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Subject - English Literature
Tow Stories About Flying-His First Flight
1. Read the following extracts carefully and answer the questions.
1. me young seagull was alone on his ledge. His two brothers and his sister had already flown awa
the day before. He had been afraid to fly with them. Somehow when he had taken a little fun forward to
of the ledge and attempted to flap his wings he became afraid. The great expanse of se
down beneath, and was such a long way down - miles down. He felt certain that his wing
would never support him; so he bent his head and ran away back to the little hole under the ledge wher
he sept at night
(a) Why was the young seagull afraid?
(b) What did the young seagull fell about his wings?
(c) Pick out the word from the passage that means the same as 'verge'.
(d) What does the phrase 'on his ledoe signify in the passage?
That was twenty-four hours ago. Since then nobody had come near him. The day before all da
fong he had watched his parents flying about with his brothers and sister, perfecting them in the art
h eaching them how to skim the waves and how to dive for fish. He had in fact seen his elder broth
catch his first herning and devour it, standing on a rock, while his parents circled around raising a pro
cackle. And all the morning the whole family had walked about on the big plateau mid-way down to
opposite chiff taunting him for his cowardice.
(a) The young seagull had been alone for how much time?
(b) Why was the whole family taunting the young seagul?
c) Find out the word which can be replaced by 'consume' in the passage?
(d) What does his cowardice' signify here?
Answers
Answer: Passage 1
(a) Why was the young seagull afraid?
Answer: The young seagull was afraid of flying as it was its first flight and it was scared it would fall and hurt itself.
(b) What did the young seagull fell about his wings?
Answer: The young seagull felt that its wings were not strong enough to support him in his flight. He looked down from the ledge and found the vastness of the sea below him and it seemed such a long flight down.
(c) Pick out the word from the passage that means the same as 'verge'.
Answer: Brink
(d) What does the phrase 'on his ledge signify in the passage?
Answer: Ledge is a cliff above the sea on which the seagull lived with his family. The seagull was alone on the ledge as his family had flown away in search of food. Thus, the seagull was left all alone.
Answer: Passage 2
a) The young seagull had been alone for how much time?
Answer: The young seagull had been there all alone for 24 hours.
b) Why was the whole family taunting the young seagull?
Answer: The whole family taunting the young seagull for his cowardice as he was afraid to fly.
c) Find out the word which can be replaced by 'consume' in the passage?
Answer: Devour
d) What does his cowardice' signify here?
Answer: Cowardice here signifies the fear that the seagull had of taking that first flight
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