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Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

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Class
Date
1.

'Why do you look at me while you say?' who said this

a)

Swami's father

b)

Swami's mother

c)

Swami's grandmother

d)

Swami's friends

2.

The news report said that the boy (who fought with the tiger) stayed on the tree for half-a-day. Why did he do so?

a)

He wanted to watch the tiger from the top of the tree

b)

He wanted some to kill the tiger

c)

He wanted to take rest for some time

d)

He wanted to plan to attack on the tiger

3.

Swami said that a very strong and grown-up person might have fight with a tiger. Do you think he made this remark out of his:

a)

Experience

b)

Wisdom

c)

Belief

d)

Truth

4.

The place where Swami usually slept was:

a)

Office room

b)

His own room

c)

Beside his granny

d)

Beside his mother

5.

Swami wished that the tiger hadn't spared the boy which means.........

a)

He didn't want the the boy to be alive

b)

He didn't want the tiger to be alive

c)

He wanted the tiger to be alive

d)

He wanted the boy to be alive

6.

Swami saw a moving creature in the room. It was.....

a)

his shadow

b)

a scorpion

c)

a burglar or a man

d)

a cat

7.

To swami, his father looked an ........

a)

apparition

b)

angel

c)

evil spirit

d)

gouts

8.

"No, you must do it now, it disgraceful sleeping beside granny or mother like a baby." Who said this statement.

a)

Swami himself

b)

Swami's father

c)

Swami's mother

d)

Swami's grandmother

9.

"I think he must have been a very strong and grown-up person, not a boy at all." Who is listener?

a)

Swami

b)

Swami's granny

c)

Swami's father

d)

Burglar

10.

Swami was honoured by his classmates, teacher and headmaster because

a)

He won the cricket match

b)

He passed the exam with high first class

c)

He was a good story teller

d)

He caught a notorious house-breaker

11.

'Even since childhood, she'd this gift'. What does the word 'gift' refer to?

a)

Making houses

b)

Running around the gardens

c)

climbing the tree

d)

taking rest

12.

Grandma in the poem had______ of climbing trees:

a)

The habit

b)

The chance

c)

The gift

d)

The blessings

13.

The poet of "Grandama Climbs a Tree" is ___________

a)

R K Narayana

b)

Ruskin Bond

c)

Devan Kanal

d)

William Workdsworth

14.

________ taught grandma to .climb a tree

a)

Her father

b)

Her friends

c)

Her cousins

d)

Her brother

15.

Name the poetic device used in the line 'like a brief season in hell'.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Synecdoche

16.

How old was Granny?

a)

Sixty-one

b)

Sixty-three

c)

Sixty-two

d)

Sixty

17.

What was 'different' when she climbed aa tree one day?

a)

She could not come down

b)

She had come down

c)

She fell down

d)

A terrible fall

18.

Read the conversation and choose the language function of the underlined sentence:

Mom: Where are you going Ramya?

Ramya: School mom

Mom: Then, go with dad dear.

Ramya: Yes mom.

a)

Order

b)

Request

c)

Obey

d)

Advice

19.

Read the conversation:

Sheethal: Can you run 100 meters in 9 seconds?

Llavanya: No, I can't

The italicized word shows

a)

ability

b)

suggestion

c)

order

d)

obligation

20.

Read the conversation and choose the language function of the italicized sentence

Class Teacher : Who will tell a story?

Students : Sir, Geetha

Class Teacher : Geetha, please tell a story.

a)

Order

b)

Request

c)

Obey

d)

Advice