Para  4 

Sentences  and  expressions  that need explanation 

•  And then Swami gave a lurid account of Samuel’s violence 

        lurid - sensational, shocking

Ravi gave a lurid account of the strange happenings at school, to his mother.

• press to his forehead like a vermilion marking

vermilion  marking  means  something like  a 'bindi'  which married Indian women (especially, Hindus) wear permanently on their forehead  
 

• But Father’s behaviour  took an unexpected turn.

The  teacher's comment made an unexpected turn in his life

• No amount of protest from Swami was of any avail.

The students protested against the increase in bus-fare.

• Swaminathan asked  apprehensively. 

apprehensive  -  uneasily fearful

Sam asked a doubt to the teacher apprehensively.

• You must bring an acknowledgement from him in the evening

acknowledge -  confirm the receipt of (a letter etc.)

STD X - UNIT I FATHER'S HELP

Para 1

1. Lying in bed, Swami realised with a shudder that it was

Monday morning. It looked as though only a moment ago

it had been the last period on Friday. Already Monday was

here. He hoped that an earthquake would reduce the school

building to dust, but that good building—Albert Mission

School—had withstood similar prayers for over a hundred

years now. At nine o’clock Swaminathan wailed, ‘I have a

headache.’ His mother said, ‘Why don’t you go to school

in a jutka*?’

‘So that I may be completely dead at the other end? Have

you any idea what it means to be jolted in a jutka?’

‘Have you many important lessons today

‘Important! That geography teacher has been teaching the

same lesson for over a year now. And we have arithmetic,

which means for a whole period we are going to be beaten

by the teacher… important lessons!’

And Mother generously suggested that Swami might stay

at home.

Discourse

Write a paragraph on the video on earthquakes.

 Para  2

New  words

stubborn -  obstinate, inflexible
tactics      -  short-term procedure adopted in carrying out                   a  scheme or achieving an end
violent     -  involving or using great physical force

Discourse

Write a conversation between Swami and his father about  not going to school

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PAST SIMPLE

Fill in the blanks using the correct form of the verbs given in brackets

1. Mozart ..........(write) more than 600 pieces of music.

2. 'How did you learn to drive?' 'My father ..............(teach) me.'

3. I was very thirsty, I .............(drink)the water very quickly.

4. Jim ...........(throw)  the ball to Sam.

5. Ravi ...........(fall) down the stairs  this morning.