Read the passage and answer the following questions. (1×7=7m)
As the dreaded examinations crawl to a halt, students look forward to the much
awaited “creative outlets”, the summer camps to let off steam and spend their
holidays. A summer camp is conducted over a short period of four to five weeks
involving interesting and fun-filled activities. The colourful spectrum of summer
camps provides a wide variety of activities which include artistic skills such as
painting, origami, art, music, craft and also spoken English, cookery and
computer courses. Not only this, the summer camps keep the child “fit as a
fiddle” by imparting lessons in yoga, cricket, tennis and swimming.
With changing, times and trends parents have become productivity oriented.
They want their children to learn through productive play unlike in the past when
play just played. Today, the parents want to tap the potential of their children to
the fullest. To achieve this aim, the summer camps afford an ideal opening for
children to develop their hobbies and talents. The importance of creative play is
often underestimated whereas the fact is that art and craft projects can excite
even a young child’s imagination and promote a sense of great achievement.
The little things that children make and take home give them a sense of
achievement and pride when they show them to their parents.
Summer camps develop a child’s confidence and his ideas. They also encourage
children to do things on their own. The camps are beneficial for hyperactive and
aggressive children as they help channel their energies fruitfully by drawing out
the best in them. They also promote mutual understanding not only among
teachers and children but also bring about an interaction between the taught.
This provides a good experience for a better future—a future of confidence.
On the basis of your reading of the passage answer, the following questions
(1) What are the main activities in summer camps?
(2) How do summer camps keep the children healthy?
(3) Nowadays what is the concept of parents about the play?
(4) “To achieve this aim” (line 10). What aim is the writer referring to here?
(5) “They also promote mutual understanding.” ‘They’ refers to
(6) Summer camps are particularly helpful for problem children who are ……
(7) Which qualities do summer camps help in the development of children?
Answers
Explanation:
Read the passage and answer the following questions. (1×7=7m)
As the dreaded examinations crawl to a halt, students look forward to the much
awaited “creative outlets”, the summer camps to let off steam and spend their
holidays. A summer camp is conducted over a short period of four to five weeks
involving interesting and fun-filled activities. The colourful spectrum of summer
camps provides a wide variety of activities which include artistic skills such as
painting, origami, art, music, craft and also spoken English, cookery and
computer courses. Not only this, the summer camps keep the child “fit as a
fiddle” by imparting lessons in yoga, cricket, tennis and swimming.
With changing, times and trends parents have become productivity oriented.
They want their children to learn through productive play unlike in the past when
play just played. Today, the parents want to tap the potential of their children to
the fullest. To achieve this aim, the summer camps afford an ideal opening for
children to develop their hobbies and talents. The importance of creative play is
often underestimated whereas the fact is that art and craft projects can excite
even a young child’s imagination and promote a sense of great achievement.
The little things that children make and take home give them a sense of
achievement and pride when they show them to their parents.
Summer camps develop a child’s confidence and his ideas. They also encourage
children to do things on their own. The camps are beneficial for hyperactive and
aggressive children as they help channel their energies fruitfully by drawing out
the best in them. They also promote mutual understanding not only among
teachers and children but also bring about an interaction between the taught.
This provides a good experience for a better future—a future of confidence.
On the basis of your reading of the passage answer, the following questions
(1) What are the main activities in summer camps?
(2) How do summer camps keep the children healthy?
(3) Nowadays what is the concept of parents about the play?
(4) “To achieve this aim” (line 10). What aim is the writer referring to here?
(5) “They also promote mutual understanding.” ‘They’ refers to
(6) Summer camps are particularly helpful for problem children who are ……
(7) Which qualities do summer camps help in the development of children?