Read the text and answer the following questions.

The family gathering in the yard carried on with laughter and conversations. At one point, the children asked their grandfather to tell them a story. So, he began to tell the tale of a selfish giant who had a beautiful garden.

The Selfish Giant

Every afternoon, as they were coming from school, the children used to go and play in the Giant's garden.

It was a large lovely garden, with soft green grass. Here and there over the grass stood beautiful flowers. All around the garden were trees filled with sweet fruit. The birds sat on the trees and sang so sweetly that the children used to stop their games in order to listen to them. 'How happy we are here!" they cried to each other. One day the Giant came back. He had been to visit his friend in a distant land, and had stayed with him for seven years. When he arrived, he saw the children playing in his garden.

'What are you doing here?' cried the Giant in a very gruff voice. The children ran away in fear.

'My own garden is my own garden,' said the Giant. "I will allow nobody to play in it but myself." So, he built a high wall all round the garden, and put up a notice:

TRESPASSERS WILL BE PUNISHED

• (2) Answer the following questions.
• (a)

  When did the children play in the Giant's garden?

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• (b)

  How was the garden?

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• (c)

  Why did the Giant not allow anyone to play in the garden?

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• (d)

  What did the birds do in the garden?

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• (e)

  What did the Giant finally do?

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• (f)

  Whom did the giant visit before returning to his garden?

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• (g)

  What did the giant see after entering his garden?

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• (h)

  Do you think the Giant did the good thing?

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• (3) Fill in each gap with a suitable word based on the information of the text.
• (i)

  A giant had a beautiful (a) _______ with soft green grass, lovely flowers, and fruit-filled (b) ______ . Birds sang sweetly in the trees and (c) _______ happily played in the garden. One day, the giant returned from his seven-year long journey and found the children (d) ____ in the garden. He frightened them away with his (e) ______ voice.

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• (ii)

  Every afternoon, after school, the children (a) ________ go to play in the Giant's garden. It was not only a big (b) _______ a beautiful garden with soft green grass. Colorful flowers (c) ________ all over the grass. There were trees around the garden (d) _______ of sweet fruit. The birds sang so sweetly from the trees that the children would stop (e) ________ to listen. "How happy we are here!" they said to each other.

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• (4) Write synonyms or antonyms of the following words as directed.
• (i)
• (a)

  laughter (antonym)

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• (b)

  selfish (antonym)

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• (c)

  lovely (synonym)

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• (d)

  sweetly (synonym)

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• (e)

  gruff (antonym)

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• (ii)
• (a)

  tale (synonym)

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• (b)

  large (antonym)

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• (c)

  sweet (antonym)

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• (d)

  distant (antonym)

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• (e)

  allow (synonym)

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