Chapter :- 2 Lost Spring

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Chapter :- 2 Lost Spring

GRAMMAR

Vocabulary

Fill in the blanks choosing the correct words given in the brackets and write the answers only:
Question 1.
(squatters, structures, periphery, barefoot, drainage, wilderness, acquaintance, metaphorically)
My …1…. with the …2.. rag-pickers leads me to Seemapuri, a place on the …..3….. of Delhi yet miles away from it, …4… Those who live here are …..5…… who came from Bangladesh back in 1971. Saheb’s family is among them. Seemapuri was then a ……6….. It still is, but it is no longer empty. In ……..7…… of mud, with roofs of tin and tarpaulin, devoid of sewage, 8 or running water, live 10,000 rag pickers.
Answer:
1. acquaintance
2. barefoot
3. periphery
4. metaphorically
5. squatters
6. wilderness
7. structures
8. drainage

Question2.
(discarded, discoloured, intently, strange, barefoot, explanation, wearing, refused)
Saheb too is ….1….. tennis shoes that look ……2….. over his ……3…… shirt and shorts. “Someone gave them to me,” he says in the manner of an ……..4…… The fact that they are …..5…… shoes of some rich boy, who perhaps ……6…… to wear them because of a hole in one of them, does not bother him. For one who has walked …..7….. even shoes with a hole is a dream come true. But the game he is watching so …8……. is out of his reach.
Answer:
1. wearing
2. strange
3. discoloured
4. explanation
5. discarded
6. refused
7. barefoot
8. intently

Choose the correct meanings of the phrases/ idioms and rewrite the sentences:

1. I had a hard time being a witness in a trial in the court, (an unusual experience, a difficult experience, a happy experience)

Answer :I had a difficult experience being a witness in a trial in the court.

2. The landscape seems to be devoid of life. (completely without, filled with, surrounded by)

Answer : The landscape seems to be completely without life.

3. The recent unrest in the city is born out of years of neglect of the city’s poor neighbourhoods, (is caused for, has occurred because of, has resulted from)

Answer : The recent unrest in the city has occurred because of years of neglect of the city’s poor neighbourhoods.

4. It suddenly dawned on me that I hadn’t eaten all day. (got forgotten, came to my realisation, missed out)

Answer: It suddenly came to my realisation that I hadn’t eaten all day.

Rectification of Errors

Rectify the errors in the following text:

Question 1.
A young boy dressing in a grey uniform, ‘ wore socks and shoes, arrived panting and threw his school bag on a folded bed. Looking ‘ at the boy, I remembered a prayer the other boy had made to the Goddess.

Answer

ERROR

dressing
wore
folded
the other

Corrections

dressed
wearing
folding
another

Rectify the errors in the following text:

Mukesh’s family is between them. None of them know that it is illegal for children like him to work in the glass furnaces in high temperatures, in dingy cells with air and light.

Answer:

ERROR

between
know
In
With

Corrections

among
knows
With
without

Punctuation

Punctuate the following passage:
I like the game he hums content to watch it standing behind the fence I go inside when no one is around he admits the gatekeeper lets me use the swing.

Answer:

“I like the game,” he hums, content to watch it standing behind the fence. “I go inside when no one is around,” he admits. “The gatekeeper lets me use the swing.”

Indirect Speech

Convert the following into Indirect Speech:

“Go to school,” I said glibly.
“There is no school in my neighbourhood. When they build one, I will go.”
“If I start a school, will you come?” I asked, half-joking. “Yes,” he said, smiling broadly.
A few days later I saw him running up to me. “Is your school ready?”
Answer:
I asked him glibly to go to school. He replied that there was no school in his neighbourhood. Then he expressed his willingness that when they built one, he would go. I asked him, half-joking if he would come if I started a school. Smiling broadly he replied that he would surely come. A few days later I saw him running up to me and asked if my school was ready.

Transformation of Sentences

Punctuate the following passage:
I like the game he hums content to watch it standing behind the fence I go inside when no one is around he admits the gatekeeper lets me use the swing.

Answer:

“I like the game,” he hums, content to watch it standing behind the fence. “I go inside when no one is around,” he admits. “The gatekeeper lets me use the swing.”

Rewrite as directed:

1. He does not know what it means. (Turn into Simple.)
Ans He does not know its meaning.

2. Even if she did he will throw them off. (Use ‘In spite of’.)
Ans In spite of her doing, he will throw them off.

3. The goddess had granted his prayer. (Change the Voice.)
Ans His prayer had been granted by the goddess.

4. Food is more important for survival than an identity. (Change the Degree.)
Ans An identity is not so important as food for survival.

5. You don’t stop scrounging, for there is hope of finding more. (Use ‘Since’.)
Ans Since there is hope of finding more, you don’t stop scrounging.

6. I go inside when no one is around. (Turn into Affirmative.)
Ans 1 go inside when there is hardly anyone around.

7. The gatekeeper lets me use the swing. (Use ‘allow’.)
Ans The gatekeeper allows me to use the swing.

Writing:

1. Interview was conducted by Researcher on garbage collectors and scrap buyers in Delhi. Make notes for the same.
Answer:
Note-Making
Garbage collectors and Scrap buyers
1. Source of Information Interview by Researchers

Garbage collectors
Scrap buyers
2. Garbage collectors

Laborious task.
No, fix working hours
Haphazard collection
Categorising garbage / Scrap of like substances in sacks.
Selling garbage / Scrap to dealers
3. Economical status of garbage collectors.
A. Income below poverty line.
B. Partial payment by buyers.
C. Housing facilities

Shelters of bamboo structures
Use of plastic sheet
4. Scrap buyers

buy sorted scrap
payment to collectors according to weight of sacks.
partial payments of wages for daily expenses.
the rest withheld as deposits to be paid at later date.

Report

1. Dana Kornberg Ph. D., University of Michigan conducted research on unorganized sectors, such as garbage pickers. Prepare a report after collecting the views of garbage pickers and scrap buyers.
Answer:
Predicament of Garbage Pickers Research on the views of garbage pickers and scrap buyers, an unorganized sector, was conducted by Dana Kornberg Ph. D. of Michigan University. Some shocking facts about these workers were disclosed. These workers who are responsible for keeping the city clean and reducing pollution to a large extent.

It was found that these workers collected garbage, such as plastics, bottles and containers of many products, and accumulated it at a fixed point. Their hours of work was not fixed. The scrap was then sorted out by them and collected in sacks according to their category.

These garbage sacks were like gold to scrap buyers. They paid the workers according to the weight of the sack full of scrap. But it was very unfortunate that the workers were given only partial payment. The rest of the amount was added to their deposit. The copy of the report was handed over to the NGOs and the government authorities for their appraisal.

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Rectify the errors in the following text:

Question 1.
A young boy dressing in a grey uniform, ‘ wore socks and shoes, arrived panting and threw his school bag on a folded bed. Looking ‘ at the boy, I remembered a prayer the other boy had made to the Goddess.

Answer

Rectify the errors in the following text:

Mukesh’s family is between them. None of them know that it is illegal for children like him to work in the glass furnaces in high temperatures, in dingy cells with air and light.

Answer:

Punctuation

Punctuate the following passage:
I like the game he hums content to watch it standing behind the fence I go inside when no one is around he admits the gatekeeper lets me use the swing.

Answer:

“I like the game,” he hums, content to watch it standing behind the fence. “I go inside when no one is around,” he admits. “The gatekeeper lets me use the swing.”

Chapter :- 2 Lost Spring

GRAMMAR

Vocabulary

Choose the correct meanings of the phrases/ idioms and rewrite the sentences:

1. I had a hard time being a witness in a trial in the court, (an unusual experience, a difficult experience, a happy experience)

Answer :I had a difficult experience being a witness in a trial in the court.

2. The landscape seems to be devoid of life. (completely without, filled with, surrounded by)

Answer : The landscape seems to be completely without life.

3. The recent unrest in the city is born out of years of neglect of the city’s poor neighbourhoods, (is caused for, has occurred because of, has resulted from)

Answer : The recent unrest in the city has occurred because of years of neglect of the city’s poor neighbourhoods.

4. It suddenly dawned on me that I hadn’t eaten all day. (got forgotten, came to my realisation, missed out)

Answer: It suddenly came to my realisation that I hadn’t eaten all day.

Rectification of Errors

Rectify the errors in the following text:

Question 1.A young boy dressing in a grey uniform, ‘ wore socks and shoes, arrived panting and threw his school bag on a folded bed. Looking ‘ at the boy, I remembered a prayer the other boy had made to the Goddess.

Answer

Rectify the errors in the following text:

Mukesh’s family is between them. None of them know that it is illegal for children like him to work in the glass furnaces in high temperatures, in dingy cells with air and light.

Answer:

Punctuation

Punctuate the following passage:I like the game he hums content to watch it standing behind the fence I go inside when no one is around he admits the gatekeeper lets me use the swing.

Answer:

“I like the game,” he hums, content to watch it standing behind the fence. “I go inside when no one is around,” he admits. “The gatekeeper lets me use the swing.”

Indirect Speech

Convert the following into Indirect Speech:

Transformation of Sentences

Punctuate the following passage:I like the game he hums content to watch it standing behind the fence I go inside when no one is around he admits the gatekeeper lets me use the swing.

Answer:

“I like the game,” he hums, content to watch it standing behind the fence. “I go inside when no one is around,” he admits. “The gatekeeper lets me use the swing.”

Rewrite as directed:

1. He does not know what it means. (Turn into Simple.)Ans He does not know its meaning.

2. Even if she did he will throw them off. (Use ‘In spite of’.)Ans In spite of her doing, he will throw them off.

3. The goddess had granted his prayer. (Change the Voice.)Ans His prayer had been granted by the goddess.

4. Food is more important for survival than an identity. (Change the Degree.)Ans An identity is not so important as food for survival.

5. You don’t stop scrounging, for there is hope of finding more. (Use ‘Since’.)Ans Since there is hope of finding more, you don’t stop scrounging.

6. I go inside when no one is around. (Turn into Affirmative.)Ans 1 go inside when there is hardly anyone around.

7. The gatekeeper lets me use the swing. (Use ‘allow’.)Ans The gatekeeper allows me to use the swing.

Writing:

1. Interview was conducted by Researcher on garbage collectors and scrap buyers in Delhi. Make notes for the same.Answer:Note-MakingGarbage collectors and Scrap buyers1. Source of Information Interview by Researchers

Garbage collectorsScrap buyers2. Garbage collectors

Laborious task.No, fix working hoursHaphazard collectionCategorising garbage / Scrap of like substances in sacks.Selling garbage / Scrap to dealers3. Economical status of garbage collectors.A. Income below poverty line.B. Partial payment by buyers.C. Housing facilities

Shelters of bamboo structuresUse of plastic sheet4. Scrap buyers

buy sorted scrappayment to collectors according to weight of sacks.partial payments of wages for daily expenses.the rest withheld as deposits to be paid at later date.

Report

It was found that these workers collected garbage, such as plastics, bottles and containers of many products, and accumulated it at a fixed point. Their hours of work was not fixed. The scrap was then sorted out by them and collected in sacks according to their category.

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Rectify the errors in the following text:

Question 1.A young boy dressing in a grey uniform, ‘ wore socks and shoes, arrived panting and threw his school bag on a folded bed. Looking ‘ at the boy, I remembered a prayer the other boy had made to the Goddess.

Answer

Rectify the errors in the following text:

Mukesh’s family is between them. None of them know that it is illegal for children like him to work in the glass furnaces in high temperatures, in dingy cells with air and light.

Answer:

Punctuation

Punctuate the following passage:I like the game he hums content to watch it standing behind the fence I go inside when no one is around he admits the gatekeeper lets me use the swing.

Answer:

“I like the game,” he hums, content to watch it standing behind the fence. “I go inside when no one is around,” he admits. “The gatekeeper lets me use the swing.”

Question 1.
A young boy dressing in a grey uniform, ‘ wore socks and shoes, arrived panting and threw his school bag on a folded bed. Looking ‘ at the boy, I remembered a prayer the other boy had made to the Goddess.

Punctuate the following passage:
I like the game he hums content to watch it standing behind the fence I go inside when no one is around he admits the gatekeeper lets me use the swing.

Punctuate the following passage:
I like the game he hums content to watch it standing behind the fence I go inside when no one is around he admits the gatekeeper lets me use the swing.

1. He does not know what it means. (Turn into Simple.)
Ans He does not know its meaning.

2. Even if she did he will throw them off. (Use ‘In spite of’.)
Ans In spite of her doing, he will throw them off.

3. The goddess had granted his prayer. (Change the Voice.)
Ans His prayer had been granted by the goddess.

4. Food is more important for survival than an identity. (Change the Degree.)
Ans An identity is not so important as food for survival.

5. You don’t stop scrounging, for there is hope of finding more. (Use ‘Since’.)
Ans Since there is hope of finding more, you don’t stop scrounging.

6. I go inside when no one is around. (Turn into Affirmative.)
Ans 1 go inside when there is hardly anyone around.

7. The gatekeeper lets me use the swing. (Use ‘allow’.)
Ans The gatekeeper allows me to use the swing.

1. Interview was conducted by Researcher on garbage collectors and scrap buyers in Delhi. Make notes for the same.
Answer:
Note-Making
Garbage collectors and Scrap buyers
1. Source of Information Interview by Researchers

Garbage collectors
Scrap buyers
2. Garbage collectors

Laborious task.
No, fix working hours
Haphazard collection
Categorising garbage / Scrap of like substances in sacks.
Selling garbage / Scrap to dealers
3. Economical status of garbage collectors.
A. Income below poverty line.
B. Partial payment by buyers.
C. Housing facilities

Shelters of bamboo structures
Use of plastic sheet
4. Scrap buyers

buy sorted scrap
payment to collectors according to weight of sacks.
partial payments of wages for daily expenses.
the rest withheld as deposits to be paid at later date.

Question 1.
A young boy dressing in a grey uniform, ‘ wore socks and shoes, arrived panting and threw his school bag on a folded bed. Looking ‘ at the boy, I remembered a prayer the other boy had made to the Goddess.

Punctuate the following passage:
I like the game he hums content to watch it standing behind the fence I go inside when no one is around he admits the gatekeeper lets me use the swing.