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Class 10 English - First Flight Chapter 4. From the Diary of Anne Frank Summary, Explanation, Question Answers (NCERT Solutions)
From The Diary Of Anne Frank (4. From the Diary of Anne Frank) CBSE class 10 English - First Flight Chapter 4. From the Diary of Anne Frank summary with detailed explanation of the lesson From The Diary Of Anne Frank along with meanings of difficult words. Given here is the complete explanation of the lesson, along with summary, explanation and questions and answers of each topic of lesson 4. From the Diary of Anne Frank.
English - First Flight (Chapter 4. From the Diary of Anne Frank) Solution
Activity [Page 49]1. Do you keep a diary? Given below under A are some terms we use to describe a written record of personal experience. Can you match them with their descriptions under ‘B’?
(You may look up the terms in a dictionary if you wish.)
A B (i) Journal - A book with a separate space or page for each day, in which you write down your thoughts and feelings or what has happened on that day (ii) Diary - A full record of a journey, a period of time, or an event, written every day. (iii) Log - A record of a person’s own life and experiences (usually, a famous person) (iv) Memoir(s) - A written record of events with times and dates, usually official
All Questions of English - First Flight Chapter 4. From the Diary of Anne Frank
Activity [Page 49]Oral Comprehension Check [Page-51]| 1. What makes writing in a diary a strange experience for Anne Frank? |
| 2. Why does Anne want to keep a diary? |
| 3. Why did Anne think she could confide more in her diary than in people? |
| 1. Why does Anne provide a brief sketch of her life? |
| 2. What tells you that Anne loved her grandmother? |
Oral Comprehension Check [Page-54]| 1. Why was Mr Keesing annoyed with Anne? What did he ask her to do? |
| 2. How did Anne justify her being a chatterbox in her essay? |
| 3. Do you think Mr Keesing was a strict teacher? |
| 4. What made Mr Keesing allow Anne to talk in class? |
Thinking About The Text| 1. Was Anne right when she said that the world would not be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old girl? |
| 2. There are some examples of diary or journal entries in the ‘Before You Read’ section. Compare these with what Anne writes in her diary. What language was the diary originally written in? In what way is Anne’s dairy different? |
| 3. Why does Anne need to give a brief sketch about her family? Does she treat ‘Kitty’ as an insider or an outsider? |
| 4. How does Anne feel about her father, her grandmother, Mrs Kuperus and Mr Keesing? What do these tell you about her? |
| 5. What does Anne write in her first essay? |
| 6. Anne says teachers are most unpredictable. Is Mr Keesing unpredictable? How? |
| 7. What do these statements tell you about Anne Frank as a person? (i) We don’t seem to be able to get any closer, and that’s the problem. Maybe it’s my fault that we don’t confide in each other. (ii) I don’t want to jot down the facts in this diary the way most people would, but I want the diary to be my friend. (iii) Margot went to Holland in December, and I followed in February, when I was plunked down on the table as a birthday present for Margot. (iv) If you ask me, there are so many dummies that about a quarter of the class should be kept back, but teachers are the most unpredictable creatures on earth. (v) Anyone could ramble on and leave big spaces between the words, but the trick was to come up with convincing arguments to prove the necessity of taking. |
Thinking About LanguageI. Look at the following words.headmistress , long-awaited , homework , notebook , stiff-backed , outburstsThese words are compound words. They are made up of two or more words. Compound words can be: Match the compound words under ‘A’ with their meanings under ‘B’. Use each in sentence.
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| II. Phrasal Verbs A phrasal verb is a verb followed by a preposition or an adverb. Its meaning is often different from the meanings of its parts. Compare the meanings of the verbs get on and run away in (a) and (b) below. You can easily guess their meanings in (a) but in (b) they have special meanings. (a) (b) Some phrasal verbs have three parts: a verb followed by an adverb and a preposition. (c) Our car ran out of petrol just outside the city limits. (d) The government wants to reach out to the people with this new campaign. 1. The text you'have just read has a number of phrasal verbs commonly used in English. Look up the following in a dictionary for their meanings (under the entry for the italicised word). (i) plunge (right) in (ii) kept back (iii) ramble on (iv) get along with 2. Now find the sentences in the lesson that have the phrasal verbs given below. Match them with their meanings. (You have already found out the meanings of some of them.) Are their meanings the same as that of their parts? (Note that two parts of a phrasal verb may occur separated in the text.) (i) plunge in - speak or write without focus (ii) kept back - stay indoors (iii) move up - make (them) remain quiet (iv) ramble on - have a good relationship with (v) get along with - give an assignment (homework) to a person in authority (the teacher) (vi) calm down - compensate (vii) stay in - go straight to the topic (viii) make up for - go to the next grade (ix) hand in - not promoted | ||||||||||||||||||
| III. Idioms Idioms are group of words with a fixed order, and a particular meaning, different from the meanings of each of their words put together. (Phrasal verbs can also be idioms; they are said to be 'idiomatic' when their meaning is unpredictable.) For example, do you know what it means to 'meet one's match' in English? It means to meet someone who is as good as oneself, or even better, in some skill or quality. Do you know what it means to 'let the cat out of the bag'? Can you guess? 1. Here are a few sentences from the text which have idiomatic expressions. Can you say what each means? (You might want to consult a dictionary first.) (i) Our entire class is quaking in its boots. ____________________________ (ii) Until then, we keep telling each other not to lose heart. ____________________________ (iii) Mr Keeping was annoyed with me for ages because I talked so much. ____________________________ (iv) Mr Keeping was trying to play a joke on me with this ridiculous subject, but I’d make sure the joke was on him. ____________________________ 2. Here are a few more idiomatic expressions that occur in the text. Try to use them in sentences of your own. (i) caught my eye (ii) he'd had enough (iii) laugh ourselves silly (iv) can't bring myself to | ||||||||||||||||||
| IV. You have read the expression ‘not to lose heart’ in this text. Now find out the meanings of the following expressions using the word ‘heart’. Use each of them in a sentence of your own.
1. break somebody’s heart 2. close/dear to heart 3. from the (bottom of your) heart 4. have a heart 5. have a heart of stone 6. your heart goes out to somebody | ||||||||||||||||||
| V. 1. Make a list of the contracted forms in the text. Rewrite them as full forms of two words. For example: I’ve = I have 2. We have seen that some contracted forms can stand for two different full forms: I’d = I had or I would Find in the text the contracted forms that stand for two different full forms, and say what these are. |
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