Lesson 5
Our Runaway Kite
1. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:
a. The keeper of the Big Half Moon Lighthouse is
i. Aunt Esther
ii. Father
iii. Claude
iv. Dick
b. The family moved over to the mainland in-
i. summer
ii. spring
iii. monsoon
iv. winter
c. When asked about relations, Father looked
i. happy
ii. angry
iii. sorrowful
iv. irritated
2. Fill in the chart with information from the text :
A B
a. Name of the island--------------------------------------- Big Half Moon
b. Age of Claude---------------------------------------------------Twelve years
c. The game played by Claude and the narrator-------------pirate caves
3. State whether the following statements are True or False. Provide sentences/ phrases/ words in support of your answer :
i. People felt that Claude and the narrator were lonesome in the island. [True]
Supporting statement: “They said we must be lonesome over there.”
ii. Claude and the narrator quarrelled. [False]
Supporting statement : “Claude and I never quarrelled.”
iii. Nobody on the mainland had relations. [False]
Supporting statement : “Everybody on the mainland had relations.”
UNIT - 2
4. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences :
a. In summer the Big Half Moon is always-
i. lovely
ii. unpleasant
iii. boring
iv. dull
b. Back on the island, Claude and the narrator made plenty of
i. puppets
ii. masks
iii. kites
iv. envelopes
c. The kite was patched with a -
i. newspaper
ii. letter
iii. envelope
iv. card
5. Complete the following sentences with information from the text :
i. A boy on the mainland showed - Claude how to make kites.
ii. On the kite Claude and the narrator pasted - an old letter.
iii. Claude was standing with- a bit of cord in his hand.
6. Fill in the chart with information from the text :
Statement ------------------------------------------------------------Reason
a. The narrator’s elbow went through the kite------ She tripped and fell over the rocks.
b. Claude and the narrator hurried to fix the kite--They wanted to send it up before the wind fell.
c. The kite soared-------------------------------------- The wind was glorious.
UNIT - 3
7. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences :
a. A letter came for father after a
i. day
ii. week
iii. fortnight
iv. month
b. Father left home after quarrelling with his
i. brother
ii. sister
iii. aunt
iv. uncle
c. Dick and Mimi discovered the kite on the top of a
i. roof
ii. tree
iii. lighthouse
iv. light post
8. Fill in the chart with information from the text :
A B
a. person who sent the letter--------------------------------------------------- Aunt Esther
b. name of Aunt Esther’s mother --------------------------------------------- Philippa
c. total number of family members in the narrator’s family at present--- six
9. Answer the following questions :
a. What did Father find when he went back home years afterward ?
Years afterward when father went back home he found that his brother had died and he could not find his sister.
b. Where did Aunt Esther live ?
Aunt Esther lived hundreds of miles inland away from the Big Half Moon.
c. Why did Aunt Esther turn pale ?
Aunt Esther turned pale because she believed that Philippa and Claude were none but her niece and nephew and might be her brother was still alive then as the kite was patched with the same letter she had sent to her brother.
10. Change the following sentences into questions, as directed :
a. Shankha lives in Alipurduar. (Information question using ‘where’)
Where does Shankha live ?
b. They have gone to a picnic. (Interrogative sentence using ‘have’)
Have they gone to a picnic ?
c. I went to school yesterday. (Simple question using ‘did’)
Did you go to school yesterday?
d. Tia studies in class X. (information question using ‘which’)
Which class does Tia study in ?
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