Std 10 English
Unit - 6 I love you teacher
Questions Answers
Read the extracts and answer the questions.
(1) Helen Keller became deaf and blind when she was very young. Since she was deaf, she did not learn to speak. So her parents were extremely worried. Then they found Miss Sullivan, a teacher for the deaf and blind. That changed Helen's life.
1. Why were Helen's parents worried?
Ans. Helen's parents were worried because since she was deaf, she did not learn to speak.
2. What was Miss Sullivan?
Ans. Miss Sullivan was a teacher for the
deaf and blind.
(2) I still remember that morning of the year 1887. I was just seven years of age then. My teacher Anne Sullivan came to our house that day. Next day she led me into her room and gave me a doll.
I played with it for a while. Then Miss Sullivan made some finger movements on my palm. It was an exciting experience. I got interested in that play and started imitating the movements she made with her finger. When I finally succeeded in doing that correctly, I was thrilled. I didn't know that I was spelling d-o-l-l.
1. How old was Helen when Miss Sullivan started teaching her?
Ans. Helen was seven years old when Miss Sullivan started teaching her.
2. What did Miss Sullivan give Helen?
What did Helen do with it?
Ans. Miss Sullivan gave a doll to Helen Helen played with it for a while.
3. What was an exciting experience for Helen?
Ans. When Miss Sullivan made some finger movements on Helen's palm, it was an exciting experience for her.
4.Why was Helen thrilled ?
Ans. Helen was thrilled because she
succeeded in correctly imitating the
finger movements of Miss Sullivan.
5. Which was the first word that Helen learnt ?
Ans. The first word that Helen learn was 'doll'.
(3) Some days later, we were walking in our garden. Suddenly my teacher put my hand under the water tap. As the cool flow of water ran over one hand, she spelt w-a-t-e-r on my other palm. We played this game every day touching different objects. It awakened my soul. I came to know that everything had a name. Now each name gave birth to a new thought. Every object I touched seemed throb with life. Aha! I was connected with the world through all the words.
1. What did the teacher suddenly do?
Ans. Suddenly, the teacher put Helen's
hand under the water tap.
2. What did the teacher do on Helen's palm?
Ans. As the cool flow of the water ran over one hand, the teacher spelt 'water on Helen's other palm.
3. What awakened Helen's soul?
Ans. Touching different objects and spelling their names on the palm awakened Helen's soul.
4. Each name................
Ans. Each name gave birth to a new
thought.
5. Everything that Helen touched.......... Ans. Everything that Helen touched
seemed to throb with life.
6. How was Helen connected with the world?
Ans. Helen was connected with the world through words.
4) Miss Sullivan used to take me to long walks every morning. I had a lot of questions to ask. I would write something on her palm and in turn she would talk. into my palm as people talk into a baby's ear. My teacher satisfied my curiosity. Now everything around me was full of life, love and joy.
1. How would Miss Sullivan and Helen communicate ?
Ans. If Helen had a question to ask, she would write something on Miss Sullivan's palm and in turn Miss Sullivan would write into Helen's palm as people talk into a baby's ear.
2. Everything around Helen was full of life and joy because..........
Ans. Everything around Helen was full of life and joy because her teacher satisfied her curiosity.
(5) The second stage of learning was more difficult. It was also based on the sense of touch. Miss Sullivan would speak a word, and ask me to touch her lips and throat slowly. I learnt to speak through the movements of the lips and the vibration in the throat. When I uttered my first word, it gave me boundless delight. Now I started talking with my toys, stones, trees and birds in the garden. I felt amazed and delighted as my sister ran to me when I called her, and my dog obeyed my commands. I was able to speak. It was a miracle !
1. On what was the second stage of learning based?
Ans. The second stage of learning was based on the sense of touch.
2. How did Helen learn to speak?
Ans. Miss Sullivan would speak a word, and ask Helen to touch her lips and
throat and in this way Helen learnt to speak through the movements of the lips and the vibration in the throat.
3. How did the sense of touch help Helen in learning words?
Ans. Helen learnt to speak through the
movement of the lips and vibration
in the throat.
4. When was Helen delighted ?
Ans. Helen was delighted when she uttered her first word.
5. What did Helen do after uttering the
first word?
Ans. After uttering the first word, Helen
started talking with her toys, stones, trees and birds in the garden.
6. Helen felt amazed when........
Ans. Helen felt amazed when her sister ran to her when she called her and her dog obeyed her commands.
7. What was a miracle?
Ans. The fact that Helen was able to speak was a miracle.
(6) When I studied seriously, it seemed more like play than work. Whenever anything delighted or interested me, Miss Sullivan mbon would talk about that as if she were a little girl herself. She taught subjects like science by making it so interesting that I remembered everything.
1. What was unique about Miss Sullivan? Ans. Whenever anything delighted or interested Helen, Miss Sullivan would albona talk about that as if she were a little girl herself.
2. Even when Helen studied seriously....
Ans. Even when Helen studied seriously,
it seemed more like play than work.
3. Why did Helen remembered everything she was taught?
Ans. Helen remembered everything she was taught because her teacher made all the subjects very interesting.
(7) Finally my teacher began teaching me to read. I first read raised letters and later on read with Braille. I learnt to write with both ordinary as well as Braille typewriter. I was well on my path to becoming a well-educated person. I was provided all the possible opportunities to develop my abilities and I made the maximum use of them.
I developed great confidence and I even visited the president, Cleveland at the White House.
1. Helen first read........... letters and later on read...... .
read Ans. Helen first read raised letters and later on read with Braille.
2. Helen learnt to write with...
Ans. Helen learnt to write with both ordinary as well as Braille typewriter.
3. Why does Helen say that she was on
the path to becoming a well-educated person?
Ans. Helen says that she was on the path to becoming a well-educated person because she made maximum use of all the opportunities given to her to develop her abilities.
4. What shows that Helen was a confident person?
Ans. Helen was a confident person because she visited the White House to meet President Cleveland.
(8) In 1890, at the age of about ten, I moved to the Perkins Institution. Here: my teacher Anne Sullivan continued to teach me. I could make friends with other blind children here. My loneliness began to disappear and my progress of learning improved quite well. I learnt Latin, German and arithmetic.
1. Where did Helen move to in 1890? How old was she?
Ans. In 1890, at the age of ten, Helen moved to the Perkins Institution.
2. Why did Helen's loneliness disappear? Ans. Helen's loneliness disappeared because she could make friends with the other blind children in the Perkins Institution.
3. What did Helen learn at the Perkins Institution ?
Ans. Helen learnt Latin, German and arithmetic at the Perkins Institution.
(9) In 1896, I moved onto the Cambridge School for Young Ladies in Massachusetts. This was really a great achievement for a lady like me who was blind. deaf and could barely produce sounds for communication. I began writing poems and stories, Shortly before my examination, I lost my father. Although emotionally disturbed, I did my best in the examination. My teacher could not accompany me to the examination hall. There a teacher spelled out the questions in my hand and I typed out the answers. When the result was declared, I was so full of joy to hear that I had passed all the subjects.
1. Why was moving to the Cambridge School a great achievement for Helen? Ans. Moving to the Cambridge School was a great achievement for Helen. because she was blind, deaf and could hardly communicate.
2. What did Helen write?
Ans. Helen wrote poems and stories.
3. Why was Helen disturbed before the exam?
Ans. Helen was disturbed because she
lost her father just before the exam.
4. How did Helen appear for her exams? Ans. A teacher spelled out the questions
in her hand and Helen typed out the answers.
5. Helen was full of joy because.........
Ans. Helen was full of joy because she had passed all the subjects.
(10) I remember my first day at the Redcliff College in 1900. I knew there were challenges in my way but I was eager to overcome them. The professors looked far away as if they were speaking through a telephone. The lectures were spelled into my palms as rapidly as w would note down whatever I remembered when I went back home.
1. What shows that Helen was determined to study at the college?
Ans. Helen knew that there were difficulties in her way but she was
eager to overcome them.
2. How did Helen study at the Redcliff College?
Ans. The lectures were spelled into Helen's palms as rapidly as possible and she would note down whatever she remembered when she went back home.
3. The professors looked a.....
Ans. The professors looked far away as if they were speaking through a telephone.
(11) Here, I began to write about my life. I wrote the story both in Braille and on a normal typewriter. The story of my life was edited by John Macy. The writing was published in a magazine in 1903 and I was paid for it.
We, the blind, are as indebted to Louis Braille-as mankind is to Gutenberg.
1. Who edited the story of Helen's life? Ans. john Macy edited the story of Helen's
life.
2. To whom are the blind people...
Ans. The blind people are indebted to Louis Braille.
(12) On 28th June, 1904, graduated from the Redcliff College. I felt proud that. I became the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. I began to feel that I must educate people on ways to help the blind. My prime goal in my life was to spread awareness regarding the poor neglected state of the blind, their innate abilities and their inspirations. I had to raise funds not only to sustain a living for myself but also to start projects to remove darkness and miseries from the lives of other blind people. I strongly felt that I must give the others what I had gained from my teacher Anne.
1. What happened in 1904?
Ans. In 1904, Helen graduated from the Redcliff College..
2. Why was Helen proud ?
Ans. Helen was proud because she was
the first deaf-blind person to earn
a Bachelor of Arts degree.
3. Helen felt that she must educate people..........
Ans. Helen felt that she must educate people on ways to help the blind people.
4. What was the goal in Helen's life?
Ans. The goal in Helen's life was to spread awareness regarding the poor neglected state of the blind, their innate abilities and their inspirations.
5. Helen had to raise funds..........
Ans. Helen had to raise funds not only to sustain a living for herself but also to start projects to remove darkness and miseries from the lives of the other blind people.
6. Helen strongly felt that..........
Ans. Helen strongly felt that she must give the others what she had
gained from her teacher Anne.
(13) Then came a dark cloud in my sky. I was deeply concerned about that. My teacher's eyesight was worsening day by day. As a result she could not see clearly. She was brave enough to fight against her problem. But I was sorry because she did not heed to her problem of her eyes. Instead she continued to help me. At last my teacher lost her eyesight completely and became blind by the year 1935. She sacrificed her eyesight for me.
What a great sacrifice it was! If she had not supported and encouraged me to learn, I would not have enjoyed the beauty of the world. I cannot think myself apart from her. My heart always speaks: I love you, teacher.
1. Helen was sorry because..........
Ans. Helen was sorry because Miss
Sullivan did not pay attention to the problem of her eyes and continued to help her.
2. Why was Helen worried?
Ans. Helen was worried because her teacher's eyesight was worsening
day by day and she could not see clearly.
3. Why does Helen say that her teacher sacrificed her eyesight for her?
Ans. Helen says that her teacher sacrificed her eyesight for her because she ignored her problem and continued to help Helen, and as a result she lost her eyesight completely and became blind.
4. If Miss Sullivan had not supported and encouraged Helen to learn,...
Ans. If Miss Sullivan had not supported and encouraged Helen to learn, she would not have enjoyed the beauty of the world.
5. Which sentence shows that Helen was very close to her teacher ?
Ans. 'I cannot think myself apart from her.' This sentence shows that Helen was very close to her teacher.
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