Class 8 - L22 - The Photograph

22. The Photograph

Reading Comprehension

A. Tick (✔) the correct answer and crass (x) the wrong one:

1. The grandmother sat on the flower bed. (x)

2. The boy was ten years old. (✔)

3. The grandmother was not very old. (x)

4. She had grey hair. (✔)

5. The boy was interested to see a book with colourful pictures of birds and butterflies. (✔)

6. The small photograph was in the box. (x)

Doubt clearing – The small photograph was inside the book which was in the box.

7. The photograph was taken about 40 years ago. (x)

8. She used to go swimming in a muddy pool. (We don’t know)

9. A lemon coloured butterfuly settled on the nose of the grandmother. (x)

10. There was similarity between the photograph and the grandmother(x)

B. Answer the following questions:

1. What was the boy doing after taking his meal?

Answer – After taking his meal, the boy was rummaging in a box of old books and family heirlooms that had just been brought out of the attic by his mother.

2. How was the photograph?

Answer – It was a faded photograph – little yellow and foggy.

3. Who was in the photograph?

Answer – There was a girl in the photograph.

4. How can you say that the photograph was colourful?

Answer – We can say that the photograph was colourful because after a long time it has become little yellow and foggy.

5. Did the boy know who was in the photograph?

Answer – No, the boy did not know for sure, who was in the photograph.

Vocabulary

Correct the spellings of the underlined words:

(1) Kniting a woolen scarf requires patience. (knitting)

(2) The lady received a beautiful ring which was part of the familys hirlooms. (heirlooms)

(3) The money - plant is a criper which requires support to grow as its stem is weak. (creeper)

 (4) It was good attempt for keeping me out of mischeaf. (mischief)

(5) Since it was a sunny day , Tapan had to skwint his eyes to look at the ripe mangoes in the tree. (squint)