1.5 Mrs Adis

Std- 11th

Subject- English
Section- 1 Prose
Topic - 1.5 Mrs Adis

1) The writer describes Mrs.
Adis as -

a small woman
Thin woman
Brown hard face
Hair like wrinkles



2) Mrs. Adis asks Peter crouch
whether he has had a quarrel
with the keepers. This shows that


Peter Crouch is hot temper
He gets into quarrel easily.
Mr. Adis knew his nature.




3) List some characteristics of
Mrs. Adis based on this incident.
Ans-
Faithful , trustworthy, good,
helpful , forgetful



4) Give reason :
Vilder guessed that Crouch
has taken refuge at Mrs.
Adis’ house because ........


Answer--》he was a friend of
Mrs. Adis’s son Tom. Crouch
didn’t know that he had
shot Tom dead.

The row took place because....
Ans----》 the keepers scared
Peter Crouch who fired
the gun in darkness.




Mrs. Adis unlocked the door because..................
Ans---》
she had forgiven Peter and
wanted him to run away safely.



BRAINSTORMING(A1) (i) Discuss with your partner and describe the atmosphere in the woods when Peter Crouch was heading towards Mrs. Adis’s House. It was-
(a) a dark moonless night.
(b) a few stars in the sky
(c) windless , silent and clear night
(ii) Peter Crouch didn’t knock before entering Mrs. Adis’s house.
The reason was-
(a) Peter Crouch didn’t want to make noise.
(b) He wanted nobody to hear the noise of knocking
(c) He was in haste.
(iii) Go through the text again and find the reasons that forced Peter to shoot down a person.
(a) The keepers spotted him.
(b) He had fears of being caught.
(c) They were more in numbers.
(iv) Mrs. Adis didn’t hand over Peter Crouch to the keepers because-
(a) He was her son Tom’s friend.
(b) Tom would want her to stay by him.

(A2) The writer has used a phrase ‘Thudding Heart’ which means pounding, or beating of heart. Do you know ‘Thud’ is an onomatopoeic word which means a heavy sound made by an object falling to the ground. Discuss with your partner and make a list of Onomatopoeic words that you find in the text.
(a) crackling
(b) rustling
(c) bark




Activities other than the text A1 Choose the correct alternative and rewrite the following statements.
1) Peter/ Mrs. Adis was stooping over the fire.
2) Peter knocked the door/walked straight in the cottage.
3) Peter thought he killed/ shot a man.
4) Mrs. Adis was a woman with a hard/soft face.
A2. Complete the statement: Peter was in trouble because …………
A3. The kettle boiled over and Mrs Adis mechanically put it at the side of the fire. Find the deeper meaning of this statement.




A4. Imagine a young man comes to you pleading to protect him from police. Write how you will react.
A5. Language Study.
1. He did not knock, but walked straight in. (Rewrite into simple sentence.)
Ans. Without knocking he walked straight in.
2. I shot a man. (Rewrite into passive voice.)
Ans. A man was shot by me.


A6. Vocabulary.


Across.
2. a line in the skin of face
3, overcrowded
4. too many to be counted

Down
1. reluctant to do something



Vocabulary Test


Choose appropriate words from the given WORD BANK and complete the test.


( intensified, innumerable, ceased, stooping over, stuffy, shrug, wrinkles, knell, snap, deserved, huddled down, on the threshold, escape, hesitated, anxiety, straining, refuge, fetch, beseechingly, close at hand)


1. What word MOST NEARLY means: stroke?
2. What word MOST NEARLY means: very near?


3. What word MOST NEARLY means: appealingly?


4.What word MOST NEARLY means: bend over?


5.What word MOST NEARLY means: shrink oneself?


6.What word MOST NEARLY means: streching?


7.What word MOST NEARLY means: make a sharp sound?


8.What word MOST NEARLY means: sharpened?


9.What word MOST NEARLY means: get free of?


10.What word MOST NEARLY means: bring in?


11.What word MOST NEARLY means: nervousness?


12 What word MOST NEARLY means: small ridges in the skin?


13. What word MOST NEARLY means: competent ?


14. What word MOST NEARLY means: boundary?


15. What word MOST NEARLY means: to delay momentarily?


16. What word MOST NEARLY means: lacking in vitality?


17. What word MOST NEARLY means: too many?


18. What word MOST NEARLY means: shelter?


19. What word MOST NEARLY means: stopped


20. What word MOST NEARLY means: lift the shoulders?


This file is compiled by Prof. Abhijit Patil;
MSG Jr. College Malegaon camp
(Nashik) Mob- 8605235011