ACTIVITY1
Read the following passage from the story 'How Far
is the River 'and answer the questions below.
The path to the river dropped steeply
into the valley,then rose and went round the
big mountain. It was frequently used by the
villagers,woodcutters,milkmen and mule drivers,
but there were no villagers beyond the mountain,or
near the river.
The boy passed a woodcutter and asked him how
far it was to the river. The wood cutter was a short but
powerful man, with a creased and weathered face and
muscles that stood out in hard, ugly lumps.
'Seven miles', he said, which was fairly
accurate. Why do you want to know?'
I'm going to the river,' said the boy.
'Alone?
'Of course'.
'But it is too far.It will take you three hours to teach
there,and then you have to come back.
It will be getting dark.Besides, it is not an easy
road'.
'But I'm a good walker, said the boy,though he had
never walked further than the mile from his
house to school.
(A) How did the man discourage the boy going to the
river?
(B) Find out the synonym of the word 'wrinkled from
the passage.
(c) Pick out two describing words from the passage.
(D) The villagers used a path.It went around the big
mountain.
(Join the sentences using'which)
(E) But I'm a good walker,said the boy.though he had
never walked further than the mile from his house to
his school.
'Do you notice the usage of though in the above
sentence?
Join the following sentences using though'.
He had practiced well.But he failed in the driving test.
ACTIVITY2
Here is a poem on the beauty of nature.Read it and
answer the questions below.
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