A. Answer the following questions in a sentence or two.

1. I was angry with my friend

I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
a) Whom does 'I' refer to?
(HY. 19)
T' refers to the poet, William Blake.
b) How did the anger of poet come to an end?
(HY. 19)
The poet told the reason for his anger to his friend. The anger came to an end.
2. And I watered it in fears
Night and morning with my tears;
1. What does 'it' refer to?
'It' refers to anger.
2. How is 'it' watered?
It is watered with fears and tears of the poet.
3. In the morning glad I see
My foe outstretched beneath the tree
1. How did the poet feel in the morning?
He felt glad in the morning.
2. Who is the 'foe' referred to here?
The person with whom the poet is angry.
3. Why was the 'foe' found lying outstretched beneath the tree?
The 'foe ate the apple from the poison tree of anger. So he fell below the tree.
4. And it grew both day and night,
Till it bore an apple bright
1. Who does 'it' refer to?
It refers to anger, that is personified to the poison tree.
2. What does 'apple' signify?
(QY. 19)
Apple indicates anger.
c)
What grew both day and night?
(QY. 19)
Anger, that is personified to the 'poison tree, grew both day and night.
C. Answer the following questions in about 80-100 words.
1. How did the poet's anger with his friend end?
(QY., & HY. 19)
The poet expressed his anger towards his friend as well as his enemy. But he specified the difference between
two types of anger. He told that when he was angry with a friend, he convinced his own heart to forgive his friend.
He sorted out the differences with his friend by expressing his anger to him and by discussing his own points of
view with him. Even if he was hurt and he knew that his friend had done injustice to him, he would have tried his
best to forget the past and end the feeling of vengeance in his heart. In this way, the poet's anger, with his friend,
came to an end.
2. Describe how his anger kept growing.
The poet confessed that when he was angry with his enemy, he did not reveal his anger to his enemy. He feared
that if he expressed his anger to him, his enemy would do harm to him. So he suppressed his anger. Day and
night he shed tears thinking about the ill or the injustice that had been caused by his enemy to him.
Thus, he watered the tree of anger with his tears, allowing the anger to grow. He also aroused his anger with his
false smiles and cunning tricks towards his enemy.
Since the poet kept his anger within himself and had his own fear and tears, his anger kept growing every day.
3. Describe the effect of the poisonous fruit on the 'enemy.
The poet, William Blake, revealed his anger to his friend and the anger ended.
But when the poet concealed his anger from his enemy, the anger grew. It grew like a tree that bore a bright
apple. His enemy saw the shining apple. Even though he knew that the apple belonged to the poet, he wanted to
have it. So the enemy came secretly into the garden when it was night and ate the apple. In the morning, the
poet's anger changed into gladness when he found the enemy outstretched under the poison tree.
The apple in the tree of anger symbolizes the poisonous effect.

Develop the hints and write the short story.

1. Margie - diary - old book - Tommy - grandfather - school - human teachers. Margie & Tommy in 2157,
computerized - special study room - computer teacher - read on screen - boring - disliked - longed for fun -
school - other children.
Ans
The story opens with Margie writing in her diary about an old book that Tommy had found. Margie was reminded
of her grandfather who had once talked about his grandfather who went to an actual school where the students
were taught by human teachers. However, Margie and Tommy lived in the future world, in the year 2157 where
education was completely computerized. They did not go to schools. Instead, they had a special study room
where a computer taught them. The computer teacher was programmed and adjusted according to the needs of
each child. Now and then the computer-teacher developed faults which were fixed by a County Inspector.
Both Tommy and Margie wondered at the book found by Tommy in his attic.
They wondered at it as they read books on the screen of their computer teacher.
Margie felt that the computer teacher was boring; she disliked the mechanical teaching and learning. She also
wondered how much fun it would be studying in a school, studying in a fun way, with other children and that too
from a human teacher.
Tommy - Margie - schools of past - book - printed - Present - millions of books - screens -
 Margie - hated - millions of books - screen - Margie - hated computer school - test papers
 wondered - person - teach - thinking about old school - fun they had.
Ans
Tommy and Margie found something about the schools of the past. Tommy found a real book which has been
printed on paper. The book was old and the pages were yellow and crinkly. At present, the words were moving
on a television screen. The television had over millions of books. He had found the old book in the attic of his
house. While reading Tommy found that it was about the old schools. Margie hated school because she was
having problems with learning geography. The mechanical teacher was black and large with a screen. Margie
hated the slot where she had to insert her homework or test papers.
Margie did not understand how a person could be a teacher and how the students were taught the same thing.
Then it was time for Margie and Tommy. Margie went to the schoolroom in her house, where the mechanical
teacher stood. She was thinking about the old school and how much fun the children had, learning and spending
time together.

Additional - Rearrange in coherent order.

REARRANGE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES IN COHERENT ORDER:
A. 1. She sent her for the county inspector.
2.
3.
The inspector smiled after he was finished and patted Margies head.
4.
He smiled at Margie and gave her an apple and took the teacher apart.
The lessons were shown on the big screen.
5. The mechanical teacher had been giving her test and she had been doing worse.
Ans
5, 1, 3, 4, 2
5. The mechanical teacher had been giving her test and she had been doing worse.
1. She sent her for the county inspector.
1. He smiled at Margie and gave her an apple and took the teacher apart.
2. The lessons were shown on the big screen.
2. The inspector smiled after he was finished and patted Margies head.
B. 1. The screen was lit up and the lesson is arithmetic addition of proper fractions.
2. Margie went into the classroom.
3.
4.
5.
Ans
She was thinking about the old schools.
All the kids from the neighbourhood came, laughing and shouting in the schoolyard.
The mechanical teacher was on and waiting for her.
2, 5, 1, 3, 4
2. Margie went into the classroom.
5. The mechanical teacher was on and waiting for her.
1. The screen was lit up and the lesson is arithmetic addition of proper fractions.
1. She was thinking about the old schools.
2. All the kids from the neighbourhood came, laughing and shouting in the schoolyard.
C. 1. It was about school.
1. He said their teacher was human.
2. Tommy found a real Book.
3. He said he found it in his house.
4. It is not their kind of school.
Ans
3, 4, 1, 5, 2
1. Tommy found a real book.
2. He said he found it in his house.
1. It was about school.
5. It is not their kind of school.
2. He said their teacher was human.
Additional - Comprehension.
READ THE PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.
1. He was a round little man with a red face and a whole box of tools with dials and wires.
He smiled at Margie and gave her an apple, then took the teacher apart. Margie had hoped he wouldn't know
how to put it together again, but he knew how all right, and, after an hour or so, there it was again, large and
black and ugly, with a big screen on which all the lessons were shown and the questions were asked. That wasn't
so bad. The part Margie hated most was the slot where she had to put homework and test papers. She always
had to write them out in a punch code they made her learn when she was six years old, and the mechanical
teacher calculated the marks in no time.
1. What is the appearance of the county inspector?
The county inspector was a round little man with a red face and a whole box of tools with dials and
wires.
2. What did he do?
He smiled at Margie and gave her an apple, then took the teacher apart.
3. What happened after an hour?
After an hour or so, there it was again, large and black and ugly, with a big screen on which all the
lessons were shown and the questions were asked.
4. Which part Margie hated the most?
The part Margie hated the most was the slot where she had to put homework and test papers.
5. Where did she write the homework and test papers?
She always had to write them out in a punch code they made her learn when she was six years old, and the
mechanical teacher calculated marks in no time.
2. Margie went into the schoolroom. It was right next to her bedroom, and the mechanical teacher was on and
waiting for her. It was always on at the same time every day except Saturday and Sunday, because her mother
said little girls learned better if they learned at regular hours. screen was lit up, and it said: "Today's arithmetic
lesson is on the addition of proper fractions.
Please insert yesterday's homework in the proper slot."
(a) Where was the school room?
The school room was right next to her bedroom.
(b). Who waited for her?
The mechanical teacher waited for her.
(c) What was the school timing?
It was always on at the same time everyday except Saturday and Sunday.
(d) Why did they learn at regular hours?
The learned at regular hours because her mother said little girls learned better if they do so.
(e)
What was the lesson on that day?
The lesson was on the addition of proper fractions.
3. Margie did so with a sigh. She was thinking about the old schools they had when her grandfather's grandfather
was a little boy. All the kids from the whole neighborhood came, laughing and shouting in the schoolyard, sitting
together in the schoolroom, going home together at the end of the day. They learned the same things, so they
could help one another with the home work and talk about it. The mechanical teacher was flashing on the screen:
"When we add fractions ½ and ¼... Margie was thinking about how the kids must have loved it in the old days.
She was thinking about the fun they had.
1. What did she think about?
She was thinking about the old schools they had when her grandfather's grandfather was a little boy.
2. Where do the kids come from?
The kids came from the neighbourhood.
3. What did they do?
They laughed, and shouted in the schoolyard, sat together in the schoolroom anc went home together at
the end of the day.
4. How did they help one another?
They learned the same things, so they could help one another with the home wor and talk about it.
5. Who were the teachers?
The teachers were people.