Activities on 'Into the Wild'
Activity Sheet No.1
Read the extract and do all the activities given below.
( The eight-and-a-half hour ........... had moved away.)
A1. Arrange the following statements in order as the events have occurred in the extract.
1. The narrator took entries of birds in his notes.
2. He took the familiar trail to Pitezari.
3. He camouflaged the hide and took his essentials.
4. Alarm call of langur surprised him.
A2 Pick out the scenes that makes the narrator confirm about the predator's presence.
A3. Find out the carefulness and alertness of the Langurs for each other.
A4. Suggest the ways to save oneself from the clutches of predators in the forest.
A5. Language Study
1. I lifted my camera bag and took the familiar trail to Pitezari. ( Rewrite the sentence beginning with 'Lifting my camera....' and removing 'and'.)
2. The Langur is the most reliable when it comes to finding clues about the presence of the apex predators in the jungle. ( Rewrite the sentence beginning with ' No other animal .....)
A6. Find the words which mean :
a. sudden change b. an animal that preys on other c. frightened d. topmost
Activity Sheet No.2
Read the extract and do all the activities given below.
(I had apparently entered....... was melting down like a fleeting runner.)
A1 Choose the appropriate option and rewrite the statement.
1. The narrator had entered in the sanctum sanctorum of a bear/leopard/tiger.
2. The narrator saw a bear/tiger/man at a distance.
3. The narrator visited Umbarzara/Pitezari/Iskape regularly.
4. He was vanished/lost/found in the forest of Umbarzara.
A2. Give reason for the following statements:
1. Raju Iskape was amazed knowing that the narrator regularly visits Umbarzara.
2. Raju and the narrator felt relaxed.
A3. Describe the journey of the narrator.
A4. Imagine you are lost in the thick forest. Write how you would feel.
A5. Language Study
Rewrite as instructed.
1. But the cat was not visible. (Rewrite as affirmative sentence.)
2. We stopped under a tree to take a break. (Rewrite the sentence using gerund form of the underlined word.)
A6. Find the antonyms for the following words .
a. Accompanied b. giant c. wide d. freezing
Activity Sheet No. 3
Read the extract and do all the activities given below.
(Soaked in my own sweat..........................................our good luck.)
À1 Choose the statements that summarise the extract.
1. The narrator is completely lost in forest and trying hard to find a way to get secured.
2. He was trapped among the hillocks and kept walking in hope.
3. After a while he spotted a village following the sound of loudspeaker and light of lantern.
4. The narrator was exploring the jungle.
A2. Complete the table
Birds in the extract | Animals in the extract |
---|---|
1. ------------ 2. ------------ | 1. ------------ 2. ------------ |
A3. I found my silver lining on this trail. Explain
A4. Give your yonger brother/sister an advice what to do in case he/she gets lost in a town.
A5. Vocabulary
Make use of given phrases in your own sentences. One is done for you.
at a frantic speed - I ran at a frantic speed to reach the centre of examination.
a . to one's heart's content b. in a jiffy.
A6. Language Study
1. I was still there searching for a suitable tree to climb and get secured. (Rewrite using past perfect continuous tense.)
2. The sloth bear of Umbarzara must be out in open sniffing for food. (Replace the modal auxiliary with another indicating less possibility.)
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