My Dairy
Textual Questions & Answers
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Activity 1
Choose the correct answer from the given
alternatives:
(a) Anne Frank’s birthday
was on -
(i) 14th June
(ii) 12th June
(iii) 20th June
Ans: (ii) 12th
June
(b) Moortje is
Anne’s -
(i) pet dog
(ii) pet bird
(iii) pet cat
Ans: (iii) pet cat.
(c) During recess in the
school Anne treated everyone with -
(i) sweet biscuits
(ii) chocolates
(iii) sweets
Ans: (i) sweet biscuits
Activity 2
Answer the following questions:
(a) What did Anne do when
she could no longer control her curiosity?
Ans: Anne went to the dining room, when she could no
longer control curiosity.
(b) Which present did
Anne see first? Why does she refer to it as ‘you’?
Ans: Anne saw a diary first. She refers to it as ‘you’
because she is going to make her dairy his dearest friend.
(c) Who is the author of
the book “Tales and Legends of Netherlands”?
Ans: The author of the book ‘Tales and Legends of
Netherlands’ is Joseph Cohen.
(d) What did Anne want to
do with the money that she got as birthday gift?
Ans: Anne wanted to buy the myths of Greece and Rome with
the money that she got as birthday gift.
Activity 3
Arrange the following sentences in the
proper sequence:
i. Anne went to the dining room. [ 2 ]
ii. Anne went to school with her friends. [ 5 ]
iii. Anne went to the sitting room.
[ 4 ]
iv. Anne woke up. [ 1 ]
v. Anne went to her
mummy and daddy. [ 3 ]
Activity 4
Answer the following questions:
(a) When did Anne have
her birthday party?
Ans: Anne had her birthday party on Sunday afternoon.
(b) What is “The Light
House Keeper”?
Ans: “The Light House Keeper” is a film, shown to Anne’s friends
at her birthday party.
(c) Who had been Anne’s
best friend for years?
Ans: Lies Goosens and Sanne Houtman had been Anne’s
best friend for years.
(d) Where did Anne meet
her present best friend?
Ans: Anne met her present best friend at Jewish Secondary
School.
Activity 5
Choose the correct answer from the given
alternatives:
(a) Anne has a sister who
is -
(i) thirteen years old
(ii) sixteen years old
(iii) fourteen years old
Ans: (ii) sixteen years
old
(b) Kitty is Anne’s -
(i) friend
(ii) Sister
(iii) Diary
Ans: (iii) Diary
(c) The above text is a -
(i) biography
(ii) diary
(iii) short story
Ans: (ii) diary
(d) Anne had to say
goodbye to -
(i) Mrs K
(ii) Margot
(iii) her parents
Ans: (i) Mrs K
Activity 6
Fill in the following chart with information from
the text:
|
Year
|
What happened
|
|
1926
|
The author’s sister was
born
|
|
1929
|
The author was born
|
|
1933
|
The author and her
family emigrated to Holland
|
|
1938
|
The author’s two maternal
uncle escaped to the USA
|
|
1942
|
The author’s
grandmother died
|
Activity 7
Answer the following questions:
(a) What is the saying
that came back to Anne on one of her melancholy days?
Ans: The saying is “Paper is more patient than man”.
(b) Why does Anne
consider her diary to be a dear friend?
Ans: Anne considered her diary to be a dear friend because
it enhanced in her mind’s eye the picture of the friend for whom she waited so
long.
(c) Where was Anne’s
father appointed when they emigrated to Holland?
Ans: Anne’s father was appointed as Managing Director of Travies
N.V. when they emigrated to Holland.
(d) Why was Anne’s life
filled with anxiety?
Ans: Anne’s life was filled with anxiety because her
family felt the full impact of Hitler’s anti-Jewish laws.
Activity 8
Identify which of the following statements are true and which are
false. Give a supporting statement for each of your answers:
(a) Anne thought that no
one will be interested in the unbosomings of a thirteen-year-old school girl.
Ans: True , Supporting
Statement: “but because it seems to me that neither I - nor for that matter
anyone else – will be interested in the unbosomings of a
thirteen-year-old school girl.”
(b) In her diary Anne
wanted to bring out all kinds of things that live buried deep in her heart.
Ans: True , Supporting
Statement: “I want out all kinds of things that buried dip in my heart.”
(c) Anne seemed to lack
everything.
Ans: False , Supporting
Statement: “I don’t seem to lack anything.”
(d) Anne was born in
Holland.
Ans: False , Supporting
Statement: “We emigrated to Holland in 1933.”
(e) Anne was admitted in
the fourth form in the Jewish Secondary School.
Ans: False , Supporting
Statement: “She is in the fourth form and I into the first.”
Activity 9(a)
Find the antonyms of the following words from the
text.
(a) familiar: odd
(b) imaginary: real
(c) inside: outside
(d) hate: love
(e) happy: sad
(f) past: present
Activity 9 (b)
Make sentences with the words that you have found
in activity 9 (a):
(a) familiar: The MLA is very
familiar to me.
Odd: The idea seems to me very odd.
(b) imaginary: Don’t
dwell in an imaginary world.
real: My dairy is only my real
friend.
(c) inside: There
is none inside the house.
outside: Don’t go outside at night.
(d) hate: Don’t
hate the poor.
love: Always love the children.
(e) happy: I’m
very happy.
sad: Don’t be sad now.
(f) past: Don’t
think about past.
present: Always think about present
time.
Activity 10
Fill in the gaps with the words given below:
(series, stubborn, control, recess, terrific)
(a) We should try
to control our anger.
(b) Maradona was a terrific footballer.
(c) Rahul is a stubborn boy.
(d) We took our lunch
during the recess.
(e) He drew a series of
pictures.
Activity 11
Make as many words as you can with the prefix
“–un”. Make sentences of your own with those words.
i. unhappy: She is unhappy for her result.
ii. unpleasant: There is an unpleasant weather outside.
iii. unavoidable: Always prepare to face unavoidable
situation.
iv. uncut: Please tell me the uncut story that
you know about the incident.
v. unchanged: He remains unchanged though he fails in
the exams.
Activity 12 (a)
Put an apostrophe (’) in appropriate places to
make possessives:
(a) Ravi’s father
is a doctor.
(b) Neela wants Riya’s pen.
(c) Tendulkar is India’s pride.
(d) Sunil’s
and Rahim’s bicycles are new.
(e) Raju’s brother
lives in boy’s hostel.
Activity 12 (b)
Put an apostrophe (‘) inappropriate places to make
contracted verb forms:
(a) I’m writing
a letter now.
(b) You’re a
good boy.
(c) She’s drawing
a picture.
(d) He’d have
done it.
(e) They’ve gone
to school.
Activity 13 (a)
Fill in the blanks with appropriate possessive
pronounce given below:
(ours, mine, theirs, yours, hers)
(a) This picture is mine.
(b) I found Sheema’s book
but at I couldn’t find ours.
(c) All the essays were
good but yours was the best.
(d) Your photos are
good. Hers are terrible.
(e) Rita and Mohan don’t
like your drawing. Do you like theirs?
Activity 13 (b)
Fill in the blanks with appropriate possessive
adjectives given below:
(their, your, my, our, its)
(a) This is my book.
(b) I like your new
pen.
(c) The dog is
licking its paw.
(d) We have sold our house.
(e) The students
thanked their teacher.
Activity 14
Underline the participle adjectives in the
following sentences. Be careful, all the sentences do not have participle
adjectives.
(a) A barking dog
seldom bites. (‘barking’ → Present Participle)
(b) The dog
was barking loudly. (‘barking’ → verb)
(c) Mathematics is
an interesting subject. (‘interesting’ → Present Participle)
(d) It was an amusing story.
(‘amusing’ → Present Participle)
(e) The teacher was instructing his
students. (‘instructing’ → verb)
Activity 15
Punctuate the following passage:
Anil went to Rahul’s
house yesterday morning. He asked Rahul, “Are you going to school today?” Rahul
said, “No, I’m going to Darjeeling.” “It’s such a beautiful place!” Anil said;
“But Rahul, the tests are starting from next week.” Rahul answered, “Don’t
worry, I have prepared well for them.” Anil came back home a little sad. But he
was happy for Rahul.
Activity 16
Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of
the verbs given in brackets:
a. I will see (see)
you tomorrow.
b. The students were
writing (write) a summary.
c. Ali has
been reading (read) this book since morning.
d. I had
finished (finish) my work when Mukta came to see me.
e. When I visited her,
she was singing (sing).
f. He told me that he is
mother had been (be) ill for six days.
g. He will
come (come) here tomorrow.
h. I have been
living (live) in Kolkata for five years.
i. The train had
left (leave) before they reached the station.
j. The cold wind is
blowing (blow) hard.