Question

1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:
Old Philemon and his wife Baucus lived in a little cottage on the slope of a hill in Greece.
Their cottage was a short distance from a village which lay in the hollow at the foot of
the hill. They were quite poor and had to work hard for their living, but they had enough
to supply their own needs and also to help others.
Philemon cultivated a strip of land and grew vegetables and fruit, and corn which
Baucus made into bread. They had a cow, which supplied them with milk and butter, a
few fowls to provide eggs and bees to give honey. Neighbours often called to ask for
favour, such as ‘ Could you let me have some fresh vegetables?” or ‘Could you come
Baucus, and see my wife who is ill?’ They never refused a request or sent a stranger
away without helping them.
Answer the following questions:

1. Where did old Philemon and his wife live?
2. How did they earn their living?
3. Why did they have to work hard?
4. What did their cow and fowls provide them with?
5. Which line of the passage shows that Philemon and his wife were generous and kind hearted people?
6. What moral lesson did you learn from this passage?
7. Give a suitable title for the passage.
8. Find the word in the passage which mean the same as ‘ an act of kindness’. ( para
9. Find the word in the passage which is the opposite of ‘ long’. ( para 1 )
10.Make a meaningful sentence of your own with the word ‘ stranger ‘.

Answer 1

Answer:

Greece

Old Philemon and his wife Baucus lived in a little cottage on the slope of a hill in Greece. Their Cottage was a short distance from a village which lay in the hollow at the foot of the hill.

Answer 2

Greece

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