Chapter 4.4
1. The teacher writes incomplete sentences on the board. He/ She asks the students to complete them in their notebooks.
(a) Today, I am happy because ……………………………… .
Answer: my grandparents are coming for a holiday.
(b) Today after the class, I wish ……………………………… .
Answer: to eat an ice cream.
(c) Tomorrow, I feel that ……………………………… .
Answer: I will go for a movie.
(d) I want to laugh because ……………………………… .
Answer: I am very happy.
(e) Today, the class seems to be cheerful about ……………………………… .
Answer: the forthcoming football match.
The Height Of The Ridiculous Question 2.
2. The teacher writes an incomplete sentence and asks the students to complete it in a funny way.
Answer: (1) Mother gave me cheese but the cat ate it.
(2) I went to the market and bought an elephant.
3. Order of sequence : Arrange the following reactions in their proper order, as per the poem.
(a) His waistband split
(b) The grin grew broad.
(c) Sleepless eye.
(d) Was all upon the grin.
(e) He broke into a roar.
(f) He burst five buttons off.
Answer: (d) Was all upon the grin
(b) The grin grew bro^d
(e) He broke into a roar
(a) His waistband split
(f) He burst five buttons
(c) Sleepless eye
4. Copy any two stanzas of the poem in the lines below. Using a coloured pen underline the stressed syllables in each line and put a stress-mark ( ) over each.
Answer: I wrote some lines once on a time
In wondrous merry mood,
And thought, as usual, men would say
They were exceeding good.
5. Complete the lines of the poem by choosing proper pairs of rhyming words and make it meaningful.
a) We returned home late, one ………………………. ,
Answer: We returned home late, one night,
b) In the window, there glowed a ………………………. .
Answer: In the window there glowed a light.
c) Burglars !! was our very first ………………………. ;
Answer: Burglars! Was our very first thought,
d) For defence, sticks ‘n stones we ………………………. .
Answer: For defence, sticks ‘n stones we sought.
e) ”Let’s grab the loot and ………………………. ,”
Answer: “Let’s grab the loot and run.”
f) was uttered soft, by ………………………..
Answer: Was uttered soft, by someone.
g) The door we softly ……………………….,
Answer: The door we softly unlocked.
h) And then we were truly ………………………..
Answer: And then we were truly shocked.
i) Oops! Before, outside, we’d ……………………….,
Answer: Oops! Before outside we’d gone,
j) The television had been left ………………………..
Answer: The television had been left on
6. Choose the correct alternatives: (The answers are given directly and underlined.)
(1) The poet was in a very …………….. mood when he wrote the lines.
(a) tired
(b) happy
(c) bored
(d) wondering
Answer: (b) happy
(2) The poet was generally a ……………… man.
(a) humorous
(b) wonderful
(c) serious
(d) good
Answer: (c) serious
7. (a) the contrast between the poet and his servant.
Answer: The poet was a thin and slender man while his servant was strong and muscular.
(b) the poet’s reaction when he read the lines.
Answer: The poet laughed heartily when he read the lines. He laughed so hard he thought he would die.
8. Find out the expression from the extract that indicates funny moments:
Answer: ‘I laughed as I would die’.
9. Match the lines with the figures of speech:
Lines – Figures of Speech
(a) A sober man am I – (c) Tautology
(b) To mind a slender man like me – (d) Inversion
Answer: (a) A sober man am I – Inversion
(b) To mind a slender man like me – Alliteration.
10. Complete the following:
(1) There was a grin on the servant’s face when …………………………
(2) The chuckling noise was heard when ……………………..
(3) When he read the fifth line ………………….
(4) The grin grew from ear to ear when the servant ………………….
Answer: (1) he read the first line.
(2) the servant read the third line.
(3) his waistband split.
(4) read the second line.
11. Describe the outcome of this experience on the poet.
Answer: After this experience, the poet has never dared to write any more funny poems.
Answer by Dimpee Bora
