Question

Kead the following passage carefully:
(8 Marks)
1. A king once had a lake made in his kingdom for his young princes to play in. They swam
about it and sailed their boats and rafts on it. One day the king told them that he had asked
his men to put some fishes into the lake.
The princes ran to see the man putting fishes into the lake. Now along with the fishes,
there was a turtle too. The princes were delighted to see the fishes, but they had never
seen a turtle before. They were afraid of this strange looking creature and thought it was
a devil. They ran back to their father crying, "There is a devil on the bank of the lake".
3. The king ordered his men to catch the devil, and to bring it to his palace. When the turtle
was brought in, the princes cried and ran away in fear.
4. The king was very fond of his sons. He ordered the men who had brought the turtle to kill it.
4. Given below are two extracts from the above passage. Answer the questions based
on the extracts:
(1 x 4 = 4 Marks)
(1) "They were afraid of this strange looking creature and thought it was a devil.
(a) Whom does 'they'represent in the above line?
(6) What was the strange looking creature?
(ii) "They swam about it and sailed their boats and rafts on it".
(a) Whom does 'they'represent here?
(b) What does 'it' represent?​

Answer 1

Answer:

4(1)a.king and princess

b.turtle

(2)a.king and princess

b.lake

Answer 2

Answer:

1)a- they refer to the young princes.

b- turtle.

2)a-princes

b-lake