COMPREHENSION CHECK (page 143)
1. Cricket is originally a/an
(i) Indian game.
(ii) British game.
(iii) International game.
Mark the right answer.
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'.
Ans:- Peculiarities.
3. How is a cricket bat different from a hockey stick?
Ans:- Cricket bat is broad and flat while a hockey stick is curved at the bottom.
Comprehension Check (page 146)
Write True or False against each of the following sentences.
(i) India joined the world of Test cricket before Independence. True.
(ii) The colonisers did nothing to encourage the Parsis in playing cricket. True.
(iii) Palwankar Baloo was India's first Test captain. False.
(iv) Australia played its first Test against England as a sovereign nation. False.
Comprehension Check (page 148)
1. A 'professional' cricket player is one who makes a living by playing cricket. Find the opposite of 'professional' in the last paragraph.
Ans:- Amateur.
2. 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) popularity among viewers.
(Mark the right answer.)
3. "...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.)
WORKING WITH THE TEXT (page 148)
1. Name some stick-and-ball games that you have witnessed or heard of.
Ans:- Baseball, golf and Hockey.
2. The Parsis were the first Indian community to take to cricket. Why?
Ans:- Parsis were the first Indian community to adopt western culture and life style. They adopted their game also.
3. The rivalry between the Parsis and the Bombay Gymkhana had a happy ending for the former. What does a ‘happy- ending’ refer to?
Ans: It refers to the defeat of Bombay Gymkhana in 1889 by a Parsi cricket team..
4. Do you think cricket owes its present popularity to television? Justify your answer.
Ans:- Yes, cricket owes its present popularity to television. A large number of viewers are found sitting in front of television. Television has become one of the important sources of global market for cricket. Young generation is now crazy for cricket. Whenever they switch on the television, they want to know the result of a particular cricket match.
5. Why has cricket a large viewership in India, not in China and Russia?
Ans:- Now a day cricket team of any country represents the country. In India people are very curious about the result of the matches played between the teams. Cricket is not very famous or popular in China and Russia so they don’t have a large viewers of cricket.
6. What do you understand by the game’s (cricket) ‘equipment’?
Ans:- Game’s equipment refers to the things needed to play the game. Equipments of cricket are bats, balls, stumps, gloves, helmets etc. Equipments protect the players.
7. How is Test cricket a unique game in many ways?
Ans:- Cricket is a unique game. If it is Test Cricket it can go for five day and can in a draw. The playground of cricket may be of any size, but the length of the pitch is specified. The team who bat, allow only two players, and so the rest take rest.
8. How is cricket different from other team games?
Ans:- Cricket is quite different from other team games. It is played for a long time. It has different types of games, like Test Cricket, One-day International and Twenty-twenty matches. All the players are not involved in the game at the same time. In cricket Runs are counted. A ball is thrown to the batsman again and again.
9. How have advances in technology affected the game of cricket?
Ans:- It is true that advances in technology affected the game of cricket. Pads are made of vulcanized rubber. Helmet helps protect the players from injuries. Sports shoes help them run easily and smoothly. Satellites and television help the viewers always.
10. Explain how cricket changed with changing times and yet remained unchanged in some ways.
Ans:-In England where the game started, people used to make the bat of only one piece. Now it is made of different pieces. Today a bat is joined with blade and handle. But the most surprising fact is that it is hand- made, originated in rural England.
Working with Language (page 149)
1.Word search
Ans:- Horizontal—Over, boundary, stumped, draw, wicket, slip.
Vertical—Bowled, out, six, caught, maiden, ball.
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.
Ans:- It is obvious that the work has not been done properly.
(ii) He made the statement in a firm manner.
Ans:- He made the statement firmly.
(iii) The job can be completed within a week in an easy way.
Ans:- The job can be completed within a week easily.
(iv) You did not play in a serious manner, or else you would have won the match.
Ans:- You did not play seriously, or else you would have won the match.
(v) She recited the poem in cheerful manner.
Ans:- 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.
Ans:- Actually, I didn’t intend to come to your place. I reached here at random.
(ii) Sunil, there’s a letter for you in today’s post. There’s one for me also.
Ans:- Sunil, there’s a letter for you in today’s post. There’s one for me as well.
(iii) Everybody thought I have composed the poem. The truth is my younger sister did it.
Ans:- Everybody thought I have 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.
Ans:- The doctor told the patient to ensure that he took his pills on time.
(v) It will be better for us to plan our trip before setting out.
Ans:- 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) Effort. (ii) fact (iii) confess (iv) laughing (v) enough
(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 hours 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.
Ans:- It was Sunday morning when my friend informed me about a cricket match to be played between two village teams. It was to be held on the 1st of January 2016. I boarded the bus at 8 am. We had to face a two-hours journey standing in the bus because of over crowd. The road on which the bus was running was not a smooth one. We reached the place (Devghar) at 10 am.
As soon as we reached the match started. It was the first ball, when heated the bat of the batsman was broken into three pieces. The batsman was out. He got angry. He started running in the field by saying that he had never played like that match in his cricket career. People tried to make him up, after a long time he admitted that he was out. We were tired of this shouting which we had never found in our life.
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