NCERT Solution For Class 11 English (Woven words) – The Third And Final Continent

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NCERT Solution For Class 11 English – A Photograph provides us with all-inclusive information on all concepts. As students would have to learn the basics about the subject in class 11, this curriculum for class 11 is a comprehensive study material, which explains the concepts in a great way.

Questions Covered : 

Question 1: • Guess what these words and phrases mean from the context

LSE Grundig reel-to-reel hollered
heralded clamorous stucco
forsythia bushes ruffles chapped
foyer mortified

Question 2: Indicate the details that tell us that the narrator was not very financially comfortable during his stay in London.

Question 3: How did the narrator adjust to the ways of life first in London and then in Cambridge, U.S.A.?

Question 4: What do you understand of the character of Mrs Croft from the story?

Question 5: What kind of a relationship did Mrs. Croft share with her daughter Helen?

Question 6: How does the narrator bring out the contrast between the Indian way of life and American society? Do you think his wife Mala adjusted comfortably to the new way of life?

Question 7: Living abroad is challenging in many ways.

Question 8: The Indian family system offers more security to the aged than what is found in the West.

Question 9: The eccentricities of the old are often endearing.

Question 10: Discuss the manner in which the author interweaves details of the narrator’s family with the flow of the main narrative.

Question 11: ‘Mrs Croft’s was the first death I mourned in America, for, hers was the first life I had admired; she had left this world at last, ancient and alone, never to return’—how do these lines encapsulate the bond that is possible between two strangers?

Question 12: Examine the pieces of conversation in the story. How do they reflect the world view of each of the speakers?

Question 13: There are many instances of gentle humour in the story. Point out some of these and state how this contributes to the interest of the narration.

Question 14: ‘Don’t expect an English cup of tea’—how does this phrase bring out the contrast between the English and American attitudes?

Question 15: How did the narrator learn to distinguish between ‘a flask’ and ‘a thermos’?

Question 16: It took the narrator quite some time to understand that what he heard as ‘piper’, in fact, meant ‘paper’ and the phrase ‘mind the gap’ in the Tube. What do you think caused the problem?

Question 17: Make a list of items that are referred to differently in British and American English, for example, ‘lift’ (BE) ‘elevator’ (AmE).

Question 18: See if you understand what the following words that are parts of a house mean. Look up the dictionary if you don’t.
parlour foyer lounge porch
lobby attic portico