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Sample stories: 1.The Fox and the Crow A Fox once saw a Crow fly off with a piece of cheese in its  beak and settle on a branch of a tree. ‘That’s for me, as I  am a Fox,’ said Master Reynard, and he walked up to the  foot of the tree. ‘Good-day, Mistress Crow,’ he cried. ‘How  well you are looking to-day: how glossy your feathers; how  bright your eye. I feel sure your voice must surpass that of  other birds, just as your figure does; let me hear but one  song from you that I may greet you as the Queen of Birds.’  The Crow lifted up her head and began to caw her best, but  the moment she opened her mouth the piece of cheese fell  to the ground, only to be snapped up by Master Fox. ‘That  will do,’ said he. ‘That was all I wanted. In exchange for your  cheese I will give you a piece of advice for the future .’ ' Do not trust flatterers.’ 2.The Fox and the Stork At one time the Fox and the Stork were on visiting terms  and ...

Higher Secondary English Suggestion 202 5  Question Pattern for H.S.Examination-2025 SUBJECT NAME : ENGLISH B THEORY MARKS : 80  MCQ (1MARK)  SHORTANSWER QUESTIONS(1MARKS) DESCRIPTIVE QUESTIONS (6 MARKS)  TOTAL PROSE 1 X 4 = 4 1 X 4 = 4 6 X 2 = 12 20 POETRY 1 X 4 = 4 1 X 4 = 4 6 X 2 = 12 20 DRAMA 1 X 4 = 4 -------- 6 X 1 = 6 10 TEXTUAL  GRAMMAR  10 UNSEEN  COMPREHENSION  10 Writing 10 TOTAL 80 For MCQ and SAQ and Unseen read the texts carefully and practise from WBCHSE model sets and questions from previous years' papers.  (DAQ's)Prose Chapter 1-4 THANK YOU MA’AM : 1. What features of the character of Mrs Luella Bates are exposed in the short story “Thank the math Thank you Ma’am? Or,  Analyse the motherly feelings of Mrs. Jones.  Or,  What kind of a lady is Mrs Luella Bates Washington Jones?  2.  Why did the boy in “Thank You Ma’am’ not run away though he found the door open?  Or,  “And...

The Verbals Gerunds A gerund is a verbal that ends in –ing and functions as a noun. It can take on the role of a subject,  direct object, subject complement, and object of preposition. Gerund as subject: Traveling might satisfy your desire for new experiences.  Gerund as direct object: They do not appreciate my singing. Gerund as subject complement: My cat's favorite activity is sleeping.  Gerund as object of preposition: The police arrested him for speeding.  Participles A participle is a verbal that is used as an adjective and most often ends in -ing or -ed. There are two  types of participles: present participles and past participles. Present participles end in -ing. Past  participles end in -ed, -en, -d, -t, or -n, as in the words asked, eaten, saved, dealt, and seen. The crying baby had a wet diaper.  Shaken, he walked away from the wrecked car.  The burning log fell off the fire.  Smiling, she hugged the panting dog Infinitives An infin...

The Bangle Sellers- Sarojini Naidu The Poetess • Name of the Poet: Sarojini Naidu (1879-1949 ) • Education from Cambridge. • She was a woman of intellect and zest. • Started writing poetry at the age of eleven. • At Cambridge, her teacher Edmund Gosse recognized her talent as a poetess. • Her poems fill our heart with love and pride for our own culture and with the sweet fragrance of our land. • She is remembered as ‘The Nightingale of India’. About The Poem • The poem was first published in the book ‘The Bird of Time’. • A group of Bangle sellers is going to the temple fair. • The narrator of the poem is one of them. • They are poor people and their income from selling bangles is uncertain and meagre. • However, their bangles have religious and symbolic significance. • Each of the four stanzas describes bangles of different colours that will match the women wearing them. Themes              The poem expl...

POEM- UPON WESTMINSTER BRIDGE POET- WILLIAM WORDSWORTH The poem ‘Upon Westminster Bridge’ is composed by William Wordsworth, a great  romantic poet. It was composed on 3rd September 1802. In this poem Wordsworth talks  about a wonderful experience he had while crossing the Westminster Bridge early in the  morning. The Westminster Bridge is built on River Thames.  The poet is thrilled, as well as, astonished to see the exquisite beauty of London in the  morning time that had remained unnoticed till now. He gives the description of scene of  London and River Thames seen from Westminster Bridge early in the morning. In fact,  London which is a busy city appeared different in the morning. It was far removed from the  usual noise and activity of the city life. It seems the poet was spell bound to see the splendour  of lovely morning which was in complete contrast with the bustling and noise of city life. Early morning brings freshness all over. Th...

The Second Coming by W.B. Yeats About the poet: William Butler Yeats (born June 13, 1865, Sandymount, Dublin, Ireland—died January 28, 1939, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France) was an  Irish poet, dramatist, and prose writer, one of the greatest English-language poets of the 20th century . He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923. About the poem: The Second Coming , poem by William Butler Yeats, first printed in  The Dial  (November 1920) and published in his collection of verse entitled  Michael Robartes and the Dancer  (1921). Yeats believed that history is cyclical, and “The Second Coming”—a two-stanza poem in blank verse—with its imagery of swirling chaos and terror, prophesies the cataclysmic end of an era. Critics associated the poem with various contemporary calamities, such as the Easter Rising of 1916, the Russian Revolution of 1917, the rise of fascism, and the political decay of eastern Europe. The Seco...

Story: An Astrologer's Day Genre: Short story About the author: Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami (10 October 1906 – 13 May 2001), better known as R. K. Narayan, was an  Indian writer and novelist known for his work set in the fictional South Indian town of Malgudi . He was a leading author of early Indian literature in English along with Mulk Raj Anand and Raja Rao. Source : An Astrologer's day is taken from the 'Malgudi Days'. The story was first published in The Dial in 1947. Plot summary The story is about a man who makes a living as an astrologer, sitting under a tree in a busy street every day and offering to tell the fortune of any passer-by who is willing to pay for him to do so. However, the ‘astrologer’ in reality knows little of the stars, and instead tends to rely on shrewd guesses, cold reading, and letting his clients talk for long enough for him to gain enough background to their lives in order to create the illusion that he somehow knows t...

      Select the appropriate answers from the options provided for each of the following questions:   1. We ______ be punctual in school. A.  should B.  ought to C.  will D.  shouldn't   2. Advise your friend to go to the dentist.  A. you must go to the dentist. B.  you should go to the dentist. C.  you have to go to the dentist. D.  you shall go to the dentist.   3. He _____ do anything for money.  A.  should B.  must  C.  can  D.  could   4. Take a raincoat as it ____ rain later. A.  must B.  would C.  ought to D.  could   5. WARN your brother not to touch the switch with wet hands. A.  You should not touch the switch with wet hands. B.  You must not touch the switch with wet hands.  C.  You may not touch the switch with wet hands.  D.  You could no...