Reading Comprehension (Seen) 1. Read the text and answer the questions that follow: of time. This was because I had neither watch nor calendar. To prevent this, I cut with my knite upona After I had been on the island for ten or twelve days, it occurred to me that I would lose the measure After a long spell of rain, I saw some fair weather around 7th November. I spent the next couple Most of it had been devoured by rats. I saw nothing but husks and dusts in the bag. I emptied the Among the things I rescued from the ship there was a small bag of corns meant for poultry test stalks shooting out of the ground. I was astonished to discover it was perfect green barley. By the Jung contents outside my wall. This was a little time before the great rains. A month later I discovered gresi large post the date of my landing; I put a notch with my knife for everyday. days making small wood boxes to keep my provisions dry from the rain. of 1660, I had gained security of food and shelter.
A. Complete the chart with information from the given text : Effect Cause (0) The narrator would lose measure of time. (ii) The narrator made small wood boxes. (iii) The narrator had emptied the bag of corns outside his wall. For Answers refer to English companion 9 228
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MAN'S FOOT ON THE SAND
Chapter XI—FINDS PRINT OF MAN'S FOOT...
It would have made a Stoic smile to have seen me and my little family sit down to dinner. There was my majesty the prince and lord of the whole island; I had the lives of all my subjects at my absolute command; I could hang, draw, give liberty, and take it away, and no rebels among all my subjects. Then, to see how like a king I dined, too, all alone, attended by my servants! Poll, as if he had been my favourite, was the only person permitted to talk to me. My dog, who was now grown old and crazy, and had found no species to multiply his kind upon, sat always at my right hand; and two cats, one on one side of the table and one on the other, expecting now and then a bit from my hand, as a mark of especial favour.