CLASS- 8 SUBJECT : English CHAPTER-10 THE GREAT STONE PHASE II

  EVENTS CONVENT HIGH SCHOOL

17/02/2022      CLASS- 8 SESSION 2021-22
SUBJECT : english 
CHAPTER-10
THE GREAT STONE PHASE II  

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Question 1: Mark the meaning that best fits the word or a phrase in the story.

(i) (sun) going down

(a) becoming smaller
(b) weakening
(c) setting

(ii) brightening

(a) making (it) look bright and cheerful
(b) lending (it) a special glow
(c) causing (it) to appear hopeful

(iii) spacious

(a) lonely and wild
(b) big and wide
(c) special and important

(iv) prophecy

(a) proverb
(b) prediction
(c) rumour

(v) marvellous

(a) wonderful
(b) surprising
(c) shocking

(vi) proclaim

(a) reveal
(b) declare
(c) shout

(vii) cease

(a) happen
(b) stop
(c) remain

(viii) (a night’s shelter)

(a) stay
(b) safety
(c) hospitality

(ix) gazed

(a) wandered about
(b) stared at
(c) thought of

(x) took on (an expression)

(a) challenged
(b) resembled
(c) assumed

Answers:

(i) c          (ii) a          (iii) b      (iv) b
(v) a         (vi) b         (vii) b      (viii) a
(ix) b        (x) c

Questions: Write ‘True’ or ‘False’ against each of the following statements.

1. Ernest’s words reminded people of the wise old sayings. __________
2. Total strangers from far away, who visited Ernest in the valley, found his face familiar. _______
3. The Great Stone Face confirmed Ernest’s view that the poet could be worthy of its likeness. _______
4. When Ernest and the poet met, they respected and admired each other equally. ________
5. The poet along with Ernest addressed the inhabitants of the valley. ___________
6. The poet realised that Ernest’s thoughts were far nobler than his own verses. _________

Answers:

1. True
2. True
3. False
4. True
5. False
6. True

Answer the followig questions.
Question 1:How was Ernest different from others in the valley?
Answer:
Ernest was unlike other commoners in the valley. He was a good, simple hearted, noble and thoughtful person. He had been under observation. He did not go with the crowd. He welcomed total strangers as the prophets.

Question 2:Why did Ernest think the poet was like the Stone Face?
Answer:
The poet wrote wonderful songs. He had celebrated the Great stone Face in one of his poems. When Ernest read this poem he became convinced that the poet was like the stone face.

Question 3:What did the poet himself say about his thoughts and poems?
Answer:
The poet confessed that he was not worthy to be compared with the Stone Face. His actions did not match with his thoughts.

Question 4:What made the poet proclaim Ernest was the Stone Face?
Answer:
Ernest and the poet together went to a meeting place. Ernest addressed the gathering. His words had power and his thoughts had depth. They were the words of life, a life of good deeds and selfless love. The poet was convinced that Ernest – was much nobler than him. Ernest’s face had such a grand expression that he declared that Ernest bore the likeness of the Great Stone Face.

Question 5:Write ‘Ernest’ or ‘Poet’, against each statement below.

(i) There was a gap between his life and his words.
(ii) His words had the power of truth as they agreed with his thoughts.
(iii) His words were as soothing as a heavenly song but only as useful as a vague dream.
(iv) His thoughts were worthy.
(v) Whatever he said was truth itself.

CLASS-9 SUBJECT ENGLISH CHAPTER-10 THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST

 EVENTS CONVENT HIGH SCHOOL

08/02/2022      CLASS- 9  SESSION 2021-22
SUBJECT : ENGLISH
CHAPTER-10 
 THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST  

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Question 1.Bill Bryson says, 7 am, in short, easily confused’. What examples has he given to justify this ?
Answer:
Bill Bryson gives many examples to prove this. He can’t find out the lavatory in a cinema. He goes to look for it. But he ends standing in a small street. Then he forgets his room number in a hotel. He asks the reception about it. So he is confused.    

Question 2.What happens when the zip on his carry-on bag gives way ?
Answer:
The contents of the bag came out. These were a tin of pipe tobacco, magazines, passport, English money, film etc. They spread over an area. It was about the size of a tennis court. Hundreds of documents came flying. The author was surprised.

Question 3.Why is his finger bleeding ? What is his wife’s reaction ?
Answer:
His finger bled because he got it injured. He pulled the zip forcefully and got a deep wound. Blood came out in plenty. His wife looked at him in wonder and anger. She said that she couldn’t believe he did that for a living.

Question 4.How does Bill Bryson end up in a ‘crash position’ in the aircraft ? (CBSE)
Answer:
Once on an aeroplane Bill Bryson leaned to tie his shoelace. But then someone threw his seat back. He was knocked and pinned in a crash position. He had to catch the leg of the man sitting next to him. Then he managed to free himself.

Question 5.Why are his teeth and gums navy blue ?
Answer:
Once the author was flying. He was writing his thoughts. The end tip of his pen was in his mouth. He was sucking it. He started talking to a lady. She was sitting on the next seat. The pen leaked. It had covered his mouth, chin, tongue, teeth and gums with navy blue ink.

Question 6.Bill Bryson ‘ached to be suave’. Is he successful in his mission ? List his ‘unsuave’ ways.
Answer:
Bill Bryson wanted to be suave. But he couldn’t. He would rise from a dinner table shaking greatly. He would get in a car leaving his coat hanging outside. He would sit on chewing gum, ice cream, cough syrup or motor oil.

Question 7.Why do you think Bill Bryson’s wife says to the children, ‘Take the lids off the food for Daddy’ ?
Answer:
Bill Bryson’s wife would say this to the children because he won’t do things nicely. If he cut the meat, it would fly off onto the lap of somebody. He won’t open the lids of the food in the aeroplane. It would also fly off to trouble other passengers.

CLASS- 9 SUBJECT : ENGLISH CHAPTER-10 KATHMANDU

  EVENTS CONVENT HIGH SCHOOL

05/02/2022      CLASS- 9  SESSION 2021-22
SUBJECT : ENGLISH
CHAPTER-10 
 KATHMANDU 

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I. Answer these questions in one or two words or in short phrases.

Question 1.Name the two temples the author visited in Kathmandu.
Answer:
Pashupatinath and Baudhnath Stupa.

Question 2.The writer says, “All this I wash down with Coca Cola.” What does ‘all this’ refer to?
Answer:
Com-on-the-cob and marzipan.

Question 3.What does Vikram Seth compare to the quills of a porcupine?
Answer:
The flutes tied on the top of the flute seller’s pole.

Question 4.Name five kinds of flutes.
Answer:
The reed neh, the recorder, the Japanese shakuhachi, the deep bansuri, the breathy flutes of South America, the high pitched Chinese flutes.

II. Answer each question in a short paragraph.

Question 1.What difference does the author note between the flute seller and the other hawkers?
Answer:
The author finds a difference in selling the articles. The flute seller does not shout out his wares. He makes a sale in a curiously offhanded way as if this was incidental to his enterprise.

Question 2.What is the belief at Pashupatinath about the end of Kaliyug?
Answer:
People believe that when a small shrine emerges fully on Bagwati river, the goddess inside will escape, and the evil period of the Kalyug will end on earth.

Question 3.The author has drawn powerful images and pictures. Pick out three examples each of

1. the atmosphere of ‘febrile confusion’ outside the temple of Pashupatinath (for example: some people trying to get the priest’s attention are elbowed aside…)
2. the things he sees

Answer:

1. The author describes the monkey’s fight vividly and graphically. A fight breaks out between two monkeys. One chases the other, who jumps onto a shivalinga, then runs screaming around the temples and down to the river.
2. The author observes a princess of the Nepalese royal house. Everyone bows to her. He sees monkeys. He sees felt bags, Tibetan prints and silver jewellery. He looks at flute sellers, hawkers of postcards, shops selling western cosmetics, etc.

Question 4.Use the suffixes -ion or -tion to form nouns from the following verbs. Make the necessary changes in the spellings of the words.
Example: proclaim-proclamation

Answer:

Question 5.Now fill in the blanks with suitable words from the ones that you have formed.

1. Mass literacy was possible only after the of the ……….. printing machine.
2. Ramesh is unable to tackle the situation as he lacks ………..
3. I could not resist the ……….. to open the letter.
4. Hardwork and ……….. are the main keys to success.
5. The children were almost fainting with ……….. after being made to stand in the sun.

Answer:

1. invention
2. imagination
3. temptation
4. dedication
5. exhaustion.

CLASS-11 SUBJECT ENGLISH SNAPSHOT CHAPTER-2 THE ADDRESS

 EVENTS CONVENT HIGH SCHOOL

01/10/2021      CLASS-11     SESSION 2021-22
SUBJECT :ENGLISH SNAPSHOT

CHAPTER-2
THE ADDRESS

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A. Reading With Insight

Question 1:
‘Have you come back?’ said the woman, ‘I thought that no one had come back.’ Does this statement give some clue about the story? If yes, what is it?
Answer:
Yes, this statement gives some clue about the story. During the early part of the war Mrs Dorling had shifted the important belongings of her acquaintance Mrs S. from her house to 46, Marconi Street. These included table silver wares, antique plates and other nice things such as the iron anukkah candle-holder, woollen table cloth and green knitted cardigan with wooden buttons. Since Mrs S. had died during the war, Mrs Dorling did not expect anyone to come back and claim her costly belongings as she thought no one else knew her address.
The statement indicates the greedy and possessive nature of Mrs Dorling. She did not open the door to the daughter of her former acquaintance nor did she show any signs of recognition. She did not let the girl in. She refused to see her then saying it was not convenient for her to do. The narrator had gone to this address with a specific purpose—to see her mother’s belongings.
Even when she told Mrs Dorling that only she had come back, the woman with a broad back did not soften a bit. Thus the clash of interests is hinted at by the aforesaid statement.

Question 2:
The story is divided into pre-war and post-war times. What hardships do you think the girl underwent during these times?
Answer:
During the pre-war times, the narrator lived in some other city far away from home and she visited her mother only for a few days. During the first half of the war the narrator’s mother was always afraid that they might have to leave the place and lose all valuable belongings. The narrator lived in the city in a small rented room. Its windows were covered with blackout paper. She could not see the beauty of nature outside her room. The threat of death loomed large.
After the liberation, everything became normal again. Bread was getting to be a lighter colour. She could sleep in her bed without any fear of death. She could glance out of the window of her room each day. One day, she was eager to see all the possessions of her mother, which she knew were stored at number 46, Marconi Street. She went to that address. She felt disappointed when Mrs Dorling neither recognised her nor let her in. She asked her to come again someday. It was evident she wanted to put her off. She was eager to see, touch and remember her mother’s possessions. So, she had to take the trouble of visiting the place again.

Question 3:
Why did the narrator of the story want to forget the address?
Answer:
The narrator remembered the address her mother had told her only once. It was number 46, Marconi Street. Her mother’s acquaintance Mrs Dorling lived there. She had stored the valuable belongings of the narrator’s mother there. After her mother’s death, the narrator had an urge to visit the place. She wanted to see those things, touch them and remember. She went to the given address twice. She was successful in her second attempt to enter the living room. .
She found herself in the midst of things she wanted to see again. She felt oppressed in the strange atmosphere. Everything was arranged in a tasteless way. The ugly furniture and the muggy smell that hung there seemed quite unpleasant. These objects evoked the memory of the familiar life of former time. But they had lost their value since they had been separated from her mother and stored in strange surroundings. She no longer wanted to see, touch or remember these belongings. She resolved to forget the address. She wanted to leave the past behind and decided to move on.

Question 4:
‘The Address’ is a story of human predicament that follows war. Comment.
Answer:
The war creates many difficult and unpleasant situations for human beings. Sometime it becomes difficult to know what to do. The human predicament that follows war is amply illustrated through the experience of the narrator. The war had caused many physical difficulties as well as emotional sufferings to her. She had lost her dear mother. She went to 46, Marconi Street to see her mother’s valuable possessions. How greedy and callous human beings can become is exemplified by the behaviour of Mrs Dorling. She had stored all the valuable belongings of the narrator’s mother, but she refused to recognise the narrator. She did not even let her in. The presence of her mother’s possessions in strange atmosphere pained her. Now these valuables had lost all their importance for her as they had been separated from her mother. She could get no solace or comfort from them.

A. Short Answer Type Questions

Question 1:
How did Mrs Dorling react when the narrator said, m Mrs S’s daughter”?
Answer:
Mrs Dorling held her hand on the door as if she wanted to prevent it opening any
further. Her face showed no sign of recognition. She kept staring at the narrator without uttering a word.

Question 2:
What two reasons did the narrator give to explain that she was mistaken?
Answer:
She thought that perhaps the woman was not Mrs Dorling. She had seen her only once, for a brief interval and that too years ago. Secondly, it was probable that she had rung the wrong bell.

Question 3:
How did the narrator conclude that she was right?
Answer: The woman was wearing the green knitted cardigan of the narrator’s mother. The wooden buttons were rather pale from washing. She saw that the narrator was looking at the cardigan. She half hid herself again behind the door. Her reaction convinced the narrator that she was right.

Question 4:
What was the outcome of the interview between Mrs Dorling and the narrator?
Answer:
The interview was a flop as far as the narrator was concerned. Mrs Dorling refused
to see her and talk to her in spite of the narrator’s repeated requests.

Question 5:
Who had given the narrator the address, when and under what circumstances?
Answer:
The narrator’s mother had given her the address, years ago during the first half of
the war. The narrator came home for a few days and missed various things in the rooms. Then her mother told her about Mrs Dorling and gave her the address.

Question 6:
What did the narrator learn about Mrs Dorling from her mother?
Answer:
Mrs Dorling was an old acquaintance of the narrator’s mother. The latter had not seen her for several years. Then she suddenly turned up and renewed their contact.
Every time she left that place she took something with her—table silver, antique plates, etc. –

Question 7:
What reason did Mrs Dorling give for taking away the precious belongings of the narrator’s mother?
Answer:
Mrs Dorling suggested to the narrator’s mother that she should store her belongings at a safer place. She wanted to save all her nice things. She explained that they would lose everything if they had to leave the place.

Question 8:
What impression do you form of the narrator’s mother on the basis of her conversation with (i) Mrs Dorling and (ii) the narrator?
Answer:
The narrator’s mother was a kind-hearted, generous and liberal lady. She was fond of collecting valuable things. She is more worried about the physical risk to Mrs Dorling than losing them to her. She thought it an insult to tell her friends to keep those things for ever.

Question 9:
Did the narrator fee Up evinced about the views of her mother regarding Mrs Dorling? How do you know?
Answer:
The narrator did not feel convinced about her mother’s concern for Mrs Dorling.
The latter was keen on removing the precious possessions of the narrator’s mother to her own house. It seems that the narrator did not like Mrs Darling’s excessive interest in her mother’s belongings. It is evident from the questions she puts to her mother.

Question 10:
What does the narrator remember about Mrs Dorling as she saw her for the first time?
Answer:
Mrs Dorling was a woman with a broad back. She wore a brown coat and a shapeless hat. She picked up a heavy suitcase lying under the coat rack and left their house.
She lived at number 46, Marconi Street.

Question 11:
Why did the narrator wait a long time before going to the address number 46, Marconi Street?
Answer:
Initially, after the liberation, she was not at all interested in her mother’s belongings lying stored there. She was also afraid of being confronted with things that had belonged to her mother, who was now no more.

Question 12:
When did the narrator become curious about her mother’s possessions?
Answer:
The narrator became curious about her mother’s possessions as normalcy returned in the post-liberation period. She knew that those things must still be at the address her mother told her. She wanted to see them, touch and remember.

Question 13:
“I was in a room I knew and did not know,” says the narrator in the story ‘The Address’. What prompted her to make this observation?
Answer:
The narrator found herself in the midst of things she was familiar with and which she did want to see again. However, she found them in a strange atmosphere where everything was arranged in a tasteless way. They ugly furniture and the muggy smell created the feeling that she didn’t know the room.

Question 14:
“I just looked at the still life over the tea table,” says the narrator in the story ‘The Address’. What does she mean by ‘the still life? What prompted her to make this remark?
Answer:
By ‘the still life’, the narrator means the things over the tea table such as the table-cloth, tea pot, cups and spoons. The reference to antique box and silver spoons prompted her to make this remark.

Question 15:
How was the narrator able to recognise her own familiar woollen table- cloth?
Answer:
The narrator first stared at the woollen table-cloth. Then she followed the lines of the pattern. She remembered that somewhere there was a bum mark which had not been repaired. At last she found the bum mark on the table-cloth. This helped her to recognise her own familiar article.

Question 16:
“You only notice when something is missing.” What does the speaker exactly mean? What examples does she give?
Answer:
The speaker says that one gets used to touching one’s lovely things in the house. One hardly looks at them any more. It is only when something is missing that it is noticed either because it is to be repaired or it has been lent to someone.

Question 17:
How did narrator come to know that the cutlery they ate off every day was silver?
Answer:
Once the narrator’s mother asked her if she would help her polish the silver. The
narrator asked her which silver she meant. Her mother was surprised at her ignorance and replied that it was the spoons, forks and knives, i.e. the cutlery they ate off everyday.

Question 18:
Why did the narrator suddenly decide to leave?
Answer:
The narrator had visited 46, Marconi Street for a specific purpose—to see her mother’s belongings and touch them. However, these objects seemed to have lost their value in strange surroundings and on being severed from the life of former times.

Question 19:
How did the narrator reconcile herself to the loss of her mother’s precious belongings?
Answer:
The narrator felt that her mother had only lent them for safe custody and Mrs Dorling was not to keep everything. On seeing these objects, memories of her former life were aroused. She found no room for these precious belongings in her present life. So she reconciled to her fate.

Question 20:
“Of all the things I had to forget, that would be the easiest”. What does the speaker mean by ‘that’? What is its significance in the story?
Answer:
That’ here stands for the address. The words: number 46, Marconi Street, i.e. the address recur throughout the story. The address is important for the narrator at the beginning of the story. However, at the end of the story she resolves to forget it as she wants to break off with the past and move on with the present into the future.

Class-8 Subject English Lesson-4 BIPIN CHOUDHURY'S LAPSE OF MEMORY.

 EVENTS CONVENT HIGH SCHOOL

29/09/2021      CLASS-8     SESSION 2021-22
SUBJECT :ENGLISH

LESSON-4
BIPIN CHOUDHURY'S LAPSE OF MEMORY

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Bepin Choudhury’s Lapse of Memory Comprehension check (Page 62)

Question 1.Why did the man stare at Bepin Babu in disbelief ?
Answer:
The man reminded Bepin Babu of was trip to Roneh. But Bepin Babu denied of his visit. This made the man. Therefore, he was staring at him in disbelief.

Question 2.Where did Bepin Babu say he went in October ’58 ?
Answer:
Bepin Babu said that he had gone to Kanpur at his friend’s place in October 58.

Question 3.Mention any three (or more) things that Parimal Ghose knew about Bepin Babu.
Answer:
Parimal Ghose knew that Bepin Babu always carries a bag of books with him, he had no children, he had lost his wife 10 years ago and his only brother died insane.

Bepin Choudhury’s Lapse of Memory Comprehension check (Page 65)

Question 1.Why did Bepin Babu worry about what Parimal Ghose had said ?
Answer:
He was worried as all those were intimate personal details which only a close person could know. Moreover, Bepin Babu did not know the man Parimal Ghose.

Question 2.How did he try to decide who was right-his memory or Parimal Ghose ?
Answer:
He decided to call Dinesh Mukerji who was there with him at that time at Ranchi.
He would decide what was right.

Question 3.Why did Bepin Babu hesitate to visit Mr. Mukerji? Why did he finally decide to phone him?
Answer:
He thought that if he visits Dinesh and confirms the trip, he would think him insane. Moreover, he could not take his ruthless sarcasm. In order to know about the truth, he finally decided to call him.

Question 4.What did Mr Mukerji say? Did it comfort Bepin Babu, or add to his worries?
Answer:
Dinesh Mukerji confirmed that he was there in Ranchi in ’58 with him. It makes
Bepin Babu more worried as he could not remember that episode.

Bepin Choudhury’s Lapse of Memory Comprehension check (Page 68)

Question 1.
Who was Chuni Lal ? What did he want from Bepin Babu ?
Answer:
Chuni Lal was Bepin Babu’s school friend. He wanted some help to get a job from his friend as he was jobless these days.

Question 2.
Why was Dr. Chanda puzzled ? What was unusual about Bepin Babu’s loss of memory ?
Answer:
Dr. Chanda had never experienced such type of a case about loss of memory. Bepin Babu had forgotten only one incident. It was unusual about his loss of memory.

Bepin Choudhury’s Lapse of Memory Comprehension check (Page 70)

Question 1.
Had Bepin Babu really lost his memory and forgotten all about a trip to Ranchi?
Answer:
No, Bepin Babu had not forgotten anything. Chuni Lal made his plan to teach him a lesson. Bepin Babu had never been to Ranchi.

Question 2.
Why do you think Chuni Lal did what he did? Chuni Lal says he has no money; what is it that he does have ?
Answer:
Bepin Babu had not helped Chuni Lal in getting a job in his hard times. Chunilal has no money but he possesses a good memory. He did all to teach him a lesson.

Bepin Choudhury’s Lapse of Memory Working With the Text (Page 70)

Question 1.
The author describes Bepin Babu as a serious and hardworking man. What evidence can you find in the story to support this ?
Answer:
Bepin Babu did not like mixing with people, had a few friends, lived alone and didn’t like spending time in idle conversation. He had been working for a big firm for the past more than 2 decades. Moreover, he had a reputation for being a conscientious worker.

Question 2.
Why did Bepin Babu change his mind about meeting Chuni Lal ? What was the result of this meeting ?
Answer:
Bepin Babu thought that Chuni Lal would remember something about his Ranchi trip in 1958. Chuni Lal confirmed his visit to Ranchi in ’58. Moreover he also informed that it was he who arranged for his ticket to Ranchi and got one of the fans repaired in his railway boggy.

Question 3.
Bepin Babu lost consciousness at Hudroo Falls. What do you think was the reason for this ?
Answer:
Bepin Babu went to Hudroo Falls. But he could not find any clue which could remind him that he had been there in Ranchi earlier. He thought he had no hope left and soon would lose everything. At that moment he got depressed and lost his mind. It overburdened him with the thought of loss of memory.

Question 4.
How do you think Bepin Babu reacted when he found out that Chunni Lal had tricked him ?
Answer:
I think that Bepin Babu must have regretted for not doing anything for his old friend Chuni Lal who was going through tough time.