Astrologer's Day 2

Prose section 
Astrologer's Day
Activities with Expected answers

 Extract No  02 :

Page No 3  [ Lines, “ The astrologer …….. flowed between”.].

Read the first activity, read the extract and do all the activities that follow:

The astrologer transacted his business by the light of a flare which crackled and smoked up above the groundnut heap nearby. Half the enchantment of the place was due to the fact that it did not have the benefit of municipal lighting. The place was lit up by the shop lights.one or two had had hissing gaslights, some had naked flares stuck on poles, some were lit up old cycle lamps ,and one or two ,like the astrologer, managed without  lights of their own. It was a bewildering crisscross of light rays and moving shadows. This suited the astrologer very well, for the simple reason that he had not in the least intended to be an astrologer when he began his life; and he knew no more of what was going to happen to others than he knew what was going to happen to himself next minute. He was as much a stranger to the stars as were his innocent customers. Yet he said things which pleased and astonished everyone: that was more a matter of study, practice, and shrewd guesswork. All the same, it was as much an honest man’s labour as any  other, and he deserved the wages he carried home at the end of a day.
He had left his village without any previous thought or plan. If he had continued there he would Have carried on the work of his forefathers- namely, tilling the land, living, marrying, and ripening In his cornfield and ancestral home. But that was not to be. He had to leave home without telling Anyone and he could not rest till he left it behind a couple of hundred miles. To a villager it is a great deal, as if an ocean flowed between.

A1. Choose and Rewrite the complete sentences.         (02)

a) The place did not have the advantage of……Municipal lighting …………

b) The man never had the intention to be …an Astrologer ……………………

c) The man had left his village without any……previous thought or plan ……

d) He was a stranger to the…stars ………… as well as…his innocent customers

A2. Find out : (02)
Find out the expressions from the extract that describes the Metaphoric use of the” Element Of light” used by the writer..

The astrologer transacted his business by the light of a flare.one or two hissing gaslights. Some had naked flares stuck on poles. It was a bewildering crisscross of light rays and moving  Shadows.

A3. Give Reasons :.            (02)
a) The astrologer deserved the money which he used to earn ……...

He said things which pleased and astonished everyone. He was able to convince his Customers  because of his study, practice and shrewd guesswork. All the same it was  An honest man’s labour.

A4. Vocabulary : (02)
Find out words related to the people of earlier generation.
[Forefathers, ancestors]

A4. Vocabulary : (02)
Find out words from the extract which mean the following.
a) Surprising = astonished bewildering
b) To plan or mean to do something= intended
c) Fixed regular payment = wages
d) Great pleasure or delight =enchantment

A5. Personal Response :. (02)

“ Astrology is nothing but applying common sense, logic and pure guesswork” share your Views with suitable justification in about Fifty words.

A6. Grammar/ Language Study : (02)
i) The place was lit up by the shop lights.

(The correct Active voice of the above sentence is)
Select your answer from the options and rewrite it.
a) The shop lights are lighting the place.
b) The place helps the shop lights to light.
c) The shop lights lit up the place
d) The shop lights are light up by the place.

ii) He had left his village. (Identify the tense used in the sentence)
        Past perfect tense

iii) He could not resist. (Use,” be able to” and rewrite it.)

He was not able to resist        or                He was unable to resist.

Activities prepared by

Tushar jaisinha Bagwe
K J Somaiya college of science and commerce vidyavihar east Mumbai 77

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