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Class 10 English - First Flight Chapter 3. Two Stories About Flying
II. The Black Aeroplane Summary, Explanation, Question Answers (NCERT Solutions)

Two Stories About Flying II (3. Two Stories About Flying
II. The Black Aeroplane) CBSE class 10 English - First Flight Chapter 3. Two Stories About Flying
II. The Black Aeroplane summary with detailed explanation of the lesson Two Stories About Flying II 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 3. Two Stories About Flying
II. The Black Aeroplane.

English - First Flight (Chapter 3. Two Stories About Flying
II. The Black Aeroplane) Solution
 Thinking About The Text

2. Describe the narrator’s experience as he flew the aeroplane into the storm.

Answer :


As the narrator flew into the storm, everything went black. It was impossible to see anything outside the plane. It jumped and twisted in the air. When he looked at his compass, he saw that it was turning round and round. It was dead. Along with it, the other instruments, including the radio, were also dead. Suddenly, he saw another aeroplane. Its pilot waved at him, asking him to follow. He was glad to find a helper. He was using his last fuel tank and there was only enough fuel to fly five or ten minutes. Then, the other pilot started to go down and he followed. He suddenly came out of the clouds and saw the runway, on which he then landed his plane safely.


All Questions of English - First Flight Chapter 3. Two Stories About Flying
II. The Black Aeroplane
Thinking About The Text
1. "I'll take the risk". What is the risk? Why does the narrator take it?
2. Describe the narrator’s experience as he flew the aeroplane into the storm.
3. Why does the narrator say, "I landed and was not sorry to walk away from the old Dakota…"?
4. What made the woman in the control centre look at the narrator strangely?
5. Who do you think helped the narrator to reach safely? Discuss this among yourselves and give reasons for your answer.

Thinking About Language
I. Study the sentences given below.
(a) They looked like black mountains.
(b) Inside the clouds, everything was suddenly black.
(c) In the black clouds near me, I saw another aeroplane.
(d) The strange black aeroplane was there.

The word ‘black’ in sentences (a) and (c) refers to the very darkest colour. But in (b) and (d) (here) it means without light/with no light.
‘Black’ has a variety of meanings in different contexts. For example:
(a) ‘I prefer black tea’ means ‘I prefer tea without milk’.
(b) ‘With increasing pollution the future of the world is black’ means With increasing pollution the future of the world is very depressing/without hope’.

Now, try to guess the meanings of the word ‘black’ in the sentences given below. Check the meanings in the dictionary and find out whether you have guessed right.

1. Go and have a bath, your hands and face are absolutely black____ .
2. The taxi-driver gave Ratan a black look as he crossed the road when the traffic light was green____.
3. The bombardment of Hiroshima is one of the blackest crimes against humanity____.
4. Very few people enjoy Harold Pinter’s black comedy____.
5. Sometimes shopkeepers store essential goods____.
6. Villagers had beaten the criminal black and blue____.
II. Look at these sentences taken from the lesson you have just read:
(a) I was flying my old Dakota aeroplane.
(b) The young seagull had been afraid to fly with them.

In the first sentence the author was controlling an aircraft in the air. In the second sentence the seagull was afraid to move through the air, using its wings.

Match the phrases given under Column A with their meanings given under Column B:
AB
1. Fly a flag - Move quickly/suddenly
2. Fly into rage - Be successful
3. Fly along - Display a flag on a long pole
4. Fly high - Escape from a place
5. Fly the coop - Become suddenly very angry
III. We know that the word ‘fly’ (of birds/insects) means to move through air using wings. Tick the words which have the same or nearly the same meaning.

swoop      flit      paddle      flutter      ascend      float      ride      skim      sink      dart      hover      glide      descend      soar      shoot      spring      stay      fall      sail      flap     

Writing
Have you ever been alone or away from home during a thunderstorm? Narrate your experience in a paragraph.

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