The Snail - Exercise (Activity) Solution (WBBSE)

The Snail Exercise Solution for Madhyamik (Secondary) Examination Students

Comprehension exercises

1. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:

(a)               With the slightest touch, the snail shrinks into its house with -

(i)                displeasure

(ii)              pleasure

(iii)            pain

(iv)            surprise

(b)              In its house, the snail lives with

(i)                parents

(ii)              friends

(iii)            relatives

(iv)            no one

(c)               The poet has compared the snail to a

(i)                tree

(ii)              hermit

(iii)            rock

(iv)            blind man

2. State whether the following statements are True or False. Provid sentences / phrases / words in support of your answer:

(a)               The snail fears to fall from the wall.                             -        False

Supporting statement: ..nor fears to fall..

(b)              The snail comes out of his house during a storm.      -        False

Supporting statement: Within that house secure he hides...Of storm...

(c)               The snail and his house are conjoined.                     -        True

Supporting statement: He and his house are so combined...

3. Answer the following questions:

(a)               What does the snail usually stick itself to?

Ans.: Usually the snail sticks itself to grass, leaf, fruit, wall etc.

(b)              What makes the snail well-satisfied?

Ans.: The snail’s self sufficient nature makes him will satisfied.

Grammar in use

4. Change the following sentences into questions, as directed:

(a)               Siraj always rises early. (Interrogative sentence using ‘does’)

Ans.: Does not Siraj always rise early ?

(b)              Joyce is the best singer in the class. (Information question using ‘who’)

Ans.: Who is the best singer in the class ?

(c)               He saw the rainbow. (Interrogative sentence using ‘did’)

Ans.: Did he not see the rainbow ?

(d)              I go to school by bus. (Information question using ‘how’)

Ans: How do you go to school?