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Lukes Convent School Gulshanabad Anantnag

Subject: English. Class: 7th

The Night I Met Einstein

● Read these lines from the text and answer the questions.
● "You're not tone deaf."
a. Who said this to whom?
Ans: Einstein said this to the narrator.
b. Why did the listener think he was tone-deaf?
Ans: The listener thought he was tone deaf because he couldn't
understand classical music.
c. How did the speaker conclude that the listener was not
tone-deaf?
Ans: The speaker concluded this because the listener was able to
sing the song of Bing Crosby very effortlessly.

● "I'm so sorry, Dr Einstein," she said, giving me a cold look," that

you have missed so much."
a. Who said these words?
Ans: The hostess said these words.
b. What had Dr Einstein 'missed'?
Ans: Dr Einstein had missed Bach's concert.
c. Why did 'she' give the narrator a cold look?
Ans: 'She' gave the narrator a cold look because she held him
responsible for the absence of Dr Einstein from the concert.

● How does the narrator's attitude and behaviour change after

meeting Einstein? Draw a comparison in the attitude and
behaviour of the narrator___
 before meeting Einstein after meeting Einstein
Before meeting Einstein the After meeting Einstein the
narrator wasn't able to narrator gets convinced that he
understand and appreciate isn't a tone-deaf. Einstein makes
classical music. He considered him understand how we can
himself as a tone-deaf. He acted learn about new things in a well
politely out of mere compulsion. structured process. The narrator
The narrator also lacked grows in his confidence when
confidence about his own he is finally able to understand
abilities. and appreciate classical music.

● Think and answer.

1. Do you think Einstein is a good teacher? Why do you think so?
Ans: Einstein indeed proved to be a good teacher. The young man
whom he met at the concert didn't understand classical music, and
considered himself as a tone-deaf. Einstein identified the weakness
of the young man and devoted his time, effort and knowledge to
make him realise how new things are learnt.
2. Did Einstein feel upset about missing a good concert? Give
reasons for your answer.
Ans: Einstein didn't feel upset about missing a good concert, rather
he was delighted at the prospect of how he was successfully able to
teach music to a young man.
At the end of the concert Einstein responds to his hostess by saying
"My friend here and I, however, were engaged in the greatest
activity of which a human being is capable."

● Complete the sentences with the correct form of the adjectives in

the brackets.
1. most wonderful
2. longest
3. worse, worst
4. more useful
5. farther
6. less.

● Underline the adjectives and identify their kinds.

1. Those. (demonstrative)
2. a second chance (numeral adjective)
3. several (adjective of quantity)
4. which (interrogative adjective)
5. upset (descriptive adjective)
6. antique (descriptive adjective)

● Underline the relative clause in these sentences and circle the

nouns that they describe.
1. Done in your book
2. Vase: (Noun)
which the collector bought (Relative clause)
3. Forest : (Noun)
which he travelled (Relative Clause)
4. police : (Noun)
who committed the robbery (Relative Clause)
5. dictator : (Noun)
who was proud (Relative Clause)
6. Jamshedpur : (Noun)
where I grew up (Relative Clause)
7. aunt : (Noun)
who is well-respected (Relative clause)
8. Maria : (Noun)
that was advertised (Relative Clause)
● Complete the sentences with the correct form of the phrasal
verbs from the box.
1. keep up
2. bottle up
3. give up
4. blow up
5. end up
6. back up