off i rushed in the car to the vet’s residence. a case of poisoning”! (a) who is ‘i’? (b) who is a ‘vet’? (c) who had been poisoned? (d) what had happened?
Answers
a)Author
b) veterinary doctor
c) author's pet
d) author's pet had been poisoned.
Answer:
Q1. “I got him for her by accident.”
(i) Who says this?
(ii) Who do ‘him’ and ‘her’ refer to?
(iii) What is the incident referred to here?
A.
(i) The narrator says this.
(ii) ‘him’ refers to the bear and ‘her’ refers to the narrator’s wife.
(iii) The incident referred to here is when the narrator’s companion shot a bear dead and they found that the baby bear was alive. They caught the baby bear and took it along with them.
Q2. “He stood on his head in delight.”
(i) Who does ‘he’ refer to?
(ii) Why was he delighted?
A.
(i) ‘he’ refers to Baba.
(ii) Baba was delighted to see the narrator’s wife.
Q3. “We all missed him greatly: but in a sense we were relieved.”
(i) Who does ‘we all’ stand for?
(ii) Who did they miss?
(iii) Why did they nevertheless feel relieved?
A.
(i) ‘we all’ stands for the narrator, his wife, his son, the alsatian dogs and the tenant’s children.
(ii) They missed Baba.
(iii) They nevertheless felt relieved because Baba was a big bear now and keeping him at home was inconvenient for them.
Answer the following questions in 30 to 40 words each.
Q1. On two occasions Bruno ate/drank something that should not be eaten/ drunk. What happened to him on these occasions?
A. In the first incident, Bruno ate the poison Barium carbonate which had been kept to kill rats. He was struck by an attack of paralysis. The narrator took him to a veterinary doctor who injected medicines twice to revive Bruno.
In the second incident, Bruno drank the old engine oil which the narrator had drained out of the sump of his old car in order to fight a termite attack. This did not have any adverse effect on Bruno.
Q2. Was Bruno a loving and playful pet? Why, then, did he have to be sent away?
A. Yes, Bruno was a loving and playful pet. He was sent away because as he had grown into a big bear, it was not safe to keep him in an inhabited area as he could harm people. The narrator, his son and their friends convinced his wife who was particularly attached to Bruno and finally, it was sent to the zoo at Mysore.
Q3. How was the problem of what to do with Bruno finally solved?
A. The problem of what to do with Bruno was finally solved by sending him off to the zoo at Mysore. They wrote a letter to the zoo incharge at the zoo at Mysore. Upon his consent, Baba was packed in a cage and was sent away.
Grammar Exercises
Find these words in the lesson. They all have ie or ei in them.
F lds
Ingred nts
H ght
Misch vous
Fr nds
ghty-seven
Rel ved
P ce
Now here are some more words. Complete them with ei or ie. Consult a dictionary if necessary.
bel ve
rec ve
w rd
l sure
s ze
w ght
r gn
f gn
gr f
p rce
(There is a popular rule of spelling: ‘i’ before ‘e’ except after ‘c’. Check if this rule is true by looking at the words above.)
A.
believe
receive
weird
leisure
seize
weight
reign
feign
grief
pierce
Here are some words with silent letters. Learn their spelling. Your teacher will dictate these words to you. Write them down and underline the silent letters.
knock
wrestle
walk
wrong
knee
half
honest
daughter
hours
return
hornet
calm
could
sign
island
button
A.
knock
wrestle
walk
wrong
knee
half
honest
daughter
hours
return
hornet
calm
could
sign
island
button
Find the adverbs in the passage below.
We thought that everything was over when suddenly a black sloth bear came out panting in the hot sun. Now I will not shoot a sloth-bear wantonly but, unfortunately for the poor beast, one of my companions did not feel that way about it, and promptly shot the bear on the spot.
A. We thought that everything was over when suddenly a black sloth bear came out panting in the hot sun. Now I will not shoot a sloth-bear wantonly but, unfortunately for the poor beast, one of my companions did not feel that way about it, and promptly shot the bear on the spot.
Complete the following sentences, using a suitable adverb ending in –ly.
(a) Rana does her homework _______ .
(b) It rains __________ in Mumbai in June.
(c) He does his work __________ .
(d) The dog serves his master ________.
A.
(a) Rana does her homework neatly .
(b) It rains heavily in Mumbai in June.
(c) He does his work sincerely.
(d) The dog serves his master devotionally.
Choose the most suitable adverbs or adverbial phrases and complete the following sentences.
(a) We should ________ get down from a moving train. (never, sometimes, often)
(b) I was ________ in need of support after my poor performance. (badly, occasionally, sometimes)
(c) Rita met with an accident. The doctor examined her _________. (suddenly, seriously, immediately)
A.
(a) We should never get down from a moving train.
(b) I was badly in need of support after my poor performance.
(c) Rita met with an accident. The doctor examined her immediately.