A Voyage to Lilliput

I. Glossary:
1. Estate- a property with large area of land usually with a large house.
2. Voyage – a journey underaken on sea; air or in space
3. Memorable- remarkable
4. Violent- wild, turbulent; fierce
5. Exhausted- tired and worn-out
6. Anxiously- uneasily; with concern
7. Astonishment- surprise, amazement
8. Admiration- full of awe
9. Swiftly- quickly, fast

II. Answer the following questions:

1. Which place did Gulliver belong to?
A. Gulliver belonged to Nottinghamshire, England.
2. Where were Gulliver and the crewmen struck by a violent storm? What did it
result into?
A. Gulliver and the crewmen were struck near the coast of Sumatra by a
violent storm. They were driven through the seas for days, twelve of the
crewmen had died and many had become weak. The ship then struck a
rock and split into two, six of the crew including Gulliver got into a boat
and were able to escape. They managed to row for three miles, when a
giant wave swept all of them and Gulliver was the only one who
managed to swim to the shore.
3. What did Gulliver find after he woke up in the morning?
A. When Gulliver woke up in the morning he tried to get up but could not
move. His arms, legs and hairs were tied tightly to the ground with
strings. He couldn’t even turn his head but could only look at the sun,
which was growing hotter and he could hear noises.
4. Give the physical description of a Lilliputian?
A. A Lilliputian was a tiny creature less than six inches high.
5. Why was the stage constructed and where?
A. A stage of about one and half feet high was built near by Gulliver for the
leader of the Liiliput’s to climb on it and communicate with Gulliver.
6. How was Gulliver fed when hungry?
A. Several ladders were applied to the sides of Gulliver’s body and about a
hundred inhabitants climbed up and walked towards his mouth with
hundreds of baskets laden with meat and vegetables. Gulliver ate two or
three baskets of mutton legs at a time and three loaves of bread, the
 size of a marble, all together. They also fed him with barrels of water
which were hardly more than half a pint.
7. How was Gulliver relieved of the pain?
A. The Lilliputians applied some balm or ointment in all the places where
arrows had hit Gulliver. In a few minutes Gulliver was relieved of the
pain.

III. Answer the following with reference to context.

1. When I came back to England, I get married and settled down for sometime.
a. Who came back to England?
A. Gulliver came back to England.
b. Where had he been?
A. Gulliver’s ambition was to travel, so after his training he
became a surgeon on a ship named Swallow and for three
and half years he travelled all over the world.
2. He made a long speech in my ear.
a. Who made a long speech?
A. The leader of the Lilliputians, whom they called “The
Hurgo”, made a long speech in Gulliver’s ear.
b. What was the speech about?
A. Though Gulliver could not understand a word it seemed to
be a mixture of threats and promises to him.
HW
IV. Make sentences:
1. Memorable-
2. Estate-
3. Exhausted-
4. Violent
5. Astonishment-
6. Admiration-
7. Excitement-
 Vocation

I. Meanings- refer TB pg no-92

II. Summary

While on his way to school or even at home, the child meets a hawker,
gardener and a watchman. In this poem the child speaks of them. The hawker
sells the bangles, the gardener digs the soil, and the watchman keeps watch at
night. He feels envious of them because they all seem free while he is not.

Every day on his way to school, he sees a hawker selling bangles. He seems to
choose any road he likes. He has no fixed time even of returning home. The
child wishes that he were a hawker! From the gate of his house, he sees the
gardener digging the ground and soiling his clothes. No one asks him not to
dig ground or not to soil his clothes. He is so free that the child aspires to be a
gardener.

At night, through the open window of his room, he sees the watchman
moving up and down the lane. No one tells the watchman that it is night, and
he must go to bed. The child wishes to be a watchman.

III. Answer the questions:

1. Whom does the child see in the morning? What is the poet doing
at that time?

A. The child saw a hawker selling crystal bangles in the morning. The poet was
walking to school at that time.

2. On his return from the school, whom does the narrator spot?
What is that person seen doing?

A. The narrator spots the gardener while retuning from the school.
The gardener was digging the ground and soiling his clothes.

3. What can the poet see through his open window at night?

A. The poet saw the watchman moving up and down the

lane through the open window of his room at night.
Meet Tom Sawyer
I.Answer the following questions:-

1. Who was Tom Sawyer? With whom was he living?

Ans:- Tom Sawyer was a mischievous boy. He was living with his aunt Polly, his cousin Mary and his half
brother Sid.

2. How did Aunt Polly punish Tom?

Ans:- Aunt Polly punished Tom by snatching away his Saturday freedom and sentencing him to paint
the entire fence.

3. What was the size of the fence?

Ans:- The fence was nine feet long and thirty yards wide.

4. How did Tom trick Ben Rogers into whitewashing the fence?

Ans:- Tom convinces Ben that whitewashing a fence is great pleasure.

5. What did Tom get in exchange for allowing Ben to do the whitewashing?

Ans:- Tom got an apple in exchange for allowing Ben to do the whitewashing.

6. What took Aunt Polly by surprise?

Ans:- Aunt Polly was pleasantly surprised to see the work done.

7. Why was Aunt Polly pleased?

Ans: Aunt Polly was pleased because the fence had been painted spotlessly white.

II. Make your own sentences using the words given below:-
1. Elegant-
2. Astonished-
3. Victorious-
4. Constantly-
5. Forbidden-
Spellings

I. Dictation:-
1. Fabulous
2. Melancholy
3. Forbidden
4. Reluctant
5. Elegant
6. Magnificent
7. Snatching
8. Squealing
9. Constantly
10. Victorious
11. Astonished
12. Nibbling
13. Spectacle
14. Embarrassed
15. Behaviour

II. Fill in the blanks with double letters:-

1. A N N O Y A N C E
2. I N T E L L I G E N T
3. E M B A R R A S S E D
4. A P P R E C I A T E
5. I R R I T A T I O N

III. Unscramble the words:-

1. T O U C I V I R O S – VICTORIOUS
2. T A N G E L E – ELEGANT
3. T N A T C U L E R – RELUCTANT
4. N T E C I F I N G A M – MAGNIFICENT
Abraham Lincoln’s Hat
I.Glossary: ( TB Pg No. 113)

II.Answer the following:

1.Where did Abraham Live?

A.Abraham Lincoln lived in Illinois.

2.What was the problem Lincoln suffered from?

A.Lincoln suffered from a problem of forgetting things. He would forget answering letters and where he
had put important letters.

3.What solution did Lincoln work at to sort out his problem?

A.Lincoln used to wear a tall hat, he thought of pushing letters and important papers deep inside it as he
could remember about it whenever he took off the hat.

4.Why did people come from far and wide to hear Abe?

A.Abe was an impressive orator with a great sense of humour so people came from far and wide to hear
him.

5.What did Lincoln do for Nance?

A.Abe Lincoln argued for Nance in court and with his brilliant oratory and persuasive skills he won the
trial against slavery.

6.When did Abraham Lincoln become the President of the USA?

A.Abraham Lincoln became the President of USA in the year 1860.

7.What did Abraham do for his country after becoming the President?

A.Abraham freed the slaves and worked for fair laws after becoming the President.

IV. Write the character sketch of Mr. Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was a very friendly person and a good human being. He was a sincere, courageous and
a smart lawyer who had a strong sense of justice. He helped people in all kind of problems. Abe was an
impressive orator with a good sense of humour but he had a problem of forgetting things. He also had a
brilliant oratory and persuasive skills. He was also famous for his honesty and had earned the title
“Honest Abe”.
IV.Make sentences of your own:-

1.humour-

2. recommend-

3.praised-

4.trial-

5.impressive-

V.Identify the speaker of these sentences:

1. You are absolutely right Abe. From now on, no one can be bought or sold in Illinois.
A. The judge.
2. If I win, I would make laws to stop slavery.
A. Abraham Lincoln.
3. Look, crowds are cheering you at every train station. People surely love you dear!
A. Abraham Lincoln’s wife.
4. If I can’t be the President, I can atleast hold your hat Mr. Lincoln.
A. Stephen Douglas.

Spellings

I.Dictation words:

1. Sincere
2. Trial
3. Popularity
4. Leather
5. Amazingly
6. Humour
7. Argued
8. Believed
9. Absolutely
10. Oratory

III. Fill in with double letters:

1.r e c o m m e n d

2.a f f o r d

3.B r I l l I a n t
4.T r a v e l l e d

5.I m p r e s s I v e

IV.Seen passage:

Abe lived in Illinois. He was a smart lawyer. He helped people in all kinds of problems. But he had one
problem himself.

Most amazingly, the idea worked brilliantly…….

Many towns in Illinois had no lawyers and no judges. So every spring and fall, a judge and some lawyers
travelled from town to town. Abe went too…..

Abe was an impressive orator with a great sense of humour. People came from far and near to him. He
made trials easy to understand.

V.Unseen passage:

Education plays a vital role in our life. It differentiates us from the rest of the creatures on Earth and
helps us to improve ourselves from within. It nourishes our character and broadens our perspective
towards life.

Education helps to transform an individual to be a better and responsible citizen. All the power and
progress achieved by human beings is because of education that a person can live a successful and self-
dependent life.
David Copperfield goes to School

I. Glossary:-

II. Answer the following questions:-

1. Why did Miss. Trotwood decide to send David Copperfield to school?

Ans:- David was spending his days in playing. So Miss Trotwood decided to send him to school.

2. How was her decision received by David?

Ans:- David was delighted and grateful at his aunt’s decision.

3. Why did Miss Trotwood make a trip to meet Mr. Wickfield? Did it prove to be fruitful? How?

Ans:- Miss Trotwood made a trip to meet Mr. Wickfield to get advice on which school to enroll David
in. It proved to be fruitful as Mr. Wickfield suggested Doctor Strong’s school for boys.

4. Who was Agnes? Write her character sketch briefly.

Ans:- Agnes was the daughter of Mr. Wickfield, a lawyer with whom David resided while attending
Doctor Strong’s school. She had a radiant and a happy face. She loved her father dearly and took great
care of him.

5. What kind of person was Dr. Strong? What was he working at?

Ans:- Dr. Strong was the headmaster of the school to which David went in Canterbury. He was an
aging, scholarly man whose primary goal in life is to develop a new dictionary.
 6. What was David’s only worry?

Ans:- David was worried about the strange behaviors of Uriah Heep.

7. What did David share with Agnes?

Ans:- David shared everything about his school, dreams and desires with Agnes. He also shared all his
feelings and thoughts with her.

III. Make your own sentences:-

1. Pleasant-

2. Radiant-

3. Engage-

4. Scholar-

5. Popular-
IV. Write character sketch of- (HW)

1. David Copperfield

2. Miss Betsey Trotwood

 Leisure
- W. H. Davies

I. Glossary:- (Refer pg. no-129)

II. Answer the following questions:-

1. Why is the poet complaining about life?

Ans:- The poet is not happy with the modern lifestyle that is full of stress and he thinks that man is too
busy to enjoy the bounties of the earth that are beautiful and calm.

2. What is mankind deprived of in modern life?

Ans:- Man is deprived of making time to enjoy the beauty of nature in modern life.

3. How is man blessed by the bounties of nature?

Ans:- Man is blessed by the beauty of nature that makes his life happy. It removes the sadness and
darkness of life.

4. What are some of the things we might not have time to see?

Ans:- The poet says that people have no time to see the beautiful birds, animals, trees and flowers around
when they are passing through the woods. We have no time to stand under the trees like cows do. We ignore
the little squirrel hiding its nuts in grass.

5. What do you think the poet means by 'streams full of stars'?

Ans:- In this line, poet describes that human cannot see the beauty hidden in the streams like when rays
of the sun fall and shines. Then the river look like stars in the sky at night.

III. Pick out the rhyming words from the poem:-

1. Care - stare
2. Boughs - cows
3. Pass - grass
4. Light - night
5. Glance -dance

IV. Make sentences of your own:-

1. Leisure -

2. Beneath -

3. Streams -

4. Enrich -

5. State –
Robin Becomes an Outlaw
I.Answer the following questions:-

1. Who was Robin Hood?

Ans:- Robin Hood was an outlaw who lived in the green forests of sherwood near Nottingham. He
was a skillful archer.

2. Why was he loved by the village people?

Ans:- He was loved by the village people as he was helping them.

3. Why was Robin keen to win the shooting match?

Ans:- Robin was keen to win the shooting match to get a fine biw and a sheaf of arrows along with a
drum of ale as a prize and also to win a smile from Maid Marion.

4. Who was Maid Marion?

Ans:- Maid Marion was a childhood playmate of Robin Hood and daughter of an Earl.

5. Why did the king’s foresters made fun of Robin?

Ans:- When Robin said he was on his way to Nottingham to win the shooting match, the king’s
foresters thought he was a village boy who could hardly lift the bow. So they made fun of him.

6. What did Robin do to prove his ability to them?

Ans:- Robin aimed the deer which was almost a hundred yards away. The arrow flew straight to the
deer’s heart and the deer lay dead on the spot.
 7. Why was the chief forester killed by Robin?

Ans:- The chief forester cunningly made Robin to kill King’s deer. Robin realised that he had been
tricked and the punishment for killing deer without permission was death. He had to escape before
which he let loose another arrow. It hit the chief forester’s neck and he fell on the ground.

8. Who is an outlaw?

Ans:- A person who is excluded from the benefits or protection of the law is an outlaw.

9. Why was Robin Hood joined by other men?

Ans:- People who had turned against the Sheriff and other noblemen to protect themselves and their
family became outlaws and joined Robin Hood.

II. Answer with reference to context:-

1. “You are good for the hangman rope. “

a) Who said the above sentence?

Ans:- Chief forester said the above sentence.

b) To whom was it said?

Ans:- It was said to Robin Hood.

c) Why was it said?

Ans:- As Robin Hood killed king’s deer unknowingly, the chief forester said the above sentence.
 2. “I am on my way to Nottingham to win the shooting match. “

a) Who was on the way to Nottingham?

Ans:- Robin Hood was on the way to Nottingham.

b) To whom was it said?

Ans:- It was said to forester who was sitting under a large oak tree.

c) Who had announced a shooting match?

Ans:- The Sheriff of Nottingham had announced a shooting match.

III.Make your own sentences using the words given below:-

1. Archer –

2. Band –

3. Blossom –

4. Sly –

5. Yard –