Mongoose Question Answers – Odisha Board – Class 8 English
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Board |
Odisha State Board |
| Class |
8 |
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Subject |
English |
| Book Name |
A New Approach to English |
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Lesson |
03 (Mongoose) |
| Topic |
Question Answers Solution |
SGP-1
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
1.) What are the paras about?
Ans. The paras are about mongooses and their habits.
2.) Both the paras talk about the one very common nature of mongooses. What is that common nature?
Ans. The common nature is that the mongoose hunt together.
3.) Mongoose do two kinds of things. In other words, their activities or work can be divided into two kinds. What are they?
Ans. The activities of the mongoose can be divided into two kinds which are their living together and hunting together.
4.) One of them is looking for food. What do mongooses normally eat? (See the last part of para-1)
Ans. The mongooses normally eat beetles, millipedes and other small creatures.
5.) They eat beetles, millipedes etc. But the mongooses are also eaten by other creatures. Who are these big creatures?
Ans. The big creatures are hawks and eagles who eat mongoose.
6.) They look for food but they also look out for _____.
Ans. the dangers like bigger creatures like hawks and eagles.
7.) One very common nature of mongooses is living and hunting together. Both the paras talk about this common feature. Give some examples in support of this from these two paras.
Ans. One very common nature of mongooses is living and hunting together. Examples from both the paras are they always come out from hiding places like rocks and bushes by calling and twittering and they always move around and hunt in groups.
8.) How do they keep in touch with one another?
Ans. The mongooses keep in touch with one another by making twittering and calling.
9.) How do they warn each other when they see anything dangerous and suspicious?
Ans. The mongooses warn each other with a special alarm call if they anything dangerous and suspicious.
10.) The writer calls the mongoose very amusing animals. When do they look amusing?
Ans. The writer calls the mongooses very amusing animals when they poke their noses into holes, overturning rocks with their paws and scratching the ground with their sharp claws.
SGP-2
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS:
1.) What is the first para about?
Ans. The first deals with the capability of the mongooses to kill the snakes staying unhurt themselves.
2.) What are mongooses famous for?
Ans. The mongooses are famous for hunting and killing snakes.
3.) What is very special about their killing snakes?
Ans. The capability of the mongoose to kill the snakes by dodging their strikes every time efficiently is very special.
4.) What do they do when the snakes strike?
Ans. When the snakes strike the mongooses dodge every time and avoid the attacks of the snakes.
5.) Who is quicker -the snake in its strikes or the mongoose in dodging the strike?
Ans. The mongooses are quicker in dodging the strike of the snakes.
6.) When do they kill the snake, immediately or making it tired?
Ans. They continuously dodge the strikes and attacks of the snakes and make them tired.
7.) Where do mongooses live?
Ans. Mongooses live in a den made inside an old termite hill and hollow log.
8.) You already know form para 1 and 2 that mongooses live together. What other things of this togetherness do you find in para 4?
Ans. The togetherness of the mongooses that can be seen is that the all the female mongooses give birth to their kittens at the same time.
9.) Who looks after the kitten, the small ones, when most of them go out for food -the males or the females?
Ans. When most of the both male and females go out looking for food one or two male stay behind to stand guard and look for the kids till others return for the night.
10.) Can you guess why do the males stay behind?
Ans. The males stay behind to guard and look after the kids.
SGP-3
2) COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES:
a). MCQ:
Answer the following questions choosing the most appropriate alternatives.
1.) The enemy of mongooses is_____.
A.) beetle
B.) hawk
C.) millipede
D.) small creature
Ans. Hawk
2.) Mongooses are famous for _____.
A.) living together
B.) killing snakes without getting hurt
C.) twittering sad messages
D.) looking out for dangers
Ans. killing snakes without getting hurt
3.) Before killing a snake, mongooses _____
A.) call one another by twittering
B.) allow the snake to get into termite hole
C.) play with the snake
D.) make the snake tired
Ans. make the snake tired
4.) Mongooses look amusing when they
A.) poke their noses into holes
B.) overturn rocks with their paws
C.) scratch the ground with their sharp claws
D.) all the above
Ans. poke their noses into holes
b.) Stated below are some words and phrases. Place them under 4 paras in which these are found.
Termite hills, snakes, twittering, amusing animals, travelling in groups, dodging attacks, den, kitten, stand, guard poking noses into holes, scratching ground, special alarm call.
Para – 1 Para-2 Para-3 Para-4
Amusing animals Twittering snakes kitten
Travelling in groupsSpecial alarm callsdodging attacks stand guard
Poking noses into holes termite hills
Scratching grounds
SESSION -4
3.) LISTENING:
Listen to your teacher and fill in the gaps;
All the female mongooses have their kitten at about same time. They are raised by the whole group in aden
made inside an old termite hill or hollow log. When most of the adults are out looking for food, one or two stay behind to standguard until theothers return for the night.
SESSION -5
6.) USAGE:
b.) Read the following sentence.
While overturning rocks, mongooses look amusing. Now use the following words with ‘look’ and make similar sentences of your own.
Beautiful, tired, unhappy, serious
Look – Mongooses look for dangers before coming out of their shelter.
The sea beach is looks very beautiful.
The man looked tired.
Ishani was looking unhappy due to her results.
There was a serious on headmaster’s face.
SESSION -6
7.) WRITING:
Answer the following questions:
i.) What are the mongooses famous for?
Ans.The mongooses are famous for hunting and killing snakes.
ii.) What is special about their killing snakes?
Ans.The capability of the mongoose to kill the snakes by dodging their strikes every time efficiently is very special
iii.) Where do mongooses live?
Ans. Mongooses live in a den made inside an old termite hill and hollow log.
