Imagine you are gulliver .You have reached lands of Giants called Bobdigang and you decide to write a letter to your friend sharing your experience there and how you get back home finally.Dont exceed 120 words.
Answers
Explanation:
i) The giant carried a reaping hook because
(a) he was fighting with the other giants.
(b) he was going to reap the corn.
(c) he wanted to frighten Gulliver.
(ii) They put Gulliver on the ground to look at him because
(a) they had never seen a human before.
(b) they thought he was a doll.
(c) they had never seen such a tiny man.
(iii) Gulliver was
(a) a farmer.
(b) a sailor.
(c) a dwarf.
(d) a giant.
Answer
(i) (b) he was going to reap the corn.
(ii) (c) they had never seen such a tiny man.
(iii) (b) a sailor
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Question 4:
Name the creature to whom you would look like Gulliver. The creature is now extinct. The word begins with the letter D______________________
Answer
Dinosaur
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Question 5:
From the text, write the sentence that tells you the following.
(i) The giant reapers were fascinated by Gulliver.
_________________________________________
(ii) Gulliver was a learned man.
_________________________________________
(iii) The farmer’s son thought Gulliver was a toy.
_________________________________________
(iv) The farmer’s wife was a kind-hearted woman.
________________________________________
Answer
(i) They all sat on the ground to take a good look at me.
(ii) I went on to explore.
(iii) On seeing me the child grabbed me from the table and put my head into his mouth.
(iv) Later she put me on her own bed and covered mw with a clean white handkerchief.
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Question 1:
Read the following sentences carefully. The giant farmer’s voice was as loud as a bellowing trumpet.
or
The giant farmer’s voice was as loud as thunder. When something is very cold, we say it is as cold as ice. This is because ice is very very cold.
Now complete the following. Use the words given in the box. as __________________________ as a feather as __________________________ as a tortoise as __________________________ as honey as __________________________ as snow as __________________________ as an ox as __________________________ as night as __________________________as a rose as __________________________ as a toast as __________________________ as a breeze
Use the above expressions to complete the following sentences.
(i) The old man’s hair is as white _____________________.
(ii) His feet were as cold _____________________.
(iii) The newspaper boy was as slow _______________________ in delivering the papers.
(iv) I felt as light _____________________ after exercising.
Create your own comparisons for the following. Work in pairs.
as tall as _______________________
as fast as _______________________
as high as _______________________
as angry as _______________________
as tiny as _______________________
as brave as _______________________
Answer
as light as a feather as slow as a tortoise as sweet as honey as white as snow as strong as an ox as gentle as night as red as a rose as black as a toast as light as a breeze