English with Sathish!

  The Attic                      - Satyajit Ray 1. Give a detailed account of all thoughts and questions in the narrator's mind while accompanying Aditya from the tea shop to Sanyal’s house.        There were a lot of thoughts and questions in the narrator's mind while accompanying Aditya from the tea shop to Sanyal's house .  They visited N agen’s tea shop and the narrator noticed a sudden change in Aditya's expression when Sanyal recited a poem . The narrator asked him the reason for it but Aditya did not answer him. When they reached Aditya's ancestral house, he was anxious to search a medal in the attic. He also wanted to find out the weight of the medal.  When the narrator questioned what it was, Aditya replied that he would know it soon. All these actions of Aditya created a sense of curiosity and confusion in the mind of the narrator until the incident behind it was revealed at the house of Sanyal.                 2. ‘Man does change with time’-What we

  "The Secret of the Machine"                              - Rudyard Kipling           This poem deals with the problems of modern technology and automation. The poem is narrated   by the machines. They were made of the metals from ore bed and mine. They underwent many processes before they reach the working condition. They were fine tuned for precision to yield better outcome. They are fed with coal and oil. Once their task is assigned, they work twenty four hours a day. They can do any kind of   tedious work. They are programmed to count, read and write. They can receive command and respond to it. They are constructed and governed by Law of Science. They are not able to comprehend a lie. They are devoid of any human emotions like love and pity. They may take the life of a person who mishandles them. Machines may even make people think that they are omnipotent and they are nothing more than the human beings.  The Creator’s creation stands high than the creation of th

  "The Trick Madho Played" A. Reading comprehension Complete these sentences. l . Amarnath Bhonsle earned profits by Ans - selling mangoes   2. Amarnath was not a...... person because he didn't treat the village boys....... Ans- kind hearted, generously 3. Amarnath invited the village headman to taste his mangoes first so that........ Ans - he would recommend to the fruit buyers of Ratnagiri as Amarnath's mangoes were the sweetest Madho's eyes widened when he saw the mangoes because they.... Ans - are red, ripe and it is mouth-watering Amarnath asked Madho to .................. and .............. before the headman arrived. Ans   - wash the first two mangoes, cut them into thin slices           -  put them on a silver plate Madho ate the mangoes because he.......... Ans - has never tasted delicious mangoes What Madho did is not ................ although Amarnath Bhonsle was not a .............. person. Ans    - correct and unacceptable            - honest  B. Answ

  The Spider and the Fly                      -  Mary Botham Howitt              This poem explains how the innocent falls prey to the plans of the cunning. The poem begins with the invitation of Spider to Fly. He describes his parlour as “the prettiest”. The Fly declines the invitation saying that one could never return alive. Next, the Spider requests the Fly to take rest upon his bed for a while. The Fly knows that it will be an sleep eternal and it declines. Again, the Spider makes a humble call to the Fly to visit his pantry, but the Fly says that it do not wish to see it. Finally, the Spider starts praising the beauty of the Fly and invited to look in his mirror. Now, the Fly replies that it would visit some other day. The poor Fly has fallen for the flattering words of the Spider. The Fly visited the Spider's "den"  and lost her life. The poet advises the children to close the heart, ear and eye for the temptations of evil company.