Class 10 English
Unit 3 Inclusion (Reading B)
Including All My Friends
COMPREHENSION-
Q.1. Tick (✓) the correct alternatives :
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(I) “I like to play with my friends they like to play with me’ Who are ‘I’ and my friends ?
(a) Poet and his relatives
(b) A disabled child and his friends
(c) The boy and his classmates.
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(ii) What did the bad guys do ?
(a) Played and talked to us
(b) Said bad words about us
(c) Said that they’re our friends.
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(iii) Why are we all the same?
(a) We all look alike.
(b) We are all playing
(c) We all are human beings.
Ans. (i) (b), (ii) (b), (iii) (a).
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Q.2. Tick (✓) the correct statements about the poem. You may choose more than one option:
a. Everyone should be treated alike. (✓)
b. Some people need special care. (✓)
c. New friends are not allowed in the play.
d. All children have the same kind of hair and skin.
e. There is more than what we can see. (✓)
f. Mean people see differences in children. (✓)
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Q.3. Who are the ‘bad guys’ mentioned in the poem? Why are they called “bad guys’?
Ans. In the poem, some boys and girls came and bothered and distubed the special children. The poet called them ‘bad guys’. They said bad words about the children who are different from others.
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Q.4. List the things the ‘bad guys’ bother the children about.
Ans. The ‘bad guys’ bothered the children in the ways are:-
- They used bad words on children.
- They made fun of their physical activities and body language.
- They made fun of their Skin and hair.
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Q.5. What can we understand ‘if we use more than our sight’ ?
Ans. “If we use more than our sight” means here if special children work on their capabilities they can compete with normal children. The world can offer better than ‘bad guys’. Everyone is special in their own way.
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Q.6. Why do you think these lines have been spoken.
(a) We didn’t want to hear their words.
Ans. We should avoid the bad words and negativity.
(b) We know that they’re not right.
Ans. Bad guys have no good qualities in them, it’s good to ignore them.
(c) Some need a special tube to breathe.
Ans. There are different people in the world and we are not similar. Some people require special attention.
(d) If we use more than our sight.
Ans. It’s better to ignore the bad and search for the good.
(e) They only look skin deep.
Ans. Some people only look at the outer appearance.