Unit test 1
A Hero & Grandma climbs a tree
Sub : English Marks:25
I. Do as directed below. 5x1=5
1. Choose correct question tag
It was a frightful proposition for Swami, ______?
(A) didn’t it (B) hadn’t it (C) wasn't it (D) was it
2. Choose the correct infinitive.
Swami's granny used to tell him a story every night before he slept.
(A) tell (B) to tell (C) used to (D) slept
3. Choose correct collocative word
Time. ( table, chair gloomily floor)
4. Identify the 2 syllable word
returning, safer, desperately, speak
5. Identify the correct language function
Archana : Good morning Deepa. Deepa : Very good morning. What can I do for
you? Archana : If you don’t mind, could I use your pen? Deepa : It’s a pleasure.
You can.
(A) Giving direction (B) offering help (C) Seeking permission (D)
Expressing agreement
II. Answer the following in questions 4x2=8
6. How was Swami honoured by his classmates, teacher and the headmaster?
7. Why does the poet call his grandmother a genius?
8.Which place in the room was safe, compact and reassuring, according to Swami?
9. How did grandma feel while she was resting in bed?
III. Answer the following extract. 1x3=3
10. “ There may be scorpions behind your law books”
a) Who said these words?
b) When did the speaker say so?
c) What made him say so?
11. “I strongly recommend her, a quiet week in bed.”
a) Who is the 'I' referred to here?
b) Why was this recommendation given?
c)What was the response to the recommendation?
IV. Answer the following in 5-6 sentence 2x3=6
12. Narrate how a coward boy Swami became a hero overnight.
13. How did grandma fulfil her wish in the poem ‘Grandma Climbs a tree”?
Key answers
Sub : English Marks:25
I. Do as directed below. 5x1=5
1. Choose correct question tag
It was a frightful proposition for Swami, ______?
(A) didn’t it (B) hadn’t it (C) wasn't it (D) don’t it
2. Choose the correct infinitive.
Swami's granny used to tell him a story every night before he slept.
(A) tell (B) to tell (C) used to (D) slept
3. Choose correct collocative word
Time. ( table, chair gloomily floor)
4. Identify the 2 syllable word
returning, safer, desperately, speak
5. Identify the correct language function
Archana : Good morning Deepa. Deepa : Very good morning. What can I do for
you? Archana : If you don’t mind, could I use your pen? Deepa : It’s a pleasure.
You can.
(A) Giving direction (B) offering help (C) Seeking permission (D)
Expressing agreement
II. Answer the following in questions 4x2=8
6. How was Swami honoured by his classmates, teacher and the headmaster?
Ans : Swami’s classmates looked at him with respect, and his teacher patted his
back. The headmaster said that he was a true scout.
7. Why does the poet call his grandmother a genius?
And : The poet Ruskin Bond calls his grandma a ‘genius’ because she could
climb trees very quickly. It may be a spreading tree or tall tree she could
climb up quickly even at the age of sixty-two.
8.Which place in the room was safe, compact and reassuring, according to Swami?
Ans : Swami thought that the place under the bench in the office room was
safe, compact and reassuring. So he spread his bed there.
9. How did grandma feel while she was resting in bed?
Ans : Grandma felt miserable as she lay in bed. She loved to look at the
dancing leaves. For her, it was like a brief season in hell.
III. Answer the following extract. 1x3=3
10. “ There may be scorpions behind your law books”
a) Who said these words? Swami said these words.
b) When did the speaker say so? When father took him office room to sleep
alone.
c) What made him say so? He was afraid of darkness, he wanted to escape from
his sleeping in the office room.
11. “I strongly recommend her, a quiet week in bed.”
a) Who is the 'I' referred to here? Doctor
b) Why was this recommendation given? One week of bed rest.
c)What was the response to the recommendation? Granny felt it was like brief
season in brief season in hell.
IV. Answer the following in 5-6 sentence 2x3=6
12. Narrate how a coward boy Swami became a hero overnight.
Ans : The newspaper carried a report about a village lad who had fought
bravely against a tiger, while he was returning home by the jungle path.
Swami argued that a boy could not fight a tiger, it had to be a strong,
grown-up person. His father disagreed saying that courage was more
important. Swami was not ready to accept this. His father then challenged
him to show his courage by sleeping alone in the office that night. While
Swami was sleeping there, he saw a dark figure. Believing it to be the
devil. Swami dug his teeth into its leg. It turned out to be a notorious
burglar whose loud cry brought others to the scene. The burglar was
caught and Swami became a hero over night.
13. How did grandma fulfil her wish in the poem ‘Grandma Climbs a tree”?
Ans : one day she climbed a tree but couldn’t come down. After the rescue
doctor recommended one week of bed rest. When granny felt stronger,
she sat up and said she would lie there no longer. She called her son and
demanded a house on tree top. Her son was dutiful fulfilled her wish with
the help of his son. She moved to house on tree top. She enjoyed her olden
days happily.
The poet Ruskin Bond calls his grandmother ‘genius’ as she could climb trees
even at the age of 62. She was passionate to climb a tree. She could climb
any type of tree may it be spread or high. Everyone feared that granny
would fall from the tree one day. Neighbours and friends advised her to
stop that practise, she laughed and said she would not stop. Once it so
happened that she climbed a tree but couldn’t come down. After the
rescue, the doctor recommended a week’s bed rest. But for granny it was
like a brief season in hell. Once she recovered she demanded a house to be
built on a tree. The poet’s father was dutiful, fulfilled his mother’s wish, so
that granny could live in a tree house, upholding her right to live in a tree.
