“Our Runaway Kite” is a lesson of Textbook “Bliss” approved by West Bengal Board of Secondary Education for Students of Class 10. Here all the Activity Questions are done by teachers.
Our Runaway Kite : Unit 1
Comprehension exercises
1. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentence
(a) The keeper of the Big Half Moon Lighthouse is
(i) Aunt Esther
(ii) Father
(iii) Claude
(iv) Dick
Answer: The keeper of the Big Half Moon Lighthouse is – Father.
(b) The family moved over to the mainland in
(i) summer
(ii) spring
(iii) monsoon
(iv) winter
Answer: The family moved over to the mainland in – winter.
(c) When asked about relations, Father looked
(i) happy
(ii) angry
(iii) sorrowful
(iv) irritated
Answer: When asked about relations, Father looked – sorrowful.
2. Fill in the chart with information from the text:
| (a) name of the island | |
| (b) age of Claude | |
| (c) the game played by Claude and the narrator |
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 | Pirate caves |
3. State whether the following statements are True or False. Provide phrases/words in support of your answer:
(i) People felt that Claude and the narrator were lonesome in the island.
Supporting statement: ____________________
Answer: (i) People felt that Claude and the narrator were lonesome in the island. [True]
Supporting statement: “They said we must be lonesome over there, with no other children near us.”
(ii) Claude and the narrator quarrelled.
Supporting statement: ____________________
Answe: (ii) Claude and the narrator quarrelled. [False]
Supporting statement: “Claude and I never quarreled.”
(iii) Nobody on the mainland had relations.
Supporting statement: ____________________
Answer: (iii) Nobody on the mainland had relations. [False]
Supporting statement: “Everybody on the mainland had relations”.
Our Runaway Kite : Unit 2
Comprehension Exercises
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
Answer: In summer the Big Half Moon is always – lovely.
(b) Back on the island, Claude and the narrator made plenty of
(i) puppets
(ii) masks
(iii) kites
(iv) envelopes
Answer: Back on the island, Claude and the narrator made plenty of – kites.
(c) The kite was patched with a
(i) newspaper
(ii) letter
(iii) envelope
(iv) card
Answer: The kite was patched with a – letter.
5. Complete the following sentences with information from the text:
(i) A boy on the mainland showed _____________________
Answer: A boy on the mainland showed how to make kites.
(ii) On the kite Claude and the narrator pasted _________________________
Answer: On the kite Claude and the narrator pasted tinsel stars all over it and had written their names on it.
(iii) Claude was standing with _________________________
Answer: Claude was standing with a bit of cord of the sailed away kite in his hand, looking foolish.
6. Fill in the chart with information from the text:
| Statement | Reason |
| (a) The narrator’s elbow went through the kite. | |
| (b) Claude and the narrator hurried to fix the kite. | |
| (c) The kite soared. |
Answer:
| Statement | Reason |
| (a) The narrator’s elbow went through the kite. | When the narrator was bringing the kite from the house, she tripped and fell over the rocks. |
| (b) Claude and the narrator hurried to fix the kite. | They wanted to send the kite up before the wind fell. |
| (c) The kite soared. | The wind was glorious. |
Our Runaway Kite : Unit 2
Comprehension Exercises
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
Answer: A letter came for father after a – month.
(b) Father left home after quarrelling with his
(i) brother
(ii) sister
(iii) aunt
(iv) uncle
Answer: Father left home after quarrelling with his – brother.
(c) Dick and Mimi discovered the kite on the top of a
(i) roof
(ii) tree
(iii) lighthouse
(iv) light post
Answer: Dick and Mimi discovered the kite on the top of a – tree.
8. Fill in the chart with information from the text:
Answer:
| (a) person who sent the letter | Narrator’s aunt Esther, mother of Dick and Mimi |
| (b) name of Aunt Esther’s mother | Philippa |
| (c) total number of family members in the narrator’s family at present | Five |
9. Answer the following questions:
(a) What did Father find when he went back home years afterward?
Answer: When father went back home years afterwards he found his brother had died and he could not find his sister.
(b) Where did Aunt Esther live?
Answer: Aunt Esther lived hundreds of miles inland.
(c) Why did Aunt Esther turn pale?
Answer: When Aunt Esther found the kite patched with the same letter she had written to her brother earlier, she turned pale.
Our Runaway Kite : Grammar in Use
10. Change the following sentences into questions, as directed:
(a) Shankha lives in Alipurduar. (Information question using ‘where’)
Answer: Where does Sankha live?
(b) They have gone to a picnic. (Interrogative sentence using ‘where’)
Answer: Where have they gone?
(c) I went to school yesterday. (Simple question using ‘did’)
Answer: When did you go to school?
(d) Tia studies in class X. (Information question using ‘which’)
Answer: Which class does Tia study?
Our Runaway Kite : 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:
Here is an imaginary dialogue between a shopkeeper and me when I went to his shop to get the sudden tyre puncture of my bicycle fixed.
Me: Good morning!
Shopkeeper: Good morning, Son! How can I help you?
Me: I need a puncture to be fixed.
Shopkeeper: In which tire did it occur?
Me: In front tyre.
Shopkeeper: Oh! I will surely fix it up.
Me: How much time do you take for this task?
Shopkeeper: It needs approximately 30 minutes.
Me: How much do I have to give you for this?
Shopkeeper: 10 rupees only.
Me: Could you please fix it quickly? I have to go to school now.
Shopkeeper: Sure. I will try my best.
Me: Thank you for cooperating with me.
Shopkeeper: I understand. The problem of your cycle is fixed. You can go now.
Me: Thank you so much! Please take the money.
Shopkeeper: Thank you. Ride the cycle safely!
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:
A clever Crow and a flatter Fox
Once upon a time, there was a crow sitting on a tree. He had a piece of meat in its beak. At that moment a fox passed under the tree. His mouth watered when he saw the piece of meat. By anyhow he wants the piece of meat. He thought of a plan to get it. The fox praised the voice of the crow. The fox told the crow to sing a song. He planned that, when the crow opened his mouth to sing the song, the piece of meat would fall down from his beak. But the clever Crow keeps the piece of meat under his feet and sings. Thus the crow befooled the fox. The fox leaves sadly then.
[Moral: Don’t Believe A Flatterer]