CLASS 10 - UNIT 4- SECTION A - SWAMI IS EXPELLED FROM SCHOOL

UNIT 4 – ADOLESCENCE

SECTION A – SWAMI IS EXPELLED FROM SCHOOL

COMPREHENSION –

1(A). Tick (✔) the correct alternative.

1. The day before the punishment was given by the Headmaster, Swaminathan___

(i) was not present in the school.

(ii) broke the panes of the ventilation.

(iii) left the school after lunch hour.

(iv) had a fight with friends.

Answer – (ii) broke the panes of the ventilation.

 

2. "Swaminathan was deaf to a question that the Headmaster was putting to him." This means that

(i) Swaminathan was not paying attention.

(ii) Swaminathan did not have an answer.

(iii) Swaminathan could not hear properly.

(iv) the headmaster's question was not clear to Swaminathan.

Answer – (ii) Swaminathan did not have an answer.

 

3. "I don't care for your dirty school," Swaminathan muttered these words because___

(i) the school was untidy.

(ii) he loved to stay at home.

(iii) he was humiliated by the headmaster.

(iv) he had found a better school for himself

Answer – (iii) he was humiliated by the headmaster.

 

I. Answer the following questions.

1. What was the mood of the Headmaster when he entered the class?

Answer – When the headmaster entered the class he was slightly flushed and had a hard ominous look in his eyes.

2. How did Swaminathan react to the questions put by the Headmaster?

Answer – Swaminathan at first wanted to protest but later found himself speechless. When his headmaster beat him with the cane, he kept staring at his headmaster and finally told him stammering that he couldn’t come, without any explanation.

3. Why was the peon called? What did he tell about Swaminathan?

Answer – The peon was called by the headmaster to ask about Swaminathan’s act. The peon told that he had seen Swaminathan breaking the panes of the ventilators of the headmaster’s room.

 

III. Complete the Table as shown below.

 

Characters in the story	Excuses given by the students	Headmaster’s reaction	Do you agree/disagree with the headmaster’s reaction
1. Swaminathan	No excuse given	Hit the boy with his cane and shouted	Disagree
2. First boy	Attach of a headache	Asked to bring a medical certificate	Agree
3. Second boy	Someone told him that there would be no school	Punished him with ten days attendance cancelled and two rupees fine	Agree
4. Third boy	Attach of an headache	Must have asked to bring a medical certificate	Agree
5. Fourth boy	Stomachache	Must have asked to bring a medical certificate	Agree
6. Fifth boy	Grandmother died	Asked for the letter from his father or neighbour and then suspended him for fifteen days	Agree

 

VOCABULARY –

Complete the crossword using the clues given below. The first letter of each word has been given.

 

Clues

Across

1. when your face becomes hot and red

2. feeling that you have no hope and are ready to do anything to change the situation you are in

3. calm and not showing emotions

Down

4. to make someone feel stupid or ashamed

5. to pause a lot and repeat sounds because of a speech problem or because you are nervous

6. refusing to obey someone or something

7. making you think that something bad is going to happen

 

II. Use the words in the crossword and fill in the blanks with their correct forms.

1. The teacher's face flushed at the sight of a dirty classroom.

2. The frail boxer, gave a massive blow to the opponent in desperation.

3. How could you humiliate me in front of all my friends?

4. He stammered an answer that he could not even reconstruct later, when he had calmed down.

5. If children are restraint in classroom, they should get punishment.

6. My mother's ominous look let me know I was in trouble.

 

II. Complete the following poem with appropriate words using the clues given after the poem.

Our Headmaster

A personality with eminence

always with ominous looks,

The moment he comes,

we look into our books.

By hearing his harsh voice,

our confidence is lost,

In spite of knowing the answer,

We stammer at any cost.

 

The way he put the questions

our senses frost,

We try to recall, and storm our minds,

But alas! the fear

all the lessons are lost,

We feel ourselves in distress,

 

but nothing can be done

And then he pronounce the punishment,

homeworks from his shot gun.

 

Clues

1. superiority

2. making you feel that something bad is going to happen

3. to pause a lot and repeat sounds because you are nervous

4. the feeling of being extremely upset or worried

5. to state something in an official manner

 

GRAMMAR -

 

I. Match sentences in A with appropriate sentences in B to make meaningful

sentences. There may be more than one appropriate combination.

A	B	Correct Answer
I had never been abroad	when the announcement was made.	before I visited Singapore
I had reached home	before I reached the station.	when the rain started.
The train had left	before I visited Singapore	before I reached the station.
I had completed my work	when the rain started.	and then I went to sleep.
They had already boarded the flight	and then I went to sleep.	when the announcement was made.

 

II. Complete the sentences below with ideas of your own.

• When I reached the theatre I had missed the first song.

• All of us ran out of the class after the peon had rung the bell.

• I had gone to the market when you called.

• After I had completed my work, I went to the garden.

• As I reached home the neighbours visited us.