Adverbs
Find the adverbs in the passage below. ( You’ve read about adverbs in Unit 1.)
We thought that everything was over when suddenly a black sloth bear
came out panting in the hot sun. Now I will not shoot a sloth-bear wantonly
but, unfortunately for the poor beast, one of my companions did not feel that
way about it, and promptly shot the bear on the spot.

(i) Complete the following sentences, using a suitable adverb ending in –ly.
(a) Rana does her homework_____ .
(b) It rains_____ in Mumbai in June.
(c) He does his work_____ .
(d) The dog serves his master_____ .

(ii) Choose the most suitable adverbs or adverbial phrases and complete
the following sentences.
(a) We should _____get down from a moving train. (never,sometimes, often)
(b) I was______ in need of support after my poor performance. (badly, occasionally, sometimes)
(c) Rita met with an accident. The doctor examined her_____. (suddenly, seriously, immediately)

Justify the title of the narrative ‘The Bond of Love’.

How did the narrator’s wife treat the bear cub ? What does it show about her?

(i) Where did the writer find the baby bear?

(ii) How were the wild pigs being driven away? Why?

(iii) Find the words from the passage which mean similar to the words given below:

(a) for no good reason, (b) at once.

(i) What fell down the dead bear’s body? Why were the shooters surprised?

(ii) How did the baby bear behave after his mother’s death?

(iii) Find two words (from the passage) opposite in meaning of the following words.

(a) release, (b) enemies.

(a) What does ‘it’ stand for here?

(b) How did she feel at receiving it?

(c) Find out the words from the passage which mean the same as the following:

(i) properly, (ii) named.

(i) Who was Bruno? What befell him once?

(ii) How did the poison affect Bruno?

(iii) Find words from the passage which mean the same as:

(a) moved forcibly, (b) the doctor of animals.

(a) Who does T refer to in the last line?

(b) What had happened?

(c) Find out the word from the passage which means the opposite of the following : ‘nectar.’

(a) Who does ‘She’ refer to?

(b) What does the word ‘Baba’ signify?

(c) Find out the words from the passage which mean the same as the following:

(i) lovingly.

(ii) hidden.

(i) Why did all of them feel relieved?

(ii) Who was inconsolable? What did she do?

(iii) Find from the passage the antonyms of the given words:

(a) tensed, (b) accepts.

Bruno was a friendly animal. Prove the statement by giving at least two instances from the story.