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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...