Question

Std - 100
2
Sub - English
The young seagull was alone on his ledge. His two brothers and his sister had already
nown away the day before. He had been afrald to fly with them. some how when he had
taken a little run forward to the brink of the ledge and attempted to flap his wings he
became afraid. The great exparse of seg stretched down beneath and it was such a long
way down-miles down. He felt certain that his wings would never support him : so he bent
his head & ran away back to the little hole under the ledge where he slept at night Evernwhen
each of his brothers & his little sister, whose wings were for shorter than his own ran to the
drink flapped their wings and flew away he faild to muster up courage to take that plunge
which appeared to him so desperate. His father and mother had come around calling to
him shrilly upbraiding him threatening to let him starve on his ledge unless he flew away.
But for the life of him he
B3) Point out the words from the passage that mean.
i) in a loud, harsh voice =
ii) scolding =
iii) the edge of a steep place =
iv) a narrow horizontal shelf projecting from a wall=
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Answer 1

Answer:

i) shrilly

ii) upbraiding

iii) brink of the ledge

iv) ledge