A Hero
I Answer the following in one or two sentences:-
1. Swami’s father drew his attention to a report in the newspaper. What was the report about?
The report was about the bravery of a village lad. When he was returning home in the jungle path suddenly a tiger
came. He faced the tiger and climbed up the tree and stayed half a day. Afterwards, some people came that way and killed the tiger.
2.What is disgraceful, according to Swami’s father ?
A:According to Swami’s father, though his son was grown up and in the second form still he was sleeping beside his granny like a baby.
3.What do you think was the practice of granny before she went to bed ?
A:-As usual, granny was loving her grandson and used to tell stories, patting him, taking care and showered her love.
4.Was Swami really sleeping ? Or was he pretending?
A:Swami was not really sleeping, he was only pretending.
5.Why do you think Swami looked at his granny and his mother while following his father to the room ?
A:Swami thought his granny or his mother would save and helped him from his father.
6.“There might be scorpions before your law books”. Said Swami.
a) Had he seen them earlier ? Or were there scorpions really ?
A:No, he hadn’t seen them behind, really there were no scorpions.
b) Was it a trick to escape from his father? (Answer all the questions)
A:Yes, absolutely it was a trick to escape from his father.
7.As silence deepend in the room, what was Swami reminded of ?
A:Swami was reminded of all the stories of devils and ghosts he had heard in his life before.
8.Which place in the room did Swami think was safe compact and reassur-ing?
A:Swami.thought that it would be safe, compact and reassuring under the bench.
9.Who cried, “Aiyo! Something has bitten me ?” Answer: The burglar cried, “Aiyo! Something has bitten me.
10.Who did father, cook and a servant stumble upon?
Answer:Father, cook and a servant stumbled upon the burglar who lay amidst the furniture.
11.Why were congratulations showered on Swami/
Answer:Congratulations were showered on Swami because unknowingly he helped to catch the most notorious housebreakers of the district.
12.Do you think Swami realty wanted to join the police? If not, what did he want to be ?
Answer:No, Swami, was not interested to join the police. He wanted to become an engine driver, railway guard or a bus conductor.
13.Did Swami muster up the courage to sleep alone after the burglar’s incident?
Answer:No, Swami did not have so much courage to sleep alone even after the burglar’s incident.
14.Who supported Swami? His mother or his granny.
Answer:His mother supported him
15.Why did Swami conclude that his father’s proposition was frightful?
Answer: Swami had a habit of sleeping beside his granny. He was afraid of sleeping alone. In this condition, Swami concluded that his father’s proposition (suggestion) was frightful.
16.There was absolute silence in the room. In spite of it, some noises reached Swami’s ears. What were they?
Answer:Though there was absolute silence in the room. Swami heard the ticking off the clock, a rustle of trees, snoring sounds, night insects humming, etc.,
17. The report said that the boy (who fought with the tiger) stayed on the tree for half-a-day. Why did he do so ?
a. He wanted to watch the tiger from the top of a tree.
b. He wanted someone to kill the tiger.
c. He wanted to take rest for some time.
18. Swami said that a very strong and grown-up person might have fought with a tiger. Do you think he made this remark out of his (Choose the most appropriate word)
a) a) experience b) b) wisdom c) belief
19. “Can you prove you have courage ?” Swami’s father said (Answer the following questions )
a) Was he joking? or, serious? A:- a) He was not joking, he was serious about this and questioned his son.
b) Was it a challenge? or, a command? A:- b) At first, it was a challenge. Later it turned into a command.
20.The place where Swami usually slept was ______ (Fill in the blank) Answer: beside his granny.
21.To Swami, his father looked like a ________ (Fill in the blank) Answer: apparition.
22.Swami wished that the tiger hadn’t spared the boy, which means ________ (Choose the right answer)
a) he didn’t want the boy to be alive.
b) he didn’t want the tiger to be alive:
23.Swami touched _______ in the room instead of granny, (fill in the blank appropriately) A:The wooden leg of the bench
24.Swami saw a moving creature in the room. It was ________ (Fill in the blank)
a) his shadow?
b) a scorpion?
c) a man?
II Multiple Choice Questions ( Don’t write options only fill answers)
1.‘A Hero’ is the lesson written by
a) R.K. Narayan
b) K. R. Raja Rao
c) T.R Kailasam
d) Saki
2.R.K. Narayan is widely considered to be the greatest English language
a) Writer
b) Poet
c) Novelist
d) Short storywriter
3.R.K. Narayan was nominated to
a) Lok Sabha
b) Rajya Sabha
c) Vidhana Sabha
d) Parliament
4.R.K. Narayan’s which novel was adopted for film
a) The Bachelor of Arts
b) The English Teacher
c) A Hero
d) The Guide
5.R.K. Narayan’s fictional South Indian Town was
a) Bangalore
b)Malgudi
c) Chennai
d) Madurai
6.For Swami, Events took an turn
a) imaginary
b) expected
c) unexpected
d) usual
e) 7.The paragraph of the newspaper described about
f) a) tiger
b) people
c) bravery
d) the fight, the boy had with the tiger
8. The opposite of courage is
a) courageous
b) discourage
c) coward
d) encourage
9.The meaning of proposition is
a) suggestion
b) position
c) fight
d) decision
10. Chum means
a) Classmate
a) friend
b) foe
c) a good friend
11.The one word for ‘to make someone feel calm ’.
a) reassure
b) rearrange
c) recover
d) reappear
12.The one word for ‘to make someone suffer great mental pain’.
a) rock
a) rack
b) rolled
c) rescue
13. Nightmare means
a) male horse
b) dream
c) race horse
d) a frightening dream
14.“Courage is everything; strength and age are not important”. This statement is according to
a) Swami
b) Swami’s father
c) Author
d) Swami’s granny
15.Swami’s father sat gazing at the newspaper on his lap.
a) happily
b) casually
c) gloomily
d) sadly
16.According to Swami’s father, how should Swami show his courage.
a) Sleep alone tonight in his office room.
b) Sleep besides his granny.
c) Fight with the tiger
d) Do brave acts.
17.Swami disliked to sleep in his office room because
a) There maybe scorpions
a) room was dusty
b) he is not interested to prove his courage
c) he had fear to sleep alone.
18. Swami had the habit of
a) sleep besides his granny
b) sleep besides his mother
e) sleep with anybody
d) sleep alone Answer:
19.Swami bit by his teeth was
a) robber
b)Dacoit
c) burglar
d) most notorious house-breaker of the district.
20. Molly-coddle means
a) spoiling someone
b) treat some one very kindly and protect the person too much from anything un pleasant.
c) treat someohe affectionately
d) Protect too much Answer:
21.What was the feeling of Swami at the end
a) feeling proud
b) happy
c) felt tremendously relieved
d) a hero
III Answer the following
. 1.A report about a boy in the newspaper was an unexpected event in Swami’s life. Justify.
Answer:Swami was an ordinary boy, he doesn’t know what are the things published in the news paper. While reading the newspaper his father called him and said the bravery of the lad who faced the tiger. So it was really an unexpected event to Swami.
2.Swami made a comment on the newspaper re port. Was he right ? How did his view differ from that of his father?
Answer:Swami made a comment on the newspaper report. No, he was not right. But according to his belief, to face the tiger and fight with it means definetly he should be grown up. For Swamistrength and age are important to fight but Swami’s father’s view was different. To support his view, he gave an example such as ‘A man may have the strength of an elephant and yet be a coward if he doesn’t fight at all where as another may have the strength of the straw but ifhe has courage he can do anything. Courage is everything, strength and age are not important.
3.What desperate attempts did Swami make to escape from his father ?
Answer: First of all, he tried to change the subject so he said loudly and with great enthusiasm about the cricket club & captain. But the father interrupted at once. Then he said from next month onwards he- can sleep alone. Father didn’t accept. Swami went quietly and secretly to his bed, covered the blanket completely. He pretended asleep until his father came and insisted to sleep in the office room. Swami gave many excuses that the office-room was dusty, the scorpions may live there, the room was dark etc., But all these attempts failed before his father.
5.As the night advanced, Swami felt that something terrible would happen to him. What would it be? How would it happen?
Answer: When he was in the office-room at night, he remembered all the devil and ghost stories. His friend Mani had seen the devil in the banyan tree, Muniswami’s father spat out blood, his thoughts linked like a chain. Swami thought that something terrible would happen to him. The ghost may come and carry him away. All these thoughts made him faint.
7.Narrate Swami’s dreadful experience when he was lying under the bench.
Answer:Swami thought that crouching under the bench was safe, compact and reassuring. He shut his eyes tight and covered himself in his blanket. When he was asleep, he was disturbed by nightmares. In his dream a tiger was chasing him, he could hear the loud thud and scratching sound. Swami tried to open his eyes but it would not open. The nightmare CPC Honest Success Series continued and he groaned in despair.
8.How was Swami honoured by classmates, teacher and the headmaster?.
Answer:Swami became a hero in one night. The next day morning congratulations were showered on him. His classmates looked at him with great respect. His teachers patted his back and felt very proud of him. The Headmaster praised him as he was a real scout. Even the police were grateful to him for it.
9.Why did father want Swami to sleep alone in the office room ?
Answer:Father wanted Swami to sleep atone in the office-room to prove courage is everything. According to Swami, age and strength was more important in adventurous tasks. But in Swami’s father’s view, the strength and age were not so important, courage is all. To prove Swami had also courage, he should sleep alone in the office-room.
10.Who do you think was wiser, Swami or his father ? Justify your preference.
Answer:According to the prose Swami was wiser. Swami was afraid of darkness and lonliness when he saw something was moving he felt that his end had come. He assumed that the devil would pull him and tear him. So why should he wait ? As it came nearer he crawled out from the bench, hugged it and used his teeth like a mortal weapon. This shows at the time of emergency, he used his wisdom. By this act he helped to catch the notorious burglar. So we can justify that Swami was wiser.
11.Why did Swami feel relieved at the end?
Answer:When father returned home from the club that night, he asked his wife about Swami. Swami as usual slept beside his granny. Father thought that Swami slept before he could return home to avoid him. So he said that he was very clever. For that mother lost her temper and supported Swami and said that he can sleep wherever he likes, there is no need to take such a risk to his life again. Father mumbled that if Swami was spoiled there is no blame on his side, By hearing this conversation Swami felt relieved at the end.
12. Letter to his friend of his experience
My dear Raju,
How are you? I am fine and my parents too. My granny asks you often. How is your school and friends, I hope you are also fine there.
Last week my dad ordered me to sleep in his office-room alone. You know that till today I sleep beside my granny. I was afraid very much, but I had to obey my dad. I slept alone in his office-room. When I was asleep, I heard a sound, I got up and saw that there was something moving towards me. I hugged it and bite with all my strength. There was a cry, by hearing the cry, my dad, servant and family members came and caught the person. To our surprise he was a notorious burglar, like this I helped to catch the burglar though it was not my intention.
I am expecting your early reply, convey my regards to your family members.
Your loving friend
Swami
Task – 1: Homophones – Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings and different spellings.
Fill in the blanks with appropriate word.
1.We had _______ many apples to carry, (too/two)
2.I ______ a horse at the Marina Beach, (road/rode)
3.Did you have a _______ for lunch ? (pear/pair)
4.The books are over _______ on the shelf, (their / there)
Task – 2: Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate word and complete the story.
This is a _______ (storey / story) told by a (night / knight). Once he received a letter. When he _______ (red / read) it _____ (through’ / threw), he could not believe his own eyes. _______ (Far / For), it was written (buy / by) none other than the queen of the land. She asked him to meet her _______ (at / yet) a secret place. The knight was in a fix. But he thought _______ (of / off) a plan to tide over this problem. He _______ (vent/ went) to the meeting place, not alone, but along with his _______ (fair/fare) wife. Can you guess what happened then ?
Task – 3: Scramble the letters to form words. See the meaning clues in brackets.
1.a t r t e f l _______ (praise) Answer: flatter
2.b o u d t ________ (suspect) Answer: doubt
3.r a g t e d y _______ (unhappy ending) Answer: tragedy
4.r a g f e n m t _______ (a piece) Ans fragment
5.r a e 11 ______ (careful) Answer: alert
6.c a c s r i y t _______ (short supply) Answer: scarcity
7.y m t s a t h p e i c _______ (not cruel) Answer: sympathetic
Task – 3 : With the help of a dictionary, find out what you can understand about the following words. (For writing)
1. cheque and check as nouns.
a)cheque = A written order to a bank to pay money from a bank account to another person.
b)Check = a sudden stop a restraint a test of correctness/accuracy a square [eq. on a draughtboard] a pattern of squares
c)Check in and check out = to record the arrival and departure.
2. hire and rent as verbs.
a)hire = to give or get the use of by paying money.
b)rent = to pay rent for things, house, building, shop etc.,
Answer:
2.
Listen And Comprehend (Only for oral)
I once took part in a drama. I wanted to tell my co-actor ‘stars were twinkling, dogs were barking, and a thief broke the wall and took away the clock. ’ But when I went on stage I said, ‘stars were barking, dogs were twinkling, and the thief broke the clock and took away the wall ’. The audience had a great laugh. That day onwards I decided not to go on stage.
Answer the following:
1.Why do you think the audience, on hearing the dialogue, burst into laughter?
Answer:Because the actor said the dialogue in the wrong way, it was like a joke, So they burst into laughter.
2.Try to repeat the words as delivered by the actor
Answer:Do it practically, (for student).
3.If you had been the actor, how would you have said it?
Answer:If I had been the actor, I would have practiced correctly and delivered the dialogue effectively.
Task – 1: A man went to an astrologer.
Astrologer: Come to my child, your name is Suraj Khanna.
Khanna: Yes, indeed!
Astrologer: You have two sons and two daughters. Khanna: How true!
Astrologer: You bought four kilos of sugar and five kilos of rice yesterday, and there are five members of your household remaining after your parents passed away.
Khanna: I am impressed. But can you tell me about my future?
Astrologer: Okay then. Come back with your horoscope booklet tomorrow. And, here, take your ration card back.
Answer the questions below :
1.Mr. Khanna was surprised at the astrologer’s predicition. What made him feel so?
Answer:When Mr. Khanna went to an astrologer, the astrologer said the truth without asking any question. All statements were true. So he was very much impressed and felt surprised. But Mr. Khanna didn’t know that all the details were in his ration card not by the predictions of an astrologer.
2.Why wasn’t the astrologer able to predict Mr. Khanna’s future?
Answer:The astrologer didn’t have Mr. Khanna’s horoscope so he was not able to predict his future.
3.In the conversation given above, who do you think has better common sense?
Answer:In the above conversation, I think that the astrologer has a better common sense.
Task – 2: My brother, an Army doctor, was part of the UN peace keeping mission in the Congo. At the end of the one year term, his Congolese commander awarded hint a letter of merit that ended with “______ and he worked hardly to restore normaley to the region”.
Which word in the passage above gives the opposite meaning of what was meant to be said?
The word in the passage above which gives the opposite meaning is ‘Hardly’. It is written “ ______ and he worked hardly to restore normalcy to the region” “hardly” here gives the meaning that the army doctor ‘almost not’ worked to restore normaley in the region.
The correct word, therefore, should be ‘hard’, which means ‘a great deal of effort’. The correct sentence, therefore, is _______ and he worked ‘hard’ to restore normalcy to the region”.
Task – 3: Look at the cartoon. Interpret it orally with your partner. What is funny as shown in the cartoon?
A man is seen entering the lift. He appears tired and sleepy. Instead of pressing the ‘floor button’ on the lift’s console he is seen pressing the lift man’s coat button.
Learn Grammar Through Communication Use Of Modals :
Some sentences are given below:
a. Rewrite them beginning with ‘the clue’ given in brackets
b. Identify the language function. One example is given.
e.g: Is it all right if I sit here?
(Begin with ‘could …………..’) Function.----------- Seeking permission.
Sentence rewritten: Could I sit here?
1.Please return my library books.
Begining with ‘will _____
Answer: Function --------request.
2.The files are heavy I ’ll carry them for you.
Begining with ‘would’ ______
: Function -------seeking permission.
3.That’s your essay. Perhaps you have no objection if I see it.
Begining with ‘May ______
Answer: Function ---------Seeking permission.
4.Let me switch on the fan, OK?
Being with ‘Do you _____
Answer: Function ---------seeking permission.
5.‘Bring the books to my office’
Being with ‘would _________
Answers: Function ------order
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