CHAP – 12

READING COMPREHENSION
A. Tick ( ) the correct option :
1. The creator made the horse with-
(a) Softer materials (b) harder materials (c) both of them
2. The horse has teeth, he can chew but not-
(a) Bite (b) break (c) none of them
3. The creator wanted to the horse set-
(a) Catch (b) free (c) none of them
4. The creator was shamed on the-
(a) Horse (b) lion (c) tiger
B. Fill in the blanks :
1. The creator was …………………………… with his work.
2. God …………………….to the horse an open field.
3. God liked to see the horse……………………………..in the race.
4. God wanted to make a new ………………………….of animals.
C. Write True and False. If the statement is false, write correct statement:
1. The creator made the horse with softer materials. …………………………..
2. The creator felt pity for the horse tied in stable. ……………………………
3. The man did not want to the horse set free. ……………………………
4. The horse is a faithful animal. ……………………………
5. The creator told the man to keep the horse in the stable. ……………………………
D. Answer the following questions:
1. What stuff did the creator use in making the horse?
2. What was the desire of the horse?
3. Why was the creator distressed?
4. How did the horse show his distress?
5. Who said to the man to tame the horse finally? Why?

VOCABULARY
A. There are given a few words. Write their meanings with the help of dictionary:
1. Blunder ………………………………
2. Escape ………………………………
3. Meditation ………………………………..
4. Creator ……………………………….
5. Wretched ………………………………..
6. Struck ………………………………
B. Write one word for the following expression:
1. A place where the horses are kept ………………………….
2. The cry of a horse ………………………….
 3. Catching a thing by force ……………………………….
4. Walking aimlessly ……………………………….
5. Leather seat placed on the horse ……………………………….
C. Use the following phrases in your own sentences:
1. To look after. ………………………………………………………………………..
2. To hop about ………………………………………………………………………..
3. To take firm measures …………………………………………………………………………
4. To get hold of …………………………………………………………………………
5. Knelt down …………………………………………………………………………

CHAP – 13
READING COMPREHENSION
A. Fill the correct option:
1. According to Lucas every person is bore because………………………….
(a) Fear (b) fixed ideas (c) his silence
2. The bores talks about………………………….
(a) His work (b) himself (c) his family
3. Bores are very happy to ……………………………
(a) Find a listener (b) ready to speak (c) keep quiet
4. When a bore tells a story, he does not……………………….
(a) Stop before completing it (b) care of anyone (c) both of them
B. Write True and False. If the statement is false, write correct statement:
1. Bores have fixed ideas to impact. ……………………………..
2. As a rule bores are not always bore. ……………………………..
3. Bores will always flourish. ………………………………
4. Bores can be good friends. ………………………………
C. Answer the following questions:
1. What is the main thing that every bore will not accept?
2. Why does Lucas find his peer eccentric?
3. Why is it called that bores will always flourish?
4. What does a bore do when he tells a story?
5. What type of man can never be bore?

VOCABULARY
 A. There are given a few words. Write their meanings with the help of your
dictionary:
1. Impact ……………………………
2. Leads ……………………………
3. Notorious ……………………………
4. Seldom …………………………….
5. Confound …………………………….
B. Underline the correct word in the following sentences:
1. A (weak / week) has seven days.
2. I have seen a (deer / dear) in the zoo.
3. My date of (birth / berth) is 24 February 1975.
4. Kindly (accept / expect) my gift.
5. My friends has (one / won) the prize.
C. Write the opposites of these words:
1. Bore ……………………….
2. Open ……………………….
3. Much ………………………..
4. Ignorance …………………………
5. Possible …………………………
6. Eccentric …………………………

CHAP – 14
READING COMPREHENSION
A. Fill the correct option:
1. The author worked in a ………………………
(a) Coalmine (b) vessel (c) plane
2. The author heard about a ……………………….. in coal mine
(a) Vessel (b) school (c) ship
3. The author worked on a ship to …………………….
(a) Take admission (b) live there (c) earn money
4. The author had to sweep the recitation room…………………………
(a) To earn money (b) to take the admission (c) to prove himself
B. Fill in the blanks:
1. The author……………………. Two miners talking about a school.
2. The mother of the author gave…………………………. Permission to go.
3. The author had to………………………. Great hardship in Richmond.
4. The author saw the head teacher…………………other students.
5. The author continued to ……………………….. the head teacher.
C. Write True and False. If the statement is false, write correct statement:
1. The author was very rich. ……………………………….
2. The author seemed an educated boy. ……………………………….
3. The author worked on ship to earn money. ……………………………….
4. The head teacher refused him for admission. ……………………………….
5. The author had to sweep the recitation room to get admission ………………………….
D. Answer the following questions:
1. What did the author hear in the coalmine?
2. What was the name of the school? Where was it situated?
3. Why was the author sad on leaving his mother?
4. What difficulties did the author face on the way to school?
5. Did the author prove himself? How?

VOCABULARY
A. There a given a few words. Write their meanings with the help of dictionary:
1. Grave …………………….
2. Closet …………………….
3. economize ……………………..
4. souls ……………………..
5. thoroughly …………………….
6. Vessel …………………..
B. Use the following phrases in your own sentences:
1. A great deal ………………………………………………………………………………….
2. At any rate ………………………………………………………………………………….
3. Looked for ………………………………………………………………………………….
4. Half-hearted …………………………………………………………………………………
5. A wild goose chase …………………………………………………………………………………
6. Linger about …………………………………………………………………………………
C. Use the following pairs of words in your own sentences:
1. Buy …………………………………………………………………………………
By …………………………………………………………………………………
2. Had ………………………………………………………………………………..
Head …………………………………………………………………………………
3. One ………………………………………………………………………………..
Won …………………………………………………………………………………
4. Miner ………………………………………………………………………………..
Minor ………………………………………………………………………………….
CHAP – 15
UNDERSTANDING THE POEM
A. Write the rhyming words of these words:
1. Out …………………………….
2. Far ……………………………….
3. Bit …………………………………
4. High …………………………………
5. Slow ………………………………..
6. Hit ………………………………
B. Read the passage and answer the following questions:
“Success is failure
Turned inside out
The silver tint of
The clouds of doubt,
And you can never tell
How close you are,”
1. What did the poet say to turn?
2. Write the rhyming word of ‘doubt’.
3. Write the antonym of ‘success’.
4. Write the name of the poet of the poem.

WRITING
What do you understanding by the message ‘Don’t Quit’? Describe in the space provided.
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CHAP – 16
READING COMPREHENSION
A. Fill the correct option:
1. ……………………………………was the son of the stone mason.
(a) Salim (b) Gopal (c) none of them
2. My………………………is warning.
(a) Strength (b) money (c) time
3. …………………………….helped the stonemason.
(a) Gopal (b) Salim (c) both of them
4. Salim wanted to become a……………………………
(a) Sculptor (b) businessman (c) both of them
B. Who said to whom?
1. “I am leaving you and this work.”
2. “No, son, this is work I learnt from my father.”
3. “I know you will, Masterjee.”
4. “Stop! Stop! The work.”
5. “You have not touched your food again.”
C. Answer the following questions:
1. Who was Gopal? Why did he leave the home?
2. What was the plight of the stonemason?
3. Who was Salim? How had Masterjee helped him?
4. Why was masterjee shocked to see Salim working on the statue?

VOCABULARY
A. There are given a few words. Write their meanings with the help of dictionary:
1. Flung …………………………..
2. Lightened …………………………..
3. Pittance …………………………
4. Barefooted …………………………….
5. Immobilized ……………………………
6. Waning …………………………..
B. Use these words in your own sentences:
1. Started ……………………………………………………………………………………….
2. Sculpture ………………………………………………………………………………………
3. Hammer ……………………………………………………………………………………….
4. Enternal …………………………………………………………………………………………..
5. Vision ………………………………………………………………………………………..
C. Pick out some adverbs from the lesson:
1. ………………………………..
2. …………………………………
3. …………………………………
4. …………………………………
5. …………………………………….
6. ………………………………………