Our Runaway Kite Question Answer
Unit I
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:
| Information | Answer |
|---|---|
| (a) Name of the island | Big Half Moon |
| (b) Age of Claude | Twelve years old |
| (c) The game played by Claude and the narrator | Shipwrecked mariners with kites |
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 in the island. [True]
Supporting statement: They said we must be so lonesome over there, with no other children near us.
(ii) Claude and the narrator quarrelled. [False]
Supporting statement: Claude and I never quarrelled.
(iii) Nobody on the mainland had relations. [False]
Supporting statement: Everybody on the mainland had relations.
Our Runaway Kite Question Answer
Unit II
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 on 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.
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. | There was a glorious wind for kite-flying. |
Our Runaway Kite Question Answer
Unit III
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:
| Information | Answer |
|---|---|
| (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 | Seven (Father, Claude, Narrator, Aunt Esther, Mimi, Dick, and the Narrator’s sibling) |
9. Answer the following questions:
(a) What did Father find when he went back home years afterward?
Ans: Father found that his brother had died and he couldn’t find his sister.
(b) Where did Aunt Esther live?
Ans: Aunt Esther lived hundreds of miles inland.
(c) Why did Aunt Esther turn pale?
Ans: Aunt Esther turned pale because she recognized the letter on the kite, which she had once written to her brother.
Our Runaway Kite Question Answer
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 you 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.
Answer:
Shopkeeper: Hello! How can I help you today?
You: Hi! My bicycle has a flat tire. Can you fix it?
Shopkeeper: Of course! Let me take a look at it. It seems like it just needs a patch. It will take about 10 minutes.
You: That’s great! How much will it cost?
Shopkeeper: It will be ₹20.
You: Alright, please go ahead and fix it. I need to get to school soon.
Shopkeeper: Sure! I’ll have it ready in no time.
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
Answer:
The Clever Crow and the Fox
Once upon a time, a crow sat on a tree with a piece of meat in its beak. A fox passing by saw the meat and wanted it. The fox said to the crow, “Oh, beautiful crow! Please sing a song for me.” The clever crow placed the meat under its feet and began to sing. The fox was fooled and left, realizing it could not trick the smart crow.
Madhyamik [2017]
Q. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
It is always lovely on the Big Half Moon in summer. When it is fine, the harbour is blue and calm, with little wind and ripples. Every summer, we had some hobby. The last summer before Dick and Mimi came, we were crazy about kites. A boy on the mainland showed Claude how to make them. Back on the island we made plenty of kites. Claude would go around to the other side of the island and we would play shipwrecked mariners signaling to each other with kites.
We had a kite that was big and covered with lovely red paper. We pasted gold tinsel stars all over it and had written our names full on it- Claude Leete and Philippa Leete, Big Half Moon lighthouse.
One day there was a grand wind for kite-flying. I’m not sure how it happened, but as I was bringing the kits from the house, I tripped and fell over the rocks. My elbow went clear through the kite, making a big hole.
We had to hurry to fix the kite if we wanted to send it up before the wind fell. We rushed into the lighthouse to get some paper. We knew there was no more red paper. We took the first thing that came handy — an old letter lying on the bookcase in the sitting room. We patched the kite up with the letter, a sheet on each side and dried it by the fire. We started out, and up went the kite like a bird.
1. Write the correct alternative to complete the following sentences: 1×5=5
(i) The Big Half Moon looked lovely during — (a) spring, (b) summer, (c) autumn, (d) winter.
(ii) The narrator and his playmates pretended to be — (a) robbers, (b) adventurers, (c) mountaineers, (d) shipwrecked mariners
(iii) The part of the narrator’s body that went through the kite was his — (a) elbow, (b) ankle, (c) knee, (d) fingers (iv) The narrator of the text is — (a) Dick, (b) Mimi, (c) Philippa, (d) Claude
(v) The kite was mended with a — (a) red paper, (b) letter, (c) leaflet, (d) newspaper.
2. Complete the following sentences with information from the text: 1×3=3
(i) The visitors to the island last summer were……………………………..
(ii) The name of the lighthouse was…………………………………..
(iii) They hurried to fix the kite because………………………………….
3. State whether the following statements are True or False. Write T for True and ‘F’ for False in the boxes or the right-hand side. Provide sentences / phrases / words in support of your answer: 2×2=4
(i) In summer the island is rough and windy.
Supporting Statement:
(ii) The names of Claude and Philippa were written on the kite.
Supporting Statement:
Match Your Answer
1. Write the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:
The Big Half Moon looked lovely during —
(b) summerThe narrator and his playmates pretended to be —
(d) shipwrecked marinersThe part of the narrator’s body that went through the kite was his —
(a) elbowThe narrator of the text is —
(c) PhilippaThe kite was mended with a —
(b) letter
2 .Complete the following sentences with information from the text:
- The visitors to the island last summer were Dick and Mimi.
- The name of the lighthouse was Big Half Moon lighthouse.
- They hurried to fix the kite because they wanted to send it up before the wind stopped.
3 .State whether the following statements are True or False:
In summer, the island is rough and windy. False
Supporting Statement: “The harbour is blue and calm, with little wind.”The names of Claude and Philippa were written on the kite. True
Supporting Statement: “We had written our names full on it — Claude Leete and Philippa Leete, Big Half Moon lighthouse.”
Madhyamik [2022]
Q. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
A month later a letter came for Father. After he finished reading it, his eyes looked as if he had been crying. “Do you want to know what became of your kite ?” he said. Then he sat down beside us and told us the whole story.
Father had a brother and a sister. He had quarrelled with his brother and left home. Years afterwards, he felt sorry and when he went back, he found his brother had died and he couldn’t find his sister.
The letter father had just received was from his sister, Aunt Esther, mother of Dick and Mimi. She was a widow who lived hundreds of miles inland. One day when Dick and Mimi were out in the woods, they discovered the kite on the top of a tree and carried it home. When their mother saw the kite patched with the letter, she turned pale. It was the very letter she had once written to her brother. Philippa was her mother’s name and Claude was her father’s. She knew who we must be. So she sat down and wrote to Big Half Moon and Father received her letter.
Next day, Father went and brought Aunt Esther and Dick and Mimi with him. They have been here ever since. Aunt Esther is a dear and Dick and Mimi are too jolly for words.
1. Write the correct alternative in the given space to complete the following sentences : 1×5=5
(a) Father received a letter
(i) one month ago (ii) one week ago (iii) after one month (iv) after several years
(b) The letter was from Father’s sister
(i) Philippa (ii) Claude (iii) Mimi (iv) Esther
(c) Father left home because he
(i) did not like his home (ii) quarrelled with his brother (iii) wanted a new life (iv) got a new job at Big Half Moon
(d) When Father went back home his brother
(i) had already died (ii) could not be traced (iii) did not meet him (iv) welcomed him warmly
(e) The kite was patched with the letter written by
(i) Philippa to Claude (ii) Esther to her husband (iii) Father to her sister (iv) Esther to her brother
2. Complete the following sentences with information from the text: 1×3=3
(i) Though Father left home ______________________________
(ii) In the woods Dick and Mimi_______________________
(iii) Esther turned pale when_____________________________
C. State whether the following statements are true or false. Write ‘T’ for ‘True’ and ‘F’ for ‘False in the boxes given on the right-hand side. Provide sentences/phrases/words in support of your answer: 2×2=4
(i) Aunt Esther always lived on the island Big Half Moon.
Supporting sentence:_________________________________
(ii) Claude was Esther’s father’s name.
Supporting sentence:_______________________________
Match Your Answer
1. Write the correct alternative in the given space to complete the following sentences:
(a) Father received a letter
(iii) after one month
(b) The letter was from Father’s sister
(iv) Esther
(c) Father left home because he
(ii) quarrelled with his brother
(d) When Father went back home his brother
(i) had already died
(e) The kite was patched with the letter written by
(iv) Esther to her brother
2. Complete the following sentences with information from the text:
(i) Though Father left home, he felt sorry and went back years later.
(ii) In the woods, Dick and Mimi found the kite on the top of a tree and carried it home.
(iii) Esther turned pale when she saw the kite patched with the letter she had written to her brother.
3. State whether the following statements are true or false:
(i) Aunt Esther always lived on the island Big Half Moon. False
Supporting sentence: “She was a widow who lived hundreds of miles inland.”
(ii) Claude was Esther’s father’s name. True
Supporting sentence: “Philippa was her mother’s name and Claude was her father’s.”
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