In this post we have published WBBSE’s English Prose Our Runaway Kite Question Answer. This prose was written by Lucy Maud Montgomery. In this post we have discussed all the questions and answers of the text. Bengali Meaning of the text have already published in our website. Link is provided below.
Our Runaway Kite Question Answer
1. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:
(a) The keeper of the Big Half Moon Lighthouse is –
(i) Aunt Esther
(ii) Father
(iii) Claude
(iv) Dick
Ans: (ii) Father
(b) The family moved over to the mainland in –
(i) summer
(ii) spring
(iii) monsoon
(iv) winter
Ans: (iv) winter
(c) When asked about relations, Father looked –
(i) happy
(ii) angry
(iii) sorrowful
(iv) irritated
Ans: (iii) sorrowful
2. Fill in the chart with information from the text:
(a) name of the island | Big Half Moon |
(b) age of Claude | Twelve years |
(c) the game played by Claude and the narrator | Pirate caves |
3. State whether the following statements are True or False. Provide sentences / phrases / words in support of your answer:
(i) People felt that Claude and the narrator were lonesome. [T]
Supporting Statement: They said we must be so lonesome over there, with no other children near us.
(ii) Claude and the narrator quarrelled. [F]
Supporting Statement: Claude and I never quarrelled.
(iii) Nobody on the mainland had relations. [F]
Supporting Statement: Everybody on the mainland had relations.
Unit – 2
4. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:
(a) In summer the Big Half Moon is always –
(i) lovely
(ii) unpleasant
(iii) boring
(iv) dull
Ans: (i) lovely
(b) Back to the island, Claude and the narrator made plenty of –
(i) puppets
(ii) masks
(iii) kites
(iv) envelopes
Ans: (iii) kites
(c) The kite was patched with a –
(i) newspaper
(ii) letter
(iii) envelope
(iv) card
Ans: (ii) letter
5. Complete the following sentences with information from the text:
(i) A boy on the mainland showed Claude how to make kites.
(ii) On the kite Claude and the narrator pasted gold tinsel stars.
(iii) Claude was standing with a bit of cord in his hand, looking foolish.
6. Fill in the chart with information from the text:
Statement | Reason |
(a) The narrator’s elbow went through the kite. | The narrator tripped and fell over the rocks. |
(b) Claude and the narrator hurried to fix the kite. | They wanted to send it up before the wind fell. |
(c) The kite soared. | The wind was glorious. |
Unit – 3
7. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:
(a) A letter came for father after a –
(i) day
(ii) week
(iii) fortnight
(iv) month
Ans: (iv) month
(b) Father left home after quarrelling with his –
(i) brother
(ii) sister
(iii) aunt
(iv) uncle
Ans: (i) brother
(c) Dick and Mimi discovered the kite on the top of a –
(i) roof
(ii) tree
(iii) lighthouse
(iv) light post
Ans: (ii) tree
8. Fill in the chart with information from the text:
(a) Person who sent the letter | Aunt Esther |
(b) Name of Aunt Esther’s mother | Philippa |
(c) Total number of family members in the narrator’s family at present | Six |
9. Answer the following questions:
(a) What did Father find when he went back home years afterward?
Ans: When Father went back home years afterward, he found his brother had died and he couldn’t find his sister.
(b) Where did Aunt Esther live?
Ans: Aunt Esther lived hundred of miles inland.
(c) Why did Aunt Esther turn pale?
Ans: When Dick and Mimi brought the kite home, Aunt Esther saw the kite patched with the letter which she had once written to her brother. So, she turned pale.
Grammar in Use
10. Change the following sentences into questions, as directed:
(a) Shankha lives in Alipurduar. (Information question using ‘where’)
Ans: Where does Shankha live?
(b) They have gone to a picnic. (Interrogative sentence using ‘where’)
Ans: Where have they gone?
(c) I went to school yesterday. (Simple question using ‘did’)
Ans: Did I go to school yesterday?
(d) Tia studies in class X. (Information question using ‘which’)
Ans: Which class does Tia study in?
Writing Activities
11. Suppose your bicycle has a sudden tyre puncture on your way to school. You have taken the cycle to a repair shop. Write an imaginary dialogue (within 100 words) between the shopkeeper and you.
Me: Hello, can you help me?
Shopkeeper: Yes, what’s the matter?
Me: The tyre of my cycle has been punctured on the way. Will you please repair it? I have to reach school in time.
Shopkeeper: Yes, please give me some time. I will fix it.
Me: Please fix it quickly.
Shopkeeper: Don’t worry. You will reach your school in time.
Me: Thank you. How much will it cost?
Shopkeeper: 10 rupees only.
Me: Fine. You may start your work.
Shopkeeper: I will repair it quickly.
Me: Thank you so much.
12. Write a story (within 100 words) using the given hints. Give a title to the story.
[Crow sitting on a tree – piece of meat in its beak – fox passing under the tree – wants the meat – asks the crow to sing – crow keeps meat under its feet and sings – fooled, fox leaves]
A Clever Crow and the Fox
Once a crow lived in a tree. One day it sat on a tree nearby a meat shop. It saw a piece of meat lying on the road beside the meat shop. It picked the piece of meat up in its beak and flied to the tree. A fox was passing under the tree. The fox saw the piece of meat in the crow’s beak. He wanted to eat the meat. He made a plan. The fox asked the crow to sing. The crow understood the fox’s cunning. The crow kept the meat under its feet and started to sing. The fox was not successful in its plan. Being fooled, the fox went away.
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