West Bengal Board
My Own True family
Comprehension Exercises
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. [True]
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. [False]
Supporting statement -We are chopped down, we are torn up, you do not blink an eye.
(c) The poet never came out of the Oakwood. [False]
Supporting statement -When I came out of the oakwood, back to human company.
3. Answer the following questions:
(a) When did the poet come twice awake?
Answer - When the old woman opened her bag the poet awoke twice.
(b) What would happen to the poet if he failed to make the promise?
Answer - The poet would die if he failed to make the promise.
(c) What was it that altered the poet?
Answer - The dream of a true family 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 that the little girl 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, “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 the class runs as fast as Sangeeta.
(c) Kaushiki blamed her friend for 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.
Answer
XYZ High School
NOTICE
12.05.2022
Inter-school District Sports Competition
All the students are hereby informed that this year our school has been given the responsibility of organizing the Interschool District Sports Competition. The competition will be held in our school ground between 11:00 am and 5:00 pm on 22.01.2020. There will be different events with which the students are acquainted with through their school sports activities. So the willing students are requested to register their names with their respective class teachers within 16.01.2020. A student can compete in maximum three events. For further details all are requested to meet the sports teacher of the school.
Countersigned
Headmaster
sd/
Sports Club Secretary
XYZ High School
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