Gujarat Board GSEB Class 10 English Textbook Solutions First Flight Chapter 4 From the Diary of Anne Frank Textbook Exercise Important Questions and Answers, Notes Pdf.
Gujarat Board Textbook Solutions Class 10 English First Flight Chapter 4 From the Diary of Anne Frank
GSEB Class 10 English From the Diary of Anne Frank Text Book Questions and Answers
Oral Comprehension Check (Textbook Page No. 51)
Question 1.
What makes writing in a diary a strange experience for Anne Frank ?
Answer:
Writing in a diary was a strange 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 to get off all the burden and pain she wants to keep a diary in which she finds a true friend as she has hardly any friends whom she could 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.
Question 4.
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 5.
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 lighting up one candle for Grandmother she shows her love for her.
(Textbook Page No. 54)
Question 6.
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 home work to write essays to keep her silent and the topics always related to her nature.
Question 7.
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 5 could do anything about their inherited traits.
Question 8.
Do you think Mr Keesing was a strict teacher ?
Answer:
No, Mr Keesing was not a bad or strict teacher because a teacher does something for the welfare of his students. Any teacher would be annoyed if children keep on talking in the class. Secondly, if he had been strict he would not have laughed at Anne’s funny arguments.
Question 9.
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 thirteen-year-old girl ?
Answer:
Yes, Anne was right when she said l so because most of the people don’t want to give importance to a child’s perspective toward the world because they are too immature for the world. But Anne Frank has become one of i the most discussed of all holocaust victims. Her ‘diary’ has been translated into many languages,
Question 2.
There are some examples of diary or journal entries in the ‘Before You Read’section. Compare these with what Anne writes s 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 most of the examples given before the text. It was somewhere closer to the memoir in whicjt 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 s ‘Kitty’ as an insider or an outsider ?
Answer:
Anne gave an introduction of her family 5 in the ‘diary’ because it was hard to make other realise that a thirteen-year-old teenager could write about her loneliness. Kitty was an s ‘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 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 but later he allowed Anne to talk in the class post reading her essays.
Question 7.
What do these statements tell you about Anne Frank as a person ?
(1) 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.
(2) I don’t want to jot; down the facts in this diary the way most people would do, but I want the diary to be my friend.
(3) 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.
(4) 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.
(5) 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:
(1) Anne is reserved.
(2) She is self-confident and inventive.
(3) She is humorous as well.
(4) Anne is intelligent.
(5) She has a sense of propriety and convincing attitude.
Thinking about Language
Match the compound words under column ‘A’ with their meanings under column ‘B’. Use each in a sentence.
| Column ‘A’ | Column ‘B’ |
| 1. Heart-breaking | a. Obeying and respecting the law |
| 2. Homesick | b. Think about pleasant things, forgetting about the present |
| 3. Blockhead | c. Something produced by a person, machine or organisation |
| 4. Law-abiding | d. Producing great sadness. |
| 5. Overdo | e. An occasion when vehicles/machines stop working |
| 6. Daydream | f. An informal word which means a very stupid person |
| 7. Breakdown | g. Missing home and family very much |
| 8. Output | h. Do something to an excessive degree. |
Answer:
(1 – d), (2 – g), (3 – f), (4 – a), (5 – h), (6 – b) (7 – e), (8 – c).
Phrasal Verbs:
Find the sentences in the lesson that have the phrasal verbs given below. Match them with their meanings. (You have already found out the meanings for some of them.) Are their meanings the same as that of their parts ? (Note that two parts of a phrasal verb may occur separated in the text.)
| ‘A’ | ‘B’ |
| 1. Plunge in
2. Kept back 3. Move up 4. Ramble on 5. Get along with 6. Calm down 7. Stay in 8. Make up for 9. Hand in |
A. Speak or write without focus
b. Stay indoors c. Make (them) remain quiet d. Have a good relationship with E. Give an assignment (homework) to a person in authority (the teacher) f. Compensate g. Go straight to the topic h. Go to the next grade i. Not promoted |
Answer:
(1 – g), (2 – i), (3 – h), (4 – a), (5 – d), (6 – c), (7 – b), (8 – f), (9 – e).
Idioms:
Question 1.
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.)
1. Our entire class is quaking in its boots.
2. Until then, we keep telling each other not to lose heart.
3. Mr Keesing annoyed with me for ages because I talked so much.
4. Mr Keesing was trying to play a joke ? on me with this ridiculous subject, but s I’d make sure the joke was on him.
Answer:
1. Shaking with fear and nervous.
2. Not to thin about negative side, but hope for the best.
3. For quite a long time.
4. Joke would be on him only.
Question 2.
Here are a few more idiomatic ’ expressions that occur in the text. Try to use them in sentences of your own.
1. caught my eye
2. had enough
3. laugh ourselves silly
4. can’t bring myself to
5. break somebody’s heart
6. close/dear to heart
7. from the (bottom of your) heart
8. have a heart
9. have a heart of stone
10. your heart goes out to somebody
Answer:
1. While I was in the market, a beautiful purse had caught my eye.
2. The teacher said that he’d had enough and he wanted all the notebooks by Wednesday.
3. We laughed ourselves silly on his stupid jokes.
4. I can’t bring myself to terms with S this tragedy.
5. It is not a good habit to break somebody’s heart.
6. I am very close to my father’s heart.
7. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for being my mentor.
8. I request you to have a heart and look again at my application.
9. It is said that people like Hitler had a heart of stone.
10. As I looked at the shabbily dressed up children, my heart went out to them.
Contracted Forms:
Question 1.
Make a list of the contracted forms in the text. Rewrite them as full forms of two words.
For example : I’ve = I have
Answer:
- I’ve-I have
- Doesn’t – does not
- Won’t-will not
- I’m-I am
- Don’t – do. not
- Can’t – cannot
- it’s-it is
- That’s – that is
- I’d-I would/I had
- Didn’t – did not
- Who’ll-who will
- You’re-You are
- We’ll-We will
- There’s-there is
- He’d-he would/he had
- Who’s-who is
- Haven’t-have not
Question 2.
We have seen that some contracted forms can stand for two different full forms:
For example : I’d – I had or I would
Find in the text the contracted forms that stand for two different full forms, and say what these are.
Answer:
He’d – He had or he would
GSEB Class 10 English From the Diary of Anne Frank Additional Important Questions and Answers
Read the following passages and select the most appropriate answers for the questions given Below them:
Question 1.
Let me put it more clearly, since no one will believe that a thirteen-year-old girl is completely alone in the world. And I’m not. I have loving parents and a sixteen-year-old sister, and there are about thirty people I can call friends. I have a family, loving aunts and a good home. No, on the surface I seem to have everything, except my one true friend. All I think about when I’m with friends is having a J good time. I can’t bring myself to talk about anything but ordinary everyday things. 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. In any case, that’s just how things are, and unfortunately they’re not liable to change. This is why I’ve started the diary.
1. The writer does not feel lonely in the company of …………………..
A. her parents.
B. her elder sister.
C. some thirty friends.
D. All of these three
Answer:
D. All of these three
2. ‘I seem to have everything, except my one true friend’. Who is this true friend of the writer ?
A. The one who is no more.
B. Her elder sister
C. Her diary
D. Her loving aunt
Answer:
C. Her diary
3. The writer is not very happy in the company of her friends because ………………
A. her friends ignore her.
B. she cannot be friendly with them as she should.
C. they don’t confide in each other.
D. All of these three.
Answer:
C. they don’t confide in each other.
4. The writer started writing a diary because ……………
A. she needed some company intensely.
B. she wanted to make record of everything that she lived.
C. it was her hobby.
D. her parents had insisted her to do so.
Answer:
A. she needed some company intensely.
Question 2.
I started right away at the Montessori nursery school. I stayed there until I was six, at which time I started in the first form. In the sixth form my teacher was Mrs Kuperus, the headmistress. At the end of the year, we were both in tears as we said a heartbreaking farewell.
In the summer of 1941 Grandma fell ill and had to have an operation, so my birthday passed with little celebration.
Grandma died in January 1942. No one knows how often I think of her and still love her. This birthday celebration in 1942 was intended to make up for the other, and Grandma’s candle was lit along with the rest.
1. The word ‘form’ used in this passage stands for ……………… .
A. format
B. standard
C. drawing
D. type
Answer:
B. standard
2. Which sentence in the passage suggests that the writer was emotionally attached with her teacher ?
A. I stayed there until I was six, at which time I started in the first form.
B. In the sixth form my teacher was Mrs Kuperus, the headmistress.
C. At the end of the year, we were both in tears as we said a heartbreaking farewell.
D. I started right away at the Montessori nursery school.
Answer:
C. At the end of the year, we were both in tears as we said a heartbreaking farewell.
3. Owing to ………………… the writer could not celebrate her birthday with great celebration.
A. her grandmother’s death
B. her grandmother’s surgery
C. a sad farewell from her school
D. her own resistance
Answer:
B. her grandmother’s surgery
4. How did the writer pay homage to her late grandmother ?
A. By postponing the celebration of her birthday.
B. By cutting the cake in her grandmother’s name.
C. By lighting Grandma’s candle along with the rest.
D. By holding a prayer in the name of her late grandmother.
Answer:
C. By lighting Grandma’s candle along with the rest.
Question 3.
That evening, after I’d finished the rest of my homework, the note about the essay caught my eye. I began thinking about the subject while chewing the tip of my fountain pen. 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. I thought and thought, s and suddenly I had an idea. I wrote the three pages Mr Keesing had assigned me and was S satisfied. I argued that talking is a student’s trait and that I would do my best to keep it under l control, but that I would never be able to cure myself of the habit since my mother talked as much as I did if not more, and that there’s not much you can do about inherited traits.
1. ‘Chewing the tip of her fountain pen’ in the passage suggests ……………
A. Anne’s confusion.
B. Anne’s worry.
C. Anne’s anger.
D. Anne’s habit.
Answer:
A. Anne’s confusion.
2. The phrase ‘come up with’ in the passage means …………………..
A. ‘arrive at’.
B. ‘declare’.
C. ‘produce’.
D. ‘interrupt’.
Answer:
C. ‘produce’.
3. What did the writer resolve ?
A. That she would follow a student-trait.
B. That she would restrain her talking.
C. That she would not do any assignment.
D. None of these three.
Answer:
B. That she would restrain her talking.
4. The writer could not keep her talking under control as ……………….
A. she feared that she would stop talking for ever.
B. the habit had been deeply rooted in her for years.
C. she had inherited talking from her parents.
D. None of these three.
Answer:
C. she had inherited talking from her parents.
Answer the following questions in five to six sentences each:
Question 1.
Why did Anne think that she could confide more in her diary than in the people ?
Answer:
Anne Frank did not have a friend with whom she could share her view of thinking. Although she had spent a good time with heir friends but she was unable to share her views and thoughts with them. When she got her diary, she decided to share everything with it because she believed that nobody would be interested enough in her musings. So, she treated her diary as her best friend. It would keep her life a secret and would not react like people. She confided everything in the diary; her family, her fear, her loneliness, her life and considered it her best friend.
Question 2.
Who helped Anne in writing the essay and how ?
Answer:
Anne was fond of talking a lot. Mr Keesing punished her and gave her essays to write one after another as she didn’t stop talking in the class. When she was asked to write the essay on the topic ‘Quack, Quack, Quack said Mistress Chatterbox’ she decided to make it original. Her friend Sanne helped her as she was good at poetry and suggested her to write the entire essay in verse. Anne tried to play a joke on Mr Keesing with the essay.Mr Keesing took it in the right way and read it in the class. He understood that she was not a dull student, but talkative so he allowed her to talk and did not punish her again.
Question 3.
‘Paper has more patience than people’. Justify.
OR
‘Paper has more patience than people’, Do you agree with’the statement?
Answer:
Anne believes that people are not interested in other’s life as they are stuck With their own problems so it is really hard to get someone who can give importance to her diary. People feel bored and become impatient when we talk about our problems.
On the other hand, when we write our feelings and thoughts on paper, we can write as long as we want without thinking of anyone, as it doesn’t react. We can share our feelings, both sad and happy. It never gets bored or stops us to write. It behaves like a true friend who keeps your secret and listens to you patiently. So she thinks that paper has more patience than people.
Writing
Now you know what a diary is and how to keep one. Can you keep a diary for a week recording the events that occur ? You may share your diary with your class, if you wish to. Use the following hints to write your diary.
- Though your diary is very private, write as if you are writing for someone else.
- Present your thoughts in a convincing manner.
- Use words that convey your feelings, and words that ‘paint pictures’ for the reader. Be brief.
Answer:
Diary Writing September 9, 2021
Got up very late this morning as I had kept awake the previous night watching a cricket match. My parents knew the fact, so they let me sleep till late as it was Sunday and I had no early engagements. It was leisure time affgr very long and I wanted to enjoy it to my heart’s content. I went through both Gujarati and English newspapers relishing coffee and snacks. Then I spent almost an hour taking a thorough bath. What a feel after ages! Then my mom had prepared a sweet dish of my liking for lunch and I ate it to my fill. In the afternoon I enjoyed a movie with my friends and did window shopping at a nearby mall. The evening was meant for my long cherished hang out with friends and pizza savour. What a day!
September 10, 2021
Once more in the beginning of a new week, getting up early, going to school, and facing the same age-old faces of teachers was nothing less than daunting to me; however I recovered in the recess being in the company of my friends. We had our snacks-boxes and sharing the eatables among ourselves really boosted up my spirit. Learning English with my favourite teacher was energising. Going back home riding cycles with friends and playing pranks along the way was more fun.
September 11, 2021
It was Tuesday and most of the classes in the school were of Computer, P.T. and drawing. The most relaxing day in the entire week and we had a lot of ‘gupshup’ and many more pranks. I had tuition class in the afternoon and swimming slot in the evening.
September 12, 2021
While going to school on my bicycle, I saw an accident. A scooterist, a young girl knocked down an old lady as she was a learner and had lost control. I parked my cycle by the roadside and rushed to help the injured old lady. She had bruises on her hand and sprain in her ankle. I helped her to call her relative on mobile. I reached late to school but was let off for the genuine reason.
September 13, 2021
My cousin had come so I took off from school and spent the day talking and sharing a lot. He had some fantastic video games in his mobile phone. We have casting facility in our TV. We casted the games on the big screen and had a great time playing these games.
September 14, 2021
‘ Thursday is an activity day in our school. Every Monday we are given a project to work on and we have to submit the same on Thursday. Everyone does it with dedication. So many innovations can be seen. We discuss regarding the projects with our teachers. Somehow I like this day very much. This Thursday also I carried my project on the innovative way to use solar energy. It was greatly appreciated and I felt motivated.
September 15, 2021
My father was going to buy a new car this Friday, so I went to school but could hardly manage to concentrate on my studies. Was waiting very eagerly to reach home hurriedly as soon as school got over. Reached home took brisk lunch and started discussing with my sister what new facilities will be in the new car and both of us started dreaming of the first ride. In the afternoon the moment came. The dealer himself brought us a cake and we celebrated. The pink ribboned, shining new car was like a dream come true.
From the Diary of Anne Frank Summary in English
From the Diary of Anne Frank Introduction:
Annelies Marie Frank (12 June, 1929 – February or March 1945) was a German-born Jewish girl who gained fame posthumously with the publication of The Diary of a Young Girl, in which she documented her life in hiding from 1942 to 1944, during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II. It is one of the world’s most widely known books and has been the basis for several plays and films.
From the Diary of Anne Frank Summary:
Writing in a diary was really a strange experience for Anne as she was writing it for the first time. She felt that nobody would be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old girl. But in her state of depression, she wanted a companion, and ‘She found that only a diary could be her true and patient friend wherein she could squeeze out her boredom.
She wrote that she had loving parents arid a sixteen-year-old sister, Margot. There were about thirty people whom she could call her friends. She also had a family, loving aunts and a good home, but still she wanted a true friend, which she found in the form of a diary and she fondly named it ‘Kitty’.
Anne was sent to Montessori nursery school. She stayed there till she was six. That time their headmistress was Mrs Kuperus. She was given tearful farewell at the end of the year. Her grandma, whom she loved too dearly fell ill in 194], and was operated on. She died in 1942 which left her greatly shocked.
On the day of their result, all the students were nervous. Out of their nine teachers, Mr Keesing, her Mathematics teacher often kept annoyed with Anne as she was very talkative. As a punishment, she was given to write an essay-‘A Chatterbox’, which she was unable to write. Somehow she managed to complete her homework. She thought that talking was a student’s trait.
She had inherited talkative nature from her mother. After reading the essay, Mr Keesing laughed heartily. Once again he gave another essay -‘An Incorrigible Chatterbox’ as a punishment. She did not talk for two lessons. During the third lesson, he again asked her to write on the topic’ ‘Quack, Quack, Quack, said Mistress Chatterbox’. At this, Anne laughed and the class also laughed loudly. Now she wanted to write something new and convincing on the topic but she could not write. Her friend, Sanne helped her to write. She wrote in verse.
Anne read the story in the class. It had a story of a mother duck and father swan with three ducklings. The father swan had bitten the three ducklings to death as they quacked too much. In fact it was a joke on Mr Keesing, but luckily he took it in right way. Then she was allowed to talk and no extra work was given. Mr Keesing was a changed person then, and he also started cutting jokes in the class.