Comprehension passages.

Like Magic

1. Define the following terms providing antonyms and synonyms.

a. Mansion

b. Blurted

c. Teetering

d. Chandeliers

e. Muttering

f. Zigzagging

g. Sneak

2. Answer the following questions:-

a. What lesson does this story teach you?

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b. What emotions lead Jonah to go all the way to Ainsley Hill? Why?

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 c. ‘Love is Magic’ Do you believe in this? Think of the situation and explain how important
is it to be grateful for what we have?

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d. Would you really like your deepest wish to come true? Why?

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e. ‘Today, he had enough anger to get him up there’

i. What does this statement mean?

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ii. What are some things you could do in a similar circumstance?

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f. Zigzagging- what are some other types of lines that are possible?

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g. ‘A house was teetering on top like a seesaw’- rewrite this image in five different ways?

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h. ‘Glimmering Cobwebs’ What could be alternative words for glimmering?

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 i. Describe the Character of Count Dracula?

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j. Read the Count’s physical description.

i. Comment on the description in detail?

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ii. Recreate an equally sinister yet comical description of the Count?

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k. What comment does the author make on the ‘Family’ in this story?

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The Wind

1. Please read the following words and write synonyms and antonyms for each. Make sentences as
such that the meaning is clear?

a. Hurricane

b. Sandstorm

c. Sway

d. Howling

e. Stumble

f. Eye of the hurricane

g. Batter

h. Slams

i. Document

j. Permanent

k. Repair
2. Please answer the following questions

a. Why did Annie write in the letter that life was all good and settled? What was the
reality?

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b. Why haven’t Annie and Mumma met with the neighbors yet? Would they have acted
the same if Daddy was home? Explain why or why not?

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c. Describe and explain ‘sandstorm having a little of Daddy in it’ in your own words?

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d. Explain the effects of hurricane in Annie’s house during the day and when the sun was
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e. What have you learnt from the story? Have you ever experienced anything like it and
realized the power of community life?

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f. Annie and Mumma had recently moved into this neighborhood. What do you infer
about the place they might be living in before?

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 g. How does the wind in the story change Annie’s and her mother’s lives?

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h. How did Bob Johnson impact Annie’s family live?

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i. What kind of person is Mr. Bob Johnson?

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j. Read the following expressions:

i. The wind and rain battered the house.

ii. The wind was howling during the storm.

iii. The palm trees were beginning to sway

Please use 10 other replacements to convey the same effect that the hurricane had created?

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k. ‘Our street looks like a giant lawn mower has run over it’

i. Write 10 replacement similes.

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ii. Use one of them to write a paragraph much like the description of the
aftermath of the great natural disaster (page 18)

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3. Grammar:

Sentences in simple tense, such as present simple or past simple, follow a ‘noun + verb’ pattern.

Example: Lion roars

Birds Sing

a. Please find and write down all such noun verb[s] from the story ‘The Wind’

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4. Composition:

a. Write a diary entry of Annie’s that is one month post the hurricane? Why might Annie
write that she is proud of her Dad in 2nd paragraph? Use better verbs + description

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The Big One

1. Please define the following words and list down antonyms and synonyms for the said words.

a. Reeled

b. Grime

c. Dragged

d. Bait

e. Cheered

f. Smacked

g. Carving

h. Rippled

i. Mittens

j. Condition

2. Please answer the questions that follows

a. Why did Joe get embarrassed during the ice fishing trip and why did he think it was a
bad idea?

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c. What do you learn from this story?

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d. Do you think we should consider trying new things even if they don’t appeal to us
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e. What might Ellie be a symbol of?

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f. How does Joe’s feelings change throughout the story? Write a well-organized
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g. Think of some more excuses that Dad could have used to avoid going for fishing?

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 h. What was the ‘Big One’? How was it caught?

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i. Have you ever caught a big one? Describe that experience?

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3. Grammar:

Prepositional verbs:

These are verbs followed by the preposition.

example: Carry on

Come down

Give up

Please find all such prepositional verbs from the story and list them down.
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4. Composition:

The New Fishing Fan is the last part of this story. Add a new part that succeed this part and give it a
suitable title.

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How Bad Could It Be?

1. Please read the following words and provide antonyms and synonyms for each. Also provide
sentences as such that the meaning of the words is clear.

a. Template

b. Ignore

c. Risk

d. Squishing

e. Dangling

f. Thuds

g. Firmly

h. Yank

i. Stared

j. Poke

k. Shrugged

l. Partly
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a. A way about him

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c. Wasn’t worth getting into a fight

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d. No time to think

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e. If there were second chances, Ben wanted one.

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f. Things were going to be different from now on

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 3. Please answer the following questions.

a. How has Ben’s personality changed overtime?

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b. What kind of person is Kevin? Who can you relate him to [in real life]?

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c. What kind of person is Truman? Is it fine to be like him?

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d. Do you think Mr. Calib had the correct attitude in this situation? Suggest how would you
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e. What qualities might a weird kid have?

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g. Why couldn’t ben say no to Kevin?

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h. What did Kevin do to Ben? Why?

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i. Why couldn’t ben confront him?

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j. Why did Kevin call Truman a peanut boy? Why was it insensitive?

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l. Why Truman didn’t reveal the names of the students who hurt him?

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m. What do you think about Ben when you’re told that Ben needed a second chance if
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n. What made ben concerned for Mr. Calib?

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o. What do you think Ben would behave like with the following people in future?

i. Kevin

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p. Why might there be a question story title?

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q. When and when not are pranks okay?

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r. As per the story. ‘How bad could it be?

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 4. Composition:

Imagine you’re Ben and you’ve been thinking about when Truman said ‘I just want to know why you did
it?’ write a letter to Truman using facts and details from the story in your response?

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 5. Grammar:

Noun Phrase is a group of words formed by joining adjective[s] before nouns.

Example: Giant beautiful white house

Tall handsome middle-aged man.

Mischievous young boy

a. Find out all such noun phrases from the passage and list them down.

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The Popsicle-Stick Bridge.

1. Write down meanings of each word and list down two synonyms and two antonym for each.

a. Tackles

b. Whirls

c. Contest

d. Scoots over

e. Sling

f. Shoves

g. Hysterically

h. Ledge

i. Asphalt

j. Glimpse

k. Decimated

l. Courageous

m. Scrunches
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o. Rescue

p. Crusty

q. Wriggling

2. Please write answers for the following questions?

a. Who is the round character of the story? In what way is he/she a round character?

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b. What was the task assigned to the class? What parameters were to be tested?

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c. Where did Cassandra get to sit at the lunch time and why? How did the students at the
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d. How were the recess periods different for Cassandra while Mackenzie was there and
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f. “April’s face falls along with her bridge” what does the phrase suggest about how April
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g. What made Cassandras’ hands fly away?

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h. Why Cassandra did go to the boys’ table the next day? Why was she embarrassed?

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i. Suggest how Cassandra might have felt when she spotted a crust on her own face?

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j. When Cassandra decided that Robert was the worst Popsicle bridge partner, what
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k. What did Cassandra learn about her own behavior by the end of the story? How do you
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m. Describe Robert’s personality in detail?

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n. The fact that Cassandra had a crusty patch on her face the whole day, says what about
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3. Grammar

Complex Sentences

These are formed from one independent clause and at least one subordinate clause. This means that
clauses in a complex sentence are not structurally equal. The clauses express related thoughts but one
clause acts as foundation of the sentence.

Example: Within minutes, everyone was paired up

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 4. Composition:

How does Cassandra’s feelings change about Robert from the beginning to the end? Write a detailed
paragraph including evidence f

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Clean Start
1. Read the following words and write down meaning of each word. List down 3 synonyms and 3
antonyms for each given word.

a. Guilty

b. Challenging

c. Rummage

d. Struggling

e. Knocked over

f. Organizing

g. Stared

h. Dimmed

i. Grumbled

j. Odd and ends

2. Answer the following question please

a. How did max managed to gather all of the supplies to build Walter?

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 b. The ‘repair shop’ was ‘struggling’ what do you understand by this statement why was it
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c. What was keeping Max’s parents extremely busy? What did it mean for Max?

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d. Briefly Describe Max’s routine? How did he managed it and how did he developed a new
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e. Describe Mr. Gravis’ personality?

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f. How did Mr. Gravis react to Max? Why?

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g. ‘guess I am not challenging enough’ in what context was this statement said?

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h. Why did Max feel guilty when he received praises from his parents?

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j. What were Max’s thoughts about Mr. Gravis’ Chess skills when Grandma beat Max in
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k. What had gone wrong in the house the second day when Max left Walter to finish his
Chores?

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l. “How help I you may?” Walter said loudly- what does this statement suggest about
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m. What did Max decide to deal with the situation while cleaning up the house?

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n. ‘Max had an idea. He took Walter out and began to work on him’- Suggest what was the
idea and where did he get the inspiration from, for the idea?

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p. What was different between the two times that Walter was being wired or assembled?
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q. How did Mr. Gravis Impact Max’s life?

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r. If you were in Max’s place, how would you feel about all the praises that you get?

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s. What did you learn from this story? Can you suggest any other way in which you might
use your ‘learning’?

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t. Read ‘Max’s apology to his parents’. Does it seem heart felt and genuine? Comment why
or why not?

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 u. Do you really believe Walter might have winked at Max?

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v. When was the time when you had to think fast? Did it help?

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w. If you had a robot, what would you use it for?

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x. ‘It wasn’t right to lie to his parents’- Think of any ‘3’ instances when it is fine/alright to
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y. What do you understand by the ‘role of technology today’? What do you know about
AI?

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z. ‘In way, Mr. Gravis is also like a puzzle that needed to be solved’ what does this simile
tells you about Mr. Gravis?

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 aa. Describe a person in your life who is like a puzzle?

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bb. Why did Mr. Gravis smiled when Walter won? Why?

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3. Grammar:-

Personification

1. Personification is attributing human or living qualities to inanimate objects or processes.

Example: The cold silken breeze *whispered* softly in her ears.

The angry sea *scratched* on the jagged cliff wildly.

2. Find two examples of personification from the story and discuss the impact of each?

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Being Specific

1. Always be very specific while talking about a cat or dog or bird or any other animal etc it
also applies to sounds and colors .

Example: instead of saying a dog, say a poodle or German shepherd

Instead of saying a cat, say Siamese or Persian Cat

 Instead of saying a bird, say parakeet, wren or humming bird.

Instead of saying chirping of birds, say cooing of cuckoo or quacking of ducks

Please write a paragraph describing a scene from circus, and be specific with your details.

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The Good Deed

1. Please define the following words, writing their meanings in the context of the story and
utilize them in sentences.
a. Stomped

b. Peered

c. Whirled

d. Wondered

e. Retired

f. Petrified

g. Stuck

h. Pushy

i. Whined

j. Shot a look

2. Please answer the questions below.

a. How did Heather feel when the girl from across the corridor said, she’ll come along?
Why?

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 b. Describe the appearance of
i. Mrs. Benson

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ii. Heather

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iii. Risa

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c. Who spoke to Mrs. Benson first? Why?

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d. Why did Risa seem jealous?

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e. How did Mrs. Benson and Risa react to the book that Heather had picked?

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f. How did Heather learn about Risa’s reading skills?

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 g. Where did Heater put back the book? Why?

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h. What did Heather think upon hearing Mrs. Benson describe what Risa had told her
about Heather?

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i. Why did Heather tell the boys, she was Risa’s friend?

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j. How did Heather respond when Risa enquired about why she hid the book/

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k. Why had Risa been crying? What did Heather feel about her then?

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l. How did heather think about Risa’s honesty?

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m. What was Heather’s perspective of a ‘Good Deed’? How did Risa Change it for her?

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 n. Did a good deed count if you had had help? What are your views?

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o. Can anyone steal your good deed? Why or why not?

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p. How are Heather’s and Risa’s views and personalities different from each other?

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q. What was the real good deed? Why wasn’t Heather’s previous deed a real good
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r. What did you learn from the story? How can you apply the learning from the story to
your lives? Explain with the help of situation?

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s. How often do we work with compassion instead of being driven by ambition and
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 t. Is a good deed marred if you did it in anticipation of a reward?

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3. Grammar

Comma Rule.

We must separate a name(s) in a sentence from the rest of the sentence by using
comma(s), in a dialogue.

Example: Anne got Mrs. Muhlenberg, who has five children

I’ll bet she would love it if you’d read to her, Heather.

1. Please copy five sentences from the story with the correct usage of his
rule.

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Similes:

A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a
different kind, used to make a description more definite or vivid.

Example: ‘Hair, the color of honey, and green eyes, a misty green like
the sea’

1. Describe your own appearance using at least 10 similes.

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 5. Composition:
a. How did Heather’s feelings and perspective change about Risa from the beginning to
end? How did it help Heather’s personality to evolve?

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Ujiji

1. Please read the following words and make sentences with each as such that the meaning is
clear.
a. Chiggers

b. Offended

c. Parasite

d. Symbiosis

e. Quacked

f. Screeched

g. Skidded

h. Grunted

i. Demanded

j. Chattered

k. Squawked

l. Converse

m. Buck
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o. Blood-sucking pests

p. Twitched

q. Trembled

r. Devouring

2. Please answer the following Questions

a. Do you think Ujiji was a smart bird?

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b. What is wrong with Kifaru? What is the reason for his uneasiness?

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c. i. Describe two character-traits of Ujiji and Kifaru each?

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ii. Comment on Kifaru’s traits and explain if they can be associated with someone
you know? Do you think you can help them improve?

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e. Who can you associate with Ujiji, from your life? Why and in what way?

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f. The tick birds represent certain type of people in our society. Do you agree? Comment
in detail.

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g. What did Kifaru demanded from the birds? Why?

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h. How did the birds respond to the demand? Why?

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i. Who was Ujiji? Why did he arrive?

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j. What did Ujiji do when all the other birds flew away? How did Kifaru react to it?

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l. Was Kifaru right in calling the birds Parasites? Defend your answer with your knowledge
about the word?

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m. What do you understand by the process called Symbiosis? Give an example from real
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n. What made Kifaru ask for help? Who helped him and how?

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o. ‘Kifaru rolled his eyes and the nodded’-

i. what does this expression tell you about Kifaru’s personality?

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ii. When might you show a similar expression?

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q. How do you think Kifaru and the five tick birds must have lived after Ujiji’s departure?

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r. Ujiji said ‘it is my way; I was born to fly’- what is your way? What are you born to do? Is
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3. Grammar

‘!’ an exclamation mark

An exclamation mark is one of the punctuation marks which is used to convey

emotions or feelings if used at the end of the sentence.

Examples: I like mites and gnats, and of course ticks, I love ticks!

Write out all the words or phrases where an exclamation mark is used.

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Sound words!

Sound words are called ONOMATOPOEIA.

Examples: ‘ggggrrrrruuuummphhh’, Kifaru grunted.

Write out all the sound words from this passage. Make sentences with each that shows the
quality of sound that is being used.

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Verbs:

Verbs are action words. The quality of verbs used in a sentence signifies the strength of an action.

Example: chattered vs conversed

The word chattered here signifies useless talk while conversed reflects that an
important exchange of information has taken place.

A. Make a list of all the verbs in this story.

B. Then for 3 instances:
I. Use an alternative verb.
II. Discuss the impact of the verb choice.

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 4. composition:
a. what lesson did the birds and Kifaru learn from Ujiji? Why was it important? Why do
you think Ujiji knew about symbioses but other birds didn’t? use reference rom the
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