Thomas Alva Edison 7
The Caterpillar and the Butterfly 8
Q 1. Choose the words from the box which describe the butterfly and the caterpillar.
Ans : The butterfly :
Vain , dazzling, proud and beautiful .
The caterpillar :
Green , fat , contended and slow.
Q. 2 Why were the elves laughing at the two of them?
Ans:The elves were laughing at the two of them because the caterpillar and the butterfly they both are the different parts of same life span that means the caterpillar will become a butterfly in the near future and the butterfly who was spitting the caterpillar was once herself a caterpillar.
Q.3. What was the butterfly vain about?
Ans The butterfly was vain about his powdered wings ,They are just the very latest things. And his tongue , so long and curled, the finest one in the world.
Q.4. Do you think the caterpillar was happy with himself ?
Ans Yes ,the butterfly was happy with himself.
Q.5. If given a choice, whose life would you choose - the butterfly 's or the caterpillar 's and why?
Ans: I would like to choose caterpillar 's life because caterpillar is going to become a butterfly in the near future.
Q.6. Where did the butterfly and the caterpillar meet and what were they doing?
Ans : The butterfly and the caterpillar met when the caterpillar was eating that juicy cabbage at that time a dazzling butterfly came. They were greeting each other.
The Dentist and the Crocodile 9
Q.1. Why was the crocodile sitting in the dentist's chair?
Ans : The crocodile was sitting in the dentist's chair because he wanted to repair his teeth.
Q.2. What was the dentist's reaction to the crocodile's request?
Ans : The dentist's face was turning white. He quivered , quaked and shook.
Q.3. It was a fearsome sight. Why was it a fearsome sight according to the dentist?
When the crocodile opens his jaws , the rose of pointed three hundred is one the fearsome sights . Moreover, when the crocodile asks the doctor to put his head in his month to examine his teeth is also a fearsome sight.
Q.4. What did the crocodile aks the dentist to do ? Why ?
Ans : The crocodile told the dentist to check his teeth for decay especially the ones at the back of his mouth.
Q.5. Did the dentist think that the crocodile needed treatment?
Ans: No , the dentist did not think that the crocodile needed treatment.
Q6 Why did the lady call the crocodile a 'naughty boy' and' harmless '?
Ans The lady called the crocodile a naughty and harmless because the crocodile was her pet. And the he was playing tricks.
- Come If you Can 10
Q 1 The poet wants to visit many places. Name them.
Ans: China, Japan, Bombay , Zanzibar and Iraq and Iran
Q 2 What are the problems the poet faces when he is sailing?
Ans The problems which the poet faces when he is sailing are: high and strong waves, imbalance of ship against waves, sea-sickness and ship striking the rocks.
Q.3 Name two things the poet will see when he flies in an aeroplane.
Ans While flying in the aeroplane The poet will see where the sun goes at midnight and whether there is really a man on the moon.
Q.4 How do we know the poet is in a desert in the last few lines of the poem?
Ans Sand, mountain like sand dunes and oasis are the references in the last few lines which prove that the poet is in the desert.
Q5 Match the following words with their meanings.
Ans
1. Mirage ( d) not real, that is not actually there .
2. Oases ( b) areas in deserts where you get food and water.
3. Caravan ( e) a group of people, animals travelling in a desert.
4. Cathy ( f) is an alternative name for China in English.
5. Aslant ( a) not level.
6. Frightened ( c) to become afraid
Q6 Write all the rhyming words from the poem.
Ans shock - rock , soon -moon , ground- around, low - go , will - still , few- through and will - thrill are the rhyming words from the poem( Come If you Can ) .
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