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Extract Based Questions

Extract 1

The young seagull was alone on his ledge. His two brothers and his sister had already flown away the day before. He had been afraid to fly with them. Somehow when he had taken a little run forward to the brink of the ledge and attempted to flap his wings, he became afraid. The great expanse of sea stretched down beneath, and it was such a long way down—miles down.

(a). Choose the correct options to complete the statement. The young seagull was alone on the ledge because ______.
1. his two brothers and a sister had learnt flying and had flown away.
2. he was afraid to fly like his brothers and sisters.
3. he was waiting for his mother to come.
4. his mother had gone to get food for him.
(a) 1 and 3
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 3 and 4
(d) 2 and 3
Answer: (b) 1 and 2

 

(b). We know that the siblings of the seagull had learned and mastered flying because ______.
Answer: had already flown away the day before.

 

(c). The young seagull on taking a run experienced extreme emotions. Choose the best options from the ones given below.
(a) mortification and sadness
(b) desperation and sadness
(c) humiliation and desperation
(d) mortification and desperation
Answer: (d) mortification and desperation

 

(d). The young seagull did make an effort to fly but failed. What was his mental state?
Answer: The young seagull flapped his wings and made an effort to fly. However, his half-hearted efforts failed because he was afraid that his wings would not support him. So, he ran back to the little hole under the ledge.

 

Extract 2

That was twenty-four hours ago. Since then nobody had come near him. The day before, all day long, he had watched his parents flying about with his brothers and sister, perfecting them in the art of flight, teaching them how to skim the waves and how to dive for fish. He had, in fact, seen his older brother catch his first herring and devour it, standing on a rock, while his parents circled around raising a proud cackle. And all the morning the whole family had walked about on the big plateau midway down the opposite cliff taunting him with his cowardice.

(a). Complete the statement with the best possible option available to you: Nobody had come near the young seagull as his parents were ______.
(a) busy circling the sea, enjoying the flight
(b) teaching his siblings, the art of flying
(c) raising cackle sounds, having fun
(d) standing on the rock, eating fish
Answer: (b) teaching his siblings, the art of flying

 

(b). What had the seagull done in the last twenty-four hours?
Answer: In the last twenty-four hours, the seagull had watched how to skim the waters and dive for fish.

 

(c). Fill up the blank in the following sentence. The seagull’s family taunted him because they were ______.
Answer: trying their best to encourage and persuade him to fly.

 

(d). Which of the words given in the options cannot be used to replace the underlined word in-‘He had, in fact, seen his older brother catch his first herring and devour it, standing on a rock…?
(a) to gulp
(b) to destroy
(c) to demolish
(d) to wolf down
Answer: (b) to destroy

 

(e). Who was ‘he’? Where was ‘he’?
Answer: ‘He’ was the young seagull. ‘He’ was staying on a cliff ledge.

 

(f). Why wasn’t ‘he’ flying about like his siblings?
Answer: ‘He’ wasn’t flying about like his siblings because he was very scared of flying.

 

(g). Which word in the extract means the same as ‘moving lightly just above the surface of the sea’?
Answer: The word is ‘skim’.

 

(h). What does ‘devour’ mean here?
Answer: It means to relish eating something.

 

Extract 3

The sun was now ascending the sky, blazing on his ledge that faced the south. He felt the heat because he had not eaten since the previous night fall. He stepped slowly out to the brink of the ledge, and standing on one leg with the other leg hidden under his wing; he closed one eye, then the other, and pretended to be falling asleep. Still they took no notice of him. He saw his two brothers and his sister lying on the plateau dozing with their heads sunk in to their necks. His father was preening the feathers on his white back.

(a). Which one of the options is not even remotely the meaning of the word ‘pretended’ in the extract?
(a) invented
(b) play-acted
(c) feigned
(d) discovered
Answer: (d) discovered

 

(b). Complete the statement with the best option according to you. The young seagull was very upset as he ______.
(a) was starved.
(b) was feeling very hot.
(c) was being ignored by his father.
(d) was not able to train with his brothers and sisters.
Answer: (a) was starved.

 

(c). Why was the entire seagull family ignoring their youngest?
Answer: The seagull’s family was ignoring their youngest on purpose. They wanted him to shed his fears and therefore, tried every trick to make him fly. They screamed, scolded, threatened, and taunted him for cowardice and even let him starve to drive him to desperation.

 

(d). ‘Preening feathers’ is an action common to birds when they use their beaks to ______.
Answer: groom or clean themselves.

 

Extract 4

Only his mother was looking at him. She was standing on a little high hump on the plateau, her white breast thrust forward. Now and again, she tore at a piece of fish that lay at her feet and then scrapped each side of her beak on the rock. The sight of the food maddened him. How he loved to tear food that way, scrapping his beak now and again to whet it.

(a). How can we say that the seagull’s mother was preoccupied?
Answer: The seagull’s mother was keeping an eye on her young one. Now and then, she was tearing at a fish and scrapping her beak on the rock.

 

(b). What is the significance of ‘Only his mother was looking at him’?
(a) Only his mother was concerned about him.
(b) The rest of the family were tired of him.
(c) His siblings and father had given up on him.
(d) The family members had abandoned him.
Answer: (c) His siblings and father had given up on him.

 

(c). Which of the words given below is the opposite of ‘whet’ as given in the passage above?
(a) sharpen
(b) quench
(c) augment
(d) increase
Answer: (b) quench

 

(d). At the sight of his mother tearing a scrap of fish, the little seagull ______ because ______
Answer: went mad (because) he was starving.

 

Extract 5

“Ga, ga, ga,” he cried begging her to bring him some food. “Gaw-col-ah,” she screamed back derisively. But he kept calling plaintively, and after a minute or so he uttered a joyful scream. His mother had picked up a piece of the fish and was flying across to him with it. He leaned out eagerly, tapping the rock with his feet, trying to get nearer to her as she flew across. But when she was just opposite to him, she halted, her wings motionless, the piece of fish in her beak almost within the reach of his beak. He waited a moment in surprise, wondering why she did not come nearer, and then, maddened by hunger, he dived at the fish.

(a). Which of the given options is best suited to complete the following statement? The mother’s tone was derisive because ______.
(a) the young seagull refused to hunt for itself.
(b) the seagull was behaving in a cowardly fashion for no reason.
(c) the other siblings had long learned to fly.
(d) the seagull’s stubbornness was irritating.
Answer: (d) the seagull’s stubbornness was irritating.

 

(b). Why was the young seagull overjoyed to see his mother flying towards him?
Answer: The young seagull was overjoyed to see his mother coming towards him because he had not eaten anything for long and she was carrying a piece of fish for him.

 

(c). The anticlimactic moment in the passage is when ______.
Answer: the mother instead of offering the piece of fish to the seagull, halted mid-air.

 

(d). What finally pushed the seagull to overcome his fears?
(a) hunger and desperation
(b) fear of scolding from his parents
(c) taunts from his siblings
(d) a sense of shame and guilt
Answer: (a) hunger and desperation

 

Extract 6

Then he flapped his wings once and he soared upwards. “Ga, ga, ga, Ga, ga, ga, Gaw-col-ah,” his mother swooped past him, her wings making a loud noise. He answered her with another scream. Then his father flew over him screaming. He saw his two brothers and his sister flying around him curveting and banking and soaring and diving. Then he completely forgot that he had not always been able to fly, and commended himself to dive and soar and curve, shrieking shrilly.

(a). How would you interpret the mother’s response in ‘Ga, ga, ga, Ga, ga, ga, Gaw-col-ah’ according to the passage?
(a) She was appreciative that the young seagull had finally overcome his fear.
(b) She was unhappy with his half-hearted efforts.
(c) She was admonishing for taking too long to fly.
(d) She was appreciating her other children.
Answer: (a) She was appreciative that the young seagull had finally overcome his fear.

 

(b). In the statement, ‘he commended himself to dive and soar and curve, shrieking shrilly,’ the meaning of the word ‘commended’ would be ______.
(a) complimented
(b) entrusted
(c) celebrated
(d) applauded
Answer: (b) entrusted

 

(c). How did the little seagull and his family react to his maiden flight?
Answer: The seagull shrieked, soared, dived, and curved about. The young seabird was so overwhelmed with joy that he completely forgot that he had not always been able to fly. His family flew in circles and cackled loudly to show their appreciation and pride.

 

(d). Match the figures of speech in Column (A) with their appropriate and correct examples taken from the extract in Column (B) and choose the correct option from the alternatives given below.
Column AColumn B
(1) Alliteration(a) screaming, shrieking
(2) Repetition(b) banking, curveting
(3) Onomatopoeia(c) shrieking shrilly
(4) Movement words(d) then, and

(a) 1 – (c), 2 – (d), 3 – (b), 4 – (a)
(b) 1 – (c), 2 – (d), 3 – (a), 4 – (b)
(c) 1 – (d), 2 – (c), 3 – (a), 4 – (b)
(d) 1 – (a), 2 – (b), 3 – (c), 4 – (d)
Answer: (b) 1 – (c), 2 – (d), 3 – (a), 4 – (b)

 

Extract 7

The moon was coming up in the east, behind me, and stars were shining in the clear sky above me. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky. I was happy to be alone high up above the sleeping countryside. I was flying my old Dakota aeroplane over France back to England. I was dreaming of my holiday and looking forward to being with my family. I looked at my watch: one thirty in the morning.

(a). Which of the following sentences best captures the meaning of the phrasal verb ‘coming up’ as used in the passage?
(a) Coming up next is the weather forecast on TV.
(b) His friends are coming up the garden path right now.
(c) The coming up an epidemic was long foreseen by the scientists.
(d) The sun came up upon the right of the ship and drowned on its left.
Answer: (d) The sun came up upon the right of the ship and drowned on its left.

 

(b). Complete the blank with a proverb. The description of the night and the pilot’s state of mind clearly show the proverbial calm ______.
Answer: before the storm.

 

(c). What was the mission of the pilot?
(a) To leave France as fast as possible.
(b) To get home to be with his family.
(c) To fly very fast over the countryside.
(d) To practice flying in his old Dakota.
Answer: (b) To get home to be with his family.

 

(d). When the narrator says that he is ‘dreaming of my holiday’ what is he referring to? Answer in about 40 words.
Answer: The narrator’s excitement of surprising his family and being with them is what he meant by ‘dreaming of my holiday’. He was in a grand hurry to reach England so that he could have a big, warm breakfast with his loved ones and surprise them in early hours.

 

(e). Who is ‘I’?
Answer: The pilot of the Dakota aeroplane, the narrator.

 

(f). What does ‘the sleeping countryside’ mean?
Answer: The entire area being calm and quiet. It could also mean that people were still sleeping.

 

(g). What was he doing?
Answer: He was flying the Dakota aeroplane.

 

(h). What did he think of? (CBSE Delhi 2011)
Answer: He was thinking of his holiday; he was excited at the thought of being with his family.

 

(i). How was the weather when the pilot started flying his aeroplane?
(a) Cloudy
(b) Clear
(c) Stormy
(d) Foggy
Answer: (b) Clear

 

(j). Why was the pilot flying his old Dakota?
(a) Because he had to report back to headquarter.
(b) Because he had to monitor the weather conditions.
(c) Because he was on a secret vigil against enemy.
(d) Because he wished to have the morning breakfast with his family.
Answer: (d) Because he wished to have the morning breakfast with his family.

 

(k). Which word in the extract means the same as ‘land outside towns or cities’?
(a) countryside
(b) behind
(c) dreaming
(d) high
Answer: (a) countryside

 

(l). ______ in the extract means ‘hoping with pleasure’.
(a) Coming up
(b) Shining in
(c) Looking forward to
(d) Look at
Answer: (c) Looking forward to

 

(m). Did the pilot have a happy time flying, as expressed in the passage? Give reasons.
(a) Yes. He landed safely in London.
(b) No. He had a harrowing experience before receiving his hearty breakfast.
(c) Yes. He had an adventurous flight before reaching his destination.
(d) No. He had a harrowing experience before touching the land.
Answer: (d) No. He had a harrowing experience before touching the land.

 

Extract 8

Paris was about 150 kilometres behind me when I saw the clouds. Storm clouds. They were huge. They looked like black mountains standing in front of me across the sky. I knew I could not fly up and over them, and I did not have enough fuel to fly around them to the north or south. “I ought to go back to Paris,” I thought, but I Wanted to get home. I wanted that breakfast. ‘I’ll take the risk,’ I thought, and flew that old Dakota straight in to the storm.

(a). Why has the author used the word ‘Wanted’ with a capital ‘W’?
Answer: The author wants to emphasize his intense desire to be home.

 

(b). The final decision of the pilot was ______.
(a) not to return back to Paris.
(b) to take risk and fly straight into the storm.
(c) to fly around the clouds from north.
(d) fly around the clouds from south.
Answer: (b) to take risk and fly straight into the storm.

 

(c). From the quotations given below, choose the one that best captures the mindset of the pilot.
(a) Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.
(b) The struggles we endure today will be the ‘good old days’ we laugh about tomorrow.
(c) Life rewarded courage, even when that first step was taken neck-deep in fear.
(d) Safety is indeed stability, but it is not progression.
Answer: (c) Life rewarded courage, even when that first step was taken neck-deep in fear.

 

(d). What did the pilot notice when Paris was already 150 km behind him? Answer in about 40 words.
Answer: The aeroplane was stuck amongst huge, black clouds that looked like mountains. The pilot stood at crossroads: he could either fly back to Paris or miss his breakfast with his family. He chose the latter and confronted the storm with whatever fuel was left in the last tank.

 

(e). State any one inference about the pilot from the given context:
I wanted that breakfast. I’ll take the risk.
Answer: The pilot was determined and courageous. In spite of the storm clouds, he was courageous enough to take the risk and determined to have breakfast with his family.

 

(f). Why is it fair to say that the pilot’s tone, when he says “I ought to go back to Paris”, is uncertain and afraid? Answer in about 40 words.
Answer: The pilot’s tone is uncertain and afraid because he was afraid of flying into the storm clouds. Yet his wish to fly home and have breakfast with his family pulled him the other way, which made his tone uncertain in the given line.

 

(g). Complete the following analogy with a suitable word from the extract:
Breezy : Windy : : Enormous : ______
Answer: Huge

 

(h). Out of the given options, which word does NOT relate to the word ‘storm’?
(a) blizzard
(b) hailstorm
(c) breeze
(d) thunderstorm
Answer: (c) breeze

 

Extract 9

Inside the clouds, everything was suddenly black. It was impossible to see anything outside the aeroplane. The old aeroplane jumped and twisted in the air. I looked at the compass. I couldn’t believe my eyes: the compass was turning round and round and round. It was dead. It would not work! The other instruments were suddenly dead, too. I tried the radio. “Paris Control? Paris Control? Can you hear me?” There was no answer. The radio was dead too. I had no radio, no compass, and I could not see where I was. I was lost in the storm.

(a). The expression, ‘I couldn’t believe my eyes’ can also be substituted with following one word.
(a) incorrigible
(b) incredible
(c) invincible
(d) inflation
Answer: (b) incredible

 

(b). ‘The plane was jumping and twisting in the air’ means that the ______.
Answer: pilot had lost control of it.

 

(c). The Paris air control could not reply to the pilot’s call primarily because ______.
(a) the clouds had blocked all communication.
(b) compass was going round and round.
(c) other instruments had collapsed too.
(d) the radio had stopped functioning.
Answer: (d) the radio had stopped functioning.

 

(d). A pilot sometimes has to face unexpected problems while in the middle of his flight. Explain with reference to Black Aeroplane in about 40 words.
Answer: Air turbulences caused by a storm can be one of the most serious challenges faced by any pilot. It may be because all the equipment provided to him to carry out his duty safely may not be of any use to him. In this case, all instruments collapsed and stopped functioning; even the radio crashed.

 

(e). What does the extract tell us about the weather?
Answer: The extract tells us that the weather was stormy.

 

(f). What happened to the instruments of the plane?
Answer: The instruments of the plane had malfunctioned.

 

(g). Find the word in the extract which means ‘not working’.
Answer: The word ‘dead’ in the extract means not working.

 

(h). What do ‘jumped and twisted’ mean here?
Answer: It means that the plane was being tossed about and shaken violently by the storm.

 

Extract 10

After half an hour the strange black aeroplane was still there in front of me in the clouds. Now there was only enough fuel in the old Dakota’s last tank to fly for five or ten minutes more. I was starting to feel frightened again. But then he started to go down and I followed through the storm. Suddenly I came out of the clouds and saw two long straight lines of lights in front of me. It was a runway! An airport! I was safe! I turned to look for my friend in the black aeroplane, but the sky was empty. There was nothing there. The black aeroplane was gone. I could not see it anywhere.

(a). How would you describe the mental state of the pilot when he saw two long straight lines of lights in front of him?
(a) freedom and liberty
(b) respite and relief
(c) reinforcement and support
(d) saturation and stress
Answer: (b) respite and relief

 

(b). In the statement, ‘I turned to look for my friend in the black aeroplane, but the sky was empty’ why does the author refer to a stranger as ‘my friend’?
Answer: The stranger had saved the narrator from inevitable death by being around and directing him for more than half an hour and leading him to safety.

 

(c). The author calls the black aeroplane ‘strange’ because ______.
Answer: it appeared suddenly from nowhere.

 

(d). Find the best synonym for the phrasal verb ‘to look for’ in the passage from the options given below.
(a) seek out
(b) pursue
(c) rummage through
(d) scan thoroughly
Answer: (a) seek out

 

Extract 11

I landed and was not sorry to walk away from the old Dakota near the control tower. I went and asked a woman in the control centre where I was and who the other pilot was. I wanted to say ‘Thank you’. She looked at me very strangely, and then laughed. “Another aeroplane? Up there in this storm? No other aeroplanes were flying tonight. Yours was the only one I could see on the radar.” So who helped me to arrive there safely without a compass or a radio, and without any more fuel in my tanks? Who was the pilot on the strange black aeroplane, flying in the storm, without lights?

(a). Why was the narrator not sorry to walk away from the old Dakota?
(a) The ordeal was finally over and he was relieved.
(b) He worried that the aircraft which was without fuel might explode.
(c) He wanted his big English breakfast.
(d) The Dakota was jinxed according to him.
Answer: (a) The ordeal was finally over and he was relieved.

 

(b). The author says that, ‘She looked at me very strangely, and then laughed.’ What made the woman laugh?
Answer: She laughed at the improbability of the situation.

 

(c). What is the significance of the so many questions put up by the pilot?
(a) They signify that the pilot was going through a big confusion.
(b) They signify that the pilot was hallucinating.
(c) They signify that it was all an unresolved mystery.
(d) They signify that the pilot was superstitious.
Answer: (c) They signify that it was all an unresolved mystery.

 

(d). Replace the word ‘strangely’ in the passage with the most appropriate option from those given below so as it does not change the meaning of the sentence.
(a) abnormally
(b) unusually
(c) weirdly
(d) eerily
Answer: (c) weirdly

 

(e). Who is ‘I’ in the given extract? Why wasn’t ‘I’ sorry to walk away from the old Dakota?
Answer: ‘I’ is the narrator of the story ‘The Black Aeroplane’. He was not sorry to walk away from the old Dakota because he had been flying it through an unpleasant storm, and needed to calm his nerves.

 

(f). Why did ‘I’ ask for the other pilot?
Answer: ‘I’ asked for the other pilot in order to thank him for helping and guiding him out of the storm and to safety.

 

(g). Why did the woman in the control centre laugh at ‘I’?
Answer: When the woman in the control centre learned that the narrator was enquiring about a second plane, she laughed because, according to the radar, there had been no other plane except the narrator’s Dakota flying that night.

 

(h). What is the opposite of ‘took off’ as given in the extract?
Answer: Landed

 

Extract 12

His parents and his brothers and sister had landed on this green flooring ahead of him. They were beckoning to him, calling shrilly. He dropped his legs to stand on the green sea. His legs sank into it. He screamed with fright and attempted to rise again flapping his wings. But he was tired and weak with hunger and he could not rise, exhausted by the strange exercise.

(a). The approach of the seagull’s parents towards cajoling was harsh. Elaborate in about 40 words, with reference to the extract.
Answer: The approach of the seagull’s parents was harsh, but it was all meant to teach him how to fly. The mother seagull flew around him with a piece of fish in her beak to tempt him to dive at the fish. This led to the first flight of the young seagull.

 

(b). Identify the young seagull’s reaction when he stood on the green floor of the sea.
Answer: When the young seagull landed on the green floor of the sea, he was afraid and ‘screamed with fright’.

 

(c). Which phrase would correctly substitute ‘exhausted’ in the given sentence from the extract?
But he was tired and weak with hunger and he could not rise, exhausted by the strange exercise.
Answer: drained (of energy)

 

(d). There are two statements given below:
(1) The young seagull’s siblings had landed on the green flooring.
(2) The young seagull was extremely courageous as he landed on the sea.
Select the most appropriate option for (1) and (2).
(a) (1) is true and (2) is false.
(b) (2) is the opposite of (1).
(c) (1) furthers the meaning of (2).
(d) Both (1) and (2) cannot be inferred from the extract.
Answer: (a) (1) is true and (2) is false.

 

(e). Read the following descriptions and identify which one correctly corresponds to the extract.
(a) The author uses descriptive language to depict the protagonist’s fear and exhaustion.
(b) The language is detached and lacks emotional intensity, making the scene feel distant.
(c) The author employs poetic language to create a serene atmosphere.
Answer: (a) The author uses descriptive language to depict the protagonist’s fear and exhaustion.

 

(f). Why is it appropriate to say that the author’s tone is empathetic towards the protagonist’s struggle and fear? Answer in about 40 words.
Answer: The author closely records the young seagull’s feelings — his fright as his legs sink, his weakness from hunger and his exhaustion. By describing the struggle from the bird’s point of view and then his relief at floating, the author shares his fear and makes the reader feel for him.

 

(g). Which of the given themes is NOT highlighted in the extract?
(a) Adaptation
(b) Overcoming of fear
(c) Resilience
(d) Discovery
Answer: (b) Overcoming of fear

 

(h). The protagonist experiences a mix of fear, exhaustion and praise as he floats on the green sea while his family offers him scraps of dog-fish. Explain the significance of these contrasting emotions in relation to his current situation.
Answer: The fear and exhaustion show how new and difficult the experience is for him, while the praise and food show that he has succeeded; together they mark his passage from a frightened beginner to a seagull who has completed his first flight.

 

Extract 13

There was no answer. The radio was dead too. I had no radio, no compass, and I could not see where I was. I was lost in the storm. Then, in the black clouds quite near me, I saw another aeroplane. It had no lights on its wings, but I could see it flying next to me through the storm. I could see the pilot’s face — turned towards me. I was very glad to see another person. He lifted one hand and waved.
“Follow me,” he was saying. “Follow me.”
‘He knows that I am lost,’ I thought. ‘He’s trying to help me.’
He turned his aeroplane slowly to the north, in front of my Dakota, so that it would be easier for me to follow him. I was very happy to go behind the strange aeroplane like an obedient child.

(a). State one inference about the speaker’s emotion from the given context:
There was no answer. The radio was dead too.
Answer: The speaker felt helpless and frightened, as he had lost all contact and had no way of getting help.

 

(b). State TRUE or FALSE:
All of the inferences (1)-(4) below can be applied to the narrator’s remark, “I was very happy to go behind the strange aeroplane like an obedient child.”
(1) The narrator is willing to trust and follow the pilot’s lead, feeling a sense of safety and security in doing so.
(2) The use of the phrase “like an obedient child” implies a sense of vulnerability and dependency, indicating that the narrator feels lost and in need of direction.
(3) The narrator is relieved and grateful to see another person.
(4) The narrator feels dependent on the other pilot for guidance.
Answer: True

 

(c). The narrator called the aeroplane strange. Elaborate in about 40 words, with reference to the extract.
Answer: The aeroplane appeared suddenly in the black storm clouds and had no lights on its wings, yet the narrator could see it and its pilot clearly. It seemed to know he was lost and guided him without any radio contact. These mysterious features made him call it strange.

 

(d). Which phrase would correctly substitute ‘obedient’ in the given sentence from the extract?
“I was very happy to go behind the strange aeroplane like an obedient child.”
Answer: willing to follow instructions / dutiful

 

Extract 14

He waited a moment in surprise, wondering why she did not come nearer, and then, maddened by hunger, he dived at the fish. With a loud scream he fell outwards and downwards into space. Then a monstrous terror seized him and his heart stood still. He could hear nothing. But it only lasted a minute. The next moment he felt his wings spread outwards.

(a). What was the seagull going through?
Answer: The seagull was growing more and more desperate due to hunger.

 

(b). Why did the seagull fall off the cliff?
Answer: The seagull fell off the cliff in an attempt to dive at the fish.

 

(c). Find the phrase in the extract which means ‘he became very frightened’.
Answer: The phrase ‘a monstrous terror seized him’ in the extract means he became very frightened.

 

(d). Which word in the extract means the same as ‘clutch’?
Answer: Seized

 

Extract 15

Then he completely forgot that he had not always been able to fly, and commenced himself to dive and soar and curve, shrieking shrilly.
He was near the sea now, flying straight over it, facing straight out over the ocean. He saw a vast green sea beneath him, with little ridges moving over it and he turned his beak sideways and cawed amusedly.

(a). Who is ‘he’ in the given extract?
Answer: ‘He’ in the given extract is the young seagull.

 

(b). Why had ‘he’ not always been able to fly?
Answer: ‘He’ had not always been able to fly because he feared that if he jumped off from the cliff he would plummet to his death.

 

(c). Why did ‘he’ caw amusedly?
Answer: ‘He’ cawed amusedly because he had finally mustered up the courage to take his first flight and was now flying without any inhibitions. He was enjoying the experience of his first flight.

 

(d). Which word in the extract means the same as ‘began’?
Answer: Commenced

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