Question

Read the story and answer the questions that follow. One day a man who had been to gather coconuts loaded his horse heavily with the fruit. On the way home he met a boy whom he asked how long it would take to reach the house. 'If you go slowly,' said the boy, looking at the load on the horse, 'you will arrive very soon; but if you go fast, it will take you all day'. The man could not believe this strange speech, so he hurried his horse. But the coconut fell off, and he had to stop to pick them up. Then he hurried his horse all the more to make up for lost time, but the coconuts fell off again. He did this many times, and it was night when he reached home. 1. What had the man set out to gather? 2. Whom did the man meet on the way home? 3. What do you think the boy meant? 4. Find out the two Verbs from the story. 5. Find words in the passage that mean the following: a) collect b) pushed on

Answer 1

Answer:

1 ans gather coconuts

2 ans a boy

3 ans he asked how long it would take to reach the, home

4 not no

5 collect