SECTION A – UNSEEN PASSAGES AND POEMS
Determiners are those words that modify nouns or noun phrases. They are placed before nouns.
Examples:-. the, my, that, each etc.
Articles - There are three articles - a, an and the.
'A' and 'an' are indefinite articles
'The' is definite article
Uses of article 'A'
* Before common noun beginning with consonant sound.
Ex:- a cat, a house
* Singular countable noun a pen, a class
Uses of article 'An'
* before a word beginning with vowel sound.
Ex.:- an eagle, an honest man
* Before abbreviations
Ex.:- an M.B.A. , an F.I.R.
Uses of article 'THE'
* Before a particular person/ thing.
Ex.:- The lady whom I met is no more.
* Before common noun unique of their kind.
Ex.:-The woman should be empowered.
* Before the superlative degree.
Ex.:- Diamond is the hardest metal of all.
* Before the names of rivers, seas, oceans, newspapers, holy books, races, religions, known buildings etc.
Ex :- I know to play the harmonium.
*Bible is the holy book of Christians.
OMISSION OF 'THE' Article
We don't use it :-
* Before proper nouns
* Before the names of languages, art, subjects, diseases
Ex.:- Cancer is a deadly disease.
* Malayalam is spoken in Kerala.
* Before the names of material
Ex.:- we wear cotton clothes in summer.
* Before abstract noun
Ex.:- Beauty is admired by all.
* Before common nouns
Ex.:- Mother cooks the food for the family.
* Before uncountable nouns
Ex.:- Tea is grown in Assam.
Quantifiers are those words which help us talk about Quantity without our mentioning quantity in exact terms.
Examples:- some, any, much, every, a few etc
Q. Insert Articles wherever necessary:-
1) I want to meet ..........boy who saved my brother's life.
2) They are sitting on .........cot.
3) Tushar have ..........orange in his bag.
4) We can't live without ...........water.
5) I found..........purse which I lost yesterday.
6) Sanchit is ............best boy in the class.
7) One of my relatives lives in ............USA.
8) Zakir Hussain plays ............ tabla.
9) Many children love to play ............. cricket.
10) Sachin Tendulkar is ............ excellent sportsperson.
NOTE Do the above exercise in a copy or on paper.
1. Read the following passage and answer the following :
If you have been a fan of science-fiction or want to learn how it feels like to be around robots, this restaurant in Bengaluru should be your go-to place. Bengaluru just got its first Robot Restaurant, which features Indo- Asian cuisine and robots serve food to customers.
The restaurant located on Indira Nagar’s high street 100 Feet Road has capacity to accommodate 50 diners at a time. With a team of six robots (1 usher and 5 bearers), the restaurant has been designed in such a manner that there is extra space between the aisles so as to provide enough space for the robots to navigate. So how do you order your food here? Every table has a digital tablet, which the customers have to operate, choose a dish from the menu, and then place the order. Once your food is ready, the kitchen assigns a robot to deliver the food.
Referring to this development, Founder of the restaurant, Venkatesh Rajendran, said that these Android robots have been designed to greet the visitors at the entrance, and guide them to their tables; they also come equipped with a built-in facial recognition technology. Further, the robots have been programmed in a manner that will sing birthday wishes in case there is a special occasion. Chennai is home to the country's first-ever robot restaurant, which was launched in 2017. The restaurant registered huge success which eventually prompted founder Venkatesh Rajendran to expand the business to other places. Also, to add on to the futuristic experience, guests will be served starters and soups in mini trains that will chug on mini tracks.
a. What is so specific about the Robot restaurant? Where is it located?
b. How dos the layout of the restaurant provide space for the robots?
c. What is the procedure for ordering food?
d. When was the first robot restaurant launched and where?
e. Why did the founder think of expanding his business?
f. Write the synonyms of the following words from the passage above.
i. Volume
ii. Steer
iii. Distribute
g. Write the antonym of the following words from the passage above.
i. Failure
ii. Shrink
iii. massive
2. Read the following poem and answer the questions.
Everyone grumbled. The sky was grey.
We had nothing to do and nothing to say.
We were nearing the end of a dismal day,
And then there seemed to be nothing beyond,
Then
Daddy fell into the pond!
And everyone's face grew merry and bright,
And Timothy danced for sheer delight.
"Give me the camera, quick, oh quick!
He's crawling out of the duckweed!" Click!
Then the gardener suddenly slapped his knee,
And doubled up, shaking silently,
And the ducks all quacked as if they were daft,
And it sounded as if the old drake laughed.
Oh, there wasn't a thing that didn't respond
When
Daddy Fell into the pond!
Alfred Noyes
a) Why did Timothy ask for the camera?
b) How did Daddy fell into the pond?
c) What made everyone grumble?
d) What did the gardener do to save daddy?
e) Write any three pairs of rhyming words from the poem.
3. Read the following poem and answer the questions.
The most important thing we've learned,
So far as children are concerned,
Is never, NEVER, NEVER let
Them near your television set —
Or better still, just don't install
The idiotic thing at all.
In almost every house we've been,
We've watched them gaping at the screen.
They loll and slop and lounge about,
And stare until their eyes pop out.
(Last week in someone's place we saw
A dozen eyeballs on the floor.)
They sit and stare and stare and sit
Until they're hypnotised by it,
Oh yes, we know it keeps them still,
They don't climb out the window sill,
They never fight or kick or punch,
They leave you free to cook the lunch
And wash the dishes in the sink —
But did you ever stop to think,
To wonder just exactly what
This does to your beloved tot?
It rots the sense in the head!
It kills imagination dead!
It clogs and clutters up the mind!
It makes a child so dull and blind
He can no longer understand
A fantasy, a fairyland!
His brain becomes as soft as cheese!
His powers of thinking rust and freeze!
He cannot think — he only sees!
a) What is the object of reference in the poem above?
b) Why is the poet against its installation?
c) How do the children react when they are glued to the ‘idiotic thing’?
d) What are the activities avoided by the children?
e) How does it kill one’s imagination?
f) His brain becomes as soft as cheese!, His powers of thinking rust and freeze!, Why does the poet say the following lines.
g) Write two pairs of rhyming words from the poem above.
1. Read the following passage and answer the following :
How many of you have heard of the oldest living tree species on Earth? Well if you haven’t, Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva) trees, native to southern United States, are the oldest trees on the planet; by oldest we mean, around 5000 years old. Yes, you read that correct! These trees must have seen around for many decades, must have borne many natural calamities, yet survived the test of time.
Today, they stand still and healthy, and people from far and near visit them to understand the mystery behind their super long existence. You can find these in the higher mountains of the southwest United States, where they grow in
isolated groves. If you want to check out the oldest of them, you’ll have to visit Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest in the White Mountains of California. Here, you will be surrounded by the oldest living organisms in the world. The life of these trees has been estimated to be more than 5,000 years, which is no less a wonder!
These trees grow till 5,000 and 10,000 ft, and at such great heights, Bristlecone pines keep up through horrendous temperature and weather. Also the wind blows constantly in the region and the soil turns too dry because of less rainfall. Given these conditions, the Bristlecone pines grow slowly compared to other trees, and in some trees, the growth is negligible, it is that slow.
Answer the following with the help of the poem above.
a. Name the oldest tree species in the world?
b. Why do people come to visit them?
c. Where do these trees grow? Which place has the oldest Pine forest?
d. Why does the pine tree grow slowly?
e. Write the synonyms of the following from the passage above.
i. Stretched out
ii. Past
iii. remote
f. Write the antonyms of the following from the passage above.
i. Fast
ii. Moist
iii. ill
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