I Learn to Talk by Helen Keller Full Question Answers 2023| English Class 7 | Chapter 10 Solutions | Snowflakes

 A. 

1. To what does Helen compare her life before her education began ?

Ans: Helen compares her life to a ship at sea in dense fog ,before her education began.

2. Briefly describe the incident leading to Helen spelling the first word.

Ans: One morning  Helen was given a doll by her teacher ,which was sent by the blind children of The Perkins Institution . After playing with it for a while ,her teacher began to spell the word d-o-l-l into her palm, and this was the incident which made  Helen  interested and she began to imitate it , leading her to spell her first word .

3. Why did Helen consider learning to spell words merely a game ?

Ans: Helen considered learning to spell words merely a game because ,her teacher used to teach her in such a way so that she doesn’t gets bored in learning .

4. Why did Helen break the doll Miss Sullivan had given her as a present ?

Ans: Helen broke her doll out of frustration and being impatient as she was unable to understand the difference between the words mug and water besides her repeated  attempts.

5. What did Miss Sullivan do at the well-house ?

Ans: In order to teach the difference between the words mug and water , Miss Sullivan took Helen to the well – house and on reaching there she took Helen’s hand and placed it under the spout after which she began to feel and understand it better.

6. What was the ‘ mystery of language ‘ that Helen learnt that day ?

Ans: As soon as the cool stream of water touched Helen’s one hand and Miss Sullivan spelled into her other the word water ,she instantly realized the cool liquid falling on her hand was water.Thus, this was the mystery of language that Helen learnt that day.

7. Why did everything Helen touch seem to quiver with life ?

Ans: After Helen returning home every object that she touched seemed to quiver with life because she saw everything with the strange ,new sight that had came to her.

B. 

Read the lines from the passage and answer the questions with reference to the context  .

1.  I did not know that I was spelling a word or even that words existed ; I was simply making my fingers go in monkey – like imitation .

(a) Who is the narrator of these lines ?

Ans: Helen Keller was the narrator of these lines. 

(b) What incident do these lies refer to ? 

Ans: These lines refers to the incident  when Helen ran towards her mother after learning  to spell her first word . 

(c) Why was the narrator unaware that words existed? 

Ans: Helen Keller was unaware that words existed as she lost her sense of sight and hearing due to an illness during her second year . 

(d) Explain the meaning of the expression : ‘making my fingers go in monkey-like imitation’ . 

Ans: ‘ Making my fingers go in monkey-like imitation ‘ means that imitating in the way a monkey does when it sees someone doing something without understanding the reason for doing it but just for the sake of excitement.

2.   I  felt my way to  the hearth and picked  up the pieces . I tried vainly to put them together .Then my eyes filled with tears ; for I realized what I had done , and for the first time I felt repentance and sorrow . 

(a) What were the pieces that the narrator tried to put together ? 

Ans: The  narrator tried to put together the pieces of broken doll. 

(b) How had the thing come to be broken ? 

Ans: The doll broke as a result of the narrator being impatient beside her repeated attempts to understand what her teacher was teaching her . 

(c) Why had she not regretted her action previously ?

Ans: Helen Keller didn’t regretted her previous action of breaking her doll into pieces because she was away from strong sentiments or tenderness which resulted her neither in sorrow nor regret. 

(d) ‘….for the first time I felt repentance and sorrow ‘- What had brought about these feelings in the narrator ? 

Ans: Due to her teacher’s effort she began to understand and feel the meaning of the word water ,after which it awakened her soul, gave light ,hope and even joy. She then began to see everything with the strange ,new sight that had came to her which eventually brought feelings within her .