Question

Read the extract and answer the following questions.
Thinking ahead of the next winter, father decided to create a place safe from the elements, a strong storage spot to protect themselves and their belongings. Fritz came up with the idea of a cave. Not finding one, they thought of carving out their own cave in the rock abutting their camping site. On the smooth face of the rock, father marked the dimensions for an opening and they picked away at the hard surface with their axes, chisels, hammers, and shovels. Over the next several days, the family cut windows in the rocks to allow for crosscurrents of air and for sunlight to enter the cave. When they had finished, they had four rooms, complete with a fireplace. They now had a new winter home. Because of the low light, the cave house they had built felt oppressive. To remedy this, father and Jack rigged up a new light. They found a bamboo pole that would reach from the floor to the ceiling. Then after securing it, Jack climbed to the top of the pole and hung a large oil lamp that they had rescued from the ship. One day, they found that one of the family’s huts had been completely destroyed and the cultivated fields around it had been trampled and ruined. There were huge footmarks everywhere. Father saw massive damage to trees as well as many huge footprints, which he identified as belonging to an elephant herd. The next morning, the family began to design a new defence to discourage all wild animals from entering their cultivated lands. They also finalised their ideas about the new residence. Rather than building a house on stilts, which the elephants could knock down easily, they would use four strong trees growing in a square near one another as the foundation. The trees were of equal size, approximately twelve feet apart. Thus, they built another safe home.

.#Why did the cave feel oppressive?

#. What was used to build the new house?

#. What did father decide about when he thought of the coming winter?

#. Find word from the extract that means the following. Distressing

#. Give adjective form:- easily

#. Give the antonyms of:- smooth

#. On the smooth face of the rock, father marked the dimensions. [Pick out the subject and predicate]

#. They found that one of the family huts had been destroyed. [pick out the subordinate clause and say what kind]

#. The next morning the family designed the new house. [ Rewrite as negative]

1#. Give meaning of the word:- footprints

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Answer 1

are you talking of the chapter " The Swiss Family Robinson

by Johann David Wyss, Johann Rudolf Wyss ???