Activities on The Turning Point of My Life

WELCOME Prafulla Mahure, Mahatma Gandhi Jr.College, Gadchandur Cell 9421813483 A1. Complete the following statements by choosing appropriate words/phrases from the extract.
a) The narrator was advised to ........ complete rest.
b) He stayed at ......... for his complete rest.
c)He decided to .........in his idleness.
d) He compared his writing progress with........
A2. Complete the flow chart stating how the narrator was unprepared for writing his novel.

• [Never seen a thesaurus]
  • [_____________]
    • [____________]
  • [______________]
    [______________]
  A2. Complete the flowchart how the narrator was haunted by his writing.
  • [Characters took shape]
    • [_____________]
      • [____________]
    • [______________]
      [______________]

    A2 Give reason: The narrator threw his manuscript in the ash can because........... A3. State the qualities of the narrator that impress you most. A3. Pick out the expressions/sentences to prove that the narrator was engrossed in his writing of a novel. A3. Select the type of patients the doctor/narrator had 1) Nice old ladies without any wrong with them. 2)Rich and poor villagers nothing wrong with them. 3)Cabbies, porters, deadbeats everything wrong with them. 4) Wounded soldiers nothing wrong with them. A3 Rearrange the events in prpoer sequence. 1) The novel was dramatized, serialized ,translated into 19 languages and bought by Hollywood. 2)Encouraged by farmer's words , the doctor wrote harder than ever. 3) The turning point of his life was the words of the farmer, Mr Angus : "If you only dig enough, a pasture can be made here." 4)The narrator learnt the lesson:"The victory of all achievements is victory over oneself." A3. Complete the table

    
    

    School master's encouraging words	Narrator's response