Class 10 English - First Flight - Chapter A Letter to God NCERT Solutions | Join the sentences given below using who
Join the sentences given below using who, whom, whose, which, as suggested.
1. I often go to Mumbai. Mumbai is the commercial capital of India. (which)
2. My mother is going to host a TV show on cooking. She cooks very well. (who)
3. These sportspersons are going to meet the President. Their performance has been excellent. (whose)
4. Lencho prayed to God. His eyes see into our minds. (whose)
5. This man cheated me. I trusted him. (whom)
1. I often go to Mumbai which is the commercial capital of India.
2. My Mother who cooks very well, is going to host a TV show on cooking.
3. These sportspersons, whose performance has been excellent, are going to meet the President.
4. Lencho prayed to God, whose eyes see into our minds.
5. This man whom I trusted cheated me.
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Are there people like Lencho in the real world? What kind of a person would you say he is? You may select appropriate words from the box to answer the question.
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Did Lencho try to find out who had sent the money to him? Why/Why not?
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Why does the postmaster send money to Lencho? Why does he sign the letter ‘God’?
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Match the sentences in Column A with the meanings of ‘hope’ in Column B.
A B 1. Will you get the subjects you want to study in college? I hope so – a feeling that something good will probably happen 2. I hope you don’t mind my saying this, but I don’t like the way you are arguing. – thinking that this would happen (It may or may not have happened.) 3. This discovery will give new hope to HIV/AIDS sufferers – stopped believing that this good thing would happen 4. We were hoping against hope that the judges would not notice our mistakes. – wanting something to happen (and thinking it quite possible) 5. I called early in the hope of speaking to her before she went to school. – showing concern that what you say should not offend or disturb the other person: a way of being polite 6. Just when everybody had given up hope, the fishermen came back, seven days after the cyclone. – wishing for something to happen, although this is very unlikely - Q:-
What did Lencho hope for?
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There are two kinds of conflict in the story: between humans and nature, and between humans themselves. How are these conflicts illustrated?
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