SUBJECT: English TOPIC: Reading and Writing skills
I. Read the passage carefully and based on the understanding of the passage, answer the questions that follow :
Sher Singh was a little country boy who lived in a hut made of logs and mud, wore torn clothes and took his father’s goats and two cows to graze in the fields. Sher Singh’s house was close to a railway track and the trains fascinated him as they flashed by.
One day, he saw some boulders lying on the rails. They must have fallen from the steep hillside. The next train would be in danger. It could be thrown off the tracks and the passengers would be killed. The stones were too
big and heavy for him to move them. Quickly he pulled off his turban, tied to a stick and made a flag out of it. Then he stood in the middle of the track and waved it.
The driver seeing the boy, hooted – the boy did not move. The engine whistled more loudly – he still did not move. The driver had to stop the train. Angrily, he jumped down and ran towards the boy. Suddenly he stopped. He saw the boulders on the railway line. His anger turned to thankfulness. What a fuss they made of him! They praised his courage and his quick action. Guess where he is today? He is an engine driver on the same railway line!
1. Answer the following questions in one or two sentences:
i. How do we know that Sher Singh was very poor?
ii. How did he realise that the next train would be in danger ?
2. Complete the following sentences:
i. The quick action he took was
ii. The courageous step he took was__________
iii. The driver’s anger turned to thankfulness when________________
3. Find the antonyms of these words in the passage and write them in the space provided.
a. slowly X __________________________
b. light X ___________________________
4. Find ONE word in the above passage for the phrases given below :
a. A very large rock : ___________________________________
b. To interest someone a lot: _____________________________
II. Given below is some information about Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India. Use the information below and write a bio-sketch. Don’t add any new information.
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
1889 Born in Allahabad, U.P.
1912 Graduated from Trinity college - Cambridge University - returned to India
1916 Married 17 year old Kamala, from Kashmiri business family in Delhi .
1919 Joined the Indian National Congress
1921-1945 Served total of ten years in jail.
1947-1964 Served as the Prime Minister of India.
1949 Signed the first constitution of Independent India.
May 27, 1964 Took his last breath in New Delhi.
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