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Unit 5 Education Class 12| Language Development | A Story of My Childhood | Compulsory English by Suraj Bhatt
Unit: 5 Education: A Story of my Childhood
BEFORE YOU READ
a. “Childhood is a chance for kids to discover who they are before the world tells them who they should be.” Do you agree or not?
Answer:
Yes, I agree with what the statement states. Childhood is the stage where children get the chance to discover various new things regarding their understanding. This stage provides them with various concepts that allow them to identify who they are in a real sense.
b. Share one of your interesting childhood memories.
Answer:
When I was about six years old, I got top marks in my first grade. Most of my teachers congratulated me on that particular day. When I got home after school, I was shocked to find fine decorations in my room. My family members applauded a lot. My father provided me with a fine gift, surprisingly. That day, I got my favourite Honda bicycle as a gift. I will never forget that interesting childhood memory in my life.
WORKING WITH WORDS
A. Match the words in column ‘A’ with their meanings in column ‘B’.
Answer:
Column 'A' Column 'B'
a.expectantly 》vi. in a way that shows you are hoping for something, especially something good or exciting
b.beckon 》viii. to give signal to somebody to move nearer or to follow you
c. grapple 》v. to try hard to find a solution to a problem
d. texture 》ii. the way food or drink tastes or feels in your mouth
e. cobbled 》vii. having a surface that is made of small round stones
f. flimsy 》iv. thin and easily torn
g. attire 》i. clothes, especially fine or formal ones
h.marvelous 》ix. extremely good; wonderful
i. dynamics 》iii. the science of the forces involved in movement
B. An autobiography is a story of a person’s life, written by himself/herself.
Use a dictionary and find the meanings of the following words related to people’s life stories.
hagiography
Meaning: A biography which expresses reverence and respect for its subject.
psychobiography
Meaning: a biography that emphasises the psychological aspects of its subject.
pathography
Meaning: a biography that highlights the negative aspects of its subject's life.
chronicle
Meaning: a written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time.
obituary
Meaning: a brief notice of a person’s death, as published in a newspaper.
character sketch
Meaning: a written summary of a person's traits, characteristics, and so on.
profile
Meaning: a summary or collection of information, especially about a person.
memoir
Meaning: an autobiography; a book describing the personal experiences of an author.
COMPREHENSION
A. Put the following events in the life of Abdul Kalam in a chronological order.
a. They celebrated happiness with poli.
b. Abdul Kalam was determined that he would make a future study about flight and flight systems.
c. Abdul Kalam attended an elementary school at Rameswaram.
d. He then took the students to the seashore for a practical class.
e. Many students did not understand well of Sivasubramania Iyer’s lecture.
f. One day Abdul Kalam’s teacher visited them to share his pride and pleasure about his performance.
g. A new teacher in the school forbade Abdul Kalam to sit together with his Bramhin friend.
Answer:
a. Abdul Kalam attended an elementary school at Rameswaram.
b. One day Abdul Kalam’s teacher visited them to share his pride and pleasure about his performance.
c. They celebrated happiness with poli.
d. A new teacher in the school forbade Abdul Kalam to sit together with his Bramhin friend.
e. Many students did not understand well of Sivasubramania Iyer’s lecture.
f. He then took the students to the seashore for a practical class.
g. Abdul Kalam was determined that he would make a future study about flight and flight systems.
B. Answer the following questions.
a. What were the causes of Abdul Kalam’s happiness?
Answer:
The causes of Abdul Kalam's happiness were as follows:
▪︎ His mathematics teacher's arrival at his home.
▪︎ His results came from his teacher.
▪︎ His teachers' pride in his achievements.
b. Which two places did Abdul Kalam visit before going to school?
Answer:
Before going to school, Abdul Kalam visited his Arabic tuition class and his mathematics teacher's house.
c. What did he like about mathematics?
Answer:
About mathematics, he liked numbers and their rules and patterns.
d. Why was the new teacher unhappy?
Answer:
The new teacher was unhappy because he saw a Hindu student and a Muslim student sitting together.
e. Why did Abdul Kalam have to split with his intimate friend?
Answer:
Abdul Kalam had to split with his intimate friend because the school where he studied only provided classes until the secondary level. For further study, he had to go to bigger towns nearby.
f. What was the topic of Sivasubramania Iyer’s class?
Answer:
The topic of Sivasubramania Iyer’s class was "How birds fly." That topic in Sivasubramania Iyer’s class was quite interesting.
g. How was the teacher’s reaction when the students told him that they did not understand his lecture?
Answer:
The teacher didn't feel upset when the students told him that they did not understand his lecture.
h. Why did Sivasubramania Iyer take his students to the seashore?
Answer:
Sivasubramania Iyer took his students to the seashore because he wanted to demonstrate to all his students the mechanisms of birds' flights.
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CRITICAL THINKING
a. APJ Abdul Kalam became a renowned aerospace scientist in his later life. Do you find any association of his childhood days in shaping his career? Explain with specific instances from the text.
Answer:
As we know, children are the future of any nation. Today's children are the future's manpower in different sectors of any nation.
In this story, we have learned about the famous aerospace scientist, APJ Abdul Kalam. Yes, I find a direct association between his childhood days and shaping his career.
Here in his lifetime story, we get the idea that he was interested in math and science subjects from a young age, which made him a great and successful scientist in the future. He was quite fascinated by those subjects because he preferred them a lot. Besides these, Abdul Kalam was even more talented at an early age. He was good at math, science, English, and Tamil subjects. He scored quite good marks in those subjects at his school. Although he was born into a middle-class family, his ability and hard work always supported him. He never failed in his school days. He only achieved success at every level.
Due to his dedication as well as his liking for his studies, he became the brightest student whom everyone liked. He was appreciated most of the time by his teachers.
In this way, Abdul Kalam became a renowned aerospace scientist in his later life. He was quite serious about his studies.
He got the concept of being an astronaut from his teacher in school. The main source of his inspiration was his teacher. He was quite fascinated to see the flight of birds in the sky. His teacher took all the students near the beach for their practical class. His teacher taught him the wonder behind the fly of a bird. That particular lesson made him so curious and fascinated about flying.
b. Kalam mentions an instance of discrimination against him in his school life. What picture of society does he want to depict by mentioning the incident? Discuss.
Answer:
In Indian history, caste and religion have always played a very vital role among the Indians. In the history of India, the dispute over caste and religion has always remained at a high peak. Among Hindus and Muslims, the issue of caste and religion still has a deep shadow. In India, people are still seen fighting for their castes and religions. People are still discriminated against in the name of castes and religions.
Here in this story, Kalam mentions an instance of discrimination against him in his school life. During his school time, he was discriminated against by his teacher in the classroom. His new teacher didn't like him sitting with a Hindu boy named Ramanadhan. He felt heartbroken when his new teacher made him get up from the seat and sit elsewhere.
By mentioning the incident, Kalam wants to depict the religious issue that was prevalent among Indians during that time. This shows the picture of hatred among Indians in society in the matter of their religions.
The new teacher himself was seen as against humanity. Although the teacher represents an educated and intellectual human race, he was even guided by deeply rooted religious doctrines.
He had experienced bad treatment by his school teacher just for being a Muslim boy. This shows the hardships of the people in society in the name of religions. People had to face religious hatred during that time. Due to the concept of religion, people suffered a lot in societies.
WRITING
Write a short autobiography featuring your childhood life using the following guidelines. Date and place of birth
Family background
Daily life
School life
Special event of childhood days, etc.
Answer:
My name is Suraj Bhatt. I belong to a middle-class family. My hometown is Mahendranagar, Kanchanpur, which is in the far-western region of Nepal. We are actually from Baitadi. My father migrated from Baitadi to Mahendranagar sixty years ago.
I belonged to a middle-class family with seven family members. My father is a businessman. Our family's economic background wasn't good. My father was a single-bread earner then. He struggled a lot to bring it all up. Today, only because of him, we are all well established with decent jobs and salaries. My father is still doing hard work at this old age. He is earning far better than us.
I'm quite far away from my hometown right now. I'm here in the Sindhupalchok district. I'm an English teacher at Shree Kalika Secondary School in Tekanpur. I have been teaching here at this school for more than twelve years. Every day, I teach seven periods at different levels.
My school life was so interesting. I started my schooling at Saraswori Boarding School in Mahendranagar. I studied there up to plus-two level. I used to enjoy myself a lot in my boarding school along with my classmates. I always remember my past golden school days.
The most special event of my childhood was the day when I got my first bicycle as a gift from my father. The day was quite special for me because that day I had passed my fourth grade. It was quite a happy occasion for me. That day, I got good news about my upgrade as well as a precious gift from my father.
GRAMMAR
Connectives
B. Join the following pairs of sentences twice, using although/though/even though and despite/in spite of as in the example.
Example:
Nepali people have limited income. They are very happy.
Answer:
i. Although Nepali people have limited income, they are happy.
ii. Nepali people are happy in spite of their limited income.
Questions:
a. He is a millionaire. He lives in a simple house.
Answer:
1. Although he is a millionaire, he lives in a simple house.
2. In spite of his richness, he lives in a simple house.
b. The weather was extremely bad. The pilot landed the plane safely.
Answer:
1. Though the weather was extremely bad, the pilot landed the plane safely.
2. In spite of extremely bad weather, the pilot landed the plane safely.
c. We study in the same college. We hardly see each other.
Answer:
1. We study in the same college though we hardly see each other.
2. Although we study in the same college, we hardly see each other.
d. It rained heavily. We enjoyed our holiday.
Answer:
1. Although it rained heavily, we enjoyed our holiday.
2. Despite the heavy rain, we enjoyed our holiday.
e. I had an umbrella. I got wet in the rain.
Answer:
1. I had an umbrella although I got wet in rain.
2. Despite having an umbrella, I got wet in rain.
f. I was really tired. I could not sleep a moment.
Answer:
1. In spite of my tiredness, I could not sleep a moment.
2. I was really tired, even though I could not sleep a moment.
g. She has very good accent in English. She failed the interview of a newsreader.
Answer:
1. Though she has very good accent in English, she failed the interview of a newsreader.
2. Despite having very good accent in English, she failed the interview of a newsreader.
h. Lhasa has extremely cold weather in winter. Millions of tourists go there in January.
Answer:
1. Lhasa has extremely cold weather in winter although millions of tourists go there in January.
2. Despite extremely cold weather in winter in Lhasa, millions of tourists go there in January.
i. He was badly injured in the first round of the boxing match. He was victorious in the third round.
Answer:
1. Although he was badly injured in the first round of the boxing match, he was victorious in the third round.
2. In spite of his bad injuries in the first round of the boxing match, he was victorious in the third round.
A. Study the following sentences and underline the connectives.
a. Although she spoke very fast, I understood what she meant to say.
b. In spite of her hard labout, she failed her exam.
c. Though he had all the required qualifications, he did not get the job.
d. Despite having all the qualifications, he did not get the job.
C. Complete each sentence in an appropriate way.
a. He passed the exam although…………………
Answer:
He passed the exam although he didn't prepared well.
b. She climbed the mountain in spite of her…………….
Answer:
She climbed the mountain in spite of her clumsy walk.
c. He did not give any alms to the beggars even though……......
Answer:
He did not give any alms to the beggars even though he was quite rich.
d. In spite of his poor eyesight,……………..
Answer:
In spite of his poor eyesight, he aimed perfectly with his gun.
e.………………………………..though she is very sociable.
Answer:
She becomes quite impolite though she is very sociable.
f.……………………….in spite of his ten attempts.
Answer:
He failed to win arm wrestling in spite of his ten attempts.
g. He refused to eat anything despite………………
Answer:
He refused to eat anything despite his extreme hunger.
h. He could not score goods grades in the SEE exams in spite of ………………
Answer:
He could not score goods grades in the SEE exams in spite of his well preparations.
i. She accepted the job although………………….
Answer:
She accepted the job although the salary was quite less.
j. Even though we had planned everything carefully………………….
Answer:
Even though we had planned everything carefully, we failed to reach our goal.
SPEAKING
Expressing degrees of certainty
A. Act out the following pieces of conversation in pairs.
a. A: We’ve meeting tomorrow at 9:00 am. Did you receive an SMS?
B : Yes, I got. I’ll definitely be at the meeting, don’t worry.
b. A: My book was on the table a few minutes ago. It’s not here now.
B: Somebody might have taken it to read.
c. A: Mr. Shrestha’s office is locked from outside.
B: I’m sure. He has gone to the field.
B. Work in pairs. Have conversions in the following situations. Use sure, probably, definitely, likely, certainly, undoubtedly, may/might, must or can’t.
a. My father had gone to the station but he has not returned home yet.
Answer:
A: My father had gone to the station but he has not returned home yet.
B: I'm sure. He has gone to meet Mr. Gupta.
b. It’s a holiday and their car is at home.
Answer:
A: It’s a holiday and their car is at home.
B: I'm sure they are inside.
c. He speaks with a German accent.
Answer:
A: He speaks with a German accent.
B: He must be a German.
d. You do not find the phone in your pocket.
Answer:
A: I do not find the phone in my pocket.
B: You probably have dropped it in the library.
e. You are sure that Dolma is not in her school.
Answer:
A: I'm sure that Dolma is not in her school.
B: She can't be at her school.
f. You are expecting Suman to visit you. Then the doorbell rings.
Answer:
A: The doorbell rings.
B: Suman might have arrived.
g. The sky is overcast.
Answer:
A: The sky is overcast.
B: It is likely to rain.
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