NEB English Grade 11: The Tattered Blanket
Arjun EP
BEFORE YOU READ
Look at these pictures and discuss the questions with your friends.
(a) What is happening in the first picture? What does it indicate?
In a first picture, there is an old-age mother.
It seems that there is nobody to take care to her.
(b) What do you think is the elderly woman in the second picture doing? Does she look happy? Why/why not?
In the second picture, a woman is carrying firewood on her back and a baby carrying on her chest.
No, she does not look happy because she is a poor woman; she has to do a lot of work herself.
WAYS WITH WORDS
(A) Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word from the box.
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Irritation |
huddled up |
awkwardly |
futile |
grating |
mumbling |
feebly |
(a) All my efforts to convince her for the tour were …… .
(b) The lost traveller …… under a shelter made of branches and leaves.
(c) Her rude behaviour was the main cause of …… for him.
(d) She moved …… in the room, thinking that I was watching.
(e) She is …… something, but I can’t hear her.
(f) When I met my sister after a long time, she talked to me in a …… voice.
Answer
(a) All my efforts to convince her for the tour were futile.
(b) The lost traveller huddled up under a shelter made of branches and leaves.
(c) Her rude behaviour was the main cause of Irritation for him.
(d) She moved awkwardly in the room, thinking that I was watching.
(e) She is mumbling something, but I can’t hear her.
(f) When I met my sister after a long time, she talked to me in a feebly voice.
(B) Tick (√) the correct words that are similar in meaning to the underlined words.
(a) Rupa studied Science reluctantly due to her father’s pressure.
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i |
eagerly |
ii |
unwillingly |
iii |
willingly |
iv |
enthusiastically |
(b) She moved her fingers exasperatedly through her hair.
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i |
pleasingly |
ii |
calmingly |
iii |
calmingly |
iv |
annoyingly |
(c) My grandmother is over eighty. She lifted her hands feebly.
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i |
strongly |
ii |
robustly |
iii |
weakly |
iv |
firmly |
(d) She is wearing a tattered shawl.
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i |
old |
ii |
torn |
iii |
dirty |
iv |
branded |
(e) I have to work at two jobs to make ends meet in this expensive city.
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i |
earn much money |
ii |
spend much money |
iii |
live on money |
iv |
earn just enough money |
Answer
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(a) |
(b) |
(c) |
(d) |
(e) |
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unwillingly |
annoyingly |
weakly |
torn |
earn just enough money |
(C) Spell the following words correctly, adding the suffixes given against each root.
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write + ing |
arrive + al |
army + es |
monkey + es |
fancy + ful |
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stop + ed |
worry + ed |
recur + ing |
argue + ment |
create + ive |
(D) Syllable
(a) The following words have only one sound-unit called a syllable. Pronounce them.
Dawn, board, straight, spring, prompt, twelfths, strong, small, text, learn
(b) The following words have two syllables. Underline their syllables and pronounce them:
Beauty, sleepy, survive, current, woman, hotel
Answer (syllables are separated in spite of underline)
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beauty |
= beau-ty |
= beau/ty |
current |
= cur-rent |
= cur/rent |
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sleepy |
= sleep-y |
= sleep/y |
woman |
= wom-an |
= wom/an |
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survive |
= sur-vive |
= sur/vive |
hotel |
= ho-tel |
= ho/tel |
(c) Consult an English dictionary and find the number of syllables in the following words. Underline and pronounce them.
Bury, development, syllabic, vowel, education, discipline, examination, children, separately, pronunciation
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bury |
bur-y |
bur/y |
2 syllables |
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development |
de-vel-op-ment |
de/vel/op/ment |
4 syllables |
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syllabic |
syl-lab-ic |
syl/lab/ic |
3 syllables |
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vowel |
vow-el |
vow/el |
2 syllables |
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education |
ed-u-ca-tion |
ed/u/ca/tion |
4 syllables |
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discipline |
dis-ci-pline |
dis/ci/pline |
3 syllables |
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examination |
ex-am-i-na-tion |
ex/am/i/na/tion |
5 syllables |
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children |
chil-dren |
chil/dren |
2 syllables |
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separately |
sep-a-rate-ly |
sep/a/rate/ly |
4 syllables |
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pronunciation |
pro-nun-ci-a-tion |
pro/nun/ci/a/tion |
5 syllables |
Keep in Mind
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Syllable (verb) = pronounce something clearly |
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Syllable (noun) = in spoken language that consist one or more vowel sounds alone. |
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flower |
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= 1 syllable |
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children |
= chil.dren |
= chil-dren |
= chil/dren |
= 2 syllables |
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banana |
= ba.na.na |
= ba-na-na |
= ba/na/na |
= 3 syllables |
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intelligent |
= in.tell.i.gent |
= in-tell-i-gent |
= in/tell/i/gent |
= 4 syllables |
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COMPREHENSION
Answer the following questions:
(a) Why didn’t the mother recognise her son Gopi?
The mother didn’t recognize her son Gopi because she was eighty-three years old and lost her memory.
(b) Why is the sister living with her mother?
The sister is living with her mother because she is a widow and there is nobody to take care of her mother.
(c) What is the sister’s attitude towards her brother?
Her attitude is critical for her brother because of her brother’s behavior is not good.
(d) Does the son love his mother very much? How do you know that?
Yes, he does.
He shows his love by bending down and bringing his face close to her wrinkled cheeks.
(e) What does the mother actually need: a blanket or the warmth of her son’s love?
The mother actually needs the warmth of her son’s love.
Here, the blanket symbolizes love and care.
(f) What does the phrase the ‘tattered blanket’ means? Is it only the blanket that is tattered?
The phrase ‘the tattered blanket’ means hurt the feelings of the mother.
No, there is a tattered of relation viz weaken family relation.
(g) The son says, ‘Amma can’t remember who I am’. Do you think that he remembered his mother? Why didn’t he answer when his sister asked, ‘Do you remember your Amma?’
No, I don’t think so.
He didn’t answer her question because during a year Gopi did not write any letter for his mother.
CRITICAL THINKING
(a) What can be the expectations of the parents from their offspring at the old age?
Everybody becomes both physically and mentally weak in old age.
At a young age, parents invest more than 50% of their income to look after their children.
Father does everything that he can for his family.
Mother works 24 hours for her family.
So, it is common to expect to care and daring from their offspring at old age.
Most old-age parents are unhappy with their children and complain about caring.
In childhood, all children go to their parents and demand their need.
But when they become young and earn money, they live far from their parents.
Most children do not care about their parents when they fall in love with someone.
On the other hand, when the children do the job far from their parent slowly they enjoy in their life.
After getting married, children forget their parents and they take care only of their family.
Today’s living cost is very high.
Most of the children of the middle and lower-middle-class cannot fulfill their living standards with their income.
And, they do not care about their parents.
On the other hand, those who belong to a rich family, also do not care about their parents.
The parents basically expect love, affection and care from their children.
Healthy food, a comfortable bed and regular health check-ups are needed by old-age parents.
Besides these, parents want their children to listen to and talk to them.
Elderly people love to share their life experiences with their children for their betterment.
But most of the children neglect their parents.
Keep in mind, if you do not take care of your parents, your children also will not care for you.
It is the life cycle.
Grandparents are the best friends for grandchildren.
Grandchildren can learn a lot of knowledge from grandparents.
Therefore, we must take care of our parents so as to our children learn from us.
(b) Some children who live in a distance tend to be indifferent to the feelings of their parents. Why do you think they are like that? Discuss.
There are different reasons to live in a distance from parents.
It may be for study, job, business and so on.
For achieving their goal, they have to invest more time and efforts.
When children live in a distance, they gradually keep away relation from their parents
Finally, it creates a gap or distance between parents and their children.
In todays through cut competition, money and success are more important than the parents’ feelings.
They do hard work for earning and saving but not making the parents happy.
Some children begin a new life with their family far from their parents.
Their wife and children become more important than their old-age parents.
That is why they have no time to call them and visit their parents.
Keep in mind, if you do not take care of your parents, your children also will not care for you.
It is the life cycle.
Grandparents are the best friends for grandchildren.
Grandchildren can learn a lot of knowledge from grandparents.
Therefore, we must take care of our parents so as to our children learn from us.
(c) A mother’s love is everlasting and indispensable. Justify.
Mother’s love for her child is everlasting and indispensable (absolutely necessary).
It is a universal truth that no one can care for children like a mother.
Mother’s love is unconditional, selfless and everlasting.
A mother’s love for her child undoubtedly cannot be compared with anything.
A child finds his mother as a best friend, mentor, teacher and caretaker.
She plays with her child along with extra care and nourishment.
She never tires to fulfill all possible demands of her child without thinking of her.
A mothers’ love is important for her child for teaching moral and cultural values.
Mother is the emotional foundation of the family.
She takes care, support, and respect, everyone’s feeling in a family.
A member of a family can share almost any secret with his/her mother.
This is because the mother has a huge level of faith in her family.
When a mother becomes old and cannot work; in that condition, the mother becomes a little selfish.
Because she had invested her entire life for her children.
Therefore, we must take care of our mother at her old-age.
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