Hunting Snake
Textual Questions & Answers
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Exercise 1
Tick the correct answer from the given alternatives:
1.
The poet was sun-warmed under
the gentlest sky of -
(a) summer
(b) winter
(c) autumn
(d) spring
Ans: (c) autumn
2. The colour of the snake was -
(a) black
(b) grey
(c) green
(d) yellow
Ans: (a) black
3. The tongue of the snake was -
(a) still
(b) flickering
(c) dangling
(d) hanging
Ans: (b) flickering
4. The shape of the snake’s a
scale was like -
(a) star
(b) kite
(c) diamond
(d) pyramid
Ans: (c) diamond
5. According to the poet, the
intent of the snake was -
(a) malicious
(b) greedy
(c) timid
(d) fierce
Ans: (d) fierce
6. The snake finally
disappeared into the -
(a) sand
(b) grass
(c) rock
(d) stream
Ans: (b) grass
Exercise 2
Answer the following questions within twenty-five words:
(i) How did the snake appear as
it moving through the grass?
Ans: As the snake was moving through the
grass, its head was down and tongue flickering. Its scale glazed like diamonds
in the sunlight.
(ii) What did the poet her
companions do when the snake was gone?
Ans: When the snake was gone, the poet and her companions took a
deeper breath. They looked at each other and went on their own way.
Exercise 3
Rewrite the following sentence as directed:
(a) How happy we are here! (Change
into an assertive sentence)
Ans: We are very happy here.
(b) Everybody knows the name of
Tagore. (Change into an interrogative sentence)
Ans: Who does not know the name of Tagore?
(c) The painting is very beautiful.
(Change into an exclamatory sentence)
Ans: How beautiful the painting is!
(d) Can we ever forget our childhood days? (Change into an assertive sentence)
Ans: We can never forget our childhood days.
Exercise 4
Rewrite the following sentences as directed:
(a) We are proud of our
heritage. (Use the noun form of ‘proud’)
Ans: We feel/take pride in our heritage.
(b) We should have sympathy for
the poor. (Use the adjective form of ‘sympathy’)
Ans: We should be sympathetic towards the poor.
(c) His success was due to his
labour. (use the verb form of ‘labour’)
Ans: He succeeded because he laboured. / He laboured to get
success.
(d) The song of the nightingale
is very sweet. (use the adverb form of ‘sweet’)
Ans: The nightingale sings very sweetly.