Madhyamik English; Lesson 1; Father's Help

                                                             Father's Help
R.K Narayan is one of the leading figures of early Indian literature in English. He is best known for his book "Malgudi Days", a collection of short stories set against the background of a fictional town of Malgudi during the British India.
     The present story, an abridged version of the original story of same name is also taken from the book "Malgudi Days". The main character like most of the other stories in the book is a young boy named Swami.

                                            Unit -1
1. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:

(a) With a shudder Swami realized that it was
(iv) Monday
(b) when Swami ought to have been in the school prayer hall, he was lying on the
(i) bench
(c) According to Swami, Samuel is especially angry with boys who are
(ii) late

2. Fill in the chart with information from the text:
(a) at nine o'clock Monday morning.
(b) his father
(c) Samuel

3. State whether the following statements are True or False. Provide sentences/phrases/words in support of your answer.
(a) TRUE
S.S- "Headache,"Swami replied."
(b) FALSE
S.S- "Swami was lying in his Mother's room.
(c) FALSE
S.S- "they say that even the headmaster is afraid of him."

                                                Unit-2
4. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:
(a) Father decided to send the headmaster a
(iii) letter
(b) while going to school Swami was bothered by
(a) conscience
(c) the colour of  Samuel's coat was
(iv) yellow

5. Complete the following sentences with information from the text:
(a) Father's behavior took an unexpected turn
(b) Swami went to school feeling that he was the worst boy on earth.
(c) Swami stopped on the roadside to make up his mind about Samuel.

6. Answer the following questions:
a) where did father put the letter?
Ans- Father put the letter in an envelope and sealed it so that Swami could not see what was written in it.
b) what did Swami fail to decide about Samuel?
Ans- Swami could not decide if Samuel really deserved the allegations made against him in the letter.
c) How did Samuel look?
Samuel had a dark face with thin moustache and unshaven cheek. Samuel wore a yellow coat.

                                              Unit - 3

7. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:

a) When Swami entered the class, Samuel was teaching

(ii) arithmatic

b) Swami was late to school by

(i) half an hour.

c) the headmaster was on leave for 

(iv) a week

8. Complete the following sentences with information from the text:

a) As Swami entered the school gate, an idea occurred to him that he would deliver the letter to the headmaster at the end of the day.

b)Swami stood at the entrance to his class.

c) Father snatched the letter away from Swami and tore it up.

9. Fill in the chart with information from the text.

a) He had a headache

b) He was hesitant to deliver the letter to his headmaster.

c) The headmaster was on leave.

10. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:

a) Rina (take/takes/took) the bus to school everyday.

Ans: Rina takes the bus to school everyday.

এখানে বাক্যটি Present Indefinite Tense এ আছে।এবং যেহেতু Present Indefinite Tense এ subject third person singular number তাই verb এর সাথে 's' বা '-es' যোগ করতে হল।

b) Last Monday while we (was watching/ have been watching/ were watching) the television, the electricity went off.

Ans: Last Monday while we were watching television, the electricity went off.

এখানে বাক্যটির প্রথম অংশ Past Continuous এ আছে। তাই were watching হল।

c) By this tomorrow they (will have left/will have left/will had left).

Ans: By this time tomorrow they will have left.

11. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and preposition:

Arifa, the younger of the two girls, has cracked IIT, while the older one is an engineer in a multinational company.

12. write a letter to the editor of a newspaper(within 100) words about the problems faced by commuters due to reckless driving of public vehicles.

To,

The Editor,

The Times of India,

Kolkata - 700032

                        Sub: Reckless driving of public vehicles.

Sir,

     I shall be highly obliged if you kindly publish my concern about the problems faced by the commuters due to reckless driving of public vehicles. Life has become very fast in today's world and with that has created many problems. such a problem is reckless driving. public do not obey traffic rules and deliberately break red signals which cause many difficulties especially during office hours. Overtaking is another ill effect of reckless driving. Young generation is now a days obsessed with bike racing.They are inspired by the media. Many have lost their lives due to bike racing. Another common thing today is use of mobile phones while driving. This has brought about serious consequences.

       so, through your esteemed daily I would like to draw the attention of all the people and would request to the administration to take serious steps to deal with this menace.

Thanking You.

                                                                                                                                                                                              Yours faithfully,

                                                                                                                                                                                                Arnab Goswami 

15, Kathma para lane

Berhampore

Murshidabad - 742103

Date: 29th July, 2016