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    This document contains a reading comprehension passage about how the first letter was written according to Neolithic tradition, followed by questions about the passage. [1] The passage describes how Taffy, a young Neolithic girl, drew a picture on birch bark to communicate with her mother which was misunderstood, leading the Stranger-man who delivered it to be attacked. [2] It provides backstories for the main characters in the passage based on their names, including how Taffy lived up to her name meaning "small person without manners". [3] The questions test comprehension of details in the passage like characters, events, vocabulary, and punctuation as well as higher-level analysis and

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    SUBJECT : ENGLISH

    STD : IX 3.4 How the First letter was Written


    Glossary
    *Jabbing : poking roughly and quickly
    *Swamp : a marshy land
    *Hank : loosely tied bundle of strings
    * Joggle : move jerkily
    *Scratchily : with a rough, scratching sound
    * Slain : Killed
    *Brambles : wild, prickly bushes

    ENGLISH WORKSHOP
    Q.1. Make as many 5 to 8 letter words as you can within 5 minutes, from the
    name – Teshumai Tewindrow:
    Ans.
    Five –letter words Six-letter words Seven-letter words Eight-letter words
    Drawn, shore, Window , wander, Shutter, smatter, Estimate, minutest
    sword estate maestro mediate

    Q.2 How do the following characters in the story live up to their names ?Provide
    points from the story .
    (a) Tengumai Bopsulai (b) Taffimai Metallumai (c) Teshumai Tewindrow
    Ans.(a)Tengumai Bopsulai : The meaning of Tegumai is Man-who-does-not –put-
    his foot- forward-in – a- hurry. He lived up to his name when he showed patience
    in mending his spear and did not just rush off home or send Taffy back to get
    another spear. He also did not ask Taffy too many questions about what she had
    been doing when he was busy repairing his spear , or about her conversation with
    the Stranger- man. He was patient and cautious.

    (b)Taffimai Metallumai : The meaning of Taffimai is small –person- without-any-


    manners-who-ought-to-be- spanked. She lived up to her name in the way in
    which she ordered the stranger ‘Come here’,stamped her foot and called him
    silly. She wanted the stranger to do her bidding and she succeeded in it. She
    pulled off the shark’s tooth from his necklace without his permission. She would
    not tell her father what she had done and she wanted him to promise to be
    surprised . This was a silly thing to do but he did it.
    (c) Teshumai Tewindrow: The meaning of Teshumai is lady –who-asks –very-
    questions. Though she did not ask many questions, she talked and shouted
    continuously at the poor stranger. She drew wrong conclusions and she spoke
    continuously to her friends telling them all that she had understood from Taffy’s
    drawing.
    Q.3 The story is written in an informal, colloquial style - the way it would be told
    orally.Find and write the expressions where the author addresses the audience
    directly in the story - for example, ‘but we, O Best Beloved, will...’, ‘Now attend
    and listen !’
    Ans.
    (i) ‘Did you know he was a Tewara ?’
    (ii)’ He did this, Best Beloved’.
    Q.4. Write a character-sketch of the ‘Stranger-man’ using examples from the
    story to support the following attributes.
    (a) ignorant, innocent and polite (b) calm and cool (c) jumps to wrong
    conclusions (d) hasty and unwise at times
    Ans.The ‘Stranger –man” was a very simple and ignorant person. He was so
    innocent and ignorant that he thought that Tegumai was a great tribal chief
    merely because he ignored him. He was polite enough to disregard Tegumai’s
    rudeness in ignoring him. He admired every action of Taffy’s drawing his own
    wrong conclusions from them. He did not even object when Taffy pulled the
    Shark’s tooth from his necklace. He again jumped to wrong conclusions when he
    saw Taffy’s drawing, and without even waiting to consult Tegumai he rushed off
    to do Taffy’s bidding. This was very unwise of him, because Taffy’s mother drew
    her own wrong conclusions from the drawing. He was cool, calm, and polite when
    he met Teshumai, even though he was tired, his legs were scratched with
    brambles and Teshumai was rude to him.
    Q.5. Note the punctuation used in the story. Here, single inverted commas or
    quotation marks have been used to show conversation. Rewrite the following
    using double quotation marks:
    (a)‘Here’s a pretty kettle of fish !’ said Tengumai.

    (b)‘It will take me half the day to mend this.’

    Ans.

    (a‘Here’s a pretty kettle of fish !” said Tengumai.

    (b)”It will take me half the day to mend this.”

    Q.6. Underline the main clauses in the following sentences:

    (a)And she was Tegumai Bopsulai’s Best Beloved and her own Mummy’s Best
    Beloved, and she was not spanked half as much as was good for her; and they

    were all three very happy.

    Ans. And she was Tegumai Bopsulai’s Best Beloved and her own Mummy’s Best

    Beloved, and she was not spanked half as much as was good for her; and they

    were all three very happy.

    (b)One day Tegumai Bopsulai went down through the beaver-swamp to the

    Wagai river to spear carp-fish for dinner, and Taffy went too.

    Ans. One day Tegumai Bopsulai went down through the beaver-swamp to the

    Wagai river to spear carp-fish for dinner, and Taffy went too.

    (c) They were miles and miles from home and Tegumai had forgotten to bring

    any extra spears.

    Ans. They were miles and miles from home and Tegumai had forgotten to bring

    any extra spears.

    (d) Just then a Stranger-man came along the river, but he belonged to a far

    tribe, The Tewaras, and he did not understand one word of Tegumai’s language.

    Ans. Just then a Stranger-man came along the river, but he belonged to a far
    tribe, The Tewaras, and he did not understand one word of Tegumai’s language.

    Q.7. Imagine Taffy comes to you for help to write a letter of apology, in the
    modern script we use. She wants to express her regret to the stranger-man

    for her mother’s action. Write that letter of apology (informal) on her behalf.
    Ans.
    Neolithic cave

    Bopsu Forest

    Rassamalai

    28thJuly 2020

    Dear Stranger-man Uncle,

    I am Taffy, the girl who gave you the drawing on the birch-bark two days back and

    sent you to my Mummy with it.

    When we reached home that day, Mummy told me that you had come with the

    birch-bark. She also told me what she had understood from my drawing , and how

    she had treated you. I was really horrified.

    Stranger-man Uncle, I am really sorry for what happened to you. I did not know

    that Mummy would misunderstand my drawing and beat you up. Please accept

    my apology. See, I am not spoilt like people say.I am sorry for what happened.

    I will learn to write properly so that such things do not happen again.
    From a sorry little girl.

    Taffy.

    Q.8. Imagine the Stranger-man narrates how the Neolithic ladies overpowered
    him. Write an account of the same making him the narrator.

    Ans. I reached the cave and saw the little girl’s mother standing there with some
    other women. I recognized her immediately, for she looked very much like the
    little girl. Relieved, I handed over the birch-bark to her. I thought that she would
    immediately call upon the other members of the tribe to go to the Chief’s help:
    but she did nothing of the sort. She screamed something to the other ladies and
    they immediately pounced on me and flattened me. I was caught completely
    unawares, and thrown onto the ground. Those heavy and strong ladies sat on my
    back to prevent me from escaping. The little girl’s mother began shouting and
    pulling my hair. I wonder why they are doing all this, instead of helping their poor
    chief ?

    EXTRA QUESTIONS
    Q.1 Write two compound words from the lesson.

    Ans. Necklace, Fireplace

    Q.2 Write the noun forms of the following words;

    (i) wise (ii) pleased

    Ans.

    (i) Wise : Wisdom


    (ii)Pleased : Pleasure

    Q.3Write the adjective forms of the following words .

    (i) feared (ii) picture

    Ans.

    (i) feared : fearful / fearless

    (ii) Picture : Pictorial/ picturesque

    Q.4 Write the antonyms of the following from the passage .

    (i) idle (ii) fake (iii) rudely

    Ans.

    (i) idle X busy

    (ii) fake X genuine

    (iii) rudely X politely

    Home Work

    (1) You are Amar/ Amrita Patkar, staying at A/204, Evershine Paradise,Thakur
    Village , Kandivali-East, Mumbai -400111. Write a letter to the Municipality
    complaining about the miserable condition of road.

    (2)Write speech on Global Warming.


    GRAMMAR

    Exercise

    Q.1 Add a question Tag:

    (i) He was still a thief.

    (ii) We approached him.

    (iii) I took a new name every month.


    (iv) Riya gave him the most appealing smile.

    (v) I am out of practice.

    (vi) The night was chilly.

    (vii)The Patels had just moved.

    (viii) The early bird catches the worm.

    (ix) He musn’t wake up.

    (x) It sounds good.

    (xi) I am courageous.

    (xii)She wasn’t doing well at school.

    (xiii) Use your time well.

    (xiv)He made the dish himself.

    (xv) Everyone should dream.

    *********

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