From The Diary of Anne Frank, SCERT, Assam

From The Diary of Anne Frank, SCERT, Assam

Lesson-3.
From The Diary of Anne Frank
Class -vii(seven).SCERT(Assam)

Do you have a friend with whom you share your innermost thoughts and feelings? Do you note down your thoughts in a diary? Discuss with the friend sitting next to you the advantages and disadvantages of writing a diary.

Now read about a thirteen-year-old girl called Anne Frank whose diary has become a classic (a useful piece of writing, remaining popular over decades)

Today I will discuss all questions and answers. From The Diary of Anne Frank, class -vii

Questions no-1. Let's see how much we have understood:

(a)  Where was Anne Frank from?

(b)  How has the voice of Anne frank reached out across continents and generations?

(c)  what did Anne Frank see lying on the table among her other birthday presents?

(d)  Why did Anne Frank remain in her bed lying till a quarter to seven on her birthday?

(e)  Who does'you'in the lesson refer to?

(f)  What is "Camera Obscura"?

(g)  Who welcomed Anne in the dining room?

(h)  Why does Anne Frank think that it is an odd idea for someone like her to keep a diary?

(i)  How does Anne Frank describe her feelings in one of her slightly melancholy days?

(j)  Who is kitty?

Questions and answers:

(a)  Where was Anne Frank from?

Answer:- Anne Frank was a thirteen-year-old girl in the Netherlands.

(b)  How has the voice of Anne frank reached out across continents and generations?

Answer:- From her diary.

(c)  what did Anne Frank see lying on the table among her other birthday presents?

Answer:- Anne Frank saw lying on the table among her other birthday presents, a bunch of roses, a plants and some peonies, and more arrived during the day.

(d)  Why did Anne Frank remain in her bed lying till a quarter to seven on her birthday?

Answer:-  Because she was not allowed to get at that time. So she had to control her curiosity until a quarter to seven.

(e)  Who does'you'in the lesson refer to?

Answer:- ''you'' in the lesson refer to Anne Frank's diary.

(f)  What is "Camera Obscura"?

Answer:- A party game.

(g)  Who welcomed Anne in the dining room?

Answer:- Moortie(the cat) welcomed Anne in the dining room.

(h)  Why does Anne Frank think that it is an odd idea for someone like her to keep a diary?

Answer:- Anne Frank thought that it was an odd idea for someone like her to keep a diary, not only because she has never done before, but because it seems to her that neither she nor for that matter anyone else- will be interested in the unbosomings of a thirteen-year-old school girl.

(i)  How does Anne Frank describe her feelings in one of her slightly melancholy days?

Answer:- Anne Frank described in her diary about her feelings in one of her slightly melancholy days, "paper is more patient than man".It has come to her mind,while she sat chin in hand, feelings too bored and limp even to make up her mind whether to go out or stay at home. There is no doubt that paper is patient and as she does not intend to show this cardboard-covered notebook, bearing the proud name of "diary", to anyone , unless she finds a real friend, boy, or girl, probably nobody cares. So for this reason, she starts writing a diary. This diary, in order to enhance in her mind's eye the picture of the friend for whom she waited so long.

(j) Who is Kitty?

Answer:- Kitty was her a pet cat, whose name was Moortie.

Question no-2

Read the text and write the dates related to Anne Frank's life
# Date of birth
# Year of death
# Date of starting her diary

Answer:-

# Date of birth:-                         12-06 1929
# Year of death:-                       1945
# Date of starting her diary:-  Sunday, 14th June 1942

Question no-3

Read the text and fill the columns with a list of the gifts given to Anne on her birthday:

Answer:

Gifts given to Anne Frank:- Camera obscura, lots of sweets, chocolates, a brooch, Tales and Legends of the Netherlands, Diary's Mountain holiday, some money.
Who gave them:- Her Mummy and Daddy.

Question no-4 (b)

Fill in the blank spaces in the following paragraph about Reema with the verbs given in brackets:
Reema was very happy on Sunday. She was given a diary on her birthday. She --------(receive) other gifts too, such as flowers and chocolates. Her grandmother ---------(send) her a letter, which reached just on time. Reema -------(bake) biscuits, which she distributed at school. She also-------(spend) some of her pocket money to buy a few stickers for her friends.

Answer:-

1. received
2. sent
3. baked
4. spent

Question no-5

The main verbs can be two types.
A. Regular verbs:-these are verbs that form their past tense and past participle forms according to an established pattern, Most verbs have a past tense and past participle with -ed
For example, play-   played-  played

B. Irregular verbs:- They are verbs that do not follow the established pattern when they take their past tense and past participle forms.
For example, drink- drank-  drunk
Now complete the sentences by filling in the blanks with the simple past form of the verbs given in brackets.

(i) Another birthday has gone by, so I'm now fifteen. I --------(receive) quite a few gifts.
(ii) Peter ---------(give) me a lovely bouquet of peonies; the poor boy had put a lot of effort into finding a present, but nothing quite --------(work) out.
(iii) Churchill was on a torpedo boat that ---------(shell) the

Answer:

(i)  received
(ii) gave and  worked
(iii) should

Questions no 8.

In the lesson, you have read a diary entry by Anne Frank who was delighted to be gifted her diary on her birthday. Diary writing is one of the most personal and informal categories of writing. It can be based on personal experience, a scene, a description, or narration of certain event(s) or any other thing.
A good diary entry usually contains the following features:

(i) The day, date, place and time of writing the entry

For example:
Friday, July 7,2019 (4 p.m.)

(ii) A formal heading is optional. If you want, you can give one.

(iii) You can give your diary a name, and address the diary by that name.

For example:

Dear Kirit

(iv)The style of writing is informal

(v) Since the diary is a personal document, the entry does not need any signature. Like the formal heading, the signature is optional.

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