Question

Q.4A. Read the following extract carefully and complete the activities :- (5)

To be a successful and competent vet,

Needs knowledge exceedingly wide,

For each of the patients he’s likely to get

Possesses a diiferent inside.

He must know why the cat is refusing her milk,

Why the dog is not eating his bone,

Why the coat of the horse is not shining like silk,

Why the parrot does nothing but groan;

Why the ducks and the chickens are failing to lay,

Why so faint the canary bird sings,

And if he is called to the zoo, he must say

An incredible number of things.

If the lion’s caught a cold,

If the zebra’s getting old,

If the centipede has trouble with his feet,

If the hippo’s feeling ill,

If the bison’s got a chill,

If the Arctic fox is suffering from heat,

If some virulent disease

Has attacked the chimpanzees,

If the tortoise hasn’t stirred for several years,

If the bear’s too full of buns,

If the cobra eats her sons,

If the panther has a wife who chews his ears;

A1. Complete the web and write any FOUR illnesses of the animals in the extract that

you find most amusing/laughable : FOUR Illnesses most

amusing /laughable

A2. Answer the following questions in one - two sentences :- (2)

1. What is wrong with ducks and chickens?

2. What opposite health problems do the lion in the Arctic fox suffer from?

A3. Activities based on Poetic Devices/Vocabulary : (1)

1. From the extract, pick out the words that mean the same as following words

a. make a sound of pain

b. capable​

Answer 1

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