All Summer In A Day
Textual Questions & Answers
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Exercise 1
Tick the
correct answer from the given alternatives:
1. Men and women came from the
Earth to Venus by -
(a) aeroplanes
(b) helicopters
(c) rockets
(d) satellites
Ans: (c) rockets
2. The children learned that
the sun was like a/an -
(a) lemon
(b) apple
(c) orange
(d) guava
Ans: (a) lemon
3. The children had long
forgotten the colour of the -
(a) Earth
(b) Sun
(c) Venus
(d) Moon
Ans: (b) Sun
4. When the children felt warm
in the sun, they took off their -
(a) jackets
(b) sweaters
(c) blazers
(d) coats
Ans: (a) jackets
5. The children came to know
that the sun would come out after -
(a) two years
(b) six years
(c) seven years
(d) nine years
Ans: (c) seven years
Exercise 2
Answer
the following questions within fifteen words:
(a) How did the heavy storms affect the islands of Venus?
Ans: Heavy storms caused tidal waves to come over the islands
and crushed the forests.
(b) What did the children write
about the sun?
Ans: The children wrote short stories, essays, or poems about
the sun.
(c) Where did the children
play?
Ans: The children played in the echoing tunnels of the
underground city of Venus.
(d) How did the jungle in
Venus’s look?
Ans: The jungle was ever increasing and it had the colour of
rubber, ash and ink.
Exercise 3
Answer the following questions within twenty-five words:
(a) Why were the children eager
to see the sun?
Ans: The children were
eager to see the sun because it was rising after seven years and they would
experience it for the first time after becoming old enough to understand.
(b) What did the children do
immediately after the rain stopped?
Ans: Immediately after the rain stopped, the silence was immense
and the children put their hands to their ears, and they stood apart. They slid
the door back and felt the silence.
(c) Why do you think that the
children were feeling unhappy when it started raining again?
Ans: When it started raining again, the children were feeling
unhappy because they would have to wait for a long period of seven years to see
the beauty of the sun again.
Exercise 4
Do as directed:
(a) I have a blue pen. (Change
into a complex sentence)
Ans: I have a pen which is blue.
(b) Seeing a snake, the boy
shouted. (Change into a compound sentence)
Ans: The boy saw a snake and he shouted.
(c) I know a man who is very
wise. (Change into a simple sentence)
Ans: I know a very wise man.
(d) The girl who is dancing on
the stage is my sister. (Change into a compound sentence)
Ans: The girl is dancing on the stage and she is my sister.
(e) I met my friend and told
her about an incident. (Change into a simple sentence)
Ans: Meeting my friend I told her about an accident. / I met my
friend to tell her about an accident.
(f) The sky was overcast but it
didn’t rain. (Change into a complex sentence)
Ans: Though the sky was overcast, it didn’t rain.