Question

CLASS: VIII SUB: ENGLISH TOPIC: HIS FIRST FLIGHT
C. Read these lines from the story and answer the questions that follow. 1. Gawl-ool-ah, she screamed back mockingly.
a. What act of the young seagull compelled his mother to scream mockingly at him?
b. Was it really her intention to mock him? Why did she do it?
c. Use the word 'mockingly in a sentence of your own.
2. But he was tired and weak with hunger and he could not rise, exhausted by the strange exercise.
a. Where could the young seagull not rise from?
b. What is the 'strange exercise' referred to
here?
c. Write the opposite of 'exhausted?

D. Discuss. The young seagull in the story was afraid to take his first flight and did not listen to his parents. Sometimes we, too, are hesitant to try something due to a lack of confidence and a fear of failure. Talk about Share your experiences in class when you were scared of trying how you overcame your fears. Who or what gave you confidence?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Because the young seagull was very coward that he afraid to even. This act..
2. no, it is not her intention. She did this to make him fly.
3. His friends laughed at him mockingly because he lost the game.
5. The strange exercise was obviously flying
6. replenish

Answer 2

A Whole number is a positive number which also includes zero as a number and without an decimal or fraction parts of the number. They are the type of numbers which represent a hole things without any piece.

Answer:  

Whole numbers starts from ‘0’ and continues towards right side of ‘0’.

The “smallest whole number” is ‘0’.

The “greatest 2-digit whole number” is ‘99’.

A total integer of “whole numbers” between ‘0’ and ‘99’ is 98