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CH 5 Sniffles...

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ASTER PUBLIC SCHOOL,GR.

NOIDA WEST
HS-1,SECTOR-3
English Literature : Main Course Book
Ch.5 Sniffles, the crocodile and Punch, the butterfly

A. New Words :

1. swamp 11. floating


2. sniff 12. remembered
3. thought 13. snapped
4. feeler 14. gnashing
5. curled 15. whipping
6. perched 16. menacingly
7. settled 17. threaten
8. puzzled 18. sniveling
9. rotten 19. breathe
10. frightened 20.complaining

B. Word Meanings
Words Meanings
1. swamp a low lying area that is very wet or covered with
water
2. sniff to breathe in air through the nose hard enough to
make a sound
3. snivelling crying and complaining in an annoying way
4. hunt to chase and catch or kill animals
5. feeler one of the two thin stalks on the heads of some
insects with which it touches and feels things.
6. sobbing crying noisily
7. snapped make a sudden audible bite
8. gnashing grind (one’s teeth) together as a sign of anger
9. whipping moving suddenly and quickly
10. menacingly threateningly

C. Frame meaningful sentences for the given words :


a) swamp –
b) sobbing –
c) punch –
d) hide –
e) crocodiles -
ASTER PUBLIC SCHOOL,GR.NOIDA WEST
HS-1,SECTOR-3
D. Answer the following questions :
a) What was Sniffles’ mother tired of? What did she say to Sniffles?
Ans: Sniffles’ mother was tired of Sniffles always shedding big crocodile tears.
She told him to stop crying and also asked him to go out for hunting his food.

b) Why did the other crocodiles laugh at Sniffles?


Ans: Sniffles was big and strong but he did not want to kill other animals. Punch
was small and weak but she said that she would punch others in their face. Other
crocodiles laughed at this funny pair of friends.

c) How did the crocodiles save themselves when the men came with guns?
Ans: The crocodiles went deep into the river and left some rotten logs floating on
the water. The men shot at the logs which looked like crocodiles from a distance.

d) How did the crocodiles save the butterflies when the men arrived with nets?
Ans: All the crocodiles came to the riverbank. A few of the crocodiles circled
around the men as they came closer. When the men saw crocodile snap their jaws,
they became scared and ran away.

e) Why do you think Sniffles was given that name?


Ans: Sniffles was given that name because he was always shedding big crocodile
tears and sniffling.

E. Choose the correct answer:


a) Sniffles was a __________, whereas Punch was a ________________.
(i) crocodile, butterfly(  )
(ii) peacock, lion
(iii) butterfly, crocodile

b) Men catch the butterflies with the help of ______.


(i) net (  )
(ii) guns
(iii) buckets

c) Who saved the butterflies in the swamp?


(i) the crocodiles (  )
(ii) the lions
(iii) the birds
ASTER PUBLIC SCHOOL,GR.NOIDA WEST
HS-1,SECTOR-3
d) Punch was the friend of _________
(i) Mary Hopkins
(ii) Beth
(iii) Sniffles (  )

BOOK EXERCISES
VOCABULARY

Compound Words
A. Use the picture clues to form compound words.
1. cow + boy = cowboy
2. sun + flower = sunflower
3. table + mat = tablemat
4. moon + light = moonlight
5. bed + room = bedroom

B. Compound Words
1. book + shelf = bookshelf
2. lap + top = laptop
3. hair + brush = hairbrush
4. tooth + paste = toothpaste

C. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the nouns given in the bracket.
1. We lost the first match but we won the next two matches.
2. My school has twenty buses. I also take a bus to school
3. My father bought two watches, one for my sister and another for me.
4. We saw several foxes at the zoo. One brown fox was sleeping.
5. There is a thorny bush next to the gate. There are many bushes behind the
house.

GRAMMAR
A. Put the correct punctuation mark at the end of each sentence.
1) ! 2) ? 3) ! 4) ?
5) ! 6) ? 7) ? 8) ?

B. Underline possessive pronouns in the sentences.


1. his
2. mine
3. yours
ASTER PUBLIC SCHOOL,GR.NOIDA WEST
HS-1,SECTOR-3
4. mine
5. hers

C. Put the adjectives in the correct order.


1. fierce Indian 2. clever young
3. red cotton 4. small round steel
5. beautiful old Chinese

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