English Reader (Special) Lesson-20 The Story of Writing / MP Board
Lesson-20
The Story of
Writing
Answer the following questions:
Q1.
How would our travel suffer in the absence of writing?
Ans- The machinery of buses, trains, ships and aeroplanes
is very complicated and our engineers depend on engineering books and often
refer to them to keep them in order. Thus our travel would suffer in the
absence of writing.
Q2.
How does commerce depend upon writing?
Ans- Modern commerce is carried out with the help of
cheques, account books and correspondence. Thus commerce depends upon writing.
Q3.
What did the Scythian send to the Persians? What did they
want to tell the Persians?
Ans- The Scythians sent a bird, a mouse, a frog and five
arrows to the Persians. They wanted to tell, “ O Persian! Can you fly like
birds? Can you dig into the earth and hide yourselves like mice? Can you jump
over water and wet lands like frogs? If you can’t do any of these, do not try
to indulge in war with us. We shall attack you with our arrows and defeat you.”
Q4.
What does hieroglyphics mean?
Ans- Hieroglyphics is a kind of picture writing in which
pictures or symbols are drawn to represent objects and ideas.
Q5.
Why is it difficult to learn Chinese?
Ans- It is difficult to learn Chinese because the number
of characters run to several thousands in this language. Its characters do not
represent sounds, but ideas. You will have to master almost as many characters
as you have ideas.
Q6.
What is an alphabet? How is it a better system than
picture writing?
Ans- An alphabet is a collection of letters. It is a
better system than picture writing because each alphabet represents a sound and
in most of the languages, the letters of alphabet are never more than fifty,
but several thousand words can be made from them.
Q7.
In what direction are most languages written?
Ans- Most languages are written from left to right.
Q8.
What, according to the simple servant, was magical about
the letter?
Ans- The simple servant buried the letter deep in the
earth while eating mangoes from the basket but still the letter told about the
missing mangoes to the master’s daughter. This was just magical about the
letter!
Write one word for the following. Choose from the given
words:
(alphabets, cheque, commerce,
correspondence, account, direction)
- The buying and
selling of goods and services- commerce
- A set of
letters used for writing a language- alphabets
- The general
position a person or thing moves or points towards- direction
- A printed form
that you can write on as a way of paying for something- cheque
- An arrangement
that somebody has with a bank- account
- The letters a
person sends or receives- correspondence
Rearrange the letters and make meaningful words:
- l,o,b,m,s,y symbol
- g,n,i,s sign
- s,y,c,l,m,u clumsy
- t,s,y,s,m,e system
- q,u,e,h,c,e cheque
- e,c,a,v,r carve
- e,d,a,s,r,c sacred
Join the following sentences by using ‘not only’, ‘but
also’/ ‘as well’
- He is a good
student. He is also a fine sportsperson.
- He is not only
a good student but also a fine sportsperson.
- This table can
be used for writing. It can be used for dinner as well.
- This table can
be used not only for writing but also for dinner.
- He speaks
French and German. He also speaks many Indian languages.
- Not only does
he speak French and German but also many Indian languages.
- Mother gave
her children ice cream. She gave them cold drink as well.
- Not only did
mother give her children ice cream but also cold drinks as well.
- Jack was very
intelligent. He was also hard working.
- Jack was not
only very intelligent but also hard working.
- He was hungry.
he was tired as well.
- He was not
only hungry but also tired.
- It is
difficult to lift the stone. It is also difficult to break it.
- It is not only
difficult to lift the stone but also to break it.
- The students
were tired. The teachers were also tired.
- Not only the
students but also the teachers were tired.
- He works hard
at school. He also works hard on his father’s farm.
- Not only does
he work hard at school but also on his father’s farm.
Punctuate the following sentences using /./,/?/;/ ‘/’ and
capital letters, as necessary:
So, we see that in the absence of writing, our
civilization would not only come to a stop, but within another half of a
century, we would lose all that humanity has achieved in science and industry
during the past thousand years, in about fifty years. We would have to learn
the art of writing all over again.
Look at a currency note and find answers to these:
(1) How many languages
are there on the currency note?
Ans- There
are seventeen languages on the currency note.
(2) How many pictures
are there on the currency note?
Ans- The front
side of a currency note has the picture of Mahatma Gandhi and National Emblem
while the reverse side has the image of Konark Sun Temple wheel (in ten rupees
note).
(3) How many signatures
are there on the currency note?
Ans- On the
currency note, signature of Governer of Reserve Bank of India are there in
Hindi and English Languages.
Find out what languages are written on a hundred rupee
note. Write down the names.
Following languages are written on a hundred rupee note:
Denominations in central level official languages (At
below either ends)
English One
Hundred rupees
Hindi एक सौ रुपये
Denominations in 15 state level/other official languages
(As seen on the language panel)
Assamese এশ টকা
Bengali একশ টাকা
Gujarati એક સો રૂપિયા
Kannada ಒಂದು ನೂರು ರುಪಾಯಿಗಳು
Kashmiri ھطم رۄپے
Konkani शंबर रुपया
Malayalam നൂറു രൂപ
Marathi शंभर रुपये
Nepali एक सय रुपियाँ
Odia ଏକ ଶତ ଟଙ୍କା
Punjabi ਇਕ ਸੌ ਰੁਪਏ
Sanskrit शतं रूप्यकाणि
Tamil நூறு ரூபாய்
Telugu నూరు రూపాయలు
Urdu ایک سو روپے
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