Chapter 6 Poets and Pancakes
Chapter 6 Poets and Pancakes
Grammar
Vocabulary
Fill in the blanks choosing the correct words given in the brackets and write the answers only:
Question 1.
(mirrors, headed, imagine, angles, fiery, salon, incandescent, subjected)
The make-up room had the look of a hair-cutting …1…. with lights at all ……..2…… around half a dozen large ……3….. They were all ………4……… lights, so you can ….5…… the …6…. misery of those …7…. to make-up. The make-up department was first ….8… by a Bengali who became too big for a studio and left.
Answer:
1. salon
2. angles
3. mirrors
4. incandescent
5. imagine
6. fiery
7. subjected
8. headed
Question 2.
(grown-up, covertly, instances, due to, convinced, encouraging, directed, ignominy) In all …1…. of frustration, you will always find the anger ….2…… towards a single person openly or ….3….. and this man of the make-up department was …4…. that all his woes, ……5…… and neglect were Kothamangalam Subbu. Subbu was the No …….6…… at Gemini Studios. He couldn’t have had a more …..7….. opening in films than our ……8……. make-up boy had.
Answer:
1. instances
2. directed
3. covertly
4. convinced
5. ignominy
6. due to
7. encouraging
8. grown-up
Choose the correct meanings of the phrases/ idioms and rewrite the sentences:
(1) That award-winning role really catapulted the actor into stardom, (threw out, brought sudden fame, left aside)
(2) Mt. Abu has been a favourite., haunt for Gujaratis, (the most enjoyed place, the nearest visiting place, the preferred hunting spot)
(3) Sorry to barge in, but I couldn’t help overhearing what you were saying, (insult, interrupt rudely, miss out on something)
(4) We were struck dumb when she announced • she was pregnant, (become speechless with a shock, extremely happy, terribly upset)
(5) I thought that after a few days, the argument would blow over, (become gradually less important until it came to end, become stronger, be forgotten)
Answer:
(1) That award-winning role really brought sudden fame to the actor into stardom.
(2) Mt. Abu has been the most enjoyed place for Gujaratis.
(3) Sorry to interrupt rudely, but I couldn’t help overhearing what you were saying.
(4) We became speechless with a shock when she announced she was pregnant.
(5)1 thought that after a few days, the argument would become gradually less important until it came to end.
Rectification of Errors
Rectify the errors in the following text:
Question 1.
A few months latter, the telephone lines of the big bosses of Madras buzzed but once again we for Gemini Studios cleared a whole shooting stage welcoming another visitor.
Answer:
Rectification of Errors
Question 2.
The great prose-writers of the world could not admit it, but my conviction grows stronger day after day which prose-writing is not and cannot be the true pursuit from a genius. It is for the patient, persevering drudge.
Answer:
Punctuation
Punctuate the following passage:
He is not a poet he is an editor that’s why The Boss is giving him a big reception Vasan was also the editor of the popular Tamil weekly ananda vikatan.
Answer:
“He is not a poet. He is an editor. That’s why The Boss is giving him a big reception.” Vasan was also the editor of the popular Tamil weekly Ananda Vikatan.
Indirect Speech
Convert the following into Indirect Speech:
“When I leave,” Sophie said, coming from school. “I am going to have a boutique.”
“takes money, Sofa, something like that,” Jansie said.
“I ‘11 find it,” Sophie said, starting far down the street.
“Take you along time to save that much.”
Answer:
Coming from school Sophie said that when she left she was going to have a boutique. Responding to Sophie, Jansie told her lovingly that it took money, something like that. Starting far down the street Sophie said that she would find it. Janie told her that it would take her a long time to save that much.
Transformation of Sentences Rewrite as directed:
1. Rati Agnihotri may not have even heard of it. (Change the Voice.)
2. Sitting at my desk, most of the time I kept busy tearing newspapers. (Tarn into compound.)
3. He couldn’t have had a more encouraging opening in films than our grown-up make-up boy had. (Change the Degree.)
4. He could never do things on his own. (Turn into Affirmative.)
5. Here was a man who could be inspired when commanded. (Use ‘whom’.)
6. I don’t know how to do the scene. (Turn into Complex.)
7. He was an amazing actor. (Turn into Exclamatory.)
Answer:
1. It may not have even been heard of by Rati Agnihotri.
2. I sat at my desk most of the time and kept busy tearing newspapers.
3. Our grown-up make-up boy could have had as much encouraging opening in films as he.
4. He always depended on others to do things.
5. Here was a man whom they could inspire when commanded.
6. I don’t know how I could do the scene.
7. What an amazing actor he was!
Writing:
Question 1.
You must have met some interesting characters in your neighbourhood or among your relatives. Write a humorous piece about their idiosyncrasies. Try to adopt the author’s rambling style if you can.
Answer:
Humour has always been a good entertainer. It generally brings to light the follies of others. Most follies usually occur for saying or doing things without giving prior thought to their occurrence. Sometimes it could be the result of ignorance. Only on second thought, the speaker realises what he has .said is out of way. In our day to day life, we often encounter such incidences.
On one occasion I visited a police station for passport verification. Here I heard a police constable threatening a suspect that he would inflict such corporal punishment that the suspect would remember his mother. The very fact is that we never forget our mother. For this, we do not require external force.
Talking about sympathisers I remember attending a funeral service where I heard a person expressing his sympathies to the person whose only son had expired. This sympathiser asked the father in a very humble way if he had undergone a family planning operation. If not then he could plan for another child. I am sure he was sincere but the occasion was not proper.
The elected secretary of our flat always objects to my watering the garden. One day I told my neighbour about this. He possesses a helping nature. He told me that he would stand by my side and that I should use a hose pipe. That day it was raining, but my friend insisted that I should wear a raincoat and water the garden. I was dumbfounded and told him, it would not be necessary. Hearing this my friend left me, assuring that he would be at my service whenever required.
When the results of the board exam were declared an illiterate neighbour of mine told me that her daughter missed the merit by two marks otherwise she would have definitely passed. Perhaps this poor lady did not know the difference between passing the examination in merit and ordinarily clearing it. Such incidences occurring in life make us think if people are really short of wise thoughts. I am sure if they apply their mind to their speech they would not commit blunders. In any case such occurrences make us wiser in spite of laughter.
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