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Comprehension Passages
Lines 1-16
 Read the lines given above and answer the questions given below.
Question 1.
 
Explain with reference to context.
 
Answer:
 
These lines are taken from the poem TELEVISION, written by Roald Dahl, a British novelist, short
story writer and a poet. It is taken from his collection ‘Revolting Rhymes’. It is a stinging satire on
Television. In this poem Roald Dahl expresses concern over what the modern invention the
television set has done to children. He points out that watching TV has become a craze in modem
time. Children of today spend hours together in front of the ‘idiot box’. Roald Dahl is addressing all
British parents and telling them that the most important thing one must learn while raising children
is to keep them away from the television set. He also says that it is possible to come to a better
solution to the problem by not installing a television set in their homes in the first place.
They are unable to take the eyes off the screen. They are fascinated and intoxicated by the
meaningless entertainment that is churned out on TV. They laze around in front of the television
and gape at the screen. They lose the capacity to think. It also prevents them from using their
imagination in a creative way. They laze around in front of the television and gape at the screen.
They lose the capacity to think. It also prevents them from using their imagination in a creative way.
They behave like zombies, and have no control over their minds.
The poet bemoans the fact and feels that parents should encourage children to read books instead
of watching TV. The poet uses rhyming couplets. The use of verbs like Toll’, ‘pop’ and lounge aptly
describe the postures adopted by children while watching television. Dahl further speaks as if he
has undertaken a long research on the bad effects of watching television by visiting a large number
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Comprehension Passages
Lines 1-16
 Read the lines given above and answer the questions given below.
Question 1.
 
Explain with reference to context.
 
Answer:
 
These lines are taken from the poem TELEVISION, written by Roald Dahl, a British novelist, short
story writer and a poet. It is taken from his collection ‘Revolting Rhymes’. It is a stinging satire on
Television. In this poem Roald Dahl expresses concern over what the modern invention the
television set has done to children. He points out that watching TV has become a craze in modem
time. Children of today spend hours together in front of the ‘idiot box’. Roald Dahl is addressing all
British parents and telling them that the most important thing one must learn while raising children
is to keep them away from the television set. He also says that it is possible to come to a better
solution to the problem by not installing a television set in their homes in the first place.
They are unable to take the eyes off the screen. They are fascinated and intoxicated by the
meaningless entertainment that is churned out on TV. They laze around in front of the television
and gape at the screen. They lose the capacity to think. It also prevents them from using their
imagination in a creative way. They laze around in front of the television and gape at the screen.
They lose the capacity to think. It also prevents them from using their imagination in a creative way.
They behave like zombies, and have no control over their minds.
The poet bemoans the fact and feels that parents should encourage children to read books instead
of watching TV. The poet uses rhyming couplets. The use of verbs like Toll’, ‘pop’ and lounge aptly
describe the postures adopted by children while watching television. Dahl further speaks as if he
has undertaken a long research on the bad effects of watching television by visiting a large number
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of households in Britain. In most houses, he has found the children lazing about all day and staring
at the television screen without doing any productive work at all. Next, he indulges in a bit of
exaggeration that is nonetheless amusing when he says that sometimes the children stare so hard
that their eyeballs fall off and he has seen a dozen eyeballs rolling about on the floor in one house.
Dahl says that children entire attention is captured by the television screen and they cannot
concentrate on anything other than what they are watching.
Question 2.
 
What is the most important thing that the poet has learnt?
 
Answer:
 
The most important thing that the poet has learnt is that children should be kept away from the
television set or not to install the television set at all.
Question 3.
 
How does television keep the children still?
 
Answer:
 
Children do weird things like climbing a window, jumping over it, etc. they may accidentally hurt
themselves. So, it is better to switch on the television and let them watch it to keep them still.
Question 4.
 
What should parents do for the entertainment of their children?
 
Answer:
 
Parent, instead of making their children watch TV so that they would be busy, should provide their
kids with story books. When children will develop the habit of reading books, they will not feel like
watching TV. They will enjoy reading books as it will help them imagining and entertaining.
Question 5.
 
Name some of the things that the poet has seen in house which have televisions.
 
Answer:
 
Children always are gaping at the TV screen. They loll, slop and lounge about while watching the
television. They sit in front of the TV and stare it continuously.
Question 6.
 
Describe the effects of television on children’s mind.
 
Answer:
 
Watching television, according to the poet, is not good for younger minds. According to the poet, it
kills their imagination; it blocks their minds, and makes them dull.
Lines 17-33
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Comprehension Passages
Lines 1-16
 Read the lines given above and answer the questions given below.
Question 1.
 
Explain with reference to context.
 
Answer:
 
These lines are taken from the poem TELEVISION, written by Roald Dahl, a British novelist, short
story writer and a poet. It is taken from his collection ‘Revolting Rhymes’. It is a stinging satire on
Television. In this poem Roald Dahl expresses concern over what the modern invention the
television set has done to children. He points out that watching TV has become a craze in modem
time. Children of today spend hours together in front of the ‘idiot box’. Roald Dahl is addressing all
British parents and telling them that the most important thing one must learn while raising children
is to keep them away from the television set. He also says that it is possible to come to a better
solution to the problem by not installing a television set in their homes in the first place.
They are unable to take the eyes off the screen. They are fascinated and intoxicated by the
meaningless entertainment that is churned out on TV. They laze around in front of the television
and gape at the screen. They lose the capacity to think. It also prevents them from using their
imagination in a creative way. They laze around in front of the television and gape at the screen.
They lose the capacity to think. It also prevents them from using their imagination in a creative way.
They behave like zombies, and have no control over their minds.
The poet bemoans the fact and feels that parents should encourage children to read books instead
of watching TV. The poet uses rhyming couplets. The use of verbs like Toll’, ‘pop’ and lounge aptly
describe the postures adopted by children while watching television. Dahl further speaks as if he
has undertaken a long research on the bad effects of watching television by visiting a large number
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of households in Britain. In most houses, he has found the children lazing about all day and staring
at the television screen without doing any productive work at all. Next, he indulges in a bit of
exaggeration that is nonetheless amusing when he says that sometimes the children stare so hard
that their eyeballs fall off and he has seen a dozen eyeballs rolling about on the floor in one house.
Dahl says that children entire attention is captured by the television screen and they cannot
concentrate on anything other than what they are watching.
Question 2.
 
What is the most important thing that the poet has learnt?
 
Answer:
 
The most important thing that the poet has learnt is that children should be kept away from the
television set or not to install the television set at all.
Question 3.
 
How does television keep the children still?
 
Answer:
 
Children do weird things like climbing a window, jumping over it, etc. they may accidentally hurt
themselves. So, it is better to switch on the television and let them watch it to keep them still.
Question 4.
 
What should parents do for the entertainment of their children?
 
Answer:
 
Parent, instead of making their children watch TV so that they would be busy, should provide their
kids with story books. When children will develop the habit of reading books, they will not feel like
watching TV. They will enjoy reading books as it will help them imagining and entertaining.
Question 5.
 
Name some of the things that the poet has seen in house which have televisions.
 
Answer:
 
Children always are gaping at the TV screen. They loll, slop and lounge about while watching the
television. They sit in front of the TV and stare it continuously.
Question 6.
 
Describe the effects of television on children’s mind.
 
Answer:
 
Watching television, according to the poet, is not good for younger minds. According to the poet, it
kills their imagination; it blocks their minds, and makes them dull.
Lines 17-33
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Read the lines given above and answer the questions given below.
Question 1.
 
Explain with reference to context.
 
Answer:
 
These lines are taken from the poem TELEVISION, written by Roald Dahl, a British novelist, short
story writer and a poet. It is taken from his collection ‘Revolting Rhymes’. It is a stinging satire on
Television. In this poem Roald Dahl expresses concern over what the modem invention the
television set has done to children. Fie points out that watching TV has become a craze in modem
time. Children of today spend hours together in front of the ‘idiot box’. Roald Dahl is addressing all
British parents and telling them that the most important thing one must learn while raising children
is to keep them away from the television set. He also says that it is possible to come to a better
solution to the problem by not installing a television set in their homes in the’ first place.
Dahl admits that he knows that television can be a convenient way to keep children occupied.
While watching television, children never cause trouble or throw tantrums. As a result, their parents
can go about doing their household chores without any interruption.
However, parents do not stop to consider what television might do to their children.
 
Lines 25-33 are written in capitals to emphasize that they carry the main message of the poem.
This message is that watching too much television fills up.the minds of children with useless facts
while at the same time destroying their ability to create or understand worlds of fantasy in their
imagination. It takes away their ability to think and they can only keep staring at the television
screen.
Question 2.
 
What technique does Dahl use to convey the main message of the poem?
 
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Comprehension Passages
Lines 1-16
 Read the lines given above and answer the questions given below.
Question 1.
 
Explain with reference to context.
 
Answer:
 
These lines are taken from the poem TELEVISION, written by Roald Dahl, a British novelist, short
story writer and a poet. It is taken from his collection ‘Revolting Rhymes’. It is a stinging satire on
Television. In this poem Roald Dahl expresses concern over what the modern invention the
television set has done to children. He points out that watching TV has become a craze in modem
time. Children of today spend hours together in front of the ‘idiot box’. Roald Dahl is addressing all
British parents and telling them that the most important thing one must learn while raising children
is to keep them away from the television set. He also says that it is possible to come to a better
solution to the problem by not installing a television set in their homes in the first place.
They are unable to take the eyes off the screen. They are fascinated and intoxicated by the
meaningless entertainment that is churned out on TV. They laze around in front of the television
and gape at the screen. They lose the capacity to think. It also prevents them from using their
imagination in a creative way. They laze around in front of the television and gape at the screen.
They lose the capacity to think. It also prevents them from using their imagination in a creative way.
They behave like zombies, and have no control over their minds.
The poet bemoans the fact and feels that parents should encourage children to read books instead
of watching TV. The poet uses rhyming couplets. The use of verbs like Toll’, ‘pop’ and lounge aptly
describe the postures adopted by children while watching television. Dahl further speaks as if he
has undertaken a long research on the bad effects of watching television by visiting a large number
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of households in Britain. In most houses, he has found the children lazing about all day and staring
at the television screen without doing any productive work at all. Next, he indulges in a bit of
exaggeration that is nonetheless amusing when he says that sometimes the children stare so hard
that their eyeballs fall off and he has seen a dozen eyeballs rolling about on the floor in one house.
Dahl says that children entire attention is captured by the television screen and they cannot
concentrate on anything other than what they are watching.
Question 2.
 
What is the most important thing that the poet has learnt?
 
Answer:
 
The most important thing that the poet has learnt is that children should be kept away from the
television set or not to install the television set at all.
Question 3.
 
How does television keep the children still?
 
Answer:
 
Children do weird things like climbing a window, jumping over it, etc. they may accidentally hurt
themselves. So, it is better to switch on the television and let them watch it to keep them still.
Question 4.
 
What should parents do for the entertainment of their children?
 
Answer:
 
Parent, instead of making their children watch TV so that they would be busy, should provide their
kids with story books. When children will develop the habit of reading books, they will not feel like
watching TV. They will enjoy reading books as it will help them imagining and entertaining.
Question 5.
 
Name some of the things that the poet has seen in house which have televisions.
 
Answer:
 
Children always are gaping at the TV screen. They loll, slop and lounge about while watching the
television. They sit in front of the TV and stare it continuously.
Question 6.
 
Describe the effects of television on children’s mind.
 
Answer:
 
Watching television, according to the poet, is not good for younger minds. According to the poet, it
kills their imagination; it blocks their minds, and makes them dull.
Lines 17-33
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Read the lines given above and answer the questions given below.
Question 1.
 
Explain with reference to context.
 
Answer:
 
These lines are taken from the poem TELEVISION, written by Roald Dahl, a British novelist, short
story writer and a poet. It is taken from his collection ‘Revolting Rhymes’. It is a stinging satire on
Television. In this poem Roald Dahl expresses concern over what the modem invention the
television set has done to children. Fie points out that watching TV has become a craze in modem
time. Children of today spend hours together in front of the ‘idiot box’. Roald Dahl is addressing all
British parents and telling them that the most important thing one must learn while raising children
is to keep them away from the television set. He also says that it is possible to come to a better
solution to the problem by not installing a television set in their homes in the’ first place.
Dahl admits that he knows that television can be a convenient way to keep children occupied.
While watching television, children never cause trouble or throw tantrums. As a result, their parents
can go about doing their household chores without any interruption.
However, parents do not stop to consider what television might do to their children.
 
Lines 25-33 are written in capitals to emphasize that they carry the main message of the poem.
This message is that watching too much television fills up.the minds of children with useless facts
while at the same time destroying their ability to create or understand worlds of fantasy in their
imagination. It takes away their ability to think and they can only keep staring at the television
screen.
Question 2.
 
What technique does Dahl use to convey the main message of the poem?
 
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Answer:
 
To convey the main message of the poem, Dahl writes in capital letters.
Question 3.
 
How are televisions helpful to parents?
 
Answer:
 
Television proves helpful to parents as it keeps the children occupied and as a result ;  parents can
do their household chores.
Question 4.
 
The children Describe the effects of television on children’s mind.
 
Answer:
 
Watching television, according to the poet, is not good for younger minds. According to the poet, it
kills their imagination; it blocks their minds, and makes them dull.
Lines 34-52
 
 
Read the lines given above and answer the questions given below.
Question 1.
 
Explain with reference to context.
 
Answer:
 
These lines are taken from the poem TELEVISION, written by Roald Dahl, a British novelist, short
story writer and a poet. It is taken from his collection ‘Revolting Rhymes’. It is a stinging satire on
Television. In this poem Roald Dahl expresses concern over what the modem invention the
television set has done to children. He points out that watching TV has become a craze in modem
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Comprehension Passages
Lines 1-16
 Read the lines given above and answer the questions given below.
Question 1.
 
Explain with reference to context.
 
Answer:
 
These lines are taken from the poem TELEVISION, written by Roald Dahl, a British novelist, short
story writer and a poet. It is taken from his collection ‘Revolting Rhymes’. It is a stinging satire on
Television. In this poem Roald Dahl expresses concern over what the modern invention the
television set has done to children. He points out that watching TV has become a craze in modem
time. Children of today spend hours together in front of the ‘idiot box’. Roald Dahl is addressing all
British parents and telling them that the most important thing one must learn while raising children
is to keep them away from the television set. He also says that it is possible to come to a better
solution to the problem by not installing a television set in their homes in the first place.
They are unable to take the eyes off the screen. They are fascinated and intoxicated by the
meaningless entertainment that is churned out on TV. They laze around in front of the television
and gape at the screen. They lose the capacity to think. It also prevents them from using their
imagination in a creative way. They laze around in front of the television and gape at the screen.
They lose the capacity to think. It also prevents them from using their imagination in a creative way.
They behave like zombies, and have no control over their minds.
The poet bemoans the fact and feels that parents should encourage children to read books instead
of watching TV. The poet uses rhyming couplets. The use of verbs like Toll’, ‘pop’ and lounge aptly
describe the postures adopted by children while watching television. Dahl further speaks as if he
has undertaken a long research on the bad effects of watching television by visiting a large number
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of households in Britain. In most houses, he has found the children lazing about all day and staring
at the television screen without doing any productive work at all. Next, he indulges in a bit of
exaggeration that is nonetheless amusing when he says that sometimes the children stare so hard
that their eyeballs fall off and he has seen a dozen eyeballs rolling about on the floor in one house.
Dahl says that children entire attention is captured by the television screen and they cannot
concentrate on anything other than what they are watching.
Question 2.
 
What is the most important thing that the poet has learnt?
 
Answer:
 
The most important thing that the poet has learnt is that children should be kept away from the
television set or not to install the television set at all.
Question 3.
 
How does television keep the children still?
 
Answer:
 
Children do weird things like climbing a window, jumping over it, etc. they may accidentally hurt
themselves. So, it is better to switch on the television and let them watch it to keep them still.
Question 4.
 
What should parents do for the entertainment of their children?
 
Answer:
 
Parent, instead of making their children watch TV so that they would be busy, should provide their
kids with story books. When children will develop the habit of reading books, they will not feel like
watching TV. They will enjoy reading books as it will help them imagining and entertaining.
Question 5.
 
Name some of the things that the poet has seen in house which have televisions.
 
Answer:
 
Children always are gaping at the TV screen. They loll, slop and lounge about while watching the
television. They sit in front of the TV and stare it continuously.
Question 6.
 
Describe the effects of television on children’s mind.
 
Answer:
 
Watching television, according to the poet, is not good for younger minds. According to the poet, it
kills their imagination; it blocks their minds, and makes them dull.
Lines 17-33
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Read the lines given above and answer the questions given below.
Question 1.
 
Explain with reference to context.
 
Answer:
 
These lines are taken from the poem TELEVISION, written by Roald Dahl, a British novelist, short
story writer and a poet. It is taken from his collection ‘Revolting Rhymes’. It is a stinging satire on
Television. In this poem Roald Dahl expresses concern over what the modem invention the
television set has done to children. Fie points out that watching TV has become a craze in modem
time. Children of today spend hours together in front of the ‘idiot box’. Roald Dahl is addressing all
British parents and telling them that the most important thing one must learn while raising children
is to keep them away from the television set. He also says that it is possible to come to a better
solution to the problem by not installing a television set in their homes in the’ first place.
Dahl admits that he knows that television can be a convenient way to keep children occupied.
While watching television, children never cause trouble or throw tantrums. As a result, their parents
can go about doing their household chores without any interruption.
However, parents do not stop to consider what television might do to their children.
 
Lines 25-33 are written in capitals to emphasize that they carry the main message of the poem.
This message is that watching too much television fills up.the minds of children with useless facts
while at the same time destroying their ability to create or understand worlds of fantasy in their
imagination. It takes away their ability to think and they can only keep staring at the television
screen.
Question 2.
 
What technique does Dahl use to convey the main message of the poem?
 
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Answer:
 
To convey the main message of the poem, Dahl writes in capital letters.
Question 3.
 
How are televisions helpful to parents?
 
Answer:
 
Television proves helpful to parents as it keeps the children occupied and as a result ;  parents can
do their household chores.
Question 4.
 
The children Describe the effects of television on children’s mind.
 
Answer:
 
Watching television, according to the poet, is not good for younger minds. According to the poet, it
kills their imagination; it blocks their minds, and makes them dull.
Lines 34-52
 
 
Read the lines given above and answer the questions given below.
Question 1.
 
Explain with reference to context.
 
Answer:
 
These lines are taken from the poem TELEVISION, written by Roald Dahl, a British novelist, short
story writer and a poet. It is taken from his collection ‘Revolting Rhymes’. It is a stinging satire on
Television. In this poem Roald Dahl expresses concern over what the modem invention the
television set has done to children. He points out that watching TV has become a craze in modem
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time. Children of today spend hours together in front of the ‘idiot box’. Roald Dahl is addressing all
British parents and telling them that the most important thing one must learn while raising children
is to keep them away from the television set. He also says that it is possible to come to a better
solution to the problem by not installing a television set in their homes in the first place.
In these lines, Dahl anticipates what the parents’ next question would be. They might agree to take
away the television set from their children but will ask how they are supposed to now keep their
children entertained and occupied.
In these lines, Dahl tells parents that they cannot have forgotten how children kept themselves
entertained before the recent invention of the television.
In these lines, Dahl says that before the coming of television children would read and it is a shame
that now they don’t.
In these lines, Dahl creates the alternate landscape that has been mentioned in the section on the
poem’s setting. In this landscape, children’s rooms are filled to the brim with books.
Question 2.
 
According to the poet, what should be done to save children from the hypnotism of television?
 
Answer:
 
According to the poet, children should be given different story books to read in order to save
children from the hypnotism of television.
Question 3.
 
How according to the poet, can children benefit from reading books?
 
Answer:
 
According to the poet, children should read book. It will help in developing their imagination and
creative thinking skills. It will awaken their senses. It will give them enough opportunity to imagine
and visualize a scene explained in the story.
Question 4.
 
What should be done to keep the children occupied?
 
Answer:
 
The children should be encouraged to read and read books.
Lines 53-72
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