Question

From the beginning, however, I had an aversion to the water when I was in it. This started when I was three or four years old and father took me to the beach in California. He and I stood together in the surf. I hung on to him, yet the waves knocked me down and swept over me. I was buried in water. My breath was gone. Answer the following. (a) The author hated water as his mother did not let him go near water. (True/False) (b) The author was __________ as he nearly drowned in water. (c) Gradually the narrator practised __________ . (d) Find a word from the extract that means ‘a strong feeling of not liking something’.

Answer 1

The answers are as follows:

(a) False

(b) Breathless

(c) Swimming

(d) Aversion

Explanation:

• (a) This statement is wrong as we can read in the passage that the author hated water because once he was knocked down by a wave while surfing at a beach in California, which he visited with his father.

• (b) The proof of this statement is also in the passage, the lines "I was buried in water. My breath was gone", show that the author felt out of breath.

• (c) Later in the story, we come to know that the author has decided to come over his fear of water by learning to swim.

• (d) Aversion is the word that signifies a strong feeling of disliking towards something. It implies detestation of hatred towards something or someone.

Answer 2

Answer:

(a) false

(b)breathless

(c) swimming

(d) aversion

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