Anandilal Podar High School
Worksheet for the Year 2017-18
Sub : English Prose
Topic : Aesop’s Fables
STD
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IV
Worksheet No.:
1
Date :
Name :
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Roll no:
Q.1 Read the following extract and answer the questions given below:
As he was brooding in this way, the stag heard an arrow going swish across the pool. At the
same time he picked up the scent of the hunters. With a quick turn, he bounded away. His legs
carried him swiftly into the forest. The hunters were hot on his trail but they were no match for his
speed. Soon the stag left the hunters far behind.
Questions:
1) What helped the stag escape?
Ans: ________________________________________________________________________
2) How did the stag know there were hunters around?
Ans: ________________________________________________________________________
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3) Write one word from the extract that conveys sound.
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4) The hunters were no match for his speed. (Rewrite using ‘could not’)
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5) What qualities of the stag do we notice in this extract?
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6) Find another word from the passage that means ‘jungle’.
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Q.2 Give one word for the following group of words:
1) A short story with a moral -
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2) A male deer-
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3) The image of something in a mirror or water -
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4) A large group of trees, bushes etc. growing close together -
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5) Dried grass –
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6) Part of a cattle shed or stable –
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7) Long open box in a cattle shed which contains hay for cattle -
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Q.3 The stag saw his reflection in the water. Name three things in which one may see a
reflection.
1) ___________________
2) __________________
3) ___________________
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Q.4 Write whether the following statements are true or false:
1) The afternoon was nice and comfortable.
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2) The dog invited the ox to eat the hay.
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3) Finally the ox got upset.
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4) Most of the fables have human beings who think and act just like animal characters. _______
5) One day, a beautiful stag came to a pool of clear water.
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Q.5 Find the smaller words hidden in the following words: (no two letter words)
a) reflection: _____________
(b) graceful : _____________ (c) thicket : ____________
d) antlers : ______________
(e) enjoy: ______________
(f) favourite: ___________
Q.6 Write the synonyms for:
1) delighted – ______________
2) beautiful – ______________
3) disgusted – ______________
4) bounded – ______________
5) brooding – ______________
6) admire – ______________
7) learn
– ______________
9) deftly
– ______________
8) moral
11) Praise – ______________
– ______________
10) ugly
– ______________
12) close
- ______________
Q.7 Write the opposites of:
1) moral × _____________
2) praise × _____________
3) deft × ____________
4) ugly × _____________
5) close × _____________
6) first × ____________
Q.8 Use the given phrases in meaningful sentences:
1) with great difficulty - __________________________________________________________
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2) hot on his trail - ______________________________________________________________
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3) bounded away - _____________________________________________________________
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4) drawing close - ______________________________________________________________
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5) bounded away - _____________________________________________________________
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