Unseen passage
Once there was a cowboy. He was a liar. He tended his cows by a forest. One day he cried out to make a fun, “tiger, tiger, help, help.” The villagers ran to help him. But they found no tiger. The cowboy laughed at them. So they went away. He did this fun once again. The people came as before. They again saw the same trick and became very angry. One day the tiger really came. The cowboy cried out for help. But none came to help him. The tiger killed the boy and his cows.
1. Fill in the gaps with suitable words. There are extra words which you need not to use.
a. A cowboy ____ his cows by the forest.
b. One day he cried out to make a _____ ‘tiger, tiger, help, help.’
c. But it was his _____.
d. He ____ at the villagers.
e. One day the tiger ____ came.
2. Write ‘True’ for correct statement or ‘False’ for incorrect statement.
a) The cowboy was naughty.
b) The villagers ran to help him.
c) The cowboy laughed at the villagers.
d) One day the tiger really came.
e) The villagers became happy.
f) At last the tiger killed him.
3. Write the following answers :
a) How was the cowboy?
b) Where did the cowboy tend his cows?
c) Why did the cowboy cried out?
d) Who ran to help the cowboy?
e) Why did the villagers become angry?
Answer
1.
a) tended
b) fun c) trick
d) laughed e) really
2.
a) True b) True
c) True d) True
e) False f) True
3.
a) The cowboy was a liar.
b) The cowboy tended his cows by a forest.
c) The cowboy cried out to make a fun.
d) The villagers ran to help the cowboy.
e) The villagers became angry because the cowboy made a trick thus they became fool.
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