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1. Read the passage carefully:
The word umbrella comes from the latin word 'umbra' meaning 'shade or 'shadow' . The
basic umbrella was invented four thousand years ago. The earliest umbrellas, aslso called
'Parasol', were made to shade the user from the sun and were in use in ancient assyria, China, Egypt and Greece.
In eighteenth century, umbrella ribs were made of baleen, whale bone, which tended to lose
its elasticity when throughly soaked, and cracked and broke if not properly dried. Soon, these ribs and stretches came to be fashoioned out of brass or iron. Answer the following questions. 06
a. What does the latin word 'umbra' mean literally?
b. What did the early umbrella do?
c. How were the umbrellas made in the eighteenth century?
d. Name the countries who used umbrella in early times.
Answers
Answer:
a. umbra means shade
b. the early umbrella were made to shade the user from the sun and were in use in ancient assyria, China, Egypt and Greece.
c.In eighteenth century, umbrella ribs were made of baleen, whale bone, which tended to lose
its elasticity when throughly soaked, and cracked and broke if not properly dried. Soon, these ribs and stretches came to be fashoioned out of brass or iron.
d.China, Egypt and Greece.
Answer:
a. Umbra is a Latin word which literally means ' shade' or ' shadow'.
b. The early umbrellas, also called 'Parasol' , used to shade their user from sun and were used in ancient Assyria, China, Egypt and Greece.
c. In the eighteen century, umbrella ribs were made of baleen, whale bone, which tended to lose elasticity when thoroughly soaked and cracked of not properly dried. Soon, these ribs and stretches came to be fashioned out of brass or iron.
d. The countries which used umbrellas in early times are ancient Assyria, Egypt, China and Greece.
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