Autumn
Textual Questions & Answers
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Exercise 1
Tick the
correct answer from the given alternatives:
1. All through the day the
fitful gust shakes the
(a) window-pane
(b) curtains
(c) casement
(d) door
Ans: (c) casement
2. The poet loves to see the
shaking twig dance till the
(a) coming of dawn
(b) end of night
(c) end of afternoon
(d) shut of eve
Ans: (d) shut of
eve
3. The sparrow sat on the
(a) cottage rig
(b) house-top
(c) mossy elm-tree
(d) casement
Ans: (a) cottage
rig
4. The pigeons nestled round
the
(a) cage
(b) cote
(c) branch
(d) heath
Ans: (b) cote
5. The cock was crowing upon
the
(a) dung-hill
(b) lea
(c) tree tops
(d) mill-sails
Ans: (a) dung-hill
6. The grunting pigs
(a) walk slowly
(b) scamper by
(c) scramble and hurry
(d) dive and swim
Ans: (c) scramble and hurry
Exercise 2
Answer the following questions within twenty-five words:
(i) What happens to the leaves
of the mossy elm-tree in autumn?
Ans. In autumn the yellow leaves of the mossy elm-tree fall by
the gusty wind. The wind whirled them by the window pane down the lane along
with thousands other leaves.
(ii) What are the
things the poet loves to see on November days?
Ans: On November days,
the poet loves to see the cottage smoke that curl upwards through naked trees,
the pigeons nestling round the cote, the cocks crowing upon the dung-hill and
the a-going mill sails on the heath.
Exercise 3
State whether the following sentences are in Active or Passive
Voice:
(a) Anil will visit his grandmother’s house.
Ans. Active Voice
(b) The President has left his
office.
Ans. Active Voice
(c) The project will have been
finished by the students.
Ans. Passive Voice
(d) Promita’s leave has been
sanctioned by the school authority.
Ans. Passive Voice
Exercise 4
Change the voice of the following sentences:
(a) The boy has read out the
letter.
Ans. The letter has been read out by the boy.
(b) I shall have bought a
cricket bat by tomorrow.
Ans. A cricket bat will have been bought by me by tomorrow.
(c) Sohini’s friends had
organised a picnic.
Ans. A picnic had been organised by Sohini’s friends.
(d) The football team will put
up a brave fight.
Ans. A brave fight will be put up by the football team.
Exercise 5
Change the following sentences into indirect speech:
a) I said to him, “Will you
share your tiffin with me?”
Ans: I asked him if he would share his tiffin with me.
b) Anjan’s mother said, “Your
father has left for Mumbai.”
Ans: Anjan’s mother said that his father had left for Mumbai.
c) The girls triumphantly said,
“Hurrah! We have won the match.”
Ans: The girls exclaimed in joy that they had won the match. / The
girls triumphantly shouted that they had won the match.
d) He says, “Let you be
successful in life.”
Ans: He wishes that I should be successful in life.
e) The captain informed, “The
tournament was postponed last month.”
Ans: The captain informed that the tournament had been postponed
the previous month.