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Tuesday, 5 May 2020

English X - Chapter No.4 - Questions-Answers and Text Book Exercise

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LITTLE THINGS
Questions-Answers and Text Book Exercise


Q.1: Who wrote the poem 'Little Things'? What makes our world an Eden?
Ans: The poem "Little Things" is written by the America poetess Julia Carney. According to the poetess, little deeds of kindness and little words of love and sympathy make our world an Eden, a happy place to live in wished by all.

Q.2: How do little deeds of kindness make our life happy?
Ans: Little deeds of kindness are a blessing of God. We can win the hearts of by kind and loving words. We can gain everlasting joy when we wipe the tears downtrodden and help the needy and the poor. It provides joy and peace in return.

Q.3: What is an Eden?
Ans: Eden means the garden of paradise, where our first parents Adam and Eve lived. An Arab country has the same name, but it is spelt: "Aden". It is a name of heaven, where the pious and the noble people will live after their death. It is a everlasting  place of pleasure, happiness and delight.

Q.4: How can we make our world an Eden?
Ans: We can make our world Eden by our little deeds of kindness. We can do this only by wiping the tears of others in grief, nursing the sick, feeding the hungry and cheering the depressed people. Our kind words and sympathy make this world an ideal place and have everlasting impression on people.

Q.5: Why are little things important? OR What is the importance of 'Little things'?
Ans: We should not ignore little things.They are of great importance. Often little things in life bring big changes. As little drops of water make mighty oceans. Very vast and beautiful lands are made of little grains of sand. Similarly little deeds of kindness make us dear to every one even our enemies also. Although the moments of our .life are humble yet they make mighty ages of endless time.
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Text Book Exercise

B. Exercise:

1. There is a proverb in Urdu and Sindhi which express the thought contained in the first verse. What is it?
Ans: Little (small) drops of water, make the mighty Ocean. Which means چھوٹے چھوٹے قطروں سے سمندر بنتا ہے

2. Write five lines about a little act of kindness done by you, and the result of it?
Ans. Once a poor woman came to my house. She asked us about some money because her only son was in the hospital and she needed the money to buy medicines for him. My mother did not believe on her story but I offered my whole collection of the year which was about 800 to 900 rupees. In return, the woman gave me so much prays that I felt very happy on my act.

C. Idiomatic Structures:

1. "Don't make fun of me"  means "Don't ridicule me".
2. "Make room for passengers" means "Arrange place for more passengers",
3. "His only aim in life is to make money" means "He is only interested in earning money".
4. "If you make a mistake, you should say you 're sorry" means "If you commit a fault, you must apologize".
5. "She spend an hour on her make-up" means " She spend an hour on beautifying herself with cosmetics".

D. Grammatical Structure:

Made of
Example: 
What are your shoes made of?
Ans: They are made of leather.

Exercise:
Complete the following sentences by using words from the brackets.
(bricks, steel, foam rubber)

1. That house is made of bricks.
2. This cushion is made of foam rubber.
3. These machines are made of steel.


E. Idioms:

1. To make the most of: To take the fullest advantage of the circumstances.
Example: Youth is the best time of one's life so make the most of it.
Exercise: He let me use his bicycle for a month so I’m going to take the fullest advantage of it. (Substitute the idiom)
Ans:He let me use his bicycle for a month so I’m going to make the most of it.

2. To make the both ends meet: To be able to live within one’s income.
Example: Due to inflation, salaried people can't make both ends meet.
Exercise: I had to take up a part time job to be able to meet all my expenses.  (Substitute the idiom)
Ans:I had to take up a part time job to be able to make the both ends meet.

3. To make one’s mouth water: To cause someone to desire something intensely, especially food.
Example: The sight of the food was enough to make his mouth water.
Exercise:  As soon as we got the smell of food, we felt a strong desire to eat. (Substitute the idiom)
Sentence: As soon as we got the smell of food, it made our mouth water.

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