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UNIT : I : The Selfish Giant

Section - A : Reading Comprehension (Text - Intensive study_
• Read the following extracts and answer the questions given below them :
• So he went downstairs, opened the front door quite softly and went into the garden.
When the children saw him, they were frightened. They all ran away. And in the garden
it was winter again. Only the little boy did not run, for his eyes were so full of tears
that he did not see the Giant. (MARCH '07)
Questions :
1) Why was there Winter again in the garden ? 1
2) Why could the little boy not see the Giant ? 1
• Every afternoon, while returning from school, the children used to go and play in
the Giant's garden. The Giant, the owner of the garden was not there in his castle.
Questions :
3) Whose garden was it ? 1
4) The word 'castle' means ......
(a) a big house (b) a palace (c) a fort
• One day the Giant came back. He had been with his friend. He was away for many
years. As soon as he returned to his castle, he saw the children playing in the garden.
Questions :
5) Who was the owner of the garden ? 1
6) What did the Giant find ? 1
• "What are you all doing here ?" He shouted angrily. The children ran away. "This
is my own garden, and I will allow nobody to come here" said the Giant. He was
so selfish that he built a high wall all around the garden to stop the children from
entering it. He also put a notice on the gate.
Questions :
7) Why did the children run away ? 1
8) Which sentence shows that the Giant was selfish ? 1
• The poor children had now nowhere to play. They tried to play on the road but
the road was very dusty and full of hard stones. They wandered outside the high
walls and talked about the beautiful garden inside. "How happy we were there !"
they said sadly.
Questions :
9) Where did the children try to play ? 1
10) The children talked about .... (complete it)


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