You have read two stories about flying. ‘His First Flight’ is about how a young bird learns to fly and ‘Black Aeroplane’ is a mystery.
1. Read the story, ‘His First Flight’ again. Working in groups of four, answer the following questions selecting the correct option.
Q.1. The young seagull was afraid of flying because ____
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(a) he felt his wings would not support him
(b) other bird knew to fly very well
(c) the sea was very large
(d) his mother and father threatened him
Q.2. Why did his family taunt him about his cowardice?
(a) He went with his sisters and brothers.
(b) He was not listening to them.
(c) He was not accepting their request to fly with them.
(d) He was not liked by them at all.
Q.3. How did the young seagull start flying?
(a) His mother showed him the fish and moved away from him to make him fly.
(b) His brothers and sisters trained him to fly.
(c) He was hungry and he moved to fly in search of food.
(d) He did not learn to fly at all.
Q.4. Which of the following statements is not true of the young seagull?
(a) He was lazy and did not want to fly.
(b) He wanted to fly, but was afraid of flying.
(c) His mother, father, brothers, and sisters helped him fly.
(d) His hunger made him fly.
Q.5. Say whether the following statements about the seagull are true or false.
(a) The young seagull liked to fly with his brothers and sisters. ( )
(b) The young seagull was hungry so he started to fly. ( )
(c) He was scared of flying first. ( )
(d) He flew on his own to get the food. ( )
1. Making adverbs: bitterly, imperturbably, violently, and evidently are some words you have come across in the story. These are adverbs. A few words are given below. Make adverbs of these words and use them in sentences of your own. (Take care of the spelling when you convert these into adverbs.)
(a) Angry _________________________________________ _________________________________________
(b) Vague _________________________________________ _________________________________________
(c) Indignant _________________________________________ _________________________________________
(d) Threatening _________________________________________ _________________________________________
(e) Hurry _________________________________________ _________________________________________
A. Phrasal verbs
The sentence below is taken from the text you have read. The phrase in italic is a phrasal verb. A phrasal verb is a combination of words (a verb + a preposition, for example check in or a verb + an adverb, for example break down). When they are used together, they usually take on a different meaning to that of the original verb. …Walk away from the old Dakota.
walk away is a phrasal verb which means to move away from.
Find out the meaning of the following phrasal verbs and use them appropriately in sentences.
(a) walk in __________________________________________ _____________________________________________________
(b) walk out ___________________________________________ ______________________________________________________
(c) take away ___________________________________________ ______________________________________________________
(d) take up ___________________________________________
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(e) take in ___________________________________________ ______________________________________________________
(f) take out ___________________________________________ ______________________________________________________
(g) give away ___________________________________________ ______________________________________________________
(h) give in ___________________________________________ ______________________________________________________
(i) give up ___________________________________________ ______________________________________________________
(j) put in ___________________________________________ ______________________________________________________
(k) put away ___________________________________________ ______________________________________________________
(l) put out ___________________________________________ ______________________________________________________
Use the words given below and frame sentences using the passive forms of the verbs.
Examples:
• Rice/cultivate/Gangetic valley and coastal region. (Simple Present) Rice is cultivated in Gangetic valley and coastal region.
• The documents/sign/principal. (Present Perfect) The documents have been signed by the principal.
(a) Taj Mahal/build/Shah Jahan. (Simple Past) ______________________________________________________
(b) Malaria virus/transmit/female Anopheles mosquito. (Simple Present) ______________________________________________________
(c) The case/solve/police and two persons arrest. (Present Perfect) ______________________________________________________
(d) Many houses/and lives/destroy/the volcanic eruption in Mt. Etna. (Simple Past)
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(e) The ultraviolet rays/prevent/the ozone layer/entering the earth’s surface. (Simple Present) ______________________________________________________
(f) The field/convert/playground. (Present Perfect) ______________________________________________________
C. Unscramble the following sentences to make meaningful ones:
(a) records/flying/many/who/American aviator/was an/ Amelia Earhart/set
(b) the first/across/woman/solo/to fly/the Atlantic Ocean/ she/became
(c) a flight/July 1937/the globe/Earhart/disappeared/ to circumnavigate/somewhere/over the/Pacific/in/ during
(d) was never/found/and/she was/officially declared/ plane wreckage/lost/at sea/her
(e) century/her/disappearance/remains/of the/one of the/greatest/unsolved mysteries/twentieth
Go around your neighbourhood and talk to people, particularly elders, and collect riddles and puzzles in their languages.
• Ask them how and why such riddles could have emerged.
• Collect at least 10–15 riddles and write them in an order with information.
• Find out more about the riddle. • Present it to the class as a chart and oral presentation.
