A Shadow
(Short Story)
(R. K. Narayan)
An English lesson by :- Chander Uday Singh
(B) Write True or False in the box provided against each statement:
(I). Sambu’s father, a writer and actor was dead. ---------- True
(ii). Sambu’s friend hated Tamil pictures but still saw the picture. -------- False
(iii). Kumari was Sambu’s sister. -------- False
(iv). Sambu lived in his father’s company three hours a day as long as picture was on screen. --------- True
(v). Sambu’s mother was reluctant in the beginning to see the picture but Sambu persuaded her to see the last show. True
(vi). The newspaper scene was unbearable for Sambu’s mother. ------------- True
(vii). The lights were put on in women’s class, when Sambu’s mother fainted there during the show. --------- True
(viii). Sambu’s mother did not see the picture after she fainted and was taken home by Sambu.----- True
(ix). Sambu was affected both by his mother’s breakdown and by the parting from his father in the end. ---------- True
Language Work:
Match the phrases from ‘A’ with their meanings in ‘B’:
Ans.
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A
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B
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1. To put out
2. For a while
3. At least
4. A sort of
5. Whole of
6. To act
7. To take off
8. To last long
9. To screw up
10. Hither and thither
11. Parting from
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c) To keep the light
off
i) For sometime
h) Minimum
d) A kind of
g) All
e) To play a role
j) When an air craft
leaves the ground
f) Remain for a long time
k) To gather one’s courage
a) Here and there
b) Away from someone
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Grammar Work:
Change the narration of the following:
1. Direct: She said, “Where are you going?”
Indirect: She asked where I was going.
2. Direct: I said to Brijis, “When will your college reopen?”
Indirect: I asked Brijis when his college would reopen.
3.Direct: The teacher said to us, “Can you tell me why girls outshine boys?”
Indirect: The teacher asked us if we could tell him why girls outshine boys.
4. Direct: The teacher said to Aslam, “Why were you not present at this place yesterday?”
Indirect: The teacher asked/enquired Aslam why he was not present at that place the previous day.
5. Direct: The teacher said, “ Why are you making a noise?”
Indirect: The teacher asked why we were making a noise.
6. Indirect: I asked him where he was going.
Direct: I said to him, “Where are you going?”
7. Indirect: The teacher asked the newcomer which school he had attended last.
Direct: The teacher said to the newcomer, “Which school have you attended last?”
8. Indirect: You asked her if she could play carrom.
Direct: You said to her, “Can you play carrom?”
9. Indirect: I asked them if they knew him.
Direct: I said to them, “Do you know him?”
10. Indirect: She asked you why you were late.
Direct: She said, “Why are you late?”
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