Activity on Unit 6.1 Nation's Strength

Q.Read the given extract and do all the activities that follow.
                      What makes a nation’s pillars high

                      And it’s foundations strong?

                      What makes it mighty to defy

                      The foes that round it throng?

                       It is not gold. Its kingdoms grand

                       Go down in battle shock;

                       Its shafts are laid on sinking sand,

                       Not on abiding rock.

                       Is it the sword? Ask the red dust

                      Of empires passed away;

                      The blood has turned their stones to rust,

                      Their glory to decay.

A.1  Point Out                                                                                                                            (2)

        Point out the expressions from the extract that state:

       i) material wealth does not make the nation powerful and safe

       ii) rich kingdoms have been defeated and destroyed.

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A.2 Poetic Devices :                                                                                                                     (2)

                 'Their glory to decay'

       Name the figure of speech in the above line and find out the another example of the same.

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A.3 Personal Response :                                                                                                               (2)

       Explain your idea of a developed country.

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A.4 Poetic Creativity:                                                                                                                   (2)

        Ask the red dust, is it sword?

        of empires passed away;

        

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       Their glory to decay.

            The word order in the first line changed. Now complete the third line 

             to rhyme with the first line

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An Activity on Unseen Passage

Q.2 A) Read the following extract, read the first activity and do all the activities given below:                                                                                                                  

A1. Complete                                                                                                                              (2)

     Complete the following statement:

According to the writer the education means,

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Education is not all about studying and getting good marks. It is really nice to discover new things and increase our knowledge. Education is light of our life. Education is movement from darkness to light. It is the key feature to a bright future. It gives our thinking a different appearance and helps us keep away on our darkness and ignorance. It leads us to the path of the success.

    Un-educated people can be easily cheated, be-fooled. Many people in our country do not receive education because of poverty, lack of educational facilities or social conditions especially in case of girls. Education helps us in boosting up confidence, at the same time it opens new doors of success. Knowledge is never waste. Learning process must not end until death. If a man is educated the only individual is educated. But if a woman is educated the whole family is educated this will help to change the society as well as whole. Government also has taken up many programs for this purpose.

 An educated person has ability to differentiate between right and wrong. It is our foremost priority of a society to educate it's citizens. Focus should be on women's education because knowledge of women can bring change in a family and the society as a whole.

We must realize the importance of education. We must ensure that each citizen of our nation is educated, because education makes man perfect.

A2. Read the following statements and write down two statements which explain the theme of            the  extract                                                                                                                                (2)

1.     Education is studying books, passing exams and getting good grades.

2.     Education is continuous progress.

3.     Education is enlightenment and movement towards progress.

4.     Woman education is important for the social change.

A3. Give Reasons

  Education leads us to the path of success because                                                                (2)

A4. Vocabulary:                                                                                                                           (2)

  Find out the antonyms of the following words from the extract      

                                               

1. Wise                  X     --------------------------------------
2. Darkness           X     --------------------------------------
3. Knowledge       X    ---------------------------------------
4. Part                   X    ---------------------------------------

A5. Personal Response:                                                                                                               (2)

           Write any four advantages of education.

         

                                                           

A6. Grammar:                                                                                                                                (2)

           Do as directed

1.     We must realize importance of education    

                                     (Rewrite using ‘should’ ) 

2.      Education helps us in boosting up confidence, at the same time it opens new doors of success.                                                                       (Rewrite using ‘as well as’)

(B)  Write the brief summary of the above extract with help of the points given below and suggest a  suitable title                                                                                                              (3)