Unit
– 05
SELF-RELIANCE
Talking about the text:
1) Discuss these questions with your partner
and write down the answers.
a) Why did the kid scream?
Ans: The
kid screamed because the kid had fallen into ditch.
b) How do you know that the kid is self-reliant?
Ans: The kid was self-reliant; when the
writer went to help him, the kid replied that he could help himself and said no
thanks.
c) Who is the creator of
your destiny?
Ans: I, myself is the
creator of my destiny.
d) What advice did Swami Vivekananda give his
disciples?
Ans: Swami Vivekananda advised his disciples,
“If you are miserable try to conquer your misery and try to be calm. Stand up.
Be bold. Be strong. Do not be a weakling. Take all your responsibilities on
your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny.”
e) What is escapism?
Ans: Escapism is not facing reality or
running away from reality.
f) Is feeling helpless always a form of
escapism?
Ans: No, feeling helpless is not escapism
always.
Vocabulary and dictionary work:
2) We
think of some human qualities as positive and some others as negative, For
example ‘love’ as we all agree, is a positive quality.
|
Quality |
Positive |
Negative |
|
Love |
✓ |
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|
Honesty |
✓ |
|
|
Jealousy |
✓ |
|
|
Courage |
✓ |
|
|
Pride |
✓ |
|
|
Viciousness |
✓ |
|
|
Tolerance |
✓ |
|
|
Selfishness |
✓ |
|
|
Nobility |
✓ |
|
|
Malice |
✓ |
|
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Cowardice |
✓ |
|
|
Gratefulness |
✓ |
|
|
Helplessness |
✓ |
3) Give
the full forms of
1) Won’t – will not
2) Weren’t – were not
3) Couldn’t – could not
4) Shouldn’t – should not
5) You’d – you would
6) He’s – he is
7) I’ll – I will
8) Who’ll – who will
9) We’d – we would
10) Don’t – do not
4) Spelling:
What is common in the following group of
words?
a) knee, knife, knot, know, k is silent
b) neighbor, daughter, fight, straight, gh
is silent.
c) honest, honor, hour, heir, h is
silent
5) Focus on Grammar:
Phrases and Idioms
Use a dictionary to identify the meaning of the idiom or phrase italicized in
each sentence below. Write down the meaning in each case.
a) The rear wheels got stuck in the mud.
Ans: got
stuck: unable to move further
b) She stuck
her tongue out at the snake in the zoo!
Ans: stuck
her tongue out: to make a rude sign by putting the tongue outside.
c) The journey was long and hot and they had
no drinking water, but they stuck it
out cheerfully.
Ans: Stuck it out: to
continue to the end of a difficult or unpleasant situation.
d) We got
stuck in a traffic jam for almost an hour.
Ans: Stuck in: to start doing
something enthusiastically.
e) He didn’t want to be stuck with strangers during the trip.
Ans: Stuck
with: unable to get rid of.
