The Grumble Family Book Back Questions & Answers
Unit 2 > English > Class 10 > Samacheer Kalvi - English Medium
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1. There's a family nobody likes to meet; They live, it is said, on Complaining Street a. Where does the family live?
Correct answer: (a) The family lives in Complaining Street.
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2. There's a family nobody likes to meet; They live, it is said, on Complaining Street b. Why do you think the street is named as Complaining Street?
Correct answer: (b) I think all the people would be complaining always.
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3. They growl at that and they growl at this; Whatever comes, there is something amiss; a. What does the word growl mean here?
Correct answer: (a) The word growl means making a low guttural sound.
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4. They growl at that and they growl at this; Whatever comes, there is something amiss; b. Why do they find everything amiss?
Correct answer: (b) They find everything amiss because they are unsatisfied with everything.
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5. Nothing goes right with the folks you meet; Down on that gloomy Complaining Street. a. What is the opinion about the folks you meet down the street?
Correct answer: (a) the folks down the street are imperfect and always complaining.
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6. Nothing goes right with the folks you meet; Down on that gloomy Complaining Street. b. What does the word gloomy mean here?
Correct answer: (b) The word gloomy means to appear depressing or frightening.
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7. The worst thing is that if anyone stays;Among them too long, he will learn their ways; a. What is the worst thing that can happen if anyone stays with them?
Correct answer: a) If anyone stays with them for a long time, he will learn their ways of complaining. This is the worst thing that can happen to anyone.
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8. The worst thing is that if anyone stays;Among them too long, he will learn their ways; b. What are the ways of the Grumble family?
Correct answer: (b) The ways of the grumble family are always complaining and finding fault in everything.
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9. And so it were wisest to keep our feet; From wandering into Complaining Street; a. What is the wisest thing that the poet suggests?
Correct answer: (a) The poet suggests that the wisest thing is to stay away from the complaining street.
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10. And so it were wisest to keep our feet; From wandering into Complaining Street; b. What does the phrase to keep our feet from wandering refer to?
Correct answer: (b) The phrase to keep our feet from wondering refers to not to enter into the complaining street.
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11. Let us learn to walk with a smile and a song, No matter if things do sometimes go wrong; a. What does the poet expect everyone to learn?
Correct answer: (a) The poet expects everyone to lead a life with happy smile and singing all the time.
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12. Let us learn to walk with a smile and a song, No matter if things do sometimes go wrong; b. What should we do when things go wrong sometimes?
Correct answer: (b) We should not worry, if things go wrong sometimes.
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1. And whether their station be high or humble, Pick out the alliteration from the above line.
Correct answer: high humble are the words in alliteration.
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2. Pick out the other examples for alliteration from the poem.
Correct answer: They that; they this; they the; growl grumble; thing that; that theyd; be brought; long learn; walk with; smile song; are the other examples of alliteration.
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3. The weather is always too hot or cold; Summer and winter alike they scold. Nothing goes right with the folks you meet; Down on that gloomy Complaining Street. Pick out the rhyming words and identify the rhyme scheme of the above lines.
Correct answer: The rhyming words are cold scold; meet street; The rhyming scheme of the above lines are aabb.