Lesson 1
The Wind Cap
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Long Answer Type Questions
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1. Do you think living on a ship is more enjoyable than living on land?
Ans: With sky-high rents and rising mortgage interest rates nation-wide, I think living on a ship on the sea is more enjoyable than living on land. Besides it, if and when I want to move, I simply untie my lines and move my home to a new location. And considering my home can move with the wind, the coastal areas of the whole world are possible future 'homes'. I can have all the creature comforts I need such as laundry facilities, hot showers, Wi-Fi internet, ovens, television etc.
2. How do you think our lives would change if we have magic power to control the weather?
Ans: If we have magical power to control the weather, we can be able to ensure adequate fall of rain because water is essential for life and in most countries the supply of it depends upon showers. Without rain vegetation withers, animal and men languish and die. We could be able to cover up the scorching heat of the sun with clouds. We could be able to blow cold breeze when it is too hot. But we would have to lose the charm of the unknown. Our lives would be changed radically if we had this magical power. We can control drought and flood.
Short Answer Type Questions
1. What did Jon want to be?
Ans: Jon wanted to be a sailor.
2. Who dissuaded Jon to be a sailor?
Ans: Jon's mother dissuaded Jon to be a sailor.
3. Why did not Jon's mother want to let him go to sea?
Ans: According to Jon's mother, Jon knew the turn of the seasons and the smell of the soil but he knew nothing of sailing. This is why Jon's mother did not want to let him go to sea.
4. Why did Jon know the smell of the soil?
Ans: Jon knew the smell of the soil because he was a peasant's son.
5. Why did Jon abandon his desire to be a sailor?
Ans: Jon abandoned his desire to be a sailor because he always obeyed his mother.
6. Why did the boy go about his farm work with a heavy heart?
Ans: The boy went about his farm work with a heavy heart because his mother forbade him to be a sailor. He had to give up his desire.
7. What did Jon run over on a clod of dirt?
Ans: Jon ran over a tiny green turtle on a clod of dirt.
8. Where did Jon set the turtle and why?
Ans: Jon set the turtle on his head because he knew that it would be safe there.
9. Why do you think Jon thought that the turtle would be safe on his head?
Ans: As Jon had been walking behind the plough, he thought that it would not be safe to put the turtle on the field. It could have been easily run over by his plough.
10. Why was Jon surprised after plucking the turtle from his head?
Ans: After plucking the turtle from his head, Jon was surprised because he found that it had turned into a tiny green fairy man.
11. What was Jon's heart's desire?
Ans: Jon's heart's desire was to go sailing.
12. How did the fairy man come to know what Jon desired?
Ans: As the fairy man could read a heart very easily, so it was very easy for him to know Jon's desire.
13. Why did the fairy man offer Jon the wind cap?
Ans: As Jon put the tiny green turtle on his head like a hat to keep him safe, the fairy man offered Jon the wind cap.
14. What was the condition that was associated with the wind cap? (
Ans: The condition that was associated with the wind cap was both bad and good. It was bad because Jon could neither take his cap off before his captain nor at bedtime and it was good because neither could he lose his cap nor could it be stolen from him.
15. Why did Jon become popular with the sailors?
Ans: Jon became popular because it was the wind that sailors called for and wind that Jon could supply.
16. What did the fairy man give Jon?
Ans: The fairy man gave Jon a different kind of cap, the that sailors most desire.
17. What was the warning about the cap?
Ans: The warning about the cap was that no human hand would ever be able to take it off.
18. What was Jon's mother's reaction after seeing the cap?
Ans: After seeing the cap, Jon's mother remarked that no good would come of the wind cap.
19. How was Jon able to set off on his maiden sea-voyage?
Ans: Putting the cap on his head, Jon ran off to the sea. On seeing a ship anchored near the shore, he requested the captain to take him along. In this way Jon was able to set off his maiden sea-voyage.
20. Why did not the captain want to part with his prized sailor?
Ans: By twisting the cap Jon could summon the east wind and the west wind and similarly the north as well as the south wind. This is why the captain did not want to part with his prized sailor.
21. What did Jon beg the captain?
Ans: Jon begged the captain to let him go ashore just for one day when they had sighted land.
22. What did Jon promise to the captain of the ship?
Ans: Jon promised to the captain of the ship that he would return.
23. When did Jon fall fast asleep?
Ans: One quiet afternoon, Jon lay fast asleep.
24. What happened in Jon's dream?
Ans: In Jon's dream, the seasons turned rapidly.
25. Where did the ship stand on the day in which Jon was dreaming?
Ans: The ship stood offshore from his old farm on the day in which Jon was dreaming.
26. Why did the cap call up a squall from the clear sky?
Ans: In Jon's dream, the cap on his head twisted round and round. It called up a squall from the clear sky that hit the ship without a warning.
27. How did the squall become a storm?
Ans: When the sailors pulled and twisted the cap to rip off Jon's head, the squall became a storm.
28. What did the captain do with Jon?
Ans: In anger, the captain grabbed Jon by the tail of his striped cap, twisted him thrice and flung him out to the sea.
29. What happened when the captain twisted Jon thrice by the tail of his cap and flung him out to the sea?
Ans: When the captain twisted Jon thrice by the tail of his cap and flung him out to the sea, the winds called up by the cap spun the ship three times around.
30. Why did the sailors try to rip off the cap from Jon's head?
Ans: In anger and fear, the sailors tried to rip off the cap from Jon's head because the wind had been whirling about the ship tearing the sails and snapping the spars.
31. How did Jon divide his time between land and sea?
Ans: Jon spent half the year on a ship and half on the shore.
32. Do you think Jon was rightly called Captain Turtle? Give reasons for your answer.
Ans: I think Jon was rightly called Captain Turtle because he was as much at home on the water as he was on the land.
33. Why did Jon want to return the wind cap to the fairy man?
Ans: Jon wanted to be a sailor. His wish was fulfilled. Besides it, he had to face a lot of troubles because of this cap. That is why Jon wanted to return the wind cap to the fairy man and wanted to sail as an ordinary man.
34. How/when did the storm stop?
Ans: As Jon went under the waves, the cap came off his head and thus the storm stopped.
35. What did Jon do when the storm stopped?
Ans: When the storm stopped, Jon got to the land, picked up the cap and ran home to his mother and farm.
36. When did Jon begin to dream of the sea?
Ans: Jon began to dream of the sea in winter.
37. Why did Jon run out of the field, tucking the cap in his shirt?
Ans: Tucking the cap in his shirt, Jon ran out to the field to place wind cap under a stone where he knew the fairy man would find it.
38. What did Jon possess as his property?
Ans: Jon possessed his own boat and a hundred acre farm land.
39. Where did Jon keep the wind cap in his house?
Ans: In his house Jon kept the wind cap in the wardrobe.
40. Who came to be known as Captain Turtle?
Ans: Jon came to be known as Captain Turtle.
B. Multiple Choice Questions:
1.(1) The lad had wanted to be a -
(a) doctor
(b) sportsman
(c) sailor✓
(ii) Mother told the boy that he knew the smell of the-
(a) soil✓
(b) food
(c) flower.
(iii) Jon put the turtle on his -
(a) back
(b) head✓
(c) hand
(iv) The fairy man wanted to know Jon's -
(a) age
(b) name
(c) flower✓
Extra for Practice:
2.(i) The boy's name was
(a) Tom
(b) Jimmy
(c) Jon✓
(ii) Jon was always obedient to his -
(a) fairy man
(b) giant
(c) monster✓
(iii) Surprisingly Jon found that the turtle had turned into a -
(a) father man✓
(b) giant
(c) monster
(iv) The fairy man wanted to give Jon -
(a) a mobile
(b) a laptop
(c) a cap✓
(v) Jon went about his farm work -
(a) happily
(b) with heavy heart✓
(c) with anxiety
(vi) The turtle was actually a -
(a) ghost
(b) beast✓
(vii) The fairy man left a -
(a) fez cap
(b) Gandhi cap
(c) striped cap✓
(viii) The fairy man gave Jon a cap along with
(a) one request
(b) one advice
(c) one warning✓
(ix) Jon could neither take his cap off before his captain nor -
(a) at bedtime✓
(b) in the evening
(c) in the morning
(x) The cap given by the fairy man was -
(a) only bad
(b) only good
(c) both bad and good✓
(xi) The fairy man thanked Jon for his
(a) honesty✓
(b) truthfulness
(c) kindness
(xii) Jon soon became very -
(a) unpopular
(b) popular✓
(c) notorious
(xiii) Jon did not set foot on land for -
(a) a fortnight
(b) a year
(c) over a year✓
(xiv) Jon wanted to go ashore -
(a) seven days
(b) ten days
(c) one day✓
(c) inside the wardrobe
D. True or False:
1. (a) Jon never dreamt about the land.
Ans: True Jon could not dream of the land.
(b) The squall was called up because Jon was sleeping.
Ans: False Consequently, the cap on head twisted round and about. It called up a squall from the clear sky that hit the ship without a warning.
(c) The captain was angry with Jon.
Ans: True In anger, the captain grabbed Jon by the tail of his striped cap, twisted him thrice and flung him out to the sea.
(d) Jon did not return the wind-cap to the fairy man.
Ans: False Jon placed the wind cap under a stone where he knew the fairy man would find it.
Extra for Practice:
2. (i) Jon always disobeyed his
mother.
Ans: (i) False Now the boy whose narne was Jon, had always obeyed his mother.
(ii) Jon was unaware of the sea.
Ans: True "You (Jon) are farmer's son, you know the turn of the seasons and the smell of the soil but you did not know the sea."
(iii) The fairy man was somehow grateful to Jon.
Ans: True "I (the
fairy man) thank you for your kindness, tell me your heart's desire and I'll
grant it to you for saving my life."
(iv) Wind cap bears no threat.
Ans: False "But there's one warning, no human hand will ever be able to take it off."
(v) Most of the sailors dream of having the wind cap.
Ans: True "I shall give you a different kind of cap in return, the kind sailors most desire.
(vi) Jon's mother was not hopeful with the cap.
Ans: True "No good will come of the wind cap," she (Jon's mother) said.
(vii) The fairy man gave Jon a cap which goldsmiths desire most.
Ans: False "I shall give you a different kind of cap in return, the kind sailors most desire."
(viii) Putting the cap on his head Jon went to his mother to tell about it.
Ans: True Young Jon put the cap on his head and ran home to tell his mother.
(ix) Jon's mother readily agreed to allow him to go the sea.
Ans: False "No good will come of the wind cap," she (Jon's mother) said.
(x) Jon almost ran over a tiny green turtle on a clod of dirt.
Ans: True He (Jon) all but ran over a tiny green turtle on a clod of dirt.
(xi) The captain allowed Jon to go home.
Ans: False He (Jon) promised he would return but the captain was unmoved.
(xii) Jon turned rapidly in his bed.
Ans: True In Jon's dream the seasons turned rapidly and as each turned, so did Jon in his bed.
(xiii) The fairy man offerd Jon a striped cap.
Ans: True Then with a blink, the fairy man disappeard leaving a striped cap behind.
(xiv) Jon's mother warned that no good would come of the wind cap.
(xv) The captain of the ship refused to take Jon along.
Ans: False ...he (Jon) requested the captain to take him along. Thus began his first ever sea voyage.
(xvi) Jon took the fairy man to his mother.
Ans: False Young Jon put the cap on his head and ran home to tell his mother.
(xvii) The hat was not one without a condition.
Ans: True Well, the wind cap worked as the fairy had said but that one condition prevailed.
(xviii) The captain was angry with Jon.
Ans: True In anger, he (the captain) grabbed him (Jon by the tail of his striped cap, twisted him thrice and flung him out to the sea.
(xx) Jon spent the rest of his life only on a ship.
(xxi) Jon jumped into the sea.
Ans: False In anger, he (the captain) grabbed him (Jon) by the tail of his striped cap, twisted him thrice and flung him out to the sea.
(xxv) Jon took the fairy man to his mother.
Ans: False... Jon could neither take his cap off before his captain nor at bedtime.
Rearrange the following sentences in the correct order and write the numbers in the given circles:
Ans: -> (2)
(ii) Mother said Jon was a farmer's son.
Ans: → (1)
(iii) The turtle changed to the tiny green fairy man.
Ans: -> (4)
(iv) Jon plucked the turtle from his
head.
Ans: -> (3)
(v) Jon did not express his wish.
Ans: (6)
(vi) Jon bowed back.
Ans: -> (5)
Extra for Practice:
2.(i) Jon was walking behind the
plough.
Ans: (3):
(ii) Jon had a strong will to be a sailor.
Ans: →(1);
(iii) Jon met the tiny green turtle.
Ans: -> (4)
(iv) Jon was about to run over a green turtle.
Ans: -> (5)
(v) Jon said nothing to the fairy man.
Ans: →(6 );
(vi) Jon always obeyed his mother.
Ans: (2 .
3.(i) Jon's mother warned that no good would come of the wind cap.
Ans: -> (2)
(ii) The fairy man offered Jon a striped cap.
Ans: → (1);
(iii) On seeing a ship anchored near the shore, Jon requested the captain to take him along.
Ans: -> (3) ;
(iv) Thus began Jon's first ever sea voyage.
Ans: -> (6)
(v) For a year and a day, young Jon did not set foot on land.
Ans: →(5);
(vi) Soon there grew in his heart a strong desire to see the land.
Ans: -> (4) .
4.(i) In anger, the captain grabbed Jon by the tail of his striped cap, twisted him thrice and flung him out to the sea.
Ans: -> (3)
(ii) However, Jon could not stop
dreaming of the land.
Ans: →(1);
(iii) Soon the storm stopped and Jon
swam ashore.
Ans: -> (5)
(iv) Tucking the wind cap in his
shirt, Jon ran out to the field.
Ans: -> (6)
(v) As Jon went under the waves, the
cap came off his head.
Ans: (4);
(vi) One quiet afternoon, Jon lay fast
asleep and fell to dreaming again.
Ans: -> (2) .
1.(i) The cap that sailors most desire
.
Ans: was the wind cap gifted by the
fairy man.
Ans: Jon requested the captain to take
him along.
(iii) By twisting the cap, Jon could summon .
Ans: the east wind and the west wind as
well as the north wind and the south wind.
(iv) Jon desired to see the land because .
Ans: he had not set foot on land for one year and a day.
Extra for Practice:
Ans: farmer.
(ii) Jon wanted to be a .
Ans: sailor.
(iii) Seeing a ship anchored near the shore .
Ans: Jon requested the captain to take
him along.
(iv) As a farmer's son Jon knew .
Ans: the turn of the seasons and the
smell of the soil.
(v) Jon had no idea of sailing and of the sea, so his mother .
Ans: forbade him to go the sea.
(vi) The sailors were unsuccessful to rip the cap off Jon's head as .
Ans: no human hand would be able to
take the wind cap off.
(vii) The cap was good because .
Ans: neither could Jon lose the cap nor
could it be stolen from him.
(viii) The wind cap worked as .
Ans: the fairy had said.
(ix) Jon could neither lose the cap nor .
Ans: could it be stolen from him.
(x) Jon discovered the tiny green turtle when .
Ans: he had been walking behind the
plough.
(xi) The tiny green fairy man thanked Jon for .
Ans: saving his life.
(xii) Jon was known as 'Captain
Turtle' because .
Ans: he was as much at home on the water as he was on the land.
(xiii) As Jon went under the waves, .
Ans: the cap came off his head.
(xiv) In Jon's dream the seasons
.
Ans: turned rapidly.
(xv) In response to the request made
by Jon, the captain .
Ans: was unmoved.
Underline the verbs in the following sentences that suggest actions that began in the past and are still continuing:
Ans: have been travelling
(ii) He thanked me for what I have been doing.
Ans: have been doing
(iii) The baby has been sleeping all day.
Ans: has been sleeping
• Underline the verbs in the following sentences which suggest actions that began before a certain point in the past and continued up to that time:
Ans: had been playing
(ii) When I visited my uncle, he had been teaching in a school there for five years.
Ans: had been teaching
(iii) Rita had been studying in our school for the last eight years since I met her.
Ans: had been studying
Fill in the blanks with either the Present Perfect Continuous or Past Perfect Continuous Tense:
(i) The rain when
I left home. (pour) the bridge for the
Ans: had been pouring,
(ii) The engineers
the bridge for the past few
months. (build)
Ans: have been building
(iii) The performers
since evening (sing).
Ans: have been singing
(iv) At that time, Mr. Roy
one month. (write) poems for
Ans: had been writing
Replace the underlined words with their antonyms:
(i) Jon had always obeyed his
mother.
Ans: disobeyed,
(ii) Jon began his first ever
sea voyage.
Ans: finished,
(iii) He became very popular
with the sailors.
Ans: unpopular,
(iv) In Jon's dream the seasons turned
rapidly.
Ans: slowly.
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