Who I Am Summary In English
This lesson tells us that all the people on earth are different, yet we are all interesting people in different ways. The author makes his point by describing six persons.
Radha
Radha likes to climb trees. This is her favourite activity. Her mother asks her not to do so. However, one afternoon Radha’s mother also climbed with her on the mango tree outside their house. Both of them talked and ate raw mangoes up on the tree. Climbing a tree Radha feels like she can rule the whole world.
Nasir
Nasir has cotton fields in the village. His father spends a lot of money on the seeds to grow the cotton plants. His grandfather had once told him that he used to collect seeds from his own plants which were used to grow new plants, But these days it doesn’t work. Nasir wants to know why it is so. He wants to learn to preserve seeds so as to use them again and not spend money on this every year.
Rohit
Rohit likes to travel. If he could afford, he would go round the world. He wants to visit the mountains of New Zealand and the Amazon river in South America. He also wishes to enjoy the beaches of Lakshadweep and the Konark Temple in Orissa. The old city of Beijing in China and the Pyramids of Egypt are also his favourites.
Serbjit
Serbjit is angry with most people around him because they do not trust him when he speaks the truth. His teacher thinks that he is lying when he says that he could not do homework because Ravi had borrowed his look. He tells his parents that it is his little brother who started the fight. But they blame him. Their distrust angers him and he has to make effort to control his anger.
Dolma
Dolma is very ambitious. She wants to do some service for the country. For this she wants to become the Prime Minister. She says that she has leadership qualities. Her classmates come to her when they have a problem. Her teachers trust her when something is to be done in school. As Prime Minister she would try to make things better for everyone.
Peter
Peter loves the second Sunday of every month. For, on that day, his father takes the whole family for an outing. They go to cinema. He loves eating peanuts while seeing a film. After the film, they eat ice-cream. Every one is in a good mood feeling lucky for being such a happy family.
Question and Answers
A. Answer the following questions.
Peter’s favourite day of the week is Sunday because —————
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A. Peter’s favourite day of the week is Sunday because on this day his family goes for outing.
Nasir wants to learn ———— —————
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A.Nasir wants to learn the art of seed preservation.
Dolma believes that she can make a good Prime Minister because ———————
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A.Dolma believes that she can make a good Prime Minister because she has leadership qualities in her. People come to her for ideas to begin new things and solutions to solve their problems.
B. Write True or False against each of the following statements.
1. Peter is an only child. ——————————
2. When Serbjit gets angry he shouts at people. ——————————
3. Nasir lives in the city. ——————————
4. Radha’s mother enjoys doing things with her. ——————————
Answers: 1- False , 2- False, 3- False,4 – true
