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2020-21
VIDYAGAMA ENGLISH (II Language)
ಪ್ರೌಢ ಕಲಿಕಾ ಸಂಗಮ

SELF LEARNING
MATERIALS
Team Vidyagama Puttur
Teachers of English
 A Note for the learner
 Self- reading materials are prepared in addition to the
textbook activities.
 Read the lesson in your textbook before going to read the
summary.
 Read the "one line summary" and try to guess the entire text.
 Refer the glossary given in the text book as well as a good
dictionary for unknown words.
 The flow chart ( @ a glance) helps you to recall the different
stages of the lesson.
 Try to complete the task yourself. If you are not able to do
any activity, you can take the help or guidance of your
teacher, friends or family members.
 Note down the new words and try to use in your own
sentences.
 Note down the examples given in Vocabulary and language
activities.

********Wishing you an enjoyable reading**********

Resource Team :
1. Georege K .V
Assistant Teacher,
GPUC Kaniyuru

2. Vijaya Kumar Naik

Assistant Teacher,
GPUC Uppinangady

3. Shashidhara Shetty N
Assistant Teacher,
GPUC Konalu

Supported By : Teachers of English, Puttur TQ.

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Lets Learn 10th

Ourselves STD

VIDYAGAMA ENGLISH

A HERO
R K Narayan

A boy called Swami became ‘A Hero’ overnight unknowingly

and accidently.

Read and understand the summary of the lesson.

‘A Hero’ is a story written by R.K. Narayan. Here Swami is a boy of eleven or

twelve years old. His Father read a newspaper report about the bravery of a village boy
who came face to face with the Tiger. Father asked Swami for his opinion. Swami said “I
think he must have been a very strong and grown – up person, not a boy at all”. According
to father courage is everything but Swami disputed that strength is required to face a tiger.

Swami used to sleep beside his grandmother but Swami’s Father wanted him to sleep
alone in the office room, so that he could become courageous. Swami thought it was a
frightful suggestion Swami tried to change the subject by talking about cricket club.
 Swami wanted to put it off but by then the challenge had become a command.
Swami’s father thought that his wife and mother were too protective of Swami.

Swami went to bed without listening to a story and covered his face with the blanket.
Granny asked him if he was really sleepy. But the boy pleaded, “Shut up granny, don’t
talk to me and don’t let anyone call me even if the house is on fire”. He acted to be asleep.
His father made him get up and forced him to sleep in the office room. Then Swami said,
“Your office room is very dusty and there may be scorpions behind your law books”.
Swami’s father rejected his plea and told that if Swami did not sleep alone, he would
make him the laughing stock of his school.

Finally, he was made to sleep in the office room. As the night advanced, Swami was
frightened. He remembered all the stories of the devils and ghosts. He remembered how
his friend Mani had seen devil in the Banyan tree at his street end and Munisami’s father
spat blood after the devil slapped his cheek. He remembered how his old friend in the
fourth standard disappeared because he was carried off by a ghost to Siam or Nepal.
Through the silence of the night all kinds of noises reached his ears – the ticking of the
clock, rustle of trees, snoring sounds and some vague night insects humming.

Swami thought that the place under the bench was more compact and reassuring and
crouched there. He was racked with nightmares. He dreamt he was being chased by a
tiger. His feet stuck to the ground. He remembered he was alone in the room. He tried to
open his eyes but he could not. He groaned in despair. Later he sensed something moving.
He thought it was a devil, but when he caught it, that turned out to be a Burglar.

“Aiyo! Something has bitten me” cried the burglar. In a moment father, cook, and
the servant came in carrying light.
Congratulations were showered on Swami the next day. His classmates looked at
him with respect, and his teacher patted his back. The headmaster said that he was a true
scout.
The inspector said, “Why don’t you join the police when you are grown up?”. But
Swami had made up his mind to be an engine driver, a railway guard or a bus conductor
late in life.
The following night Swami went to bed early and slept beside his Granny. His father
thought of making him sleep alone but Swami’s mother did not allow him. So he was
angry and went away.
Swami heard the conversation sleeping under the blanket. He felt relieved to hear
that his father was giving him up.

Summary @ a glance

Swami’s father read a newspaper report about the bravery of a village boy who came
face to face with the Tiger.

Swami argued that strength is more important than courage to face a tiger.

Swami’s father challenged him to show courage by sleeping alone in the office room.

Swami tried to escape from the challenge because he had always slept beside his
granny and any change kept him trembling and awake all the night.
When father forced him to sleep alone, Swami looked at his granny and mother for help
but in vain(useless)

As night advanced, Swami heard different noises and suffered with the nightmares.

Later he saw a moving creature and thought that it was a devil. As it came nearer, he
hugged it tightly and bit it hard

Swami helped to catch a notorious burglar of the district. Congratulations were showered
on him and he became “A Hero” overnight

Swami was congratulated. His classmates looked at him with respect. His class teacher
patted on his back. The Headmaster told that he was a true scout. The police inspector
asked him to join the police force.

Swami actually wanted to become a railway guard, or an engine driver or a bus

conductor.
world.
Fill your pocket

frightful : fearful
plea : an appeal
He made a plea for help
It was a frightful
accident

reassure : restore
rack (v) : confidence
suffer from great
mental pain The doctor tried to
reassure that his mother
Seema was racked by would be cured
the death of her father

despair : to have no hope

We should not despair

if we fail in the exam
 ACTIVITY SHEET-1

Task 1: Answer the following questions in 2 or 3 sentences:

1. What was the incident reported in the Newspaper?

2. What desperate attempts did Swami make to escape from his father?

3. How was Swami honored for his heroic deed?

4. Why did father want Swami to sleep alone?

Task 2 . Answer the following extracts:

1. “I think he must have been a very strong and grown – up person, not a boy at all”.
a) Who does ‘I’ refer to?

b) Who was ‘strong and grown up’ according to the speaker?

c) Why does the speaker consider him ‘strong and grown up’?

2. “Your office room is very dusty and there may be scorpions behind your law book”
 a) Who is the speaker?

b) Where are the scorpions according to the speaker?

c) When does the speaker say this?

3. “Why don’t you join the police when you are grown up”?
a) Who asked this?

b) Who was this asked to?

c) What prompted the speaker to ask this?

Task 3 : Answer the following questions in 5 to 6 sentences

1. Explain Swami’s dreadful experience, when he was sleeping under the bench.

2. How did Swami become a hero over night?

 ACTIVITY SHEET-2
TASK 1: Match the following
A B
sleep false ……………………
reject cry ……………………
laugh accept ……………………
true awake ……………………

Task 2: Read the following statements and say whether they are true or false

1. Swami used to sleep beside his granny . TRUE FALSE

2. Sami wanted to become a policeman

3. The head master called Swami a true scout

4. Swami had seen the scorpions behind the law books

Task 3 : Choose the most appropriate answer

1. Things took an unexpected turn for Swami because of ……………..
a) The burglar entered the room b) mother did not help him
b) the newspaper report of brave boy d) friends congratulated him

2. Swami decided to sleep under the bench because……………..

a) He felt it was a safer place b) it was near the door
b) it was not dusty d) it was made of wood

Task 4 : Fill in the blanks with missing letters

1. – o – r - g e 2. h – m – i – g

3. b--g-a- 4. co - - u – t – r

Task 5 : Guess the meaning of the word .

1. Swami pretended that he was sleeping.
 pretend = ---------------

2. Swami recalled a story in which one of his friends vanished suddenly

because he was carried off by ghost.

vanish = --------------

Read the following words attentively

sneer Proposition nightmare tumble
frightful Tiptoe desperate scout
scowl Encase Mortal weapon notorious
tenacity Reassure burglar Molly coddle

Refer a dictionary and find the meanings of above words

Task 6 : Study the following sentences.

Moonlight in the dark night is very A knight rode on his horse

pleasant.

The baby’s eyes are beautiful Water turns into ice when it is
cooled.
 Now do
this Task

Fill in the blanks with the correct word choosing the words given in
brackets.
1 ............ lessons in our text book are ......... easy. (too/two)

2 I ........... my new bicycle which was gifted by my father (rode/road)

3 I had a ............ of ........ for my lunch. (pear/pair)

4 ............... is a house. (there/their)

Let us Understand

“Homophones are the words which have same pronunciation but

different in meaning and spelling”
 ACTIVITY SHEET-3

LANGUAGE FUNCTION

Accepting / refusing invitation.

Read the following dialogues and note the language functions.

Refusing invitation

Ravi: Good morning sir. How are you sir?

Teacher: I am fine, thank you. How are you Ravi?
Ravi: Fine sir, thank you. Tomorrow is my birthday. Could you please
come to my home tomorrow?
Teacher: Thank you for the invitation, but I’m not sure this time.
Ravi: It’s Ok sir. Bye sir.

Accepting Invitation

Raju: Hai Sathish.

Shashi: Hello dear.
Raju: I am free today. Shall we go for a movie today?
Shashi: Of course! That’s a very good idea. Thank you.
Raju: Welcome, let’s go.

Task 1: Read the following conversation and identify the language

function.

Radha: Good morning Rekha.

Rekha: Very good morning. How are you?
Radha: I am fine, thank you. Are you free now? Shall we go to the
market?
Rekha: Sorry Radha. I have some other work today. Let’s think about it
next week.

Here the Language Function is…………………………………

 MODALS

Read the following sentences carefully and observe the underlined words
1. I can speak Kannada.
2. May I use your mobile?
3. I must meet my parents today.
4. Would you like to join us?
5. Shall we go out?
6. You should read daily to score good marks.
7. Will you open the window?
8. You ought to respect your parents and teachers.
9. You have to speak politely.

Dear students, these underlined words are called ‘Modals’

Modals are used to show ability, ask permission, request, necessity, advice, invite,
etc.

Choose the appropriate modals, and fill in the blanks

[Can, will, must, would, may, should, have to)

1. ______ you ride a bicycle?

2. ________ you return my notes?
3. Neha wants to go to a trip. She asks her father, ______ I go to a trip?
4. If you want to score good marks, you _______ work hard
5. We _________ wear mask for safely

Do the Project

Collect some heroic deeds from the news paper

 Poem – 1
Grandma Climbs a Tree
Ruskin Bond

Summary

Poet Ruskin Bond calls his Grandmother as genius. In this poem Ruskin Bond is
the speaker, he speaks about his Grandma. His Grandma was 62 years old, she behaved
like a child. She had childish nature. She learnt to climb tree from her brother at the age
of 6. She could climb a tree very quickly even at the age of 62.
Grandma felt happier on the tree than at home. One day she climbed a tree,
but couldn’t come down. After the rescue, the doctor suggested a week bed rest. It was
like a brief season in hell.
She demanded a tree top house. The poet’s father was dutiful. He builds a tree
– top house with a door and windows. The poet and his father fulfilled her wish. So granny
moved up and lived there happily with sherry and grandson, the poet.
 ACTIVITY SHEET-1

Task :1 Fill the bubbles with the qualities of grandma

genius

Grandma

Do the Project

Collect any wrapper and write five sentences about it in English.

UNIT: 2

There's a girl by the tracks. -Deven Kanal

An unemployed young man risked his own life to save the life of an unknown girl who
was thrown out of a train and bleeding alone by the side of tracks

Characters

Baleshwar : unemployed youngster from Mirzapur, UP

Roma : A call centre executive from Pune, Maharashtra
Dinesh : Roma’s brother
Truck driver: a Gujarati who helped Baleshwar to carry the to a
hospital

" Love and compassion are the true religion to me. But to develop
this, we do not need to believe in any religion", says the Dalai Lama.

Let's read the lesson " There's a girl by the tracks" to find the humanity
of a young man who, even, risked his life to save a girl.

Most of the railway stations of metropolitan cities in and around India are
always overcrowded with commuters who travel to their work place daily.
Roma Talreja a 21-year call- centre executive try to settle herself in the ladies
compartment near the door. While the train was moving fast, she got pushed
and lost her balance and thrown out of the coach. At the same time Baleshwar
Mishra, an unemployed High school dropout, who was travelling in another
train speeding in the opposite direction saw this. Immediately he grabbed
trains red emergency chain without any thinking. " Let's go and help her", he
shouted but nobody moved to help . Baleshwar jumped off the still moving
train and ran back very fast to help the girl.

After running for several minutes, he found the girl and asked,
"Behanji aap theek hai?” (Sister are you okay?). But there was no response.
He saw the blood flowing out of the deep cut behind the young woman's
head. He lifted the girl and crossed through some shrubbery and followed the
direction of the vehicle sounds until he found the road. " My sister is injured",
he requested the motorists but no one stopped.

Just when Baleshwar had begun to you lose hope, a tempo truck
driver, a middle aged man who spoke Gujarati, helped him to take the girl to
hospital. On the way, a traffic police man said, "Take the girl to Airoli " . But
Baleshwar disagreed because Airoli was at least 10 kilometres away. " There
is a closer place I know of" , he said. After 10 minutes they reached a small
hospital. But lack of staff and equipment, the on- duty doctor give only the
basic first aid. He advised them to move nearby hospital. On the way, when
Roma got conscious, Baleshwar asked her name and whom he could call to
give the message. She gave her brother Dinesh’s phone number and became
unconscious. Baleshwar memorized the phone number and the tempo truck
driver gave his mobile to call Dinesh. Dinesh who was closing his day at his
marketing job rushed towards his motorcycle to reach the place quickly.

They are arrived to Divine Multi - specialty Hospital and Research Centre.
Seeing the extent of Roma's injury, Dr Anil Agarwal admitted her
immediately to the ICU without any paperwork. Roma was out of danger.
Doctor said that if nobody had helped her she could have bled to death.
Roma’s brother told that her cell phone and handbag were missing. So
Baleshwar revisited the spot where Roma had fallen. A railway employee
told that some of Roma's belongings had been found. In a few days Roma
made a full recovery. She said that she could never repay Baleshwar who
risked his life. According to Baleshwar the people of Mumbai are afraid and
they fear getting trapped in the courts or with the police. An unemployed
youngster's courage tells us that love and compassion are true religions in the
world.
 Fill your pocket

Commuter : Shrubbery : bush

A person who travels to work
place daily. “The lion hid behind a
shrubbery to catch its prey”
“ Puttur bus station is always
filled with commuters.

Equipment : Things
needed for a particular
Memorize : work.
to learn by heart.
I had bought science
The teacher instructed us equipment to conduct an
to memorize the poem experiment.

Summary @ a glance :

Roma tried to settle down in a corner of ladies compartment of Mumbai

suburban electric train.

As train moved fast, she got pushed and lost her balance and thrown out of
the coach

Baleshwar saw this and grabbed his train’s red emergency chain . He jumped
off still moving train .
 He lifted the girl and requested motorists but no one stopped. Finally, a tempo
truck driver helped.

He ran back between the tracks and reached the place where the girl was lain
senseless.

When Roma opened her eyes ,Baleshwar asked her details and called her brother
Dinesh

He admitted her to hospital and saved her life

Doctor believed that Roma could have bled to death had nobody helped her

Roma was grateful towards Baleshwar who risked his life to save an unknown girl
who was bleeding alone by the tracks
 ACTIVITY SHEET-1

Task 1 : Read the lesson and match the followings

A. B
1. Roma. A) doctor
2. Baleshwar. B) businessman
3. Dinesh. C) call- centre executive
4. Agarwal. D) unemployed

Task 2 : Read the following statements and say true or false.

1. Most of the railway stations in metropolitan cities of India are always
overcrowded.

2 . Dr Anil Agarwal was not ready to admit the girl before the paperwork.

2. Tempo truck driver gave his mobile phone to call Roma's brother.

Task 3: Choose the most appropriate answer.

1. As soon as Baleshwar a girl was thrown out of another train moving in

opposite direction, he......

a) called the police station

b) grab train's red emergency chain
C) requested motorists to help her
d) called the girls brother

2. Baleshwar revisited the spot where Roma had fallen because.........

a) he wanted to see the place again

b) he lost his purse
C) Roma’s brother told him that cell phone and handbag were missing
d) he wanted to thank tempo truck driver.
3 Baleshwar disagreed to take to the Airoli because..........

a) it was at least 10 kilometres away.

b) there wasn't big hospital
C) he did not know the route
d) the tempo truck driver I was not ready to help him

Task 4: Fill in the blanks with missing letters.

1. _nj_r_d

2. r_ _ ea_ c

3. r_ _ o_e_y

Task : 5 Read the following sentences and write the meaning of the
word given below.

1 Baleshwar implored motorists to help him to carry the to a hospital

implore. =.....

2 But lack of of personnel and equipment, the on duty doctor gave

only basic first aid.

personnel= ..........
 ACTIVITY SHEET-2

Task 7: Answer the following questions in two or three

sentences each:

1. How did the truck driver help Baleshwar?

2. Why did Dr Anil Agarwal admit Roma without any paperwork?

Task: 8 Read the extract and answer the questions that follow.

1. " Let's go and help her"

a) Who said this?

b)To whom was this said?

c) When did the speaker say this?

2. " Take the girl to Airoli".

a) Who said this?

b)To whom was this said?

c)Did the listener agreed to take the girl to Airoli? . If yes why? If no
why?

Task 9 : " Love and Compassion are two religions". Justify the above
statement with the support of the lesson " There's a Girl by the tracks".
Task 10 :
Fill the bubbles with suitable words.

bag

ball

hand

Do the Project

“ Make a phone call to any one of the Covid warriors working in

hospitals and discuss with them how he/she is treating the patients.
Write a short paragraph on it.”
UNIT 3

GENTLEMAN OF RIO EN MEDIO

Juan A A Sedillo

The passion for his forefathers’ land and concern towards the of his village
made an old man a real ‘gentleman’ of Rio en Medio.

Characters:
• Don Anselmo – an old man of Rio en medio and a man of principles
• The Americans – the buyers of the land
•Summary:
The story teller – the narrator and the legal adviser
• Children -- relatives / decedents of Don Anselmo

“Gentleman of Rio en Medio” is a short story by Juan A A Sedillo. In

this story, the hero of the lesson Don Anselmo promised to buy a land from
the Americans.

Don Anselmo lived in Rio en Medio. It is in New Mexico, United States. He

tilled his ancestral land. His house was small and wretched. The little creek
ran through his land. His orchard was gnarled and beautiful.

His appearance: His coat was old, green and faded. He was wearing Prince
Alberts (long, double breasted coat). His gloves were old and torn and his
fingertips showed through them. He carried a cane which was only the
skeleton of worn-out umbrella.

His manners were quite unusual. A dark young boy always

followed him. Though he was an old man, he bowed to all and removed his
hat and gloves carefully. The manner of removing is also similar to that of
Charlie Chaplin.

The lesson is about a negotiation between Don Anselmo and the Americans.
Don Anselmo inherited property from his ancestors. Now he wanted to sell
this land. The Americans wanted to buy this land. The day of sale he comes
into the office. There was a great deal of conversation about rain and his
family. The story teller said, “These Americans are buena gente they are good
people”. They make a discovery that Don Anselmo owns almost twice as
much as he thinks. So they call him to their office and offer twice the money
for the extra land. Don said, “I don’t like to have spoken to me in that
manner”. But Don takes it as an insult and rejected the offer. After purchasing
the land for twelve hundred dollars, the Americans moved into Rio en Medio,
replastered the old house, pruned the trees and patched the fence.

One day they came to the office to complain that the children of the village
overrun their property, play under the trees and pluck blossoms. So another
meeting was arranged with the old man. They requested him to stop children
from playing in their orchard. But Anselmo told them that he planted a tree
after the birth of each child in the village. He said “I did not sell the trees
because I could not. They are not mine”. So the trees in the orchard belong
to the children and he sold only his land and not trees. The children are the
real owners of those trees.

The Americans became helpless. Anselmo was a man of principles. He had

refused extra money for the land. So they bought each tree from the
descendants of Don Anselmo
 Summary @ a glance

Don Anselmo wanted to sell his property.

1

His land was very fertile and there was a beautiful house.
1

His appearance and manners were unusual.

He signed the deed for twelve hundred dollars.

When the children of the village were overrunning their property , Americans
requested Don Anselmo to stop them from doing so

According to Don Anselmo, the children were the real owners of the
trees.

The Americans bought trees individually from the descendants

of Don Anselmo.
 ACTIVITY SHEET-1

1. Match the following

A B
1. Seller people of Spain
2. Some Americans follower of the old man
3. A young dark buyer
boy the story teller
Don Anselmo

2. Multiple Choice questions.

Choose the appropriate answer and fill in the blanks with right
answer.

1. According to Don Anselmo, the real owners of the tree

were.........................
a) Children of Rio en Medio
b) Don Anselmo himself
c) The story teller
d) The Americans

2. It took months of negotiation to come to an understanding with

the old man because he..................
a) could not hear properly
b) was not in station
c) was not in hurry
d) did not like American

3. Give one word for the following

1. A narrow, small stream or river _____________
2. A piece of land in which fruit trees are grown _____________
3. To cut off some branches of tree and make it grow better __________
 4. Read the following extracts and answer the questions that
follow.
1) The old man removed his hat and gloves carefully.
a) Who is the old man referred here?

b) Whose style did it remind the writer?

c) How were his gloves?

2) “The trees in the orchard are not mine”

a) Who refers ‘mine’ here?

b) To whom did the trees belonge?

c) Why did he feel so?

V) Answer in 2- 3 sentences each

1) Describe the old man’s property.

2) Explain the appearance and manner of Don Anselmo.

3) How do you say Don Anselmo was generous?

4) Why did Don Anselmo not sell the trees in the orchard?

5. Write a paragraph.
1) Whose arguments do you agree with Don Anselmo’s or the
story teller’s? Give reasons.
 ACTIVITY SHEET-2

Find out the words in the given word maze and match with
their meanings. Read across, down and diagonally.

N D K H S E T Y U I O
W E L F E Z X S J L P
B E G N A R L E D B L
L D A O T O R T Y V K
O S Y R T M Q G H J G
S U Z H V I U J G C R
S V X K C R A N C H E
O C B M X S I T D L O
M O L N B C N B I X D
S L P W E R T C M O L
P H K U Y E W Q A Z N

CLUES

1) A very large farm (5)

2) Agreement (4)

3) A branch of tree with twisted hard lumps (7)

4) Unusual and attractive especially in an old-fashioned way (6)

5) An official discussion (11)

6) Flowers on the tree (8)

 GRAMMAR

‘IF’ CLAUSE

Read the following sentences

1. If my mother had given money, I would have brought new dress.

2. If I had not wasted time, I would have finished it.
3. If they hadn’t come, I would have been disappointed.
4. She would have been sorry, if she had missed it.
5. If I hadn’t broken my leg, I would have travelled with you.

Study the following structures

If I had started earlier, I would have finished the work.

OR
I would have finished the work, if I had started earlier.

We use the third conditional (impossible) when talking about events that
have already happened. It is used when it is impossible for the condition to
be fulfilled as the time for it to happen has already passed. It expresses a
hypothetical result to a past given situation.

Main Clause ‘If’ Clause

Would have + V3 had + V3

would have + past participle had+ past perfect

OR
‘If’ Clause Main Clause

Had + V3 Would have + V3

had + past perfect would have + past participle

 ACTIVITY SHEET-3

Activity 1:

Match the following third conditionals with their appropriate

endings:

A B
1. If I had studied harder,
2. If they had enough
money,
3. If it hadn’t rained,
4. If you had called me,
5. If he had driven
carefully,
I would have come.
he would have gone to the
beach.
they would have bought a
computer
he would not have had an
accident.
I would have passed my exams.

Activity 2:

Use the words in brackets in their appropriate form to

complete the following conditional sentences:

1. If I ---------------- (know) you were coming, I --------------------------

(bake) a cake.

2. If it --------------------- (not/ rain), I ---------------------- (not/get) wet.

3. If she ------------- (see) the ball, it -------------------- (not/hit) her on

the head.

4. If you ----------------- (help) me, I -------------------- (finish) the work

sooner.

5. I ---------------------- (call) you, if I ---------------------- (not/forget) my

phone.
UNIT 5

THE CONCERT
Shanthala

The power of music played by Pandit Ravishankar brought a great and beautiful
happiness for the boy Anant whose last wish was fulfilled before his life went out of
him gently, very gently.
Rameshwar Rao

Characters
1. Anant - a boy suffering from cancer
2. Smitha - Anant’s Sister
3. Father, Mother
4. Susheela - Anant’s Aunt
5. Pandith Ravi Shankar - Sitar maestro
6. Ustad Allah Rakha - Tabla Player

Dear Students,

“Music is God’s gift to man, the only art of heaven given to earth, the
only art of earth we take to heaven”. Walter Savage Landor

In this Lesson you would be able to know the power of music and how
a cancer affected boy fulfilled his last wish.

One morning, Smitha, a girl of sixteen years, living in a small

apartment in Bombay, read the newspapers and said loudly with excitement
about Pandith Ravishankar playing sitar at Shanmukhananda Auditorium the
next day.
 Her mother cautioned her not to wake up her brother Ananth as he
needed all sleep and rest, because he was suffering from last stage of cancer.
But the boy was not asleep. He expressed his great eagerness to see and listen
to Pandith Ravishankar’s music as he was his great fan. So, he said “We
mustn’t miss the chance.”

His mother gave all care he needed and visited several hospitals with
high hopes and uttered prayers endlessly. The Boy repeated his wish to hear
and see the maestro saying “It’s a chance of life time.”

Smitha bit her lip in self-reproach. She had known the frightening truth
that Ananth was going to die. She pretended that all would be well and they
would return together to Gaganpur. Anant the 15-year-old boy was very
talented. He was the best table tennis player in his school, and the fastest
runner, good at playing sitar, and was already able to compose his own tunes.

Ananth’s family went to Bombay with high hopes in the miracle of

modern science and stayed at aunt Susheela’s apartment. But his condition
worsened day by day and the doctors asked his parents to take him home and
to fulfil his last wish. But the boy repeated the same wish. Tears rolled down
from the eyes of Smitha who was standing at the window looking at the
traffic. Her aunt suggested her to go to the park. She felt loneliness there.
Suddenly a thought came to her mind and she decided to meet Pandit
Ravishankar and to request to come home. Thus, her father brought two
tickets. The next day, Smitha and her father went to the concert and enjoyed
it very much. She felt as if the gates of enchantment and wonder were
opening. She heard Ananth’s voice in every beat of tabla. The Audience gave
a huge standing applause. A mustachioed man made a long boring speech.

After the concert, Smitha wriggled between the crowds and requested
Pandith Ravishankar to play for her brother at home. Pandith Ravishankar
and Usthad Allah Rakha. agreed to play for her brother.

The next morning, both the artists came to her aunt’s apartment and
performed music for the boy. He enjoyed the music very much and life went
out of him very gently.

Thus, Smitha fulfilled her brother’s last wish. These great artists
proved that showing humanity is the greatest quality needed in one’s life.

Summary @ a glance:
One day Smitha was reading the newspaper and told her brother Anant
that Pandit Ravishankar was going to perform at Shanmukhananda
Auditorium the next day.

Anant, the brother of Smitha wanted to attend the concert.

He was suffering from cancer.

He told that it was his last wish as he was going to die.

Smitha decided to fulfill her brother’s wish.

On the day of concert, she requested Pandit to come and play for Anant.

Pandit Ravishankar with the table player Ustad allah Rakha, came to
Anant’s apartment and played for him.
1.Read the following.

Best table
able to
tennis player.
compose his
own tunes.

Ananth

Fastest
Plays sitar
runner

Describe Ananth - the talented boy.

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1. Match the followings

A B
a) Excited - Great Performer especially a musician.
b) Maestro - To twist and turn the body with quick short
movements.
c) Wriggle - Great Surprise
d) Wizard - A person who is especially good at some art.

2. Read the following sentences and say whether there true or false.
1. Anant composed his own tunes.

2. Pandith Ravishankar did not agree to play for the boy.

3. Aunt Susheela’s apartment was not big but there was a room for
Anant’s family.

3.Fill in the blanks with missing letters

A) _ e_u_s_ B) _r_gg_e C) ap_ _a_se D) _ u f_ e _

4.. Answer the following questions in 2/3 sentences:

1. In what way the truth is frightening to Smitha?

2. Do you think the response of the artists were unusual?

3. Was the concert entertaining to Smitha. Explain?

5. Read the extracts and answers the following questions.

1) “We mustn’t miss the chance”.

a) Who said this?

b) Who was it said to?

c) When was it said?

2) “It’s a chance of lifetime.”

a) Who said this?

b) What is the chance?

c) Why did he say so?

3) “I always wanted to hear him and see him.”

a) Who is the ‘I”?

b) Who is the ‘him’?

c) What did he want to hear?

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GRAMMAR

Read the following sentences

• Anil writes a poem.

• Children played cricket
• Manoj is singing a song
• Kavya had brought a camera

In the above sentences the words “writes “[ present tense] and “

played” [past tense] carry the tenses on its own. They are ‘finite ‘verbs.
The words “singing”, “brought” do not indicate tense. They are called ‘non-
finite’ verbs.

Verb Forms Example

V1. Present : give / gives

V2. Past : gave
V3. Past Participle : given [along with - has / have /had ]
V4. Present Participle : giving [ along with - am, is, are, was, were]
V5. Infinitive : to give.

V1 and v2 are Finite Verbs. It shows tense on its own.

V3, v4 and v5 are Non-Finite verbs. It needs Helping verbs to

show the tense.

4. Pick out the Finite and Non-finite verbs.

a) Vimal rings the bell.

b) The students are playing football.
c) I want to eat an ice cream.
d) Kavitha has written wrong answers.

Do the Project

Collect information and pictures related to Indian Musician

UNIT :5

Jazz Poem Two

The old Jazz musician was like Ancient Mariner in S T.
Coleridge’s poem. He felt that had a message for the people of the world. He
was a pathetic figure who was silent in speech but eloquent in music. He
could express himself through music. The old musician was black and had
an old, wrinkled face. He did not have proper clothes to wear. His shoes were
also torn and he had put paper in them in order to make himself comfortable.
He wore an old alto saxophone which was hanging from his neck by a wire
coat hanger. He wanted to tell the whole world that he was sent into this
world to preach the Black Gospel of Jazz and he was preaching it with words.
The moment he started preaching, he transformed into a Bird which flies
high, high, higher until it flies away. Otherwise he would come back to find
himself a Black Man again.

Glossary

1. Gospel
– A kind of religious music in which religious songs are sung
loudly
.
2. Solitude
- The State of being alone.
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Short Answer Type Questions

1. Why does the Jazz player keep his head down? When does he feel
like a bird?

2. Give at least two descriptions of the Jazz player to show that he is

sad while not playing the instrument.

Long Answer Type Questions

1. How does the poet discriminate jazz player’s appearance with his
artistic character ?

2. Describe the physical appearance of jazz player.

3. Explain the appearance of the black man in ‘jazz poem two.