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Rules for Paragraph Writing for Junior Classes (Class-1,2,3,4)
Some points should be remembered to write a paragraph:-
1. We must use the title for the paragraph. First letter of each should be capital. We can write the whole title in capital letters as well.
Eg. Environmental Pollution or ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
2. We should use short and simple sentences to avoid the grammatical mistakes.
3. A paragraph must have a logical development of thoughts and it should have an introduction, a body(main points) and a conclusion.
4. We can use the linkers to join the sentences.
5. When we'll end our writing, that must be concise. That means the reader must get a complete idea. He must not think that if there is something more, that will be great.
Sample Paragraph:-
OUR NATIONAL FLAG
We have a national flag which shows the independence of the nation or country. Our National Flag is a beautifully designed tricolour flag, also known as "Tiranga". Our National Flag is a symbol of unity and freedom. It was first time adopted on July 22 in 1947. It it rectangular in shape. It has three-coloured horizontal stripes. The topmost colour is saffron which symbolises sacrifice and selflessness, middle is white that is the colour of truth and purity and the lower is deep green that symbolises youthfulness and energy. It has a blue wheel at the centre that stands for activity and progress. The National Flag is very sacred to us. We love and respect our National Flag.
Exercise on Classification of Sentences.
Exercise on classification of sentences for ICSE, CBSE, and WBBSE students and also for the basic English Grammar Learner.
Write down the kind of each sentence:
1. She is my best friend.
a) Assertive Sentence
b) Imperative Sentence
c) Exclamatory Sentence
2. Are you ready for doing this work?
a) Assertive Sentence
b) Interrogative Sentence
c) Exclamatory Sentence
3. Wow! It is a beautiful sight.
a) Assertive Sentence
b) Interrogative Sentence
c) Exclamatory Sentence
4. The sun sets in the west.
a) Assertive Sentence
b) Interrogative Sentence
c) Imperative Sentence
5. Do or die.
a) Interrogative Sentence
b) Imperative Sentence
c) Exclamatory Sentence
6. Do you know his address?
a) Interrogative Sentence
b) Assertive Sentence
c) Exclamatory Sentence
7. Hurrah! I have won the competition.
a) Interrogative Sentence
b) Exclamatory Sentence
c) Assertive Sentence
8. Take care of yourself.
a) Assertive Sentence
b) Imperative Sentence
c) Exclamatory Sentence
9. The newspaper gives us immense information about the world.
a) Interrogative Sentence
b) Exclamatory Sentence
c) Assertive Sentence
10. Have you ever visited any zoo?
a) Interrogative Sentence
b) Assertive Sentence
c) Imperative Sentence
Answers:-
1. a) Assertive Sentence
2. b) Interrogative Sentence
3. c) Exclamatory Sentence
4. a) Assertive Sentence
5. b) Imperative Sentence
6. a) Interrogative Sentence
7. b) Exclamatory Sentence
8. b) Imperative Sentence
9. c) Assertive Sentence
10. a) Interrogative Sentence
Noun and Its Classification
Noun and its classification for the basic English Grammar Learner.
Definition of Noun:
A noun is a naming word. It can be that name of a person, a place,a thing, a quality or a state.
We have five kinds of nouns-
1. Proper Noun
2. Common Noun
3. Material Noun
4. Collective Noun
5. Abstract Noun
1. Proper Noun:-
A proper noun is a kind of noun which suggests the name of particular thing, place or person.
Examples:
Taj Mahal, Ratan, Delhi, Darjeeling etc.
Remember proper noun always starts with a capital letter.
2. Common Noun:-
A common noun is a name given in common to every person, place, thing etc.
Examples:
book, cup, pen, table, pillow etc.
See, these words do not start with capital letters. They are not suggesting any particular thing or person or object.
Material Noun:-
A material noun is the name of material or substance which things are made of.
Examples:
Gold, silver, milk, iron, etc.
Collective Noun:-
A collective noun is the name of a group or collection of things.
Examples:
Family, class, gang, bundle, flock, shoal etc.
Abstract Noun:-
An abstract noun is an abstract idea which we can not see. It is the name of a quality, an action or state or feeling.
Examples:
Kindness, beauty, honesty, growth, childhood, poverty, happiness etc.
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Exercise of Voice Change for CBSE, ICSE & WBBSE, Part-3
Questions:
1. We play cricket.
2. She broke the pencil.
3. Haru is doing his homework.
4. You have sold the car.
5. Mita likes big cities.
6. They will have taken it.
7. I was collecting stamps.
8. The farmers are ploughing the land.
9. She is driving a new car.
10. The teacher asked me two questions.
Answers:
1. Cricket is played by us.
2. The pencil was broken by her.
3. Haru's homework is being done by him.
4. The car has been sold by you.
5. Big cities are liked by Mita.
6. It will have been taken by them.
7. Stamps were being collected by me.
8. The land is being ploughed by the farmers.
9. A new car is being driven by her.
10. Two questions was asked to me by the teacher.
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Exercise of Voice Change for CBSE,ICSE and WBBSE Part- 2
Exercise of Voice Change for the ICSE,CBSE, and WBBSE Students with answer.
1) Everybody laughs at him.
2) What did you see?
3) Rabin is drinking milk.
4) Shut the window.
5) Samina is singing a song.
6) He saw me opening the box.
7) The farmer is ploughing the land.
8) Have you drawn this picture.
9) Take out your pen.
10) We should do the work without delay.
Answers:-
1) He is laughed at by everybody.
2) What was seen by you?
3) Milk is being drunk by Rabin.
4) Let the window be shut.
5) A song is being sung by Samina.
6) I was seen opening the box by him.
7) The land is being ploughed by the farmer.
8) Has this picture been drawn by you?
9) Let your pen be taken.
10) The work should be done without delay.
2) What did you see?
3) Rabin is drinking milk.
4) Shut the window.
5) Samina is singing a song.
6) He saw me opening the box.
7) The farmer is ploughing the land.
8) Have you drawn this picture.
9) Take out your pen.
10) We should do the work without delay.
Answers:-
1) He is laughed at by everybody.
2) What was seen by you?
3) Milk is being drunk by Rabin.
4) Let the window be shut.
5) A song is being sung by Samina.
6) I was seen opening the box by him.
7) The land is being ploughed by the farmer.
8) Has this picture been drawn by you?
9) Let your pen be taken.
10) The work should be done without delay.
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Exercise of Voice Change for CBSE,ICSE and WBBSE Part- 1
1) My friend reads a book.
2) The boy has made a paper boat.
3) Mita is singing a song.
4) A snake was killed by him.
5) A dog stole a piece of meat.
6) He will give me a book.
7) I have been telephoned by my friend.
8) Let the order be given.
9) The children play football.
10) Mr. Roy is watering the plant.
Answers:-
1) A book is read by my friend.
2) A paper boat has been made by the boy.
3) A song is being sung by Mita.
4) He killed a snake.
5) A piece of meat was stolen by a dog.
6) A book will be given to me by him.
7) My friend has telephoned me.
8) Give the order.
9) Football is played by the children.
10) The plant is being watered by Mr. Roy.
CBSE class X English First Flight solution and Extra questions of Chapter 3.
First Flight
Liam O' Flaherty
Thinking about the text.
1) Why was the young Seagull afraid to fly? Do you think all young birds are afraid to make their first flight. Or are some birds more timid than others? Do you think a human baby also finds it a challenge to take its first steps?
Ans:- The young Seagull was afraid to fly because it was his life's first flight. He was also frightened about the vastness of the sea beneath his ledge.
It is an usual act for all the young birds because doing something for the first time is challenging.
Yes, a human baby also finds it a challenge to take its first steps.
2) "The sight of the food maddened him"- What does this suggest? What compelled the young seagull to finally fly?
Ans:- The young seagull was very hungry. It was this hunger that forced the young bird to fly. When the young seagull saw his mother tearing at a piece of fish that lay at her feet. It called to his mother, begging her to bring him some food.
Atlast the extreme hunger and the scene of food maddened the young bird and forced him to fly.
3) " They were beckoning to him, calling shrilly."- Why did the seagull's father and mother threaten him and cajole him to fly?
Ans:- The young seagull was very much frightened about flying first time. Even when he saw his brothers and sisters flying, catching their first fish and its parents helping and teaching them, it could not collect enough courage to make that first flight. So, his father and mother were calling him shrilly and scolding him. They also threatening to let him starve on his ledge unless he flew away. They did it because they also wanted to remove the fear of the bird and learn to fly.
Extra Questions and Answers :-
1) What happened when the seagull soared upwards?
Ans:- Soaring upwards, the young seagull developed confidence. He could feel the tips of his wings cutting through the air. He flapped his wings.
2) Why was the seagull afraid when he ran forward to the brink of the ledge?
Ans:- The wings would never support him. This made the seagull more fearful about flying across the vast sea that stretched down beneath, when he ran forward to the brink of the ledge.
3) What happened after the seagull's feet sank into the sea?
Ans:- Though the seagull's feet sank into the sea, he sank no further. His belly touched the surface of the sea and he kept floating on it with his family screaming and praising around him.
4) What did the young seagull do to attract his mother's attention?
Ans:- The seagull stood on the brink of the ledge on one leg with the other leg hidden under his wing. He closed each eye alternatively and pretended to be falling asleep.
5) How did the young seagull's parent treat him initially when he did not fly?
Ans:- Initially when the seagull was afraid to fly his parents used to call himm shrilly. They scolded him, threatened him and taunted him as cowar.
6) What lesson do you learn from this simple story?
Ans:- This story gives us a great lesson that any task is not so much difficult. But we have to take the risk and initiative and try our level best.
7) Why is it difficult to do something for the first time?
Ans:- It is very difficult to do something for the first time because one is not familiar with the task and has not gone through such experience.
8) How did he float on the green sea?
Ans:- He dropped his legs. His feet sank into the sea and then his belly touched it and he started floating on it.
Extra Questions and Answers :-
1) What happened when the seagull soared upwards?
Ans:- Soaring upwards, the young seagull developed confidence. He could feel the tips of his wings cutting through the air. He flapped his wings.
2) Why was the seagull afraid when he ran forward to the brink of the ledge?
Ans:- The wings would never support him. This made the seagull more fearful about flying across the vast sea that stretched down beneath, when he ran forward to the brink of the ledge.
3) What happened after the seagull's feet sank into the sea?
Ans:- Though the seagull's feet sank into the sea, he sank no further. His belly touched the surface of the sea and he kept floating on it with his family screaming and praising around him.
4) What did the young seagull do to attract his mother's attention?
Ans:- The seagull stood on the brink of the ledge on one leg with the other leg hidden under his wing. He closed each eye alternatively and pretended to be falling asleep.
5) How did the young seagull's parent treat him initially when he did not fly?
Ans:- Initially when the seagull was afraid to fly his parents used to call himm shrilly. They scolded him, threatened him and taunted him as cowar.
6) What lesson do you learn from this simple story?
Ans:- This story gives us a great lesson that any task is not so much difficult. But we have to take the risk and initiative and try our level best.
7) Why is it difficult to do something for the first time?
Ans:- It is very difficult to do something for the first time because one is not familiar with the task and has not gone through such experience.
8) How did he float on the green sea?
Ans:- He dropped his legs. His feet sank into the sea and then his belly touched it and he started floating on it.
Examples of Newspaper Report Writings for CBSE, ICSE students.
1) A local club arranged a blood donation camp at your school premises. You were present there as a volunteer. Now write a 'Report' on that event. Mention yourself as a 'Student Reporter'.
BLOOD DONATION CAMP
Arambagh, July 10- The local club Balaka Sangha organised a blood donation camp here in the premises of Rabindranath high School today. The camp was inaugurated by the noted physician of the area Dr. Dibakar Das 9 o' clock in the morning. In total sixty-five donors, including all the club members and a few teachers of the school donated blood in the camp. The donors provided with light refreshment and a citation on behalf of the club authority. The camp was run under the watchful supervision of a number of a local doctors and the assistance of volunteers. As reported to this student reporter the collected bottles will be sent to Central Blood Bank, Kolkata by the club authority.
2) Write a report in about 120 for a newspaper on a road accident.
A BUS SKIDS- 3 KILLED AND 70 INJURED
Howrah, February 25- At least three persons were killed and seventy others were injured yesterday when a private bus skidded off the road and overturned. The accident occurred at 10 A.M. near a curve in front of Howrah Fire Brigade Station. The Howrah-bound private bus running at breakneck speed suddenly skidded off the road and overturned while negotiating the curve in front of the Fire Brigade Station. As a result, three persons were killed on the spot and 70 others were injured. The injured persons were removed to the Howrah general Hospital from where some were let off after they had been given first-aid. Others were hospitalised. An irate mob set fire to the passing vehicles. A contingent of police reached the spot and resorted to lathi-charge to disperse the angry crowd. Movement of traffic in the area was disrupted , resulting in traffic jam for about two hours before normalcy was restored.
3) Write a newspaper report about an old age home opened recently in Kolkata.
OPENING AN OLD AGE HOME
Kolkata, 4th March, 2020 - Older people who liked to stay in an old-age home may be pleased to know that an old-age home named 'Astha' was opened yesterday.
The address of the home Astha is 251, Bidhannagar, Kolkata- 700017. It was opened with a grand celebration. The chief guest was the Vice Chancellor of Kalyani University. It is reported that the home can accommodate 75 people. The charge specified for the home isRs. 2000/- per head per month. Astha will avail of different facilities. There will be doctors once a week and library, amusement etc. are also specified for them. The interested candidates must apply in plain paper. Admission depends on authority.
4) Write a newspaper report on Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
SWACHH BHARAT ABHIYAN
Oct 2, 2014.New Delhi- The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan organised by Narendra Modi, the primeminister of India. The occasion held at Rajghat in New Delhi. India. In the 150th birth of Mahatma Gandhi we are clean any garbage of India. In opening ceremony of India flagged by Pranab Mukherjee honourable Prime Minister of India. At this occasion the supporter saw very popular celebrities, like Anil Ambani, Sachin Tendulkar, Mary Kom, Salman Khanand many brother. Access for every Indian citizen of sanitation facilities. Waste management rate the objectives of this Abhiyan.
5) Write a report on the recent floods in North Bengal within 120 words.
NORTH BENGAL FLOODS KILL 100
Siliguri, February 25, 2020: The floods that have occurred in Jalpaiguri and Coocbehar have so far left a hundred people dead and over 16 lakh badly affected. In the recent devastating floods areas like Birpara, Falakata, Madarihat, Hasimara, and Alipurduar have been severely affected. Overflowing and breach of weak embankments following heavy rainfall during the last few days are the causes of this great natural calamity. Mud houses have been destroyed, standing paddy crops greatly affected and cattle washed away. The government along with different voluntery organisations has started relief and rescue operations on a war footing. Food and relief materials are being air- dropped by the helicopters. Steps are being taken to prevent epidemics in the flood-hit areas.
6) A football coaching camp was recently held. Write a report in about 80 words on this topic.
A FOOTBALL COACHING CAMP
Kolkata, March 06: A coaching camp for footballers was recently held at the Mohun Bagan ground. The camp was organised by the Indian Football Association. The fortnight- long coaching camp started on March 01 and ended on 05 March. Forty boys within 16 years joined this camp. The coaching everyday started at 3 p.m. and continued upto 5 p.m. The next coaching camp will be held between June 2 and June 16.
7) Write a newspaper report on Teachers' Day observed in High School.
TEACHERS' DAY OBSERVED IN SCHOOL
Teachers' was observed in the ABC High School today. For this a cultural funtion was organised by the teachers and the students of the school. The function started at 8 a.m. and continued for three hours. Renowned teachers, acting and retired, of the area were among the respectables present. The greatest attraction of the day was Biman Kumar Sen, the Rashtrapati Award Winner teacher of the school. The teachers and the students, in their nice speeches made the audience spell bound. The retired teachers of the school were then awarded by the present Headmaster Rathin Deb. This was followed by distribution of sweets among the students. The entire programme created enthusiasm among the students who took oath to be good citizens of the country in future.
BLOOD DONATION CAMP
Arambagh, July 10- The local club Balaka Sangha organised a blood donation camp here in the premises of Rabindranath high School today. The camp was inaugurated by the noted physician of the area Dr. Dibakar Das 9 o' clock in the morning. In total sixty-five donors, including all the club members and a few teachers of the school donated blood in the camp. The donors provided with light refreshment and a citation on behalf of the club authority. The camp was run under the watchful supervision of a number of a local doctors and the assistance of volunteers. As reported to this student reporter the collected bottles will be sent to Central Blood Bank, Kolkata by the club authority.
2) Write a report in about 120 for a newspaper on a road accident.
A BUS SKIDS- 3 KILLED AND 70 INJURED
Howrah, February 25- At least three persons were killed and seventy others were injured yesterday when a private bus skidded off the road and overturned. The accident occurred at 10 A.M. near a curve in front of Howrah Fire Brigade Station. The Howrah-bound private bus running at breakneck speed suddenly skidded off the road and overturned while negotiating the curve in front of the Fire Brigade Station. As a result, three persons were killed on the spot and 70 others were injured. The injured persons were removed to the Howrah general Hospital from where some were let off after they had been given first-aid. Others were hospitalised. An irate mob set fire to the passing vehicles. A contingent of police reached the spot and resorted to lathi-charge to disperse the angry crowd. Movement of traffic in the area was disrupted , resulting in traffic jam for about two hours before normalcy was restored.
3) Write a newspaper report about an old age home opened recently in Kolkata.
OPENING AN OLD AGE HOME
Kolkata, 4th March, 2020 - Older people who liked to stay in an old-age home may be pleased to know that an old-age home named 'Astha' was opened yesterday.
The address of the home Astha is 251, Bidhannagar, Kolkata- 700017. It was opened with a grand celebration. The chief guest was the Vice Chancellor of Kalyani University. It is reported that the home can accommodate 75 people. The charge specified for the home isRs. 2000/- per head per month. Astha will avail of different facilities. There will be doctors once a week and library, amusement etc. are also specified for them. The interested candidates must apply in plain paper. Admission depends on authority.
4) Write a newspaper report on Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
SWACHH BHARAT ABHIYAN
Oct 2, 2014.New Delhi- The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan organised by Narendra Modi, the primeminister of India. The occasion held at Rajghat in New Delhi. India. In the 150th birth of Mahatma Gandhi we are clean any garbage of India. In opening ceremony of India flagged by Pranab Mukherjee honourable Prime Minister of India. At this occasion the supporter saw very popular celebrities, like Anil Ambani, Sachin Tendulkar, Mary Kom, Salman Khanand many brother. Access for every Indian citizen of sanitation facilities. Waste management rate the objectives of this Abhiyan.
5) Write a report on the recent floods in North Bengal within 120 words.
NORTH BENGAL FLOODS KILL 100
Siliguri, February 25, 2020: The floods that have occurred in Jalpaiguri and Coocbehar have so far left a hundred people dead and over 16 lakh badly affected. In the recent devastating floods areas like Birpara, Falakata, Madarihat, Hasimara, and Alipurduar have been severely affected. Overflowing and breach of weak embankments following heavy rainfall during the last few days are the causes of this great natural calamity. Mud houses have been destroyed, standing paddy crops greatly affected and cattle washed away. The government along with different voluntery organisations has started relief and rescue operations on a war footing. Food and relief materials are being air- dropped by the helicopters. Steps are being taken to prevent epidemics in the flood-hit areas.
6) A football coaching camp was recently held. Write a report in about 80 words on this topic.
A FOOTBALL COACHING CAMP
Kolkata, March 06: A coaching camp for footballers was recently held at the Mohun Bagan ground. The camp was organised by the Indian Football Association. The fortnight- long coaching camp started on March 01 and ended on 05 March. Forty boys within 16 years joined this camp. The coaching everyday started at 3 p.m. and continued upto 5 p.m. The next coaching camp will be held between June 2 and June 16.
7) Write a newspaper report on Teachers' Day observed in High School.
TEACHERS' DAY OBSERVED IN SCHOOL
Teachers' was observed in the ABC High School today. For this a cultural funtion was organised by the teachers and the students of the school. The function started at 8 a.m. and continued for three hours. Renowned teachers, acting and retired, of the area were among the respectables present. The greatest attraction of the day was Biman Kumar Sen, the Rashtrapati Award Winner teacher of the school. The teachers and the students, in their nice speeches made the audience spell bound. The retired teachers of the school were then awarded by the present Headmaster Rathin Deb. This was followed by distribution of sweets among the students. The entire programme created enthusiasm among the students who took oath to be good citizens of the country in future.
Text book solutions of CBSE class x English book ' First Flight'.
A letter To God
G.I. Fuentes
Word Meanings:-
Crest- top of a hill.
Dotted- spot, stipple, shoot.
Draped- covered(with cloth).
Hailstones- a pellet of hail.
Resemble- to be or similar to.
Frozen- chill, frosty, cool.
Locusts- insects which fly in big groups and destroy crops.
Conscience- an inner sense of right and wrong.
Pesos- currency of several Latin American countries.
Hailstorm- a storm accompanied by hail.
Amiable- friendly and pleasant.
Correspondence- likeness, similarity.
Contentment- satisfaction, relish, pleasure.
Affixed- to attach physically.
Crooks- a person who engages in fraudulent of criminal practices
Thinking about the text:
1) Who does Lencho have complete faith in? Which sentences in the story tell you this.
Ans: Lencho have complete faith in God.
The sentences which express this are as follows:-
i) But in the hearts of all who lived in that solitary house in the middle of the valley, there was a single hope: help from God.
ii) "God", he wrote " if you don't help me , my family and I will go hungry this year".
iii) He wrote 'To God' on the envelope put the letter inside, and still troubled, went to town.
iv) It said: "God of the money that I asked for , only 70 pesos reached me since I need it very much. But don't send it to me through the mail because the post office employees are a bunch of crooks. Lencho"
2) Why does the postmaster send money to Lencho? Why does he sign the letter 'God'?
Ans:- The postmaster did not want to shake the writer's faith in God. So the postmaster came up with an idea that he will send the money to Lencho. Then he ask for money from employees and he himself gave part of his salary and several friends of his obiliged to give something 'for an act of charity'.
The postmaster signed the letter as God because he did not want to break lencho's faith in God and also it convey a message that God had himself written in the letter.
3) Did Lencho try to find out who had sent the money to him? why or why not?
Ans:- No, Lencho did not try to find out who had sent the money to him because of his much confidence in God. He believed that God had sent him the money. He never suspected that it could be someone else other than God who would send him the money.
4) Who does lencho think has taken the rest of the money? What is the irony of the situation?
Ans:- Lencho thinks that the rest of the money has taken by the post office employees.
The irony of the situation is that the staffs of the office who sent the money to Lencho but Lencho thinks that they have stolen the money. So, he calls them crook. That is the ironical situation in the story.
5) Are there people like lencho in the real world? What kind of a person would you say he is? You may select appropriate words from the box to answer the question.
Ans:- I don't think there can be such type of people like Lencho in the real world. Lencho is much educated yet he does not know how his letter will reach God without any address.
6) There are two kinds of conflict in the story between humans and nature, and between humans themselves. How are these conflicts illustrated?
Ans:- The conflict between humans and nature is created by the destruction of Lencho's crops by the hail storm. The crops destroyed by the hail, Lencho started feeling sad and gloomy after the storm significantly Shows the conflict of nature and the man. The story also presents another conflict between human themselves. The postmaster along with the help of the other staffs send the collected money to Lencho. They were not related to lencho in any manner. It was an act of charity and kindness on their part. But lencho blamed them that they took some money from his letter. This reflects the mistrust between human beings also.
G.I. Fuentes
Word Meanings:-
Crest- top of a hill.
Dotted- spot, stipple, shoot.
Draped- covered(with cloth).
Hailstones- a pellet of hail.
Resemble- to be or similar to.
Frozen- chill, frosty, cool.
Locusts- insects which fly in big groups and destroy crops.
Conscience- an inner sense of right and wrong.
Pesos- currency of several Latin American countries.
Hailstorm- a storm accompanied by hail.
Amiable- friendly and pleasant.
Correspondence- likeness, similarity.
Contentment- satisfaction, relish, pleasure.
Affixed- to attach physically.
Crooks- a person who engages in fraudulent of criminal practices
Thinking about the text:
1) Who does Lencho have complete faith in? Which sentences in the story tell you this.
Ans: Lencho have complete faith in God.
The sentences which express this are as follows:-
i) But in the hearts of all who lived in that solitary house in the middle of the valley, there was a single hope: help from God.
ii) "God", he wrote " if you don't help me , my family and I will go hungry this year".
iii) He wrote 'To God' on the envelope put the letter inside, and still troubled, went to town.
iv) It said: "God of the money that I asked for , only 70 pesos reached me since I need it very much. But don't send it to me through the mail because the post office employees are a bunch of crooks. Lencho"
2) Why does the postmaster send money to Lencho? Why does he sign the letter 'God'?
Ans:- The postmaster did not want to shake the writer's faith in God. So the postmaster came up with an idea that he will send the money to Lencho. Then he ask for money from employees and he himself gave part of his salary and several friends of his obiliged to give something 'for an act of charity'.
The postmaster signed the letter as God because he did not want to break lencho's faith in God and also it convey a message that God had himself written in the letter.
3) Did Lencho try to find out who had sent the money to him? why or why not?
Ans:- No, Lencho did not try to find out who had sent the money to him because of his much confidence in God. He believed that God had sent him the money. He never suspected that it could be someone else other than God who would send him the money.
4) Who does lencho think has taken the rest of the money? What is the irony of the situation?
Ans:- Lencho thinks that the rest of the money has taken by the post office employees.
The irony of the situation is that the staffs of the office who sent the money to Lencho but Lencho thinks that they have stolen the money. So, he calls them crook. That is the ironical situation in the story.
5) Are there people like lencho in the real world? What kind of a person would you say he is? You may select appropriate words from the box to answer the question.
Ans:- I don't think there can be such type of people like Lencho in the real world. Lencho is much educated yet he does not know how his letter will reach God without any address.
6) There are two kinds of conflict in the story between humans and nature, and between humans themselves. How are these conflicts illustrated?
Ans:- The conflict between humans and nature is created by the destruction of Lencho's crops by the hail storm. The crops destroyed by the hail, Lencho started feeling sad and gloomy after the storm significantly Shows the conflict of nature and the man. The story also presents another conflict between human themselves. The postmaster along with the help of the other staffs send the collected money to Lencho. They were not related to lencho in any manner. It was an act of charity and kindness on their part. But lencho blamed them that they took some money from his letter. This reflects the mistrust between human beings also.
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