Learnwell Smart Communicative English Textbook Question and Answer
READ AND FIND (PAGE 64)
Q.1. Who was Lucy ? Where did she live ?
Ans. She was a little girl who lived with her parents on a wide moor.
Q.2. What did her father ask her to do one afternoon and why ?
Ans. Lucy’s mother had gone to the town and the night was going to be stormy. Her father asked her to take a lantern and light her mother home.
Q.3. What shows that Lucy was a dutiful and loving child ?
Ans. Lucy at once agreed to do what her father said. She said, “That, Father ! will I gladly do.” It shows what a dutiful and loving child Lucy was !
Q.4. What time of the day was it when Lucy started for the town ?
Ans. It was hardly afternoon when Lucy started for the town.
Q.5. What did Lucy take with her and why ?
Ans. She took with her a lantern to light her mother home through the snow.
Q.6. Why has Lucy been compared to a roe (line 25) ?
Ans. Lucy was a lovely and lively child. On her way to the town, she went dispersing the powdery snow with her feet. That is why she has been compared to a roe.
Q.7. Why could Lucy not reach the town ?
Ans. The storm came before its time. Lucy was caught in the storm and she lost her way. That was why she couldn’t reach the town.
Q.8. What did the parents do to find Lucy ?
Ans. The parents wandered all night to look for Lucy. They went shouting far and wide, but found no trace of her.
Q.9. How far was the wooden bridge from their door ?
Ans. It was a furlong from their door.
Q.10. ‘In heaven we all shall meet !’ Who said this and why ?
Ans. Lucy’s parents said these words. They were now almost certain that Lucy had been killed in the storm. They wept and said they would meet her in heaven only.
Q.11. What did the parents do on seeing Lucy’s footmarks in the snow ?
Ans. They went downwards from the hill and traced the little footmarks in the snow.
Q.12. Name the places where the traces of Lucy’s footmarks were seen.
Ans. The traces of Lucy’s footmarks were seen in the following places : (i) through the broken hawthorn hedge, (ii) by the long stone-wall. (iii) across an open field, (iv) along the snowy bank, and (v) up to the middle of the plank (that was the wooden bridge.)
Q.13. Where did Lucy’s footmarks lead the unfortunate parents ?
Ans. The footmarks led them to the middle of the plank that was the wooden bridge.
Q.14. What do you think would have happened to Lucy ?
Ans. She must have fallen over the plank into the snowy stream. She was drowned or washed away.
Q.15. What do people still believe about Lucy ?
Ans. People believe she is still a living child. They say she can be seen tripping about on the lonely moor. She sings a solitary song and never looks behind. Her song whistles in the wind.
WORD POWER (PAGE 64)
- dwell : live, reside. 2. storm : tempest, gale. 3. church : cathedral, chapel. 4. solitary : alone, remote. 5. disperse : spread, scatter. 6. daybreak : dawn, sunrise.
SPEAKING AND LISTENING (PAGE 65)
I think the father should not have sent Lucy to the town. He knew the night was going to be stormy. It was not right for him to send the little girl alone. He should have gone himself. However, he did not know the storm would come before its time. Lucy could have reached home safe with her mother if the storm had not come.
WRITE WELL (PAGE 65)
(Lead the child to write a similar card.)
Burial service is a religious prayer performed for a dead person at the time of his or her burial. Cards are sent around to inform the near and dear ones. It is almost similar to the kirya ceremony we’ve among the Hindus and others. The writing in such cards is very brief and to-the-point.
PROJECT 2 (PAGE 66)
- (b) Paris
- (c) eight
- (c) cherry
- (a) a glass
- (a) tiger
- (b) seven
- (c) in autumn
- (a) a painter
- (c) North America
- (c) Australia.