Question

Read the following passage and complete the activities.

1. State whether the following statements are true or false. (2)

1. Parents of young seagull guided his brothers and sisters in the art of flying
2. The whole family kept taunting the young seagull for his cowardice.
3. The young seagull mustered up the courage to take that plunge.
4. The young seagull was with his mother on his ledge.

The young seagull was alone on his ledge. His two brothers and his sister had already flown away the day before. He had been afraid to fly with them. Somehow when he had taken a little run forward to the brink of the ledge and attempted to flap his wings he became afraid. The great expanse of the sea stretched down beneath, and it was such a long way down - miles down. He felt certain that his wings would never support him; so he bent his head and ran away back to the little hole under the ledge where he slept at night. Even when each of his brothers and his little sister, whose wings were far shorter than his own, ran to the brink, flapped their wings, and flew away, he failed to muster up the courage to take that plunge which appeared to him so desperate. His father and mother had come around calling to him shrilly, upbraiding him, threatening to let him starve on his ledge unless he flew away. But for the life of him, he could not move.             That was twenty-four hours ago. Since then nobody had come near him. The day before, all day long, he had watched his parents flying about with his brothers and sister, perfecting them in the art of flight, teaching them how to skim the waves and how to dive for fish. He had, in fact, seen his older brother catch his first herring and devour it, standing on a rock, while his parents circled around raising a proud cackle. And all the morning the whole family had walked about on the big plateau midway down the opposite cliff taunting him for his cowardice.

2. Describe the attempts made by the seagull to fly. (2)

3. Match the Pairs. (2)

A	B
i) Upbraiding	a) a high steep face of a rock
ii) Devour	b) utter a shrill cry
iii) cliff	c) scolding
iv) cackle	d) eat

4. Do as directed. (2)

Choose the correct options for the following:

1. He could not rise. (Rewrite the sentence using ‘unable to’)
   a. He could unable to rise.
   b. He is unable to rise.
   c. He unable to rise.
   d. He was unable to rise.
2. He was tired and weak. (Make it exclamatory)
   a. How tired and weak he was!
   b. How tired and weak he was.
   c. What tired and weak he was!
   d. How tired and weak was he!

5. Personal Response (2)

What is your favourite bird? Why?

Answer 1

1.

1. False
2. True
3. False
4. False

2. The seagull had taken a little run forward to the brink of the ledge and attempted to flap his wings. He was so disheartened that he bent his head and ran away back to the little hole under the ledge.

3. Match the Pairs.

A	B
i) Upbraiding	c) scolding
ii) Devour	d) eat
iii) cliff	a) a high steep face of a rock
iv) cackle	b) utter a shrill cry

4.

1. He was unable to rise.
2. How tired and weak he was!

5. Parrot is my favorite bird. It has an unusually amazing physical appearance. Its red curved beak appears to be an emerald studded on its green plumage. It gives it a royal look. Its unique ability to imitate human voice differentiates it from all the other species of bird.