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Recall a time you helped someone. Write two words describing:
1. What were your feelings after you did so?
2. What might have been the feelings of the person whom you helped?
Share your answers with your classmates and teacher.
Question 1
1. What were your feelings after you helped someone?
How to answer:
Give two suitable feeling words. This is an open-response activity.
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Sample answer:
Happy
and
satisfied
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Reason:
Helping someone can make us feel useful and glad that we could make a difficult situation easier.
Kisi ki help karne ke baad happy aur satisfied feeling aati hai, kyunki help karne se hum useful feel karte hain aur khushi hoti hai ki hamari wajah se kisi ki mushkil aasan hui.
Question 2
2. What might have been the feelings of the person whom you helped?
How to answer:
Give two suitable feeling words. This is an open-response activity.
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Sample answer:
Grateful
and
relieved
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Reason:
The person may feel thankful for the support and relieved that the problem became easier.
Jis insaan ki help ki jaati hai, woh grateful aur relieved feel karta hai, kyunki support milne se thankful lagta hai aur problem halki lagne lagti hai.
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Work in pairs. Read the words given below. Circle the words you would associate with an elderly person and underline the words you would associate with a school student. Share the reasons for your choices with your classmates and teacher.
Question 3
strong
worried
trembling
hastening
firm
bent
merry
grey
slow
guide
helpful
How to answer:
Choose words by the picture or situation they commonly suggest. More than one reasonable classification may be discussed.
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Elderly person — sample association
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School student — sample association
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worried · trembling · bent · grey · slow
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strong · hastening · firm · merry · guide · helpful
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Reason:
The first set suggests old age, physical weakness or worry. The second set suggests youth, energy or the ability to help. The exercise is discussion-based, so other sensible choices can also be explained.
Elderly person ke saath worried, trembling, bent, grey, slow jaisi words associate hoti hain jo old age aur physical weakness dikhati hain. School student ke saath strong, hastening, firm, merry, helpful jaisi words aati hain jo energy aur help karne ki ability dikhati hain. Yeh discussion-based activity hai, toh dusre sahi answers bhi ho sakte hain.
III
Read the lines.
The woman was old and ragged and grey
And bent with the chill of the Winter’s day.
Select the suitable meaning of ‘ragged’ as used in these lines. There are other four meanings given below. Discuss with your classmates and teacher.
Question 4
1. (of clothes) old and torn; synonym: shabby
2. Having an outline, an edge, or a surface that is not straight or even
3. Not smooth or regular; not showing control or careful preparation
4. (Informal) very tired, especially after physical effort
How to answer:
Use the context: the word describes the old woman’s appearance and clothing.
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In these lines,
ragged
means that the woman’s clothes are
old and torn
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Therefore, the correct answer is
1
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Reason:
The poem is describing the woman’s worn appearance, not a coastline, breathing pattern or physical exhaustion.
Yahan 'ragged' ka matlab hai woman ke clothes purane aur phate hue hain. Isliye correct answer 1 hai, kyunki yeh line uske worn-out appearance ke baare mein hai, kisi coastline, breathing pattern ya physical exhaustion ke baare mein nahi.
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