The literal meaning of ‘Comprehension’ is understanding. It shows how well you have understood a paragraph that you have read or how correctly you have grasped its meaning. To test it, a set of questions is given after a paragraph relating to the subject matter. The answers are contained in the passage. It only requires a bit of intelligence to identify the sentence or sentences that form the answer of a particular question. Write them down in your own hand. It is simple. The exercise of the comprehension is meant to assess and better the ability of a student to read and comprehend what he reads. Sometimes the answers need to be written in the student’s own words, although not very different from t’ Le given text, only a little adjustment to have the sentence grammatically and meaning-wise correct. Hence, a student must be able to express his thoughts precisely in correct words.

Subject-verb concord is when the subject of a sentence and the verb of a sentence agree. Simply, if the subject of the sentence is singular, the verb must be singular. If the subject of a sentence is plural, the verb must be plural.

Read the extract carefully and answer the questions that follow "how did you get here child? whose baby are you?" the man asked as he steered clear of the mass. the child wept more bitterly than even now only cried, "I want my mother, I want my father." questions (a) why did the man question the baby? (b) explain the phrase steered clear of the mass. (c) what was the child reply? (d) how did the kind man help the child? ​

Answers:

1)The man questioned the baby because it was crying.

2) it means and dangerous unpleasant.

3) The child reply that he want his father and his mother.

4) by searching his parents and telling him to calm down.

The swallow proved to be the Prince's true friend as he stayed with him all the while.

• The swallow had a kind heart and on request of the prince to stay for one more day he agreed.
• Prince was a very kind man, on his request, the swallow carried the ruby and also gave the sapphire of Prince's eyes for poor people.
• However, after giving the sapphire to old woman, the prince became blind and the swallow decided to be with him all the while and take care of him.

Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu
Explanation:
The complete name of Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam is Avul Pakir Jainulabudeen Abdul Kalam. He was born on 15 October 1931 t o Jainulabudeen, a Tamil Muslim boat owner and Ashiamma, a housewife, at Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu

21 feb,2019

Today is very bad day for me. I became frustrated with my parents. They never wanted to understand my fellings.

I was expecting many days to become a sportsperson. But my parents want me to be an educationist.

Looks like I'm living in hell.

If there were someone who would help me to be a player, how good would be.

But noone is here for me. Im just fed up with it.

My Childhood” is an extract taken from the biography of APJ Abdul Kalam - ‘Wings of Fire’. He was a great scientist and also the 14th President of India. He was born in a middle - class Muslim family in 1931 in the island town of Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu. In his childhood he was greatly influenced by his parents, his teachers and his friends. His father, Jainulabdeen, was not highly educated but he was a generous and kind person. He was not rich but provided a secure childhood to Abdul and his siblings. Abdul inherited honesty and self-discipline from his father and faith in goodness and deep kindness from his mother.

Kalam earned his first wages by working as a helping hand to his cousin, Samsuddin, who distributed newspapers in Rameswaram.

In his childhood he had three close friends- Ramanadha Sastry,Aravindam and Sivaprakashan. Once when he was in fifth standard, a new teacher asked him not to sit in the front row along with the high caste Brahmin boys. Abdul found Ramanadha Sastry weeping as he went to the last row. This made a lasting impression on Abdul.

Abdul was also greatly influenced by his science teacher, Sivasubramania Iyer. He learnt the lesson of breaking social barriers from him. Iyer invited him to his home for a meal. His wife refused to serve food to a Muslim boy in her pure kitchen. Iyer served him with his own hands and sat down beside him to eat his meal. He convinced his wife to serve meal with her own hands and thus was successful in changing her conservative attitude.

For higher education, Abdul Kalam sought permission from his father to leave Rameswaram and study at the district headquarters in Ramanathapuram. His father said that Abdul had to go a long way in life just like a seagull bird which flies long distances. He calmed down APJ’s reluctant mother by quoting Kahlil Gibran’s poem ‘Your children’. He said that her children could not be dominated by her because they had their own thoughts. They did not belong to her but were a result of life’s desire for itself. He asked her to give them freedom to fulfil their thoughts.

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He says that he inherited honesty and self discipline from his father. He further says that he inherited faith in goodness and deep 
kindness from his mother.
 

What led Maria to the path of success and why couldn't her mother accompany her?

A) Her trip to U.S for playing tennis.Her mother couldn't accompany because of visa restrictions
B) Her habits. Her mother was unwell and so she could not accompany her
C) Her interest in music. Her mother did not want to go to USA
D) Her Academics. Her mother was busy

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A) Her trip to U.S for playing tennis.Her mother couldn't accompany because of visa restrictions

Her parents refused to pay for her education because Santosh did not follow the family tradition of getting married early and got herself enrolled in a school in Delhi against their wishes.

One day, Prashant had gone to spend a day with his friend in the block headquarters of Ersama - it is a small town in coastal Orissa which is 18 km away from his home.

And , in the evening, a dark and menacing (dangerous) storm quickly gathered. Winds beat against the houses with a high speed and this furious havoc had never witnessed before by Prashant.

Whole town was filled the darkened sky with heavy and incessant rain. Ancient trees were uprooted and crashed on the earth due to storm. The air produced the screaming sound as peoples and houses were swiftly washed away. The water rushed and swirled into his friends house which was neck deep.

Some times in the middle of the night , roofs and walls get damaged and fall on their houses. The crazed distruction caused by the cyclone and the surge of the ocean continued for thirty-six hours.

Prashant and his friend's family members had to stay on the roof and they huddled for next days. The water looked raging deadly like a brown sheet which covered everything as far as the eye could see. Animal carcasses and human corpses floated everywhere.

The condition was totally worse and this shock was experienced by Prashant at his first glimpse(scene) of the devastation caused by the super cyclone which he will never forget.

Rhyme Scheme: The whole poem follows ABAAB rhyme scheme.

Metaphor - The whole poem is an extended metaphor and the road acts as a metaphor for life.

Alliteration - “wanted wear”

Personification - The fork in the woods refers to the life decisions one has to make.

Repetition - “Somewhere ages and ages hence”

Consonance and assonance - “And that has made all the difference.” “Yet knowing how way leads on to way”

My cat was back and so was I" means that he had found his cat and he himself had a new outlook on life. He got his cat back after he had lost all hope of finding it. He said that he was also back because he had a feeling of gratitude for his life now. Earlier he had a feeling of insecurity and fear regarding his new school whereas after the fire, the generosity of his friends and the return of his cat changed his outlook on life as he started participating in life and he felt that he was 'back‘.

Everything is part of the process , enjoy your experiences , learn from your situations, forget bad memories but never forget what you learnt from them.
Imagine yourself as the sky and all your problems as the dark clouds in the sky.Just as all the clouds are not permanent in the sky, your problems will also go away sooner or later.