Question

Q1. Not a leaf remained on the trees. The corn was totally destroyed. The flowers were gone from the plants. Lencho’s soul was filled with sadness. When the storm had passed, he stood in the middle of the field and said to his sons. “A plague of locusts would have left more than this. The hail has left nothing.(a) Describe Lencho’s feeling as shown in the passage.(b) What happened to the crop when the storm had passed?(c) Find the word that means the opposite of ‘restored’ as used in the passage.(d) What do you mean by ‘hail’ in the last line? (e)Name the author of the extract

Answer 1

Explanation:

(a) Lencho was feeling really very bad as well as sad as all his and his sons hardwork was ruined by the hailstorm. All the corn on his fields were destroyed by this hail storm.

(b) Lencho's field which was earlier looking very beautiful full of corns and flowers , but now because of the hail storm all the corn on his field destroyed and his field looked like as if covered with salt due to hail stones.

(c) The opposite of the word 'restore' is "destroyed" in the given passage.

(d) The meaning of the word 'hail' in the last line is the hail storm.

(e) The author of the story/extract is "G.L.Fuentes".

Answer 2

Answer:

sadness-happiness&restored-destroyed