. Based on your reading, answer the following questions in two to four sentences each. a) What made people wonder about the absentmindedness of their fellow- beings? b) What are our memories filled with?
c) When does human memory work with less than its usual capacity? d) Why, according to Lynd, should taking medicines be one of the easiest actions to remember? e) How do the chemists make fortunes out of the medicines people forget to take? f) The list of articles lost in trains suggest that sportsmen have worse memories than their ordinary serious-minded fellows.
Why does Lynd say this? g) What kind of absent-mindedness is regarded as a virtue by Lynd? h) Narrate the plight of the baby on its day out. .
Answer the following in a paragraph of about - words each. a) You have borrowed a branded cricket bat from your reluctant friend for an outstation match. After returning home you realize you have absent-mindedly left it in the hotel room. Write a letter of apology and regret to your friend.
b) Kahlil Gibran states ‘Forgetfulness is a form of freedom.’ Write an article for your school magazine, linking your ideas logically and giving appropriate examples. c) Will you sympathise or ridicule someone who is intensely forgetful? Write an essay justifying your point of view. Dictionary thesaurus Vocabulary A.
Homonyms and Heteronyms Homonyms are two or more words that have same pronunciation but different meanings. They are of two types: i. Homographs Homographs are words with same spelling and same sound but different in meanings. e.g.
park – a piece of public land for recreation / park – to leave a vehicle in a particular place bat – a sport equipment for hitting the ball / bat – a mammal ii. Homophones Homophones are two or more words with the same sound but with different spellings and meanings. e.g. dear – a loved one / deer – a wild animal Heteronyms also known as heterophones are two or more words with same spelling but different sounds and meanings.
e.g. lead – a metal / lead – guide minute – a period of time / minute – very small Complete the sentences by choosing a suitable word from those given in the brackets. - - :