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ENGLISH WORKSHOP

1.Find antonyms of the following from the passage.

(a)  barren  X  fertile

(b)  offended  X  pleased

(c)  cowardly  X  brave

(d)  peace  X  war

(e)  surrender  X  attack

(f)  exposed  X closed

(g)  defenceless  X  safe

 

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2.Correct the following sentences using facts from the passage.

 

(a)Troy traded in cattle and grass with other cities.

Ans: Ans. Troy traded in goods and grain.

 

(b)During war, Trojans jumped over the fort gatesand their soldiers to fight the enemy.

Ans: Ans. During war, Trojans would close the doors of the fort.

 

(c)Helen escaped with Menelaus.

Ans: Helen eloped with Paris, a prince of Troy.

 

(d)The Greek armies and heroes always defeated the Trojans.

Ans: Sometimes the Greeks defeated the Trojans

and sometimes the Trojans defeated the Greeks.

 

(e)Both the enemies were eager to continue fighting.

Ans:  Both the armies were tired of war. The Trojans of being shut in their city and the Greeks of living away from home.

 

 

(f)Troy was attacked because it was a strong, richcity.

Ans: Troy was attacked because the Greeks wanted to take revenge on Troy for the wrong done to their King Menelaus.

 

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3. State the counter action for the following actions.

Ans :

Action	Counter-action
(a) Helen eloped with Paris	(1) Counteraction : The Greeks wanted to take revenge on Troy; they sailed and laid siege to the city of Troy.
(b) The Greeks sailed to Troy and attacked it	(2) Counteraction : The Trojans fought hard and the siege continued for ten long years.
(c) Hector was killed by Achilles	(3) Counteraction : Achilles himself was killed later on by a poisoned arrow that entered his heel, the only part of his body, where he could be wounded.
(d) The siege continued for ten long years.	(4) Counteraction : The Trojans were tired of being shut up in their city and the Greeks deeply desired to see their homes again.
(e) The fighting went on daily	(5) Counteraction : Even then the siege did not end. The Greeks could not take the city, on the other hand, the Trojans could not force them to sail away back to Greece.

 

 

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4. From either of our two Indian epics, find out which battle/war lasted the longest?

Write down about its cause, the enemy armies, its heroes, its duration and the finaloutcome.

·       Cause.

·       The ... enemy ... armies

·       Heroes

·       Duration

·       Final outcome

 

Ans:

 

Mahabharat

 

1. Cause : Kauravas took possession of the kingdom of Hastinapur forcibly, which rightfully belonged to Pandavas and they were not ready to give even an inch of the land to Pandavas. So, it led to the outbreak of the war.

 

2. The enemy armies :

Kauravas : 100 Kaurava brothers and many

friendly kings like Shakuni, Shalya, Karna, etc. with their armies.

Pandavas : 5 Pandavas, Kashiraja, King Drupad, King Virat, Dhrushtadhyumna, etc. and their armies.

3. Heroes :

·       Pandavas : Dharma (Yudhishthir), Arjun, Bhim, Nakul, Sahadev, Abhimanyu and Shri Krishna as the charioteer of Arjun.

·       Kauravas : Duryodhan, Dushasan, Karna, Bhishmacharya, Dronacharya, Jaydrath.

4. Duration : The war lasted for eighteen days.

5. Final outcome : The war ended in victory to Pandavas. All mighty warriors from Kaurava side except Ashwathama were killed and it was a complete ruin for them. Pandavas regained Hastinapur.

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LANGUAGE STUDY

5. Underline the subject in the following sentences:

 

(a) Paris had brought her to Troy.

Ans:  Paris

 

(b) The Greeks waited to take revenge on Troy.

Ans: The Greeks

 

(c) The Greek armies sailed to Troy.

Ans: The Greek armies

 

(d) The Trojans, too, fought hard.

Ans: The Trojans

 

(e) The fighting went on.

Ans: The fighting

 

 

Here, we see that the '-ing' form of the verb 'fight' is used as a subject in 'The fighting went on'. It does the work of a noun. When the '-ing' form of a verb is used as a noun, it is known as a gerund or verbal noun.

 

Read the following examples of gerunds:

. Gardening is an art.

. I enjoy reading poems.

. Cooking is a science.

. I like reading more than writing.

. Rewrite the above sentences using other appropriate gerunds in place of the ones given here.

 

 

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+ How did the location of Troy help it to grow into a very rich/ prosperous city?

Ans:

The city was well situated for commerce and agriculture. Their ships sailed and carried goods and grains over the sea in front of the city. Many rivers and streams flowed from Mount Ida. Well-watered and fertile valleys among the hills grew corn in fertile fields; cattle were reared on the rich grass of the meadows. So Troy became a rich/ prosperous city.

+ How were the Trojans protected during wartime?

Ans:

The Trojans had built a strong wall around their city to prevent the enemy attack from the sea. The great gates of the wall were kept closed in time of war. They were safe from all attacks by the walls surrounding the city as well as by the hills behind the city.

 

+ What was the cause of the ten year old war between the Greeks and Trojans?

Ans:

Paris, a prince of Troy, had persuaded Helen, wife of a Greek king Menelaus, to elope with him. Paris brought her to Troy. The Greeks wanted to take revenge on Troy and laid siege to the city. The fight began and the war continued for ten long years.

 

+ Who were the brave heroes on either side who were killed in the war?

Ans:

Great heroes on both sides were killed in the course of time. Hector was killed by Achilles. Achilles himself was killed later on by a poisoned arrow that entered his heel. The prince of Troy, Paris, was also killed by a poisoned arrow.

 

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+ Read the story and 'retell' it in your mother tongue. When you 'retell' a story, you tell it using your style and not translate it word by word.

Ans:

ट्रॉय शहराची आणि महायुद्धाची कथा

 

ही गोष्ट आहे प्राचीन 'ट्रॉय' किंवा 'इलियड' नगराची. आशिया मायनरमध्ये काळ्या समुद्राजवळ वसलेलं ट्रॉय हे एक अतिशय श्रीमंत आणि प्रसिद्ध व्यापारी शहर होतं. निसर्गाची तिथे खूप कृपा होती—एकीकडे अथांग समुद्र आणि दुसरीकडे माउंट इडा पर्वत. तिथल्या नद्यांमुळे जमीन सुपीक होती, त्यामुळे भरपूर धान्य पिकायचं आणि जनावरांसाठी कुरणंही उपलब्ध होती.

ट्रॉयच्या लोकांनी आपल्या शहराच्या संरक्षणासाठी एक अभेद्य तटबंदी (मोठी भिंत) बांधली होती. ही भिंत इतकी रुंद होती की लोक चक्क तिच्यावरून फिरू शकत असत! शांततेच्या काळात शहराचे दरवाजे उघडे असायचे, लोक व्यापारासाठी किंवा फिरण्यासाठी समुद्रकिनाऱ्यावर जात. पण युद्धाच्या वेळी मात्र हे दरवाजे बंद झाले की ट्रॉय शहर कोणालाही जिंकता येणार नाही इतकं सुरक्षित व्हायचं.

पण, या सुंदर शहराला युद्धाचं ग्रहण लागलं. त्याचं कारण होतं—ट्रॉयचा राजपुत्र पॅरिस! त्याने ग्रीक राजा मेनेलॉसची पत्नी 'हेलन' हिला फूस लावून पळवलं आणि ट्रॉयला आणलं. या अपमानाचा बदला घेण्यासाठी सर्व ग्रीक राजे आणि योद्धे एकत्र आले. त्यांनी आपल्या जहाजांतून येऊन ट्रॉयला वेढा घातला.

हे युद्ध काही साधंसुधं नव्हतं, तर तब्बल १० वर्षे चाललं! ग्रीक सैन्य शहरात घुसण्याचा प्रयत्न करत होतं आणि ट्रोजन वीर त्यांना तोडीस तोड उत्तर देत होते. रोज लढाया व्हायच्या, कधी द्वंद्व युद्धं व्हायची. कधी ग्रीक जिंकायचे तर कधी ट्रोजन. या भयंकर युद्धात दोन्ही बाजूचे महान योद्धे मारले गेले. ट्रॉयचा रक्षक आणि शूर वीर 'हेक्टर' याला ग्रीक योद्धा 'अकिलीस'ने मारलं. पण ज्याच्या शरीरावर कोठल्याही शस्त्राचा परिणाम होत नव्हता, असा अकिलीस सुद्धा त्याच्या टाचेत विषारी बाण लागल्याने मरण पावला. शेवटी पॅरिसही मारला गेला.

१० वर्षे एकाच तटबंदीत राहून ट्रोजन लोक कंटाळले होते आणि इकडे ग्रीक सैनिकांनाही आता आपल्या घरी परतण्याचे वेध लागले होते. दोन्ही बाजू थकल्या होत्या, पण तरीही हे महायुद्ध थांबत नव्हतं आणि लढाई तशीच चालू होती.