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CLASS 10 · WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS 2 · CHAPTER 2

Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom — Workbook Unit 2

Student-friendly answers and guided explanations for the Unit 2 workbook activities, including the Sardar Patel speech and language practice.

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Discussion and Reading

Textbook pages Discussion and Reading

Question Let’s Begin

How are freedom and responsibility connected in Sardar Patel’s speech? Give an example.

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Mandela connects his freedom with the freedom of all people. Patel says citizens must use freedom responsibly, build character, and work for a strong, united country.

Question Look Up and Understand

Answer Questions 1–6 from the reading: identify the occasion of Patel’s speech; why future generations may criticise us; what India should do first; the most essential quality developed by university education; what “comity of nations” does not mean; and what India’s resources of nature and manpower mean.

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Read each multiple-choice item, find the matching idea in Patel’s speech, and answer Questions 1–8 in order.

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1. University convocation. 2. Misusing freedom. 3. Strengthen and unite India. 4. Character. 5. Not a war-making group. 6. Natural resources and people.

Question Look Up and Understand

Answer Questions 7–8 from the reading: What does Patel call India’s greatest danger? Complete the statement about the first and foremost duty of the young nation.

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Read each multiple-choice item, find the matching idea in Patel’s speech, and answer Questions 1–8 in order.

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7. Disunity. 8. Make India strong and united through character, responsibility, and disciplined service.

Vocabulary

Textbook pages Vocabulary

Question Vocabulary

Use four important words from the speech in your own sentences.

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A responsible citizen protects public property. The volunteers showed courage. Respect honest workers. Education can help a community progress.

Question Vocabulary

Make a word web for freedom and responsibility, then write five connected sentences.

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Words: rights, equality, duty, respect, justice, service, choice, community. Freedom gives choices; responsibility means respecting others’ rights and helping keep the community fair.

Use of Articles

Textbook pages Use of Articles

Question Use of Articles

Fill the missing articles in the full speech excerpt: ___ weapons of ___ World War ... As ___ result of ___ churning of the ocean, ___ world ... ___ countries which were free ... it is hard to do ___ same ... ___ freedom that we have won ...

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The weapons; the World War; a result; the churning; the world; the countries; the same; the freedom.

Question Use of Articles

Fill in all blanks with suitable articles: (a) ___ boy and ___ girl were shopping. ___ boy was from Kerala and ___ girl from Nagaland. (b) turn off ___ light; (c) ___ taxi to ___ station; (d) ___ police station; (e) ___ bank; (f) ___ job; (g) ___ apple; (h) once ___ month; (i) ___ newspaper and ___ magazine. ___ newspaper is on my table and I forgot where I placed ___ magazine; (j) ___ good restaurant.

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(a) A, a, the, the; (b) the; (c) a, the; (d) a; (e) a; (f) a; (g) an; (h) a; (i) a, a, the, the; (j) a.

Question Use of Articles

Why does the speech use “the” so often?

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The speech refers to particular institutions, people, and shared ideas that its audience can identify, such as the country or the nation.

Pronouns and Commas

Textbook pages Pronouns and Commas

Question Pronouns

Explain the pronoun joke: the teacher asks for two pronouns and the child replies, ‘Who, me?’

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‘Who’ and ‘me’ are both pronouns, so the child’s surprised reply also answers the teacher’s request.

Question Comma

State the comma rules shown in the two Fun Facts: commas in a series and commas in compound sentences.

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Use commas between items in a series and before a conjunction joining two complete clauses.

Editing and Listening

Textbook pages Editing and Listening

Question Editing

Correct each error in the editing passage: peoples; and is; will never wrote; Thinking clearly was; must forced; makes shopping list; an algebra problems; writing do not; people seems; Professional writer; constantly bearded; to ‘trying’; meaned.

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people; are; write; is; force; making a shopping list; an algebra problem; does not; seem; writers; badgered; try; meaning.

Question Listening

How should you complete the listening activity about a short text?

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A woman drops a one-rupee coin while the narrator crosses the street. Its sound makes several people turn and leads the narrator to think about how sounds catch our attention.

Speaking, Role Play, and Projects

Textbook pages Speaking, Role Play, and Projects

Question Speaking

Prepare a short assembly speech on why freedom requires responsibility.

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Good morning. Freedom gives us choices, and responsibility means respecting others’ rights and using our choices wisely. Thank you.

Question Role play

What questions could a student ask Nelson Mandela in an interview?

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Sample questions: What helped you remain hopeful during imprisonment?

Question Comparative study

Compare two leaders chosen from Mandela, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr.

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All three challenged injustice. Gandhi and King are especially known for non-violent protest; Mandela also supported armed resistance after peaceful protest was suppressed.

Question Project

Prepare a short project about two freedom leaders from different countries.

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Compare Mandela and Gandhi: note the injustice each challenged, methods, contributions, and one lesson for young people. Credit reliable sources.

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