ENGLISH
ASSIGNMENT (Revision)
Chapter -1 The Lost Child
Q1) Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that
follow by choosing the most appropriate alternatives from those
given below:
His father looked at him red – eyed ,in his familiar tyrant 's way. His
mother melted by the free spirit of the day was tender and , giving
him her fingers to hold , said,” Look , what is before you!”
a) What was the familiar attitude of the father as pointed out in the passage?
1) Frightening 3) Tender
2) Strict 4) Delicate
b) The mother_______ on seeing the child
1) Spirited 3)Yielded
2) Melted 4) Scolded
c) What are the things the child sees on his way to fair?
1) Insects. 3) Toy shops
2) Balloons. 4) Both 1 and 3
(d) Where had the family come to?
1) Market. 3) Fair
2) Picnic. 4) Shop
(e) State the behavioural difference between the father and
the mother.
(f) Do you think the mother tried to divert thechild's attention?Why
Answers
Answer:
(a) 2
(c) 4
(d) 3
(b) 2 these are answers of some questions
a)-
What was the familiar attitude of the father as pointed out in the passage?
4) Delicate
b) - The mother_______ on seeing the child
2) Melted
c) - What are the things the child sees on his way to fair?
3) Toy shops
d) - Where had the family come to?
4) Fair
e) - State the behavioural difference between the father and
the mother.
Answer - - His father was simply a strict disciplinarian as a parent. While Mother was soft-hearted.
F) - Do you think the mother tried to divert thechild's attention?Why
Answer - - Yes, she wanted to divert his attention from the toys in the shops without upsetting him after his father’s stern refusal.