These AP 7th Class English Important Questions 7th Lesson The Bond of Love will help students prepare well for the exams.
AP Board 7th Class English Unit 7 Important Questions and Answers The Bond of Love
Reading Comprehension (Seen)
1. Read the following passage carefully.
I will begin with Bruno, my wife’s pet sloth bear. 1 got him for her by accident. Two years ago, we were passing through the sugarcane fields near Mysore. People were driving away from the wild pigs from the fields by shooting at them. Some were shot and some escaped. We thought that everything was over when suddenly a black sloth bear came out panting in the hot sun. One of my companions shot the bear on the spot.
As we watched the fallen animal, we were surprised to see that the black fur on its back moved. It was a baby bear that had been riding on its mother’s back. The little creature ran around its parent making a pitiful noise.
I ran up to it to capture. It scooted into the sugarcane field. I finally caught the baby bear by holding it in its scruff while it snapped and tried to scratch me with its long, hooked claws. (The Bond of Love)
Now, answer the following questions.
1. Who was Bruno?
Answer:
Bruno was a pet sloth bear.
2. Where did the author get Bruno?
Answer:
At the sugarcane fields near Mysore
3. What is referred to as ‘little creature’ in the above passage?
Answer:
A baby bear
4. Who captured the baby bear?
Answer:
The narrator
5. What made them surprised?
Answer:
The black fur on the dead bear moving
2. Read the following passage carefully.
The bear became very attached to our two Alsatian dogs and to all the children of the tenants living in our bungalow. He was left quite free when he was young. He spent his time playing, running into the kitchen, and going to sleep on our beds.
One day an accident befell him. I had placed poison (barium carbonate) to kill the rats and mice in my library. Bruno entered the library and he ate some of the poison. He could not stand on his feet. I guessed what had happened. I rushed in the car to the vet’s residence. The vet searched his medical books and found the medicine for the poison. Bruno grew weak and vomited. The vet gave three shots of injections. After thirty minutes, Bruno looked at us disdainfully, as much as to say, ‘What’s barium carbonate to a big black bear like me?’ (The Bond of Love)
Now, answer the following questions.
1. Who did the bear very attach to?
Answer:
To their two Alsatian dogs and to all the children of the tenants in their bungalow
2. How did the bear spond his time?
Answer:
He spent his time playing, running into the kitchen, and going to sleep on the narrator’s beds.
3. Why did the speaker keep the poison in the library?
Answer:
To kill the rats and mice in the library
4. What was guessed by the author?
Answer:
He guessed that the bear had eaten the poison in the library room.
5. How was the bear at last?
Answer:
He was alright.
3. Read the following passage carefully.
The months rolled on and Bruno had grown many times the size he was when he came. He had grown bigger than the Alsatians, but just as sweet, just as mischievous, just as playful. And he was very fond of us. Above all, he loved my wife, and she loved him too! She had changed his name from Bruno, to Baba, a Hindustani word signifying ‘small boy’. He could do a few tricks, too. At the command, ‘Baba, wrestle’, or ‘Baba, box,’ he tackled anyone who came forward for a fight. Give him,a stick and say ‘Baba, hold gun’, and he pointed the stick at you. Ask him, ‘Baba, where’s baby?’ and he cradled a stump of wood affectionately which he had carefully kept in his straw bed. But because of the tenants’ children, Baba, had to be kept chained most of the time. (The Bond of Love)
Now, answer the following questions.
1. What are the Alsatians?
Answer:
The pet dogs of the author
2. How was the nature of Bruno described?
Answer:
Just as sweet, just as mischievous, just as playful.
3. What was th6 new name of Bruno?
Answer:
Baba
4. What does ‘Baba’ mean in Hindustani?
Answer:
A small boy
5. Why had Baba to be kept chained most of the time?
Answer:
Because of the tenants’ children
4. Read the following passage carefully.
“Oh please, sir,” she asked the curator, “may 1 have my Baba back”? He answered, “Madam, he belongs to the zoo and is government property now. I cannot give away government property. But if the superintendent at Bangalore agrees, certainly you may have hinrrback.”
We went to the superintendent in Bangalore. My wife pleaded, “Baba and I are missing each other. Will you please give him back to me?”. He was a kind-hearted person. He wrote to the curator telling him to lend us a cage for transporting the bear to Bangalore.
We went to Mysore again with the superintendent’s letter. Baba was driven into a small cage and hoisted on top of the cari the cage was tied securely, and carried to Bangalore. (The Bond of Love)
Now, answer the following questions.
1. What was the narrator’s wife’s request to the curator?
Answer:
She wants her Baba (the pet bear) back home with her.
2. What was the response of the curator?
Answer:
The curator said that the bear belonged to the zoo and was government property now and so he could not give away government property. If the superintendent at Bangalore agreed, she might have the bear back.
3. Who are missing each other?
Answer:
Baba and the narrator’s wife
4. Who was a kind-hearted person?
Answer:
The superintendent in Bangalore
5. Where was Baba at last?
Answer:
At the narrator’s house
5. Read the following passage carefully.
Hachiko was a Japanese dog remembered for its loyalty towards its master.
Hachiko, a golden-brown, pure-bred Akita was born in November, 1923 in Japan. A year later Hachiko came to its master, Ueno Hidesaburo as a gift from his students. Ueno Hidesaburo was a professor in agriculture department at the Tokyo Imperial University.
When Hachiko came to the Professor’s house, he was very weak. The whole family looked after him with great care. Within six months Hachiko’s health got improved.
The Professor would take the train to his work and come back by evening. Hachiko would accompany the Professor to the station every morning and would come back to trie station every evening to receive his master. Their routine continued for years. (Hachiko – A Symbol of Loyalty)
Now, answer the following questions.
1. Why was Hachiko remembered?
Answer:
For its loyalty towards its master
2. Who was the master of Hachiko?
Answer:
Ueno, a Professor in Agriculture department at the Tokyo Imperial University
3. Who gave Hachiko to the professor?
Answer:
His students
4. How would the professor go to his work?
Answer:
He goes to his work by train.
5. What was the daily routine of the dog?
Answer:
He accompanies his owner to the station every morning and comes back to the station every evening to receive his master.
6. Read the following passage carefully.
On 21 May 1925, the Professor did not return as he died of cerebral hemorrhage on his way back home. Hachiko waited for his master as usual, but he did not return from work. Hachiko would visit the railway station every morning and evening. He longed for his owner. This went on for next nine years, nine months, and fifteen days. Hachiko would wait at the station patiently.
People took a notice of this adorable dog. Hachiko gained national attention. He became the headline of the newspaper. On October 4,1932 one of the students of the Professor published a story.
The story’s headline read: “Tale of a Poor Old Dog: Patiently Waiting for Seven Years for the Dead Owner.” Hachiko waited for his master for almost ten years and died at the age of thirteen. He was buried next to Professor Ueno. The story of Hachiko’s love and loyalty towards his master made the Japanese build a bronze statue for Hachiko at the same railway station where he used to wait for his master. (Hachiko- A Symbol of Loyalty)
Now, answer the following questions.
1. Why did the professor not return one day?
Answer:
Because he died of cerebral hemorrhage on his way back home.
2. What did Hachiko long for?
Answer:
He longed for his owner.
3. What was the story published about?
Answer:
About the dog who waits at the railway station every day for his master
4. How many days did the dog wait for his master?
Answer:
For almost ten years
5. Where was the dog buried after death?
Answer:
Next to his master, the Professor Ueno.
Reading Comprehension (Unseen)
1. Read the following passage carefully.
Nationalism is a concept that involves a feeling of extremely strong attachment towards one’s own country.
Due to one or more than one object factors like race, religion, language, literature, culture, etc. there grows in a people a strong feeling of like mindedness which endows them with the quality of nationality.
This feeling of oneness prompts every member of the group to feel themselves as equal partners in the pleasure and regret, justice and injustice, pride and humiliation of the entire people. Nationalism is a great democratic ideal which continues to live as the strongest force and continues to inspire struggle for national liberation in different parts of the globe.
However nationality is an all-round development of human civilisation. It builds healthy culture and progresses to the world’s peaceful environment.
Now answer the following questions.
a) What is Nationalism?
Answer:
Nationalism is a feeling of extremely strong attachment towards one’s own country.
b) When do people of a nation develop like mindedness?
Answer:
Due to factors like some race, religion, language, literature or culture.
Choose the correct answer from the choices given.
c) Which quality in people makes them feel as one in pleasure or regret?
i) thoughtfulness
ii) nationalism
iii) sorrow
iv) extreme happiness
Answer:
ii) nationalism
d) Nationalism continues to inspire ………….
i) strong men
ii) struggle for national liberation
iii) people retain from peace
iv) injustice
Answer:
ii) struggle for national liberation
e) How does civilisation tend to build a healthy culture?
i) nationalism
ii) foreign culture
iii) by riots and revolts
iv) giving up hope bn one’s own nation
Answer:
i) nationalism
2. Read the following passage carefully.
A man stopped at a flower shop to order some flowers to be wired to his mother who lived two hundred miles away. As he got out of his car he noticed a young girl sitting on the curb sobbing. He asked her what was wrong and she replied, “I wanted to buy a red rose for my mother. But I only have seventy-five cents, and a rose costs two dollars.”
The man smiled and said, “Come with me. I’ll buy you a rose.” He bought the little girl her rose and ordered his own mother’s flowers. As they were leaning he offered the girl a ride home. She said, “Yes please! You can take me to my mother.” She directed him to a cemetery, where she placed the rose on a freshly dug grave.
Now answer the following questions.
a) Where was the man travelling?
Answer:
The man was travelling to visit his mother.
b) Why was the girl sobbing?
Answer:
Because she had no money to buy a rose for her mother.
Choose the correct answer from the choices given.
c) How much was the cost of the rose?
i) a dollar
ii) 75 cents
iii) 2 dollars
iv) 2 dollars 75 cents
Answer:
iii) 2 dollars
d) Where did the girl take the man?
i) to her house
ii) to graveyard
iii) to the church
iv) to the countryside
Answer:
ii) to graveyard
e) What happened to die girl’s mother?
i) The girl’s mother died.
ii) The girl’s mother is sleeping.
iii) She is waiting for the girl at the cemetery.
iv) She is selling flowers.
Answer:
i) The girl’s mother died.
Interpretation of Non-Verbal Information
1. The following table shows the marks secured by some students in a school exam.
Now, answer the following questions.
a) What information is the table likely to show?
Answer:
The marks scored by some Students in a school exam
b) Identify the two low scores in English.
Answer:
64 and 73 respectively scored by Suresh and Vineela
Choose the correct answer from the choices given below.
c) Find out the subject that was scored well by all students.
i) Maths
ii) English
iii) Telugu
Answer:
i) Maths
d) Which is the subject the students need to improve?
i) Sciences
ii) English
iii) Hindi
Answer:
iii) Hindi
e) Choose the correct statement horn the following:
i) Mohini scored the least score in total score.
ii) Vineela scored the highest total in all subjects.
iii) Suresh scored least marks in social studies.
iii) Suresh scored least marks in social studies.
2. Read the Average Inflation table in India from 2007 to 2016 and answer the questions given below.
| Average Inflation | % |
| CPI India 2016 | 5.65% |
| CPI India 2015 | 5.88 % |
| CPI India 2014 | 6.37% |
| CPI India 2013 | 10.92% |
| CPI India 2012 | 9.30 % |
| CPI India 2011 | 8.87 % |
| CPI India 2010 | 12.11 % |
| CPI India 2009 | 10.83 % |
| CPI India 2008 | 8.32% |
| CPI India 2007 | 6.39 % |
Now answer the following questions.
a) In which year is the inflation very high?
Answer:
2010
b) What was the average inflation rate in 2007?
Answer:
6.39%
Choose the correct answer from the choices given.
c) In which year was inflation above 9% and below 9.5 %?
i) 2014
ii) 2012
iii) 2007
iv) 2008
Answer:
ii) 2012
d) In 2014, the inflation rate is …………. than 2015.
i) more than
ii) less than
iii) equal to
iv) the highest
Answer:
i) more than
e) In which years was the average inflation rate almost same?
i) 2014 and 2011
ii) 2014 and 2007
iii) 2016 and 2008
iv) 2010 and 2009
Answer:
ii) 2014 and 2007
Vocabulary
Synonyms
Choose the words with similar meanings (synonyms) from the list given to the words underlined.
Answer:
a) a) chasing, b) ran away
b) a) noticed, b) astonished
c) a) occupants, b) very
d) a) order, b) confronted
e) a) companions, b) suggested
f) a) worrying, b) denies
Antonyms
Write the opposites (antonyms) for the underlined words.
a) I finally (a) caught the baby bear by holding it in its scruff while it snapped and tried to scratch me with its long (b), hooked claws.
b) After thirty minutes, Bruno looked at us disdainfully (a), as much as to say, ‘What’s barium carbonate to a big (b) black bear like me?”
c) At the command (a) ‘Baba, wrestle’, or ‘Baba, box’, he tackled anyone who came forward (b) for a fight.
d) Then friends (a), my son and I advised my wife, to give Baba to the zoo at Mysore. He was getting too big to keep at home. After some weeks, she accepted (b) at last.
e) How was Baba? Back came the replies, “Well, but fretting; he refuses (a) food too.” For three months. 1 managed to stop (b) my wife from visiting Mysore.
f) He was a kind-hearted (a) person. He wrote to the curator telling him to lend (b) us a cage for transporting the bear to Bangalore.
Answer:
a) a) immediately, b) short
b) a) humbly, b) small
c) a) request, b) backward
d) a) foes, b) refused
e) a) accepts, b) allow
f) a) merciless, b) borrow
Right Forms of the Words
Fill in the blanks with the right form of the words given in the brackets.
a) We thought that everything was over when _______ (a) (sudden/ suddenly) a block sloth bear came out panting in the hot sun. One of my _______ (b) (company / companions) shot the bear on the spot.
b) She at once put a _______ (a) (colour / coloured) ribbon around its neck, and after _______ (b) (discovering / discovery) the cub was a ‘boy’, she named it Bruno.
c) One day an accident befell him. I had placed _______ (a) (poison / poisonous) to kill the rats and mice in my library. Bruno _______ (b) (entrance / entered) the library and he ate some of the poison.
d) He had grown bigger than the Alsatians, but just as sweet, just as _______ (a) (mis-chief / mischievous), just as _______ (b) (playful / playfully).
e) We all missed him _______ (a) (great/ greatly), but in a sense we were _______ (b) (relief/ relieved).
f) In a few days, the coolies hoisted the cage on to the island and Baba was _______ (a) (release/ released). He was _______ (b) (delighted/delightment).
Answer:
a) a) suddenly, b) companions
b) a) coloured, b) discovering
c) a) poison, b) entered
e) a) greatly, b) relieved
d) a) mischievous, b) playful
f) a) released, b) delighted
Spelling Test
Type – 1 : Vowel Clusters
Complete the following words using “ae, ai, au, ea, ee, ei, eo, ia, ie, io, iu, oi, oo, ou, ua or ui”.
a) One of my compan _ _ ns shot the bear on the spot. As we watched the fallen animal, we were surprised to s _ _ that the black fur on its back moved.
b) It sc _ _ ted into the sugarcane field. I finally c _ _ ght the baby bear by holding it in its scruff while it snapped and tried to scratch me with its long, hooked claws.
c) He was left quite fr _ _ when he was y _ _ ng.
d) The vet s _ _ rched his medical books and f _ _ nd the medicine for the poison.
e) But bee _ _ se of the tenants’ children, Baba, had to be kept ch _ _ ned most of the time.
f) We all missed him gr _ _ tly; but in a sense we were rel _ _ ved.
Answer:
a) companions, see
b) scooted, caught
c) free, young
d) searched, found
e) because, chained
f) greatly, relieved
Type – 2 : Suffixes
Complete the following words with the suitable suffixes given in the brackets.
a) It was a baby bear that had been rid ___(ing/ eing) on its mother’s back. The little creature ran around its parent making a piti ___(ful / full) noise.
b) I rush ___(d / ed) in the car to the vet’s resid ___(ence / ance).
c) He had grown bigger than the Alsatians, but just as sweet, just as mischi ___(evous / ivous), just as play ___(full / ful).
d) Ask him, ‘Baba, where’s baby ?’ and he cradled a stump of wood affection ___(ately / etely) which he had careful ___(ly/ lly) kept in his straw bed.
e) We all missed him great ___(ly / lty), but in a sense we were relieved. My wife was inconsol ___(able / eble).
f) I can’t give away govern ___(ment / mant) property. But if the superintendent at Bangalore agrees, certain. ___(ly / lly) you may have him back.
Answer:
a) riding, pitiful
b) rushed, residence
c) mischievous, playful
d) affectionately, carefully
e) greatly, inconsolable
f) government, certainly
Type – 3 : Wronalv Spelt Words
Identify the wrongly spelt word and write its correct spelling in the space provided.
a) cage, suddenly, library, pityful
Answer:
pitiful
b) curater, creature, watch, happen
Answer:
curator
c) scratch, property, mischeivous, claw
Answer:
mischievous
d) hoist, ingradients, forward, surround
Answer:
ingredients
e) aerated, command, afection, lap
Answer:
affection
f) quite, young, search, releived
Answer:
relieved
Classification of Words
Arrange the following words under the correct headings.
Choice of the Words
Fill in the blanks choosing the suitable words from those given in the box.
Answer:
a) 1) panting, 2) companions
b) 1) attached, 2) tenants
c) 1) mischievous, 2) fond
d) 1) recognise, 2) cage
e) 1) leave, 2) depressed
f) 1) driven, 2) securely
Collective Nouns
Match the following nouns with their collective nouns.
| 1) swarm | a) cattle | 1) a swarm of bees |
| 2) bunch | b) cards | 2) a bunch of grapes |
| 3) herd | c) clothes | 3) a herd of cattle |
| 4) flock | d) grapes | 4) a flock of sheep |
| 5) bundle | e) people | 5) a bundle of clothes |
| 6) flight | f) bees | 6) a flight of birds |
| 7) band | g) sheep | 7) a band of musicians |
| 8) pack | h) mountains | 8) a pack of cards |
| 9) range | i) musicians | 9) a range of mountains |
| 10) crowd | j) birds | 10) a crowd of people |
Grammar
I. Edit the following passage correcting the underlined parts.
1. Once upon a time there lived a farmer and his four daughters in an (a) village. The farmer became old but (b) sick. He wanted to teacher (c) a lesson to his daughters. He called them to him (d) bedside.
Answer:
a) a b) and c) teach d) his
2. English is not an (a) difficult language to learn, If we learned (b) it systematically, we can learn it easily. English grammar but (c) spelling are difficult. So we have to learn it (d) carefully.
Answer:
a) a b) learn c) and d) them
3. Gates Avenue was a small dirty street in Cleveland by (a) no pavements, no street lights but (b) no running water. People which (c) lived there was (d) very poor.
Answer:
a) with b) and ‘ c) who d) were
4. One day an (a) merchant and his son went to a town to buy a new car. They pay (b) a huge amount but (c) bought a beautiful red car. Then they both came to there (d) village in that car.
Answer:
a) a b) paid c) and d) their
II. Complete the passage choosing the right words from those given below. Each blank is numbered and for each blank four choices are given. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in the blanks.
1. Once upon a time when a king _____ (1) Senaka was reigning in Benares, the Bodhisatta was Sakka. The king Senaka was _____ (2) with a certain naga king. This naga king left the naga world _____ (3) ranged _____ (4) earth seeking food.
1) A) name B) naming C) named D) names
2) A) friend B) friendliness C) friendship D) friendly
3) A) and B) but C) for D) yet
4) A) a B) the C) an D) these
Answer:
1) C 2) D 3) A 4) B
2. Leopards are graceful and powerful big cats closely related _____ (1) lions, tigers, and jaguars. _____ (2) live in Sub-Saharan Africa, northeast Africa, central Asia, India _____ (3) China. However, many of their populations _____ (4) endangered, especially outside of Africa.
1) A) for B) to C) by D) over
2) A) we B) He C) They D) She
3) A) if B) since C) but D) and
4) A) are B) is C) was D) has
Answer:
1) B 2) C 3) D 4) A
3. Children love to listen _____ (1) stories; especially the ones that tickle _____ (2) funny bone! Most of us _____ (3) up listening to the famous stories of the great king Akbar and one of his courtiers. Birbal. _____ (4) was known for his intelligence and wit.
1) A) to B) for C) at D) by
2) A) our B) my C) their D) her
3) A) grew B) grown C) growing D) grow
4) A) which B) where C) why D) who
Answer:
1) A 2) C 3) A 4) D
4. Dussehra is _____ (1) important Hindu fetival which signifies the victory of good _____ (2) evil. This festival is _____ (3) with ereat enthusiasm _____ (4) fervour by Hindus across the world.
1) A) only B)those C) a D) an
2) A) over B) at C) by D)upon
3) A) celebrate B) celebrated C) celebrates D) will celebrate
4) A) and B) since C) but D) for
Answer:
1) D 2) A 3) B . 4) A
III. Rewrite the following sentences by placing the adverbs in the appropriate place.
1) A miser likes never to spend money.
Answer:
A miser never likes to spend money.
2) I go to library often.
Answer:
I often go to library.
3) Angrily he is shouting.
Answer:
He is shouting angrily.
4) You can solve easily the problem.
Answer:
You can easily solve the problem.
5) She magnificently performed her dance.
Answer:
She performed her dance magnificently.
6) The thief quietly walked into the hall.
Answer:
The thief walked into the hall quietly.
7) Early he came home.
Answer:
He came home early.
8) My mother nicely prepares dishes.
Answer:
My mother prepares dishes nicely.
9) She nicely has dressed.
Answer:
She has dressed nicely.
10) We visited last week our uncle’s home.
Answer:
Last week we visited our uncle’s home.
11) The weather is pleasant fairly.
Answer:
The weather is fairly pleasant.
12) We have breakfast usually at 7 a.m.
Answer:
We usually have breakfast at 7 a.m.
13) They bravely fought.
Answer:
They fought bravely.
14) He has answered my question cleverly.
Answer:
He has cleverly answered my question.
15) He attends regularly his classes.
Answer:
He attends his classes regularly.
IV. Read the following sentences and fill in the blanks with suitable adverbs from those given in the box.
1) Raju is late so, he is walking ______
2) I have ______finished my homework.
3) It is raining ______
4) Latha always goes to bed ______
5) The priest is saying his words ______
6) He ______works hard.
Answer:
1) briskly
2) already
3) heavily
4) early
5) loudly
6) always
V. Change the following (Assertive Sentences) into passive voice.
1) I have completed the task.
Answer:
The task has been completed by me.
2) Mr. Srinivas teaches us English.
Answer:
English is taught by Mr. Srinivas to us.
(Or)
We are taught English by Mr. Srinivas.
3) The hunter has killed a tiger.
Answer:
A tiger has been killed by the hunter.
4) She likes sweets.
Answer:
Sweets are liked by her.
5) They were catching fish.
Answer:
Fish were being caught by them.
6) Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali.
Answer:
Gitanjali was written by Rabindranath Tagore.
7) She told me a story.
Answer:
I was told a story by her.
(Or)
A story was told by her to me.
8) He helped me.
Answer:
I was helped by him.
9) The mason builds buildings.
Answer:
Buildings are built by the mason.
10) She drew a picture.
Answer:
A picture was drawn by her.
VI. Change the following (Imperative Sentences) into passive voice.
1) Post the letter.
Answer:
Let the letter be posted.
2) Brush your teeth twice a day.
Answer:
Let your teeth be brushed twice a day.
3) Don’t tell a lie.
Answer:
Let a lie not be told.
4) Throw the ball.
Answer:
Let the ball be thrown.
5) Speak the truth.
Answer:
Let the truth be spoken.
6) Don’t lift the phone.
Answer:
Let the phone not be lifted.
7) Draw the picture.
Answer:
Let the picture be drawn.
8) Do yoga daily.
Answer:
Let yoga be done daily.
9) Switch off the fan.
Answer:
Let the fan be switched off.
10) Complete the work at once.
Answer:
Let the work be completed at once.
Creative Writing
1. You have read in the lesson ‘The Bond of Love’ the narrator’s wife pleaded with the zoo superintendent to give her Baba back.
Write a possible conversation between the narrator’s wife and the superintendent based on the above context.
Answer:
Narrator’s wife : Hello, sir. I am here to request for a favour.
Superintendent : Hello, Madam! What can I do for you?
Narrator’s wife : Bruno is missing us. I am missing him.
So, I want to take Bruno back home.
Superintendent : I’m sorry ma’am. I can not allow you to take him. You have left Bruno under the government so, Bruno is now the property of the government. We can’t give him back.
Narrator’s wife : Sir, Bruno is not taking food. He is growing weak. So please allow us to take Bruno home.
Superintendent : Yes! Alright, Madam.! Please write a letter and take him to home.
Narrator’s wife : Thank you so much.
2. You have read in the lesson ‘The Bond of Love’ that the narrator’s wife was very affectionate to Bruno. When Bruno was taken to the zoo, she missed him greatly. She was inconsolable. She wept and fretted. One day she pleaded her husband to take her to the zoo.
Write a possible conversation between the narrator and his wife based on the above context.
Wife : The curator wrote that Baba is fretting and refuses to eat food.
Narrator : Don’t worry, dear. It will fake some more time to adjust.
Wife : I must see Baba. Either you take me by car or I will go myself by bus or train.
Narrator : OK. I will take you to the zoo.
Wife : Thank you. Let’s start today.
Narrator : I think Baba would’not recognize you.
Wife : No, I hope he would surely recognize me.
Narrator : Let us take permission and visit the zoo.
3. Finally, the narrator’s wife got back their Baba. She was very happy. Her joy knew no bounds.
Imagine that you were the narrator’s wife and write a diary entry at the end of day on which you got back Baba.
Answer:
| Friday, 21st November 20xx 8:00 p.m. Dear Diary,What a beautiful day today is! I finally got back my Baba. My lovely Baba! The superintendent is really kind-hearted. Oh,. God! I am really indebted to you. You have given me what I want the most. Without Baba, it is unthinkable. All the difficult days have gone. I shall spend my time with my Baba. 1 shall talk to him. I shall give him all the drinks and eatables liked by him. I shall never miss him in my life. I am realty very very happy. How can I express my joy? Thank God! Thank you, superintendent sir. Thank you, curator sir. Thank you, husband. You too have helped me a lot to get my Baba back. I must be thankful to all of them. x x x x x x |
4. Nowadays people are suffering from perishing heat. Rains are meagre, no greenery is found in most of the areas. You feel that we have to act immediately and do SQmething to plant a large number of trees everywhere.
Write a letter to your friend Srinivas explaining him the importance of planting trees and the advantages of plants.
Answer:
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Tenali. Dear Srinivas, We are all aware that trees are the most useful things in the world. Trees breathe in carbon dioxide and let out oxygen. They give us fruit to eat and firewood to burn. We build houses and make furniture with the wood of the trees. They help us get rain. Some trees give us medicines. But the man is cutting down trees indiscriminately and causing disturbance in the ecological balance. As a result, temperatures are mounting up. Nowadays people are suffering from perishing heat. Rains are meagre, no greenery is found in most of the areas. If there were no trees, there would be no life on earth. It is our responsibility to save trees. We should act immediately and plant a large number of trees in our surroundings. The government should pay full attention on tree plantation. Voluntary organisations also should take active part in it. Recently our school organised a tree plantation week. All the students of our school participated in it and made it grand success. I hope you agree with my views. Convey my regards to your parents and wishes to sister. Awaiting your reply, Yours lovingly, |
5. Write a letter to the eidtor of a newspaper about the bad condition of road and the uncleanliness in your locality.
Answer:
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Old Guntur, To I am a resident of Old Guntur, Guntur. We are suffering a lot due to the negligence of the Municipal workers. There are large pits in roads. Some roads have pot-holes and ditches. There is an increase in the number of accidents in our locality due to these bad road conditions. Water gets stagnated. During the monsoon-season, water gets clogged in the road pits. Recently, a girl has fallen into a ditch. Thank God, a cyclist has seen it and saved her. The sweepers are not regular to their duties. Once in a week, they come in a casual way. There are piles of garbage at every corner emitting foul smell. These corners attract flies and mosquitoes in large number. If the same state of affairs continues, I am afraid that some diseases may spread. All these things lead to health hazard. Another problem is that the street lights are not functioning properly. It also leads to the accidents. I have already lodged complaints with the officials several times but in vain. Hence I request the concerned authorities to take necessary steps in this regard. Yours truly, |
6. Write a biographical sketch of P.V. Sindhu using the information given below.
P.V. Sindhu
Full Name : PUSARLA VENKATA SINDHU
Profession : Badminton Player – Right handed
Born : 5 July, 1995
Birth place : Hyderabad, India
Father : P.V. Ramana – Volleyball player Arjuna Awardee
Mother : P. Vijaya – Volleyball player
Coach : Pullela Gopichand
Gopichand Badminton Academy
Performance : 2009 – won a bronze medal – Sub-Junior Asian
Badminton Championship – Colombo.
2013 – won Malaysian Open Title.
2014 – won medal in the World Badminton Championship.
2015 – bagged Macau Open Grand Prix Gold medal.
2016- Silver medal – Rio Olympics.
Honours : Received PADMASHRI in 2015.
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award – 2016
Answer:
P.V. Sindhu is a great badminton player. Her full name is PUSARLA VENKATA SINDHU. She is a right handed badminton player. She was born on 5th July in 1995 in Hyderabad, India. Her parents are volleyball players. Her father is P.V.Ramana and her mother is P.Vijaya. Her father received the Arjuna Award for his services in sports and games. Pullela Gopichand, a great badminton player has been her coach. She was trained at Gopichand Badminton Academy. She has been a remarkable player and performed very well in many events. She won a bronze medal in Sub-Junior Asian Badminton
Championship in Colombo. She won the Malaysian Open Title in 2013. She won the medal of the World Badminton Championship in 2014. She bagged Macau Open Grand Prix Gold medal in 2015. She won the Silver Medal in Rio Olympics in 2016. The Government of India honoured her with PADMASHRI in 2015 and with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in 2016.
7. Write a story using the following hints.
Hints: Two geese and a tortoise – good friends – in a lake – lake dries up – all afraid – geese offer- take tortoise another lake -geese hold a bamboo stick in mouth – tortoise bites, the stick tightly – geese fly – a tiger shouts – tortoise angrily shouts back – falls down.
Answer:
THE FOOLISHNESS OF A TORTOISE
Once Inhere lived a tortoise and two geese in a lake. They were good friends. One year just before summer the lake slowly began to dry up. They were afraid. They decided to move to another lake. The geese offered their help to the tortoise. They asked the tortoise to hold a bamboo stick in its mouth. They would fly carrying the stick along with the tortoise. Accordingly, the tortoise held the stick in its mouth tightly. The geese started flying.
A tiger on the ground saw this and shouted. The foolish tortoise grew angry and shouted back at the tiger. It lost its grip. It fell down and died.
Moral: Think well before you do a thing.
8. Write a story using the following hints.
Hints: An ant – afraid of men – wished to be strong and big like a cat – saw a dog chasing cat – wished to be a dog – saw a boy throwing stones at the dog – thought – better to remain an ant – no one would notice it.
Answer:
THE VAIN WISHES OF AN ANT
Ants are pretty small creatures. They have their own advantage of being small, unseen, and unnoticed. Here is a story that tells us about the vain wishes of a foolish ant.
Once there lived an ant. He wished to be strong and big like a cat. Just then he noticed a dog chasing the cat. The cat was running for safety. The ant changed his wish. He wished to be a dog. Next he saw a boy throwing stones at the dog. The dog was in deep trouble. The ant learnt a lesson. He was satisfied with his present state. He realised that nobody would notice him if he remained an ant.
Moral: Every creature has its own existence in this world.
