Class 7
Special English
Lesson 5
The Wasp and the Bee
Special English
Online Lecture
Textual Exercise
Question 1.
Who is talking to the bee?
Answer:
The wasp is talking to the bee.
Question 2.
What does the wasp ask the bee?
Answer:
The wasp asks the bee why the people love her better than him.
Question 3.
How does the wasp explain himself?
Answer:
The wasp explains that he has a bright and golden yellow back. His shape is also graceful and charming.
Question 4.
What does the bee tell the wasp?
Answer:
The bee tells the wasp that the people love her because she does not do any mischief with them.
Question 5.
Why don’t people like the wasp despite it being elegant?
Answer:
The wasp is elegant and has a charming shape and beautiful body. However the people do not like him because he stings the people out of fun and mischief.
Question 6.
How does the bee explain herself?
Answer:
The bee tells the wasp that her dress is homely and plain. She has also got a small sting yet she is good-natured. She remains busy and does not sting the people. Therefore, the people do not get angry with her even though she is black in colour.
Question 7.
Whom do the people like, the bee or the wasp?
Answer:
The people like bee better than the wasp.
B. Read the following sentences and tick true or false.
- A bee met a wasp that was just buzzing by. T / F
- The wasp’s is as yellow as gold. T / F
- Everybody likes the bee. T / F
- The wasp’s dress is bright and costly. T / F
- The bee is busy and good natured. T / F
Answer:
- False
- True
- True
- True
- True
Word Power
A. Fill in the blank spaces using these words to complete the given paragraph:
(buzzing, yellow, elegant, delicate, sting, likes, shape)
A wasp met a bee that was………… He said to the bee that his back is as …………. as gold. And his shape is most………. Yet nobody……………… him. The bee says, “You have a fine……….. and a wing, but there’s one thing which people cannot put up with, and that is your………..
Answer:
buzzing, yellow, elegant, likes, shape, delicate, sting
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