Question

Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions that follow.

It was during the meal that, just as Lencho had predicted, big drops of rain began to fall. In the North-East

huge mountains of clouds could be seen approaching. The air was fresh and sweet. The man went out for no

other reason than to have the pleasure of feeling the rain on his body. With a satisfied expression he

regarded the field of ripe corn with its flowers, draped in a. curtain of rain. But suddenly a strong wind

began to blow and along with the rain very large hailstones began to fall. These truly did resemble new

silver coins. The boys, exposing themselves to the rain, ran out to collect the frozen pearls.

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.

1. Where was Lencho’s house located?

2. What could be seen approaching in the North-East?

3. Why did Lencho go out?

4. Why did Lencho say the raindrops were like ‘new coins’?

5. What happened to the rain suddenly?

6. ‘The frozen pearls’ refers to which thing in the paragraph.

7. What were Lencho’s feelings when the hail stopped? Why?

8. Find the word from the passage which means- (options given in the bracket)

(a) very closely___________ (totally/ intimately) (b) forecast ___________ (predicted/expression)

(c) contented_____________(draped/satisfied) (d) to take after___________(resemble/exposing)

(e) insects which fly in big swarms (groups) and destroy crops_____________(hail/locusts)

9. Give an antonym of the word: (options given in the bracket)

(a) sadness______________ (pleasure/satisfied) (b) restored______________(frozen/destroyed)

10. Refer the Grammar worksheet shared earlier on Punctuation Marks. Find out and encircle

Comma, Apostrophe, and Quotation Marks in the passage given above.

The house- the only one in the entire valley- sat on the crest of

a low hill. From this height one could see the river and the field

of ripe corn dotted with the flowers that always promised a

good harvest. The only thing the Earth needed was a downpour

or at least a shower. Throughout the morning Lencho who

knew his fields intimately had done nothing else but see the sky

towards the North-East. “Now we’re really going to get some

water, woman.” The woman who was preparing supper,

replied, “Yes, God willing​

Answer 1

Answer:

I have been working on a great weekend too the

Answer 2

1. Top of the hill.
2.clouds
3.he went out coz to feel the pleasure of dropping rain on his body
4.he said this coz. Rain drop will come then harvest will be more he will get money so they r like new coins
5.the rain suddenly changed to hailstorm
6.it refers to the rain drops the hailstorm mainly
7.lencho was feelin very sad when the hail stopped coz his field were destroyed......now the way from which he feed his family is over
8.a. Intimately
B. Predicted
C satisfied maybe
D exposing maybe
E locusts
9. A pleasure
B destroyed
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