Class 7 - L5 - Alice in Wonderland-II

5. Alice in Wonderland-II

Word Meanings - 

Guess (गेस) = अनुमान लगाना

Tiny (टाइनी) = बहुत छोटा

Roof (रूफ) = छत

Through (थ्रू) = से होकर

Lie (लिए) = झूठ, लेटना

Flat (फ्लैट) = समतल, सपाट  

Weep (वीप) = रोना

Bitter (बीटर) = कड़वा, तेज, पीड़ादायक    

Tears (टीयर्स) = आँसू

Muttering (मटरिंग) = बड़बड़ाहट  

Frightened (फ्राइटंड) = डरा हुआ   

Drop (ड्रॉप) = बूँद, गिराना

Sigh (साई) = आह भरना, विलाप करना  

Creature (क्रीचर) = प्राणी 

Reading Comprehension

1. Put a cross (×) mark against the statements which are not true about Alice.

(i) Alice did not eat the cake. (X )

(ii) When Alice ate the cake, she grew taller. (✔)

(iii) The door of the room was too small for Alice to get out. (✔ )

(iv) Alice talked to the white Rabbit and he helped her. (X )

(v) There was a pool in the hall. (✔ )

(vi) The white Rabbit was going to give the fan and gloves to Alice (X )

 (vii)Rabbit was dressed up to go somewhere. (✔ )

2. Write the names of all those who were swimming in the pool of tears.

Answer - Alice, a mouse, a dodo, a duck, an eaglet

3. Complete the table to tell what Alice could do in the Wonderland and what she could not. Select the phrases from the list given below.

Could	Could not
eat the cake	get through the door
unlock the door	get out through the door
look through the door outside	get smaller
lie on the floor
touch the ceiling
swim in the pool of tears
grow tall

unlock the door, look through the door outside, lie on the floor, touch the ceiling, swim in the pool of tears, get out through the door , grow tall, get smaller.

Vocabulary

4. Find the words from the box that can complete the sentences correctly.

(drank-up, grown-up, ate-up, torn-up, wake-up)

(a) Montu was naughty when he was a boy. He is a smart and grown-up person now.

(b) Meenu was very sad to find her drawing book torn-up when she came home.

(c) I always wake-up at 5 in the morning.

(d) Ahmed's mother was happy because he drank-up all the milk.

(e) I was very hungry and ate-up all the biscuits in the kitchen.

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