Unit 4 - Prose - My Reminiscence - Rabindranath Tagore
A. Fill in the blanks
1. The author speaks about the river _________.
2. The author’s brother’s name is ___________.
3. The _________ glimmered over the smooth flowing
stream.
4. The _________ room of the house was in a round tower
with windows opening to
_______.
Answer :
1.
The author
speaks about the river Ganges.
2.
The author’s
brother’s name is Jyotirindra.
3.
The moonlight
glimmered over the smooth flowing stream.
4.
The topmost room of
the house was in a round tower with windows opening to every side.
B. Answer the following in
one or two sentences:
- How does the author feel when
he sees the Ganges again?
→ The author feels immense joy, deep longing, and a sense of being at home when he sees the Ganges again. - In what ways have the river
and its bank changed?
→ The peaceful riverside nests have been replaced by mills, producing black smoke, and modern life's unrest has invaded the area. - How were the rooms arranged in
the author's house?
→ The rooms were irregularly arranged, not on the same level, and were connected by short flights of stairs.
C. Answer the following in a
paragraph:
- Explain in detail how the
author spends his afternoon.
→ The author spent his afternoons at the riverside in joyful activities. Some afternoons he would sing old Vaishnava songs, creating his own tunes while playing the harmonium. Other times, he and his brother Jyotirindra would drift along the river in a boat, with his brother playing the violin. As the day declined, they changed the music’s mode, moving from Puravi to Behaga, and watched the sunset and the moonrise. These afternoons were filled with music, nature, and a deep sense of peace and happiness. - Describe how the river looks
when he rows back.
→ When rowing back to the villa, the river was enveloped in a silvery peace. The boats were few, the fringe of trees on the bank had turned into deep shadows, and the moonlight glimmered over the smooth flowing stream, creating a serene and magical atmosphere.
a. Find out the clipped words
for the following.
1. aeroplane -
2. microphone -
3. refrigerator -
4. kilogram -
5. cafeteria -
Answer :
- aeroplane – plane
- microphone – mic
- refrigerator – fridge
- kilogram – kilo
- cafeteria – cafe
b. Find and use the clipped
words in your own sentence.
1. photograph -
2. gymnasium -
3. luncheon -
4. advertisement -
5. zoological park –
Answer :
1.
photograph –
photo
→ I took a beautiful photo of the sunset yesterday.
2.
gymnasium –
gym
→ We have a basketball practice at the gym this evening.
3.
luncheon –
lunch
→ I packed a healthy lunch for school today.
4.
advertisement
– ad
→ I saw an interesting ad about a new video game.
5.
zoological
park – zoo
→ We visited the zoo to see the new panda cub.
a. Find out the clipped words
for the following.
1. international + police -
2. helicopter + pad -
3. motor + hotel -
4. education + satellite -
5. electronic + commerce -
Answer :
- international + police – Interpol
- helicopter + pad – Helipad
- motor + hotel – Motel
- education + satellite – Edusat
- electronic + commerce – E-commerce
b. Use the blended words in
your own sentence.
1. electrocute -
2. spanglish -
3. moped -
4. brunch -
5. smog –
Answer :
- electrocute –
→ Be careful not to electrocute yourself while fixing the wires! - Spanglish –
→ Maria spoke in Spanglish while chatting with her friends. - moped –
→ He rides a moped to college every day. - brunch –
→ We decided to meet for brunch on Sunday. - smog –
→ The city was covered with thick smog after Diwali.
Match with the meanings for
the following Idioms.
1. A piece of cake - moving
very slowly
2. On cloud nine - easy task
3. Perfect ten - blissfully
happy
4. At a snail’s pace -
someone who is cherished above all others
5. Apple of my eye -
completely perfect
Answer :
|
Idiom |
Meaning |
|
1. A piece of cake |
easy task |
|
2. On cloud nine |
blissfully happy |
|
3. Perfect ten |
completely perfect |
|
4. At a snail’s pace |
moving very slowly |
|
5. Apple of my eye |
someone who is cherished
above all others |
Fill in the blanks with the meanings
for the following Idioms.
1. Take
five____________________ 6. A couch potato____________________
2. Pieces of
eight____________________ 7. The lion’s share____________________
3. Black and
blue____________________ 8. In black and white____________________
4. Wild goose
chase____________________ 9. Drop the ball____________________
5. Seventh heaven
____________________10. Cat's meow_____________________
Answer :
1.
Take five —
take a short break
2.
Pieces of
eight — old silver coins
3.
Black and
blue — badly bruised
4.
Wild goose
chase — a foolish and hopeless search
5.
Seventh
heaven — state of extreme happiness
6.
A couch
potato — a lazy person who watches a lot of TV
7.
The lion’s
share — the largest part
8.
In black and
white — in written or printed form
9.
Drop the ball
— make a mistake
10.
Cat's meow —
something outstanding or excellent
Listen to the Passage
carefully and answers the following Questions:-
Nobel Prize
Since 1901, the Nobel Prize
has been honoring men and women from all corners of the globe for outstanding achievements
in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and for work in peace. The
foundations for the prize were laid in 1895 when Alfred Nobel wrote his last
will, leaving much of his wealth to the establishment of the Nobel Prize. The
Nobel Committee, in fact, a notoriously conservative body which among other
things had a marked antipathy to pure sciences, especially to Mathematical
Physics. Restrained .by a clause in Alfred Nobel’s will that the prize should
go to the person whose ‘discovery or invention’ shall have conferred the
greatest benefit to mankind, the committee initially ignored the great
theoretical advances in Physics. Wracked, no doubt, by guilt that he had become
a merchant of death through his invention of dynamite and smokeless powder and
plagued by sadistic fantasies of destruction, the Swedish chemist, engineer and
aspiring poet, Alfred Nobel, who has been described as Europe’s richest
vagabond, left his colossal fortune to the cause of progress in human
knowledge. Five prizes were installed, one each for literature (‘to the person
who shall have produced in the field of literature, the most outstanding Work
of an idealistic tendency), Physics, Chemistry, medicine and peace to the person
who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity among nations for
abolition or reduction of armies, and for holding or promotion of peace’.
1. The Nobel Committee has
been called a conservative body because
(a) it is conservative in the
choice of subjects.
(b) its members believe in
conservative ideology.
(c) its members are old
fashioned.
(d) it awards prizes only to
those people who adopt a conservative approach.
2. In the beginning, the
Nobel Committee ignored the great advances in theoretical
physics because
(a) they were different from
other branches of physics.
(b) they were concerned with
the theory and did not suggest its application.
(c) the Committee felt that
the discovery and invention in the field did not contribute
to the benefit of mankind.
(d) they proved to be
merchants of death and hence dangerous to mankind.
3. The noble prize would not
be given to
(a) a diplomat who negotiated
a peace settlement
(b) a doctor who discovered a
vaccine
(c) a composer who composed a
symphony
(d) an author who wrote a novel
4. Alfred Nobel left his
colossal fortune to the cause of progress in human knowledge
because he
(a) was ‘Europe’s richest
vagabond’
(b) were a chemist, engineer
and an aspiring poet
(c) felt guilty for having
invented highly destructive things
(d) felt guilty for having
earned so much money
Answer :
1. The Nobel Committee has
been called a conservative body because
✅ (a) it is
conservative in the choice of subjects.
2. In the beginning, the
Nobel Committee ignored the great advances in theoretical physics because
✅ (c) the
Committee felt that the discovery and invention in the field did not contribute
to the benefit of mankind.
3. The Nobel Prize would not
be given to
✅ (c) a
composer who composed a symphony.
(Because Nobel Prizes are awarded in specific fields like peace, literature,
medicine, physics, and chemistry — not for music.)
4. Alfred Nobel left his
colossal fortune to the cause of progress in human knowledge because he
✅ (c) felt
guilty for having invented highly destructive things.
Notice Writing
Exercise:
1. Your school is going to organize an inter-school dance
competition. Write a notice inviting all the interested students.
2. You are Santhosh, Secretary, Housing board, Officer’s
colony, Thiruvarur. Water supply will be suspended for ten hours (10 a.m to 8
p.m) on 5th of October for cleaning of the water tank. Write a notice in about
50 words advising the residents to store water for a day.
3. You are the head girl/boy of a Govt. High School. Your
school is soon going to publish the annual magazine next month. Write a notice
inviting students to submit write-ups.
Answer :
1. Inter-School Dance
Competition Notice:
XYZ SCHOOL
NOTICE
Date: April 27, 2025
INTER-SCHOOL DANCE
COMPETITION
The school is organizing an
Inter-School Dance Competition for students of classes 6 to 12. The competition
will be held on May 15, 2025, in the school auditorium. All interested students
are invited to participate. Auditions will be conducted on May 5, 2025, at 10
a.m. in the school gymnasium.
For further details, please
contact the undersigned.
Principal
XYZ School
2. Water Supply Suspension
Notice:
HOUSING BOARD, OFFICER'S
COLONY, THIRUVARUR
NOTICE
Date: October 3, 2025
SUSPENSION OF WATER SUPPLY
This is to inform all residents
that the water supply will be suspended from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on October 5,
2025, for cleaning of the water tank. Residents are advised to store sufficient
water in advance for the day.
For any queries, please contact
the Housing Board office.
Santhosh
Secretary
3. Annual Magazine Write-Up
Submission Notice:
GOVT. HIGH SCHOOL
NOTICE
Date: April 27, 2025
CALL FOR WRITINGS FOR ANNUAL
MAGAZINE
All students of the school are
invited to submit their write-ups, including essays, poems, and stories, for
the upcoming Annual Magazine. The last date for submission is May 10, 2025.
Please submit your contributions to the magazine committee in the school
office.
For further details, contact the
undersigned.
Head Boy
Govt. High School
Conjunctions / Connectors :
a. Underline the conjunctions in the following sentences.
1. Revathy and Rohini are friends.
2. If you say so, I will believe it.
3. Shekar is intelligent but careless.
4. The bus was overcrowded so, Arun avoided travelling on
it.
5. Though Vinay is ill, he doesn't skip classes.
Answer :
1.
Revathy and Rohini are
friends.
2.
If you say so, I will believe it.
3.
Shekar is
intelligent but careless.
4.
The bus was
overcrowded so, Arun avoided travelling on it.
5.
Though Vinay is ill, he doesn't skip classes.
b. Fill in the blanks in the
following sentences with suitable conjunctions from the box:
(if ,after ,and ,till ,because ,but)
1. I returned home _______ the bus had started.
2. I respect him ______ he is very strict.
3. Sudharshan will succeed ______ he works hard.
4. Aravinth ______ Arun are classmates from their childhood.
5. You can’t have these fruits ______ they are ripe.
Answer :
1.
I returned
home after the bus had started.
2.
I respect him
because he is very strict.
3.
Sudharshan
will succeed if he works hard.
4.
Aravinth and Arun are
classmates from their childhood.
5.
You can’t
have these fruits till they are ripe.
c. Choose the correct
conjunctions from the options given in the brackets.
1. Everyone likes him _________ he is very helpful.
(because/for)
2. ______ it was cloudy, we decided to take an umbrella.
(so/as)
3. Rathi found her watch ______ she had left it.
(wherever/where)
4. I don’t know _________ I can afford to buy a new dress or
not. (whether/why)
5. _______ he was ill, he went to the doctor. (as/though)
Answer :
1.
Everyone
likes him because he is very helpful.
2.
As it was cloudy, we decided to take an umbrella.
3.
Rathi found
her watch where she had left it.
4.
I don’t know whether I can afford to buy a new dress or not.
5.
Though he was ill, he went to the doctor.
a. Choose the right pattern.
1. The wall collapsed.
A. SV B.
SVO C. SVIODO
2. During the war, many people lost their homes.
A. SVO
B. SVIODO C. ASVO
3. I promised the children a trip to the zoo.
A. SVO B.
SVDOIO C. SVIODO
4. In 1998, Frank moved to London.
A. ASVA B.
ASVO C. SVIODO
5. Pooja hired a bicycle.
A. SV B. SVO
C. SVA
Answer :
- The wall collapsed.
✅ A. SV - During the war, many people lost their homes.
✅ C. ASVO - I promised the children a trip to the zoo.
✅ C. SVIODO - In 1998, Frank moved to London.
✅ B. ASVO - Pooja hired a bicycle.
✅ B. SVO
b. Write two sentences for
each pattern.
SV
SVO
SVC
SVA
SVOC
SVIODO
ASV
SVAA
Answer :
SV (Subject + Verb)
- She laughs.
- Birds fly.
SVO (Subject + Verb + Object)
- I ate an apple.
- They watched a movie.
SVC (Subject + Verb + Complement)
- She is a teacher.
- He feels tired.
SVA (Subject + Verb + Adverb)
- She sings beautifully.
- He speaks fluently.
SVOC (Subject + Verb + Object +
Complement)
- They elected him president.
- The teacher called her smart.
SVIODO (Subject + Verb + Indirect Object + Direct Object)
- I gave him a gift.
- She sent me a letter.
ASV (Adverb + Subject + Verb)
- Suddenly, she started crying.
- Never have I seen such a beautiful place.
SVAA (Subject + Verb + Adverb + Adverb)
- She ran quickly and gracefully.
- He speaks loudly and clearly.
Listen to the Passage
carefully and answers the following Questions:-
Nobel Prize
Since 1901, the Nobel Prize
has been honoring men and women from all corners of the globe for outstanding achievements
in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and for work in peace. The
foundations for the prize were laid in 1895 when Alfred Nobel wrote his last
will, leaving much of his wealth to the establishment of the Nobel Prize. The
Nobel Committee, in fact, a notoriously conservative body which among other
things had a marked antipathy to pure sciences, especially to Mathematical
Physics. Restrained .by a clause in Alfred Nobel’s will that the prize should
go to the person whose ‘discovery or invention’ shall have conferred the
greatest benefit to mankind, the committee initially ignored the great
theoretical advances in Physics. Wracked, no doubt, by guilt that he had become
a merchant of death through his invention of dynamite and smokeless powder and
plagued by sadistic fantasies of destruction, the Swedish chemist, engineer and
aspiring poet, Alfred Nobel, who has been described as Europe’s richest
vagabond, left his colossal fortune to the cause of progress in human
knowledge. Five prizes were installed, one each for literature (‘to the person
who shall have produced in the field of literature, the most outstanding Work
of an idealistic tendency), Physics, Chemistry, medicine and peace to the person
who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity among nations for
abolition or reduction of armies, and for holding or promotion of peace’.
1. The Nobel Committee has
been called a conservative body because
(a) it is conservative in the
choice of subjects.
(b) its members believe in
conservative ideology.
(c) its members are old
fashioned.
(d) it awards prizes only to
those people who adopt a conservative approach.
2. In the beginning, the
Nobel Committee ignored the great advances in theoretical
physics because
(a) they were different from
other branches of physics.
(b) they were concerned with
the theory and did not suggest its application.
(c) the Committee felt that
the discovery and invention in the field did not contribute
to the benefit of mankind.
(d) they proved to be
merchants of death and hence dangerous to mankind.
3. The noble prize would not
be given to
(a) a diplomat who negotiated
a peace settlement
(b) a doctor who discovered a
vaccine
(c) a composer who composed a
symphony
(d) an author who wrote a novel
4. Alfred Nobel left his
colossal fortune to the cause of progress in human knowledge
because he
(a) was ‘Europe’s richest
vagabond’
(b) were a chemist, engineer
and an aspiring poet
(c) felt guilty for having
invented highly destructive things
(d) felt guilty for having
earned so much money
Answer :
1. The Nobel Committee has
been called a conservative body because
✅ (a) it is
conservative in the choice of subjects.
2. In the beginning, the
Nobel Committee ignored the great advances in theoretical physics because
✅ (c) the
Committee felt that the discovery and invention in the field did not contribute
to the benefit of mankind.
3. The Nobel Prize would not
be given to
✅ (c) a
composer who composed a symphony.
(Because Nobel Prizes are awarded in specific fields like peace, literature,
medicine, physics, and chemistry — not for music.)
4. Alfred Nobel left his
colossal fortune to the cause of progress in human knowledge because he
✅ (c) felt
guilty for having invented highly destructive things.
Notice Writing
Exercise:
1. Your school is going to organize an inter-school dance
competition. Write a notice inviting all the interested students.
2. You are Santhosh, Secretary, Housing board, Officer’s
colony, Thiruvarur. Water supply will be suspended for ten hours (10 a.m to 8
p.m) on 5th of October for cleaning of the water tank. Write a notice in about
50 words advising the residents to store water for a day.
3. You are the head girl/boy of a Govt. High School. Your
school is soon going to publish the annual magazine next month. Write a notice
inviting students to submit write-ups.
Answer :
1. Inter-School Dance
Competition Notice:
XYZ SCHOOL
NOTICE
Date: April 27, 2025
INTER-SCHOOL DANCE
COMPETITION
The school is organizing an
Inter-School Dance Competition for students of classes 6 to 12. The competition
will be held on May 15, 2025, in the school auditorium. All interested students
are invited to participate. Auditions will be conducted on May 5, 2025, at 10
a.m. in the school gymnasium.
For further details, please
contact the undersigned.
Principal
XYZ School
2. Water Supply Suspension
Notice:
HOUSING BOARD, OFFICER'S
COLONY, THIRUVARUR
NOTICE
Date: October 3, 2025
SUSPENSION OF WATER SUPPLY
This is to inform all residents
that the water supply will be suspended from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on October 5,
2025, for cleaning of the water tank. Residents are advised to store sufficient
water in advance for the day.
For any queries, please contact
the Housing Board office.
Santhosh
Secretary
3. Annual Magazine Write-Up
Submission Notice:
GOVT. HIGH SCHOOL
NOTICE
Date: April 27, 2025
CALL FOR WRITINGS FOR ANNUAL
MAGAZINE
All students of the school are
invited to submit their write-ups, including essays, poems, and stories, for
the upcoming Annual Magazine. The last date for submission is May 10, 2025.
Please submit your contributions to the magazine committee in the school
office.
For further details, contact the
undersigned.
Head Boy
Govt. High School
Conjunctions / Connectors :
a. Underline the conjunctions in the following sentences.
1. Revathy and Rohini are friends.
2. If you say so, I will believe it.
3. Shekar is intelligent but careless.
4. The bus was overcrowded so, Arun avoided travelling on
it.
5. Though Vinay is ill, he doesn't skip classes.
Answer :
1.
Revathy and Rohini are
friends.
2.
If you say so, I will believe it.
3.
Shekar is
intelligent but careless.
4.
The bus was
overcrowded so, Arun avoided travelling on it.
5.
Though Vinay is ill, he doesn't skip classes.
b. Fill in the blanks in the
following sentences with suitable conjunctions from the box:
(if ,after ,and ,till ,because ,but)
1. I returned home _______ the bus had started.
2. I respect him ______ he is very strict.
3. Sudharshan will succeed ______ he works hard.
4. Aravinth ______ Arun are classmates from their childhood.
5. You can’t have these fruits ______ they are ripe.
Answer :
1.
I returned
home after the bus had started.
2.
I respect him
because he is very strict.
3.
Sudharshan
will succeed if he works hard.
4.
Aravinth and Arun are
classmates from their childhood.
5.
You can’t
have these fruits till they are ripe.
c. Choose the correct
conjunctions from the options given in the brackets.
1. Everyone likes him _________ he is very helpful.
(because/for)
2. ______ it was cloudy, we decided to take an umbrella.
(so/as)
3. Rathi found her watch ______ she had left it.
(wherever/where)
4. I don’t know _________ I can afford to buy a new dress or
not. (whether/why)
5. _______ he was ill, he went to the doctor. (as/though)
Answer :
1.
Everyone
likes him because he is very helpful.
2.
As it was cloudy, we decided to take an umbrella.
3.
Rathi found
her watch where she had left it.
4.
I don’t know whether I can afford to buy a new dress or not.
5.
Though he was ill, he went to the doctor.
a. Choose the right pattern.
1. The wall collapsed.
A. SV B.
SVO C. SVIODO
2. During the war, many people lost their homes.
A. SVO
B. SVIODO C. ASVO
3. I promised the children a trip to the zoo.
A. SVO B.
SVDOIO C. SVIODO
4. In 1998, Frank moved to London.
A. ASVA B.
ASVO C. SVIODO
5. Pooja hired a bicycle.
A. SV B. SVO
C. SVA
Answer :
- The wall collapsed.
✅ A. SV - During the war, many people lost their homes.
✅ C. ASVO - I promised the children a trip to the zoo.
✅ C. SVIODO - In 1998, Frank moved to London.
✅ B. ASVO - Pooja hired a bicycle.
✅ B. SVO
b. Write two sentences for
each pattern.
SV
SVO
SVC
SVA
SVOC
SVIODO
ASV
SVAA
Answer :
SV (Subject + Verb)
- She laughs.
- Birds fly.
SVO (Subject + Verb + Object)
- I ate an apple.
- They watched a movie.
SVC (Subject + Verb + Complement)
- She is a teacher.
- He feels tired.
SVA (Subject + Verb + Adverb)
- She sings beautifully.
- He speaks fluently.
SVOC (Subject + Verb + Object +
Complement)
- They elected him president.
- The teacher called her smart.
SVIODO (Subject + Verb + Indirect Object + Direct Object)
- I gave him a gift.
- She sent me a letter.
ASV (Adverb + Subject + Verb)
- Suddenly, she started crying.
- Never have I seen such a beautiful place.
SVAA (Subject + Verb + Adverb + Adverb)
- She ran quickly and gracefully.
- He speaks loudly and clearly.
