How the Little Kite Learned
Textual Questions & Answers
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1.
Here are a few words: Bird, aeroplane, kite, cloud, balloon
Now, put these words in the appropriate columns:
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Flies
with human help
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Flies
without human help
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Aeroplane
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Cloud
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Kite
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Bird
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Balloon
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2.Study
the following words: Breeze, string, pull, tug
What
are these words associated with? Choose the correct alternative:
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Flying an aeroplane
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Flying a kite (√)
Activity - 1
Tick
(√) the correct alternative:
1. The little kite
thought it could not :
(i) run
(ii)
fly
(iii) swim.
Ans: (ii) fly
2. The big kite
told the small kite to :
(i)
try
(ii) know
(iii) think
Ans: (i) try
3. While flying
the little kite was filled with :
(i) pity
(ii)
pride
(iii) pain
Ans: (ii) pride
4. The boys looked
like small :
(i) dots
(ii) patches
(iii)
spots
Ans: (iii) spots
Activity - 2
Complete
the following sentences with information from the text:
1. The
big kite rose towards the tranquil sky.
2. The little kite’s paper stirred at the sight.
3. The little kite sailed with the big kite side
by side.
4. The little kite and the big kite rested high
in the quiet air.
Activity - 3
Answer
the following question:
1. What made the
little kite’s paper stir at the sight of the tranquil sky?
Ans: The
eagerness to fly like the big kite made the little kite’s paper stir at the
sight of the tranquil sky.
Activity - 4
Fill
in the following chart with information from the text:
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Cause
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Effect
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a) The little
kite thought that it would fall down if it tried to fly.
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The kite was afraid to
fly.
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b) The little kite grew
braver.
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The little kite rose up
through the air alone.
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c) The little
kite sailed with the big kite side by side.
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The little kite
was thrilled with pride
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d) The little
kite flew high with the big kite and looked down.
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The boys looked like
small spots.
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Activity - 5
Answer
the following question in complete sentences:
(a) What did the
big kite tell the little kite to do?
Ans: The big kite
told the little kite to try to fly.
(b) How did the
little kite prepare himself for fight?
Ans: The little
kite stirred at the sight of the big kite’s flight. He shook himself free and prepared
himself for the flight.
(c) Whom did the
kites get as companions high up in the quiet air?
Ans: High up in
the quiet air , the kites got birds and clouds as their companions.
(d) “Oh, how happy
I am” –Why did the little kite feel so?
Ans: The little kite
felt so because at last he learnt to fly overcoming his fear of falling.
Activity - 6 (a)
Fill
in the blanks with suitable articles:
i. The Nile flows through Egypt.
ii. Iron is a useful
metal.
iii. I waited at the station
for an hour.
iv. She is a European.
Activity - 6 (b)
Tick
(√) the appropriate form of the given verbs in brackets:
i. No news (is/are) good news.
ii. Each of the children (has/have)
arrived.
iii. The mother and her child (is/are)
going to the market.
iv. Esha as well as her sister (is/are) taking part in the school
sports.
Activity - 7 (a)
Add a prefix or suffix to the following words to form
opposites:
i. Learn : unlearned
ii. Steadily : unsteadily
iii. Rest : restless
iv. Cloud : cloudless
v. Happy : unhappy
Activity - 7 (b)
Make meaningful sentences of your own with the following words:
i. Tranquil : The tranquil air brings peace to
everyone.
ii. Frightened : Seeing the monkey, the little
child was frightened.
iii. Sailed : The ship sailed away towards north.
iii. Brave : He was a brave boy.
Activity - 8 (a)
Read
the paragraph carefully and fill in the following chart with information from
the passage:
Last summer, four
of us went to Arun’s aunt’s place in the Sunderbans. Hey were my friends- Sumit
and Arun and his younger brother, Barun. Sumit, Arun and I study in class X and
Barun is two years younger to us.We began the journey on Monday. We travelled
by bus and then by boat. We stayed there for three days. We visited the bird
sanctuary. We returned on Thursday evening at 7. 30pm.
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a) Number of people
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four
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b) Names of the people
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Sumit, Arun, Barun, the
narrator
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c) Destination
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The Sunderbans
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d) Duration of the trip
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three days
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e) Vehicles used
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bus, boat
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f) Places visited
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bird sanctuary
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