Chapter 12
Class 9 English
Hunting Snake
Textual questions:
EXERCISE – 1
Tick the correct answer from the given alternative:
1.The poet was sun-warmed under the gentlest sky of-
(a) summer [ ], (b) winter [ ], (c) autumn [✔], (d) spring [ ]
2. The colour of the snake was-
(a) black [✔], (b) grey [ ], (c) green [ ], (d) yellow [ ].
3. The tongue of the snake was-
(a) still [ ]. (b) flickering [✔ ], (c) dangling [ ], (d) hanging[ ]
4. The shape of the snake’s scale was like –
(a) star [ ], (b) kite [ ], (c) diamond [✔ ], (d) pyramid [ ]
5. According to the poet, the intent of the snake was-
(a) malicious [ ], (b) greedy [ ], (c) timid [ ], (d) fierce [√]
6. The snake finally disappeared into the –
(a) sand [ ], (b) grass [✔ ], (c) rock [ ], (d) stream [ ].
EXERCISE – 2
Answer the following questions within twenty-five words:
1. How did the snake appear as it was moving through the grass ?
Ans. The large black snake skittered along the grass, head down, tongue flickering as it searched for food.
2. What did the poet and her companions do when the snake has gone?
Ans. The snake left. Then the poet and her companions looked at each other with a sigh of relief.
Grammar in use
EXERCISE -3
Rewrite the following sentences as directed:
a. How happy we are here! ( change into a Assertive sentence)
Ans. We are very happy here.
b. Everybody knows the name of Tagore! ( change into a Interrogative sentence)
Ans. Who does not know the name of Tagore ?
c. The painting is very beautiful! ( change into a Exclamatory sentence)
Ans. How beautiful the painting is!
d. Can we ever forget our childhood days! ( change into a Assertive sentence)
Ans. We can never forget our childhood days.
EXERCISE – 4
Rewrite the following sentences as directed:
a. We are proud of our heritage. ( use the Noun form of ‘proud’)
Ans. We take pride of our heritage.
b. We should have sympathy for the poor. ( use the Adjective form of ‘sympathy’)
Ans. We should be sympathetic for the poor.
c. His success was due to his labour. ( use the Verb form of ‘labour’)
Ans. He got success because he laboured.
d. The song of the nightingale is very sweet. ( use the adverb form of ‘sweet’)
Ans. The nightingale sings song very sweetly.
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