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Worksheet 03 - Comprehension

Eshley was an artist who painted dairy cows. One afternoon, his neighbor Adela came to his studio asking for help because an ox had entered her garden. Eshley tried clapping and throwing sticks at the ox to drive it away, but the ox ignored him and walked into Adela's house, eating flowers. Rather than continuing his attempts to remove the ox, Eshley decided to paint a picture of the scene. His painting of the ox in the house became very popular at his next art exhibition.

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Worksheet 03 - Comprehension

Eshley was an artist who painted dairy cows. One afternoon, his neighbor Adela came to his studio asking for help because an ox had entered her garden. Eshley tried clapping and throwing sticks at the ox to drive it away, but the ox ignored him and walked into Adela's house, eating flowers. Rather than continuing his attempts to remove the ox, Eshley decided to paint a picture of the scene. His painting of the ox in the house became very popular at his next art exhibition.

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Comprehension is derived from the word ‘comprehend’

which means the power to understand. It is therefore


basically an exercise to test your understanding and
grasp of the language.
Steps to follow :
❖Read the passage carefully at least twice and make sure you
have understood the passage and grasped the main points.
❖ Read the questions based on the passage.
❖ Go back to the passage, read it carefully once more and try
to locate the parts from where the questions have been set.
This question has three parts :
➢ Vocabulary – 3 x 1 = 3
➢ Short questions – 4 x 2 + 1 x 1 = 9
➢ Summary – 8 (6+2E)

Total : 20
Vocabulary :
Three words or phrases, each carrying 1 mark, are picked
from the passage and you have to give their meanings in the
context of the passage.
❑ Locate the sentence from which the word or phrase has
been taken.
❑ The synonyms of the word may be given as meaning. In
case an exact synonym is not available, a short phrase is also
accepted.
❑ Be careful to keep the form, tense, number and gender of
the answer same as the word in the passage. For example,
amazement – astonishment (not astonished or astonish).
❑ No part of the answer word may be contained in the
question. For example, lioness – female member of a larger
cat family (not female lion).
❑ Similarly, if the word is a noun, the answer should also be a
noun. For example, mansion – large, grand house.
Short Questions :
5 questions demanding brief answers are set from the
passage. They carry 9 marks.
❑ The answers must be precise and to the point. Do
not give irrelevant details.
❑ Read the relevant portions of the passage carefully
to make sure that you have given the right answers.
❑ Write the answers in your own words. Do not lift
sentences or chunks from the passage. This will make
you lose marks. Lift from the passage only if the
answer demands a quote from the passage.
Summary :
It has a specific limit of 50 words. On no account should you exceed
the word limit.
❑ Make a grid titled ‘Rough Draft’ and write your answer in this
grid.
❑ Put one word in each square. Remember ‘a’ is a word and so
must be put in a separate square.
❑ Hyphenated words are put in one square and not two.
❑ Make the necessary corrections. Expand or condense as
necessary.
❑ Once you have completed your answer, make another grid like
the previous one titled ‘Fair Draft’.
❑ Once the fair draft is complete, cancel the rough draft with a
single diagonal stroke through the grid.
❑ Use simple language.
❑ Do not add any detail that is not included in the passage even if
you are aware of the source of the passage and may have more
information about it.
Read carefully the passage given below and answer, as far as possible, in
your own words, the questions that follow :

Theophil Eshley was an artist by profession, a cattle painter by


circumstances. On one side of his garden there was a small green meadow
in which an enterprising neighbour reared some small dairy cows.
One fine afternoon in late autumn, his neighbour, Adela Pingsford, banged
at the outer door of his studio with a loud unwelcome sound. ‘There is an
ox in my garden,’ she announced, I explanation for her rude intrusion.
She continued, ‘Please help! I am all alone in the house. All I could think of
was that you were a cattle painter, probably more or less familiar with the
subjects that you paint, and that you might be of some assistance.’
‘Madam, I paint dairy cows, certainly,’ admitted Eshley, ‘but I cannot claim
to have had any experience in rounding up stray oxen.’ Adela said nothing,
but led the way to her garden. Eshley stood near the gate while he studied
the animal’s appearance and behaviour.

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It had started eating the chrysanthemums. The necessity of doing something
was becoming imperative. Eshley took a step or two in the direction of the
animal, clapped his hands, and made noises of the ‘Hish’ and ‘Shoo’ variety.
If the ox heard them it gave no outward indication of the fact.
Adela supported Eshley’s initiative and forced him a few feet nearer to the
ox. He picked up a pea-stick and flung it with some determination against
the animal’s colourful body. The ox gazed with concentrated inquiry at the
stick-thrower. It neither lowered its head nor stamped its feet; so Eshley
ventured on another javelin exercise with another pea-stick.
The ox now strode swiftly up the garden. With an air of inquiry, but with no
real hesitation, it crossed the turf and pushed its way through the open
French window into the dining room. Some chrysanthemums stood about
the room in vases, and the animal resumed its browsing operations. Eshley
began striding away.
‘Mr Eshley,’ said Adela, ‘Where are you going?’
‘To fetch implements,’ was the answer.
The artist came back with sketching-stool and painting material. Adela was
furious; Eshley threw some bunches of leaves to the ox as an inducement to
stay put. The remarkable picture he painted became a rage at his next
exhibition but reconciliation with Adela seemed almost impossible.
a) Give the meanings of the words as used in the passage. One
word answers or short phrases will be accepted.
i. intrusion
ii. resumed
iii. remarkable

b) Answer the following questions briefly in your own words :


i. What happened one late autumn afternoon?
ii. Why did Adela want help especially from Eshley?
iii. What attempts did Eshley make to drive the ox away?
iv. What did Eshley finally do?
v. The remarkable picture became a rage at the exhibition.
Why?

c) In not more than 50 words, describe Eshley’s encounter


with the ox.

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