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Chapter 2 Communication
Class 11 English
Exercise
Peter Elbow
Ways With Words
A. The words in the
crossword puzzle are from the text.
Find them in the text to solve the puzzle based on the clues
given below.
Down:
1. to be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion –
obsessed
2. to move slowly and quietly in a particular direction –
creep
3. orderly, logical and Consistent – coherent
Across:
1. to utter rapidly or unintelligibly – babble
2. to insert something between other things – interpose
3. an unreadable handwriting – squiggle
B. Use the following words in sentences of your own.
Massive:
He died from a massive heart attack.
Consciousness:
He moaned with pain before losing consciousness.
Catch-as-catch-can:
We went hitchhiking for a week and lived catch-as-catch-can.
Give up:
I’m too close to my goal to give up now.
Abandon:
As a baby he was abandoned by his mother.
Lousy:
He blamed Shreya for a lousy weekend.
Editing: He’s editing a book of essays by Ritesh Berlin.
C. Word formation:
Adjectives and Adverbs
b. Write the following words in the right columns. Change
the adjectives into adverbs and nouns into adjectives.
Answer:
Adjectives Adverbs
Nouns Adjectives
Careful
Carefully Rain Rainy
Perfect Perfectly
Bush Bushy
Automatic
Automatically Spice Spicy
Certain Certainly
Snow Snowy
Fair Fairly
Blood Bloody
General Generally Cloud Cloudy
Proud Proudly
Bag Baggy
Rapid Rapidly Mood
Moody
Proper Properly Air Airy
Final Finally
Cream Creamy
Common Commonly
Dust Dusty
Beautiful Beautifully
Ice Icy
Frequent Frequently
Fun Funny
Heavy Heavily
Ease
Easy
Hungry Hungrily Hand
Handy
Oil Oily
Greed
Greedy
Health Healthy
Hill Hilly
c. Fill in the gaps with the appropriate adjective or
adverb.
i. Pramila is playing
quietly (quiet/quietly).
ii. Hari speaks very loudly (loud/loudly).
iii. Mukesh is a careful (careful/carefully) driver.
iv. The test was easy (easy/easily) and we finished in time.
v. He is fitting the automatic (automatic/automatically)
door in my house.
vi. My uncle speaks perfect (perfect/perfectly) Chinese.
vii. It was raining very heavily (heavy/heavily).
viii. She looked very calm (calm/calmly), but I am sure she
was feeling very nervous.
Comprehension
Answer the following questions.
a. Why is free writing also called ‘automatic writing’?
Answer: Free writing is also called ‘automatic writing’
because it is a continuous process of writing which is free from spellings,
grammar and topics.
b. How do you
differentiate writing from speaking?
Answer: Writing is
editable and can be made more logical but it’s not possible in speaking.
Writing is something evidential because it can be examined in future too but
speaking is non evidential.
c. What is the biggest obstacle in the writing process,
according to Elbow? Do you agree with him? Why? Why not?
Answer: The biggest obstacles in the writing process are the
thoughts like what to write, contemplation of wrong grammar, wordiness of right
editing etc. according to the Elbow. I favor his words. If writer started
caring about his grammar, spelling, coherence and editing from first he can’t
learn free writing properly.
d. How can free writing
overcome ‘writer’s block’?
Answer: Writers block are thoughts like what to write, how
to write coherently, how to write right words and so on. Such methods tends to
be writing than free writing. But free writing allows writer to write whatever
he/she want without any limitations. Hence free writing overcome writes block.
e. What do you mean by ‘voice’ in writing?
Answer: Words, vocabularies and writing style is considered
as voice in writing.
f. Elbow uses a simile to explain that free-writing “is like
writing something and putting it in a bottle in the sea.” What does this mean?
Explain.
Answer: If we put something in bottle and put it in the sea,
nobody will go to sea again in search of that bottle and see what’s inside
that. Similarly, if we write something in our copy and leave that, it won’t be
examined by anybody else later.
Critical Thinking
a. How does the author persuade readers in this essay? What
is he trying to communicate to the readers?
Answer: The author here in this essay has suggested his suggestions
for improving writing skills for all his readers. According to him, the best
way to improve writing skills is free writing. Free writing should be done
repeatedly to improve writing skills. He calls it automatic writing where a
writer can express his feelings spontaneously. Free writing never accepts
feedback. He also adds that the most important part of free writing is “don’t
change”. For him, editing is the biggest obstacle in the writing process.
Compulsive and premature editing habits hinder the writer’s creativity. The
writing process becomes difficult as well as dead through the editing process.
For writers, free writing should be kept away from the editing process that
gets in the way of the author’s authentic feeling and natural way. According to
him, the main source of strength in our writing is the “voice” which includes
sound, rhythm, and plot. It is the power that makes the reader listen to the
writer. It is the energy that pushes meaning into the thick skull.
b. Elbow said, free writing “is an exercise in bringing
together the process of producing words and putting them down on the page.” Do
you agree with his statement? Why? Why not?
Answer: Yes, I agree with his statement. The main thing
about free writing is that it is not editable. This will make the writing less
bogged down because the words will be easier to enter. Free writing is like our
hidden voice that comes naturally when we start. We started producing words
naturally. This is sound, plot and rhythm and is the main source of strength in
our writing. A massive and complex series of edits was the biggest obstacle to
the writing process, according to Elbow. Therefore, he asks us to start writing
freely without considering the results. We just generate the words and write on
the page. When we forget about editing, our free writing becomes fluid. This
helps us the next time we start writing freely.
c. How did you learn to write? What was particularly
difficult in writing? What inspired you to write? What are some of the
challenges that you still face while writing?
Answer: I learn to write by practicing free writing on
different topics from my English teacher. The most difficult thing in writing
for me was to start writing. I felt a lot of difficulties at the beginning.
Then I started doing things repeatedly. Every time I write, the writing looked
better and better. I created a blog page and write blogs daily. Written articles
related to stories, reports, news etc. inspired me to write. There are some of
the challenges that I still face which are as follows:
1. Grammatical errors
2. Spelling Errors
3. Lack of Ideas
4. Poor Creativity
Writing
C. Write a paragraph on any one of the following topics.
a. My School Library
My School Library is a storehouse of books. It has a lot of
different types of books. There are different subjects’ books in my School
library. Students can get book issued in their library card. There re also many
journals and magazines in my school library. Books are journals are issued for
15 days, then they should renew for next 15 days or I can get other book. There
are three big rooms in library building. In one room, there are text books of
science, commerce, education, humanities, la and information technology
faculties. In second room, there are history, literature, journal and other
books in different languages. The books are arranged in almeries and shelves.
The third room of the library is the reading room. It is a quiet place. It
remains open all working day.
b. Moral Values I Like Most
Moral values are the principles and ethics that help us to
live an honest life. It keeps our life on the right path. besides this, honesty
and truthfulness are great moral values I like most. When we are honest and
live by truth, there is not fear of corruption and violence. In this condition,
there will be greater peace all around. We need to be courageous, bold, honest
and truthful. It is easy to tell a lie and get benefit but we should try to
live by truth. The truth may hurt us or someone but we may have to uphold the
reality. We have to accept the truth at all times even the unfavorable time. We
shouldn’t be jealous others’ belongings. We should do smart work to earn money
without cheating other persons.
Grammar
B. Rewrite the following sentences with the adverbs in the
appropriate place.
i. I watch television. (often)
I often watch television.
ii. Have you been to Janakput? (ever)
Have you ever been to Janakpur.
iii. They play football on Saturday. (sometimes)
They sometimes play football on Saturday.
iv. The weather is bad in November. (always)
The weather is always bad in November.
v. We have fish for dinner. (seldom)
We seldom have fish for dinner.
vi. Pritam doesn’t get up before seven. (usually)
Pritam usually gets up after seven.
vii. I was very tired and I was hungry. (also)
I was very tired and I was also hungry.
viii. Did you enjoy the flight? (both)
Did you both enjoy the flight?
C. Rewrite the following sentences placing the underlined
words in the right position.
i. I never have understood her.
I have never understood her.
ii. We are often invited to the parties.
We are often invited to the parties.
iii. We all were tired, so we all fell asleep.
We were all tired, so we all fell asleep.
iv. Rajan drives always to work.
Rajan always drives to work.
v. Pradip hardly ever watches television, but he reads
newspapers a lot.
Pradip hardly ever watches television, but he read newspaper
a lot.
vi. We enjoyed very much the party.
We enjoyed the party very much.
vii. My brother speaks fluently English.
My brother speaks English fluently.
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