Read the passage from the story ‘The Mysterious Picture’ and answer the questions that follow.
The courtiers outdid one another in showing their admiration for the picture. They praised Tyl for his splendid painting.They remarked how natural each one of them looked in the picture and eagerly pointed out their friends and acquaintances.All of a sudden the Duke’s jester leaped into the air and shouted, ‘All of you know that I am a fool and I’ve no blue blood in my veins. I can see no picture but only a blank wall. ’When fools begin to talk, ‘observed Tyl, ‘it’s time for wise men to walk.’He calmly strode out of the hall and rode away on donkey.The feathers in his cap danced in the gentle breeze.
1. What did the courtiers praise Tyl for? 2. What did the jester mean by saying “ I’ve no blue blood in my veins.”Choose the correct answer from the following. a. I am not a person with the blue coloured blood b. I am not a person of noble birth c. I am not a person of high intelligence. 3.Pick out a word from the passage which is the opposite of ‘Foolish’. 4. Is the jester really a fool?Why do you think so?
Read the lines from the poem ‘Taj Mahal’ and answer the question that follow.
Though emeralds,rubies,pearl are all But as the glitter of a rainbow tricking out empty air And must pass away, Yet still one solitary tear Would hang on the cheek of time In the form Of this white and gleaming Taj Mahal.
5. What are emeralds,rubies and pearls compared to? 6. Identify the line which shows the transience of rainbow. 7. How is Taj Mahal described? 8. Pick out an instance of visual image from these lines 9. Which line do you like the most?why?
Write any ONE from the following in 100 words
10 a) Tyl calmly strode out of the hall and rode away on his donkey from the palace.
On the way he meets one of this friends and narrates the experience he had in
the palace.Write the narrative.
You may begin like this:
I was wandering from court to court………………
OR
b) Velasco had a miraculous escape from the shipwreck.He writes a letter to his
friend sharing the experiences he had in the sea.Prepare the likely letter
Write any THREE of the following
11. Prepare the character sketch of Archduke 12. Velasco was waiting alone for his rescuer in the middle of the sea clinging to a life raft without food and water.What might be his thought? 13.The boy in the story ‘The Boy who drew cats’ became very famous after the death of goblin rat.He visits the priest who advised him to avoid large places at the night. Write the likely conversation between the priest and the boy. 14. Prepare five questions you would like to ask Velasco if you are to interview him.
15. Prepare a profile of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Name : Gaberiel Garcia Marquez. Born : 1928,Colombia Famous as : Novelist,short story writer,screen writer,journalist. Known as : Gabo Awards : Nobel prize for literature in 1982 Major works : One hundred years of solitude,Love in the time of Cholera, The Autumn of the Patriarch. Death : 2014
16. Complete the following conversation suitably. Villager :You are velasco,……………….(a)…………? Velasco : Yes, I am …………………..(b)…………………? Villager : Yes, I have read the news report about you. How long …………………(c) ……………….? Velasco : I spent ten days in the sea. Villager : ……………………(d)………………………? Velasco : I am from Alabama.
17.Edit the following passage by using appropriate forms of the underlined words The old man spoke kind (a) to the lad and ask(b)him some hard questions.So clever was(c) the answers that the preist(d)agreed to take the littile fellow into the temple as an acolyte.
18) Study the following word pyramid.
picture
The picture
The wonderful picture
Construct a similar word pyramid using appropriate determiners and adjectives
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