Formal Letter Analytical Paragraph Artiste Writing (Rat Orem: amo) 20 Chapter-wise Weightage and Comparative Analysis of CBSE PAST YEARS’ PAPERS Story Whiting (Ratwonatised) [Link] to Gos Nelson Mandela - Long Walk to Freedom, Two Stores about Flying From the Diary of Anne Frank Glimpses of India| Mijbil the Over Madam Rides the Bus The Semon at Benares ‘The Proposal (Play) Dust of Snow Fire and lee ‘A Tiger in the 200 How to Tell Wild Animals ‘The Ball Poem ‘Animals (Rationalised) Exam not conducted ‘Amanda The Trees Foe ‘The Tale of Custard the Dragon For Anne Gregory ‘A Trhumph of Surgery The Thief’s Stony ‘The Midnight Visitor A Question of Trust Footprints without Feet > ‘The Making of a Scientist, ‘The Necklace ‘The Hack Driver (Rationalised) Bholi ‘The Book that Saved the Earth DL Delhi, ODL- Oustde Deis_//Crib Sheet = 2 First Flight (Prose) {| | A Letter to God GL Fuentes Lencho was a farmer. «© His house was the only house in the valley and on the top of a ill. © Lencho’s fields needed a rain for a good harvest. «© He looked expectantly at the sky and it did rain at last, He was very happy but his happiness was short lived as very large hailstones began to fall after the rain. © The hailstones destroyed all the leaves on the trees, plants and flowers. Having an unshaken faith in God he writes a letter to Him demanding one hundred pesos. +» He wrote “To God’ on the envelope and put the letter into the mailbox The postman laughed heartily and took it to the postmaster. + The postmaster decided to reply the letter and help Lencho. + He collected seventy pesos from his employees and himself contributed a part of his salary. He put the money in an envelope and posted it to Lencho. @ Lencho had an unbroken faith in God and he was not surprised when he received the money. © His happiness was tured into anger as there were thirty pesos short of the money. + Lencho could never believe that God could ever deceive him, * So, he wrote another letter to God reminding Him that he received only 70 pesos sent by Him. ® Heasked God not to send the rest of 30 pesos through the mail as the post office employees were a “bunch of crooks’. —Nelson Rolihlahla ‘> The inauguration ceremony of the first non-racial government was held in the Union Buildings in Pretoria. Politicians and dignitaries from more than 140 countries attended the ceremony, +» Nelson Mandela was then swom-in as the President of the Republic of South Africa, © For decades South Africa had been the seat for white ‘supremacy, ‘© The blacks were considered as outlaws. + Their victory over ‘apartheid’ was a common victory for justice, peace and freedom. + Nelson Mandela was overwhelmed with a sense of history. + The society based on racial discrimination was the harshest and most inhuman society in the world, + The decades of oppression and exploitation of the blacks produced heroes like Tambos, Sisulus and others in South Africa. Mandela leamed the meaning of courage from such brave comrades who were ready to sacrifice their lives for the freedom of their people. Every man has twin responsibilities — responsibilities towards his family and for his people and county. any black tried to live like a free human being, he was punished and isolated from his family and community. Mandela realised that not only he but his brothers and sisters were also deprived of freedom, His desire for the freedom and dignity of his people made him a rebel. He realised that freedom is indivisible. see (9)na Rare etre A Lie Rael ima alld i Fredonia ‘ori 1. His First Flight © The young seagull was sitting alone on his ledge. © His two brothers and his sister had already learnt how to fly a day before. © The young seagull was hesitant and afraid of flying. © He thought that his wings would not support him. His parents, brothers and sister regularly taunted him for his cowardice. He saw his mother holding a piece of fish in her beak. © Maddened by hunger, he dived at the fish. With a loud scream he fell outwards and downwards into space. He was seized with terror. iis wings were cutting through the air and he was not falling headlong now. Then he completely forgot that he had never flown before. Now, he was flying over the sea. o eee © He was floating on the sea and his family was praising him, offering him pieces of fish, IL, The Black Aeroplane © The narrator was flying his old Dakota aeroplane over France back to England. © He called Paris control and was asked to tum 12 degrees west. * He thought he would be with his family and be in time for breakfast. © Suddenly he saw dark black storm clouds, © He took the risk and the plane went straight into the storm, © Everything looked black inside the mountains of clouds, » The old plane jumped and twisted in the air. He couldn't believe when he found his compass and other instruments totally dead. % Suddenly, another aeroplane appeared and he could see the face ofthe pilot * The pilot of the black plane asked the narrator to follow him. © The narrator was frightened as there was fuel en © Suddenly he came out of the clouds and saw tw. © Itwas a runway where he could land safely. * On landing, he asked the lady in the control room ‘© The lady replied that no other aeroplane iough that could last only five to ten minutes. ‘0 long straight lines in front of him. where he was and who the other pilot was. xcept his Dakota flew that night, ® The pilot of the black aeroplane remained an unsolved mystery for the narrator, —Anne Frank ‘ Writing in a diary is a strange experience for Anne Frank. She feels that paper has more patience than people. ~ She wants the diary to be her true friend, and she is % She feels that a quarter of students are worthless and deserve to be kept back ® The maths teacher, Mr. Keesing is annoyed with Anne as she talks too much in the class, + He gives her an extra homework to write an essay on'A Chatterbox” @ She writes that she has inherited the habit of talk going to call this friend, ‘Kitty’ ‘anne. @ Mr. Keesing reads the poem and the message in the right way. © After that he has allowed Anne to talk in the class. «Since then a change has come in Keesing and he has staned making jokes i)ABaker from Goa Lucto Rodrigues ¢ Elders often think fondly of good Portuguese days and their famous loaves of bread The age-old firmaces still bake those breads The thud and jingle of the baker's bamboo announcing his arrival ean still he Even today, these bakers are known as Pader in C © They longed for bread-bangles and sweet bread of special make. » Mamiage gifts were meaningless without the sweet bread known as the ‘bo. © The lady of the hhouse must prepare sandwiches on the occasion of her daughter's engagement. © Cakes and *bolinhas’ are a must for Christmas and other festivals, © The bakers in old days used to wear a dress known as the kabai © Baking was quite a profitable profession in the old days, © The baker and his family always looked happy and prosperous, [Link] — — Lokev tlyot © Coong is situated between Mysore and the coastal town of Mangalo © Wis called the land of rolling hills © Itis inhabited by a proud race of martial men, beautiful women and wild creatures. © Itis the smallest district of Kamatak © Coorg’ is the home of evergreen forests, spices and coffe plantations © Itis said that a part of Alexander's army settled there and married amongst the locals. Theit long black coat with an embroidered waist-belt Kuppia resembles the kuftia wor by the Arabs. The Coorg Regiment is one of the most decorated in the Indian Army. ‘The first Chief of the Indian Army, General Cariappa, was a Corgi © The river, Kaveri, obtains its water from the hills and forests of Coorg. © Birds, bees butterflies, Malabar squirrels and langurs find shelter in the rainforests of Coorg. © The top of the Brahamagiri hills gives you a panoramic view of the misty valley of Coorg. ® India’s largest Tibbetan settlement at Bylakuppe is famous for its Buddhist monks and temple. TH, Tea from Assam — Arup Kumar Datta Tea is really a very popular beverage in India, ‘You can hear vendor shouting “chai-garam-garam chai” at every railway station More than eighty crores of cups of tea are drunk everyday throughout the world, Assam has the largest concentration of plantations in the world, No one really knows who discovered tea, The leaves gave it a delicious flavour. They were tea leaves. Words like *Chai’ and *Chini’ are from Chinese language. According to an Indian legend, an ancient Buddhist ascetic cut off his eyelids because he felt sleepy during meditation. Ten tea plants grew out of his eyelids. ‘The sprouting periods lasts from May to July and this period yields the best tea J in some places, i. (j_| Mijbil the Otter —Gavin Maxwell /> When Maxwell's dog died, he became alone without a pet. ® In 1956, he travelled to Southem Iraq and there he thought of keeping an otter instead of a dog. © His friend advised him to get an otter in Tigris marshes. They were found in plenty there. © Two Arabs were squatting on the floor and a sack was lying beside them. © They handed him a note from his friend. It read: “Here is your otter ..” ‘© The narrator named the otter ‘Mijbil’. | © Like every otter, Mijbil enjoyed splashing water like a hippo. © Mij was packed up in a small box to transport Mijbil from Basra to England © As the box was opened, Mij was out of the box in a flash, © Maxwell remained in London with Mijbil for nearly a month, Mij invented his own game with the ping-pong ball. © The average Londoner could not recognise an otter and people started giving wild guesses about him, (x)= Vallikkarna, Madam Rides the Bus © The most fascinating thing for Vali an eight-year-old girl, was the bus that travelled between her village nearest town © She wanted to ride the bus. © She made an elaborate planning and saved sixty paise — the both ways fare of the bus, © The conductor was fond of joking and called her ‘madam’, » The bus started with a ro. and Valli was constantly looking outside © She took her seat and an elderly woman sat beside her. » Suddenly, a young cow came running very fast in the middle of the road. ~The driver sounded is hor loudly but the more he honked, the more frightened the animal would become. > Valli laughed at the scene until tears came in her eyes. » Her destination had come, The driver asked Valli to get off the bus. * On her retum joumey, she saw the same cow lying dead by the side of the road. » The memory of the dead cow haunted her and she was no longer looking outside. © She reached her village at 3.40 p.m. and found her mother awake and talking to one of her aunts, » Valli agreed that many things were happening outside without their knowledge. hy Btu lastest} Gautama Buddha was bom as a prince, He was named Siddhartha Gautama. © The sight of a sick man, then an aged man, a funeral procession and a monk begging for alms shocked him. » He gave up royal pleasures and set out to seek enlightenment, © He was known as the Buddha or the Awakened or the Enlightened one. * The Buddha preached his first sermon at the holy city of Benares on the River Ganges. © Kisa Gotami’s only son had died. % She had lost her senses and carried the dead boy to all her neighbours. © She asked them for medicines to cure him. * She prayed the Buddha to give such a medicine that night to cure her son. The Buddha asked Kisa Gotami to bring a handful of mustard seeds a house where no one had died, © She went from house to house did not find any house where no one had di © She realised that death is common to all. Betty Renstay © | The Proposal —Anton Chekhov Lomov and Chubukov are both neighbours and landlords. Lomoy comes to Chubukov with a proposal of marriage with Chubukov's daughter Natalya. Lomov is 35 and wants to lead a peaceful married life. He starts quarreling with Natalya over Oxen Meadows. ‘Natalya opposes Lomov and claims that Oxen Meadows belong to them, Chubukov sides with his daughter Natalya. ‘They quarrel and indulge in abusing and insulting each other. She blames her father for not telling her about it before. She threatens to die if Chubukov doesn’t bring Lomov back. Lomov retums and now they pick up a new quarrel as each claims her/his dog to be superior Lomov is excited and his palpitations start rising. He falls down in the armchair and loses his consciousness, Chubukov doesn’t want to miss this opportunity. 2 He makes them embrace and kiss each other. © Chubukov blesses them a happy married Ii oo eooseeer eosBris Flight (Poem) pm Till - Robert Frost Iisa winter's day, © The poet was walking under a hemlock tree covered with snowflake » A-ctow alighted on the hemlock tree sudenty. The sudden movement of the crow, the mass of snow lakes fell down upon the poet who was standing under the tre. | © The mass of snow!lakes was so light and fine that it looked like the dust of white snow. © Before this incident, that particular day was not going too well for him, © He had decided in his mind that day would go wast » However, the fall of snowy flakes on him makes him realise that the whole day has not been wasted. » Atleast, this part of the day when he is enjoying the snow/lakes, has been saved. ‘sina gloomy or despairing mood, Fire and Ice —Robert Frost ‘The poet believes that this world will co ~ fire and ice. me to an end by the two highly contrasting but powerful elements of nature Either fire or ice or both will be the cause of the ending of the world. Then the poet links these two powerful natural elements to human beings and their emotions. In the first stanza, the poet shows his agreement with those who believe that fire will cause the end of the world. He links the element of fire to human emotion of desire or passions, Uncontrolled fire of passion and desire may lead to the end of this world. ‘Then, the poet comes to the second alternative that can cause the end of this world, Itis the ‘ice’ which can also cause the end of the world. In terms of human emotion, ice means ‘hate’ created by “cold reasoning’ Cool and calculated icy reasoning can lead to hate and can be the cause of the end of this world. He has experienced enough of hate which is born out of icy cold reasoning. In the end, Frost agrees that it doesn’t matter whether itis fire or ice, both can cause the end of the world, ‘Ice’ or ‘hate’ born out of cold reasoning is quite sufficient for causing the end of the world, Pee eee eoeroe — Leslie Norris A tiger, the denizen of the forest, has been confined to a caged habitat in a 200. He is no more freedom to roam about in the forest but walks within the length and breadth of his cage. He has dark spots on his skin which are clearly visible even from a distance, Im his quiet rage, he continues walking up and down his caged habitat Sliding through the long grass he moves stealthily to ambush his prey. His favourite hunt is the plump deer which he can find near the water-hole. Sometimes, he comes out of the forest and strays in human settlement at the edge of the jungle. ‘There he terrorises the villagers by opening out his white fangs othe long teeth and the claws. Many visitors come to see him in the zoo but he doesn’t like the stares of the visitors. © The tiger keeps awake till late in the night. ; © He hears the noise of the patrolling cars moving around in the 200, © He can’t free himself but he keeps on watching the briliant stars standing behind the bars of his caged habitat. © There, he silently hides himself in the shadow and remains unnoticed, (oi)Carolyn ey, ‘> The Asiatic lion is a grand and majestic wild beast. © Itis found in the jungles of the eastem countries of Asia, © Ttroars terribly loud and its loud roar ean terrify’ you to death » The Bengal Tiger is a noble wild beast. +» The tiger has black stripes all over his yellowish hide. The moment you see him, he will not spare but eat you at once. » When you are strolling forth a forest, you can find a beast. > He is the leopard, ‘© His hide is peppered with spots. © There is no escape from him even if you ery in pain, » He will continue pouncing on you and eat you to death. > Ifyou are walking in your yard, you can be face to face with a bear. His hug is not friendly. » He may press you so hard that his hug may bring your death An inexperienced person can’t distinguish beasts of prey He will not be able to distinguish a hyena from a crocodile, Se BU =e aera) —John Berryman + The young boy lost his ball > He was playing and saw the ball bouncing down the street © Then, in the end the ball fell down into the water and lost forever. © The boy sees everything happening before his eyes but he is helpless. © He only stands there helplessly moaning at the loss of the ball ‘© The loss of the ball may appear to be an ordinary incident. © The boy should not make a fuss over it. > The loss of ball is symbolic. It has a deeper meaning. © Similarly, we can’t console the child that he can have another ball. © Actually, he is sad that the ball he has lost can’t be brought back. © The innocent childhood that he has lost can’t be replaced or bought back with money. > Wealth can’t buy life and time. > Ultimately, a change comes in the grieving boy. © He comes to know that losing is a part of life. > The loss must not break his spirits 6 | Nut Robin Klein Amanda is constantly controlled and instructed to do one thing or the other by her parents. Amanda doesn’t want to cut this romantic and fascinating world of hers short. ‘Any kind of instruction or interference curtails her freedom. She prefers to be an orphan than living such a life. ‘She doesn't want to be denied chocolate and wants to sit and behave exactly as she wants. ‘She would rather indulge in fantasies than clean her room or her shoes. © She imagines herself as a mermaid. She imagines herself as Rapunzel living in a tower where there is a reign of peace and tranquillity (xiv)—Adrienne Rich The trees are coming out of their artificial wlasshouses, © They are moving out inte their natural habitat ~ the forest. The trees are metaphors of nature itsell © Without trees forests have become empty. © No tives are lefl in the forest where birds ean perch themselves on their tops. Even insects have lost the places where they could hide themselves in, © The poetess is hopelal that the forest will be fall of trees ‘by moming.” © To five themselves, the roots continue working all night. © They struggle to come out from the eracks in the veranda floor. Small twigs become tough and branches move their positions under the roof. The night is fresh, The moon is shining and the smell of leaves and lichen is spreading out into the rooms. The poet is siting inside but the struggle of the roots, leaves and branches continues to free themselves. The struggling trees have come out breaking the glasshouse and are marching towards the forest victoriously. Carl Sandburg ‘© The poet gives a powerful image of fog through a metaphorical cat. » The fog tums into a cat and the eat morphs back into the fog © Fog comes silently and spreads all around. » Itcomes silently as a cat comes stalking. © engulfs everything in it and looks over the harbour and the city © Itcontinues sitting silently on its haunches like a eat and then moves on. 2) | The Tale of Custard the Dragon —Ogden Nash © Belinda lived in a little white house with her pets. © Her pets contained a black kitten, Ink, a grey mouse, Blink, a yellow dog, Mustard and a dragon named Custard. © All other pets were considered sharp and brave. © Only Custard was considered as a coward who always “eried for a nice safe cage.” © Belinda and her pets mocked Custard for his timidity. > Suddenly, they saw a pirate climbing up through the window. © The pirate had a pistol in each hand and a dagger in his mouth, © Belinda tumed pale on seeing the pirate and cried for help. © The dog Mustard fled crying. Ink hid himself and the litle mouse Blink disappeared in the mousehole, © Custard pounced upon the pirate, killed and swallowed him within no time. + Belinda embraced Custard, Mustard licked him. Ink and Blink danced around him » Then, everyone started bragging again of his bravery forgetting the bravery shown by Custard, © Custard agreed that everybody was braver than him, © Belinda is still considered as brave as ‘a barrel full of bears’ All her pets, except Custard, are considered shirp and brave. © Only Custard is mocked at for his timidity and lack of courage. (xv)For Anne Gregory The poem is addressed to a young and beautiful lady named Anne Gregory © The poct says that no one would love Anne Gregory for ‘herself alone’. ‘No one cares for her inner beauty or the nobility of her soul. > Her outwardly appearance and her yellow hair are the only causes for her attraction. © In the second stanza, the lady, Anne Gregory herself settles the isstc. ® She says that she is free to choose what colour she uses to dye her hair. ‘She can dye her hair brown or black or of the colour of a carrot. Any young man should fall in love with her only after judging her merits. Her yellow hair or outwardly appearance should not make any young man to sigh for her im despair, 1} She be loved for *herself alone’. * In the last stanza, the poet resolves the issue. The poet quotes a religious text. Is beyond human beings not to be attracted by physical appearance or beauty. Human beings can be easily swayed by beautiful yellow hair or outwardly appearance. Only God has the ability to withstand the temptations of physical beauty. Men, without God’s strength, simply can’t look beyond physical appearances. Sou James Heriey + Dr Herriot was really worried to see the dog, Tricki © He was very fat, his eyes were red and theumy. © Mrs Pumphrey, the mistress of Tricki had been giving him malt, cod-liver oil and a bow! of Horlicks everynight » The doctor advised Mrs Pumphrey to cut down his food rightly and give him exercise daily. ‘© Tricki was not eating anything and was vomiting again and again. ¢ He lay down panting and didn't go for a walk. © Dr Herriot suggested Mrs Pumphrey that Tricki must be hospitalised for about a fortnight. + The poor lady almost fainted but at last Tricki was taken to the hospital © No medical treatment was given to Tricki © Tricki’s progress was rapid and he started running about the dogs joining in their friendly barkings. ® Dr Herriot informed Mrs Pumphrey that Tricki was out of danger and was recovering rapidly ‘> Mrs Pumphrey was excited to hear the news and started bringing fresh eges to build his strength. © Even wine and brandy were given to improve Tricki’s condition = One day, Dr Herriot phoned Mrs Pumphrey that Tricki had recovered and she could take him home. > Within two weeks, Tricki had been transformed into a flexible and hard-muscled animal. > Mrs Pumphrey thanked Dr Herriot. Her eyes were wet and lips trembled. © She called Tricki’s recovery “A triumph of surgery!” (xviRuskin Bond The namator was a thief The narrator introduced himself to Anil as Hari He changed his name every month to escape arrest Anil asked if he could cook, and Hari Singh tied that he knew how to cook Hari Singh cooked the food so terribly that it had to be thrown away to the stray dogs Anil asked him to go away but the namator didn't leave his company. © One evening, Anil came home with a small bundle of notes as he had just sold a book to a publisher. Mani Singh saw Anil tuck the money ander the mattress Han crept up to bed, slid his hand under the mattress and took the mor Anil sighed in sleep and Hari Singh startled and quickly left the roo He could easily jump into the Lucknow Express but hesitated and remained standing at the platform. Man Singh went back to the room and put the wet notes under the mattress from where he had stolen it ‘Next moming. Anil stretched out his hand towards the narrator (Hari Singh) holding a fily-rupee note Anil told that he had made some money and he would pay Hari Singh regularly. ‘tually. Anil knew everything about the theft but neither his lips nor his eyes showed anything. The Midnight Visitor Fowler was @ young and romantic writer. He wanted to meet Ausable because he wanted to write a book on detectives. Ausable was a detective in Paris who was fat and sloppy, and hardly looked like a secret agent, When Ausable switched on the light, he found Max standing with a pistol in his hand in the room. Max had come to take a particular important report conceming missiles forcibly from Ausable Ausable cooked up a false story to entrap crafty Max. He told Max that the balcony below his window had become a big nuisance. 1k was second time in a month that somebody got into his room through the balcony. When Max became panicky, he came to the window and jumped out of it A loud cry was heard and in this way, Ausable got rid of his crafly enemy. Later on, it was found that the knockings at the door were made by the waiter, who entered the room with a bottle and two glasses as ordered by Ausable. A Question of Trust —Victor Canning Horace Danby was fifty years old and unmarried. He was usually very well except for attacks of hay fever in summer, He made locks and was successfl in his business. He robbed a safe every year. With that money, he bought rare and costly books. He was caught red-handed when a young lady in red appeared on the scene. ‘The lady acted with so much ease, confidence and authority that Horace mistook her as the lady of the house. She made Horace open the safe. - | Horace thought he was opening the safe for the owner and forgot to wear his gloves. Horace handed over all the jewels to her and went away happily. ‘Afier two days, Horace was arrested by the police for committing a theft in a house at Shotover Grange, on the basis rer und on the safe. flores pean! tat te wife of the owner of the house had asked him to open the safe for her. “The real lady of the house, a gray-haired sixty year old woman stated that the story of Horace was nonsense Only in the end, it became clear that the real culprit was the lady in red, who was a thief and burglar like Horace, (xvii)OO AG ty, Footprints without Feet ‘© Griffin was a brilliant scientist who discovered that the human body could become invisible and transp; © Griffin became a lawless person © His landlord disliked him and wanted (o eject him. In reve! © Griffin could be invisible only when he was naked. © Griffin left crowded London and came to the village of Iping. © They came to the stranger's room and found his hat hitting into Mrs, Hall's face, © The chair started moving and pustied Mr, andl Mrs, Hall out of the room. © Mrs, Hall felt that the house was haunted by spirits and ghosts, Even the villagers thought so. 'S One day Mrs. Hall asked her guest what he had been doing to her chair and how he entered a locked roo, © The scientist became furious and shouted, “I'l show you.” » Suddenly, hie threw oi? bandages, whiskers, spectacles and even nose. ten, xe, he set his house on fire, » Mrs. Hall and the people in the bar were horrified staring at a headless man. © The constable Jaffers was informed and he came to arrest the stranger. © The policeman tried to get hold of a man who started throwing his garments one by one and became invisible Jaffers and the people who came to help him were hit by blows from nowhere. > Jafters was knocked unconscious when he tried to hold on to the unseen scientist The Making of a Scientist Robert W Peterson ‘© At the age of twenty-two, Richard H Ebright excited the world of science with a new theory on cells © Richard’s scientific career started with butterflies. © Ebright collected butterflies when he was in kindergarten. © His mother encouraged his interest in learning, + She took him on trips and bought telescopes, microscopes, cameras and other equipments. ‘© His father died very young and his mother became his only companion and motivator. © His mother gifted him a children’s book called The Travels of Monarch X. ‘© He sent tagged butterflies to Dr Urquhart, the writer of the book. ‘© Ebright raised a flock of butterflies in his basement and would tag the butterflies’ wings to send them to Dr Ung > Inthe seventh grade, he entered the County Science Fair and lost. ‘© He wrote to Dr Urquhart for new ideas and received many suggestions for experiments. ‘© The next year, his science fair project was to test the theory that viceroy butterflies copy monarch butterflies © The project was placed first in the zoology division and third overall in the County Science Fair. © Inhis second year in high school, Richard Ebright discovered an unknown insect hormone. 2 He and his friend showed that tiny gold spots on butterflies produced a hormone that was necessary forthe butters full development. 2 This project won Ebright first place in the county fair and an entry into the International Science and Engineering Fa Bat -m [rol deta) _ Guy De Maypassot f> Matilda (Mrs. Loisel) was a beautiful young lady who was born in a family of clerks by some error of fate. One day, her husband gave her a printed card which was an invitation to a ball party, ¢ Mr. Loisel had to sacrifice his 400 francs for the dress which he had saved to buy a gun for hunting. © Mr Loisel suggested that she could borrow jewels from her rich friend, Madam Forestier. + Mrs, Forestier placed her box of jewels before Matlida to choose, and she chose a superb diamond necklace 2 On the day of the ball, Mrs. Loisel was a great success and looked very beautiful, elegant and gracetil (xviii)© The necklace was lost diamond necklace that could replace the lost one valued 36000 fran Had 18000 fia ves butt haul to borrow the rest of the money ¢ The new diamond necklace, which was exactly the same as the ald one, was given to Madain Forestier. © They had to work hard and lead a miserable life to pay olF the debts © On day. when Madam Forestier met Mrs, Loisel, she couldn't recognise her because she had changed so badly. » Mos, Loisel, told the whole story and also the fact that her necklace was responsible for their miserable condition » Madam Forestiet was touched and said, “Oh! My poor Matilda! Mine (diamonds) were false. They were not worth cover five hundred fi —K.A. Abbas ‘© Bholi was the youngest daughter of Ramlal © Apart of her brain was damaged when she ‘¢ When she was two years old, she had an attack of small pox » A fairand pretty child was disfigured with pock-marks. * Bholi was thought to be a simpleton and a backward child who stammered while speaking. @ The “Tehsildar” inaugurated a primary schoo! for girls in the village {ell off from her cot just when she was ten months old » He asked ‘Numberdar’ Ramal to set an example before the villagers by sending all his daughters to school * Atschool, Bholi was pleased to see so many girls of her age and hoped to befriend one of them, © The teacher was very friendly and sympathetic and encouraged her to try again, * At last, Bholi sueceeded in saying *Bh-Bh-Bho-Bholi” and the teacher patted her for her success. © The teacher assured her that very soon she would start speaking like all others, without stammering, 2 An offer for marriage came from a prosperous grocer, Bishamber, for Bholi © Bholi reluctantly agreed for marriage just to keep the *honour’ of her family. ¢ Bishamber agreed to marry Bholi, if her father gave him 5000 rupees as dowry. ® Bholi spoke that she would not many a mean, greedy and a coward like Bishamber. ¢ Her teacher was seeing the whole drama standing in a corer, agreed with Bholi and said. “Yes, Bholi, of course.” OR MM stele) aura gt Mele a) —Claire Boiko '¢ The story is set in the wwenticth century, five centuries ayo. * Think-Tank calls Martians a handsome race and they are more attractive than the ugly Earthlings. ‘Think-Tank wants to invade that ‘primitive ball of mud" known as Earth before lunch, © He discloses that the Earthlings don't listen to the sandwiches (books) but open and watch them, Then, Think-Tank declares that those sandwiches are not for ear communication, They are for eye-communication. + Omega picks a large volume *Mother Goose’ which contains pictures of Earthlings. © The thyme of “Humpty Dumpty had a great fall” is read. @ Think-Tank declares after looking at the pictures of Humpty-Dumpty that the Earthlings have seen him. The words “Had a great fall’ mean that they plan (o capture Mars Central Control and him, @ He orders that Mars must be evacuated immediately. They will go a new place a hundred million miles away from Mars to Alpha Centauri. ® Historian tells how one dusty old book of nursery rhymes *Mother Goose’, saved the world from a Martians inv: ® Great and Mighty Think-Tank was replaced by the wise and wonderful man, Noodle. © The Earthlings taught the Martians the difference between sandwiches and books. fasion,Reading Skills rhe comprehending power of students is evaluated through two unseen passages-Diseursive and Case hey passages. These passages consist of Multiple Choice/Objective Type Questions and Short Answer Question Fay questions reasonably test how the students evaluate and analyse the given pieces of texts. This book wil}, i They prepare the students to tackle questions of this section. ag, Reading Comprehension is the ability to read text, process it and understand its meaning. An individ to comprehend text is influenced by their traits and skills, one of which is the ability to make infere, recognition lal’ a difficult, students use too much of their processing capacity to read individual words, which with their ability to comprehend what is read. There are a number of approaches to improve reading comprehen’ : including improving one’s vocabulary and reading strategies. i, | Here are some guidelines to do best in examination © Just comprehend the overall flow and structure to analyse and answer the questions. © Understand the flow, structure and the main points of the passage. For specific point questions, re-read the © Always read the questions first and then the passage. This will help you to focus on the things you need the passage. + While reading the passage, make sure you understand the gist ofthe passage and do not get stuck on partic yo +» No correct answer will come from outside the passage. The right answer is always found within the passage Pasage lok ‘Students are required to write a Formal Letter and an Analytical Paragraph. After going through all the sample popes of this book, the students will become proficient to write answers to these writing tasks accurately and within te stipulated time in examinations. Some guidelines to attempt writing taks: Express ideas in clear and grammatically correct English, using appropriate punctuation and cohesive devices ‘Write in a style appropriate for communicative purposes. Plan, organise and present ideas coherently by introducing, developing and concluding a topic. Write a clear description, e.g. of a place, a person, an object. Write a clear account of events, e.g. a process, a narrative, a trend or a cause-effect relationship. ‘Compare and contrast ideas and arrive at conclusions. Present an argument, supporting it with appropriate examples. Use an appropriate style and format to write e-mails letters and articles Monitor, check and revise written work. eee ooo eee ‘Students will be assessed the knowledge of Determiners Tenses, Modals, Subject-Verb Concord and Reported Spe through Gap filling, Editing, Omission, Sentence Reordering or Sentence Transformation, After going through thes sample papers the students will be able to solve all questions of this section accurately within the stipulated time ‘examination. boy