READ AND UNDERSTAND
A. Tick the most appropriate option.
1. According to the
author the tendril was moving towards grandfather because it
a. needed light and
warmth.
b. did not like the
light and warmth.
c. wanted to be near
Grandfather.
d. wanted to escape
from the winter.
2. Grandmother had wanted
the peepul tree cut down because
a. she did not like
trees.
b. she wanted to grow
flowers.
c. it was an old tree.
d. it was knocking down
the bricks of the outhouse.
3. Grandfather helped
grandma out with the gardening because he
a. liked gardening.
b. wanted to grow flowers
to attract butterflies.
c. wanted to beautify
the garden.
d. wanted to make the
house green.
4. The author did not
want to plant saplings in the forest because
a. no one would come
to see them.
b. it was dangerous
to enter the forest.
c. it would not be of
any use to them.
d. no one would appreciate
them.
5. Grandfather felt
planting trees would help the forest because
a. he wanted to make
the view beautiful.
b. the river-bed was
dry.
c. animals and birds
in the forest would love him.
d. the animals and birds
would find it easier to live.
6. When the author returned
from England to Dehradun, he found Grandfather's dream had come true because the
a. old house had changed.
b. river was full.
c. trees had red flowers.
d. forest covered the
island.
B. Read the story on your own. Discuss in a group
and complete the story map below.
A story
map is the main events of the story given in a flow chart.
C. Work in groups of five. Tell the story in ten
sentences.
You can
begin the story like this:
The author’s Grandfather served in the Indian Forest
Service.
After his retirement he built ------------
Now continue the story.
Each one should say one sentence.
1. The author's grandfather
served in the.India Forest Service.
2. After his retirement
he built a bungalow on the outskirts of Dehradun.
3. He like planting trees.
4. Grandmother was interested
in growing flowers.
5. Flowers will attract
butterflies.
6. Grandfather used to
go into the jungle beyond riverbed with cuttings and saplings
7. He liked to plant in
the forest.
8. He planned such that
the forest will help animals and birds to live happily with food and shelter.
9. second world war - author
was sent to boarding school.
10. Many years later author
came to see the riverbed it looked like a paradise.
D. Write a summary based on the story map.
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