A Different Kind of School

Chapter 5



A. Put these sentences from the story in the right order and write them out in a paragraph. Don’t refer to the text.

. I shall be so glad when today is over.

.  Having a leg tied up and hopping about on 

a crutch is almost fun, I guess.

. I don’t think I’ll mind being deaf for a day —

at least not much.

. But being blind is so frightening.

. Only you must tell me about things.

. Let’s go for a little walk.

. The other bad days can’t be half as bad

as this.

B. Answer the following questions

1. Why do you think the writer visited Miss Beam’s school? (1)

Ans-Because he had heard many good things about the teaching of Miss Beam's school. So, he had visit the school to know the unique style of teachings.

2. What was the ‘game’ that every child in the school had to play? (9)

Ans-The game that every body should play was to being blind, deaf, mute, and injured for a particular day and it was a part of their training.


3. “Each term every child has one blind day, one lame day…” Complete the line. Which day was the hardest? Why was it the hardest? (9, 11, 15)

Ans-Each term every child has one blind day, one lame day, one dump day, one deaf day, one injured day. The hardest one was the blind day because that day they will be blind and they cannot peep from their blindfold and they were afraid of hitting on some obstacles.

  

4. What was the purpose of these special days? (5, 9)

Ans-These help the people to understand the felling of being a disability child for a day. And have some respect for them and good fillings.


WORKING WITH LANGUAGE

A. Match the words and phrases with their meanings in the box below.

                                paragraph numbers

1. homesick                         

2. practically                        (4)

3. it pains me                        (7)

4. appreciate                          (9)

5. thoughtless                        (10)

6. exercise                               (11)

7. relief                                    (13)

8. ghastly                                (14)



B. Re-word these lines from the story:

1. I had heard a great deal about Miss Beam’s school.

2. Miss Beam was all that I had expected — middle-aged, full of authority.

3. I went to the window which overlooked a large garden.

4. “We cannot bandage the children’s mouths, so they really have to exercise their will-power.”

C. 1. Given below is a page from a dictionary. Look at it carefully
and

(i) find a word which means the same as ghastly. Write down
the word and its two meanings.
(ii) find a word meaning a part of the school year.
(iii) find a word that means examination.



Question Type By : Himashree Bora.

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