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Cricket is originally a/an
(a) Indian game
(b) British game
(c) International game.
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'There is a historical reason behind both these oddities.' In the preceding two paragraphs, find two words/phrases that mean the same as 'additives.
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How is a cricket bat different from a hockey stick?
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Write True or false against each of the following sentences :
(a) India joined the world of Test cricket before independence.
(b) The colonisers did nothing to encourage the Parsis in playing cricket.
(c) Palwankar Baloo was India's First Test Captain-
(d) Australia played its first Test against England as a sovereign nation.
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A 'professional' cricket player is one who makes a living by playing cricket. Find the opposite of 'professional' in the last paragraph.
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In' the triumph of the one-day game', 'triumph' means
(i) Superiority to Text cricket
(ii) inferiority to Test cricket
(iii) achievement and success over Test cricket
(iv) Popularity among viewers
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"....... the men for whom the world is a stage".
(i) It refers to the famous cricket fields in the world.
(ii) It means there are many cricket palying countries in the world
(iii) It implies that cricketers are like actors and every cricket ground is like the stage on which the drama of a cricket match is enacted the world over.
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Name some stick and ball games that you have witnessed or heard of.
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The Parsis were the first Indian community to take to cricket. Why?
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The rivalry between the Parsis and the Bombay Gymkhana had a happy ending for the former. What does "a happy ending" refer to?
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Do you Think cricket owes its present popularity to television? Justify your answer.
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Why has cricket a large viewership in India, not in China or Russia?
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What do you understand by the game's (cricket) 'equipment'?
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How is Test cricket a unique game in many ways?
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How is cricket different from other team games?
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How have advances in technology affected the game of cricket?
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Explain how cricket changed with changing times and yet remained unchanged in some ways?
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Wordsearch
• Twelve words associated with cricket are hidden in this table.
• Six can be found horizontally and the remaining six vertically.
• Two words have been found for you.
Clues to the hidden words are given below.
Horizontal : six deliveries, four runs, attacked while out of arena, no result, stumps, fielder to the off side of the wicketkeeper.
Vertical : stumps flying, back to the pavilion, a lofty one, midair mishap, not even one out of six, goes with bat.
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Add-ly to italicised word in each sentence. Rewrite the sen- tences using the new word. See the examples first.
• He runs between wickets as if his legs were stiff.
He runs between wickets stiffly.
• Why did the batsman swing the bat in such a violent manners?
Why did the batsman swing the bat so violently?
(i) It is obvious that the work has not been done in a proper way.
(ii) He made the statement in a firm manner
(iii) The job can be completed within a week in an eary way.
(iv) You did not play in a serious manner, or else you would have won the match.
(v) She recited the poem in a cheeful manner
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Use the following phrases appropriately in place of the italicized words in the sentences given below.
as a matter of fact ;
we had better;
see to it ;
by accident;
as well;
(i) Actually, I didn't intend to come to your place, I reached here without planning.
(ii) Sunil, there is a letter for you in today's post. There's one for me also.
(iii) Everybody thought I had composed the poem. The truth is my younger sister did it.
(iv) The doctor told the patient to make sure that he took his pills on time.
(v) It will be better for us to plan our trip before setting out.
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Complete each of the following words using gh, ff, or f. Then say each word deary after your teacher.
(i) e.....ort (vii) Siru....
(ii) ... act (viii) rou.....
(iii) con....ess (ix) sti......ly
(iv) lau.....ing (x) di........erence
(v) enou...... (xi) sa..... ety
(vi) hal....... (xii) .......lush
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Write two paragraphs describing a bus ride to watch a cricket match in a village. Use the following point. Add some of you own.
• two - hour journey by bus.
• an old and crowded bus
• friendly passengers
• visit to a village fair where the match is to be played.
• the match between two village teams.
• makeshift stumps, rough pitch and rubber ball
• the match was enjoyable, but the trip was tiring
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