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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An Astrologer's Day 4

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An Astrologer's Day

Activities with Expected answers

Extract No. 04

Page no.      [Lines,” The astrologer………..tomorrow]

Read  the extract and do all the activities that follow:

The astrologer pressed his invitation, whereupon the other thrust his palm under his nose, Saying,” you call yourself an astrologer?” The astrologer felt challenged and said tilting  The other’s palm towards the green shaft of light,” yours is a nature…….” OH, stop that,” The other said ,” Tell me something worthwhile….” Our friend felt piqued. I charge only Three pies per question, and what you get ought to be good enough for your money……” At this the other withdrew his arm, took out an anna and flung it out to him, saying,” I have some  Questions to ask if I prove you are bluffing you must return that anna to me with interest. 

‘If you find my answers satisfactory, will you give me five rupees?”

“No,”

“Or will you give me eight annas?’”

“All right, provided you give me twice as much if you are wrong,” said the stranger. This pact Was  accepted after a little further argument. The astrologer sent up a prayer to heaven as The other lit a cherrot. The astrologer caught a glimpse of his face by the match light. There Was a pause as cars hooted on the road, jutka drivers swore of their horses, and the babble of  The crowd, agitated the semidarkness of the of the park. The other sat down, sucking his  Cheroot puffing out, sat there ruthlessly. The astrologer felt very uncomfortable.” Here, Take your anna back I am not used to such challenges. It is late for me today.” He made Preparations  to bundle up. The other held his wrist and said,” You can’t get out of it now. You dragged me in while I was passing,” the astrologer shivered in his grip and his voice shook  And became faint,” Leave me today; I will speak to you tomorrow.”

A1. True or False :.                        (02)

 State whether the following statements are true or false.

i) There was a verbal agreement between the stranger and the astrologer (T)

ii) The stranger insisted the astrologer to answer his questions that day only. (T)

iii) The astrologer was not in a hurry to go back to home in the evening. (F)

iv) The astrologer was not scared of the stranger.(F)

A2. Give Reasons :                     (02)

The astrologer felt very uncomfortable ...............................................................

The astrologer had an argument with the stranger. The astrologer caught a glimpse of his Face by the match light. There was a crowd and chaos on the road. The cars, the jutka drivers And the babble of the crowd agitated the semi darkness of the park. 

A3. Find out :                     (02)

Find out the expressions that shows the challenges posed by the stranger to the astrologer to test his knowledge.

The stranger said,” I have some Questions to ask if I prove you are bluffing you must return that anna to me with interest. All right, provided you give me twice as much if you are wrong,” said The stranger. 

A3: Infer/Interpret/Analyse.    (02)

 Infer the statement,"This pact was accepted....." Write down this pact in your own words with reference to this context.

A4. Personal Response :.       (02)

“service provider should return the money to the customers, if they fail to provide Satisfactory services,” share your views on it in about Fifty words.

A5. Vocabulary :                            (02)

 Find out examples of code-mixing from the extract.

 Three-pies anna, lit a cherrot,jutka drivers

A6. Language study :            (02)

i) You must return that anna to me with interest.

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

You should return that anna to me with interest.

ii) This pact was accepted after a little further argument.

( Rewrite the sentence beginning with,” They……………..”)

They accepted the pact after a little further argument.

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