Activity Questions and Answers from “Clouds”
Textbook Activity solved:
CLOUDS
– Intizar Hussain
Activity – 1
Rearrange the following sentences in the correct order and put the numbers in the boxes:
A) He saw a grass-cutter coming from the other direction. > 4
B) The grass-cutter was amazed. > 6
C) He reached the old mud hut. > 2
D) He wandered in search of the clouds. > 1
E) He asked the grass-cutter if he had noticed the clouds. > 5
F) He turned onto the dirt track. > 3
Activity – 2
Complete the following sentences with information from the text:
A) The grass-cutter had a bundle __________.
Ans- of freshly cut grass balanced on his head.
B) He was disappointed to see that __________.
Ans- The grass-cutter was still mystified.
C) The farmer could not make __________.
Ans- sense of the question.
D) He was asking for the clouds like a man __________.
Ans- who has lost a child.
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Activity – 3
Answer the following question:
“No one could give him a satisfactory answer” – Why do you think no one could give him a satisfactory answer?
Ans- No, no one could give him a satisfactory answer because they failed to understand what he actually meant.
Activity – 4
Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false statements in the given boxes. Give a supporting statement for each of your answers:
A) In the morning, the boy asked the first question to his father.
Ans- False; Supporting Statement: His father was the first he had asked in the morning.
B) The boy’s mother asked him to go to school.
Ans- True; Supporting Statement: ” Wash quickly, eat your breakfast and go to school”. – said Ammaji.
C) When he got up in the morning, he saw that the sky was cloudless.
Ans- True; Supporting Statement: The sky was clear and empty.
D) The boy was happy to think that he had fallen asleep.
Ans- False; Supporting Statement: And it saddened him to think that he had fallen asleep.
Activity – 5
Answer the following questions:
A) Which question hunted the boy?
Ans- The question that hunted the boy was “where did the clouds go?”
B) What did the boy see in the middle of the night?
Ans- In the middle of the night the boy saw clouds gathering in the dark sky.
C) How did he feel as he walked between the fields?
Ans- In the fierce that he felt as if his body was on fire and his throat was dry.
D) What did he do after reaching the shelter of the tree?
Ans- After reaching the shelter of the tree he splashed the cool water on his dusty feet washed his hands and face and drank his fill.