Kendriya Vidyalaya, CRPF, Rampur Summer Vacation Homework for Classes: IX-B & X-A (2020-21) Subject- English

1. Read and revise all the chapters taken up in the class and prepare all question-answers.

2. Write a letter to the Editor of the 

newspaper "The Times of India" on the menace of mosquitoes in your area. (100-150 words)

3. You feel concerned that a number of food articles are now-a-days adulterated. Write a diary entry about it expressing your feelings in about 120 words.

4. Complete the following story with the help of the sentence given below.

One day while walking in a jungle along with two of my friends I saw a

tiger.............

5. Write an article on any one of the following topics in about 120 words.

1. Games & Sports 2. Importance of English  3. Role of the computer

Summary & Question-answers of The Poem:2-Wind with the concerned video

Wind Summary in English

In the poem, the poet is talking to the wind and he asks the wind to come softly. The poet further says that the wind should not be strong and it should come delicately and softly. Then he describes that powerful wind is destructive and it breaks the shutters and windows and scatters the paper. Moreover, when the wind is very powerful , it takes down the books from the shelves. After that, he asks the wind to look at the damage it has caused.

Further, whenever the wind is strong all the weak things like plants, children, etc. get fearful and sometimes get hurt. In the initial part of the poem, the poet is referring to the wind as a young child. Firstly, he says that it comes softly as a child does. Later on, we come to know that it becomes destructive like a youth full of energy, violence, and destruction.

In the next part he continuously repeats the word ‘crumbling’ to lay stress that everything crumbles in the face of strong wind. So, the poet wants to say that everything is broken when the wind is very strong and powerful. He says that all the weak houses, weak doors, beams, wooden structures, bodies of people, animals, etc. fall and crumble. In addition, everything which is weak reacts by breaking or falling down in the face of hardship. Hence, the poet says that whenever weak people face hardship or challenge in life, they fall or break down.

In the next paragraph, he addresses the wind as ‘wind god’ and he says that the powerful god of wind examines, means it shifts people and those who are weak fall down and get crushed. Therefore, here the poet makes a comparison between wheat and people. Just like we sort the wheat to separate the grain from the chaff, in the same way the wind god separates the strong people from weak people. Moreover, when there is strong wind, all the things that are weak fall and get crushed.

After that, the poet wants us to make friendship with the wind i.e. the hardships in our lives. He says that we should be ready for the problems as they will come and will not listen to us. Also, we should build strong homes and close the doors of our house firmly so that the wind cannot enter them. Moreover, the poet says that we should make our hearts and bodies stronger to face these challenge and when we are strong enough to face challenges  we will not feel troublesome.

He keeps the wind on a pedestal and comparing it to god. The poet says that wind is a god and we praise it daily.  He also adds that everything that is weak gets over in the face of the strong wind. In addition, all the things that are strong flourish and grow stronger. The poet gives us the message we should make ourselves physically and mentally strong to face these challenges. Also, when we become their friends, we will be happy. As they will help us to become stronger and better because the challenges and hardships of life make us better.

Page No 30:

Question 1:

The wind blows strongly and causes a lot of destruction. How can we make friendship with it?

ANSWER:

Strong winds cause a lot of destruction and damage but its energy can be of great use once we make friendship with it. This we can do by taking proper precautions and measures. For instance, we can build stronger homes, keeping in mind the fatalities of the wind. We can also build windmills to harness its energy that can be used to generate electricity.

Page No 31:

Question 1:

1. What are the things the wind does in the first stanza?

2. Have you seen anybody winnow grain at home or in a paddy field? What is the word in your language for winnowing? What do people use for winnowing? (Give words in your language if you know them.)

3. What does the poet say the wind god winnows?

4. What should we do to make friendship with the wind?

5. What do the last four lines of the poem mean to you?

6. How does the poet speak to the wind—in anger or with humour? You must also have seen or heard of the wind “crumbling lives”. What is your response to this? Is it like the poet’s?

ANSWER:

1. The wind breaks the shutters of the windows; scatters the papers; throws down the books from the shelf; tears the pages of the books; and brings showers of rain.

2. Yes, I have seen women winnowing grain at home in the villages.

Winnowing is generally known as phatkna, pichorna or anaj parchana in Hindi.

The village people use the winnowing fork and more commonly, the winnowing fan, known as chhaaj in Hindi, for winnowing.

3. The poet says that the wind god winnows the weak crumbling houses, doors, rafters, wood, bodies, lives and hearts, and then crushes them all.

4. To make friendship with the wind, the poet asks us to build strong homes, join the doors firmly and practise to make our bodies and hearts stronger.

5. In the last four lines, the poet inspires us to face the wind, which symbolises the hardships of our lives, courageously. He tells us that the wind can only extinguish the weak fires; it intensifies the stronger ones. Similarly, adversities deter the weak-hearted but make stronger those who have unfaltering will. In such a case, befriending the wind or the hardships of life makes it easier for us to face them.

6. The poet speaks to the wind in anger.

Yes, I have witnessed stormy weather and I have seen the wind uprooting trees. I have watched on the television many instances where wind has caused destruction, crushing houses with people stuck inside.

No, my response would not be similar to the poet. Violent wind causes destruction but its energy, if harnessed, can be utilised in generating electricity and for other productive purposes.

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Question 2:

The poem you have just read is originally in Tamil. Do you know any such poem in your language?

ANSWER:

Yes, I have read another poem on wind. It is titled 'Toofan' that was originally written in Hindi by Naresh Aggarwal.

Kendriya Vidyalaya, CRPF, Rampur Summer Vacation Homework for Classes: VII-A & VIII-A&B (2020-21) Subject- English

1. Read and revise all the chapters taken up in the class and prepare all question answers.

 2. You are ABC , Head boy /Head girl of your school. You have found a purse containing some money in the school ground. Write a "found" notice in about 50 words about it.

3. Write a letter to your friend inviting him to attend the birthday party of your elder brother.

4. Write a paragraph on anyone one of the following topics in about 100 words

1. Any festival 2. Your hobby 3. Your favourite game

5. Write an application to the Principal of your school requesting him to grant you full fee concession.

Summary & Question-answers of The Poem: 2-The Rebel with the concerned video

The Rebel Summary In English

The poem, The Rebel describes the character of a rebel, a person who does not conform to the norms of the society. The rebel is described as a person who would contradict others in order to be different. The character of the rebel in the poem is not based on a political activist, but seems to be a character sketch of a young adolescent, trying to be different. All the instances in the poem are repetitive affirmations of this fact.

If a rebel sees a group of people with short hair, he would let his hair grow long. On seeing others with long hair, the rebel would cut short his hair. Seeing everybody talk during the lesson, the rebel would become absolutely mute. On realizing that everybody is silent the rebel would create a disturbance.

Similarly, on various such issues, the rebel would be seen contradicting others and doing things that no one would be doing. He would refuse to wear the uniform when the others would be wearing it, praise the dogs when in the company of cat lovers, appreciate the sun on rainy days and rains on the sunny days. He would do just anything but not what others are doing.

Working with the poem : Solutions of Questions on Page Number : 34

Q1 :  

Answer the following questions.

(i) If someone doesn't wear a uniform to school, what do you think the teacher will say?

(ii) When everyone wants a clear sky, what does the rebel want most?

(iii) If the rebel has a dog for a pet, what is everyone else likely to have?

(iv) Why is it good to have rebels?

(v) Why is it not good to be a rebel oneself?

Answer :

(i)If someone does not wear a uniform to school, the teacher would scold him and probably ask him to stand outside the class.

(ii)When everyone wants a clear sky, the rebel wants rain the most.

(iii)If the rebel has a dog for a pet, everyone else is likely to have a cat.

(iv)It is good to have rebels because they are different from others and provide a source of mischief and amusement to others.

(v)It is not good to be a rebel oneself because then the others would laugh at us and we would be scolded and met with indifference by everyone we disagree with.

Summary & Question-answers of The Chapter:2.-The Tsunami with the concerned video

The Tsunami Summary In English

Introduction

This part gives us some important and inspiring incidents. These occurred when tsunami hit some parts of India. The stories are from Andaman and Nicobar islands.

Unfortunate Ignesious

The first story is about Ignesious. His wife woke him up at 6 a.m. sensing an earthquake. Ignesious put the television on the ground to save it from the quake. Then all the members of the family rushed out. When the tremors stopped, they saw the sea rising. This caused them confusion. They ran but in opposite directions. His wife was swept away. Her two children along with her father and brother were also lost. Thus Ignesious lost his wife, two children, his father-in-law and his brother-in-law in the tsunami.

Brave Sanjeev

Sanjeev was a policeman. He managed to save himself, his wife and his baby daughter. Then he heard the cries for help. These were from John’s wife. John was the guest house cook. Sanjeev jumped into the water to save her. They both were swept away and drowned.

Fortunate Meghna

Meghna was 13 years old. She was swept away along with her parents and seventy-seven other people. She held on to a wooden door and kept floating on it for two days. She was brought to the shore by a wave and saved.

Tragedy of Almas

Almas was ten years old. The family was sleeping but her father had woken up. He saw the water receding after the tremors. He knew it would come back with great force. He woke everyone trying to rush to a safer place. As they ran his father fell down. Almas’s father rushed to help him. Then came a big wave and swept them both away. Her mother and aunts were washed away too. They were swept away with the tree they were holding on to.

A Log of Wood

Almas saw a log of wood floating. She climbed on to it. Then she fainted. She woke up in a hospital in Kamorta.

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Intelligent Tilly

This is a story from Thailand.

Tilly’s family had come to Thailand from England to celebrate Christmas. It was December 26. She was standing with her family on the beach. Tilly and her mother Penny Smith both saw the water swelling. The beach was getting smaller and smaller every moment. They saw the sea slowly rise and start to foams. Tilly saw the sea making whirlpools.

Bad Signs

Tilly’s mother was not alarmed by these signs. Tilly remembered the video that her geography teacher had shown in the class two weeks before. It occurred to her that these were the sure signs of tsunami. She screamed and asked her family to go off the beach. The mother did not sense anything terrible. She, however, felt that her daughter must be right.

Tilly the Saviour

Tilly’s parents took her and her sister to the swimming pool at the hotel. Many others also left the beach with them, “Then it was as if the entire sea had come after them.” The family took refuge in the third floor of the hotel. The building withstood the force of the tsunami. If they had stayed on the beach, they I would have been dead.

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The Animal Sense

Some people believe that animals possess a sixth sense. Tsunami killed 1,50,000 people but only a few animals died. In Yala National Park in Sri Lanka sixty visitors were washed away but only two animals died. In the same Park people had observed three elephants run away from the beach an hour before the tsunami hit. A man on the coast near Galle in Sri Lanka had two dogs. On that fatal day of tsunami they refused to go to the beach with their master. So the master too stayed back. Thus the dogs had saved his master.

Comprehension Check

Page No: 27

Say whether the following are true or false.

1. Ignesious lost his wife, two children, his father-in law, and his brother-in-law in the tsunami.

2. Sanjeev made it to safety after the tsunami.

3. Meghna was saved by a relief helicopter.

4. Almas's father realised that a tsunami was going to hit the island.

5. Her mother and aunts were washed away with the tree that they were holding on to.

Answer

1.True

2.False

Sanjeev was swept away when he jumped into the water to rescue the wife of the guesthouse cook.

3.False

Meghna saw relief helicopters overhead, but they did not see her. She was brought to the shore by a wave.

4.True

5.True

Page No: 28-29

Answer the following in a phrase or sentence.

1. Why did Tilly's family come to Thailand?

2. What were the warning signs that both Tilly and her mother saw?

3. Do you think Tilly's mother was alarmed by them?

4. Where had Tilly seen the sea behaving in the same strange fashion?

5. Where did the Smith family and the others on the beach go to escape from the tsunami?

6. How do you think her geography teacher felt when he heard about what Tilly had done in Phuket?

Answer

1. Tilly's family came to Thailand to celebrate Christmas.

2. Tilly’s mother saw that the water was swelling and the beach was getting smaller and smaller. And Tilly saw that the sea was slowly rising, bubbling and forming a whirlpool.

3. Tilly's mother could not understand what was happening and only realised that it was serious when Tilly got frightened and mentioned what a Tsunami was.

4. Tilly had seen the sea behaving in the same strange fashion in a video of tsunami which was shown in her class by her geography teacher.

5. The Smith family and the others on the beach took refuge on the third floor of a hotel.

6. Her geography teacher felt very happy because her student and geography lesson saved many people from tsunami waves.

Page No: 30

Answer using a phrase or a sentence.

1. In the tsunami 150,000 people died. How many animals died?

2. How many people and animals died in Yala National Park?

3. What do people say about the elephants of Yala National Park?

4. What did the dogs in Galle do?

Answer

1. Although no data is given in the story, it says the number of dead animals was far less compared to human casualties.

2. Sixty visitors and only two water buffaloes died at the Yala National Park.

3. The people at the Yala National Park had seen three elephants running away from the Patanangala beach about an hour before the tsunami hit.

4.  The dogs refused to go for their daily run on the beach.

Working with Text

Discuss the following questions in class. Then write your own answer.

1. When he felt the earthquake, do you think Ignesious immediately worked about a tsunami? Give reasons of your answer. Which sentence in the text tells you that the Ignesious family did not have any time to discuss and plan their course of action after the tsunami struck?

Answer

No, when he felt the earthquake, Ignesious did not think about the tsunami. He thought only about the tremors. That was why he took his television off the table and put it on the ground. In fact the Ignesious family did not have any time to discuss and plan their course of action after tsunami struck. That was why there was only chaos and confusion. The following tells it clearly: “In the chaos and confusion, two of his children caught hold of the hands of their mother’s father and mother’s brother and rushed in the opposite directions.”

Summary & Question-answers of The Poem : 2- Geography Lesson with the concerned video

Summary of the poem

The poem is about the way earth looks from different altitudes. It is divided into three parts.

When the jet takes off and starts to climb up in the sky, you can have full height view of the city. The city grew as per its necessity and did not grow as per proper planning. It does not have any particular style. It even looked six inches from a certain height revealing its true structure.

When the jet climbs higher up to about ten thousand feet, he could apprehend the fact that cities grew water resources. Water fulfilled the necessities like agriculture, transport, business and others. He found that valleys were populated which met the necessities of the people.

When the jet went above six miles, there was no more water than land on the earth. While appreciating the geographical niceties of our planet, the poet is unable to understand the tendency to build borders, to erect walls, to create fences. Then he reflected that people on earth were selfish and narrow for they hated one another. He found the earth to be one but not the people living on this earth were divided for shallow reasons.

Extra Questions and Answers

1. What geographic lessons did the poet in the jet learn when the jet just took off? 

► The city that humans have developed have not been well planned, it grew as per necessity.

2. What geographic lessons did the poet in the jet learn when the jet reached ten thousand feet?

► From a height of ten thousand feet above the ground, the earth’s cities were found located on the banks of rivers and a little above the river level on valleys.

3. What was once most necessary for the emergence of a city in the past?

► The easy availability of water for drinking to irrigation was the prime reason why civilizations flocked around rivers.

4. What was difficult to understand about the earth when the jet was six miles high?

► It was difficult to understood why human hated one  another, built borders, walls and created fences.

5. What is the poet trying to bring out about human beings, the earth and learning?

► The poet is trying to bring out the fact that human beings have achieved a lot of knowledge about the earth and beyond. We have learnt much about the earth, its shape, the emergence of cities and nations, but we have failed to learn how to love one another & live peacefully on this wonderful planet.