Question

MODEL ACTIVITY TASKS
ENGLISH
CLASS VIII
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
Refreshed, he looked around. An old man sat on a wall by the Persian wheel. He looked at the old man,
wanting to say soinething but hesitated. Finally he asked, " Did the clouds come here ?" The old man looked
closely at him and said, "Son, when the clouds come, the earth and the sky know of their coming." "But the
clouds were here last night and no one got to know." The old man said, " It is not enough for the clouds to come.
I once lived in a place where it hadn't rained for ten years." "'Ten years ?" He was open mouthed. He sat there
listening to his tales. Suddenly, he realized how late it was. He walked for miles in the sun and the dust. He
went back by the same dirt track he had taken to come there. The sun was still fiercely hot but when he reached
the mud hut, he felt a nip in the air and the ex!th was damp underfoot.
ACTIVITY 1
Write T for the True sentences and F for False sentences. Quote supporting phrases/sentences for your
answers:
i) The boy sat on a wall by the Persian wheel.
Supporting Phrases/Sentences :
ii) According to the boy everybody got to know that the clouds were there last night.
Supporting Phrases/Sentences :
iii) The boy went back using the same dirt track that he had taken to come to the Persian wheel.
Supporting Phrases/Senten​

Answer 1

Answer:

i FALSE

II FALSE

III TRUE