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ENGLISH HINDI Prose : A Natural Calamity:Tsunami Little Women Poetry : The Beggar Maid A Little Grain of Gold SR : Merchant of Venice Grammar : Tenses I Tenses II Adverbs Prepositions Punctuation Composition : Comprehension Notice Writing Report Writing Letter Writing Symphonics : Commonly misspelled words’ize’.’izie,’yse’ Root words पाठ 1.       मेजर ध्यानचंद 2.       दक्षिण भारत के प्रमुख त्योहार कविता 1.       कोयल व्याकरण 1.       लिंग 2.       वचन 3.       सर्वनाम 4.       विशेषण 5.       क्रिया 6.       लोकोक्तियाँ जानकारी 1.       गिनती ७६ से १०० तक(शब्दों तथा ...

a.‘She is more beautiful than day.’ i. Who does ‘she’ refer to? A.‘She’ refers to the beggar maid. ii) What is her beauty being compared to? A. Her beauty is compared to the brightness of day. iii) Who is drawing the comparison? A.The nobles in the court are making the comparison. b.  ‘One praised her ankles, one her eyes, One her dark hair and lovesome mien.’  i)  Who is the word ‘one’ used for? A.The word ‘one refers to the nobles in the court of the King. ii) What are they all praising? A.The nobles are praising the beggar maid’s hair, eyes, ankles and lovesome mien. iii) Why are they all praising her? A.They all are praising her because she is indeed very beautiful and graceful. c. ‘Cophetua swore a royal oath.’  i) Who was Cophetua?  A.Cophetua is an African King. ii) What did he swear? A.He swore that he would make the beggar maid his queen. iii) Where did he take the oath? A.He took the oa...

The Little Grain Of Gold a.Who is the speaker in the poem and whom is the poem addressed to? A. The poet speaks as a beggar himself and the poem is addressed to God. b. What did the beggar see while begging? A. While the beggar was begging one day, he say a golden chariot at a distance. c. What did the beggar hope to get? A. The beggar hoped to get alms from the King. d. Why did the beggar feel the King’s request to be jest? A. The beggar thought that the King had been joking by asking the beggar to give him something since the King was rich and wealthy and it was for the King to give alms to the poor and not the other way around. e. How did the beggar respond to the King’s request? A. The beggar very reluctantly responded to the King’s request. At first he thought that the King was joking but later he very slowly pulled out the smallest grain of corn that he had from his bag and handed over to the King. f. The beggar regretted his action at the end ...

Merchant Of Venice Please refer to the text for questions a)Antonio could not help Bassanio financially as all his money was tied up in his merchant ships which were still at sea. Antonio did not want to disappoint Bassanio so he asked him to go to another moneylender, Shylock. Antonio suggested that Bassanio use his good name as security for the loan. Shylock agreed to give the loan to Bassanio. However, if the loan remained unpaid on the due date, Shylock would take a pound of flesh from Antonio’s body. Bassanio had warned Antonio about this, but Antonio still agreed to it and thus resolved the issue. b) Portia was distressed over the terms of her father’s will. As per the terms she could only marry a man who correctly chose one of the three caskets that contained her portrait. But, unfortunately, none of Portia’s current suitors were to her liking. This upset her. c) Bassanio had fallen in love with Portia who was the rich heiress of Belmont. He had owed a great ...

Little Women a.What did the girls gift Mrs March for Christmas? A.Meg got her mother a pair of gloves, Jo a pair of army slippers,Amy bought her a bottle of perfume and Beth hemmed a handkerchief for her mother. b. What did Mr Lawrence send over to the March household? Why did he do this? A.Mr. Lawrence sent over four bouquets of beautiful flowers, ice-cream, cake, fruit and bonbons for the four girls. He had heard that the girls had given away their breakfast to the poor family and wanted to give a token of appreciation. c. Describe Mr Lawrence. A.Mr. Lawrence was a rich old man. He was the neighbour of the March’s. He was believed to be a proud man who did not like to mix with the neighbours. It was believed that he made his grandson study hard with the tutor. However, his act of sending flowers and goodies to the March household makes him a sensitive, caring man. d. Write a short note on Mrs March. A.Mrs. March ran her household with limited resources a...