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Passage II (Page # 107)

Q. No Question

1 What is the meaning of ‘Had a burglar made it into my room’?

2 What does ‘he’ refer to in this passage?

3 Who is the speaker of this passage?

4 What was the reason for playing at top volume?

5 What is the opposite word for ‘advantage’ and use it in a sentence?

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Passage II (Page # 107)

Q. No Question

1 What is the meaning of ‘Had a burglar made it into my room’?

Answer: Burglar entering into a room of author of this passage. (Clue – first line of this para)

2 What does ‘he’ refer to in this passage?

Answer: He refers to a burglar. (Clue – first line of the para

3 Who is the speaker of this passage?

Answer: Author/Writer is the speaker of this passage

4 What was the reason for playing at top volume?

Answer: That’s not to hear grownups words

5 What is the opposite word for ‘advantage’ and use it in a sentence?

Answer: Disadvantage. E.g., There is a disadvantage in using English medicine.

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Passage III (page # 107)

Q. No Question

1 Who is the speaker of the passage?

2 Whose physical features are described in the passage?

3 What is the meaning of a word ‘typhoon’?

4 Use the word ‘assault’ in a sentence

5 Who is looking like a sailor in the passage?

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Passage III (page # 107)

Q. No Question

1 Who is the speaker of the passage?

Answer: Author/Writer of the passage is the speaker of this passage

2 Whose physical features are described in the passage?

Answer: Author’s father’s physical features are described in the passage

3 What is the meaning of a word ‘typhoon’?

Answer: It is a cyclone

4 Use the word ‘assault’ in a sentence

Answer: [Assault means harmful or offensive contact with a person/misconduct to harm a person physically]

e.g., we read many articles in the newspapers about assaulting women by men

5 Who is looking like a sailor in the passage?

Answer: Author’s / Writer’s father is looking like a sailor

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Passage III & IV (page # 107)

Q. No Question

1 Who is ‘I’ refers to in the 1st line of the 4th passage?

2 Who said, “Turn it down” in this passage?

3 ‘Dad, it’s off’ – in this, what is off?

4 What is the meaning of the word “halfway”? And use it in a sentence of your own.

5 What do you understand from this passage?

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Passage III & IV (page # 107)

Q. No Question

1 Who is ‘I’ refers to in the 1st line of the 4th passage?

Answer: ‘I’ refers to the author/writer of the passage/lesson

2 Who said, “Turn it down” in this passage?

Answer: Father of the author told his son

3 ‘Dad, it’s off’ – in this, what is off?

Answer: Volume of the music is off

4 What is the meaning of the word “halfway”? And use it in a sentence of your own.

Answer: The meaning of “halfway” is in the middle between two points/not total

e.g., don’t leave the work halfway

5 What do you understand from this passage?

Answer: A father is commanding his son to decrease the volume of the music and he is very angry in his words

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Passage V (page # 108)

Q. No Question

1 Who are John Colthrane and Bud Powel?

2 What is the major appliance today as per this passage?

3 What is the verb form of “guarantee” mentioned in the passage? Give me an example using it

4 What is the opposite word for ‘aware’?

5 What do you understand from the passage?

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Passage V (page # 108)

Q. No Question

1 Who are John Colthrane and Bud Powel?

Answer:

Both the persons related to the field of music

2 What is the major appliance today as per this passage?

Answer:

A guitar is a major appliance to the field of music

3 What is the verb form of “guarantee” mentioned in the passage? Give me an example using it

Answer:

Guarantee – it is both a verb and a noun

e.g., (a) I am giving you a guarantee (noun) (b) It is guaranteed from his side (verb)

4 What is the opposite word for ‘aware’?

Answer:

Unaware/ignorant/insensitive/unconscious

5 What do you understand from the passage?

Answer:

There is a comparison between old music and new music in the passage

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Passage VI & VII (page # 108 & 109)

Q. No

Question

1 “I know I don’t sound hip talking like this” – in this statement, who is ‘I’?

2 What is the meaning of “hipness”?

3 What is the opposite word of ‘forget’ and where is the answer in the passage – mention the passage number and line?

4 “The author lost all his hipness” – do you agree with this statement? Yes/No – Support your answer with proof or base

5 What do you understand from the passages?

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Passage VI & VII (page # 108 & 109)

Q. No Question

1 “I know I don’t sound hip talking like this” – in this statement, who is ‘I’?

Answer: ‘I’ refers to/ ‘I’ means the author/writer/speaker of the passage

2 What is the meaning of “hipness”?

Answer: Coolness/fashionable/stylishness etc.

3 What is the opposite word of ‘forget’ and where is the answer in the passage – mention the passage number and line?

Answer: Remember – it is in the 1st line of 7th passage in page number 108

4 “The author lost all his hipness” – do you agree with this statement? Yes/No – Support your answer with proof or base

Answer: No. In the 6th passage, 4th line mentions that about father

5 What do you understand from the passages?

Answer: Interest of parents and youngsters about rock music etc.

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