Question

i) The Yakima river was treacherous. Mother continually warned
against it, and kept fresh in my mind the details of each drowning
in the river. But the Y.M.C.A. pool was safe. It was only two or
three feet deep at the shallow end, and while it was nine feet deep
at the other, the drop was gradual. I got a pair of water wings and
went to the pool.
Answer the following:
a) Mother warned the author about the …………river.
b) The pool was safe because it was not very deep. (True/False)
c) The author ignored each drowning in the river. (True/ False)
d) Find a word from the extract that is opposite of ‘deep’

Answer 1

i) The Yakima river was treacherous. Mother continually warned

against it, and kept fresh in my mind the details of each drowning

in the river. But the Y.M.C.A. pool was safe. It was only two or

three feet deep at the shallow end, and while it was nine feet deep

at the other, the drop was gradual. I got a pair of water wings and

went to the pool.

Answer the following:

a) Mother warned the author about the …………river.

b) The pool was safe because it was not very deep. (True/False)

c) The author ignored each drowning in the river. (True/ False)

d) Find a word from the extract that is opposite of ‘deep’

Explanation:

a) Mother warned the author about the  treacherous Yakima river.

b) The pool was safe because it was not very deep. (True/False)

False. The pool was safe because the drop from the shallow end to the deep end was gradual.

c) The author ignored each drowning in the river. (True/ False)

False.

d) Find a word from the extract that is opposite of ‘deep’

Shallow is the opposite of deep.

Answer 2

b) The pool was safe because it was not very deep. (True/False)