Thank You Ma’am
All questions carry 6 marks.
1 Character of Mrs. Jones.
2. Character of Roger.
3. First meeting between Roger and Mrs. Jones.
4. Evaluate “Thank You Ma’am” as a short story.
5.How did Mrs. try to change Roger for better?
6. “When I get through with you, sir, you are going to remember Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones.” – Imagine that you are Roger and that about ten years have passed since the night of your encounter with Mrs. Jones. Write her a letter telling her about how you felt that night and the tremendous impact her personality has had on your life ever since.
7. Reproduce the conversation between Roger and Mrs. Jones before the former was taken to her house.
Three Questions:
1. Which three questions occurred to the mind of the Tsar? What did he do to get the answers of these questions?
2. Why did the Tsar decide to meet the hermit and how did he visit him? (3+3)
3. Describe the meeting between the wounded man and the Tsar.
4. How did the bearded man become the Tsar’s friend?
5. How did the Tsar save the life of the wounded man?
6. Why did the bearded man become an enemy of the Tsar? What did the man swear and resolve to do?
The Eyes Have It: HS English Suggestion 2020
1 Reproduce the conversation between the narrator and the girl in the train compartment.
2. “Oh, how lucky you are.” – Who said this? Who was considered to be lucky and why? How did the person react to the above remark?
3. Character of the girl in Ruskin Bond’s story “The Eyes Have It”.
4. “The man who had entered the compartment broke into my reverie”. What was the riverie? How was the reverie broken?
5. Title.
6. How does ‘irony’ play an instrumental role in the story “The Eyes Have It”?
7. “You must be disappointed.” – Who said this and to whom? When did the person say this? Why did he say this?
Strong Roots: HS English Suggestion 2020
1 What idea do you gather about the parentage of Kalam from his reminiscences in his essay “Strong Roots”?
2. What was Kalam’s father’s response to his son’s query about prayer and spirituality?
3. How did his father’s attitude to adversity influence the young Kalam?
4. What picture of communal harmony do you get from kalam’s autobiographical sketch “Strong Roots”?
5. What was Kalam’s conception about prayer in his childhood?
6. How does Kalam describe his childhood in his composition “Strong Roots”?
7. What does Kalam say about the father’s routine-bound life? What does he want to suggest here?
Poetry:
On Killing a Tree:
1 Give the central idea of the poem “On Killing a Tree”.
2. Title of the poem.
3. “It has grown slowly
Consuming the earth.” – What is the significance of the lines?
Consuming the earth.” – What is the significance of the lines?
4. Describe the growth of the tree in details.
5. “It takes much time to kill a tree.”- How does the poet explain the statement and why?
6. How does the tree heal itself?
7. “Out of its leprous hide
Sprouting leaves.”- What is the significance of the lines?
Sprouting leaves.”- What is the significance of the lines?
8. “And then it is done.”- What is done? When and how is it done?
Asleep in the Valley:
1 Prepare central idea, title and substance of the poem “Asleep in the Valley”.
2. Consider “Asleep in the Valley” as an anti-romantic poem. or
What is Arthur Rimbaud’s attitude towards war as revealed in Asleep in the Valley”?
What is Arthur Rimbaud’s attitude towards war as revealed in Asleep in the Valley”?
3. Describe the soldier after Rimbaud in the poem “Asleep in the Valley”.
4. How does the picture of the soldier describe the tragedy of war? Explain.
5. Look at the word ‘asleep’. What do we normally associate with the word? When does the reader recognize that the soldier is asleep in a different sense?
6. Describe the Valley in “Asleep in the Valley”. Comment on the nature of his observation.
Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?:
1 Discuss the substance of the poem.
2. “Every fair from fair sometimes declines.”- what is the difference between the 1st ‘fair’ and 2nd ‘fair’?
what makes “every fair from fair sometime” decline?
what makes “every fair from fair sometime” decline?
3. How does Shakespeare treat the themes of time and love in the Sonnet No. 18?
4. Use of imagery in Sonnet 18.
5. “But thy eternal summer shall not fade.” – whose ‘eternal summer’ is referred to here? What do you mean by ‘eternal summer’?
The Poetry of Earth:
1 Prepare central Idea, title and substance of the poem.
2. What roles do the Grasshopper and the Cricket play in the poem?
3. “The poetry of earth is never dead.”- how does the poet establish this view?
4. Evaluate “The Poetry of Earth” as a Sonnet.
5. “He has never done/With his delights.” – Who is ‘he’ referred to here? How does he delight? What does he finally do? (1+2+3)
6. Use of imagery in the poem.
Drama:
The Proposal:
1 I’ve come to ask the hand of your daughter….in marriage” – Who said this and to whom? Who was the daughter? What was the immediate reaction of the father on hearing “The Proposal”?
2. Justify “The Proposal” as a satire.
3. “But you forget that he is overshot.” – What was spoken about? Whom did it belong? For how much was it bought? What is the meaning of overshot? what did its owner consider it to be?
4. Why did Lomov decide to marry Natalya?
5. How responsible a father is Chubukov?
6. Characters of Natalya, Chubukov and Lomov.
7. How is the theme of marriage dealt in the play “The Proposal”?
8. Theme of the play “The Proposal”.
9. “She’s like a love-sick cat.” – Who is the speaker? Whom does ‘she’ refer to? In what context does the speaker say so? How far, do you think, is the statement correct?
10. What picture of social life is presented in the play “The Proposal”?
Writing: for HS English Suggestion 2020
1 Your school participated in the “Safe Drive Save Life” campaign of Kolkata Traffic Police. Write a report on it.
2. A report on Educational Excursion.
3. Write a report on ‘the poor prospects of the Eden Gardens’.
4. Recently your school organised a Cleaning Drive in the immediate vicinity of your school. Now write a report on the “Cleaning Drive” by your school.
5. Write a report on the farewell ceremony of a retired teacher.
6. A report on “Kanyashree Day Observation” in your school.
7. Write a report on Tree Plantation Camp organised by your school.
8. Write a report on the celebration of Nirmal Vidyalaya Abhijan at your school.
Letter Writing:
1 Write a letter to the Municipal Chairman on the spread of dengue as an epidemic manner in your locality.
2. Write a letter to the editor of an English daily about the poor condition of roads and streets in your locality.
3. A letter to the editor of a newspaper about the education of the girl child in rural areas.
4. Write a letter to the editor of an English daily about regular flooding in your locality during monsoon.
5. Write a letter to the Medical Super of XYZ Nursing Home demanding an explanation of the bill that they have charged unduly for your patient.
6. XYZ School has ordered a publishing company for a set of books. But the company has failed to supply the books in due time. Write a letter of reminder to Publishing Company.
7. Write a letter to a reputed company complaining that the laptop, you bought lately from them, has technical problems. Say what you want to do and what kind of support you need as a customer.
8. Write a letter to the editor of an English daily expressing your concern about the increasing number of road accidents.
Precis Writing:
Do practice as much as you can.