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Ex. 1. Meanings
1. Stripes line.
2. Position place.
3. Concert music.
4. To peep to look.
5. To enter to go into.
6. Slightly a little.
7. To remain to stay.
8. Gently kindly
9. Pity kindness
10. To persist to continue
11. Distressed very unhappy.
12. Entire whole
13. Companion friend.
14. Ruby a dark red precious stone.
15. Hilt the handle of a sword, knife.
16. Sapphires clear, bright blue precious stones
17. Miserable uncomfortable
18. Worn looking very tired
19. Command order.
20. Charity donation.
21. Humanitarian kind.
3. The dog liked the idea of going to ToonToon town and becoming a musician.
4. They entered a forest and suddenly saw a house.
5. The Rooster is thrown out because he oversleeps .
6. Mohan was an honest boy.
7. The entire nation was Gandhijis family.
8. The students at Mohan.
9. The Baniacovered the snake with a pot.
10. The happy prince looked so sad that the little swallow was sorry.
11. The little swallow was filled with pity.
12. He was covered with leaves of fine gold.
13. The little girl was delighted and ran home laughing.
14. An international survey ranked Mother Teresa as the most admired person of the
2oth century.
15. Edisons favourite invention was the Phonograph.
Ex. 5.MCQS.
1. Anna Pavlova decided to become a dancer because she was enchanted by the ballet
Sleeping Beauty.
2. I think that many people in the audience, wept on the day after Anna died because she
was one of the most wonderful dancers the world has produced.
3. Velu is happy because the sky is cloudy and there are tiny droplets of rain.
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4. The old woman stopped smiling because velu told her theres nothing to smile about
when it had not rained for months.
5. The ship California could not come to its help because they had switched off the radio
so did not hear the call for help.
6. The people of Hamelin were angry because they thought the Mayor was not doing enough
to get rid of the rats.
7. The Pied Piper led the children away because the Mayor broke his promise and refused to
pay him the promised amount.
8. The master threw the Rooster out because he over slept and could not get up in the morning.
9. The master threw their animals out because they were old and of no use.
10. The bania did not kill the snake the snake because he did not have the courage to kill it and
he hated killing a living animal.
11. The boy felt pity for Gandhiji because he could not afford a Kurta.
12. The happy prince wants to cry all the times because he sees the sadness and misery of the
people around him.
13. The swallow filled with pity because there were tears running down the Princes face.
14. The swallow feel warm when it is actually cold because it had done a good deed.
15. The Prince was happy when he was alive because he was always within the palace walls
and did not know anything about the world outside.
1. Why did Anna have to wait before she could learn to dance?
A. Anna was just eight years old and too young to learn dancing. She had to wait for two
years before she could learn to dance.
2. Why did Anna become the Prima Ballerina for the theatre company?
A. Anna became the Prima Ballerina of the theatre company because she had the gift of
dance and she was hard working.
3. Why was the audience silent at the end of one of her performance?
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A. The audience was so amazed by the beauty of Annas dance that they were spell bound.
4. What did the audience see on stage when The Dying Swan was performed the day
after Annas death?
A. A shining spot light which flitted around the stage replaced Anna in the performance.
A. When Velu saw the sun glowing Crimson like fire he knew then that it would not rain.
A. The earth has worked for thousands of years by taking care of every one on it.
7. Name the film that was made on the story of Titanic? Who directed the film?
A. The name of the film was Titanic and the story was based on some of the incidents that
happened on the ship. It was directed by James Cameron.
A. The word Titanic means huge. This ship was very big with many staircases, rooms,
dancing halls, swimming pools and all the luxuries one could think of.
9. Why did the California not come to help the passengers on the Titanic?
A. The California could not come to help the passengers on the Titanic because its radio
was turned off and the operator was asleep.
10. Why did all the passengers not get into the life boats?
A. All the passengers could not get into the life boats because there were not enough life
boats to hold all the passengers.
A. The people of Hamline were facing the problem of too many rats in the city and they could
not get rid of them.
12. On what condition did the Pied Piper agree to solve their problem?
A. The Pied Piper said that he would solve the problem if the Mayor could give him five
hundred guilders.
13. What did a robber say when the Donkey kicked him?
A. When the donkey kicked a robber he said that a ghost had thrown him over.
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A. The robbers were sitting by the fire and eating nice hot food.
16. What did Gandhiji mean by Forty crore brothers and sisters?
A. The entire nation was Gandhijis family and he was the head of that family. He was their
friend and companion.
A. Constant travel and long hours of practice made Anna ill. She caught a chill during a
train journey from Holland.
A. The day before her show at Brussels Anna fell ill and died. Nevertheless the show went
on except that all the other players were doing their roles while there was a spot light in the
places where Anna was supposed to be. It was indeed a fitting tribute to her.
A. For the past six years ever since Velu possessed the piece of land, he had been
cultivating it season after season, and harvesting jowar and dal alternately. He had never taken
a holiday and had worked all round the year.
A. After the old woman told him to be patient as the earth also needed some time to
breathe, he realized this could be true and went home happy and decided to wait.
5. Captain Smith and his crew tried to save the passengers. Describe three things they did?
A. Captain Smith and his crew sent messages asking for help on the radio. They woke up
all the passengers, and they lowered life boats with people in them into the sea.
A. After he got rid of the rats the Pied Piper asked the promised five hundred guilders but
when the Mayor offered him only five guilders he took away all the children.
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A. The strange person was the Pied Piper. He was tall and thin with a long and serious face. He
wore a coat of many colours and a tall red hat. He held a long, thin pipe in his hand.
8. How did the prince change and feel sorry for the people?
A. When the prince died and his statue was put up at a great height he could see how people
lived. He could see the suffering among the people and felt savy for them.
9. How did the prince help the little girl who was selling match sticks?
A. The prince felt sorry for the little girl because she could not sell the wet match sticks and
she had no money to take home so the prince told the swallow to take the remaining Sapphire
from the other eye and give it to the poor girl.
(1) She soon became the main dancer. Music composers began to compose music for her.
A. Anna Pavlova.
A. She had become so popular that composers wanted to compose music for her dance.
(2) For twenty years, Anna gave performances all over the world.
A. All this started affecting her health. She caught a chill while on a train journey and fell
ill.
(3). It had been the same for six years, ever since he got his own piece of land.
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A. His hard work he had been working hard and cultivating and harvesting jowar and dal
for six years without taking a holiday.
3. What did they say they should do to make it the same again?
(4). I have only done what any hard-working farmer would do.
A. When the old lady said that Velu had been working too hard.
3. Was there anything else that had been working too hard?
(5) We are not sure ourselves. Its strange that the rain is still not here.
A. When Velu went to the weather office to find out the rains would come.
A. It happened because a huge iceberg came and hit the side of the ship.
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A. The result was that the water came into the ship because of the holes created by the
iceberg.
(7). Captain Smith and most of his crew went down with the ship.
3. Why did the captain and his crew not jump into the water like the others?
A. The Captain and the crew are not supposed to leave the ship till everybody leaves. This
is a rule that is followed.
A. He was a tall and thin man with a serious face. He wore a coat of many colours and a tall
red hat which was unusual.
A. The Prince said that he was crying because he could see that people were sad and
miserable.
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A. When the Prince asked him to stay and do a deed for him.
A. The swallow stayed and took the ruby from the hilt of the sword and gave to the seamstress.
(11) Its winter and the snow will soon be here. Dear Prince, I must leave you now.
A. The Prince requested the swallow to stay back and help him reach out to the people who
were suffering.
A. The swallow kept plucking the precious stones from the Princes statue and kept giving
them away to the needy.
A. The Prince became blind after he commanded the swallow to pluck out the sapphires off his
eyes and give them away to the poor man and girl.
Edison was born in Ohio in the USA. in 1847. He was an innovative scientist. He made
working models of a steam engine and steam powered sawmill. His favourite invention was
the photograph. He also invented electric bell. He also tried to invent electric bulb but he failed
and did not give up. He made many other inventions too.
2. Mother Teresa.
Mother Teresa was born in Albania in 1910, she died in 1997. Her real name was Agnes
GonxhaBojaxhiu. She was very famous woman. She started the Missionaries of Charity in
Calcutta, India. She worked for forty years. She looked after the poor, sick, orphans and dying.
She won Nobel peace prize in 1979 for her kind work.
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3. Mahatama Gandhi.
Gandhiji was born on 2nd October 1869, in Porbandar. His full name was Mohandas
Karamchand Gandhi. His father was Diwan of Rajkot. He studied law in London. He lived
very simple life. He fought against Britisher to give us freedom. He belived in truth and Non-
violence. He still inspires people all over the world. He is known as the father of our nation.