English class 10
2.3 the twins
What is the mix-up mentioned in this
extract? (या पद्यांशामध्ये नमूद केलेली अदलाबदल कोणती ?) Ans. The narrator got christened his brother and the brother got christened John. The name, John, was actually intended for the narrator.
*(2) Write any two lines from the extract that you find humorous. (या पदयांशातून तुम्हांला विनोदी वाटलेल्या ओळी निवडून लिहा :)
Ans. (1) As we were being washed by nurse, we got completely mixed.
(2) My brother John got christened me,
And I got christened him.
A3. Activities based on Poetic Devices:
(1) List the rhyming pairs from the extract:
Ans. (1) worse - nurse(2) fixed-mixed
(4) whim- him.(3) decree - me
(2) Find Collocations from the extract:
Ans. (1) fate's decree (2) got christened
(3) Name and explain the figure of speech:
(1) As we were being washed by nurse.
Ans. Alliteration: The letter 'w' is pleasingly
repeated.
(2) My brother John got christened me,
And I got christened him.
Ans. Hyperbole : The statement is exaggerated for humour.
Pick out from the extract the question that narrator asks everyone. Can you answer the question? (निवेदकाने प्रत्येकाला विचारलेला प्रश्न पदयांशातून निवडा. तुम्ही त्या प्रश्नाचे उत्तर देऊ शकाल का ?)
Ans. The narrator asked everyone what he would do if he were he (the narrator) to prove that he was actually himself. The only advice that can be given in such a case is to keep some different outward signs like mode of dress, hairstyle, mannerisms, etc. to identify oneself.
(2) How did the narrator suffer at school?
(शाळेत निवेदकाला कसा त्रास झाला ? ) OR Who was put to disadvantage at school due to the similarity? How? (या सारखेपणामुळे शाळेत कोण अडचणीत आला? कसा?)
-As a result of the similarity betwe narrator and his brother, he (the narrato always getting beaten for the mistakes com at school by his brother.
(i) Who became the wife of narrator's brother?
Ans. -The narrator's intended wife became his brother's wife.
(ii) What turned the tide of the narrator's domestic life?
-The close resemblance between the twins turned the tide of the narrator's domestic life.
What continued year after year?
Ans. -The same absurd mistakes continued year after year.
O Who according to the poet died? s. -According to the poet (narrator) he himself died.
What is the mix-up mentioned in this
extract? (या पट्ट्यांशामध्ये नमूद केलेली अदलाबदल कोणती ?)
Ans. The narrator got christened his brother and the brother got christened John. The name, John, was actually intended for the narrator.
*(2) Write any two lines from the extract that you find humorous. (या पदयांशातून तुम्हांला विनोदी वाटलेल्या ओळी निवडून लिहा )
Ans. (1) As we were being washed by nurse, we got completely mixed.
(2) My brother John got christened me,
And I got christened him.
A3. Activities based on Poetic Devices: (1) List the rhyming pairs from the extract:
Ans. (1) worse - nurse (3) decree - me
(2) fixed mixed (4) whim- him.
(2) Find Collocations from the extract:
Ans. (1) fate's decree
(2) got christened(3) Name and explain the figure of speech
repeated.
: (1) As we were being washed by nurse. Ans. Alliteration: The letter 'w' is pleasingly
(2) My brother John got christened me,
And I got christened him.
Ans. Hyperbole : The statement is exaggerated for humour.
Pick out four situations in the lives of the twins, which are too absurd and senseless to believe. (त्या जुळ्यांच्या जीवनातील विश्वास बसणार नाही, अशा हास्यास्पद व मूर्खपणाच्या चार घटना निवडून लिहा :)
Ans. (1) The people began mistaking one for the other.
(2) The speaker's brother got the name John, intended for the speaker.
(3) The speaker's intended bride became his brother's wife.
(4) When the speaker died, the neighbours came and buried his brother John.
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