On saying please 3

Prose section Unit 1.2 

On saying please

Extract No. 03

Activities with expected answers

Page no. 15/16   [ Lines, “ But Though ……………service”]

Read the extract and do all the activities that follow:

A1. True or False :                     (02)

State whether the following statements are True or False.

a) Being civil is utmost important. (T)

b) We should acknowledge a service.  (T)

c) Commands can be used in day to day life to deal with people.  (F)

d) Courtesies help the machine of life to run sweetly.  (T)

But though we are bound to endorse the verdict against the lift-man most people will have certain sympathy with him. While it is true that there is no law that compels us to say ‘Please’, there is a social practice much older and much more sacred than any law which enjoins us to be civil. And the first requirement of civility is that we should acknowledge a service. ‘Please’ and ‘Thank you’ are the small change with which we pay our way as social beings. They are the little courtesies by which we keep the machine of life oiled and running sweetly. They put our intercourse upon the basis of a friendly cooperation an easy give and take, instead of on the basis of superiors dictating to inferiors. It is a very vulgar mind that would wish to command where he can have the service for asking, and have it with willingness and good feeling instead of resentment.

I should like to ‘feature’ in this connection my friend, the polite conductor. By this discriminating title, I do not intend to suggest a rebuke to conductors generally. On the contrary, I am disposed to think that there are few classes of men who come through the ordeal of a very trying calling better than bus conductors do. Here and there you will meet an unpleasant specimen who regards the passengers as his natural enemies - as creatures whose chief purpose  on the bus is to cheat him, and who can only be kept reasonably honest by a  loud voice and an aggressive manner.  But this type is rare - rarer than it used to be. I fancy the public owes much to the Underground Railway Company, which also runs the buses, for insisting on a certain standard of civility in its servants and taking care that that standard is observed. In doing this it not only makes things pleasant for the travelling public, but performs an important social service.

A2. Describe :                     (02)

Describe the impact of good temper and kindliness on the society in the light of the good-mannered conductor.

The conductor in this extract is very polite with the narrator ……………. (Practice Activity)

A2. Explain :                     (02)

Explain what can be the basis of our day to day communication.

Friendly cooperation and easy give and take, instead of on the basis of superiors dictating to inferiors. It is a very vulgar mind that would wish to command where he can have the service for asking, and have it with willingness and good feeling instead of resentment(anger)

A4. Personal Response :             (02)

"The first requirement of civility Is that we should acknowledge a service.” share your thoughts on this in about Fifty words.

A5. Language study                     (02)

i) Though we are bound to endorse the verdict against the lift-man most people will have certain sympathy with him.

(Rewrite the sentence using” but’ conjunction)

We are bound to endorse the verdict against the lift-man but most people will have certain Sympathy with him.

ii) We should acknowledge a service.

(Replace the modal by another showing ,”obligation / Compulsion)

Select your answer from the options

a) We can acknowledge a service.

b) We will acknowledge a science.

C) We must/ought to acknowledge a service.

d) We might acknowledge a service.

iii) It is a very vulgar mind that would wish to command.

(Make it Exclamatory)

Select your answer from the options.

a)How vulgar mind it is that would wish to command.

b)What a vulgar mind it is that would wish to command!

c) it is really a vulgar mind that would wish to command.

d) A vulgar mind would not wish to command.

iv) You will meet an unpleasant specimen.

(Make it less definite)

You may/might meet an unpleasant specimen.

A6. Vocabulary :                           (02)

Find out words from the extract which mean the following.

a) Communication or conversation = intercourse

b) Suffering = ordeal

c) Anger = Resentment

d) To speak angrily = Rebuke

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On saying please 2

Prose section 

On Saying Please

Extract No 02 

Activities with Expected answers

Page no. 15   [ Lines, “This does not………..moods and manners”]

Read the extract and do all the activities that follow:

A1. True or False :                  (02)

i) It is more painful if someone hurts our self-respect. (T)

ii) Bad manners can cause much damage which is irreparable. (T)

iii) Law can control our private manners. (F)

iv) Court could control our social manners and moods. (F)

This does not mean that the damages are negligible. It is probable that the lift-man was much more acutely hurt by what he regarded as a slur upon his social standing than he would have been if he had a kick on the shins, for which he could have got a legal redress. The pain of a kick on the shins soon passes away but the pain of a wound to our self-respect or our vanity may poison a whole day. I can imagine that lift-man, denied the relief of throwing the author  of his wound out of the lift, brooding over the insult by the hour, and visiting it on his wife in the evening as the only way of restoring his equilibrium. For there are few things more catching than bad temper and bad manners. When Sir Anthony Absolute bullied Captain Absolute, the latter went out and bullied his man, Fag, whereupon Fag went out downstairs and kicked the page-boy. Probably the man who said ‘Top’ to the lift man was really only getting back on his employer who had not said ‘Good morning’ to him because he himself had been henpecked at breakfast by his wife, to whom the cook had been insolent because the housemaid had ‘answered her back’. We infect the world with our ill humours. Bad manners probably do more to poison the stream of the general life than all the crimes in the calendar. For one wife who gets a black eye from an otherwise good natured husband there are a hundred who live a life of martyrdom under the shadow of a morose temper. But all the same the law cannot become the guardian of our private manners. No Decalogue could cover the vast area of offences and no court could administer a law which governed our social civilities, our speech, the tilt of our eyebrows and all our moods and manners.

A2. Explain/Elaborate :   (02)

The pain of a kick on the shins soon passes away but the pain of a wound to our self-respect or our vanity may poison a whole day.

The statement is self-explanatory. The writer wants to convey that physical assault can heal with Passage of time but an injury to our self-respect cannot be healed easily. It may poison our day or Life because it is an insult or humiliation.

A3. Give Reasons :                 (02)

it is not possible for the law to become the guardian of our private manners ……….

Law is reasonable and clear. It can guide us in our daily life. Discourtesy is not a legal offence.

Social mannerisms, etiquettes, politeness are expected nobilities and courtesies. We  cannot compel somebody to say Thank you and please every now and then.

A4. Personal Response :           (02)

“Courtesy costs nothing but pays everything,” Share your views on this. Justify your  answer with suitable examples in Fifty words.

A5. Language study :.             (02)

i) We infect the world with our ill-humours.

(Rewrite the sentence beginning with,” The world…….”)

The world is infected by us with our ill-humours.

ii) The law cannot become the guardian of our private manners.

(Frame a Rhetorical question)

Can the law become the guardian of our private manners?

iii) No Decalogue could cover the vast area.  (Make it affirmative)

Decalogue could not cover the vast area.

A6. Vocabulary :                   (02)

Find out words from the extract which mean.

a) Remedy = Redress 

b) very rude = insolent

c) Bad name or Reputation = Black eye

d) A man who is controlled by his wife=henpecked.

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On Saying please 1

Prose section 

Unit 1.2  On Saying please

Activities with Expected answers

ExtractNo. 01

Page no 14/15   [ Lines, “The Young………..these matters”]

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

A1. True or False :                   (02)

State whether the following statements are true or false.

i) The passenger was thrown out of lift for being impolite. (T)

ii) The law can compel us to say ha” please” (F)

iii) If we were given the liberty to box people’s ears there would be violence.(T)

iv) Bitter problems in a day-to-day life can be solved by sweet words.(T)

The young lift-man in a City office who threw a passenger out of his lift the other morning and was fined for the offence was undoubtedly in the wrong.  It was a question of ‘Please’. The complainant entering the lift,  said, ‘Top’. The lift-man demanded ‘Top-please’ and this concession being refused he not only declined to comply with the instruction, but hurled the passenger out of the lift. This, of course was carrying a comment on manner too far.  Discourtesy is not a legal offence, and it does not excuse assault and battery. If a burglar breaks into my house and I knock him down, the law will acquit me, and if I am physically assaulted, it will permit me to retaliate with reasonable violence. It does this because the burglar and my assailant have broken quite definite commands of the law, but no legal system could attempt to legislate against bad manners, or could sanction the use of violence against something which it does not itself recognize as a legally punishable offence. And whatever our sympathy with the lift-man, we must admit that the law is reasonable. It would never do if we were at liberty to box people’s ears because we did not like their behaviour, or the tone of their voices, or the scowl on their faces. Our fists would never be idle, and the gutters of the City would run with blood all day.

I may be as uncivil as I may please and the law will protect me against violent retaliation. I may be haughty or boorish and there is no penalty to pay except the penalty of being written down an ill-mannered fellow. The law does not compel me to say ‘please’ or to attune my voice to other people’s sensibilities any more than it says that I shall not wax my moustache or dye my hair or wear ringlets down my back. It does not recognize the laceration of our feelings as   a case for compensation. There is no allowance for moral and intellectual damages in these matters. 

A1. Complete :                   (02)

Choose the correct alternatives and complete the following sentences.

i) The lift man insisted that the person should say……………

a) Please b) Top-please c) Top d) stop

ii) No legal system in the world has attempted to legislate against……………………….

a) Murder b) assault c) robbery d) bad manners

iii) The only penalty a haughty  or boorish person have to pay if he is uncivil is………..

a) Punishment b) boycott

c) being written down as an ill-mannered d) prison

iv) ………………………. Is not a legal offence.

a) Cheating      b) smuggling c) mugging    d) Dishonesty

A1. Summarise :                     (02)

Select two most appropriate sentences which suggest the theme of the extract.

1) Etiquette and manners are very important for a person to live in a society.

2) Being civilised is more important than being educated.

3) The extract deals with types of manners and funny incidents of rude people.

4) The writer wants to highlight the point that law can punish you if you are rude.

A2. Give reasons :                   (02)

The narrator says that the law is reasonable because …………………..

Discourtesy is not a legal offence as per law. A person who tries to defend himself in an assault Or battery reasonably can be freed by the law, but at the same time you can be punished if you Violet or break the law beyond the specified rules.

A3. Interpret :                   (02)

Interpret the statement,” It would never do if we were at liberty to box people’s ears.”

The above statement says that law does not permit you to use violence or punish somebody as per your whims and fancies .The law is very clear and reasonable. If people will decide what is Right or wrong,there would be violence everywhere and people will kill each other in every nook and corner.It will be a complete chaos and there will be bloodshed on roads and gutters.

A4. Personal Response :            (02)

Suggest some ways to encourage people to adopt social behaviour write in about Fifty words.

A5. Language study :                 (02)

i) Discourtesy is not a legal offence. ( Frame a Rhetorical question)

Is discourtesy a legal offence? 

ii) If I am physically assaulted, it will permit me to retaliate with reasonable violence.

(Rewrite using “Unless”)

Unless I am physically assaulted, it will not permit me to retaliate with reasonable violence.

iii) No legal system could attempt to legislate against bad manners.

(Make it Interrogative)

Could any legal system attempt to legislate against bad manners?

iv) We must admit that the law is reasonable.

(Replace the Modal Auxiliary by another showing,” Advice/suggestions”)

We should admit that the law is reasonable.

v) We did not like their behaviour.  (Make it Affirmative)

We disliked their behaviour.

vi) The law will protect me against violent retaliation.

(Make it less definite)

The law may/might protect me against violent retaliation.

vii) There is no penalty to pay. (Frame a Rhetorical question)

Is there any penalty to pay?

viii) There is no allowance for moral and intellectual damages in these matters. 

(Frame a Rhetorical question)

Is there any allowance for moral and intellectual damages in these matters?

A6. Vocabulary :                 (02)

Find out words from the extract which mean the following.

a) One who files a complaint  =    complainant

b) Rude  =  boorish

c) Proud =  haughty                                                                                 

d) To throw  =  hurled

A6. Vocabulary :                    (02)

Write down the Antonyms of the words from the extract.

a) Convict x  acquit     

b) Unreasonable x  reasonable

c) Illegal x legal

d) nonviolence x violence

e) Civil x uncivil

A6. Vocabulary :                    (02)

Prepare a word Register for the word, “LAW”

Offence, complainant, assault, battery, acquit, legislate, violence, punishable, legally, compensation

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An Astrologer''s Day 6

Prose section

Extract No. 06 Activities with expected answers

Page no 6 /7 

 [ Lines,” why  should………..on the pyol”]

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

A1. True or False :                   (02)

State whether the following statements are True or false.

i) The astrologer ran away from his home because he made an attempt to kill a man(T)

ii) The astrologer’s wife was well aware of the fact that her husband had tried to kill a man.(F)

iii) The astrologer was relived from the burden on his head.(T)

iv) The man whom the astrologer tried to kill was dead in reality.(F)

“Why should I leave home again?” the other said reflectively. “I was only going away now and then To look  for him and to choke out his life if I met him.” He shook his head regretfully. “He has escaped  my hands. I hope at least he died as he deserved.”  Yes,” said the astrologer. “He was crushed under a lorry.”  The other looked gratified to hear it. 

The place was deserted by the time the astrologer picked up his articles and put them into his bag. The green shaft was also gone, leaving the place in darkness and silence. The stranger had gone off into the night, after giving the astrologer a handful of coins.

It was nearly midnight when the astrologer reached home. His wife was waiting for him at the door and demanded an explanation. He flung the coins at her and said, “Count them. One man gave all that.”

        “Twelve and a half annas,” she said, counting. She was overjoyed. “I can buy some jaggery and coconut tomorrow. The child has been asking for sweets for so many days now. I will prepare some nice stuff for her”

The swine has cheated me! He promised me a rupee,” said the astrologer. She looked up at him. “You  look worried. What is wrong?

“Nothing.”

After dinner, sitting on the pyol, he told her, “Do you know a great load is gone from me today? I Thought I had the blood of a man on my hands all these years. That was the reason why I ran away From home, settled here and married you. He is alive.”

She gasped, “You tried to kill!”

“Yes, in our village, when I was a silly youngster. We drank, gambled and quarrelled badly one day—Why think of it now? Time to sleep,” he said, yawning, and stretched himself on the pyol.

A2. Give reasons :                     (02)

The astrologer’s wife was very happy that night because ……………….

The astrologer came home with twelve and half annas. With the help of this money, she can buy Some jaggery and Coconut. She is overjoyed with the feeling that she can prepare some nice stuff  like Sweets  for their girl child at home.

A3. Find out :                     (02)

Describe the load on the astrologer’s mind.

When the astrologer was a youngster he was very silly. He used to drink, gamble and quarrel 

One day, in a fit of anger, he tried to kill a man.He thought that the man must have died, but after Few days, he met the same man. He was under burden of killing a man but as he saw the man  alive his load vanished.

A4. Personal Response :.   (02)

 The astrologer had tried to kill the man intentionally or it might have happened due to anger, addiction, stress or frustration? Justify your answer in Fifty words.

A5. Language study :           (02)

i)Why should I leave home again ?

 ( Make it Assertive)

I should not leave home again.

ii) Identify the tenses and match the column.

Match the column,” A” (sentences) with column”( Tenses)

            A B

i) His wife was waiting for him. a) Present perfect continuous 

ii) He has escaped my hands b) Past continuous

iii) The child has been asking for sweets. c) Present perfect

iv) I hope at least he died as he deserved d) Simple past

Ans. i) - b),  ii) - c),  iii) - a),  iv) - d)

iii) I can buy some jaggery and coconut tomorrow.

(Replace the auxiliary by another showing, “Certainty”)

I will buy some jaggery and coconut tomorrow.

A6. Vocabulary :                          (02)

Find out words from the extract which mean the following.

a) Pleased or satisfied = gratified,                   

b) empty  = deserted

c) To bet money on playing cards  = Gambled         

d) to have difficulty in breathing  = gasped

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An Astrologer's Day 5

Prose section Unit 1.1

An Astrologer's Day

Extract No 05

Activities with Expected answers

Page no.  5/6 [ Lines, “The other………..to be hundred”]

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

A1.True or False : (02)

Read the following sentences and find out True and False sentences. Correct the  false Sentences.

a) The astrologer gave a correct prediction of the client about his name, his past like he Was stabbed and thrown into a well. (T)

b) The passer-by noticed that someone is there deep into the well.(T)

c) The astrologer advised Guru Nayak to go in search of the man who had tried to kill him (F) CORRECT SENTENCE - The astrologer advised Guru Nayak to go home.

d) The astrologer told Guru Nayak that the man whom he was searching died four months 

           ago. (T)

The other thrust his palm in his face and said,” challenge is challenge, Go on,” The astrologer Proceeded  with his throat drying up.” There is a woman……..’

          “Stop,” said the other,” I don’t want all that. Shall I succeed in my present search or not ? Answer this and go, otherwise I will not let you go till you disgorge all your coins.’ The astrologer muttered a few incantations and replied,” All right, I will speak but will you give me a rupee if  What I say is convincing? Otherwise I will not open my mouth, and you may do what you like,’ After a good deal of haggling, the other agreed. The astrologer said,” You were left for dead, Am I right?”

“ Ah, tell me more.”

“A knife has passed through you once?” said the astrologer.

“Good fellow!” He bared his chest to show the scar. “what else?”

“ And then you were pushed into a well nearby in the field. You were left for dead.’

“ I should have been dead if some passer-by had not chanced to peep into the well,’ Exclaimed the other,  over-whelmed by enthusiasm.

“ When shall I get at him?” he asked, clenching his fist.

“In the next world,” answered the Astrologer,” He died four months ago in a far-off town. You will never see any more of him,” The other groaned on hearing it the astrologer proceeded.

“ Guru Nayak-”

“You know my name!” the other said, taken ‘aback.

“As I know all other things. Guru Nayak, listen carefully to what I have to say. Your village is two Days’ journey due North of this town. Take next train and be gone. I see once again great danger To your life if you go from home, “He took out a pinch of sacred ash and held it to him,” Rub It on your forehead and go home. Never travel southward again, and you will live to be Hundred.”

A2.Find out: (02)

Find out the expressions from the extract that shows how the astrologer persuaded Guru Nayak not to search the man who had tried to kill him.

I) “ In the next world,” he answered

II) He died four months ago in far – off town

III) You will never see any more of him.

IV) Take the next train and be gone.

V) I see once again great danger to your life if you go from home.

VI) Never travel southward again.

A3.Give Reasons : (02)

Guru Nayak was taken aback by the Astrologer ……………………….

The astrologer told Guru Nayak all about his past life including his name, how a knife has Passed through him once. He also revealed how he was pushed into a well nearby in the Field. When Guru Nayak asked him about the culprit he told that he passed away four Months ago in a far-off town. On hearing all this Guru Nayak was taken aback.

A4.Personal Response : (02)

If you have to eradicate the superstitions and other ill practices from our society, write down the Steps you would like to suggest in Fifty words.

A5. Language study: (02)

i) I will not let you go till you disgorge all your coins.

(Make it less definite)

I may/might let you go till you disgorge all your coins.

ii) You may do what you like.

(Replace the modal auxiliary by another showing,” Advice/Suggestion”)

You should do what you like.

iii) “When shall I get at him?” he asked.

(Rewrite in Indirect speech)

He asked/inquired when he would get at him.

iv) You will never see any more of him.

(Replace the modal auxiliary by another Showing “ability”)

You can never see any more of him.

v) Never travel southward again.

(Make it affirmative)

Refrain from travelling southward again.

A6. Vocabulary : (02)

Match the columns “A’ with their meanings in Column “B”

A) Haggling i) to look into

B) Groaned ii) astonished

C) Over-whelmed iii) arguing

D) To peep into iv) unpleasant/sad sound

Ans. A) - iii),  B) - iv),   c) - ii),   d) - i) 

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