The New Flower
1. This is an interesting story. Did you enjoy reading it? Now you have to tell your partner about some interesting points you must have noted:
1.At the beginning, the story tells us that
two people – a man and a girl – have become friends (true / not true)
Answer:True
2.The man’s name is Bond. The girl’s
name is
Answer:Usha
3.The man is a writer. The girl is a
……… girl.
Answer:school
4.The girl is a ………… student.
Answer:good
5.The man and the girl share a common
interest. They both keep looking for new ………..
Answer:species
6.They are both attracted by
i. a new flower.
ii. the goats that they meet.
iii. the rain clouds in the Himalayas.
iv. the cold winds that hum and whistle through the pines.
Answer:i. a new flower
7.On the Yugadi day the man finds a new flower
(true / not true)
Answer:True
8.We call this day Yugadi. What do people in
Himachal Pradesh call it?
Answer:Basant Panchami
9.The girl predicts a heavy rain on that day
(true/ not true)
Answer:True
10.The man teaches the girl how a plant seeds, (true / not true)
Answer:Not true
11.Who saved the plant from the goats? How?
Answer:Usha advanced on the goat shouting with an open blue umbrella and drives
them away
12.The girl knows the goat language because
Answer:She had her own goats at home
13.A year passes. The plant withers, (true /
not true)
Answer:Not True
14.The two friends could not say that the new
flower was their discovery because
Answer:they did not know its botanical name
15.The author had wondered what its name
could be. But the villagers had given it the name ………..
Answer:Basant
16.What Latin name is given for an other
flower in the story? (Botony gives Latin names for trees, plants, flowers and
fruits.)
Answer:Nasturtiums
II Glossary:
Scramble: More Away Quickly
Rattle: Rapid Knowing Sound
Swish: A Soft Rushing Sound or Movement
Partial: In Favour of One side In A Dispute.
Steep: Rising Or Falling Sharply
Shoo: An Exclamation Used To Drive Away An Animal.
Baleful: Threatening Retreat – Withdraw From An Attack on Enemy Forces
Flourish: Develop Vigorously
Adversity: Unpleasant Situation
Species: A Group of Similar organisims, Individuals, animals or Birds.
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