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Two Stories About Flying

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Q3. Read the following extract and answer the questions given below :

The day before, all day long, he had watched his parents flying about with his brothers and sister, perfecting them in the art of flight, teaching them how to skim the waves and how to dive for fish. He had, in fact, seen his older brother catch his first herring and devour it, standing on a rock, while his parents circled around raising a proud cackle.

  1. What did he watch all day long?
  2. What did his parents teach his brothers and sisters?
  3. Find the word in the tyext that means 'surround'.

Solution

  1. He watched his parents flying about with his brothers and sister.
  2. His parents taught his siblings to perfect the art of flight. They also taught them the ways to skim the waves and dive for fish.
  3. the word in the tyext that means 'surround' is 'circled'.

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Q2. Read the following extract and answer the questions given below:

Even when each of his brothers and his little sister, whose wings were far shorter than his own, ran to the brink, flapped their wings, and flew away, he failed 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 could not move.
  1. Who is 'he' in the passage?
  2. In what ways the seagull's siblings were different from him?
  3. Why did he fail to muster up courage to take the plunge?
  4. How did his parents react?
  5. Find the word in the text that means ' desperate'.

Q3. Read the following extract and answer the questions given below :

The day before, all day long, he had watched his parents flying about with his brothers and sister, perfecting them in the art of flight, teaching them how to skim the waves and how to dive for fish. He had, in fact, seen his older brother catch his first herring and devour it, standing on a rock, while his parents circled around raising a proud cackle.

  1. What did he watch all day long?
  2. What did his parents teach his brothers and sisters?
  3. Find the word in the tyext that means 'surround'.

Q4. Read the following extract and answer the questions given below :

“Ga, ga, ga,” he cried begging her to bring him some food. “Gaw-col-ah,” she screamed back derisively. But he kept calling plaintively, and after a minute or so he uttered a joyful scream. His mother had picked up a piece of the fish and was flying across to him with it.

  1. Who cries, “Ga, ga, ga,”? Why?
  2. What made him utter a joyful scream?
  3. Find the word in the text that means 'ridiculously'.

Why was the young seagull alone on his ledge?

What was the young seagull afraid of?

Why was the young seagull afraid of flying?

How was the young seagull different from his brothers and sister?

What did the seagull do when his brothers and sister flapped their wings and flew away?

How did the young seagull's father and mother react on his fear of flying?

What had the young seagull do the day before?

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