The North Ship
Textual Questions & Answers
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Exercise 1
Tick the correct answer from the given alternatives:
1. The number of ships sailing by were –
(a) three
(b) two
(c) five
(d) four
Ans: (a) three
2. The wind carried the first
ship to a –
(a) big country
(b) small country
(c) rich country
(d) distant country
Ans: (c) rich country
3. The second ship turned
towards the -
(a) west
(b) north
(c) south
(d) east
Ans: (d) east
4. The decks of the third ship
shone -
(a) brightly
(b) frostily
(c) clearly
(d) dimly
Ans: (b) frostily
5. The northern sky rose over
the -
(a) unfruitful sea
(b) kind sea
(c) stormy sea
(d) calm sea
Ans: (a) unfruitful sea
6. The third ship was rigged -
(a) long journey
(b) short journey
(c) slow journey
(d) quick journey
Ans: (a) long journey
Exercise 2
Answer the following questions within twenty-five words:
(a) What did the wind do to the
second ship?
Ans: The wind haunted the second ship like a beast. It kept the
ship in captivity. So it could not sail further.
(b) Give any two points of
difference between the journey of the third ship and the other two ships.
Ans: Unlike the other two
ships, the third one did not get a breath of wind, favourable or unfavourable.
Only in its case a fire spilling star was noticed.
Exercise 3
Replace the underlined words with suitable phrasal verbs given in
the list below. Change the form if necessary. There are two extra phrasal
verbs:
(a) The child resembles
his grandfather.
Ans. The child takes after his grandfather.
(b) They published a
magazine recently.
Ans. They brought out a magazine recently.
(c) My mother taught me not to disrespect
anyone.
Ans. My mother taught me not to look down upon anyone.
(d) We should abolish
bad habits.
Ans. We should give up bad habits.
(e) A new university was built
at Coochbehar.
Ans. A new university was set up at Coochbehar.
Exercise 4
Do as directed:
(a) The man was so weak that he
could not walk. (Rewrite using ‘too’)
Ans. The man was too weak to walk.
(b) Titir is one of the most
intelligent girls in the class. (Rewrite using the positive degree of the
underlined adjective)
Ans. Very few girls in the class are as intelligent as Titir.
(c) As soon as he reached home,
it started raining heavily. (Change into a negative sentence)
Ans. No sooner had he reached home than it started raining
heavily. / No sooner did he reach home than it started raining heavily.
(d) Why cry over spilt milk? (Change
into an assertive sentence)
Ans. Don’t cry over spilt milk.
(e) Blood is thicker than
water. (Change into an interrogative sentence)
Ans. Is not blood thicker than water?
(f) He told a lie
intentionally. (Rewrite using the noun form of intentionally’)
Ans. It was his intention to tell a lie. / He told a lie out of
intention.
(g) Run fast or you will be
late. (Change into a complex sentence)
Ans. If you don’t run fast, you will be late.
(h) The reporter made the news
public. (Rewrite using the verb form of public’)
Ans. The reporter publicized the news.