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— obeying and respecting the law 2. Homesick — think about pleasant things, forgetting about the present 3. Blockhead — something produced by a person, machine or organisation 4. Law-abiding — producing great sadness 5. Overdo — an occasion when vehicles/machines stop working 6. Daydream — an informal word which means a very stupid person 7. Breakdown — missing home and family very much — do something to an excessive degree 8. Output Answers: Use in Sentences 1. The news of her mother’s death is heart-breaking. 2. The soldiers get homesick on festive occasions. 3. You can not mend the ways of a blockhead. 4. Even the protectors of law are not law-abiding. 5. Don’t overdo the salt in the food. 6. Daydreaming does not prove fruitful in the long run. 7. Our car had a breakdown and a mechanic was called. 8. The manufacturing output has increased recently. II. Phrasal Verbs 1. The text you’ve 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). (Page 56) 1. plunge (right) in 2. kept back 3. ramble on 4. 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 for 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.) 1. plunge in (a) speak or write without focus 2. kept back (b) stay indoors 3. move up (c) make (them) remain quiet 4. ramble on (d) have a good relationship with 5. get along with (e) give an assignment (homework) to a person in authority (the teacher) 6. calm down (f) compensate 7. stay in (g) go straight to the topic 8. make up for (h) go to the next grade 9. hand in (i) not promoted Answers: 1. → (g) 2. → (i) 3. → (h) 4. → (a) 5. → (d) 6. → (c) 7. → (b) 8. → (f) 9. → (e) III. Idioms Idioms are groups 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.) 1. Our entire class is quaking in its boots 2. Until then, we keep telling each other not to lose heart 3. Mr Keesing was annoyed with me for ages because I talked so much 4. Mr Keesing 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 other idiomatic expressions that occur in the text. Try to use them in sentences of your own. 1. caught my eye 2. he’d had enough 3. laugh ourselves silly 4. can’t bring myself to Answers: ‘Let the cat out of the bag’ means ‘let the reality come out’. 1. 1. Our entire class is talking and talking too much. 2. Until then, we keep telling each other that we should not feel discouraged. 3. Mr. Keesing was annoyed with me for a very long period. 4. Mr. Keesing was trying to play a joke on me with this ridiculous subject, but I’d make sure that the joke would be on him only. 2. 1. The thief had nearly escaped but his mask caught my eye. 2. We had had enough of Goa ; so we came the next day. 3. We laughed ourselves silly when our joke recoiled on us. 4. I can’t bring myself to understand that you stole my purse. WRITING Question 1. Now you know what a diary is and how to keep one. Can you keep a diary for a week recording the events that occur ? You may share your diary with your class, if you wish to. Use the following hints to write your diary. brief. ‘Diary language’ has some typical features such as subjectless sentences (Got up late in the morning), sentence fragments without subjects or verbs (…too bad, boring, not good), contracted forms (they’re, I’ve, can’t, didn’t, etc.), and everyday expressions which people use in speech. Remember not to use such language in more formal kinds of writing. Answer: Yes, I can keep a diary for a week. In fact, I have a diary of my own. I write it whenever I have a liking for it. Yesterday I wrote a page. It goes like this : Class teacher distributed answer books of Dec. test. Was feeling nervous. Legs were shaking. Heart beat before I’s given my AB. Had expected very good marks. Was second. Checked where I’d got less marks. Went to teacher with AB. Asked he’d given less marks to one question. Made me see that he’d checked the AB with seriousness. Shall work hard and get more marks next time … Note: Students shall see that the above entry has all that is referred to in the above question. LISTENING Your teacher will read out the following extract from The Diary of Samuel Pepys (given on the next page) about the great fire of London ! As you listen complete this summary of the happenings. Summary This entry in the diary has been made on (a) ………………. by (b) ………………. The person who told Pepys about the fire was called (c) ………………. She called at (d) ………………. in the morning. Pepys went back to sleep because (e) ………………. Pepys rose again at (f) ………………. in the morning. By then about (g) ………………. houses had been burned down. The fire had spread to (h) ………………. by London Bridge. Pepys then walked to the (i) ………………. along with Sir J. Robinson’s (j) ………………. Answers (a) September 2nd (Lord’s Day) (b) Samuel Pepys (c) Jane (d) about three (e) the fire was on the backside of Marke-Lane at the farthest (f) seven (g) 300 (h) all fish market (i) Tower (j) little son We hope the NCERT Solutions for Class 10 English First Flight Chapter 4 From the Diary of Anne Frank help you. If you have any query regarding NCERT Solutions for Class 10 English First Flight Chapter 4 From the Diary of Anne Frank, drop a comment below and we will get back to you at the earliest. How to Tell Wild Animals TEXTUAL QUESTIONS (Page 45) Thinking About the Poem Question 1. Does ‘dyin’ really rhyme with ‘lion’ ? Can you say it in such a way that it does ? Answer: It does not really rhyme with ‘lion’. But it can be said to be rhyming if it is spoken that way. There is very small difference when it is spoken that way. Question 2. How does the poet suggest that you identify the lion and the tiger ? When can you do so, according to him ? (Imp.) Answer: The poet suggests that we should identify a lion. We should do so by his large and brownish-yellow colour and roar. It can be done when the lion comes near. The tiger has black stripes on the yellow background. He looks noble. He eats one as soon as he comes near. Question 3. Do you think the words “lept’and ‘lep’in the third stanza are spelt correctly ? Why does the poet spell them like this ? (Imp.) Answer: These words are not spelt correctly. The poet spells them on his own. He does so to create rhyming between them and an eating effect of the tiger. Question 4. Do you know what a ‘bearhug’ is ? It’s a friendly and strong hug—such as bears are thought to give, as they attack you ! Again, hyenas are thought to laugh, and crocodiles to weep (‘crocodile tears’) as they swallow their victims. Are there similar expressions and popular ideas about wild animals in your own language(s) ? Answer: A ‘bearhug’ is the bear’s tight embrace. Hyenas never laugh. But their faces look like that. Crocodiles do not weep but tears come when they swallow their victims. In our language we have similar expressions like : मगरमच्छ के आँसू , हथी के द ँत ख ने के और , ददख ने के और : खखदसय नी दिल्ली खम्भ नोचे ,etc. Question 5. Look at the line ‘A novice might nonplus’. How would you write this ‘correctly’ ? Why is the poet’s ‘incorrect’line better in the poem ? Answer: It would be written like : ‘A novice might be nonplussed. The poet’s incorrect line is better because it rhymes with ‘caress’. Question 6. Can you find other examples of poets taking liberties with language, either in English or in your own language(s) ? Can you find examples of humorous poems in your own language(s) ? Answer: Yes, many poets take such liberties to create proper rhyming. These are for example : kirk is used for ‘church’ to rhyme with ‘work’. Ken is used for ‘see’ to rhyme with ‘pen’. Question 7. Much of the humour in the poem arises from the way language is used, although the ideas are funny as well. If there are particular lines in the poem that you especially like, share these with the class, speaking briefly about what it is about the ideas or the lan¬guage that you like or find funny. Answer: Mainly meant for the students at class level. I like the following lines : — Just notice if he eats you. — ‘Twill do no good to roar with pain. — He’ll give you just one more caress. — A novice might nonplus. — Hyenas come with merry smiles Then the ideas are treated humorously. There are wild beasts. They see one and kill at once. They never embrace, ‘hug’ or smile merrily on their victims. Bears are said to ‘hug’ one to death as they press one very hard.