supplementarry. reading 8 standerd lesson 1
Answers
Question 1:
What tasks, do you think, were assigned to the dog and the ox?
Answer:
The dog was assigned the task of fetching and carrying. The ox was made to plough the fields.
Question 2:
Why did the camel live in the middle of the desert?
Answer:
The camel lived in the middle of the desert because it didn’t want to work.
Question 3:
What made the dog, the horse and the ox very angry?
Answer:
The dog, the horse and the ox were angry because man, their master, told them to work double time to make up for the camel’s idleness.
Question 4:
How did the Djinn know the horse was complaining against the camel?
Answer:
The Djinn was the master of deserts. So he was able to know easily who the animal with a long neck and long legs was.
How The camel got his hump Comprehension Check (Page5)
Question 1:
The Camel was looking at his own reflection in the pool. What does it suggest to you about the camel?
Answer:
This statement suggests that the camel loved its own image in the pool. Perhaps he considered himself handsome looking.
Question 2:
The camel said, “Humph” repeatedly. How did it affect him?
Answer:
The word ‘Humph’ annoyed the Djinn. He turned ‘humph’ into the hump on the camel’s back.
Question 3:
What, according to the Djinn, was the use of the ‘humph?
Answer:
The camel’s hump contained food material. It helped the desert animal go without
any food for three days.
Question 4:
“…he has never yet learnt to behave.” In the light of this, what is the writer’s opinion about the camel?
Answer:
The writer is of the opinion that the camel has not changed its nature and habits to this day.