I.
Given in the box are some headings. Find the relevant paragraphs in the text to match the headings.
An Orphaned Cub; Bruno’s Food-chart; An Accidental Case of Poisoning; Playful Baba; Pain of Separation; Joy of Reunion; A Request to the Zoo; An Island in the Courtyard
Answer: An Orphaned Cub- 3;
Bruno’s Food-chart- 6;
An Accidental Case of Poisoning- 8;
Playful Baba- 12;
Pain of Separation- 14;
Joy of Reunion- 16;
A Request to the Zoo- 18;
An Island in the Courtyard- 21
II. Answer the following questions
Question 1. “I got him for her by accident.”
(i) Who says this?
(ii) Who do ‘him’ and ‘her’ refer to?
(iii) What is the incident referred to here?
Answer: “I got him for her by accident.”
(i) The narrator says the statement.
(ii) ‘Him’ refers to the baby sloth bear and ‘her’ refers to the narrator’s wife.
(iii) The incident is about how the narrator got the baby sloth bear to his house.
Question 2. “He stood on his head in delight.”
(i) Who does ‘he’ refer to?
(ii) Why was he delighted?
Answer: “He stood on his head in delight.”
(i) ‘He’ refers to Bruno, the sloth bear.
(ii) Bruno was sent to the zoo. He was delighted to see the narrator’s wife after a long time.
Question 3. “We all missed him greatly: but in a sense we were relieved.”
(i) Who does ‘we all’ stand for?
(ii) Who did they miss?
(iii) Why did they nevertheless feel relieved?
Answer: “We all missed him greatly: but in a sense we were relieved.”
(i) ‘We all’ stands for the narrator and his family members – wife and son.
(ii) They missed the bear.
(iii) They felt relieved because it was becoming difficult to keep the bear at home due to his growing size.
III. Answer the following questions in 30 to 40 words each.
Question 1: On two occasions, Bruno ate/drank something that should not be eaten/drunk. What happened to him on these occasions?
Answer: The first time when Bruno ate something that should not be eaten was the poison that the narrator had kept to kill the rats and mice in his library. Bruno entered the library and ate some of the poison. He was paralyzed and could not stand on his feet. He was taken to the vet’s residence.
The second time he found nearly one gallon of old engine oil, which the narrator had drained from the sump of the Studebaker and was keeping as a weapon against the termites. He promptly drank the lot, but there was no ill effect on him.
Question 2: Was Bruno a loving and playful pet? Why, then, did he have to be sent away?
Answer: Yes, Bruno was a loving and playful pet. The bear became very attached to the narrator’s two Alsatian dogs and to all the children of the tenants living in the bungalow. He was left quite free in his younger days and spent his time playing and running into the kitchen.
He had to be sent away because he had grown many times the size he was when he came. It was becoming difficult to keep him in the house.
Question 3: How was the problem of what to do with Bruno finally solved?
Answer: Bruno was sent to a zoo because he could not be kept in the house anymore due to his growth. But in the zoo, he was fretting and was not eating food. He was becoming weak. Then the narrator drove his wife to the zoo, and she fed Bruno a lot of food and drink. She understood that Bruno would not be alright in the zoo and requested the zoo authority to give him back to her.
The narrator and his wife got Bruno back and created a special island for him.
Thinking about Language
I.
Question 1: Find these words in the lesson. They all have ie or ei in them.
f__ld; ingred__nts; h__ght; misch__vous; fr__nds; __ghty-seven; rel__ved; p__ce
Answer: field; ingredients; height; mischievous; friends; eighty-seven; relieved; piece
Question 2: Now, here are some more words. Complete them with ei or ie. Consult a dictionary if necessary.
bel__ve; rec__ve; w__rd; l__sure; s__ze; w__ght; r__gn; for__gn; gr__f; p__rce
Answer: believe; receive; weird; leisure; seize; weight; reign; foreign; grief; pierce
II: Here are some words with silent letters. Learn their spelling. Your teacher will dictate these words to you. Write them down and underline the silent letters.
knock wrestle walk wrong
knee half honest daughter
hours return hornet calm
could sign island button
Answer:
knock wrestle walk wrong
knee half honest daughter
hours return hornet calm
could sign island button
1. You have read about the French Revolution and you want to know more about the Third Estate in the context of the French Revolution. You can refer to the index of the book Living World History by T. Walter Wallbank and Arnold Schrier. On which pages in this book will you find information about the French Revolution and the Third Estate?
Find the adverbs in the passage below.
We thought that everything was over when suddenly a black sloth bear came out panting in the hot sun. Now I will not shoot a sloth-bear wantonly but, unfortunately for the poor beast, one of my companions did not feel that way about it, and promptly shot the bear on the spot.
A. We thought that everything was over when suddenly a black sloth bear came out panting in the hot sun. Now I will not shoot a sloth-bear wantonly but, unfortunately for the poor beast, one of my companions did not feel that way about it, and promptly shot the bear on the spot.
Complete the following sentences, using a suitable adverb ending in –ly.
(a) Rana does her homework _______ .
(b) It rains __________ in Mumbai in June.
(c) He does his work __________ .
(d) The dog serves his master ________.
A.
(a) Rana does her homework neatly .
(b) It rains heavily in Mumbai in June.
(c) He does his work sincerely.
(d) The dog serves his master devotionally.
No comments:
Post a Comment