1. What made the narrator go on a voyage?

2. How did the narrator and his friends feed themselves?

3. The narrator and his companions were on the tree. The serpent swallowed his companion but not the narrator. Why?

Ans- The serpent killed the narrator companions but not narrator because they were on lower part of the tree whereas the narrator was on the top.

4. How did the narrator save himself from the serpent?

5. Find the words in the story which mean the nearest to the words given below.

6.Now find words in the story which mean the opposite of the given words.

1. The story of Miraculous Escape has a number of words which describe the narrator’s feeling of fear and getting tired of the journey. List the words of the two feelings and experiences. 

Fear-Terrific , haunted

Getting tired-Exhausted, bored , stress out, tired,

2. Can you now add suffix which can mean or relate to the word ‘fear’? First one has been done for you.

(a) fearsome

(b) fearful

(c) fearless

(d) fearfulness 

(e) fearsomeness

(f) fear-ridden

(g) fear-affected

(h) fear-stricken

Reported Speech:

 Reporting questions 1. You have learnt how to report questions from direct to indirect speech. Here is a paragraph with direct speech questions. Read them carefully and report into indirect speech. Rewrite the paragraph in the space given below. 

 Once an old man asked a young boy, “Who do you think are the most intelligent people?” The young man said in return, “Who do you think so?” The old man said, “How can sons and daughters be intelligent without learning from their parents?” The young man said, “How did you as a parent learn?” The old man said, “Why are you hijacking my question by asking me back?” The young man said, “Didn’t you know that you as a parent, now have learnt all the things on your own?” The old man said, “How do you say that we all learnt from others?” The young man said, “Why do you ask me about how to operate electronic gadget all the time?” The old man said, “Why can’t I ask you because I have paid for the gadget you use?”

Ans. Once an old man asked a young boy who he thought were the most intelligent people. The young man said in return who he thought so. The old man asked how son and daughters could be intelligent without learning from their parents. The young man asked how he had as a parent learnt. The old man asked why he was hijacking his question by asking him back. The young man asked if he had not known that be as a parent, now had learnt all the things on his own. The old man asked how he said that they all had learnt from others. The young man asked why he asked him about how to operate electronic gadget all the time. The old man asked why he couldn't ask him because he had paid for the gadget he used.

2. Now here is a set of sentences given in indirect speech. Change them into direct speech.

2. Rearrange each set of words to make sentences. Use appropriate punctuation marks.

Ans-A. She turned palewhen I gave her the bad news.                                                                                 B. Don't eat the apple as it has become, rotten

1. Where is the village of Sarneshwar?

Ans- Sarneshwar village is in Rajasthan.

2. Whose hut had caught fire?

Ans-Jhalaram's hut in Rajasthan suddenly catch fire.

3. Who all were there in the hut when it caught fire?

Ans- Jhalaram's two daughter, aged two and a half year and one year, as well as ten goats were in the hut when it caught fire

4. Why did Shrawan run towards Jhalaram’s house?

Ans-Shrawan run towards Jhalaram's house because he saw smoke coming out of the hut.

5. How did Shrawan save the two children?

Ans-Shrawan pulled both the girls out of the hut. Then, he ran towards his father and the girl's father to inform them.

6. What happened to the goats?

Ans-Goats died in the fire.

Your points:

1. A group of pictures are given here. They make a story. This story is from the Tales of Panchatantra.