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(I)
A Baker from Goa
Oral Comprehension Check
Q1. What are the elders in Goa nostalgic about?
Answer: The elders in Goa are nostalgic about the good old Portuguese days, the Portuguese and their famous loaves of bread.
Q2. Is bread-making still popular in Goa? How do you know?
Answer: Yes, bread-making is still popular in Goa. The author says that the mixers, moulders, and those who bake the loaves are still present in Goa. The age-old, time-tested furnaces still exist. The ‘thud’ and ‘jingle’ of the traditional baker’s bamboo, marking his arrival in the morning, could still be heard in some places. It is a family profession, which is carried out generations after generations.
Q3. What is the baker called?
Answer: The baker is known as ‘pader’ in Goa.
Q4. When would the baker come everyday? Why did the children run to meet him?
Answer: The baker would come twice every day, once when he set out in the morning on his selling round, and then again, when he returned after emptying his huge basket. The children ran to meet him not because of their love of the loaf, but because they actually longed for the bread-bangles which sometimes, was a sweet bread of special make.
Oral Comprehension Check
Q1. Match the following. What is a must
| (i) as marriage gifts? (ii) for a party or a feast? (iii) for a daughter’s engagement? (iv) for Christmas? | – cakes and bolinhas – sweet bread called bol – bread – sandwiches |
Answer:
(i) as marriage gifts? – sweet bread called bol
(ii) for a party or a feast? – bread
(iii) for a daughter’s engagement? – sandwiches
(iv) for Christmas? – cakes and bolinhas
Q2. What did the bakers wear: (i) in the Portuguese days? (ii) when the author was young?
Answer: (i) The bakers were usually dressed up in a peculiar dress called kabai. It was a single piece long frock reaching down to the knees.
(ii) During his childhood days, the author saw the bakers wearing a shirt and trousers which were shorter than full length ones and longer than half pants.
Q3. Who invites the comment — “he is dressed like a pader”? Why?
Answer: Anyone who wears a half-pant which reaches just below the knees invites the comment that “he is dressed like a pader”. This was so because the bakers were known as pader and they wore such half pants.
Q4. Where were the monthly accounts of the baker recorded?
Answer: They recorded them on some wall in pencil.
Q5. What does a ‘jackfruit-like appearance’ mean?
Answer: It means a plump, healthy physical appearance. The bakers never starved in Goa and hence this kind of appearance is linked to them. It was a profitable business and everyone involved in it had a jackfruit appearance.
Thinking About the Text
Q1. Which of these statements are correct?
(i) The pader was an important person in the village in old times.
(ii) Paders still exist in Goan villages.
(iii) The paders went away with the Portuguese.
(iv) The paders continue to wear a single-piece long frock.
(v) Bread and cakes were an integral part of Goan life in the old days.
(vi) Traditional bread-baking is still a very profitable business.
(vii) Paders and their families starve in the present times.
Answer:
(i) Correct
(iii) Correct
(ii) Incorrect. The paders still exist in Goan villages.
(iv) Incorrect. The bakers wear a shirt and trousers that are shorter than full-length ones and longer than half pants.
(v) Incorrect. Bread and cakes are still an integral part of Goan life.
(vi) Correct
(vii) Incorrect. Baking happens to be a profitable business in Goa.
Q2. Is bread an important part of Goan life? How do you know this?
Answer: Bread is an important part of Goan life. Marriage gifts are meaningless without the sweet bread known as the bol. For a party, bread is a must, while for Christmas, cakes and bolinhas are a must. Sandwiches must be prepared by the lady of the house on her daughter’s engagement. The author says that everybody loves the fragrance of loaves. The elders were given loaves and the children were given bread-bangles, which they longed for. Also, the fact that bakery is a profitable profession shows that the love for bread is enormous in Goa.
Q3. Tick the right answer. What is the tone of the author when he says the following?
(i) The thud and the jingle of the traditional baker’s bamboo can still be heard in some places. (nostalgic, hopeful, sad)
(ii) Maybe the father is not alive but the son still carries on the family profession. (nostalgic, hopeful, sad)
(iii) I still recall the typical fragrance of those loaves. (nostalgic, hopeful, naughty)
(iv) The tiger never brushed his teeth. Hot tea could wash and clean up everything so nicely, after all. (naughty, angry, funny)
(v) Cakes and bolinhas are a must for Christmas as well as other festivals. (sad, hopeful, matter-of-fact)
(vi) The baker and his family never starved. They always looked happy and prosperous. (matter-of-fact, hopeful, sad)
Answer: (i)Nostalgic
(ii) Nostalgic
(iii) Nostalgic
(iv) Funny
(v)Matter-of-fact
(vi)Matter-of-fact
Writing
I. In this extract, the author talks about traditional bread-baking during his childhood days. Complete the following table with the help of the clues on the left. Then write a paragraph about the author’s childhood days.
Clues Author’s childhood days
the way bread was baked
the way the pader sold bread
what the pader wore
when the pader was paid
how the pader looked
Answer: Do Yourself
(II)
Coorg
Thinking About the Text
Q1. Where is Coorg?
Answer: Coorg is the smallest district of Karnataka, located midway between Mysore and Mangalore.
Q2. What is the story about the Kodavu people’s descent?
Answer: The people of Coorg are possibly of Greek or Arabic descent. As one story goes, a part of Alexander’s army moved south along the coast, married amongst the locals and settled there.
Q3. What are some of the things you now know about
(i) the people of Coorg?
(ii) the main crop of Coorg?
(iii) the sports it offers to tourists?
(iv) the animals you are likely to see in Coorg?
(v) its distance from Bangalore, and how to get there?
Answer:
(i) They are fiercely independent people and have descended from the Greeks or the Arabs.
(ii) Coffee is the main crop of Coorg.
(iii) It mostly offers adventure sports which include river rafting, canoeing, rappelling, rock climbing and mountain biking.
(iv) The animals likely to be seen in Coorg are macaques, Malabar squirrel, langurs, slender loris, elephants etc.
(v) By road, it is around 250 – 260 kilometres from Bangalore.
Q4. Here are six sentences with some words in italics. Find phrases from the text that have the same meaning. (Look in the paragraphs indicated)
(i) During monsoons it rains so heavily that tourists do not visit Coorg. (para 2)
(ii) Some people say that Alexander’s army moved south along the coast and settled there. (para 3)
(iii) The Coorg people are always ready to tell stories of their sons’ and fathers’ valour. (para 4)
(iv) Even people who normally lead an easy and slow life get smitten by the high-energy adventure sports of Coorg. (para 6)
(v) The theory of the Arab origin is supported by the long coat with embroidered waist-belt they wear. (para 3)
(vi) Macaques, Malabar squirrels observe you carefully from the tree canopy. (para 7)
Answer:
(i) keep many visitors away
(ii) as one story goes
(iii)are more than willing to recount
(iv) the most laid back individuals become converts to
(v) draws support from
(vi) keep a watchful eye
Thinking about the Language
Here are some nouns from the text.
(a) (i) How old are you?’
(ii) How young are you?’
(b (i) a pleasant person
(ii) a pleasant pillow
Answer:
(a) The odd sentence is ‘How young are you?’
(b) The odd phrase is ‘a pleasant pillow’.
Q1. Here are some nouns from the text.
culture monks surprise experience weather tradition
Work with a partner and discuss which of the nouns can collocate with which of the adjectives given below. The first one has been done for you.
unique terrible unforgettable serious ancient wide sudden
Answer:
(i) culture: unique culture, ancient culture
(ii) monks: unique monks, serious monks
(iii) surprise: unforgettable surprise, sudden surprise, terrible surprise, unique surprise
(iv) experience: unique experience, unforgettable experience, terrible experience
(v) weather: terrible weather
(vi) tradition: unique tradition, ancient tradition
Q2. Complete the following phrases from the text. For each phrase, can you find at least one other word that would fit into the blank?
(i) tales of ___________
(ii) coastal ____________
(iii) a piece of___________
(iv) evergreen ___________
(v) _____________plantations
(vi) __________bridge
(vii) wild ________________
You may add your own examples to this list.
Answer:
(i) tales of valour
(ii) coastal town
(iii) a piece of heaven
(iv) evergreen rainforests
(v) coffee plantations
(vi) rope bridge
(vii) wild elephants
Other than the text
(i) tales of morality
(ii) coastal food
(iii) a piece of cake
(iv) evergreen hero
(v) crop plantations
(vi) sturdy bridge
(vii) wild beasts
(III)
Tea from Assam
Thinking About the Language
I. Q1. Look at these words: upkeep, downpour, undergo, dropout, walk-in. They are built up from a verb (keep, pour, go, drop, walk) and an adverb or a particle (up, down, under, out, in).
Use these words appropriately in the sentences below. You may consult a dictionary.
(i) A heavy _______has been forecast due to low pressure in the Bay of Bengal.
(ii) Rakesh will ___________major surgery tomorrow morning.
(iii) My brother is responsible for the ____________our family property.
(iv) The _____________rate for this accountancy course is very high.
(v) She went to the Enterprise Company to attend a ______________interview.
Answer:
(i) downpour
(ii) undergo
(iii) upkeep
(iv) dropout
(v) walk-in
Q2. Now fill in the blanks in the sentences given below by combining the verb given in brackets with one of the words from the box as appropriate.
over by through out up down
(i) The Army attempted unsuccessfully to —-the Government. (throw)
(ii) Scientists are on the brink of a major ——in cancer research. (break)
(iii) The State Government plans to build a ——for Bhubaneswar to speed up traffic on the main highway. (pass)
(iv) Gautama’s ——life changed when he realised that the world is full of sorrow. (look)
(v) Rakesh seemed unusually ——-after the game. (cast)
Answer:
(i) overthrow
(ii) breakthrough
(iii) bypass
(iv) outlook
(v) downcast
Questions: Think of suitable -ing or -ed adjectives to answer the following questions. You may also use words from those given above.
(i) a good detective serial on television?——
(ii) a debate on your favourite topic ‘Homework Should Be Banned’?——
(iii) how you feel when you stay indoors due to incessant rain?—–
(iv) how you feel when you open a present? ——
(v) how you feel when you watch your favourite programme on television? —-
(vi) the look on your mother’s face as you waited in a queue? ——-
(vii) how you feel when tracking a tiger in a tiger reserve forest? ——
(viii) the story you have recently read, or a film you have seen? —–
Answer:
(i) Interesting
(ii) Exciting
(iii) Bored
(iv) Excited
(v) Interested
(vi) Fatigued
(vii) Thrilled
(viii) Interesting
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