Read the text and answer the questions
5, 6, 7 and 8.
Once two friends were passing through a dense forest. The forest was full of
ferocious animals. The two friends were very much frightened. But they promised
to help each other if necessary. When they were in the middle of the forest,
they saw a bear approaching towards them. Thinking of the imminent danger one
of the friends climbed a tree and managed to save his life. The other friend
did not know how to climb a tree and so he lay down on the ground. He held his
breath and lay on the ground like a dead man. He knew that a bear never eats a
dead body. The bear came to him and smelt him and it took him to be dead. Then
the bear went away. The friend on the tall tree came down and asked him what
the bear told him. He said to his friend that the bear advised him to beware of
a false friend and not to believe a friend who leaves his friend in danger.
5. Fill in the blanks with the correct word from the box below. There are three
extra words which you need not use.
(a) The two friends ___ very much afraid.
(b) They ____to help each other.
(c) The other friend lay on the ground ____a dead man.
(d) The friend ___ the tall tree came down.
(e) Be ___of a false friend.
6. Read the following statements and write ‘True’ or ‘False’. If false give the
correct answer.
(a) Two friends once were passing through a forest free from ferocious animals.
(b) They saw a bear in the middle of the forest.
(c) One of the two friends ran away thinking of the coming danger.
(d) The other friend lay down on the ground and pretended to be dead.
(e) Bears never eat dead bodies.
(f) The friend climbing the tall tree was a free friend.
7. Answer the following questions in a sentence or sentences.
(a) Who were passing through a dense forest?
(b) How was the forest?
(c) What did they promise?
(d) What happened in the middle of the forest?
(e) What did the other friend know about a bear? What did he do?
8. Suppose, you are Sreeja. Write a letter to your friend, Puja about the
significance of the proverb ‘A friend in need is a friend indeed’: (Write at
least six sentences). Here are some words to help you: address, date,
salutation, main points of the letter, closing.
9. Make five WH questions from the given statements (By using Who, What, When,
Where, Why, Which and How). Make question with the underlined word (s).
(a) Cyclone Aila happened in 2009.
(b) Babul’s father told him what had happened that day.
(c) There was light rain in the morning on 25 May.
(d) The wind started to blow in the afternoon.
(e) The doctor visited Sima last night.
10. Re-arrange the words in appropriate order to make meaningful sentences.
(a) line, the, finish, crossed, he, first.
(b) live, Hospital, they, in, Road, at, Naogaon.
(c) pilot, a, like, would, to, be, I.
(d) took, a, during, he, race, the, nap.
(e) grapes, from, like, I, the, vine!
Answer:
5. (a) were (b) promised (c) like (d) climbing (e) careful.
6. (a) False. Correct answer: Two friends once were passing through a forest
full of ferocious animals.
(b) True.
(c) False. Correct answer: One of the two friends climbed a tree thinking of
the coming danger.
(d) True.
(e) True.
(f) False. Correct answer: The friend climbing. The tall tree was a false friend.
7. (a) Two friends were passing through a dense forest.
(b) The forest was dense, full of ferocious animals.
(c) They promised to help each other at the time of danger.
(d) A bear was approaching to them in the middle of the forest.
(e) The other friend knew that a bear never eats a dead body. So, he stopped
his breath and lay on the ground like a dead man.
8. 105 Green Road
Farmgate, Dhaka
30 January, 2022
Dear Puja,
I received your letter yesterday. In your letter you wanted to know about the
significance of the proverb “a friend in need is a friend indeed.” Now, I am
telling you a story that will make you understand its significance.
There lived two friends in a village. They promised that they would help each
other even at the time of danger. One day, they were passing through a deep
forest. Suddenly, a bear came in front of them. They both were afraid. One of
them quickly climbed upon a tree. But the other friend did not know how to
climb a tree. Suddenly, he remembered that the bear does not eat a dead animal.
So, he lay down on the ground like a dead man. The bear came and smell his
body. He stopped breathing. The bear went away thinking him dead. Thus his life
was saved and he realized that his friend was not real at all, because he
hurriedly climbed upon a tree selfishly without thinking that the other one
also might need his help.
No more today. I am fine. With best regards to your parents and love to the
younger’s.
Your loving friend
Sreeja
9. (a) When did Cyclone Aila happen?
(b) What did Babul’s father tell him?
(c) When was there light rain on 25 May?
(d) When did the wind start to blow?
(e) When did the doctor visit Sima?
10. (a) He crossed the finish line first.
(b) They live at Hospital Road in Naogaon.
(c) I would like to be a pilot.
(d) He took a nap during the race.
(e) I like grapes from the vine.
