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Why did Gopal feel proud and important
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CHAPTER 5 STUDENT BOOK (MCB) ANSWER KEY
THEME: ALL IN A DAY
Warm up
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Comprehension
A. 1.
Gopal felt proud and important because his
mother had dressed him in a brown coat with
brass buttons which he wore only on great
occasions. He thought that he looked just like
his father.
2.
The special occasion was that
the Viceroy of India was to pass through Gopal’s
town. He was to alight at the railway station
and get into a richly-decorated, open horse-
drawn coach. Then he would escape to the
hills for the summer in a special car. Circulars
had gone to all schools months in advance,
instructing the authorities that all children
should be well-dressed and lined up on either
side of His Excellency’s route, to cheer and
welcome him. Special training had been given
to the children to participate in the great event.
3.
At the railway station, the children were lined
up according to their size, the better-dressed
ones in the front row. Gopal was excited. The
drill master marched up and down proudly,
as if he was supervising an army parade. Even
the headmaster consulted him about the
arrangements. Every few minutes he looked at
his watch and announced the exact position of
the approaching Viceroy. But an hour passed
without anything happening. The children
began to get restless. The drill master scolded
the noisy ones and went to find out the cause
for the delay. As time passed, it began to get hot.
The whole group started to droop. One by one,
the teachers sought the cool shade of trees. The
children squatted on the ground in groups and
wilted in the heat.
4.
Gopal felt a mixture
of victory and sympathy when the ant that had
been trying to crawl up his leg emerged from
the sand he had thrown on it. He felt victorious
as the ant was puzzled by Gopal’s new tricks
to prevent it from crawling up his leg and he
felt sympathetic at the plight of the tiny ant.
5.
Gopal gently picked up the ant on a twig.
It clung to it and remained still as if admitting
defeat. Then it began to move carefully along
the twig. It came very close to his fingers and
would have climbed onto him if he had not
let go his fingers at that moment and held the
stick by the other end. The ant suddenly faced
an abyss. Then it turned round and started
walking back towards Gopal’s fingers. But
Gopal repeated the trick, shifting his fingers
in time to the other end of the stick. He liked
this game and it went on for a long time.
6.
Gopal shivered with fright at the thought
that it could have climbed over his fingers and
got lost in his sleeves. He looked for it all over his
coat and on the ground. It had completely
vanished!
7.
The ant immediately moved
towards him like an enemy tank in a battlefield.,
attacking ant, victory, admitting defeat
B.
people
appearance thoughts and feelings
behaviour
Gopal
brown coat
with brass
buttons
did not know his role, duty
or how important the
event was happy because
he got sweets, bored
excitedly waited for the Viceroy, got bored
after a while and started playing with an
ant, joined his friends after the Viceroy
had gone
the other
children
dressed in
their best
clothes
restless
began to droop in the sun, stood lined up
on the platform, squatted on the ground
in the heat, stood in line again when the
Viceroy arrived
the drill master not
mentioned
feeling happy and
important
marched up and down, looked at his
watch every few minutes and announced
the exact position of the approaching
Viceroy, scolded noisy children and went
to find out the cause for the Viceroy’s delay
the headmaster
and the other
teachers
not
mentioned
nervous
headmaster consulted the drill master
about arrangements, sought cool shade
of trees when the Viceroy was late
C. 1.
This says that the drill master is usually a very
serious person who does not smile much. The
event is so special and provides the drill master
with such a sense of importance that even he
smiled.
2.
Yes, it was like a challenge for
Gopal. He felt that the ant and he were at war
and that he had to defeat it. He kept waiting to
see what the ant would do next and devised
new methods to confuse and deter it. He felt
victorious when the ant seemed to be puzzled
by his tricks.
3.
At first, Gopal was irritated
with the ant which kept coming towards
him even after he had flicked it away. He was
pleased when he had flicked it off very far
away. He kept looking at the ant with interest,
anticipating its next move. He became a little
worried when the ant charged at him angrily.
In the end, he felt sympathetic towards the
little creature and played with it for a long time
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