From the Dairy of Anne Frank class 10 English Question and answers

From the Dairy of Anne Frank class 10 English Question and answers

From the diary of Anne Frank NCERT solution for class 10 Question and answers Were prepared based on latest exam pattern We have Provided From the Dairy of Anne Frank class 10 Question and answers English Question with Answers to helping students understand the concept very well

Activity

Question”1 Do you keep a diary? Given below under a are some terms we use to describe a write record of personal experience can you match them with their description under” B ?

A	B
(i)Journal	A book with a separate space or page for each day in which you write down your thoughts and feelings or what has happened on that day
(ii) Diary	A full record of a journey a period of time or an event written every day
(iii) Log	A record of a person’s own life and experiences (usually a famous person )
(iv) Memoir (s)	A write record of events with times and dates usually official

Answer”

A	B
(i) Journal	A full record of a journey a period of time or an event written everyday
(ii) Diary	A book with a separate space or page for each day in which you write down your thoughts and feelings or what has happened on that day
(iii)Log	A written record of events with times and dates usually official
(iv) Memoir(s)	A record of a person’s own life and experience (usually a famous person )

Question”2 Here are some entries from personal records use the definitions above to decide which of the entries might be from a diary a journal a log or a memoir

(a) I woke up very late today and Promptly got a scolding from Mum! can’t help it how can I miss the FIFA world Cup Matches?

Answer” Diary

(b)

10:30 A.m	Went to the office of the Director
01:00 P.m	Had Lunch with Chairman
05:45 P.m	Received Rahul at the airport
09:30 P.m	Dinner at home

Answer” Log

(c) The ride to Ooty was uneventful we rested for a while every 50 Km or so and used the time to Capture the Magnificent landscape with my handy Cam From Ooty we went on to Bangalore what a Contrast! the noise and pollution of this once beautiful city really broke my heart

Answer” Journal

(d) This is how Raj Kapoor found me all wet and ragged outside Rk Studio he was then looking for just someone like this for a small role in Mera naam joker and he cast me on the spot the rest as they say is history

Answer” Memoir

Oral Comprehension Check

From the Dairy of Anne Frank Question and answers

Question”1 what makes writing in a diary a stranger experience for Anne Frank?

Answer” Writing in a diary was a stranger experience for Anne Frank as she never had a diary and it was a gift on her 13th Birthday she considered it her best friend on which she relied the most and with whom she shared all her ups and downs

Question 2. Why does Anne want to keep a diary?

Answer” Anne always feels lonely and distressed so wants to get off all the burden and pain off her chest she wants to keep a diary in which she finds a true friend as she has hardly any friends whom she confide in

Question 3. why did Anne think she could confide more in her diary than in people

Answer” Anne felt that paper had more patience than people to listen to her plight so it was easier for her to write all kind of thoughts which she had in her mind her personal diary was not meant for any one else to read

Oral Comprehension Check

Question”1 why does Anne Provide a brief sketch of her life?

Answer” By Providing the brief sketch of her life Anne wants to give an overview of her family relatives and her age this helps the reader to develop a connection with the author

Question 2. what tells you that Anne loved her grandmother?

Answer” Anne lived with her grandmother for sometime while her parents settled down in Holland she was very close to her grandmother she writes in her diary No one knows how often I think of her and still love her” On her 13th birthday by lightening up one candle for grandmother she shows her love for her

Question 3. why was Mr Keesing annoyed with Anne? what did he ask her to do?

Answer” Mr Keesing was annoyed with Anne because she was very talkative he Punished her by giving her extra homework to write essays to keep her silent and the topics always related to her nature .

Question 4. How did Anne justify her being a chatterbox in her essay?

Answer” Anne justified her being a chatterbox in her essay by explaining that it is due to her mother who was also very talkative and nobody could do anything about their inherited traits

Question 5. Do you think Mrs keesing was a strict teacher?

Answer” No Mr keesing was not a bad or strict teacher because a teacher did something for the welfare of his students any teacher would be annoyed it children keep on talking in the class secondly if he had been strict he would not have laughed at Anne’s funny arguments

Question 6. what made Mr keesing allow Anne to talk in class?

Answer” Anne’s last essay in the form of a poem showed Mr keesing the lighter side of a naughty child it helped bridge the generation gap between the teacher and the student”

Thinking about the text

Question “1 Was Anne right when she said that the world would not be interested in the musings of a 13 years old girl?

Answer” Yes” Anne was right when she said so because most of the people don”t want to give importance to a child’s perspective towards the world because they are too immature for the world but Anne frank has become one of the most discussed of all holocaust victims her diary has been translated into many language

Question 2. There are some examples of diary or journal entries in the before you read section Compare these with what Anne writes in her diary what language was the diary Originally written in? In what way is Anne’s diary different?

Answer” Anne’s diary was entirely different from mots of the examples given before the text it was somewhere closer to the memoir in which the name of Raj Kapoor has been mentioned it was Originally written in Dutch it has informal tone which exudes the careful nature of a teenager

Question 3. Why does Anne need to give a brief sketch about her family? does she treat kitty, as an insider or an outsider?

Answer” Anne gave an introduction of her family in the diary because it was hard to make other realise that a 13 years old teenager could write about her loneliness kitty was an outsider which was gifted by her parents on her 13th birthday but she considered it her best friend and treated it as an insider

Question 4. How does Anne feel about her father her grandmother Mrs Kuperus and Mr Keesing? what do these tell you about her?

Answer” Anne has fond of memories of her father grandmother Mrs Kuperus and Mr Keesing who have left indelible impressions on her mind and affected her life a lot the way she represents all of them in her diary reveals that Anne was very good at understanding people and at developing interpersonal relations

Question 5. what does Anne write in her first essay?

Answer” Mr keesing asked her to write an essay on the topic A Chatterbox as Punishment In the essay she accepted the drawbacks of being talkative but argued that it was in her genes as her mother was also very talkative it was difficult to give up the habit and it was also a student’s trait Even Mr keesing laughed at the argument she had given

Question 6. Anne says teachers are most unpredictable is Mr keesing unpredictable ?

Answer” Anne took perfect example of Mr keesing as an unpredictable teacher because Mr keesing seemed to be indifferent towards Anne’s behaviour Earlier he laughed byt later he allowed Anne to talk in the class post reading her essays”

1.what do these statements tell you about Anne Frank as a person?

(a) We don’t seem to be able to get any closer and that’s the problem maybe it’s my fault that we don’t confide in each other

Answer” Anne is reserved

(b) I don’t want to jcft, down the facts in this diary the way most people would but I want the diary to be my friend

Answer” she is self confident and inventive

(c) Margot went to Holland in December and I followed in February when I was Plunked down on the table as a birthday present for Margot

Answer” She is humorous as well

(d) if you ask me there are so many dummies that about a quarter of the class should be kept back but teachers are the most unpredictable creatures on Earth

Answer” Anne is intelligent

(e) Anyone could ramble on and leave big spaces between the words but the trick was to come up with convincing arguments to prove the necessity of talking ,

Answer” she has a sense of Propriety and convincing attitude

Thinking about Language

I. Look at the following words

• these words are compound words
• They are made up of two or more words

Headmistress	Notebook	Long awaited
stiff backed	Homework	Outbursts

1. Compound words can be:

• Nouns: headmistress homework notebook outbursts
• Adjectives:” long awaited stiff backed
• Verbs:” sleep walk baby sit

1.Match the compound words under A with their meanings under B” use each in a sentence

A	B
1.Heartbreaking	Obeying and respecting the law
2.Homesick	Think about pleasant things forgetting about the present
3.Blockhead	Something Produced by a person machine or Organisation
4.Law abiding	Producing great sadness

A	B
5.Overdo	An Occasion when Vehicles/ machines stop working
5.Daydream	An informal word which means a very stupid person
7.Breakdown	Missing home and family very much
8.Output	Do something to an excessive degree

Answer”

A	B
1. Heartbreaking	Producing great sadness
2. Homesick	Missing home and family very much
3. Blockhead	an informal word which means a very stupid person
4. Law abiding	Obeying and respecting the law
5. Overdo	Do something to an excessive degree
6. Daydream	Think about pleasant things forgetting about the present
7. Breakdown	an Occasion when Vehicles/ machines stop working
8. Output	something Produced by a person machine or organisation

2. Now find the sentences in the lesson that have the Phrasal verbs given below Match them with their Meanings”

1. Plunge in	speak or write without focus
2. kept back	stay indoors
3. move up	make (them ) remain quite
4. ramble on	have a good relationship with
5. get along with	give an assignment (home work) to a person authority (the teacher )
6. Calm down	Compensate
7. stay in	go straight to the topic
8. make up for	go to the next grade
9. Hand in	Not Promoted

Answer

1. Plunge In -go straight to the topic since no one would understand a word of my stories to kitty if I were to Plunge right In I”d better Provide a brief sketch of my life much as I dislike doing so
2. Kept back- not Promoted the reason of course is the forthcoming meeting in which the teachers decide who’ II move up to the next form and who’II be kept back
3. Move up -go to the next grade the reason of Course is the forthcoming meeting in which the teachers decide who’II move up to the next form and who’II be kept back
4. Ramble on -speak or write without focus anyone could ramble on and leave big spaces between the words but the trick was to come up with convincing arguments to Prove the necessity of talking ,
5. Get along with have a good relationship with I get along pretty well with all my teachers
6. Calm down -make (them ) remain quite Even G’s pleading advances and my angry outbursts can’t calm them down
7. stay In – stay Indoors I thought of this saying on one of those days when I was feeling a little depressed and was sitting at home with my chin in my hands bored and listless wondering whether to stay in or go out
8. Make up for – Compensate This birthday celebrate in 1942 was intended to make u for the other
9. Hand in -give an assignment (homework ) to a person in authority (the teacher ) I handed it in and Mr Keesing had nothing to complain about for two whole lessons

3. I. Here are a few sentences from the text which have Idiomatic expressions can you say what each means ? (you might want to consult a dictionary first )

i. Our entire class is quaking in its boots

ii. Until then we keep telling each other not to lose heart

iii. Mr keesing was annoyed with me for ages because I talked so much

iv. Mr keeping was trying to play a joke on me with this ridiculous subject but I’d make sure the joke was on him

Answer”

i. Our entire class is quaking in its boots shaking with fear and nervousness

ii. Until then we keep telling each other not to lose heart Not to lose hope

iii. Mr keeping was annoyed with me for ages because I talked so much since a long time

iv. Mr keeping was trying to play a joke on me with this ridiculous subject but I”d make sure the joke was on him he was outwitted by her

2. Here are a few more Idiomatic expressions that Occur in the text try to use them in sentences of your own

i. Caught my eye	iii. Laugh Ourselves
ii. he’d had enough	iv. can’t bring myself to

Answer”

i. Caught my eye , A small red car passing by Caught my eye

ii. He’d had enough , Tom had a hard time raising enough money build the orphanage he’d Promised to build

iii. Laugh Ourselves silly , One girl said something funny and we laughed ourselves silly

iv. Can’t bring myself to I can’t bring myself to eat anything but Chocolates