Chhattisgarh Board Class 10 English Daddy’s Enduring Script Chapter Solution
CG Board Class 10 English Solution for Unit 4 Reading C Chapter Daddy’s Enduring Script all Questions Answer. Daddy’s Enduring Script Class 10 English Solution Chhattisgarh Board.
Reading C
Daddy’s Enduring Script
Comprehension
I. Complete the following sentences with the correct options.
1) Daddy was a newsreader in AIR before pursuing his freelance writing.
- i) an actor
- ii) a mimicry artist
- iii) a newsreader in AIR
- iv) an editor
2) The writer was able to complete the half-done script of her father because her father had discussed the presentation of the script with her.
- i) she had been a good writer at that time.
- ii) she had a copy of rough sketch of the script
- iii) her father had discussed the presentation of the script with her.
- iv) her mother had given her the copy of the script.
2) Answer the following questions.
i) What was the name of the narrator’s father?
Answer: The narrator’s father was Nagarcoil K. Padmanabhan.
ii) What was the economic condition of the narrator’s family?
Answer: Narrator belonged to a middle-class family.
iii) Daddy was a very caring father. Find out the sentences from the text in support of your answer.
Answer: Although I’d often doze off in the chair and he’d carry me to bed
next to Mum- this sentence show how caring her father was.
Iv) “I know something for sure about Dad. His writings never stopped.” Why did the daughter say this?
Answer: His writing legacy was passed on to next generations. Even his granddaughters had flair for writing. And though the man dies, his writing or certain things remains even after the death.
V) The writer talks about each of the following: (Give a description of each of the following.)
i) Her family:
a) Mother –The mother was an English literature graduate and ardent reader. She was beautiful.
b) Father –The father was caring and work hard to raise his family and follow his passion. He was a handsome man. His handwriting was beautiful.
c) Self –She isa passionate writer and enthusiastic person.
d) Sister-The sister is passionate writer.
ii) The conditions in the family:
a) Home – The home was modestwith whitewashed walls and
green windows, a big garden around it and an inviting porch.
b) Life Style –They managed to have a good lifestyle.
c) Passion – Right from the father to the youngest daughter everyone had passion for reading.
Vocabulary
(i) Fill in the blanks with the words given below to make the passage meaningful.
mimic freelance treatment passion exclusive
Raghav, who was a freelance writer went up to the attic with his daughter to sit and discuss the treatment of the newly written script for a Hindi movie. He had a great passion for acting. He used to regale his daughter with tales about the film shoots. He told her how once a big hit eluded him. The daughter, who was studying in an exclusive school, was also a very good mimic and used to entertain her friends with her mimicry.
Read the lesson carefully and find out the nouns/phrases in the passage that take the adjectives given below.
a) Turning thoughts b) Relentlesspassion
c) Unfinished dreams d) Active cricket blog
e) Doe-eyed beauty
iii. Now match the words in box with their related expressions given below. Write the correct numbers in the brackets.
Read the lesson carefully while you do this exercise.
script 2. big hit 3. current 4. swell 5. ill afford 6. treatment 7. fan, 8. leap of faith
1) arrange with difficulty – ill afford
2) feel proud – swell
3) processing or considering something-
4) letters of an alphabet – script
5) admirer – fan
6) sudden power – current
7) success – big hit
8) recent work – treatment
murmur whisper scream yell stammer sigh shriek mutter
Find out the meanings of these words written above from the dictionary and match them to the situations given below:
1.anger -Yell
2.fear in a crowd – whisper
3.hide from others – murmur
4.in sadness- sigh
5. in complaint- mutter
6.in hesitation – stammer
7.in excitement- scream
Grammar
(i) Read the following paragraph. Then work in pairs and decide which ofthe underlined prepositions refer to a) place, b) movement or c) time.
The thief had been hiding in the old warehouse since-(Time)the morning. He was tired and hungry. It was noon when he began to doze. Just then, a helicopter flew slowly over(Place)the building. Imagining it to be the police, he ran out in panic and jumped into the nearby well. He tried to cling to a crack in the bricks and decided to wait until(Time) it was dark.
(ii) Categorize the prepositions in the box below to indicate their use as prepositions of place (P), movement (M) or time (T). Each word may have more than one category.
- 1.behind- P
- 2.along –M,P
- 3.since – T
- 4.for – T
- 5.out of – M ,P
- 6.past – M
- 7.in front of- P
- 8.through – M
- 9.in- P, T
- 10.on- M ,P ,T
- 11.beside- P
- 12.up- M ,P
- 13.among-P
- at-P T
- 15.across- M P
- from-P T
- before- T
- 18.until- T
- 19.between- T
- round-M
- 21.during-T
- 22.after-T
- 23.under- M,P
- 24.around- P,T
Anita: Hello, Radha. How are you?
Radha: I have a bad pain in my leg.
Anita: You know, Radha, today I got a pamphlet along with the newspaper. It’s about one Dr Dewangan who is an orthopedic surgeon.
Radha: Oh! Good! Tell me about him. Where is his clinic? When will he be available?
Anita: Dr Dinesh Dewangan is availableon Mondays toFridays from 10 am to 1pmat Dinesh Ortho Clinic, Janjgir.
Radha: But I won’t be able to go to Janjgir.
Anita: Well , Dr. Dewangan is also available at Raigarh on Tuesdayson Thursdays and on Saturdays.
Radha: Is he available at Raigarh from 10 amto 1pm?
Anita: No. At Raigarh, he is availablfrom 6pmto 9pm.
Radha: Would you please tell me the location of Dr Dewangan’s clinic at Raigarh?
Anita: Oh! Sure! It’s opposite the bus stand.
Radha: Thank you Anita.
Anita: Welcome. Have a great day.
Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions of time.
- My father has lived in this house for thirty years.
- Rajeshwari has been using this cycle since 2014.
- I have been studying since morning.
- Ravi bought this house thirty years ago.
- We stay in my Aunt’s house for a week every year.
- My mother visited Dongargarh six years
- I reach home at 6 pm every day.
- 8 I shall finish this worktill Thursday.
- 9 She will come back forten day from now.
- We sleepat 7 amon Sundays.