How the Dog Found Himself
A. Discuss these questions in pairs before you write the answers.
1. Why did the dog feel the need for a master? (1, 2)
Ans-Because he was afraid of living alone on the earth, looking for food and getting afraid by those who were stronger than him, So the dog feel the need for a master.
2. Who did he first choose as his master? Why did he leave that master? (3)
Ans-Wolf was the first master.
Because he thought the bear was more strong than the wolf.
3. Who did he choose next? (5)
Ans-He choose the bear next.
4. Why did he serve the Lion for a long time? (8)
Ans-Because the lion was the strongest on the forest there was no stronger beast in the forest than the lion. No one dared to touch the dog or offend him in any way.
5. Who did he finally choose as his master and why? (9, 10)
Ans-He finally choose a man as his master.
Because man was the most loyal servant and knows no one other master.
B. A summary of the story is given below. Fill in the blanks to complete it taking appropriate phrases from the box.
a dog stronger than anyone else the strongest of all a wolf the bear afraid of man his own master a lion
This is the story of —–––––—————————–, who used to be——————————————. He decided to find a master —–––––––———————. First he found ————————————, but the wolf was afraid of –––————––——————— . The dog thought that the bear was ————————————— . After some time the dog met ————————————— ,who seemed the strongest. He stayed with the lion for a long time.
One day he realized that the lion was ———————––—————— . To this day, the dog remains man’s best friend
Ans-a dog, his own master, stronger than anyone else, a wolf, the bear, the strongest of all, a lion, afraid of man.
A. Each word in the box given below indicates a large number of… For example, ‘a herd of cows’ refers to many cows. Complete each of the following phrases with a suitable word from the box
school fleet brood bundle bunch pack flock herd
1. a —————––—— of ships 5. a ———––———— of sticks
2. a ——————––— of flowers 6. a ——––————— of sheep
3. a ——————––— of chicks 7. a —––—————— of fish
4. a ———————–– of cattle 8. a ––——————— of wolves
Ans-1) fleet 5) bundle
2) bunch 6) flock
3) brood 7) school
4) herd 8) pack
B. Make nouns from the words given below by adding –ness or – ity. (For some words we need to add just –ty, or –y.)
1. honest ————————— 7. creative ———————————--
2. kind —————————— 8. sincere ———————————--
3. cruel —————————— 9. cheerful ——————————
4. calm —————————— 10. bitter ———————————---
5. sad ——————————— 11. sensitive——————————-
6. active —————————---- 12. great ———————————----
Ans-1) honesty 7) creativity
2) kindness 8) sincerity
3) Cruelty 9) cheerfulness
4) calmness 10) bitterness
5) sadness 11) sensitivity
6) activity 12) greatness
C. Word search
• There are twelve words hidden in this table.
• Six can be found horizontally and the remaining six vertically.
• All of them are describing words like ‘good’, ‘happy’, etc.
• The first letters of the words are given below:
Horizontal: H R F F S G
Vertical: A W S F L Q
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