WORKSHEET I
[Link] following Sunday, Lencho came a bit earlier than usual to ask if there was a letter for
him. It was the postman himself who handed the letter to him while the postmaster,
experiencing the contentment of a man who has performed a good deed, looked on from his
office.
Lencho showed not the slightest surprise on seeing the money; such was his confidence, but
he became angry when he counted the money. God could not have made a mistake, nor
could he have denied Lencho what he had requested.
(a) Why did Lencho come earlier to the post office?
(b) Why was Lencho angry when he counted money?
(c) Find the word which means the opposite of permitted from the passage.
(d) Which word in the passage gives the meaning ‘that one will be successful one day’.
[Link] was Lencho’s house situated? Why did he sit seeing the sky? (40-50 words)
[Link] was an ox of man working like an animal in the fields, but he still knew how to
write.’ What does this line tell us about the norm amongst such farmers of his time? (40-50
words)
4.“I was not born with a hunger to be free. I was born free — free in every way that I could
know. Free to run in the fields near my mother’s hut, free to swim in the clear stream that
ran through my village, free to roast mealies under the stars and ride the broad backs of
slow-moving bulls. As long as I obeyed my father and abided by the customs of my tribe, I
was not troubled by the laws of man or God. It was only when I began to learn that my
boyhood freedom was an illusion, when I discovered as a young man that my freedom had
already been taken from me, that I began to hunger for it. At first, as a student, I wanted
freedom only for myself, the transitory freedoms of being able to stay out at night, read
what I pleased and go where I chose. Later, as a. young man in Johannesburg, I yearned
for the basic and honourable freedoms of achieving my potential, of earning my keep, of
marrying and having a family—the freedom not to be obstructed in a lawful life.”
(a) In what ways was Mandela free?
(b) What kind of freedom did Mandela yearn for as a man?
(c) Give the meaning of the word ‘illusion’?
(d) What do you mean by ‘transitory’.
[Link] it appropriate to call Mandela the crusader of South Africa? .(100-120words)
6. “The quality of humanity is the hallmark of free people. Discuss it with reference to Nelson
Mandela’s views in the chapter ‘Nelson Mandela: Long walk to freedom.” .(100-120words)
[Link] way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
a) Where was the crow sitting?
b) What did it shake on the poet?
c) Find a rhyming word of ‘crow’ from the above extract.
d) How was the poet’s state of mind at that time?
8.‘You must harden your heart and help him on a strict diet.’ Why does Mr Herriot suggest
this to Mrs Pumphrey? (40-50 words)
[Link] pampering is not only bad for humans but also for animals. Do you think over
pampering by parents is in favour of the children? What are the negative things that a child
imbibes from overprotection and over pampering? Elaborate with reference to the story ‘A
Triumph of Surgery’.(100-120words)
10. Why did Mrs Pumphrey suffer in the absence of Tricki? (40-50 words)
***********************************************************************