MP Board Class 9th English The Rainbow Workbook Solutions Chapter 10 Polonious Advice
Polonious Advice Vocabulary and Pronunciation
A. Find out from the lesson the words which mean :
1. Painful feeling for failure ………………
2. The ability to make decisions that are based on careful consideration of facts principals etc ……………..
3. An act of asking or receiving God’s favour, help or protection ………………
4. A special set of cloths, especially worn by monks and nuns …………
5. Adieu ………………
Answer:
- courage
- blessings
- apparel
- farewell.
B. Collect all the antonyms of the following words and consult a dictionary to know the correct pronunciation.
Answer:
- Borrowing – lending
- Costly – cheap
- Blessing – cursing
- Familiar – infamiliar
- Friend – enemy
- True – false
Listening Skull
Listen to the given words carefulLy. Put stress mark(s) after listening the sound(s).
aboard, vulgar, shame, adoption,’houIder, enertainment, improportion, unfledged, familiar, courage.
B. Listen to the poem again and make a list of uncom man sounds, generally not used in prose.
Answer:
Thou, hast, thy, Bear’t, thee, canst, thine, oft.
Speaking skill
See workbook page 77.
Now, talk to your friends using the following words or phrases:
across, behind, up/down the steer, in front of, back of, in the middle of, next to, on, on the comer of, opposite to etc.
Answer:
Do- yourself.
Reading Skill
Read the given poem and answer the questions given below it.
See workbook pages 77-78.
Question 1.
Complete the following statements.
(a) ‘You’ refers to……….
(b) ‘I’ refers to …………
(c) When good men walk away…………..
(d) We fail to realize that……….
(e) We shouldn’t talk of history because ……………..
(f) Wrong can become right ……………
(g) Good men should ……………
(h) The children cry. ………………
Answer:
(a) readers
(b) the poet
(c) evil wins
(d) they set this world alight
(e) time has moved on, life has changed
(f) if we try
(g) walk in
(h) for help.
Question 2.
According to the poet what does wise men say ?
Answer:
Evil wins when good men walk away.
writing Skill
A. Look at the map of any country. Gather information about it on the following points :
capital, language, people, culture and famous buildings Now, write a brief description of the country.
Answer:
Do yourself.
B. ‘Be true to yourself then everything will go right with you’. Write an incident in the light of this statement. (150 words)
Answer:
Man is the supreme creation of god. Man has evolved different ways for living. . He thinks and understands all the good and evil. But everyone doesn’t succeed in life I feel of one is true to oneself everything will go right with them. I have experienced this fact with myself. Once . was put in a trouble. I took a five hundred nots from my father’s purse to give a treat to my friends. My father couldn’t know it. But three days later he was to buy some medicine for mother. He had no money. Then he remembered the missing note. Later I realised my fault and admitted it. Father was happy that I had realised my mistake. He simply advised me not to repeat it.