NOTES PREPARED BY
ASHAQ HUSSAIN BHAT
TEACHER SCHOOL
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
JAMMU AND KASHMIR
Colours of Rainbow
(A) Answer the following questions.
1. What did the narrator observe when he looked out?
Ans. He observed that the drops of water were sliding down from the leaves of chilli plant.
2. Why was the narrator unable to pay attention to what his daughter was saying?
Ans:- The narrator was lost in his personal thoughts and hence was not able to take note of what his daughter was saying.
3. Why did the narrator have a tiff with his wife?
Ans:-The wife reminded the narrator of their poverty. This made him angry and he had a tiff with his wife
4. What did the narrator find when he returned home late at night?
Ans. When the narrator was back the children had gone to sleep. The wife was sitting all by herself. She had not eaten since morning and was waiting her husband.
5. Why did the narrator not have an appetite?
Ans. Because he had taken his lunch with his friends and thus had no appetite .
(B) The following phrases, phrasal verbs, and idioms occur in the text. Find the sentences in which they occur.
burst into laughter, ; Both husband and wife burst in to laughter after tiff
close by, ; My friend always sit close by me in classroom.
looked at, ; The mother looked at the face of a sick son.
cope with, ; The students copeup only two percent of the teachers lecture.
wan and weak, ; Elder people look wan and weak when they don't eat even for one day.
all by herself,; Teen age children always prefer to sit all by herself.
feel homesick, ; When I went to Rajisthan for one month I was feeling homesick there
grown-up, ; Grown up children should behave disciplined .
in a huff, ; He made me angry and i a huff i dropped few egg trays
Lost sight of, ; I lost the sight of bus
get up, ; I get up 6 'O' Clock in the morning
got fed up with, ; I got fed up with your lame excuses .
picked up,; I am dropping some Apple's from the tree please pick up them
hard up ; Some times we feel hard up in the life and some times comfort
(C) There are many Hindi words used in the story. List those Hindi words and write them in the space provided.
Papaji
Gudda –guddi
Buddtic Prakash
Thali
Chapati
Language Work
Binomials are expressions (often idiomatic) where two words are joined by a conjunction (usually ‘and’). The order of the words is usually fixed. It is best to use them only in informal situations, with one or two exceptions.
Odds and Ends: Small, unimportant things, e.g.: Let’s get the main things packed; we can do the odds and ends later.
Give and take: a spirit of compromise, e.g.: Every relationship needs a bit of give and take to be successful.
• Here are some jumbled binomials. Using similarities in sound, join them with ‘and’. Then check a dictionary that you have the right word order.
prim, all, high, safe , rough, bread butter , dry tough, sundry, proper, sound,
Ans. Prim and proper; all and sundry; high and dry; safe and sound; rough and tough; bread and butter.
2 Look for the matching words that are either near synonymous or antonyms
Ans. Law and order; now and then; hit and trial; clean and tidy; pick and choose.
• The following binomials do not have and in the middle. What do they have? Check-in a dictionary if you are not sure.
1. Sooner …………………later
2. All ……………………..nothing
3. Back ………………….. white
4. Sink ………………….. swim
5. Slowly ……………….. surely
6. Make ………………… break
Ans. (1) Or; (2) For; (3) and; (4) or; (5) but; (6) or.
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