, read the extract and do all the activities that follow: A1. True or False :                 i) It is more painful if someone hurts our self-respect. (T) ii) Bad manners can cause much damage which irreparable. (T) iii) Law can control our private manners. (F) iv) Court could control our social manners and moods. (F) This does not mean that the damages are negligible. It is probable that the lift-man was much more acutely hurt by what he regarded as a slur upon his social standing than he would have been if he had a kick on the shins, for which he could have got a legal redress. The pain of a kick on the shins soon passes away but the pain of a wound to our self-respect or our vanity may poison a whole day. I can imagine that lift-man, denied the r...

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Prose section Unit 1.2  On Saying please Activities with Expected answers ExtractNo. 01 Page no 14/15   [ Lines, “The Young………..these matters”] Read the first activity, read the extract and do all the activities that follow : A1. True or False :                 State whether the following statements are true or false. i) The passenger was thrown out of lift for being impolite. (T) ii) The law can compel us to say ha” please” (F) iii) If we were given the liberty to box people’s ears there would be violence.(T) iv) Bitter problems in a day-to-day life can be solved by sweet words.(T) The young lift-man in a City office who threw a passenger out of his lift the other morning and was fined for the offence was undoubtedly in the wrong.  It was a question of ‘Please’. The complainant entering the lift,  said, ‘Top’. The lift-man demanded ‘Top-please’ and this concession being refused he not only decl...

Prose section Astrologrer's Day Unit 1.1 Extract No. 06 Activities with expected answers Page no 6 /7  [ Lines,” why  should………..on the pyol”] Read the first activity, read the extract and do all the activities that follows: A1. True or False :                 State whether the following statements are True or false. i) The astrologer ran away from his home because he made an attempt to kill a man(T) ii) The astrologer’s wife was well aware of the fact that her husband had tried to kill a man.(F) iii) The astrologer was relived from the burden on his head.(T) iv) The man whom the astrologer tried to kill was dead in reality.(F) “Why should I leave home again?” the other said reflectively. “I was only going away now and then To look  for him and to choke out his life if I met him.” He shook his head regretfully. “He has escaped  my hands. I hope at least he died as he deserved.”  Yes,” sai...

Prose section Unit 1.1 An Astrologer's Day Extract No 05 Activities with Expected answers Page no.  5/6 [ Lines, “The other………..to be hundred”] Read the first activity, read the extract and do all the activities that follow: A1. True or False :                                                                                              Read the following sentences and find out True and False sentences. Correct the  false Sentences. a) The astrologer gave a correct prediction of the client about his name, his past like he Was stabbed and thrown into a well. (T) b) The passer-by noticed that someone is there deep into the well(T) c) The astrologer advised Guru Nayak to go in search of the man who had tried to kill...

The Cop & The Anthem. Unit 1.3 Prose Section A1. Discuss with your partner and find out the different ways in which Soapy tried to get arrested: A1.(ii) Describe the original atmosphere when Soapy reached near the church. A2. Read the story and match the incidents given in column A with the consequences given in Column B.   Column A Column B  (1) Soapy tried to enter a cafe.                             A) The cop ran after another man (2) Soapy broke a glass window.                          B) Suddenly a wonderful change came in his heart. (3) Two waiters pitched Soapy on  the callous pavement.                                      ...

Prose Section An Astrologer's Day Activities with Expected answers Extract No. 04 Page no.      [Lines,” The astrologer………..tomorrow] Read the first activity, read the extract and do all the activities that follow: A1. True or False :                  State whether the following statements are true or false. i) There was a verbal agreement between the stranger and the astrologer (T) ii) The stranger insisted the astrologer to answer his questions that day only. (T) iii) The astrologer was not in a hurry to go back to home in the evening. (F) iv) The astrologer was not scared of the stranger.(F) The astrologer pressed his invitation, whereupon the other thrust his palm under his nose, Saying,” you call yourself an astrologer?” The astrologer felt challenged and said tilting  The other’s palm towards the green shaft of light,” yours is a nature…….” OH, stop that,” The other said ,” Tell me somet...

Prose section Unit 1.1   Astrologer''s Day Activities with Expected answers: Extract No. 03 Page no. 3  [ Lines,” He had………chat with me’] Read the first activity, read the extract and do all the activities that follow: True or False:                 State whether the following statements are true or false. a) The astrologer was able to analyse people’s troubles due to his long practice (T) b) Astrologer use common sense to deal with the clients. (T) c) Astrologer used to be there at the place even after the vendor left for home. (F) d) Clients normally disagree with the predictions of the astrologer. (F) He had a working analysis of mankind’s troubles: marriage, money and the tangles of human ties. Long practice had sharpened his perception. Within five minutes he understood What was wrong? He charged three pies per question, never opened his mouth till the other  Had spoken for at least ten minutes, ...

Prose section: Astrologer's Day Activities with Expected answers  Extract No  02 : Page No 3  [ Lines, “ The astrologer …….. flowed between”.] Read the first activity, read the extract and do all the activities that follow: Completion: A1. Choose and Rewrite the complete sentences. a) The place did not have the advantage of……Municipal lighting ………… b) The man never had the intention to be …an Astrologer …………………… c) The man had left his village without any……previous thought or plan …… d) He was a stranger to the…stars ………… as well as…his innocent customers  The astrologer transacted his business by the light of a flare which crackled and smoked up above the groundnut heap nearby. Half the enchantment of the place was due to the fact that it did not have the benefit of municipal lighting. The place was lit up by the shop lights.one or two had had hissing gaslights, some had naked flares stuck on poles, some were lit up old cycle lamps ,and one or t...