Question

READING:- Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follows:-
Old Philemon and his wife Baucus lived in a little cottage on the slope of a hill in Greece. Their cottage was a short
distance from a village which lay in the hollow at the foot of the hill. They were quite poor and had to work hard for
their living, but they had enough to supply their own needs and also help others.
Philemon cultivated a strip of land and grew vegetables and fruits, and corn which Baucus made into bread. They had a
cow, which supplied them with milk and butter, a few fowls to provide eggs and bees to give honey.
Neighbours often called to ask for favour, such as “could you let me some fresh vegetables?” or “ could you come
Baucus , and see my wife who is ill?” They never refused a request or sent a stranger away without helping him.
Q1. Where did old Philemon and his wife live?
Q2. How did they earn their living?
Q3. Why did they have to work hard?
Q4. Which line from the passage shows that Philemon and his wife were ‘ generous and kind hearted’ people?
Q5. Find out the word from the passage which means – ‘ a kind and obliging act’.
Q6. Find the antonym of – ‘ familiar’.
WRITING:- You are Radhika Goyal, a member of NGO AWAAZ. Write a letter to the editor of a national daily for a public
movement to clean the Yamuna river. ( you must introduce yourself, describe how the people are to be blamed for
polluting the river and suggest the need for installing water treatment plant to clean the river).
GRAMMAR:- Fill in the blanks using Simple Past and Past Continuous:-
1. As I ____________(open) my eyes, I ______________(see) a strange sight.
2. While you _________________(play) in the garden, I ____________(work).
3. As I ____________(walk ) down the street, I ____________(see) Annie driving a Ferrari.
4. While they ______________(work)in the backyard, someone _______________(break) into the house.
5. When I was a child, we _____________(live) in Singapore.
6. When I ____________(sit) under the tree, an apple ________________(fall) on my head.
7. She ____________(look) at me as if she ____________(know) me.
8. The train _____________(arrive) at 6:30.
9. The children _______________(sleep), when their mother ____________(get)home.

Answer 1

Answer:

1. The old Philemon and his wife lived in a small cottage on the slope of a hill in greece.

2.They needed to work hard for earning their living. They cultivated vegetables and fruits and corn , they had a cow which supplied them milk and butter , a few fowls to provide eggs and bees to provide honey.

3. They had to work hard as they were quite poor.

4. They never refused a request or send a stranger away withput helping.

5.favour

6. unfamiliar

GRAMMAR:-

1. opened, saw

2. were playing , worked

3. was walking , saw

4. were working , broke

5. lived

6. was sitting, fell

7. looked , knew

8. arrived

9. were sleeping, got

Explanation:

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