Read the following passage and do the activities : (10 marks)A1. Write answers to complete the sentences : (2) (i) However impossible things may look, there is always .......... (ii) Every fortnight a flower blooms on hibiscus plant–big, ............…

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Q.2 (A) Read the following passage and do the activities : (10 marks) A1. Write answers to complete the sentences : (2) (i) However impossible things may look, there is always .......... (ii) Every fortnight a flower blooms on hibiscus plant–big, ................................. (iii) The water is gentle; rock is ........................... (iv) The flower comes to a life for .............................. We have a hibiscus plant in our garden. Every fortnight a flower blooms on it — big, bright and tender. Through the day it smiles with the sun and dances with the wind, but as evening approaches, it starts wilting. The morning after, it withers completely and by evening it falls and becomes one with the earth again. The flower comes to life only for a day, yet it does so in full splendour. What if we too lived our life, however short, to its fullest ? We went to a rocky beach and saw the spread of the majestic ocean and the rocks alongside, carved, sculpted and shaped by the water. Water is so gentle, rock so hard, yet, as the water flows over it everyday, for years, the rock gives in. It takes the shape that the water commands. Our problems are so colossal and we are so small, yet if we persist ... We saw small bits of grass peeping through the small cracks in a concrete pavement. It left us thinking : however impossible things may look, there is always an opening ... A2. Complete the following web : (2) [Web diagram: centre box “hibiscus flower”; four boxes joined to it read — “blooms .......” , “smiles .....” , “withers .......” , “falls .............” — each with a blank line below.] A3. Find the describing words for the given nouns : (2) (i) ...................... beach (ii) ...................... problem (iii) ...................... ocean (iv) ...................... cracks A4. Do as directed : (2) (i) It takes the shape. (Rewrite the sentence in the Present Perfect Tense) (ii) It left us thinking. (Pick out gerund from the sentence) A5. Personal Response :...

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A1. (i) However impossible things may look, there is always an opening. (ii) Every fortnight a flower blooms on hibiscus plant–big, bright and tender. (iii) The water is gentle; rock is hard. (iv) The flower comes to a life for only a day. A2. hibiscus flower — blooms big, bright and tender ; smiles with the sun ; withers completely ; falls and becomes one with the earth again. A3. (i) rocky beach (ii) colossal problem (iii) majestic ocean (iv) small cracks. A4. (i) It has taken the shape. (ii) The -ing form in the sentence is thinking (it is the answer expected here). A5. Yes, nature is the best teacher. The hibiscus flower teaches us to live even a short life to the fullest and in full splendour. The gentle water teaches patience and persistence, for it shapes the hardest rock over the years. The grass growing through the cracks of a concrete pavement teaches that however impossible things may look, there is always an opening. Nature never preaches, yet every leaf, flower and stone gives us a lesson in living.

Read the following passage and do the activities : (10 marks)A1. Write answers to complete the sentences : (2) (i) However impossible things may look, there is always .......... (ii) Every fortnight a flower blooms on hibiscus plant–big, ............…

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