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Chapter 3.3: Stephen Hawking 
 
 
WARMING UP [PAGE 114] 
Warming Up | Q 1 | Page 114 
Get into pairs and match the prominent personalities with the disabilities they 
had : 
 
‘A' ‘B’ 
(1) John Milton The great German composer and musician who 
became deaf at the age of 28 years 
(2) Beethoven The great English poet who became blind at the age of 
43 years. 
(3) Stephen Hawking An American enterpreneur, animator, voice actor, had 
a learning disability. 
(4) Walt Disney Famous scientist of the 20th century who was 
paralyzed. 
(5) Albert Einstein A great inventor who has over 1000 patents had a 
learning disability and became deaf. 
(6) Thomas Edison Great 20th Century scientist and noted physicist who 
had a learning disability. 
(7) Hellen Keller Dancer whose leg had to be amputated because of an 
accident. 
(8) Sudha Chandran Was blind and deaf. 
(9) Tanay Grey-Thompson Had polio and was elected as the President of the 
United States for four terms. 
(10) Franklin Roosevelt Is a wheelchair racer. 
 
SOLUTION 
 
‘A' ‘B’ 
(1) John Milton (b) The great English poet who became blind at the age 
of 43 years. 
(2) Beethoven (a) The great German composer and musician who 
became deaf at the age of 28 years. 
(3) Stephen Hawking (d) famous scientist of the 20th century who was 
paralyzed. 
(4) Walt Disney (c) An American entrepreneur, animator, voice actor, 
who had a learning disability. 
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Chapter 3.3: Stephen Hawking 
 
 
WARMING UP [PAGE 114] 
Warming Up | Q 1 | Page 114 
Get into pairs and match the prominent personalities with the disabilities they 
had : 
 
‘A' ‘B’ 
(1) John Milton The great German composer and musician who 
became deaf at the age of 28 years 
(2) Beethoven The great English poet who became blind at the age of 
43 years. 
(3) Stephen Hawking An American enterpreneur, animator, voice actor, had 
a learning disability. 
(4) Walt Disney Famous scientist of the 20th century who was 
paralyzed. 
(5) Albert Einstein A great inventor who has over 1000 patents had a 
learning disability and became deaf. 
(6) Thomas Edison Great 20th Century scientist and noted physicist who 
had a learning disability. 
(7) Hellen Keller Dancer whose leg had to be amputated because of an 
accident. 
(8) Sudha Chandran Was blind and deaf. 
(9) Tanay Grey-Thompson Had polio and was elected as the President of the 
United States for four terms. 
(10) Franklin Roosevelt Is a wheelchair racer. 
 
SOLUTION 
 
‘A' ‘B’ 
(1) John Milton (b) The great English poet who became blind at the age 
of 43 years. 
(2) Beethoven (a) The great German composer and musician who 
became deaf at the age of 28 years. 
(3) Stephen Hawking (d) famous scientist of the 20th century who was 
paralyzed. 
(4) Walt Disney (c) An American entrepreneur, animator, voice actor, 
who had a learning disability. 
(5) Albert Einstein (i) Great 20th century scientist and noted physicist who 
had a learning disability. 
(6) Thomas Edison (e) Great inventor who has over 1000 patents and who 
had a learning disability and became deaf. 
(7) Hellen Keller (h) Was blind and deaf 
(8) Sudha Chandran (g) Dancer whose legs had to be amputated because of 
an accident. 
(9) Tanay Grey-Thompson (j) Is a wheelchair racer. 
(10) Franklin Roosevelt (i) Had polio and was elected President of the United 
States for four terms 
 
Warming Up | Q 2 | Page 114 
Word Building. 
(a) Reduplication: The root/stem of a word is repeated exactly the same or with a slight 
change. 
For example, tweet-tweet, pitter-patter, chit-chat, bang-bang, riff-raff 
 
(b) Blending: Parts of two or more words combine to form a new one. 
For example,  
• breakfast + lunch = brunch 
• smoke + fog = smog 
• motor + hotel = motel 
 
(c) Clipping: Reducing a word to one of its syllables or a part of it. 
For example,  
• Mathematics - Maths 
• Advertisement - Ad 
• Laboratory - Lab 
(d) Acronym: Words formed from the first letter of each of the words involved. 
For example,  
• radar, scuba, Unicef, Nasa 
• BBC, CID, USA, ATM, VIP 
• DOB, KYC, PM, GN, TY, etc. 
In your notebook, write five examples of each of the above types of word-building 
devices. (You may take the help of a Dictionary/Internet) 
 
SOLUTION 
 
a. Reduplication: bow-wow; hee-haw; cheep cheep: chomp-chomp: ping-pong 
 
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Chapter 3.3: Stephen Hawking 
 
 
WARMING UP [PAGE 114] 
Warming Up | Q 1 | Page 114 
Get into pairs and match the prominent personalities with the disabilities they 
had : 
 
‘A' ‘B’ 
(1) John Milton The great German composer and musician who 
became deaf at the age of 28 years 
(2) Beethoven The great English poet who became blind at the age of 
43 years. 
(3) Stephen Hawking An American enterpreneur, animator, voice actor, had 
a learning disability. 
(4) Walt Disney Famous scientist of the 20th century who was 
paralyzed. 
(5) Albert Einstein A great inventor who has over 1000 patents had a 
learning disability and became deaf. 
(6) Thomas Edison Great 20th Century scientist and noted physicist who 
had a learning disability. 
(7) Hellen Keller Dancer whose leg had to be amputated because of an 
accident. 
(8) Sudha Chandran Was blind and deaf. 
(9) Tanay Grey-Thompson Had polio and was elected as the President of the 
United States for four terms. 
(10) Franklin Roosevelt Is a wheelchair racer. 
 
SOLUTION 
 
‘A' ‘B’ 
(1) John Milton (b) The great English poet who became blind at the age 
of 43 years. 
(2) Beethoven (a) The great German composer and musician who 
became deaf at the age of 28 years. 
(3) Stephen Hawking (d) famous scientist of the 20th century who was 
paralyzed. 
(4) Walt Disney (c) An American entrepreneur, animator, voice actor, 
who had a learning disability. 
(5) Albert Einstein (i) Great 20th century scientist and noted physicist who 
had a learning disability. 
(6) Thomas Edison (e) Great inventor who has over 1000 patents and who 
had a learning disability and became deaf. 
(7) Hellen Keller (h) Was blind and deaf 
(8) Sudha Chandran (g) Dancer whose legs had to be amputated because of 
an accident. 
(9) Tanay Grey-Thompson (j) Is a wheelchair racer. 
(10) Franklin Roosevelt (i) Had polio and was elected President of the United 
States for four terms 
 
Warming Up | Q 2 | Page 114 
Word Building. 
(a) Reduplication: The root/stem of a word is repeated exactly the same or with a slight 
change. 
For example, tweet-tweet, pitter-patter, chit-chat, bang-bang, riff-raff 
 
(b) Blending: Parts of two or more words combine to form a new one. 
For example,  
• breakfast + lunch = brunch 
• smoke + fog = smog 
• motor + hotel = motel 
 
(c) Clipping: Reducing a word to one of its syllables or a part of it. 
For example,  
• Mathematics - Maths 
• Advertisement - Ad 
• Laboratory - Lab 
(d) Acronym: Words formed from the first letter of each of the words involved. 
For example,  
• radar, scuba, Unicef, Nasa 
• BBC, CID, USA, ATM, VIP 
• DOB, KYC, PM, GN, TY, etc. 
In your notebook, write five examples of each of the above types of word-building 
devices. (You may take the help of a Dictionary/Internet) 
 
SOLUTION 
 
a. Reduplication: bow-wow; hee-haw; cheep cheep: chomp-chomp: ping-pong 
 
b. Blending: bionic, carjack, Chunnel, cineplex, cyborg, emoticon, infotainment, 
internet, liger (lion + tiger), netizen, telethon, vidiot, workaholic 
c. Clipping: exam, gym (gymnasium), 'flu (influenza), gas (gasoline), memo 
(memorandum) 
 
d. Acronym: laser, CD-ROM, IOU, K9, PIN 
 
ENGLISH WORKSHOP [PAGES 119 - 121] 
English Workshop | Q 1 | Page 119 
Observe the timeline and search the occurrences according to it. Prepare a chart. 
 
 
SOLUTION 
 
 
English Workshop | Q 2 | Page 119 
Make a list of books written by Stephen Hawking. 
 
Name of the book What’s in it? (topics 
covered) 
His contribution to the 
world 
1. _______________ (a)_______________   
2. _______________  (b) _______________   
3. _______________ (c) _______________   
4. _______________ (d) _______________   
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Chapter 3.3: Stephen Hawking 
 
 
WARMING UP [PAGE 114] 
Warming Up | Q 1 | Page 114 
Get into pairs and match the prominent personalities with the disabilities they 
had : 
 
‘A' ‘B’ 
(1) John Milton The great German composer and musician who 
became deaf at the age of 28 years 
(2) Beethoven The great English poet who became blind at the age of 
43 years. 
(3) Stephen Hawking An American enterpreneur, animator, voice actor, had 
a learning disability. 
(4) Walt Disney Famous scientist of the 20th century who was 
paralyzed. 
(5) Albert Einstein A great inventor who has over 1000 patents had a 
learning disability and became deaf. 
(6) Thomas Edison Great 20th Century scientist and noted physicist who 
had a learning disability. 
(7) Hellen Keller Dancer whose leg had to be amputated because of an 
accident. 
(8) Sudha Chandran Was blind and deaf. 
(9) Tanay Grey-Thompson Had polio and was elected as the President of the 
United States for four terms. 
(10) Franklin Roosevelt Is a wheelchair racer. 
 
SOLUTION 
 
‘A' ‘B’ 
(1) John Milton (b) The great English poet who became blind at the age 
of 43 years. 
(2) Beethoven (a) The great German composer and musician who 
became deaf at the age of 28 years. 
(3) Stephen Hawking (d) famous scientist of the 20th century who was 
paralyzed. 
(4) Walt Disney (c) An American entrepreneur, animator, voice actor, 
who had a learning disability. 
(5) Albert Einstein (i) Great 20th century scientist and noted physicist who 
had a learning disability. 
(6) Thomas Edison (e) Great inventor who has over 1000 patents and who 
had a learning disability and became deaf. 
(7) Hellen Keller (h) Was blind and deaf 
(8) Sudha Chandran (g) Dancer whose legs had to be amputated because of 
an accident. 
(9) Tanay Grey-Thompson (j) Is a wheelchair racer. 
(10) Franklin Roosevelt (i) Had polio and was elected President of the United 
States for four terms 
 
Warming Up | Q 2 | Page 114 
Word Building. 
(a) Reduplication: The root/stem of a word is repeated exactly the same or with a slight 
change. 
For example, tweet-tweet, pitter-patter, chit-chat, bang-bang, riff-raff 
 
(b) Blending: Parts of two or more words combine to form a new one. 
For example,  
• breakfast + lunch = brunch 
• smoke + fog = smog 
• motor + hotel = motel 
 
(c) Clipping: Reducing a word to one of its syllables or a part of it. 
For example,  
• Mathematics - Maths 
• Advertisement - Ad 
• Laboratory - Lab 
(d) Acronym: Words formed from the first letter of each of the words involved. 
For example,  
• radar, scuba, Unicef, Nasa 
• BBC, CID, USA, ATM, VIP 
• DOB, KYC, PM, GN, TY, etc. 
In your notebook, write five examples of each of the above types of word-building 
devices. (You may take the help of a Dictionary/Internet) 
 
SOLUTION 
 
a. Reduplication: bow-wow; hee-haw; cheep cheep: chomp-chomp: ping-pong 
 
b. Blending: bionic, carjack, Chunnel, cineplex, cyborg, emoticon, infotainment, 
internet, liger (lion + tiger), netizen, telethon, vidiot, workaholic 
c. Clipping: exam, gym (gymnasium), 'flu (influenza), gas (gasoline), memo 
(memorandum) 
 
d. Acronym: laser, CD-ROM, IOU, K9, PIN 
 
ENGLISH WORKSHOP [PAGES 119 - 121] 
English Workshop | Q 1 | Page 119 
Observe the timeline and search the occurrences according to it. Prepare a chart. 
 
 
SOLUTION 
 
 
English Workshop | Q 2 | Page 119 
Make a list of books written by Stephen Hawking. 
 
Name of the book What’s in it? (topics 
covered) 
His contribution to the 
world 
1. _______________ (a)_______________   
2. _______________  (b) _______________   
3. _______________ (c) _______________   
4. _______________ (d) _______________   
SOLUTION 
 
Book 
What's in it? (topics covered) 
His contribution to the world 
1. A Brief 
History of 
Time 
1. Overview of space and time, 
existence of God and the future 
1. An account of cosmology for 
the masses 
2. The 
Universe in a 
Nutshell 
2. Guide to cosmology's big 
theories 
2. Illustrated easier to 
understand 
3. A Briefer 
History of 
Time 
3. Touched upon newest 
developments in the field like the 
String theory 
3. Simplified the original work's 
core concepts 
4. The grand 
design 
4. God could not have create a 
universe 
4. The big bang was the 
inevitable consequence of the 
laws of physics and nothing 
more. 
 
English Workshop | Q 3 | Page 119 
Make a list of Hawking’s physical inabilities after 1963. 
(a) __________________ (d) __________________ 
(b) _________________  (e) __________________  
(c) __________________ (f) __________________ 
SOLUTION 
Hawking's physical inabilities after 1963:  
(a) could not go anywhere except in a wheelchair 
(b) an ever-worsening physical state 
(c) needed someone 24/7 to manage his care and work 
(d) except for feeding himself and getting out of bed, had need of assistance for virtually 
everything else 
(e) speech increasingly slurred, finally lost his voice for good 
(f) ability to do his work in peril. 
 
English Workshop | Q 4 | Page 119 
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Chapter 3.3: Stephen Hawking 
 
 
WARMING UP [PAGE 114] 
Warming Up | Q 1 | Page 114 
Get into pairs and match the prominent personalities with the disabilities they 
had : 
 
‘A' ‘B’ 
(1) John Milton The great German composer and musician who 
became deaf at the age of 28 years 
(2) Beethoven The great English poet who became blind at the age of 
43 years. 
(3) Stephen Hawking An American enterpreneur, animator, voice actor, had 
a learning disability. 
(4) Walt Disney Famous scientist of the 20th century who was 
paralyzed. 
(5) Albert Einstein A great inventor who has over 1000 patents had a 
learning disability and became deaf. 
(6) Thomas Edison Great 20th Century scientist and noted physicist who 
had a learning disability. 
(7) Hellen Keller Dancer whose leg had to be amputated because of an 
accident. 
(8) Sudha Chandran Was blind and deaf. 
(9) Tanay Grey-Thompson Had polio and was elected as the President of the 
United States for four terms. 
(10) Franklin Roosevelt Is a wheelchair racer. 
 
SOLUTION 
 
‘A' ‘B’ 
(1) John Milton (b) The great English poet who became blind at the age 
of 43 years. 
(2) Beethoven (a) The great German composer and musician who 
became deaf at the age of 28 years. 
(3) Stephen Hawking (d) famous scientist of the 20th century who was 
paralyzed. 
(4) Walt Disney (c) An American entrepreneur, animator, voice actor, 
who had a learning disability. 
(5) Albert Einstein (i) Great 20th century scientist and noted physicist who 
had a learning disability. 
(6) Thomas Edison (e) Great inventor who has over 1000 patents and who 
had a learning disability and became deaf. 
(7) Hellen Keller (h) Was blind and deaf 
(8) Sudha Chandran (g) Dancer whose legs had to be amputated because of 
an accident. 
(9) Tanay Grey-Thompson (j) Is a wheelchair racer. 
(10) Franklin Roosevelt (i) Had polio and was elected President of the United 
States for four terms 
 
Warming Up | Q 2 | Page 114 
Word Building. 
(a) Reduplication: The root/stem of a word is repeated exactly the same or with a slight 
change. 
For example, tweet-tweet, pitter-patter, chit-chat, bang-bang, riff-raff 
 
(b) Blending: Parts of two or more words combine to form a new one. 
For example,  
• breakfast + lunch = brunch 
• smoke + fog = smog 
• motor + hotel = motel 
 
(c) Clipping: Reducing a word to one of its syllables or a part of it. 
For example,  
• Mathematics - Maths 
• Advertisement - Ad 
• Laboratory - Lab 
(d) Acronym: Words formed from the first letter of each of the words involved. 
For example,  
• radar, scuba, Unicef, Nasa 
• BBC, CID, USA, ATM, VIP 
• DOB, KYC, PM, GN, TY, etc. 
In your notebook, write five examples of each of the above types of word-building 
devices. (You may take the help of a Dictionary/Internet) 
 
SOLUTION 
 
a. Reduplication: bow-wow; hee-haw; cheep cheep: chomp-chomp: ping-pong 
 
b. Blending: bionic, carjack, Chunnel, cineplex, cyborg, emoticon, infotainment, 
internet, liger (lion + tiger), netizen, telethon, vidiot, workaholic 
c. Clipping: exam, gym (gymnasium), 'flu (influenza), gas (gasoline), memo 
(memorandum) 
 
d. Acronym: laser, CD-ROM, IOU, K9, PIN 
 
ENGLISH WORKSHOP [PAGES 119 - 121] 
English Workshop | Q 1 | Page 119 
Observe the timeline and search the occurrences according to it. Prepare a chart. 
 
 
SOLUTION 
 
 
English Workshop | Q 2 | Page 119 
Make a list of books written by Stephen Hawking. 
 
Name of the book What’s in it? (topics 
covered) 
His contribution to the 
world 
1. _______________ (a)_______________   
2. _______________  (b) _______________   
3. _______________ (c) _______________   
4. _______________ (d) _______________   
SOLUTION 
 
Book 
What's in it? (topics covered) 
His contribution to the world 
1. A Brief 
History of 
Time 
1. Overview of space and time, 
existence of God and the future 
1. An account of cosmology for 
the masses 
2. The 
Universe in a 
Nutshell 
2. Guide to cosmology's big 
theories 
2. Illustrated easier to 
understand 
3. A Briefer 
History of 
Time 
3. Touched upon newest 
developments in the field like the 
String theory 
3. Simplified the original work's 
core concepts 
4. The grand 
design 
4. God could not have create a 
universe 
4. The big bang was the 
inevitable consequence of the 
laws of physics and nothing 
more. 
 
English Workshop | Q 3 | Page 119 
Make a list of Hawking’s physical inabilities after 1963. 
(a) __________________ (d) __________________ 
(b) _________________  (e) __________________  
(c) __________________ (f) __________________ 
SOLUTION 
Hawking's physical inabilities after 1963:  
(a) could not go anywhere except in a wheelchair 
(b) an ever-worsening physical state 
(c) needed someone 24/7 to manage his care and work 
(d) except for feeding himself and getting out of bed, had need of assistance for virtually 
everything else 
(e) speech increasingly slurred, finally lost his voice for good 
(f) ability to do his work in peril. 
 
English Workshop | Q 4 | Page 119 
Shape your mind. Complete the network of cluster diagrams with the name of 
great personalities and their contribution. 
 
 
SOLUTION 
1. Field of excellence: Fine Art 
 Satyajit Ray (film director) rose to fame with 'Pather Panchali 
• combined humanism and simplicity in his film making 
• won Honorary Oscar Award in 1992 
Vasudeo Gaitonde (painter) 
•started Bombay Progressive Arts Group 
•combined Zen philosophy and calligraphy to create abstract paintings 
•awarded Padma Shri posthumously in 1971 
Rabindranath Tagore (poet) 
•wrote 'Gitanjali 
•combined nationalism, and spiritualism to express his ideas 
•won Nobel Prize for English Literature in 1913 
2. Field of excellence: Mathematics 
Srinivasa Ramanujan Field: Mathematics 
•famous for the Ramanujan prime, the Ramanujan theta function 
•One of the Fellows of the Royal Society 
•the first Indian to be elected a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge 
Euclid Field: Geometry 
•Father of Geometry 
•his book Elements' served as the main textbook to teach Mathematics until the early 
20th century 
Shakuntala Devi Field: Numbers 
•known as the human-computer