English with Brajendra

  Write a composition on " COVID - 19 " in 75 words on the points given below. 1. Introduction , Why is it in the news ? 2. Origin and spread . 3. Symptoms  4. Test and Alertness 5. Treatment and prevention  =================================== Answer                      COVID - 19 Introduction - Covid 19 has been in the news for causing an unprecedented threat to the whole humanity this year . Having no effective medicine for its treatment a worldwide lockdown was implemented . People have suffered a lot . Origin and Spread - Covid -19 means a CoronaVirus disease identified in December of 2019 . The first case of Covid 19 was received in the city of Wuhan in China . It is said to be born in a seafood market through bats , snakes , pangolins etc . On March 11 in 2020 , it was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. It spread to almost all the countries of t...

  Supplementary Reader ( Moments ) Lesson - 2 . Adventures of Toto 1 .Grandfather bought Toto from a tonga-driver . He had to pay five rupees. 2 .Toto ,the monkey,  looked pretty. He had bright eyes sparkled with mischief beneath deep-set eyebrows . His teeth were a pearly white . But his hands looked dried-up as though they had been pickled in the sun for many years. Yet his fingers were quick and wicked and his tail  added to his good looks . 3 . He could use his tail to hang from a branch  and scoop up any delicacy that might be out of reach of his hands. 4 . To keep his presence a secret from the grandmother , Toto was kept in a little closet opening into the writer's bedroom. 5 . Besides wrenching the peg out of the socket , Toto also tore off the wallpaper and tore into shreds the school blazer of the writer. 6. There were many pets at the servants quarters -a tortoise, a pair of rabbits, a tame squirrel and a goat. The monkey would not allow any of his compa...

  1 The poet feels this bliss when it rains.  Here ' Humid shadows ' refers to clouds . The poet lies on his bed pressing the pillow in his cottage chamber.  The melancholy darkness gently weeps in rainy tears. 2 The tinkle that has an echo in the heart occurs on the shingles.  A thousand recollections weave their air- threads into  woof. It means they visit his memory in many colours.  The poet listens to the patter of the rain upon the roof. Every tinkle causes an echo in the poet's heart.  3 Yes . The poet's mother still visits his memory She left him at night till the dawn.  The poet feels her fond look on him . The poet listens  to the refrain played on the shingles.  Central Idea The poem gives a vivid description of rain which brings the poet a thousand memories. He listens  to the tinkle and patter of raindrops falling on his cottage's roof while he is lying on bed . It reminds him of his mother who used to visit him before ...

  The Little  Girl  [A]  Comprehension   1 . a.To the little girl ,he was a figure to be feared and avoided. b.Every morning before going to work he came into her room and gave  her a casual kiss. c.She responded with "goodbye ,father". d.She felt a glad sense of relief when she heard the noise of the carriage growing fainter and fainter down the long road. 2 . a.His mouth looked big, when he yawned . b.Thinking  about him alone was like thinking about a giant. c.Grand mother sent her down to the drawing room to have a nice talk with father and mother. d.The little girl always found Mother reading and father stretched out on the sofa,his handkerchief on his face,his feet on one of the best cushions,sleeping soundly and snoring. 3 . 1.She was dragged down to where father was pacing to and fro ,hands behind his back. 2.The father stopped and stared at the child. 3.He asked if she had done that.     Or He asked "Did you do that? 4.She ...

 Short Answer Type Question  1. The boy in the story was going to a fair . His parents accompanied him. 2. People were going by different means .Some walked,some rode on horses, others sat, being carried in bamboo and 2. bullock carts. They were  gaily clad . 3.  The boy lagged behind because he got fascinated by the toys in the shops that lined the way . 4. The first thing the child was attracted to was a toy . However he could not get it. 5. A group of dragon-flies were bustling about on their gaudy purple wings, intercepting the flight of a lone black bee or butterfly in search of sweetness from the flowers. 6. As the child entered the grove , a shower of young flowers fell upon him , and, forgetting his parents, he began to gather the raining petals in his hands. But right then he heard the cooing of doves and ran towards his parents, shouting, “The dove! The dove!” The raining petals dropped from his forgotten hands . 7. The child wanted in the fair a toy , burf...

  Wind  ( Poem ) The central idea  The wind hurts and disturbs weak people but befriends the strong . The wind blows strongly and causes a lot of destruction like breaking the shutters of the windows , scattering the papers , throwing down the books from the shelf , bringing rains and frightening the frail houses , rafters , bodies and hearts . He blows out the weak fires but  makes the strong ones roar and flourish .We should not complain but make ourselves strong so that we may enjoy the friendship of the wind.   Comprehension 1 - Wind , come softly ...... crushes them all. 1. The poet is asking the wind to come softly. 2. The poet requests the wind not to destroy the shutters of the windows and the papers. 3. The wind brought the rain again. 4. The wind crushes them all. 2. He won't do......... him everyday. 1. He will not do what you tell him. 2. The poet advises us to build strong homes and joint the doors . 3. The poet advises us to make our bodies firm an...

  The Fountain (by James Russell Lowell ) [A] Central Idea of the Poem The poem  describes the beauty , nature and activities of a fountain which can teach some valuable lessons to humans . Its motion influences the poet very much. It looks charming during day and night. It looks glad in all weathers. Its movements are  natural and it cannot be tamed. It is untiring, ever-happy, ceaselessly aspiring, ever fresh and glorious. The poet also wishes to remain fresh, constant and upward like the fountain. [B] COMPREHENSION Read the following stanzas and answer the questions that follow : [A] Into the sunshine,............ the winds blow! Q1  How does the fountain appear in sunshine? Ans : The fountain looks full of the light in the sunshine. Q2 : Who is leaping and flashing? Ans : The fountain is leaping and flashing.   Q3 : How does the fountain appear in moonlight? Ans : In the moonlight the fountain looks whiter than snow.   Q4 : What is the colour...