Lesson 22 The Photograph
Word Meanings
knitting =बुनना/मिलाना
clicking =खट-खट की आवाज़
wrinkles= झुर्रियां
rummaging= तलाश करना
heirlooms= विरासत
attic= अटारी
faded= फीका
foggy= धूमिल
creeper= लता/बेल
deterrent= निवारक/हतोत्साह करनेवाला
drapery= चिलमन/परदा
devilish smile=शैतानी मुस्कान
squinted=तिरछा/कनखी मारना
Reading Comprehension
A. Tick (✔) the correct answer and crass (x) the wrong one:
1. The grandmother sat on the flower bed. (x)
2. The boy was ten years old. (✔)
3. The grandmother was not very old. (x)
4. She had grey hair. (✔)
5. The boy was interested to see a book with colourful pictures of birds and butterflies. (✔)
6. The small photograph was in the box. (x)
Doubt clearing – The small photograph was inside the book which was in the box.
7. The photograph was taken about 40 years ago. (x)
8. She used to go swimming in a muddy pool. (We don’t know)
9. A lemon coloured butterfuly settled on the nose of the grandmother. (x)
10. There was similarity between the photograph and the grandmother(x)
B. Answer the following questions:
1. What was the boy doing after taking his meal?
Answer – After taking his meal, the boy was rummaging in a box of old books and family heirlooms that had just been brought out of the attic by his mother.
2. How was the photograph?
Answer – It was a faded photograph – little yellow and foggy.
3. Who was in the photograph?
Answer – There was a girl in the photograph.
4. How can you say that the photograph was colourful?
Answer – We can say that the photograph was colourful because after a long time it has become little yellow and foggy.
5. Did the boy know who was in the photograph?
Answer – No, the boy did not know for sure, who was in the photograph.
Vocabulary
Correct the spellings of the underlined words:
(1) Kniting a woolen scarf requires patience. (knitting)
(2) The lady received a beautiful ring which was part of the familys hirlooms. (heirlooms)
(3) The money - plant is a criper which requires support to grow as its stem is weak. (creeper)
(4) It was good attempt for keeping me out of mischeaf. (mischief)
(5) Since it was a sunny day , Tapan had to skwint his eyes to look at the ripe mangoes in the tree. (squint)
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