Q. 2 Read the passage given below carefully and answer the questions that follow: (5 Marks)
Robert Bruce was a prince. He wanted to do a lot of good for the people of his country.
However the king of the neighboring country took away his throne and kingdom and sent him out of the
country. Robert Bruce tried six times to fight against that king but failed. He now lived in a hut outside his
kingdom.
One day, while lying on the bed, his eyes fell on a spider. It was hanging by a silvery thread from
a log of wood. It was trying to swing to another beam of wood. Each time it treed to do that it fell back
again. The spider tried six times without success. Then it-tried once again. Prince Bruce was sure it would
fall. What a surprise! The spider was able to go on to the beam with the thread. That was the first thread
of his web. In this way the spider wove his web. Robert Bruce learnt his lesson from the spider, he rose
from his bed. He gathered his soldiers and fought against the king. He was able to get back his kingdom.
The spider taught him the lesson "Try, try again untill you succeed".
Questions:
(1) What did prince Robert Bruce want to do?
(ii) Who took away the kingdom of Robert Bruce?
(iii) What did he see on the ceiling of the hut?
(iv) Complete the sentence: The lesson that prince Robert Bruce learnt from the spider
was......
(v) Make pairs with the following words. Each pair should have similar meaning: Gathered,succeed,collected, win.
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1) Prince Robert Bruce wanted to a lot of good for the people of his country.
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1. Prince Robert Bruce wanted to do a lot of good for the people of his country.
2. The King of the neighbouring country took away the kingdom of Robert Bruce.
3.He saw a spider on the ceiling of the hut.
4. Try, try again until you succeed.
5. Gathered and collected , Succeed and win
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