English Literature (Ist Semester)
English Literature (Ist Semester)
English Literature (Ist Semester)
Word Meaning:
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Gazing : ------------------------------------------------------
Waving : ------------------------------------------------------
Hurried : ------------------------------------------------------
Wounded : ------------------------------------------------------
Lamplight : ------------------------------------------------------
Disappointment : ------------------------------------------------------
Brightly : ------------------------------------------------------
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Glitter : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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6. Mrs Yusuf has been our teacher for two years now.
1. Watch 2. Garden
3. Stone 4. Match
5. Half 6. Mosquito
7. Wife 8. Bus
9. Fox 10. Bench
11. Monkey 12. Duty
13. Story 14. Dish
15. Way
C. From each group, underline three words that are similar in meaning.
D. The words in Column A describe the way people walk. These words are all from the story. Match
them with their meanings in Column B.
A B
1. Strolled a. Walked around slowly with no purpose or direction.
E. Complete these sentences with the walking words from the previous exercise.
3. She turned off the light and ________________ out of the room.
1. c __ __ l 2. b __ __ d 3. h __ __ t
4. b __ __ n 5. t __ __ f 6. f __ __ st
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Word : Meaning
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2. Streets :__________________________________________________________________________
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4. In the poem, if buses travel on the sea, then where do the boat travel?
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5. In the poem if buses travel on the sea, then where do the boats travel?
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7. Do you think that a place like Topsy-turvy land would exist, say why?
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Rhyming words:
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2. Feet :_________________________
3. Sand :_________________________
4. Stand :_________________________
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1. What did the colt’s mother do as soon he was able to eat grass?
a. She made him pull a gig.
b. She took him another side of the meadow.
c. She went out to work.
d. She taught him to gallop.
2. What did the master call the colt and his mother?
a. Darkle and Pet b. Darkle and Beauty
c. Black Beauty and Duchess d. Beauty and Pet
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2. What did the colt do in the meadow with the six young colts?
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1. Describe the surroundings in which Black Beauty lived. Give one word for it.
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2. How can we tell that Black Beauty belonged to a good breed of horses?
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D. Rewrite these sentences using personal pronouns inplace of the highlighted words.
3. Mohsin and Halima are siblings. Mohsin and Halima live in Lucknow.
6. The girls won the competition. The principal will give the girls an award.
2. Happy b. Dawn
3. Come c. Cowardly
4. Natural d. Go
5. Dusk e. Sad
G. Make new words by adding a suitable prefix to the words in brackets. Then fill in the blanks with
the new words.
3. She used to _____________ (place) her keys often. Now she hangs them on her neck!
H. Choose the right word to answer the questions. Usea dictionary if in doubt.
its neck. It has a coat of ____________ . A horse eats ____________ and lives in a ________________ . A
young horse is called a _______________ . A female horse is called a _______________ a male horse is
J. Make sentence.
1. Meadow :___________________________________________________________________
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2. Gallop :___________________________________________________________________
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3. Frequently :___________________________________________________________________
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4. Stroke :___________________________________________________________________
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K. Word-Meaning:
1. Meadow :___________________________________________________________________
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2. Rushes :___________________________________________________________________
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3. Brook :___________________________________________________________________
4. Colts :___________________________________________________________________
5. Gallop :___________________________________________________________________
6. Hedge :___________________________________________________________________
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7. Plantation :___________________________________________________________________
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8. Whinnied :___________________________________________________________________
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9. Temper :___________________________________________________________________
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2. Why does the poet say that ‘Pepperpot’ would be good name for the tabby cat?
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4. Say why the poet thinks that ‘Sootkin’ is a suitable name for the second cat?
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B. Read this line from poem and answer the questions that follow.
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1. Tabby :_____________________________________________________________________
2. Slender :_____________________________________________________________________
3. Offend :_____________________________________________________________________
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1. What did Helen’s mother say when people thought she could not learn anything?
a. She agreed with them and decided to send Helen away.
b. She disagreed with them and said that Helen was smart.
c. She disagreed with them but left Helen alone.
d. She agreed with them and told them to find a good tutor.
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4. What did Helen learn when the teacher put her hand into running water?
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C. Read these sentences from the text and answer the questions that follow.
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2. She thought about the joys it had, brought her and, for the first time, longed for a new day to come.
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2. What was the most important thing that Helen finally understood?
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Make Sentence:
1. Plenty :__________________________________________________________________________
2. Quarrelsome :__________________________________________________________________________
3. Quirky :__________________________________________________________________________
Word Meaning:
1. Taby :__________________________________________________________________________
2. Slender :__________________________________________________________________________
3. Offend :__________________________________________________________________________
4. Frill :__________________________________________________________________________
5. Tortoise shell:__________________________________________________________________________
6. Ne’re :__________________________________________________________________________
Rhyming-Words:
1. Eyes :______________________________
2. Bur :______________________________
3. Black :______________________________
4. That :______________________________
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Chapter 4. Dragon
A. Choose the right options to answer these questions.
1. Before walking up, how did the dragon rock play a part in the daily life of the village?
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5. How was “water dragon day” celebrated every year in the village?
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C. Read the sentences from the story and answer the questions that follow.
2. “I saw something.”..........
a. Who said this? _________________________________________________________
1. A dry wind lazily picked up some flower heads and tossed them around.
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2. The river carried away the school teacher’s bike shed, but she did not care.
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1. How do you know that people were not scared of the dragon rock?
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2. Describe three signs that the dragon was about to wake up?
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3. Did the children believe in the rhyme that they always sang? Give reasons for your answer.
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3. Dizzy : ____________________________________________________________________
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4. Shrieking : ____________________________________________________________________
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5. Monument : ____________________________________________________________________
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Word Meaning:
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2. Dropped : ____________________________________________________________________
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1. What kind of a priest did the famous temple on the hill have?
3. What did the caretaker see from the topmost point of the hill?
4. What was the question asked by the people who came for the interview to the caretaker when he choose
the young man as the successor?
1. The old priest looked for a successor who could take charge of the temple _____
but could not find a single person.
2. The old priest was not concerned about who would take charge of temple after him. ____
3. The need for a new priest became urgent because the old priest died. ____
4. When the caretaker referred to the ‘wise one’ he meant God. ____
5. The young man who came late for the interview was a simple and humble man. ____
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3. Interview :____________________________________________________________________
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4. Limped :____________________________________________________________________
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D. Word meaning:
1. Worthy successor :____________________________________________________________________
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E. Complete the sentences using the simple past tense of the words in the brackets.
F. These pairs of words are commonly confused. Study their meanings and use them to complete the
sentences.
1. Accept : agree to receive or do
Except : not including
a. It’s cool and quiet everywhere __________________ in the kitchen.
b. She had gone to Patna to __________________ an award for her latest novel.
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b. The __________________ in the mountains can change very quickly, so take suitable clothing.
b. At least 600 people will __________________ their jobs if the factory closes.
F __ __ st b __ __ d g __ __ l b __ __ th
Bl __ __ c __ __ ry visit __ __ f __ __ get
mot __ __ w __ __ k sh __ __ t th __ __ d
Question / Answer:
1. In this story, you read about how the young man cleared the mountain path. Describe how the path looked
before and after he cleared it.
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2. Can you say that the old priest and the caretaker were very sincere people and gave a lot of importance to
their jobs? Give reasons for your answer.
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3. Do you think we ought to be sincere in whatever we do? Would you do a task sincerely even if you knew
there were no benefits?
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The Tease
The speaker is talking about ________________ . She calls it is a ________________ because she says it
teases her in many ways. It ________________ upon her from everywhere. At times it ________________
her hat and ________________ her hair and ties her cloths in knots. She wishes she had a
________________ to catch it but then ________________ not do that because if there was no wind, she
2. The speaker does not really want to catch the wind. _______
3. The speaker cannot sail her boat or fly her kite without the wind. _______
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1. Nuisance
2. Pounce
3. Clutch
4. Snare
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Word – Meaning:
1. Invest :___________________________________________________________________________
2. Regretted :___________________________________________________________________________
3. Compulsory:__________________________________________________________________________
4. Illustration :___________________________________________________________________________
5. Unbearable :___________________________________________________________________________
6. Concentrate:___________________________________________________________________________
7. Unique :___________________________________________________________________________
8. Accomplished:_________________________________________________________________________
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1. Invest :___________________________________________________________________________
2. Regretted :___________________________________________________________________________
3. Compulsory:__________________________________________________________________________
4. Illustration :___________________________________________________________________________
5. Unbearable :___________________________________________________________________________
6. Unique :___________________________________________________________________________
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1. What was special about the village from which Irah came?
3. Why did her friend suggest that she should forget about the kite for the time being?
1. What was the purpose of the meeting of investors and farmers from the village?
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5. What did Irah say as soon as the Cihejo won the kite competition?
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1. Why did Irah regret having thrown away her chance to study?
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D. Read these sentences from the story and answer the questions that follow.
E. Irah has a cousin who is very messy. Choose the right options to help him find things in his room.