: Activity 1 :
Rearrange the following sentences in the correct order and put the numbers in the given boxes:
(1) He saw a grass-cutter coming from the other direction. [ 4 ]
(2) The grass-cutter was surprised. [ 6 ]
(3) He reached the old mud hut. [ 2 ]
(4) He wandered in search of the clouds. [ 1 ]
(5) He asked the grass-cutter if he had noticed the clouds. [ 5 ]
(6) He turned onto the dirt track. [ 3 ]
: Activity 2:
Complete the following sentences with information from the text:
b) He was disappointed to see that the grass cutter was still my stified.
c) The farmer couldn’t make sense of the boy’s question.
d) He was asking for the clouds like a man who has lost his child and ask wayfarers if they have seen a child wandering .
: Activity 3 :
Answer the following questions:
“But no one could give him a satisfactory answer” — Why do you think no one could give him a satisfactory answer?
Ans: I think everyone tried to give answers but they had not a satisfactory answer because the question he asked , had no sense to everyone. Actually, he was asking about the clouds as if he was looking for a lost child .And that’s why none could understand the meaning of heat question.
: Activity 4 :
Write ‘T’ for Tense and ‘F’ for false statement in the boxes given. Give supporting statements for each of your answer :
a) In the morning the boy asked the first questions to his father
Ans: F
Supporting Statement: early in the morning the question was asked by the lad to his Father ‘ papaji , where are the clouds going ?’
b) The boy’s mother asked him to go to school
Ans: T
Supporting Statement: come on , hurry up! For the school but first have a breakfast.
c) When the boy got up in the morning , he saw that the sky was cloudless
Ans: T
Supporting Statement: The sky clearly was open and empty !
d) The boy was happy to think that he had fallen asleep
Ans: F
Supporting Statement: it made sad him to think that he had fallen asleep .
: Activity 5 :
Answer the following questions:
a) Which question haunted the boy ?
Ans: The question was asked to his father which was “ where did the clouds go?”
b) What did the boy see in the middle of the night ?
Ans: in the mid night the boy saw the clouds was dense , black one in the occasional flashes of lightening.
c) How did he feel as he walked between the fields?
Ans: The lad felt that his body was full of fire and fully dry was of his throat in the fierce heat of the sun .
d) What did he do after reaching the shelter of the tree ?
Ans: The boy had to be splashed the cool water from the Persian wheel on his dusty feet. He then decided to wash his hands , face and drank to his satisfaction.
: Activity 6 :
Fill in the chart with information from the text:
: Activity 7 :
Answer the following questions :
a) What did the old man say about the place where he once lived?
Ans: The old man told the boy that about the place where already lived it did not rain for 10 years.
b) How did the boy feel as he reached the mud -hut?
Ans: The boy felt chilly cold in the air as soon as he reached the mud -hut.
c) What did the boy do as he stood under the Juman tree?
Ans: The boy enjoyed to put the raindrops on his head felt chill as he stood under the Jamun tree.
d) Why did the clouds shed rain in the absence of the boy?
Ans: There are some natural things which are importantly connected to living beings and non living things such as Clouds and Rain etc. No body can guess whether the clouds can create in the sky while it will be rain .And so the clouds shed rain in the absence of the boy.