Q.1.
How would you assess Griffin as a scientists?
Ans:
There is no doubt that Griffin as a scientist was a man of brilliance, adventure and
courage. He carried out experiment after experiment to prove that human body could be
made invisible. But on the other hand, he was overall a revengeful, eccentric, quicktempered and a lawless scientist who misused his scientific discovery. And in the
longrun, he became threat to the society.
Q.2.
The two boys in London were surprised and fascinated. Why?
Ans:
The two boys in London were surprised and fascinated because their eyes met a
remarkable sight of „the appearance‟ of fresh muddy imprints of a barefooted man who
was not visible.
Q.3.
What did Griffin do inside the shop?
Ans:
Inside the shop, Griffin gave himself the pleasure of clothing and feeding himself without
regard to expense. He broke open boxes and wrappers and fitted himself out with warm
clothes. He put on a pair of fine shoes and wore an overcoat and a hat. Then he had a
meal of cold meat and coffee followed up by sweets and wine. After feeding and clothing
himself, he enjoyed a sound sleep on a pile of quilts.
Q.4.
How did Griffin escape from the London store?
Ans:
From the big London store, Griffin escaped by quickly taking off his newly-found clothes
that made him invisible, sufficient enough to run away easily and comfortably.
Q.5.
Griffin entered the shop of a theatrical company. What did he do there?
Ans:
Inside the shop of a theatrical company, Griffin wore bandages round his forehead. He
also put up dark glasses, false nose, big bushy side-whiskers and a large hat. Later on in
order to escape without being seen, he callously (without pity) attacked the shopkeeper
from behind and robbed him off all the money he could find.
Q.6.
Why was the arrival of this stranger in a village inn an unusual event? Give two
reasons?
Ans:
The arrival of the stranger (Griffin) in a village inn was an unusual event because
generally, in the winter, almost nobody used to visit the village as it was a remote place
away from crowded London. Secondly, his uncommon appearance was another reason of
an unusual event.
Q.7.
How did the scientist look when he came to the inn?
Ans:
The scientists had a strange and uncommon look when he came to the inn as he had worn
bandages round his forehead, dark glasses, false nose, big bushy side-whiskers and a
large hat, and this uncommon appearance set all tongues wagging.
Q.8.
The landlord‟s wife was convinced that Griffin was „an eccentric scientist‟. What
made her think of Griffin in these terms?
Ans:
The landlord‟s wife was convinced that Griffin was „an eccentric scientist‟ because he
had paid her in advance. Besides, the unusual arrival, uncommon appearance, strange
habits, irritable temper and the extraordinary behavior of Griffin made her think of him
that he was an eccentric scientist. Also she thought so as her every effort brought no
fruits of making friendship with him.
Q.9.
What was „the curious episode‟ that took place in clergyman‟s study?
Ans:
„The curious episode‟ that occurred in the clergyman‟s study was that very early in the
morning he and his wife were awakened by some noises as they heard the chink of
money being taken away from the clergyman‟s desk. So creeping downstairs without
making any noise and with a poker grasped firmly in his (clergyman‟s) hand, they
entered the room and searched it. But to their surprise and amazement, they found
nobody there.
Q.10. The landlord and his wife were surprised to see the scientist‟s door wide open. Why were they surprised? What three extraordinary things happened in the room?
Ans:
The landlord and his wife were surprised to see the door wide open because it used to
remain shut and locked most of the time.
The three extraordinary things that happened in the room are as:
Firstly, Mrs Hall heard a sniff close to her ear. Secondly, the hat on the bedpost leapt up
and surprisingly dashed itself into her face. Lastly, the bedroom chair became alive. It
sprang into the air and then charged straight at her legs.
Q.11. Mrs. Hall almost fell down the stairs in hysterics. Pick out an example of humour
from what follows this incident.
Ans:
It was the behavior of Mrs. Hall‟s extraordinary chair that became alive and pushed the
both husband and his wife out of the room and the door was then locked after them. She
was then puzzled and fell down the stairs in hysterics.
Q.12. The scientist was furious. What did he do in anger? Why were the people in the bar
horrified?
Ans:
In response to Mrs Hall‟s demand, the scientist became furious and threw off bandages
wearing round his forehead false nose, dark glasses, big bushy side-whiskers and a large
hat.
The people in the bar were horrified as their eyes came across a scene of a headless man
who was becoming more and more invisible as he threw off one garment after another.
Q.13. What happened to the constable?
Ans:
When the constable, Mr Jaffers tried to arrest and get hold of a headless man, he found
himself struggling with someone who couldn‟t be seen at all. He was knocked
unconscious in the last attempt to hold on to the unseen scientist, despite the help of some
other people.
Q.14. The scientist was a man of „irritable temper‟. Give an example.
Ans:
No doubt the scientist, Griffin was a man of „irritable temper‟, he was rather a lawless
person. His landlord disliked him because of his strange habits and tried to eject him. In
revenge he set fire to the landlord‟s house.
In another incident, he callously attacked the shopkeeper and robbed him off all the
money he could find. His such folly actions indicate that he was a man of irritable
temper.
WRITING WORK:
Write a short paragraph on the things you would like to do if you become invisible.
Ans:
If I become invisible, my foremost attempt will be to help the poor and needy. Those who
are dying of hunger, I will get them feed. I would like to help those who suffer a lot in any
aspect. I would like to take care of orphans. I would like to rob those who rob the poor. I would
like to get anti social elements punished, etc.
GRAMMAR:
A.
Notice:- It is a publicly displayed, printed or written information of something going to
happen or that has happened. It is a sort of information meant for others to know and
Fallow.
Following points must be followed while drafting a notice:
i.
It should be written in 3rd person i.e, it should be impersonal.
ii.
The first person „I‟, „We‟ and the second person „You‟ should be avoided.
iii.
Address and date of drafting notice must be mentioned.
iv.
It must be put in a square box.
v.
It should contain all necessary information.
vi.
Date, and day on which the program is being organized must be mentioned.
vii.
Name and designation of the drafter should also be mentioned left hand at the
bottom.
viii.
Word limit should be strictly followed.
Language work.
You have been asked to inform students of class IX to XIII about an Inter-School
Debate on „Aliens can invade the Earth‟. Draft a notice in 50 words to be put on the
school notice board with all necessary details.
Scholars‟ School
January 17, 2017
Badshahnagar, Natipora, Sgr.
NOTICE
Debate Competition
It is hereby notified for the information of all the students of class IX to XII that the
school is going to organize an Inter-school Debate on „Aliens can invade the Earth‟ on
22nd of this month.
The program will be started at 11:00 a.m. in the school hall. Interested students should
give their names to the undersigned before 21st of this month.
Head Boy
ABC
B.
Punctuation: The word „Punctuation‟ has been derived from the Latin word „Punctum‟
which means „a point‟. It is an art of correctly putting in various stops and mark in
writing so as to make the clear meaning of a sentence or paragraph because an
unpunctuated or wrongly punctuated sentence or paragraph will create confusion and
does not make clear meaning.
The principle marks in Punctuation are:
i.
Full stop or period denoted by (.)
ii.
Interrogatory or Question Mark or note of interrogation denoted by (?)
iii.
Exclamation or Exclamatory Mark or note of exclamation denoted by (!)
iv.
Comma denoted by (,)
v.
Apostrophe denoted by („)
vi.
Dash denoted by (-)
vii.
Quotation marks denoted by (“ ”)
viii.
Underlining denoted by (_______)
ix.
Bracket or Parenthesis denoted by ( )
x.
Colon denoted by (:)
xi.
Semi-colon denoted by (;)
xii.
Hyphen denoted by (-)
xiii.
Ellipsis denoted by (…)
xiv.
Slash or Oblique denoted by (/)
xv.
Use of capital letters
Message: Message is a kind of information, news, etc. sent to somebody in writing,
speech or by telephone which is the quickest method of sending a message.
Following points must be followed while drafting a message:
i.
Address need not be given in case of a message.
ii.
Date and time must be mentioned.
iii.
Salutation should be brief.
iv.
Message should be clear.
v.
It should be put in a box.
vi.
Clearly mention the name from whom the message is received.
vii.
It should be always written in reported speech.
viii.
Mention your name right hand at the bottom.
ix.
Never exceed the word limit.
x.
Nothing should be added of your own.
1.
Capital Letters:
Capital letter should be used to start
Name, special names, titles, places, days of week, months, holidays, special days,
languages, religions, nations, books, films, countries and the adjectives formed from
them. Every sentence, every line of poetry, pronoun I and interjection O historical events
like 1st World War, Cold War, important words in headings of essays and stories. Names
of newspapers, magazines, books Names of: rivers, oceans, islands, continents, historical
buildings, abbreviations, actual words of speaker in case of reported speech. Names of
institutions, political parties etc. (NOTE: No capitals for the seasons as spring, autumn,
summer etc.)
2.
Question Mark:
A question mark should be put at the end of every sentence that asks a question. e.g,
When are you going to Delhi?
Question mark is not used for a polite request.
[Note: Full stop and question mark should not be written together.]
3.
Full Stop:
Full stop should be put at the end of every statement (Declarative, Assertive, Imperative,
Negative) sentence as:
The lottery prize was a Buick. It was won by Mr Riyaz.
[Note: The full stop is not generally used, if the abbreviation ends with the same letter as
the full word e.g. Doctor (Dr.), etc.
4.
Exclamatory Mark:
An exclamatory mark is used after a word or a group of words which show strong
feeling-anger, surprise, frightening, etc. e.g, What a beautiful rose!
5.
Comma (,)
i.
Comma should be used only when a pause is felt.
ii.
Commas separate a part of sentence as:
When Ramesh reached the station, the train had already left.
iii.
Separating parts of a list as:
unbreakable tea-set: six plates, nine saucers, two cups cost rupees 400.
iv.
If „and‟ is before the last item, then the final comma is not generally needed as:
My mother bought six oranges, five apples, two bananas and a watermelon from
the market.
v.
Separating explanations: separating that two commas are needed.
The doctor, I am sure, will help you if she can.
vi.
Separating words such as yes, no, thank you, does he, doesn‟t he, can‟t I, shall I,
etc.
vii.
For separating question tags from rest of the sentence as:
Your brother likes football, doesn‟t he?
viii.
For separating words and phrases like yes, no, thank you, etc.
ix.
Separating names of people spoken to, sometimes two commas are needed. as:
Excuse me, sir, is this your jacket?
6.
Apostrophe ( ‟ ):
Possession: An apostrophe shows that someone owns something.
If only one person owns something, „ ‟s‟ is used.
If more than one named persons own something, use „ ‟s‟ after the last person only as:
Rahim & Suhail‟s parents own a hotel in Jammu.
If more than one person owns something, add apostrophe after the „s‟ e.g, The Gymnasts‟
skills delight the crowd.
His, her, yours, its, theirs, ours do not use apostrophe form.
Apostrophe is used to indicate:
Possession, distance, time and weight, omission of a letter or letters from a word e.g.
couldn‟t.
It is used with nouns before sake e.g. God‟ sake.
It is used to form the plurals of letters and figures e.g, P‟s, I‟s.
7.
Dash (-)
Dash is used to introduce a comment or an explanation. e.g, Bachendri Pal reached at the
summit of Mt. Averest-8848m. If a sentence continues after a comment or explanation,
two dashes are needed, e.g,
Your father-a great farmer who sows great variety of soyabean- visited CM‟s house to
ensure protection to farmers.
8.
Quotation Marks (“ ”) and under lining:
Use quotation marks for the extract of a book, or for words actually spoken as:
“The witness said that someone called her husband an old man”. She said that he was not
old.
Quotation marks are used for titles of play, films and newspapers as:
Women generally read “Femina”.
Quotation marks are used to enclose actual words of speaker.
In typing, some prefer underlining rather than quotation marks as:
She went to see Raja Babu five times.
9.
Bracket or Parenthesis ( ).
Brackets are useful for adding extra information; as:
a.
The First World War (1914-1918) took millions of lives.
b.
The Great Economic Depression (1929) was a disaster.
10.
Colon (:)
i.
A colon can be used to introduce a list; as:
We climbed four major peaks: Mt Everest, Mt Abu, Pillar and Great Gable.
ii.
A colon may introduce a comment or an explanation in the same way as a dash;
as,
I like work: it fascinates me.
11.
Semi-colon (;)
i.
A semi-colon may separate the main part of a long sentence as,
Love is like measles; everyone has to go through it. (Jerome K Jerome)
ii.
It is used when the coordinate clauses are connected with the conjunctions like
otherwise, nevertheless, yet, so, therefore, only etc.
iii.
It is used before i.e, etc, viz
12.
Hyphen (-)
i.
Some words are always spelt with a hyphen; as:
twenty-one, co-education, self-important, etc.
ii.
Hyphen is used to connect two parts of a compound word: as fun-loving, quicktempered, stiff-backed, son-in-law.
iii.
It is used to divide a word into two parts at the end of a line but as per syllables.
e,g. He is always in search of finding mistakes.
Note: Don‟t break a word on/after the vowel letter when using a hyphen for breaking a
word at the end of a line.
13.
Ellipsis (…)
i.
It is a set of three dots indicating an omission. It is the omission from a sentence
of words needed to complete the sense. In other words, it means leaving out
word/s rather than repeating them unnecessarily; as,
She wants to meet her parents but because of her in-laws she…
ii.
It is generally used between alternatives, infractions and ratios or between
separate elements of a text.
Punctuate the following:
a.
one day walking together up the hill i said to Rahim do you not wish yourself in
your own country again yes he said, what would you do there said i would you turn
wild and eat means flesh again He looked full of concern and shaking his head, said
no.
One day, walking together up the hill, I said to Rahim, “Do you not wish yourself in your
own country again?” “Yes”, he said “What would you do there?” said I. “Would you turn
wild and eat men‟s flesh again?” He looked full of concern and shaking his head, said,
“No”.
b.
Welcome he said, be seated now tell me what brings you here at this late hour. I
came to consult you on an important matter, said the visitor. Can I confide you, yes
certainly, replied he.
“Welcome”, he said, “be seated. Now tell me what brings you here at this late hour?” “I
came to consult you on an important matter”, said the visitor. “Can I confide you?” “Yes
certainly”, replied he.
c.
good morning boys said the mother here is some --------------- would be fun to stay on
a farm.
“Good morning boys”, said the mother. “There is some good news for you today. Guess
what it is?” “I know mother”, said Jack. “You are going to take us all up to London for a
treat.” “No”, answered their mother. “You are quite wrong. But it is something about
going.” “All the same, here is a letter from your uncle inviting you and Tom to spend a
month of your holidays with your cousin.” “How would you like, boys to stay on a
farm?” Please mother, do let us go” they cried. “It would be fun to stay on a farm.”
d.
your son is certainly a boy ability said the headmaster but------------ I can at least do
that much.
Your son is certainly a boy of ability”, said the headmaster. “But it all depends upon you
whether he is to do well at school”. “What an extraordinary statement!”, said the father.
“How can his progress possibly depend upon me?” “You can see”, replied the
headmaster. “He does his homework carefully.” Oh! Yes”, said the father. “I can at least
do that much.”