A Letter to God

A LETTER TO GOD

EXTRA QUESTIONS 1. Where was the house located? Answer : ‘The House’ was located on the top(crest) of a low hill....

QUESTION MARKS - 2 1. Why was Lencho angry when he received the letter? Answer : When Lencho received the letter,...

QUESTION MARKS -6 1. Lencho received the money and a letter from God but still, he was not happy. Was it not in his at...

2. “If you don’t help me, my family and I will go hungry this year.” Lencho had faith in God but he didn’t manage to sol...

3. Give the character-sketch of Lencho. Or, “I wish I had the faith of the man.” Describe Lencho’s character in the ligh...

4. Why did Lencho write a letter to God? Who received the letter and what did he do? Answer : Lencho was a hard- farm...

5. Write the story of Lencho’s faith in God. Or, Write a brief summary of the story ‘A Letter to God’. Answer : Len...

6. Why did Lencho need God’s help? Answer : Lencho was a simple farmer. He was very hard-working. His crops had alwa...

7. What circumstances made Lencho write a letter to God? What does this act show about him? Answer : The rain did c...

8. Why did the postmaster and his employees decide to help Lencho? Was their effort appreciated by the receiver of that...

9. Give a character sketch of the Postmaster in your own words. Don’t you think that he should have deserved a better r...

10. The postmaster represents such people who still believe in helping others mention those values of the postmaster whi...

11. (i) What did the postmaster need to answer the letter? How did he collect it? (ii) How did Lencho react to help?...

12. Describe Lencho as a farmer. How did the rain gladden his heart but the heavy hailstones that followed left him a wo...

13. “Humanity still exists”, this is what we get to know after reading A letter to God’ in which firm faith in God of a...

14. Describe Lencho’s qualities in light of his faith in God. Do you have faith in God like Lencho? Was Lencho’s reactio...

SUMMARY In the story "A Letter to God" by G.L. Fuentes, a poor farmer named Lencho experiences a hailstorm that destroys...

Textbook Questions ❑ Now complete the following statements. (i) In addition to the sender, the form has to be sign...

Oral Comprehension Check (Page 5) 1. What did Lencho hope for?...

Oral Comprehension Check (Page 6) 1. Who or what did Lencho have faith in? What...

Oral Comprehension Check (Page 7) 1. Was Lencho surprised to find a letter for...

Thinking about the Text (Page 7) 1. Who does Lencho have complete faith in? Whi...

Thinking about the Text (Page 7 - 8) 2. Why does the postmaster send money to L...

Thinking about Language (Page - 8) I. There are different names in different pa...

Thinking about Language (Page - 8) II. Match the sentences in Column A with the meanings of 'hope' in Column B....

Thinking about Language (Page = 9 - 10) III. Relative Clauses ❑ Join the sentences given below using who, whom, whos...

Thinking about Language (Page - 10) IV. Using Negatives for Emphasis Find sentences in the story with negative words,...

Thinking about Language (Page - 11) V. Metaphors : In pairs, find metaphors from the story to complete the table bel...