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A. Choose the correct answer and write it in the blank. B. Tick the correct answer. C. Answer the following questions.

UNIT 1

Prose

Who Owns the Water?

 

READ AND UNDERSTAND


A. Choose the correct answer and write it in the blank.

 

1. The little bird broadened the hole with her _______

a. beak

b. claws

 

2. The wild boar settled down scraping the hole into a _________ to have a good sleep.

a. pit

b. hollow

 

3. The poor farmer’s crop was __________

a. meagre b. surplus


Answer: 1) claws 2) hollow 3) meagre

 

B. Tick the correct answer.

 

1. The boar slept until the fading sun told him it was time to get up. What does the phrase until the fading sun mean?

a. until evening 

b. until sun fades in colour

 

2. The farmer was thankful at the sight of the verdant bowl because ___________

a. it was a pond of water

b. he wanted green grass

 

3. They all stood around the little jewel of blue means ___________

a. They stood around the pond.

b. They stood around the jewel which was blue.

 

4. The dry earth soaked up the moisture as a hungry puppy laps up milk. It means ____

a. The puppy was very hungry.

b. The dry earth absorbed the water very quickly.

 

C. Answer the following questions.

 

1. Pick out the line which tells you about seasons (in Sec II). Which seasons are mentioned?

It rained without stopping for three days and three nights and the dry earth soaked up the moisture, as a hungry puppy laps up milk. Summer season and Rainy seasons are mentioned.

2. What happened to the hole in the ground after the rain?

After the rain the hole was filled with rain water. 

3. Identify a sentence and a phrase which tells us that the story took place in summer.

a) In summer months he had to travel far to get water for his thirsty crops. - Sentence

b) thirsty crops - Phrase

 

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