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  The World In a Wall Questions & Answers Question 1: What did the female scorpion look like? Answer:  The female scorpion looked like it had worn a pale fawn fur coat. Question 2: Why did Gerry think that the Scorpion had a fur coat on? Answer:  Gerry thought that the Scorpion was wearing a fur coat because her tiny babies were clinging on their mother’s back. Question 3: Why did Gerry smuggle the scorpion into the house? Answer:  Gerry smuggled the scorpion into the house so that he might keep them and watch them grow up. Question 4: Where did Gerry keep the scorpion into the house? Answer:  Gerry kept the scorpion into a matchbox and placed it carefully on the mantelpiece in the drawing room. Question 5: Why was the scorpion agitated? Answer:  The scorpion was agitated because they were being shut up in a matchbox for so long. Question 6: What happened once Larry realised that the scorpion was crawling on the back of his hand? Answer:  When Larr...

  Short type Question and answer   Extra Questions from the poem 'The Road not Taken'. (Question1) What was the confussion, faced by the poet in front of the “yellow wood”? Ans: – There were two different ways in front of the yellow wood and the poet had to choose one out of them because he was a single person. He was confused because he did not know which path would be better for him. (Question2) What is the meaning of ‘Yellow wood”? Ans: – “Yellow wood” means a forest with leaves which are wearing out and they have turned yellow in colour. (Question3) What does the word “yellow wood” represent here? Ans: – The word “yellow wood” represents a world which is full of people and where people have been living for many years. Again it represents the people who are older than the poet. (Question4) Why did the poet choose the another path? Ans: – According to the poet both paths were equally good but he had chosen the another one because it was “grassy”, which means it was unused. N...

  Fire and Ice Extra Questions and Answers Class 10 English First Flight Fire and Ice Extra Questions and Answers Short Answer Type Question 1. What are two different views about the end of the world in the poem ‘Fire and Ice’? Answer: The two different views of people regarding the end of the world are—Fire and Ice i.e., by desire and hatred. Question 2. What does the poet think about the end of the world? Answer: The poet thinks about the end of the world that people think fire is the main cause of destruction. But by the end of the poem he says that both Fire and Ice are equally destructive. Both have the same power of causing destruction. Question 3. What do ‘Fire’ and ‘Ice’ symbolize in the poem ‘Fire’ and ‘Ice’? Answer: ‘Fire’ and ‘Ice’ are symbolized here. ‘Fire’ stands for conflict, fury, intolerance, insensitivity while ‘Ice stands for greed, avarice, lust, rigidity, coldness, indifference, hatred, etc. Question 4. How can fire destroy the world? Answer:‘ Fire’ symbolizes ...

Question - Identify the type of sentence. There are 4 types of sentences in English. Declarative Imperative Interrogative Exclamatory 1. How well she sings! 2. What is your name? 3. Did I say anything to make you angry? 4. What is your name? 5. Who told you this? 6. She is a successful writer. 7. It is raining cats and dogs. 8. I want to become a writer. 9. She does not eat meat or fish. 10. Go at once. 11. Bring me that file. 12. My mother makes delicious cookies. 13. Get lost. 14. Fetch me a glass of water. 15. Please be seated. 16. Sit down. 17. She writes with her left hand. 18. What a tragedy! 19. How beautiful she is! 20. I have two sisters. 21. How ridiculous this is! 22. I have lost my way.

  The Road not Taken (NCERT SOLUTION) Page No 16: Question 1: 1. Where does the traveler find himself? What problem does he face? 2. Discuss what these phrases mean to you. (i) A yellow wood (ii) It was grassy and wanted wear (iii) The passing there (iv) Leaves no step had trodden black (v) How way leads on to way 3. Is there any difference between the two roads as the poet describes them (i) in stanzas two and three? (ii) in the last two lines of the poem? 4. What do you think the last two lines of the poem mean? (Looking back, does the poet regret his choice or accept it?) ANSWER: 1. The traveller finds himself at a forked road while travelling in a yellow wood. He faces the problem of choosing between the two roads as he could not travel both at the same time. 2. (i)  The phrase ‘a yellow wood’ signifies the autumnal setting of the poem. (ii)  The grass on the road that the poet decides to take was still afresh and the road seemed less worn out. This implies that not m...

  Questions and Answers Dust of Snow NCERT Solutions Thinking about the Poem  (Page 14) Question 1 : What is a ‘dust of snow’? What does the poet say has changed his mood? How has the poet’s mood changed? Answer :  The ‘dust of snow’ means the fine particles or flakes of snow. The sudden shower in the form of the dust of snow changed the poet’s mood. The poet’s mood changed from the state of sadness to happiness. He felt refreshed and wanted to enjoy and make use of the rest of the day. Question 2 : How does Frost present nature in this poem? The following questions may help you to think of an answer. i) What are the birds that are usually named in poems? Do you think crow is often mentioned in poems? What images come to your mind when you think of a crow? ii) Again, what is ‘a hemlock tree’? Why doesn’t the poet write about more ‘beautiful’ tree such as maple, or an oak, or a pine? iii) What do the ‘crow’ and ‘hemlock’ represent – joy or sorrow? What does the dust of sno...

  Toggle Menu Sign Up  What Are the Four Types of Sentences? Declarative sentence Imperative sentence Interrogative sentence Exclamatory sentence And there are only three punctuation marks with which to end a sentence: Period Question mark Exclamation point Using different types of sentences and punctuation, students can vary the tone of their writing assignments and express a variety of thoughts and emotions. What is a declarative sentence? A  declarative sentence  simply makes a statement or expresses an opinion. In other words, it makes a declaration. This kind of sentence ends with a period. Examples of this sentence type: “I want to be a good writer.”  (makes a statement) “My friend is a really good writer.” (expresses an opinion) What is an imperative sentence? An  imperative sentence  gives a command or makes a request. It usually ends with a period but can, under certain circumstances, end with  an exclamation point. Ex...

How Beautiful Is The Rain poem Explanation   The poem is a song of praise describing how welcoming it is to see rain after a hot day. It was written by the great American wordsmith Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and demonstrates his ability to write with melodious words and rhythm. The poet lived from 1807 to 1882 and started publishing his words at the age of 13. After school and college he became a professor of modern languages at the age of 22. By 1836 he had become a professor at Harvard University. But in 1854 he gave up his job and devoted all of his time to writing poetry. He created a vast body of work over his lifetime and used all kinds of recognized writing skills such as anapestic and trochaic forms, blank verse, heroic couplets, ballads and sonnets. Scholars say he would carefully consider the subject of his poem before settling on which form to use on it. The thing that sets him apart from other writers is his ability to write verses that sound musical. How Beautiful Is T...

  Fire and Ice Poem and Explanation Some say the world will end in fire Some say in ice. From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favour fire. Word meanings Desire- a strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen Favour- approval, support The poem expresses the profound idea that the world would end in either of two ways, either by ice or fire .  One group is of the opinion that someday the Earth’s core will get so heated up that it would lead to fire destroying the earth’s surface. On the other hand, the second group says that if the temperature goes down to an extent that makes life on Earth impossible, it would have the same catastrophic effect. The poet then compares fire and ice with the destructive features of human emotions; desire and hatred. He says that from what he is aware about “fiery desires”, he would favour the ones who say that it would be fire. By saying so, he brings about the idea that human beings let their emo...

  Dust of Snow                       Robert Frost The way a crow Shook down on me The dust of snow From a hemlock tree Word meanings Shook- shake Hemlock- a poisonous tree with small white flowers The poem is set in a scene where the poet is in a bad mood and is walking by a tree, a hemlock tree. Hemlock tree is a poisonous tree. As he passes by, a crow happens to throw some snow dust on him. Whether it falls on his head or shoulders is unknown as there is no specific mention in the poem. Also, the readers are left in doubt about the bird’s specific action. Whether the crow was landing, shivering with cold, re adjusting itself on the branch or taking off, it happened to send some particles of snow upon the author. Here, the two agents of nature, the hemlock tree and the crow are signifiers of sadness and gloom just like the poet’s mood was in the opening scene. Has given my heart A change of mood And saved some part Of a day I ...

The Road Not Taken                         -Robert Frost Stanza 1   Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveller, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth;   diverged: divided into two different direction yellow wood: a forest with yellowish colour decomposing leaves  undergrowth: dense growth of plants and bushes in the forest   One fine morning the poet was walking down a road and then there was a division of the roads. He was standing at the edge of two different paths and he had to choose one path among the two. The poet says that being a solo traveller, he could travel only one road at a time. So, he stood at the edge for a long time, and looked carefully at both the roads to as far as his eyes could see. As he wanted to make a wise choice. Yellow wood here means a forest with leaves which are wearing out and th...

  Demonstrative Determiners-   Demonstrative determiners or demonstrative pronouns are used to point out to a particular noun or the noun that is replaces. It helps in distinguishing the noun from similar things. In English language there are four demonstrative determiners. They are-  (i) this and these (near) (ii) that and those (far) *this and that are use with singular nouns *these and those are use with plural nouns For example- (I) This movie is boring (II) That  idea is crazy. (III) These brownies are delicious. (IV) Those children are hungry.

Exercise : Articles Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate article,  a ,  an , or  the , or leave the space blank if no article is needed. 1.She want ____ orange from that basket. 2. ____ hospital on the corner is progressive. 3. Miss Geeta is ______ University student. 4. I borrowed ____ pen from your pile of pens and pencils. 5. Rohan is _____ honest person. 6. Rohini is ______ M.L.A. 7. He bought ____ umbrella. 8.Seema is reading ______ book. 9. Please give me ____ cake that is on the counter. 10. This is _____ ant. 11. Albany is the capital of ____ New York State. 12. I will be there in ____ hour. 13. ____ apple a day keeps the doctor away. 14. ____ ink in my pen is red. 15. Our neighbors have ____ cat and ____ dog.