Chapter 7
Topsy-turvy Land
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1. What do you see in the picture on page 106?
Ans: We see a messy room in the picture. Things are scattered – school bag on the bed, shoes and socks lying around, and a ball in the room.
2. Where do the people in Topsy-turvy Land wear their hats?
Ans: The people in Topsy-turvy Land wear their hats on their feet.
3. What happens when someone walks down the street in Topsy-turvy Land?
Ans: When someone walks down the street in Topsy-turvy Land, they walk on their hands instead of their feet.
4. In Topsy-turvy Land, do the boys and girls go to school in the morning?
Ans: No, in Topsy-turvy Land, the boys and girls go to school at night.
5. In the poem, if buses travel backwards, where do you think cars and trains go?
Ans: If buses travel backwards, cars and trains might also move in reverse or in strange directions.
6. Who is the speaker in the poem?
Ans: The speaker is a person who is describing the strange and funny things happening in Topsy-turvy Land.
7. What is strange about the sea in Topsy-turvy Land?
Ans: The sea is made of sand in Topsy-turvy Land, which is the opposite of real life.
8. When do children go to school in Topsy-turvy Land?
Ans: The children go to school at night in Topsy-turvy Land.
9. Where do buses run in Topsy-turvy Land?
Ans: In Topsy-turvy Land, buses run on the sea, and pleasure boats travel on streets.
10. What kind of land is Topsy-turvy Land?
Ans: Topsy-turvy Land is a strange and funny place where everything is the opposite of normal — people walk on their heads, wear hats on their feet, and do things backward
11. What would happen if people walked on their heads?
Ans: If people walked on their heads, it would be very uncomfortable, and everyone would need a strong neck and headgear!
12. What would happen if you didn’t go to school at the usual time?
Ans: If we didn’t go to school at the usual time, our routine would get disturbed, and it might be difficult to concentrate or learn properly.
13. When do children go to school in Topsy-turvy Land?
Ans: In Topsy-turvy Land, children go to school at night.
14. In the poem, if buses travel on the sea, then where do the boats travel? How should it rightly be?
Ans: In the poem, boats travel on the streets, which is the opposite of the usual way. Normally, boats travel on the sea.
15.Comparison between Topsy-turvy Land and Our Land
| Topsy-turvy Land | Our Land |
|---|---|
| (i) People walk on their heads. | (i) People walk on their feet. |
| (ii) The buses run on the sea. | (ii) The buses run on land. |
| (iii) They wear their hats on their feet. | (iii) They wear their hats on their heads. |
| (iv) Boats sail on the streets. | (iv) Boats sail in the sea. |
| (v) People pay for what they don't get. | (v) People pay for what they receive. |
16. The words in the sentences are jumbled here. Rearrange them to make meaningful sentences. Words that begin with a capital letter are the first word of the sentence.
(i) Renu naughty is a girl.
Ans: Renu is a naughty girl.
(ii) untidy room Her always is.
Ans: Her room is always untidy.
(iii) mother Her advises her clean to it.
Ans: Her mother advises her to clean it.
(iv) never listens She her mother to.
Ans: She never listens to her mother.
(v) kind of What child a you are?
Ans: What kind of a child are you?
17. Five Things I Do to Make My Home Look Neat and Clean:
(i) I make my bed every morning.
(ii) I organize my study table and keep my books in order.
(iii) I clean my shoes and keep them in the shoe rack.
(iv) I help in washing dishes and cleaning the kitchen after meals.
(v) I arrange my clothes properly in the wardrobe and fold them neatly.
18. Imagining a Topsy-Turvy Scene:
In a topsy-turvy world, the trees would grow upside down, with their roots in the sky and their branches touching the ground. The cars would drive on the rooftops while the people walk on the streets with their feet on their heads. The birds would swim in the rivers, and the fish would fly in the sky. The moon would be seen during the day, and the sun would shine brightly at night. Everyone would wear shoes on their heads and hats on their feet. It would be a funny, strange, and confusing world, where everything works the opposite way!
Gulliver's Travels
Questions and Answers
1. What happened when Gulliver's crew discovered land?
Ans: On the 16th of June, 1730, Gulliver and his crew discovered land. The captain sent a dozen men with vessels to find water. However, when they landed, they found no river, spring, or inhabitants. The country was barren and rocky.
2. What did Gulliver do after discovering the land?
Ans: Gulliver went on to explore the land, but when he tried to join the crew, he saw them getting into a boat and rowing away in fear, trying to reach the ship.
3. What did Gulliver observe in the sea?
Ans: As Gulliver watched the crew row for their lives, he saw a huge creature walking after them in the sea. The water of the ocean only reached up to the creature’s knees. However, the creature was unable to catch up with the speeding boat.
4. What did Gulliver do after observing the creature?
Ans: Gulliver quickly turned back, climbed up a steep hill, and walked through fields of barley, where the corn grew up to forty feet tall. There was a fence that separated one field from another.
5. Why was it difficult for Gulliver to climb the hill?
Ans: It was impossible for Gulliver to climb the hill because every step was six feet high, making it very challenging for him.
6. What did Gulliver discover when he was trying to find a gap in the hedge?
Ans: While searching for a gap in the hedge, Gulliver discovered one of the inhabitants of the land walking towards the fence. The creature was of the same size as the one chasing the boat.
7. How did the creature react when he noticed Gulliver?
Ans: The creature noticed Gulliver and called in a voice much louder than a trumpet, which sounded like thunder. Seven more monsters like him came toward the field, each carrying a very large reaping hook to harvest the corn.
8. What happened when one of the reapers approached Gulliver?
Ans: When one of the reapers approached where Gulliver was hidden, Gulliver screamed as loudly as he could. The reaper stopped and, using his thumb and forefinger, picked Gulliver up and brought him up to his face, 60 feet above the ground, to look at him closely.
9. What did the reaper do after examining Gulliver?
Ans: After examining Gulliver, the reaper called his friends over and gently placed Gulliver on the ground. The other reapers sat down to get a better look at him, amazed by his tiny size compared to theirs.
10. What did Gulliver try to do when he was with the farmers?
Ans: Gulliver tried to speak to the farmers loudly in several languages, hoping they would understand him. However, each time he spoke, the farmer who picked him up held his ear close to Gulliver but could not hear him clearly.
11. Where did the farmer place Gulliver after picking him up?
Ans: The farmer placed Gulliver at some distance on the dining table, which was thirty feet high from the floor.
12. What was the size of the farmer's dinner dish?
Ans: The farmer's dinner dish was ten feet in diameter, much larger than anything Gulliver had ever seen before.
13. What happened when the farmer's wife crumbled bread for Gulliver?
Ans: The farmer's wife crumbled some bread and placed it before Gulliver, giving him a small meal to eat.
14. What dangerous encounter did Gulliver have with the cat?
Ans: Gulliver heard a loud noise behind him, which turned out to be the purring of a cat that was ten times larger than an ox. The farmer's wife was stroking the cat, which posed a serious danger to Gulliver because of its enormous size.
15. What happened when the farmer's one-year-old son saw Gulliver?
Ans: The farmer's one-year-old son, in the arms of a lady, grabbed Gulliver from the table and put his head into his mouth. Gulliver screamed so loudly that the baby dropped him. If it weren't for the mother holding her apron under him, Gulliver might have broken his neck.
16. Where did the mother place Gulliver after the incident?
Ans: After the frightening incident, the farmer's wife put Gulliver on her bed and covered him with a clean white handkerchief. He slept there, dreaming of his home, wife, and children.
17. Why did the captain send the men to the land?
The captain sent the men to the land to find water, as they were in need of it.
The men rushed back to the ship because they saw a huge creature walking after them in the sea, and they feared for their lives.
19. Choose the correct answer.
(i) The giant carried a reaping hook because
(b) he was going to reap the corn.
(ii) They put Gulliver on the ground to look at him because
(c) they had never seen such a tiny man.
The creature is a "dodo."
21.From the text, write the sentence that tells you the following.
(i) The giant reapers were fascinated by Gulliver.
"They all sat on the ground to take a good look at me."
(ii) Gulliver was a learned man.
"I tried to speak to them loudly in several languages."
(iii) The farmer's son thought Gulliver was a toy.
"On seeing me the child grabbed me from the table and put my head into his mouth."
(iv) The farmer's wife was a kind-hearted woman.
"Later she put me on her own bed and covered me with a clean white handkerchief."
21. Complete the sentences with the correct expressions:
(i) The old man's hair is as white as snow.
(ii) His feet were as cold as ice.
(iii) The newspaper boy was as slow as a tortoise in delivering the papers.
(iv) I felt as light as a feather after exercising.
22. Create your own comparisons for the following:
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as tall as a giraffe
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as fast as a cheetah
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as high as the sky
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as angry as a lion
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as tiny as a mouse
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as brave as a lion
23. Here are the complete sentences based on the matches:
- I was writing a letter when my pen ran out.
- Paul was looking out of the window when the lights went out.
- He was looking for his dog when he noticed a lovely butterfly.
- I was just completing the last answer when ma'am said, "Stop writing."
- The man was painting the wall when he fell off the ladder.
- Amit was doing his homework when the bell rang.
- My mother was cooking dinner when the phone rang.
Ans: I was sitting in a taxi yesterday when the driver suddenly stopped for a red light.
He was cleaning out his cupboard when he found an old letter.
A dog ran out onto the road when I was driving to work.
The teacher walked into the room when the students were chatting.
Comparing things or people:
