A Shipwrecked Sailor
Textual Questions & Answers
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Exercise 1
Tick the correct answer from the given alternatives:
1. Robinson Crusoe was
shipwrecked in -
(a) 1959
(b) 1559
(c) 1359
(d) 1959
Ans: (a) 1959
2. Robinson Crusoe used to make
a -
(a) bed
(b) sail
(c) tent
(d) curtain
Ans: (c) tent
3. The distance between the
stakes Robinson Crusoe drove into the ground was -
(a) five inches
(b) seven inches
(c) four inches
(d) six inches
Ans: (d) six inches
4. Crusoe saw fair weather in
the month of -
(a) December
(b) November
(c) September
(d) October
Ans: (b) November
5. The journey with fruit
parcel took Crusoe -
(a) five days
(b) ten days
(c) three days
(d) four days
Ans: (c) three days
Exercise 2
Answer following question fifteen words:
(1) What name did Crusoe give
to the dismal island?
Ans: The name Crusoe gave to the dismal island was the Island of
Despair.
(2) Where did he pitch the
tent?
Ans: He pitched his tent on the flat green surface just before the
hollow on the hill.
(3) How did Cruse go over the
fence?
Ans: Crusoe went over fence by using a short ladder.
(4) Why did he keep a journey?
Ans: He kept a journal to record the details of his everyday
affairs in the island.
Exercise 3
Answer the following questions twenty five words:
(1) Where were the items
Robinson Crusoe collected from the wrecked ship?
Ans: From the wrecked ship Robinson Crusoe rescued some wood,
cable, string, a knife, nails, a gun, a hammock, some canvas, some paper and
ink and some money.
(2) How did Crusoe keep track
of the number of days he spent on the island?
Ans: Crusoe had cut with his knife upon a large post, the date
of his landing, thereafter he put a notch with his knife for everyday.
(3) In what way did Crusoe make
himself a lamp?
Ans: Crusoe collected a little tallow and small clay dish. To
this he added a wick, in this way he made himself a lamp.
Exercise 4
Underline the adverbs and state their kinds:
(a) It is too hot today.
Ans: Adverb of Time
(b) The girl seldom
visits my house.
Ans: Adverb of Frequency
(c) He searched everywhere
for the book.
Ans: Adverb of place
(d) The boy runs fast.
Ans: Adverb of Manner
Exercise 5
Underline the causes in the following in the following sentence and
state what kind clauses they are:
(a) She asked me what my name
was.
Ans: She asked me what my name was. → Noun clauses.
(b) He is friend who was always
helped me.
Ans: He is friend who was always helped me. → adjective
clause?
(c) Please enter the room when
you are asked to.
Ans: Please enter the room when you are asked to. →
Adverb clause.
(d) That he will win is known
to us.
Ans: That he will win is known to us. →
Noun clause.
Exercise 6
Identify the following sentences as simple, complex and compound:
(a) They predicted
that it would rain. → Complex Sentence
(b) The weather being fine, the children went out to play. → Simple
Sentence
(c) Ravi woke up early
but he could not reach school on time. → Compound Sentence
(d) Finishing his
work, my father returned home. → Simple Sentence
Exercise 7
Do as directed:
(a) Tatar hoped to do well in
the examination. (Change into a complex sentence)
Ans: Tatar hoped that he would
do well in the examination.
(b) The Headmistress arrived
and the meeting began. (Change into a complex sentence)
Ans: When the Headmistress arrived, the meeting began.
(c) Ayesha was surprised when
she heard the news. (Change into a simple sentence)
Ans: Hearing the news, Ayesha was surprised.
(d) You must work hard to be
successful in life. (Change into a compound sentence).
Ans: Work hard and you will be successful in life. / You must
work hard and you will be successful in life.