G.D.

GOENKA PUBLIC SCHOOL

SECTOR 48, GURUGRAM

ENGLISH – GRADE X

PROSE – PATOL BABU: FILM STAR

Instructions – Read the chapter once again and answer the following extract
based questions neatly in the LITERATURE COPY.

EXTRACT-BASED QUESTIONS

Read the following extracts carefully and answer the questions that follow.

A. “I hope the part calls for some dialogue.”

Certainly, it’s a speaking part.”

a. There are two speakers in the above extract. Identify both the speakers.
b. What part is the first speaker referring to?
c. Why does he wish to know if it is a speaking part?
d. Was the second speaker being truthful with his statement?

B. “That’s true,” said Patol Babu. “I don’t see why I should say no. But let’s
talk to your brother-in-law first and find out some details.”

a. Whom is Patol Babu speaking to?

b. Who is the other person’s brother-in-law?
c. What details does the speaker wish to know and why?

C. “Come along, Grandpa. I say, Jyoti, can I borrow your pen for a sec?
Grandpa wants his lines written down.”

a. Who is being addressed as ‘Grandpa’?

b. Who is the speaker?
c. What lines does the person want to be written down?
d. What is strange about the lines given to him?
D. “Er-I was thinking-if I had a newspaper open in my hand, and if the collision
took place while I had my eyes on the paper………………..
a. Who is the speaker of the above lines?
b. Whom is he speaking to?
c. What collision is being referred to?
d. Why does the speaker make this request?

e. Does the other person also have any additional suggestion to make? What is
it?