Lesson 4. A Day in the Zoo
[1] Read the passage and answer the questions:
It is one thing to visit a zoo as an ordinary member of the public. It is quite another thing to own a zoo and live in it. It certainly enables you to rush out at any hour of the day or night to observe the animals. It also means you are on duty twenty- four hours a day.
The average zoo day begins just before dawn. The sky will be slightly tinged with yellow when you are awakened by the birdsong. You can hear a robin singing. You hear the rich, fruity, slightly hoarse cries of the touracos, and a joyful blackbird. As the last of his song dies, the white-headed trush bursts into and exited cry. Looking out into the courtyard, on the velvet green lawns you can see an earnest group of peahens searching the dewy grass. A male peahen is dancing, his burnished tail raised like a fountain in the sunlight.
At eight O' clock the zoo staff arrives. You can hear them shout greetings to each other. Sounds made by their buckets and brushes are heard. You go out into the cool fresh morning to see if all is right with the zoo.
a. Write T for true and F for the false seatements: 1×5=5
(i) The writer was a zoo owner. [ ]
(ii) The day begins with a birdsong. [ ]
(iii) Zoo staff arrives at 9.00 O' clock [ ]
(iv) Peahens search food in dewy grass [ ]
(v) Touracos is a bird. [ ]
b. Answer the questions in a sentence: 1x5=5
Qus. Who is the writer of 'A day in the Zoo'?
Qus. When does the zoo staff arrive ?
Qus. Describe the tail of the male Peahen.
Qus. How many birds are mentioned in the passage?
Qus. Name the birds mentioned in the passage?
[2] Read the passage and answer to the questions :
a. Match the words in A with the words in B: 1x5=5
b. Complete the sentences: 1x5=5
(i) Cacophony of sounds is made .
(ii) The armadillo
(iii) Etam, the black Celebes Ape greets you with
(iv) Mike and Jeremy
(v) The mammals live
b. Answer the questions: 2+1+2=5
Qus. Describe the reptile home.
Qus. Why do zoo people become alert ?
Qus. When do the people enter the zoo ?
[4] Read the paragraph and answer to the question :
Towards evening the visiting crowd thins out. The slanting rays of the sun light the cage where the crowned pigeons live. As the light fades, the robin ceases to sing and flies off to roost in the mimosa tree. The white-faced owls that have spent all day pretending to be grey tree stumps, now open large golden eyes. Shadows are creeping over the flower beds and rockery. There is sudden chorus from the chimpanzee's bedroom. You know they are quarrelling over who should have the straw. As you lie in bed, you watch through the window the moon separating itself form the shadow of the trees. You hear the lions cough. Soon it will be dawn and the chorus of birds will take over, the cold morning air will ring with song.
Write true (T) and false (F) within supporting sentences: 2×5=10
(i) Crowd become less in the evening. [ ]
Supporting sentence: Towards evening the visiting crowd thins out.
(ii) The robin sings in the evening. [ ]
Supporting sentence: As the light fades, the robin ceases to sing.
(iii) Owls sleep at day time. [ ]
Supporting sentence: The white faces owls have spent all day pretending to be grey tree stumps.
(iv) Chimpanzees quarrel for food. [ ]
Supporting sentence: They are quarreling over who should have the straw.
(v) The lions cough at night. [ ]
Supporting sentence: You hear the lions cough.
Textual Questions
EXERCISE - 1
Tick() the correct alternative from given below: 1× 5 = 5
Qus. Stephen with a broom in his hand was guarding over the
a) bears [ ], b) gorilla [ ],c) apes [ ],d) armadillo [ ].
Qus. The name of the black Celebs ape was-
a) Etam [ ],b) Jeremy [ ],c) Mike [],d) Stephen [ ].
Qus. The reptiles dozed in the temperature of-
a) sixty degrees [ ],b) seventy degrees [ ], c) eighty degrees [ ],d) ninety degrees [ ].
Qus. The average day in a zoo begins just before-
a) dusk [ ],b) dawn [ ],c) afternoon [ ],d) evening [ ]
Qus. The birds searching the dewy grass on the lawn were-
a) peahens [ ],b) peacocks [],c) robins [],d) thrushes [ ].
EXERCISE - 2
Answer the following questions within 15 words 1× 4 = 4
Qus. What do all the animals do at the start of a new day?
Qus. As the light fades, where does the robin fly off to ?
Qus. How does the sky look as one is awakened by the birdsong?
Qus. How do the parrots and parrakeets salute the people ?
EXERCISE - 3
Answer the following questions within 25 words: 2×3=6
Qus. What work do Jeremy and Mike do in the gorilla's cages?
Qus. Describe the state of the frogs and snakes in the reptile house?
Qus. What would one see and hear while lying in bed at night?
Grammar in use
EXERCISE - 4
Classify the underlined adverbs according to their functions in the chart given below :
(a) I have already done the job.
(b) Bappa can go anywhere for his work.
(c) Puja often comes to my place.
(d) Nargis sings sweetly.
Functions of adverbs:
EXERCISE - 5
Underline the clauses in the following sentences and
state what kind of clauses they are :
(a) As he was not there, I spoke to his brother.
(b) The house where Nazrul was born in Churulia.
(c) She said that she would return soon.
(d) Have you read the book which you borrowed from me ?
Composition
EXERCISE - 7
Write a letter to the Headmaster / Headmistress of your school within 100 words seeking leave for three days to visit your ailing grandmother.
EXERCISE - 8
Write a letter to your friend within 100 words narrating your experience of visiting a Wild Life Sanctuary.
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