12. Make a sentence of your own with the following phrase: LITTLE FLOWER CONVENT HIGH SCHOOL, SOLAPUR.
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Q II] Read the following passage and do the activities: 10 marks.
Our frigate wanted to go back, but the unearthly animal came at us with a speed double our
own. We gasped. More stunned than afraid, we stood mute and motionless. The animal
caught up with us, played with us. It made a full circle around the frigate and wrapped us in
sheets of electricity that were like luminous dust. At any instant it could have dashed
against our ship.
Meanwhile I was surprised to see that our warship was fleeing, not fighting. I commented
on this to Commander Farragut. His face, ordinarily so emotionless, showed great
astonishment.
“Professor Aronnax,” he answered me, “I don't know what kind of fearsome creature I'm up
against, and I don't want my frigate running foolish risks in all this darkness. Besides, how
should we attack this unknown creature, how should we defend ourselves against it? Let's
wait for daylight and then we'll play a different role.”
The whole crew stayed on their feet all night long. No one even thought of sleeping. Unable
to compete with the monster's speed, our frigate, the Abraham Lincoln slowed down. For
its part, the animal mimicked the frigate, simply rode with the waves, but did not leave the
field of battle.
However, near midnight it disappeared, or to use a more appropriate expression, ‘it went
out,” like a huge glowworm. Had it fled from us? We didn’t know and were filled with fear
and hope at the same time. But at 12: 53 a deafening hiss could be heard, resembling the
sound made by a water spout expelled with tremendous intensity.
1. Name the following:
a. The narrator of the story.
b. The commander of the ship.
c. Name of the ship.
d. The thing that resembled a deafening hissing sound.
2. Rearrange the following in the correct sequence and rewrite:
a. Let’s wait for daylight and then we’ll play a different role.
b. We gasped more stunned than afraid.
c. At 12:53 a deafening hiss could be heard.
d. Near midnight it disappeared.
3. Match words in column ‘A’ with words in column ‘B’,
Column A Column B
1. unearthly a. astonishment
2. great b. dust
3. luminous c. glowworm
4. huge d. animal
4. Do as directed:
Pick out the noun and state its kind .
a. The whole crew stayed on their feet all night long.
b. Add the appropriate prefix to make Antonyms ( opposites ) of the following ---
i) known ii) appeared
5. Describe what occurred on the frigate in your own words.
a. sail full steam
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