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B. looks down at his shoes and counts to ten.

D. He looks down at his shoes and counts one to ten.

Correct option is B. Orissa

C. they looked beautiful in a magazine picture.

The mother had a prejudice against Phatik. She thought he would some day drown Makhan in the river, or break his head in a fight. Therefore, she wanted to send him away.

D. climbing trees.

No, he was not speaking the truth. Phatik had not beaten him. In fact, it was Makhan who had beaten Phatik.

1. Nasir wants to be a seed collector when he grows up.

2. Nasir’s concern is that they have cotton fields in their village and every year his father has to spend a lot of money in buying seeds to grow cotton plants.

3. Nasir’s grandfather told him that many years ago, he could collect seeds from his own plants which could be sown to grow plants during the next year.

4. Nasir wants to find out the reason behind how his grandfather could collect the seeds to regrow the plants and how the same process is not possible now.

5. Nasir wants to save money every year by learning how to preserve the seeds so that they can be used again and it is not required to spend money on them every year.

B. it is not sensible for girls to climb trees.

1. Peter’s favourite day is the second Sunday of every month as on this day his entire family goes to see a film at the cinema hall.

2. Peter’s grandmother, his parents, his two brothers and Peter go to see the film. They travel by bus to the cinema hall.

3. Father buys peanuts for everyone in the interval of the film.

4. They eat ice cream after the film is over.

5. After watching a film that day, everyone is in a good mood and all the family members feel lucky that they are such a happy family.

My grandfather told me that many years ago, he could collect the seeds from his own plants which could be sown to grow new plants during the next year, but today that doesn’t work so we have to spend money to buy new seeds every single year.

A. collect seeds from his own plants.

C. in the fork of two branches.

D. Do all the given above

1. False
2. True
3. True
4. True
5. False

Peter’s family takes an outing together on the second Sunday of every month. They go to the cinema hall to watch a movie. They eat peanuts and enjoy the movie in the dark cinema hall. Once the movie is over, they all eat ice cream. Since everyone is in a good mood they all feel very lucky to be a part of such a happy family.

Correct option is (i) tin-box

1. Radha’s favourite activity is climbing trees.

2. Radha loves climbing up the mango tree which is just outside her house.

3. It is easy for Radha to climb the mango tree as its branches are spread out making it easy for her to climb.

4. One afternoon, her mother joined Radha in climbing the mango tree and both of them sat there talking and eating raw mangoes.

5. Radha feels like she can rule the whole world when she is high up in the tree.

A. she can rule the whole world.

Radha and her mother climbed the mango tree, sat there, talked and ate raw mangoes.

1. False
2. True
3. True
4. False
5. False

Radha’s favourite activity is climbing trees. She climbs a mango tree outside her house and feels comfortable sitting in the fork of its two branches. When she is high up in the tree, she feels like she can rule the whole world.

1. In South America, Rohit would sail down the Amazon river on a raft.

2. In Orissa, Rohit would visit Konark temple.

3. Serbjit’s parents would not believe if he told them that his little brother started the fight and not he.

4. People look at Serbjit as if they think he was telling lies.

5. Dolma’s teacher always trusts her when something needs to be done in school.

The water changed colours because the intensity of sunlight decreased gradually underwater. The water changed from thick green to brown lemonade and then to blackish-brown.

While swimming, he reached the other end of the pond.

The other end of the pond.

Correct option is (ii) duck

Philippa A Pearce.

1. True

2. False

3. False

4. False

5. True

1. There is a mango tree which I love to go up.

2. One afternoon Radha and her mother climbed up the mango tree, sat there talking and eating raw mangoes.

3. There are many cotton fields in Nasir’s village.

4. Nasir’s father spends a lot of money on buying new seeds to grow their cotton plants.

5. If Rohit had a huge amount of money he would travel and travel.

Correct answer is A brick

From thick green to brown lemonade and then to blackish brown.

1. pond

2. plump

3. duck

4. properly

5. colours

He dug out an old tin-box. But he did not know what it was. He had weak eyesight and could not see properly without his glasses.

Correct option is (c) swimming

Sausage had been underwater for a long time. He was about to lose his breath. Although he started going up quickly, he thought he would not come out alive.

Sausage had to remove his glasses for diving. He could not see properly inside the water. Instead of the brick, he brought out an old tin-box from the bottom.

Correct answer is Diving

(c) On the mantelpiece.

Holmes was suffering from Tarpaunli fever or black Formosa plague.

He asked Watson to light the gas-lamp, but only half on. Then he asked him to put on the table some letters, paper and the ivory box and the tongs.

(d) His spectacles

Watson saw Culverton Smiths butler at the doorway. On entering the room, he saw a thin man with bald head, Mr. Culverton Smith.

Correct option is (b) tin-box

He dug out an old tin box.

Correct option is His breath

Because he had a weak eyesight.

Holmes did not eat or drink anything for three days which created the impact on his looks. He had become gaunt and pale. His voice had become just a groan. The landlady’s initial efforts to get a doctor were forbidden. On the third day evening, he allowed her to call Dr. Watson. When Dr. Watson arrived, there was a high drama disallowing him to examine the symptoms and snubbing him that he could allow a doctor in whom he can have confidence.

He claimed to have been affected by an eastern disease known as the Tarpaunli fever or black plague. When Dr. Watson offered to bring some other experts, Holmes got so annoyed. In a delirium like state, he instructed Dr. Watson to keep some letters and papers on a table within his reach. He wanted the ivory box to be kept on the table. He instructed to slide it open using tongs. He had Smith invited. He described all the symptoms of his illness. Smith asked Holmes if he received any parcel on Wednesday.

Holmes replied affirmatively and brushed it aside saying that it had a sharp blade and drew his blood. Hearing this Smith was overjoyed. He openly told him his end was near. Victor, a young person died on the fourth day. The more Holmes pleaded, the more Smith elaborated on his crime. He said that he knew too much about Victor’s death. He should not have crossed his path. He happily said that he would pocket the evidence of his crime (i.e.) the ivory box and get away. Suddenly Morton, Inspector, arrived and arrested him on charges of murder.

‘Murderers will be trapped.’

Culverton Smith was a resident of Sumatra and a tea planter. Holmes wanted him for the treatment of his disease only to have him in his trap.

Correct answer is Mrs Hudson.