Unit – 6 The Girl Child

Q.1. Find a word which means the same as:

a) Peony - a garden plant, with red, white and pink flowers
b) brittle - hard and easily broken
Q.2.Find a word which is opposite of:
Fogey x trendy
Negotiating x disclaiming
Q.3.The following passage has not been edited. One word is missing in each line. Identify the correct
word and write the before, missing and the after word in the space provided.
incorrect Correct
This morning I lay on the bathtub thinking how on in
Wonderful it was if I had a dog like Rin Tin Tin. Was would be
I would take him to school for me , where he could stay for with
In the janitor’s room or by the bicycle racks where the where when
Weather was good.

Q.4. Reorder the words and make a meaningful sentence

a) trudged/we/snow/in the/sometime/for/heavy
We trudged in the heavy powder snow for sometime.
b)Everest/Indian woman/I/top/stood on/done/have/so/to/of/the first
I stood on top of Everest the first Indian woman to have done so.

Q.5.Read the extract and answer the following questions

1. A little after seven I went to Daddy and Mama and then to the living room to open my presents,
and you were the first thing I saw, maybe one of my best presents.
a) Who is ‘I’ referred to here?
‘I’ is referred to Anne Frank
b)What is ‘you’? Why do you think ‘you’ was the best present that she got?
‘You’ means a diary. It was considered as the best present because she was in the habit of writing
a diary everyday and she liked the new diary that she received.
2. ‘She was all in black but for a yellow pony tail
That trailed from her cap, and bright blue gloves
That she held out wide, the feathery fingers spread.
From which poem are the above lines taken? Name the poet.
The above lines are taken from the poem ‘Skater’ and the poet is Ted Kooser.

What is the figure of speech used here. Pick out the words.
The figure or speech is alliteration. Alliteration is a literary device that repeats a speech sound in a
sequence of words that are close to each other. The Alliterated words are : black but, that trailed,
bright blue, feathery fingers.
Interpret the above lines.
She looked beautiful in her black out fit. A contrast was provided by her yellow ribbon tied on her
pony tail, that trailed and floated from her cap. Her long tapering fingers appeared to be like the
wings of a bird.

2. I took every step very deliberately on the dangerous stretches.

a) Why did Bachendri have to do this?
Bachendri had to do this because the steep frozen slopes were hard and brittle as sheets of glass
and he had to use ice-axe and kick really hard with his crampons to get to the frozen surface.
b) What does ‘deliberately’ mean?
‘deliberately’ means intentionally.
Q.6..Pick out the lines and give the poetic devices for the following:.
click clack - onomatopoeia
As surely she stepped, bright blue gloves, glide gracefully - alliteration
Leapt into the air the way a crane leaps - metaphor
Q.7. Answer the following questions briefly (30 – 40 words each):
a) Why was Anne not allowed to take part in gym class? Why did the class play volleyball at the
gym?
Anne was not allowed to take part in gym class because her shoulders and hips tend to get
dislocated. As it was her birthday she got to choose whatever game she liked and she chose
Volleyball.
b) What was Anne asked to do as punishment for talking in Mr. Keesing’s class?
For talking in Mr. Keesing’s class, as a punishment Anne was made to write an essay entitled,
‘Quack, Quack,Quack, said Mistress Chatterback’. Anne got help from her friend Sanne who was
good at poetry. She helped her write the essay from beginning to the end.
c)Why did Ang Dorjee want to go to the top from the South Col and be back in a day?
Ang Dorjee wanted to climb to the top of Mount Everest from the South Col because he was
planning to climb without oxygen. He wanted to avoid long exposures at heights and a night at the
Summit Camp.
d)What were the various challenges that they faced in their Historic climb?
The various challenges that they faced were, the cold was intense, the steep frozen slopes were
as hard and brittle as sheets of glass and they had to use their ice-axe to kick really hard to get
across. The strong winds whipped up the powder snow, reducing visibility and the challenge of
crossing Hillary’s step was terrifying.

Q.8. Answer the following in detail (50 to 80 words)

Imagine you are Anne Frank write an email to your friend recounting your experiences at school
and how you managed to outwit your teacher with your frankness.

Q.9. Activity:
Prepare a Mind Map from the lesson ‘I keep my tryst with Everest’