Question

Read the following passage and answer the questions given

below:

Once upon a time there was a widow who had a child. The child

was a kind-hearted boy and so everyone was fond of him. One day

he said to his mother, “All the other children have a grandmother,

but I have none. And that makes me feel very sad!”

“We will hunt up a grandmother for you,” said his mother. Now it

so happened that an old beggar-woman came to the house. She

was very old and feeble. When the child saw her he said to her,

”You shall be my grandmother!” And he went to his mother and

said, ”There is a beggar-woman outside whom I want for my

grandmother. His mother willingly called her into the house ,

though the old woman was very dirty.

The boy said to his mother, “Come , let us wash grandmother!”

And they washed the woman. But she had a great many burrs in

her hair, so they picked them all out and put them in a jar, and

they filled the whole jar.

Then the grandmother said, “Do not throw them away, but bury

them in the garden. And you must not dig them up again before

the great flood comes.”

1. Describe the grandmother.

2. Why did the boy want a grandmother?

3.Complete the sentence:

The grandmother told them to ………………………………

4. Find a word from the passage that means the same as

‘weak’.

5. Find a word from the passage that is the opposite of

‘dig’.

6.Make a sentence with any one of the following words:

fond, willingly, picked​

Answer 1

1. She was, old and Feeble and Dirty
2. Because he Felt sad as all his other Friends had A grandmother
3. The grandmother told them to Bury them, and Do not Dig Them up.
4. Answers below:-

• Feeble
• bury
• Picked:- I Picked up the Stones.

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Here are your Answers Above.

Answer 2

1. $\bold{SHE \: WAS \:VERY\: OLD, \ DIRTY\: AND \: FEEBLE}$
2. $\bold{BECAUSE\ ALL\ OTHERS\ CHILDREN\ HAVE\ A\ GRANDMOTHER \: }$
3. $\bold{THE\ GRANDMOTHER\ TOLD\ THEM\ TO\ BURY\ THE\ BURR\ INSTEAD\ OF\ THROWING\ THEM.}$
4. $\bold{ FEEBLE}$
5. $\bold{ BURY}$
6. $\bold{ I\ WOULD\ NEVER\ WILLINGLY\ UPSET\ YOU.}$