#3: VIII> 10 Marks on Wind Cap with Tense

Class: VIII | Full marks: 10 | Time: 30 minutes

1. Read the following passage and answer the questions set below it :

"Oh, let me go ashore just for one day,” he begged the captain when they had sighted land. he promised he would return but the captain was unmoved. However, Jon could not stop dreaming of the land.

One quiet afternoon, he lay fast asleep and fell to dreaming again. Unknown to him, the ship stood offshore from his old farm. In Ton's dream the seasons turned rapidly and as each turn, so did Jon in his bed. Consequently, the cap on his head twisted around and about. It called up a squall from the clear sky that hit the ship without a warning.

The wind had been whirling about the boat tearing the sails and snapping the spars. "It's his fault," the sailors cried. They shouted in anger and fear and tried to rip the cap off his head.

A. Fill in the following chart with information from the text. 1x3=3

i. Action: Jon begged the captain to let him go ashore

When:

ii. When: The cap on his head twisted around and about it.

Action:

iii. Action: They tried to rip the cap off his head

When:

B. Rearrange the following statements in their proper order. 1/2x6=3

Write the numbers beside the SENTENCES

a. The captain was unmoved.
b. b. It called up a squall from the sky.
c. The cap on his head twisted around and about.
d. He begged to the captain let him go ashore.
e. He lay fast asleep and fell to dreaming.
f. It was one afternoon.