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Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it. George Bernard Shaw, one of the greatest playwrights of all time, was born in Dublin on 26th July, 1856. As a young man he was terribly shy and to hide his shyness he developed a very gruff manner and voice which some people mistook as rudeness. However, his close friends understood him better as he was the very essence of kindness to those whom he loved and associated with.At the early age of fourteen, he obtained employment as a junior clerk and though he was quite good at his work, he hated it. So he quit his job and went to London in search of other employment. Before long a newspaper office hired him and he took up employment as critic of books, music and plays. His duty was to attend the various plays staged and give his opinion on them for publication. It was then that he decided to write his own plays. The plays he wrote and produced were a tremendous success. In no time he became world famous as a playwright. Many film companies approached him to use his plays for making movies, but he never liked the idea and turned them down. Finally, he consented to allow his play ‘Pygmalion’ to be made into a film. This play depicts the story of a little flower girl, T chneb’-Dy an’Lnghsn professor to speak proper “English. In fact, the professor succeeded in transforming her from an uneducatedflower girl into a refined lady. Years later, this play was made into a musical hit – the legendary, ‘My Fair Lady’. And it became a worldwide success. Shaw used the huge money earned from this, to worthy causes, such as the enlargement of National Gallery of Ireland, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and the British museum. The film ‘My Fair Lady’ is about how complicated English language is and the difficulties faced by Eliza, the flower girl, to learn and master this language.He lived long enough to see people all over the world enjoy his plays. He died at the ripe old age of ninety-four.Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each.(a) How did Bernard Shaw try to hide his shyness?(b) How old was Bernard Shaw when he took up his first job?(c) Where did Bernard Shaw go after quitting his job?(d) Which of his plays was made into a film first?(e) Name the little flower girl who appears in the musical hit ‘My Fair Lady’.(f) Add suitable prefix to the word ‘educated’ to form its antonym.(g) Mention any one of the causes to which Shaw contributed the money earned by him.(h) Who trained the flower girl to become a refined lady?(i) How old was Shaw when he died? (j) English language is full of (complication/complications). |
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Answer» (a) To hide his shyness, Bernard Shaw developed a very gruff manner and voice which some people mistook for rudeness. (b) Bernard Shaw was fourteen years old when he took up his first job. (c) Bernard Shaw went to London after quitting his job. (d) ‘Pygmalion’ was the first of his plays to be made into a film. (e) Eliza. (f) Uneducated. (g) Enlargement of the National Gallery of Ireland. (h) An English professor trained the flower girl to become a refined lady. (i) Shaw was ninety-four years old when he died. (j) Complications |
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