COMPREHENSION
CHECK PAGE
143
1. Cricket
is originally a/an
(i) Indian game.
(ii) British game.
(iii) International game.
Mark the right answer.
Answer:
(ii) British game.
2. “There is a historical reason behind both
these oddities.” In the preceding two paragraphs, find two words/phrases that
mean the same as ‘oddities’.
Answer:
The two words/phrases that mean the same are – peculiarities and curious
characteristic
3. How
is a cricket bat different from a hockey stick?
Answer:
The cricket bat is made up of two pieces – the blade and the handle. The blade
is flat and thick at the bottom. However, the hockey stick is made up of a
single piece of wood that is curved at the bottom.
COMPREHENSION
CHECK PAGE 146-148
Write True or False against each of the
following sentences.
(i) India joined the world of Test cricket before
Independence. _______________
(ii) The colonisers did nothing to encourage the Parsis
in playing cricket. _______________
(iii) Palwankar Baloo was India’s first Test captain. _______________
(iv) Australia played its first Test against England as
a sovereign nation. _______________
Answer: (i) True (ii) True (iii) False (iv) False
2. A ‘professional’ cricket player is one
who makes a living by playing cricket. Find the opposite of ‘professional’ in
the last paragraph.
Answer:
The opposite of ‘professional’ is ‘amateur’.
3. In “the triumph of the one-day game”,
‘triumph’ means the one-day game’s
(i) superiority to Test cricket.
(ii) inferiority to Test cricket.
(iii) achievement and success over Test cricket.
(iv) among viewers popularity.
Mark the right answer.
Answer: (iv) among viewers popularity.
4. “...the
men for whom the world is a stage”.
(i) It refers to the famous cricket fields in the
world.
(ii) It means that there are many cricket playing
countries in the world.
(iii) It implies that cricketers are like actors and
every cricket ground is like a stage on which the drama of cricket is enacted
the world over.
Mark the right answer
Answer:
(iii) It implies that cricketers are like actors and every cricket ground is
like a stage on which the drama of cricket is enacted the world over.
WORKING WITH
THE TEXT PAGE
148
1. Name
some stick-and-ball games that you have witnessed or heard of.
Answer: Baseballs, Billiards, Golf, Polo, etc.
2. The
Parsis were the first Indian community to take to cricket. Why?
Answer:
The Parsis were the first community to take cricket because they were in direct
contact with the British due to trades.
3. The rivalry between the Parsis and the
Bombay Gymkhana had a happy ending for the former. What does ‘a happy ending’
refer to?
Answer:
The happy ending refers to the victory of the Parsi team in 1889 when they
defeated Bombay Gymkhana in a cricket match.
4. Do you think cricket owes its present
popularity to television? Justify your answer.
Answer:
Absolutely
yes, cricket owes its present popularity to television. It helps in expanding
the audiences across the globe. It brings cricket to not only different
countries, but also small towns and villages in the countries. It is popular
with the help of its vast reach. Any matches played in any country can be
watched worldwide. The youths, at a large level, watch cricket from different
parts of the world and dream of becoming a cricketer due to television only.
5. Why
has cricket a large viewership in India, not in China or Russia?
Answer:
Cricket is quite popular in colonial countries where the British ruled like
India. However, it is less popular in sovereign countries where the British
didn’t rule, like China and Russia. Hence, cricket has a large viewership in
India but not in China and Russia. Also, media and TVs have created a
marketplace for cricket in India.
6. What
do you understand by the game’s (cricket) ‘equipment’?
Answer:
The
game’s equipment in cricket means the things that are necessary to play the
game such as a bat, ball, wicket, gloves, pads, helmets, etc.
7. How
is Test cricket a unique game in many ways?
Answer:
Test cricket is unique in different ways like it can be played for five days
which is unique in itself. No other games even take half of the time to
complete. Also, after five days, it is uncertain who will win. It may end with
a draw.
8. How
is cricket different from other team games?
Answer:
Cricket is different from other games in many different ways. Other games have
fixed dimensions of their field but cricket doesn’t have. Some cricket fields
are oval and some are circular. Other games can finish in an hour or half an
hour whereas cricket continues for five days (now four days). Also, it has
different formats like Test Cricket, One-day International, and T-20 matches.
Each one has a different time to get completed.
9. How
have advances in technology affected the game of cricket?
Answer:
Cricket is definitely affected by the advancement of technology. Technology has
brought cricket into almost every home with the help of televisions. It has
increased the popularity of the game. It has made the game safer than before
with the help of the latest helmets, gloves, pads, etc. It has made the game
fair as well. For example, when an umpire has a doubt about his decision,
technology helps him to decide and take fair decisions.
10. Explain how cricket changed with changing
times and yet remained unchanged in some ways.
Answer:
Changes happened:
Technology brought the
game into the house of most of the people across the world and made it one of
the populist games in the world. Equipment like helmets, gloves, pads, etc. is
more protective than before. Earlier the bat was made up of one piece of wood,
but now it is made up of two different pieces- blade and handle. Umpire’s
decisions are fairer than before with the help of motion sensor cameras.
Remain unchanged:
Both bat and ball are
handmade. The rules for playing games have not changed yet. It is played in the
same way with eleven players.
WORKING WITH
LANGUAGE PAGE
149
1. Wordsearch
• Twelve words
associated with cricket are hidden in this grid.
•
Six
can be found horizontally and the remaining six vertically.
• Two words have been found for you.
Clues to the hidden words are given
below.
Horizontal: six deliveries, four runs, attacked while out of
arena, no result, stumps, fielder to the off side of the wicketkeeper
Vertical: stumps flying, back to the pavilion, a lofty one, mid-air mishap, not even one out of six, goes with bat
Answer:
2. Add -ly to the italicised word in each
sentence. Rewrite the sentence using the new word. See the examples first.
• He runs between wickets as if his legs were stiff. He
runs between wickets stiffly.
• Why did the batsman swing the bat in such a violent
manner? Why did the batsman swing the bat so violently?
(i) It is obvious that the work has not
been done in a proper way.
Answer:
It is obvious that the work has not been done properly.
(ii) He made the statement in a firm manner.
Answer:
He made the statement firmly.
(iii) The job can be completed within a
week in an easy way.
Answer:
The job can be completed within a week only.
(iv) You did not play in a serious manner, or else you would have
won the match.
Answer:
You did not play seriously, or else you would have won the match.
(v) She recited the poem in a cheerful manner.
Answer:
She recited the poem cheerfully
3. Use the following phrases appropriately
in place of the italicised words in the sentences given below.
as a matter of fact we had better
see to it by
accident as well
(i) Actually, I didn’t intend to come to your
place. I reached here without planning.
Answer:
Actually, I didn’t intend to come to your place. I reached here by accident.
(ii) Sunil, there’s a letter for you in today’s
post. There’s one for me also.
Answer:
Sunil, there’s a letter for you in today’s post. There’s one for me as well.
(iii) Everybody thought I had composed the poem. The truth is my younger sister did it.
Answer:
Everybody thought I had composed the poem. As a matter of fact, my younger
sister did it.
(iv) The doctor told the patient to make sure that he took his pills on
time.
Answer:
The doctor told the patient to see to it that he took his pills on time.
(v) It will be better for us to plan our
trip before setting out.
Answer:
We had better plan our trip before setting out.
SPEAKING AND
WRITING PAGE
151
1. Complete each of the following words using gh, ff, or f. Then say each word clearly after your teacher.
(i) e____ort (vii) scru____
(ii) ____act (viii) rou____
(iii) con____ess (ix) sti____ly
(iv) lau____ing (x) di____erence
(v) enou_____ (xi) sa____ety
(vi) hal______ (xii) ____lush
Answer:
(i) effort (ii) fact (iii) confess (iv) laughing
(v) enogh (vi) half (vii) scruff (viii) rough
(ix) stiffly (x) difference (xi) safety (xii) flush
2. Write two paragraphs describing a bus
ride to watch a cricket match in a village. Use the following points. Add some
of your own.
•
Two-hour
journey by bus
•
An old
and crowded bus
•
Friendly
passengers
•
Visit
to a village fair where the match is to be played
•
The
match between two village teams
•
Makeshift
stumps, rough pitch and a rubber ball
•
The
match was enjoyable, but the trip was tiring
Answer: Students should answer this question by themselves. Thank You.
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