Lesson 15
Uphill
Special English
Online Lecture
Textual Exercise
GLOSSARY
Uphill – sloping upwards
Hide – to prevent
something somebody himself being seen
Inn – a pub
or small old hotel
Wayfarer - a traveller especially on foot
EXERCISE
2. Comprehension
Answer the
questions given below:
1. Who has
written the poem Uphill?
Ans. Christina
George Rossetti has written the poem Uphill.
2. Does the
road wind uphill all the way?
Ans. Yes,
the road winds uphill all the way.
3. Does the
poetess rest in the night? If yes, where?
Ans. Yes, the poet rests in the night on reaching
the inn.
4. What
happens at the end of the journey?
Ans. At the end of the journey, the travellers forget
all his pain and feel relax.
5. Who will
not keep the poetess standing at the door?
Ans. The traveller who have gone ahead will not
keep the poetess standing at the door.
6. Write
the central idea of the poem Uphill.
Ans. In the
poem the poetess to start a journey uphill through the wind road. It is filled
with difficulties and discomforts, At the end of the journey the poetess finds
a resting place to get relieve from all agonies and suffer where she passes
while journey.
3. Word
Power
A. Write at
least two words rhyming with the words given below?
Whole right
dark life face
hole
Ans.
Whole - hole, role
right – night,
sight
dark – lark, mark
life – knife,
wife
face –
race, pace
B. Find
words at least six from the poem from this word square:
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a |
j |
d |
a |
y |
n |
o |
l |
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r |
o |
a |
d |
o |
o |
r |
a |
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f |
u |
r |
o |
n |
t |
o |
b |
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g |
r |
k |
n |
o |
c |
k |
o |
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h |
n |
i |
g |
h |
t |
e |
u |
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s |
e |
e |
k |
i |
t |
e |
r |
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o |
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e |
t |
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a |
p |
t |
1. Dark
2. . ..............
3. ................
4. .................
5. .................
6. .................
7. .................
Ans. 1. dark
2. day
3. road
4. knock
5. night
6. keep
7. not
8. door
9. journey
4. Lets
Talk
Pachmari is
a famous hill station. The nearest main railway station is Hoshangabad. Discuss
in group and plan to visit Pachmari, where you can see a famous waterfall,
green hills and ancient caves. Keep the following points in mind while making
the plan.
1. Friends
who will go with you?
2. Things
you will take with you?
3. Money
and other things you will need.
4. Guide
book and other things.
List all
the names and things after discussing with your group.
Answer : (Do yourself)
5. Lets
Write
A. On the basis of your discussion ( Exercise 4) write
at least two paragraph on your visit to Pachmari.
B. Write an
application to the Principal of your school requesting him to arrange a picnic.
6. Let’s Do
It
Complete
the lines from the poem:
Does the
road wind uphill all the way?
............................
Will the
day’s journey take the whole long day?
..................
But is
there for the night a resting place?
..........................
May not the
darkness hide it from my face?
...................................
Ans.
Does the road wind uphill all the way?
Yes, to the very end
Will the day’s journey take the whole long day?
From morn to night, my friend.
But is there for the night a resting place?
A roof, for when the slow, dark hours begin.
May not the darkness hide it from my face?
You cannot miss that inn.