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The story of an ant’s life sounds almost untrue.
The italicised phrase means
(i) highly exaggerated.
(ii) to remarkable to be true.
(iii) not based on facts.
The italicised phrase means too remarkable to be true.
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Complete the following sentences.
(i) An ant is the smallest, _______________________________________________
(ii) We know a number of facts about an ant’s life because
_________________________________________________________________
(i) An ant is the smallest, the commonest and the wisest insect.
(ii) We know a number of facts about an ant’s life because people have kept ants as pets and have watched their daily behaviour closely.
In what ways is an ant’s life peaceful?
An ant’s life is peaceful because each ant does its share of work intelligently and bravely, and never fights with other members of the group.
(i) What problems are you likely to face if you keep ants as pets?
(ii) When a group of bees finds nectar, it informs other bees of its location, quantity, etc. through dancing. Can you guess what ants communicate to their fellow ants by touching one another’s feelers?
(i) If you keep ants as pets, the problems would be plenty. First of all where would you keep them as they are so tiny. And then how would you keep track them and the most important of all is that they would bite you whenever they want.
(ii) The ants touch the feelers and tell each other about the location of the food.
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