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Discuss in pair and answer question below in a short paragraph (30 − 40 words.
What was Jerome’s real intention when he offered to pack?
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Discuss in pair and answer question below in a short paragraph (30 − 40 words.
What did Harris say after the bag was shut and strapped? Why do you think he waited
till then to ask?
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Discuss in pair and answer question below in a short paragraph (30 − 40 words.
What “horrible idea” occurred to Jerome a little later?
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Discuss in pair and answer question below in a short paragraph (30 − 40 words.
Where did Jerome finally find the toothbrush?
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Discuss in pair and answer question below in a short paragraph (30 − 40 words.
Why did Jerome have to reopen the packed bag?
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Discuss in pair and answer question below in a short paragraph (30 − 40 words.
What did George and Harris offer to pack and why?
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While packing the hamper, George and Harris do a number of foolish and funny thing. Tick the statements that are true.
(i) They started with breaking a cup.
(ii) They also broke a plate.
(iii) They squashed a tomato.
(iv) They trod on the butter.
(v) They stepped on a banana.
(vi) They put things behind them, and couldn’t find them.
(vii) They stepped on things.
(viii) They packed the pictures at the bottom and put heavy things on top.
(ix) They upset almost everything.
(x) They were very good at packing.
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What does Jerome say was Montmorency’s ambition in life? What do you think of
Montmorency and why?
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Discuss in group and answer the following question in two or three paragraphs (100
−150 words)
Of the three, Jerome, George and Harris, who do you think is the best or worst packer?
Support your answer with details from the text.
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Discuss in group and answer the following question in two or three paragraphs (100−150 words)
Do you find this story funny? What are the humorous elements in it?
(Pick out at least three, think about what happens, as well as how it is described.)
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Discuss in group and answer the following question in two or three paragraphs (100 −150 words)
How did Montmorency ‘contribute’ to the packing?
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Thinking about Language
Match the words/phrases in Column A with their meanings in Column B.
| A | B |
| 1. slaving | (i) a quarrel or an argument |
| 2. cgaos | (ii) remove something from inside another thing using a sharp tool |
| 3. rummage | (iii) strange, mysterious. Difficult to explain |
| 4. scrape out | (iv) finish successfully, achieve |
| 5. stumble over, tumble into |
(v) search for something by moving things around hurriedly or carelessly |
| 6. accomplish | (vi) completer confusion and disorder |
| 7. uncanny | (vii) fall, or step awkwardly while waking |
| 8. (to have or get into) a | (viii) working hard |
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Use suitable words or phrases from Column A above to complete the paragraph given below.
A Traffic Jam
During power cuts, when traffic lights go off, there is utter ____ at crossroads. Drivers add
to the confusion by ____ over their right of way, and nearly come to blows. Sometimes
passers-by, seeing a few policemen ____ at regulating traffic, step in to help. This gives
them a feeling of having ____ something.
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Look at the sentences below. Notice that the verbs (italicised) are all in their bare form.
The table below has some proverbs telling you what to do and what not to do. Fill in the blanks and add a few more such proverbs to the table.
| Positive | Negative |
| (i) Save for a rainy day. | (i) Don’t cry over spilt milk. |
| (ii) Make hay while the sun shines. | (ii) Don’t put the cart before the horse. |
| (iii) ____ before you leap. | (iii) ____ a mountain out of a mole hill. |
| (iv) ____ and let live. | (iv) ____ all your eggs in one basket. |
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Thinking about the Text
Given in the box are some headings. Find the relevant paragraphs in the text to match the headings.
An Orphaned Cub;
Bruno’s Food-chart;
An Accidental Case of Poisoning;
Playful Baba; Pain of Separation;
Joy of Reunion;
A Request to the Zoo;
An Island in the courtyard
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Answer the following question.
“I got him for her by accident.”
(i) Who says this?
(ii) Who do ‘him’ and ‘her’ refer to?
(iii) What is the incident referred to here?
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Answer the following question.
“He stood on his head in delight.”
(i) Who does ‘he’ refer to?
(ii) Why was he delighted?
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Answer the following question.
“We all missed him greatly: but in a sense we were relieved.”
(i) Who does ‘we all’ stand for?
(ii) Who did they miss?
(iii) Why did they nevertheless feel relieved?
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Answer the following question in 30 to 40 words.
On two occasions Bruno ate/drank something that should not be eaten /drunk. What
happened to him on these occasions?
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Answer the following question in 30 to 40 words.
Was Bruno a loving and playful pet? Why, then, did he have to be sent away?
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