The Wind Cap|Jane Yolen|West Bengal board class 8 English solution|Model Activity tasks|question and answer
Activity 1
Tick the correct alternative:
(i) The lad had wanted to be a (a) doctor (b) sportsman (c) sailor.
Ans: (c) sailor
(i) Mother told the lad that he knew the smell of the (a) soil (b) food (c) flower.
Ans: (a) soil
(ii) Jon put the turtle on his (a) back (b) head (c) hand.
Ans: (b) head
(iv) The fairy man wanted to know Jon's (a) age (b) name (c) heart's desire.
Ans: (c) heart's desire
Activity 2
Rearrange the following sentences in the correct order and put the numbers in the given boxes:
(1) Jon met the tiny green turtle.
(2) Mother said Jon was a farmer's son.
(3) The turtle changed to the tiny green fairy man.
(4) Jon plucked the turtle from his head.
(5) Jon did not express his wish.
(6) Jon bowed back.
Ans:
(1) ----- (2)
(2) ----- (1)
(3) ----- (4)
(4) ----- (3)
(5) ----- (6)
(6) ----- (5)
Activity 3
Answer the following question:
Why do you think Jon thought that the turtle would be safe on his head?
Ans: Jon was busy in ploughing while he found the turtle. So he put it on his head to keep him safe because the turtle might have been run over if he put it on some other places.
Activity 4
Complete the following sentences with information from the text:
(a) The cap that sailors most desire_was the wind cap.
(b) Seeing a ship anchored near the shore Jon requested the captain to take him along._
(c) By twisting the cap, Jon could summon_the from every direction.
(d) Jon desired to see the land because_he didn't set foot on land for a year and a day.
Activity 5
Answer the following questions:
(a) Why did the fairy man offer Jon the wind-cap?
Ans: The fairy main offered Jon the wind cap because Jon put him on his head to keep him safe.
(b) What was the condition that was associated with the wind cap?
Ans: The condition that was associated with the wind cap was that no human hand would ever be able to take the cap off.
(c) Why did Jon become popular with the sailors?
Ans: As Jon could supply the wind which the sailors desired for, he became popular with the sailors.
Activity 6
Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false statements in the given boxes. Give supporting statements for each of your answers:
(a) Jon never dreamt about the land.
Ans: [F]
Supporting Statements: 'However, Jon could not stop dreaming of the land.'
(b) The squall was called up because Jon was sleeping.
Ans: [T]
Supporting Statements: 'It called up a squall from the clear sky that hit the ship without a warning.'
(c) The captain was angry with Jon.
Ans: [T]
Supporting Statements: 'In anger, he grabbed him by the tail of his striped cap, twisted him thrice and flung him out to the sea.'
(d) Jon did not return the wind-cap to the fairy man.
Ans: [F]
Supporting Statements: 'He placed the wind cap under a stone where he knew the fairy man would find it.'
Activity 7
Answer the following questions:
(a) Why did the sailors try to rip off the cap from Jon's head?
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(b) How did Jon divide his time between land and sea?
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(c) Do you think Jon was rightly called Captain Turtle? Give reasons for your answer.
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(d) Why did Jon want to return the wind cap to the fairy man?
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Activity 8 (a)
Underline the verbs in the following sentences that suggest actions that began in the past and are still continuing:
(i) They have been travelling for ten hours.
(i) He thanked me for what I have been doing.
(ii) The baby has been sleeping all day.
This kind of tense is called Present Perfect Continuous Tense.
Activity 8 (b)
Underline the verbs in the following sentences which suggest actions that began before a certain point in the past and continued up to that time:
(i) They had been playing in the field for an hour before mother called them.
(i) When I visited my uncle, he had been teaching in a school there for five years.
(ii) Rita had been studying in our school for the last eight years since I met her.
This kind of tense is called Past Pertoct Continuaue Tanse.
Activity 8 (c)
Fill in the blanks with either the Present Perfect Continuous or Past Perfect tense.
(i) The rain had been pouring when I left home. (pour)
(ii) The engineers have been building_the bridge for the past few months. (build)
(i) The performers have been singing_since evening. (sing)
(iv)At that time, Mr. Roy had been writing_poems for one month. (write)
Activity 9
Replace the underlined words with their antonyms:
(a) Jon had always obeyed his mother.
Ans: Jon had always disobeyed his mother.
(b) Jon began his first ever sea voyage.
Ans: Jon finished his first ever sea voyage.
(c) He became very popular with the sailors.
Ans:He became very unpopular with the sailors.
(d) In Jon's dream the seasons turned rapidly
Ans: In Jon's dream the seasons turned slowly .
Activity 10(a)
Imagine you are out on the open sea in a boat with waves rising all around you.Would you feel scared or excited? Write a paragraph in about eighty words describing your experience of the sea voyage.
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Activity 10(b)
Suppose you had wished to perform on stage for a long time. On the occasion of your school's annual function, you finally got a chance to do so. Write a letter to your friend describing how you felt when your wish was fulfilled.
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