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Question and Answers of the Lesson ‘Anansi and Five’
A. COMPREHENSION
1. Answer the following questions.
α. What was the witch’s name and why didn’t she like it?
b. What was the witch doing in her garden?
c. Why was Anansi pleased?
d. What was the first animal that Anansi tricked?
e. Which animals were not fooled by Anansi?
f. What things could you buy in the market?
g. Why was Mrs Shrew going to the market?
h. Why did Anansi get angry with Mrs Shrew?
i. How many characters are there in the story you have just read? Make a list.J. This question is more difficult. Discuss it first.
What clues are there in the story which tell us that Anansi was no nice spider?
Answers:
a. The witch’s name was Five. She didn’t like it because all her life people laughed or looked surprised when they heard it.
b. The witch was stirring her big cooking pot and muttering a magic spell in her garden.
c. Anansi was pleased because he heard the witch’s curse that anyone who said the word “five” would disappear, and he thought he could use it to get food.
d. The first animal that Anansi tricked was Mrs Rabbit.
e. The animals that were not fooled by Anansi were Miss Frog and Mrs Shrew.
f. In the market, you could buy yams, beets, pulses, and grains.
g. Mrs Shrew was going to the market to sell her freshly made pies so she could buy delicious food for her family.
h. Anansi got angry with Mrs Shrew because she would not say the word “five” and kept counting in a different way.
i. There are seven characters in the story:
- Anansi
- The Witch
- Mrs Rabbit
- Mr Duck
- Miss Frog
- Mrs Shrew
- Anansi’s family (mentioned, not active in story)
j. The clues showing that Anansi was not a nice spider are:
- He planned to trick others so they would disappear.
- He ate all the food himself without thinking of his hungry family.
- He was greedy and wanted to repeat his trick to get more food.
2. Fill in the blanks with suitable words from the story.
a. Anansi was a trickster and he was having a ______ time.
b. Anansi ______ through a gap in the witch’s fence.
c. He imagined what ______ foods he would find.
d. A ______ sound pulled Anansi from his day dream.
e. She walked tothe ______ mound and stood on it.
f. Anansi ______ and showed all his sharp teeth.
Answer:
a. Anansi was a trickster and he was having a difficult time.
b. Anansi peeked through a gap in the witch’s fence.
c. He imagined what delicious foods he would find.
d. A scurrying sound pulled Anansi from his daydream.
e. She walked to the nearest mound and stood on it.
f. Anansi grinned and showed all his sharp teeth.
3. Answer the questions about these lines from the story.
‘1, 2, 3, 4, and this one that I am sitting on.’
a. Who says these words?
b. What is the speaker counting?
c. Why does the speaker say, ‘and this one that I am sitting on’?
d. What happens after this?
Answers:
a. These words are said by Mrs Shrew.
b. The speaker is counting Anansi’s yam mounds.
c. She says, “and this one that I am sitting on” to avoid saying the word “five” so she won’t disappear.
d. After this, Anansi gets angry and tells her to say “five.” When he says it himself, he disappears in a burst of sparks.
B. WORKING WITH WORDS
1. See if you can find the answers to the following descriptions. Unscramble these four words to use in the spaces.
Cotord netdist runes chareteA person who treats people who are sick
b. A person who looks after people in a hospital is a
C. A person who helps children to learn is a
d. A person who looks after people’s teeth is a
Answer:
Unscrambled words:
- Cotord → doctor
- netdist → dentist
- runes → nurse
- charete → teacher
a. A person who treats people who are sick — doctor.
b. A person who looks after people in a hospital is a — nurse.
c. A person who helps children to learn is a — teacher.
d. A person who looks after people’s teeth is a — dentist.
2. Who are the following people? Write three or four sentences like those above about the people shown below. (See the book for the full questions)
Answer:
- The first person is cleaning the ground with a broom. He may be a ‘sweeper’.
- The second person is carrying baskets, so they might be a vendor who sells goods in the market.
- The third person is mending shoes. He is a ‘coobler’.
- The fourth person is driving a taxi, so they are a taxi driver who helps people travel from place to place.
- The fifth person is in uniform and may be a police officer. They help keep people safe and maintain law and order.
3. The opposites of these words are all in the story. Find them.
Answer:
a. difficult b. furthest c. kind d. pleased e. disappeared f.hated g. high h. heavy i. unpleasant
PUNCTUATION
4. Separate these sentences using semicolons, commas, and full stops. (Don’t forget to start each new sentence with a capital letter.)
Answer:
a. He shot an arrow; they just watched.
b. They were good archers; he was good at everything.
c. The dog did not die; it could not bark or eat.
d. I have two brothers, Noman and Khalid; he has a sister, Ayesha.
e. We like to swim every day; she does not.
C. LEARNING ABOUT LANGUAGE
ADVERBS
1. Choose suitable adverbs from the box to add to the sentences given below.
Answers:
a. Yesterday, he swiftly/carefully wrote a letter to his sister.
b. He bravely faced the tiger, which was swiftly leaping angrily at his throat.
c. The man with the bad leg slowly/painfully climbed the mountain track.
d. The arrow flew smoothly/straight through the air at the target.
e. I am going to my father’s house tomorrow/immediately.
f.The man with the bundle shouted loudly/angrily at his donkey.
g. The girl danced beautifully/gracefully, but did not sing at all.
h. The boy sped straight down the steep road on his cycle.
WRITING QUESTIONS
2. Change the following into questions.
Answers:
a. Can a salesman travel far?
b. Does Sodium Benzoate have a particular smell?
c. Are the hotel’s rooms expensive?
d. Is the cash drawer full of notes?
e. Is Sibi a place in Balochistan?
f. Are the salesman’s goods offered at a discount?
