Activity – 8 IT WAS A COLD DAY

Q-1 Read the paragraph given below and answer the questions :
(આપેલ ફકરો વાંચો અને તેનાં આધારે પ્રશ્નોના જવાબ આપો.)

* Last year, there was one really, really bad day. It was Monday. Usually, there are about 25 students in my class but that day, there were only 5 students ! It was really cold. It was raining a lot. It was dark and gray outside. There was no sunshine. I think the students weren’t at school because they were sick. They were at home. May be they were in bed.

1. Why was Monday consider as bad day?
Ans. Usually, 25 students present in my class but that day, there were only 5 students. It was really cold. It was raining a lot so Monday consider as bad day.

2. Give another word for “happens regularly”.
Ans : Usually

3. Which day of the week it was?
Ans : It was Monday

4. _______ students were absent on Monday. 
(A)Twenty                 (B)Twenty two                   
(C)Five                      (D)Twenty Five
Ans : [A]

5. Was there sunshine on Monday?
Ans. No, there was no sunshine on Monday.

6. It was _________.  
(A)dark and gray outside     (B)a sun sunshine               
(C)hot inside                     (D)warm outside
Ans : [A]

7. Why it was dark and gray outside?
Ans. It was really cold day. It was raining a lot, so it dark and gray outside.

8. The children were ______ at home.  
(A)sick                      (B)dull                             
(C)happy                   (D)healthy
Ans : [A]

9. Give similar word for ‘sick’. 
(A)ill                          (B)good health                   
(C)disease                  (D)ailment
Ans : [A]

10. The students weren’t at school because…
Ans. They were sick.

11. Find words from the paragraph which means ‘downpour’. 
(A)rainbow                  (B)sunshine                       
(C)cold                       (D)raining heavily
Ans : [D]

 * Mr. Joshi is our teacher. He always at school. He is never at home on a Monday. Last Monday was no different. He was not in bed. He was in the classroom and he was cold !He was not in warm clothes. In fact, all the students were cold. It was freezing. The school was like a refrigerator. Our room was like a freezer ! And poor Mr. Joshi was like ice ! The small class was cold, cold, cold ! It was raining heavily. I left the school early.

1. ________ is our teacher. 
(A)Mr. Joshi                        (B)Mrs. Das
(C)Mr. Shah                        (D)Mrs. Mehta
Ans : [A]

2. Write two lines from the paragraph which show Mr. Joshi’s punctually.
Ans. He is always at school. He is never at home on a Monday.

3. Why was Monday no different for Mr. Joshi?
Ans. Monday was no different for Mr. Joshi because he was in the classroom.

4. Who was not in warm clothes?
Ans. Mr. Joshi was not in warm clothes.

5. What was student’s condition?
Ans. All the students were cold. It was freezing, because school was like a refrigerator.

6. The school was like a ________ .
(A)refrigerator                    (B)freezer                 
(C)ice                                (D)cold
Ans : [A]

7. Mr. Joshi was like _________ .
(A)refrigerator                    (B)freezer                 
(C)ice                                (D)cold
Ans : [C]

8. The _________ was like freezer.
(A)room                     (B)garden                 
(C)school                   (D)staffroom
Ans : [A]

9. I left the school early because _________ . 
(A)it was raining heavily       (B)it was a public holiday     
(C)we had a match     
        (D)we had an exam
Ans : [A]

* The rain stopped at night. Next day the Sun was shining. So everything was OK. There were 25 students, not only 5. But where was Mr. Joshi ?  He wasn’t there. He was at home, sick in bed!

1. When did the rain stop?
Ans. The rain stopped at night.

2. How was the atmosphere next day?
Ans. Next day the sun was shining, So everything was ok.

3. The sun was shining therefore_______. 
(A)it was bad            (B)everything was OK         
(C)it was a holiday     (D)It was raining heavily
Ans : [B]

4. How many students were there in the class?
Ans. There were 25 students in the class.

5. Mr. Joshi’s was next day.
(A)present                 (B)absent                  
(C)at the school          (D)in the library
Ans : [B]

6. Why was Mr. Joshi absent next day?
Ans. Mr. Joshi was absent next day because he was sick.