In the spring, birds of all kinds would flock into the
banyan tree’s branches.
I would spend the afternoons there.
Grandfather, at sixty-five, could no longer climb
the banyan tree.
I could hide myself in its branches.
I could look down through the leaves at the world
below.
I could read there.
‘Would’ tells us what the author used to do, or
what used to happen.
‘Could’ tells us what the author was usually able
to do, or grandfather is now not able to do.
Choose would and could to replace the italicised
words in the following sentences.
Grandfather says, in the old days,
1. elephants were able to fly in the sky, like clouds. They
were also able to change their shapes. They used to
fly behind clouds and frighten them. People used to look
up at the sky in wonder.
2. because there was no electricity, he used to get up with
the sun, and he used to go to bed with the sun, like the
birds.
3. like the owl, he was able to see quite well in the dark.
He was able to tell who was coming by listening to their
footsteps.
A. Complete the following sentences.
1. The old banyan tree “did not belong” to grandfather, but only to the boy, because
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2. The small gray squirrel became friendly when
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3. When the boy started to bring him pieces of cake and biscuit, the squirrel
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4. In the spring, the banyan tree _________________________________, and
___________________________________ would come there.
5. The banyan tree served the boy as a _____________________________
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6. The young boy spent his afternoons in the tree
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a letter to a frient about cobra and mongoose fight
the word round usally means a kind of shape.what is its meaning in the story ?
ANY TIME THE FIGHT OF MOONGOSE
AND COBRA ALWAYS MOONGOSE WIN
WHY !
who was the winner of the snake and mongoose's fightand what did he do
what are the qualities of cobra
what is the meaning of sniffing
explain the fight between the cobra and the mongoose
what wasolder than grandfather
a parragraph on my favourit place
please tell me the paragarph ' place in your house or in your grandparant's houeses that you specially like. it should include
where it is
what you do there
why you like it
in 120 to 150 words
please tell me the paragraph of this chapter given in the writing section at the last in 120-150 words
In the spring, birds of all kinds would flock into the banyan tree’s branches.
I would spend the afternoons there.
Grandfather, at sixty-five, could no longer climb the banyan tree.
I could hide myself in its branches.
I could look down through the leaves at the world below.
I could read there.
‘Would’ tells us what the author used to do, or what used to happen.
‘Could’ tells us what the author was usually able to do, or grandfather is now not able to do.
Choose would and could to replace the italicised words in the following sentences.
Grandfather says, in the old days,
1. elephants were able to fly in the sky, like clouds. They were also able to change their shapes. They used to fly behind clouds and frighten them. People used to look up at the sky in wonder.
2. because there was no electricity, he used to get up with the sun, and he used to go to bed with the sun, like the birds.
3. like the owl, he was able to see quite well in the dark. He was able to tell who was coming by listening to their footsteps.
Find words in the story, which show things striking violently against each other.
1. The cobra struck the crow, his snout th _ _ _ing against its body. (15)
2. The crow and the myna c _ ll _ _ _ _ in mid-air. (13)
3. The birds dived at the snake, but b _ _ _ _ d into each other instead. (14)