West Bengal Board
Hunting Snake
Exercise 1
Tick the correct answer from the given alternative:
(1) The poet was sun-warmed under the gentlest sky of
(a) Summer
(b) Winter
(c) Autumn
(d) Spring
(2) The colour of the snake was
(a) Black
(b) Grey
(c) Green
(d) Yellow
(3) The tongue of the snake was
(a) Still
(b) Flickering
(c) Dangling
(d) Hanging
(4) The shape of the snake’s a scale was like
(a) Star
(b) Kite
(c) Diamond
(d) Pyramid
(5) According to the poet, the intent of the snake was
(a) Malicious
(b) Greedy
(c) Timid
(d) Fierce
(6) The snake finally disappeared into the
(a) Sand
(b) Grass
(c) Rock
(d) Stream
Exercise 2
Answer the following questions within twenty-five words:
(i) How did the snake appear as it moving through the grass
Answer - As the snakes was moving through the grass its head was down and tongue flickering. With sunlight on it, the scale glazed like diamonds.
(ii) What did the poet her companions do when the snake was gone?
Answer - When the snake was gone, the poet and her companies took a deeper breath
Exercise 3
Rewrite the following sentence as directed:
(a) How happy we are here! (Change into an assertive sentence)
Answer - We are very happy here.
(b) Everybody knows the name of Tagore, (change into an interrogative sentence)
Answer - Who does know the name of Tagore?
(c) The painting is very beautiful. (Change into an exclamatory sentence)
Answer - How beautiful the painting is!
(d) Can we ever forget childhood days? (Changes into an assertive sentence)
Answer - We can never forget out childhood days.
Exercise 4
Rewrite the following sentences as directed:
(a) We are proud of our heritage. (Use the noun form of ‘proud)
Answer - We feel pride in our heritage.
(b) We should have sympathy for the poor. (Use the adjective form of ‘sympathy’)
Answer - We should be sympathetic towards the poor.
(c) His success was due to his labour. (Use the verb form of labour’)
Answer - He succeeds because he laboured.
(b) The song of the nightingale is very sweet. (Use the adverb form of ‘sweet’)
Answer - The nightingale sings very sweetly.
Exercise 5
Write a newspaper report within 100 words on a boat capsizes. Use the following hints:
[Place-date-number of people in the boat-cause-casualties-rescue operations-steps taken by the Government]
Boat Capsize Tolls Forty
– By Staff Reporter
Haldia, October 12, 2020: A serious accident has taken the lives of at least forty people, including ten children and 5 women, at Haldia last Monday. An overloaded boat capsized. The boat was normally used for ferry-service for the common people crossing the Haldia River. On the day of the accident, the boat was overcrowded. In spite of the boatman’s objection, the passengers compelled him to sail the boat.
The rest of the passengers were rescued by the local people. Some are missing till date. The government has sent a special rescue team on the spot and also assured kind of help for the victims.
Exercise 6
Write a summary of the following passage within 100 words:
Where and how should children learn values? We know that they need to learn them because values form the beliefs and attitudes that will determine how they live their lives and function in society. To function effectively in society, children need to be taught how to be honest, kind, courteous and considerate. Any society that does not teach children these values would soon fall apart. Similarly, one would expect a nation to be made up of citizens who know how to respect other people and their property. These citizens should also understand the value of humility and self-control. They should appreciate courage and be willing to care of those weaker than themselves. Any nation whose citizens do not practice these values would soon become a nation not worth living in. Teaching these values to children cannot be delayed. This is because, unlike young animals, whose instincts are often highly developed at birth, human babies are totally dependent. Human beings have emotional needs, desires, thoughts and feelings which determine action. This is precisely why they must learn values, not just survival skills as do animals. These values will help control the natural responses that result from satisfying purely selfish needs and desires. (202 words)
Summarize
Any organized society is based on some moral values, like kindness, honesty, courtesy, considerate attitude to others etc. Without these, civilization can never prosper. So children should be taught the values at the beginning of their lives. Thus in youth they will be fit to take responsibility in society. Then by shunning self-centre thinking, they will be helpful to others in need. For other animals these are not needed because they learn what are needed for them through instinct only.
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