My Own True Family Question Answer
Comprehension Exercise
1. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:
(a)
Creeping in an oakwood, the poet was looking for a –
(i) goat
(ii)
rhinoceros
(iii) stag ✔
(iv)
buffalo
(b) Whenever an oak tree is felled, the number of
trees the poet must plant is –
(i) two
(ii) three
(iii) four
(iv) five
(c) When the poet came out of the oakwood, his heart
was that of a –
(i) stag
(ii) tree
(iii) human
child
(iv) old
woman
2)
State whether the following statements are True or False. Provide sentences /
phrases / words in support of your answer.
(a) The old woman held the poet’s secrets in her
little bag. 【T】
Supporting
Statement: She said: 'I have your secret here inside my little bag'.
(b) The tree tribe said that the poet is bothered to
see the chopping down of oak trees.
Supporting Statement: You do not blink an eye.
(c) The poet never came out of the oakwood.
Supporting
Statement: When I came out of the oakwood.
3)
Answer the following questions:
(a) When did the poet come twice awake?
Answer: When the old woman opened her little, the poet came twice awake.
(b) What would happen to the poet if he failed to make
the promise?
Answer: If the poet failed to make the promise, he would die.
(c) What was it that altered the poet?
Answer: The dream that the poet dreamt beneath the boughs, altered the poet.
Grammar in Use
4)
Change the following into indirect speech:
(a) Rahul asked Dipa, “Will you go to school today?”
Answer: Rahul asked Dipa if she would go to school that day.
(b) Rita said to Ayesha, “Please give me a glass of
water.”
Answer: Rita requested Ayesha to give her a glass of water.
(c) The old man told the little girl, “May you be
happy!”
Answer: The old man wished the little girl that she might be happy.
5) Do
as directed:
(a) Ranjan said, “Who does not know the name of
Rabindranath?” (Change into affirmative sentence)
Answer: Ranjan said that everybody knows the name of Rabindranath.
(b) Sangeeta runs faster than any other girl in her
class. (Rewrite using the positive degree of ‘faster’)
Answer: No other girl in her class runs as fast as Sangeeta.
(c) Kaushiki blamed her friend of the trouble.
(Rewrite using the noun form of ‘blamed’)
Answer: Kaushiki put the blame on her friend for the trouble.
Writing Activities
7) Your school is going to host the Inter-school District Sports Competition. Suppose you are the secretary of the Sports Club of your school. Write a notice (within 100 words) calling students to participate in the competition. Mention the time, date and venue of the competition. Your notice should be countersigned by the Headmistress / Headmaster of your school.
ABC High School
NOTICE
23/03/2024
Inter-school District Sports Competition
Students are hereby informed that our school is going to organize an Inter-school District Sports Competition on 30 March, 2024. The competition will be started from 9 a.m. The competition will be on several categories of sports. The categories are 100, 200, 400 and 800 meters race, high jump, long jump, potato race and javelin throw. A student can compete in any four categories. Student of class VIII to XII can participate in this competition. At the end of the competition the students will be given refreshment. Interested students should register their names at the office room of the school on and before 28 March, 2024. No registration fee is required to participate in this competition. For further information the undersigned may be contacted.
(Your full name)
Secretary of Sport Club
Countersigned
Headmaster
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