Question 1

Question 1: For example, 1. Many are the empty remarks …………….. Noun. 2. A wise man once remarked, ………….. Verb. Make two sentences of your own with each of the words given below, using the same

Accepted Answer

1. Change:

Question 2

Question 1: Our ears are like funnels because …………..

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they are open all the time and there is no door with which you can close them.

Question 3

Question 2: The two rows of teeth are like a fence because ……………..

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if we wish to speak our words have to pierce through them.

Question 4

Question 3: The two lips are like fence because ……………….

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before a word is spoken, it has to pass through it.

Question 5

Question 4: Harsh words are like scattered bits of paper carried away by the wind because ………………

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once you have spoken them aloud, it is very difficult to take them back.

Question 6

Question 1: You may begin as given below. “I went quickly to my spiritual teacher for advice because I had ………….”

Accepted Answer

I went quickly to my spiritual teacher for advice because I had hurt and insulted my dear friend with unkind and harsh words. When I asked him for the solution, he gave me a fresh sheet of blank paper and a pen and instructed me to write down on that paper all the harsh things I had told my friend.

Question 7

Question 1: Was Disraeli trying to give a scientific reason?

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No, Disraeli wasn’t trying to give a scientific reason, but a logical one. He just wanted to draw our attention to the fact, that human physiology suggests that we should speak less and listen more.

Question 8

Question 2: Was he only trying to give a message in a light-hearted but effective way?

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Yes, he was only trying to give a message in a light-hearted but effective way.

Question 9

Question 3: Have you ever passed an empty remark or win statement that might hurt someone? What can you do to avoid it again?

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Yes, I have passed a vain statement about a classmate’s dressing sense only to realize later that she came from a poor financial background. I was lucky she didn’t hear it or else she would have been hurt. From that day I decided not to pass such remarks because often we do not know the complete bac

Question 10

Question 1: What did the wise teacher ask the young man to do?

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The wise teacher asked the young man to write down on a paper all the harsh things he had told his friend.

Question 11

Question 2: What did the wise teacher ask the young man to do with the sheet of paper?

Accepted Answer

The wise teacher asked the young man to tear the sheet of paper into a hundred tiny pieces and throw the bits out of the window.

Question 12

Question 3: What is the similarity between the bits of paper scattered in the wind and spoken words?

Accepted Answer

Just as bits of paper scattered in the wind are difficult to gather, similarly spoken words are impossible to take back.

Question 13

Question 1:

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Complex Factual Questions. Question 1. How do we become slaves of words spoken by us? Answer: Once we have spoken a word we become slaves as we cannot take it back, no matter how hard we try. You cannot retrieve it.

Question 14

Question 2: What are unspoken words?

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Unspoken words are things one wants to say, but remain unsaid as thoughts in the mind.

Question 15

Question 3: How do spoken words make you a slave?

Accepted Answer

Spoken words are meant to be honoured which means we have to stand by it. We say something and do not follow it, then we lose our credibility. Hence we need to think before we speak and become slave to our own words.

Question 16

Question 4: Two rows of teeth’. Thinks of similar expressions.

Accepted Answer

Step-by-step solution provided.

Question 17

Question 1: Use the words ‘left’ in separate sentences and show the difference in the meaning.

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My’sister uses her left hand efficiently. After the function, a lot of food was left behind. She lift without telling anybody.

Question 18

Question 2: Man was meant to listen more and talk less similarly make a sentence using words of opposite meaning.

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We breathe in oxygen and breath out carbon dioxide.

Question 19

Question 1: The wise teacher gave him a fresh sheet of blank paper and pen. (Rewrite ending with ‘the wise teacher’)

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He was given a fresh sheet of blank paper and pen by the wise teacher.

Question 20

Question 2: You cannot change them or control them. (Make affirmative)

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You can hardly change them or control them.

Question 21

Question 3: Spoken – unspoken Write two similar antonyms using a prefix.

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1. able – unable 2. happy – unhappy

Question 22

Question 1:

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Personal Response. Question 1. Do you remember someone else speaking to you angrily, without thinking? What did you do on that occasion? Did you also speak angrily? Answer: Yes, I do remember a few occasions. When people have spoken to me angrily without a valid reason. Though I was angry, I did not

Question 23

Question 1: 1. Socrates had influenced the lives of many youths for the better. 2. According to Socrates, one must never open one’s mouth to speak.

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1. True 2. False.

Question 24

Question 1: What are three questions one needs to ask before speaking?

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Before speaking one needs to ask three questions such as – ‘Is it true?’, ‘Is it pleasant?’, ‘Is it useful?’.

Question 25

Question 2: Why should one ask the question ‘Is it true?’ before speaking?

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One must ask the question ‘Is it true?’ before speaking because if we are not sure about the truth of what we are saying, it is better we do not speak. When we speak words carelessly, we become transmitters of the untruth.

Question 26

Question 3: What is the importance of asking the question ‘ ‘Is it useful?’

Accepted Answer

It is important to ask ‘Is it useful?’ before speaking because only if our words benefit the listener and comfort someone, they should be spoken.

Question 27

Question 1: Pick out a word from the extract that means ‘useless’.

Accepted Answer

vain

Question 28

Question 2: Give antonyms. 1. ancient 2. affirmative

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1. recent / contemporary 2. negative

Question 29

Question 1: Socrates was one of the wise men of the ancient world. (Rewrite using ‘as … as’)

Accepted Answer

Very few men of the ancient world were as wise as Socrates.

Question 30

Question 2: “O wise one, how may we know when it is right to speak?” they asked him. (Write in indirect speech)

Accepted Answer

Addressing him as a wise one, they asked him how they might know when it was right time to speak.

Chapter 3.6 Think Before You Speak! Solutions