1. The media play a significant role in educating people. How do media help us in gaining knowledge? Prepare a paragraph.
Answer: Man uses different types of media, mainly radio, television, computer, newspaper etc. They have an important role in educating people. Television is a very important medium for educating people. To enhance the quality of education, lessons of science, mathematics, geography and other subjects are often telecast. Newspapers have an important role in giving information to people. Among the mass media newspapers that come first. They give us news of all kinds. The popularity of the internet, the World Wide Web and the e-mail has made the computer inevitable in the modern world. Through the media we can gain knowledge of all the things which we want to know.
2. The major events in a story are given in jumbled manner. Sequence the story and develop it into a paragraph using suitable linkers. You may also give a suitable title. The beginning and the ending of the story are given.
▶️ Once there lived three bulls.
▶️ A lion lay in ambush hoping to catch them.
▶️ He succeeded in separating them with clever speeches.
▶️ They always pastured together.
▶️ The bulls fed separately, and the lion attacked them without fear.
▶️ He was afraid to attack them while the bulls were together.
▶️ The lion feasted on them one by one, at his own leisure.
Answer: Once there lived three bulls. A lion laid in ambush hoping to catch them. But the bulls always pastured together. So the lion could not attack the bulls. He was afraid to attack them while the bulls were together. So he decided to separate them. Through his clever speeches he succeeded in separating them. The bulls began to feed separately, and the lion attacked them without fear. He feasted on them one by one, at his own leisure.
3. ‘Polya’s husband was a terribly busy man and did not have the time to argue with his wife.’
Do you like the character Ivan? Here are a few qualities of Ivan. Prepare a character sketch of Ivan.
Answer: Yes, I like the character Ivan.
Polya’s husband was a simple peasant. But later he became a government official. He tried hard to make his wife a literate woman. But she was not ready to do it. He was a busy man. So he didn’t try to argue with his wife. But he was a very supportive and loving husband. His patience gave him success in his life and finally he became successful in his mission and his wife learned to read and write.
4. In the story ‘Polya’, Polya found a letter in Ivan’s jacket. She was illiterate and could not read the letter. She felt sorry. ‘Even though it is somebody else’s letter,’ she thought, ‘I have got to know what is in it. May be it will change my whole life. May be Ivan loves another woman. May be I will have to go back to the country and work as a peasant.’
The above paragraph reveals Polya’s character.
Prepare the character sketch of Polya.
Answer: Polya was an innocent woman. Though she was illiterate, she was intelligent and sensible. That’s why she decided to learn to read and write instead of seeking help from others to know the content of the letter. She was clever and determined too. She told her husband that she was fed up with being an ignorant and so she wanted to be a literate. When she decided to learn, she learnt well.
This shows her determination. She was very sensitive. We can know it from her response when she saw the letter addressed to her husband. She loved her husband very much.
She became upset when she saw the letter and she cried bitterly. She was ambitious also. She wanted to know the content of the letter by reading it herself. So she took the effort to learn to read and write. In short, she was a good typical village wife.
Answer: Man uses different types of media, mainly radio, television, computer, newspaper etc. They have an important role in educating people. Television is a very important medium for educating people. To enhance the quality of education, lessons of science, mathematics, geography and other subjects are often telecast. Newspapers have an important role in giving information to people. Among the mass media newspapers that come first. They give us news of all kinds. The popularity of the internet, the World Wide Web and the e-mail has made the computer inevitable in the modern world. Through the media we can gain knowledge of all the things which we want to know.
2. The major events in a story are given in jumbled manner. Sequence the story and develop it into a paragraph using suitable linkers. You may also give a suitable title. The beginning and the ending of the story are given.
▶️ Once there lived three bulls.
▶️ A lion lay in ambush hoping to catch them.
▶️ He succeeded in separating them with clever speeches.
▶️ They always pastured together.
▶️ The bulls fed separately, and the lion attacked them without fear.
▶️ He was afraid to attack them while the bulls were together.
▶️ The lion feasted on them one by one, at his own leisure.
Answer: Once there lived three bulls. A lion laid in ambush hoping to catch them. But the bulls always pastured together. So the lion could not attack the bulls. He was afraid to attack them while the bulls were together. So he decided to separate them. Through his clever speeches he succeeded in separating them. The bulls began to feed separately, and the lion attacked them without fear. He feasted on them one by one, at his own leisure.
3. ‘Polya’s husband was a terribly busy man and did not have the time to argue with his wife.’
Do you like the character Ivan? Here are a few qualities of Ivan. Prepare a character sketch of Ivan.
Polya’s husband was a simple peasant. But later he became a government official. He tried hard to make his wife a literate woman. But she was not ready to do it. He was a busy man. So he didn’t try to argue with his wife. But he was a very supportive and loving husband. His patience gave him success in his life and finally he became successful in his mission and his wife learned to read and write.
4. In the story ‘Polya’, Polya found a letter in Ivan’s jacket. She was illiterate and could not read the letter. She felt sorry. ‘Even though it is somebody else’s letter,’ she thought, ‘I have got to know what is in it. May be it will change my whole life. May be Ivan loves another woman. May be I will have to go back to the country and work as a peasant.’
The above paragraph reveals Polya’s character.
Prepare the character sketch of Polya.
Answer: Polya was an innocent woman. Though she was illiterate, she was intelligent and sensible. That’s why she decided to learn to read and write instead of seeking help from others to know the content of the letter. She was clever and determined too. She told her husband that she was fed up with being an ignorant and so she wanted to be a literate. When she decided to learn, she learnt well.
This shows her determination. She was very sensitive. We can know it from her response when she saw the letter addressed to her husband. She loved her husband very much.
She became upset when she saw the letter and she cried bitterly. She was ambitious also. She wanted to know the content of the letter by reading it herself. So she took the effort to learn to read and write. In short, she was a good typical village wife.
