DON BOSCO SCHOOL, KOKAR, RANCHI

CLASS-2

SUBJECT- ENGLISH II

BOOK NAME- NEW ASTER ADVANCE

ANSWERS

CHAPTER 1 – CINDERELLA
Pg 5. Comprehension

A. Fill in the blanks. (Do it in your book)

1. Cinderella lived with her step mother and two stepsisters.

2. Cinderella grew up to be a kind girl.

3. The stepsisters left for the royal ball, leaving Cinderella at home.

4. A fairy called Cinderella from the garden.

5. The Prince found Cinderella’s glass slippers.

B. Answer these questions. (Write it down in your copy)

Q1. How did Cinderella's stepmother behave with her?

Ans: Cinderella's stepmother was very cruel.

Q2. Why did the king's messenger come at Cinderella's doorstep?

Ans: The king's messenger came with an invitation for the royal ball.

Q3. Why was the king organizing the royal ball?

Ans: The king was organizing the royal ball to choose a bride for his son.

Q4. Why did Cinderella's stepmother not want her to attend the royal ball?

Ans: Cinderella's stepmother was jealous of her beauty.

Q5. What did the fairy godmother ask Cinderella to bring?

Ans: The fairy godmother asked her to bring a large pumpkin, a rat and four grasshoppers.
Pg 6. Write down the opposite gender for each of them. (Write it down in your copy)

Sr No. Masculine Feminine

1 Uncle Aunt
2 Waiter Waitress
3 Sir Madame
4 Man Woman
5 Boy Girl
6 Son Daughter
7 Brother Sister
8 King Queen
9 wizard witch
10 Husband Wife
11 Lion Lioness
12 Stallion Mare

Pg7. B. Change the gender of the words given in the brackets to fill in the blanks. (Do it in your book)

1. My grandfather (grandmother) tells us wonderful, bedtime stories.

2. The cow (bull) grazes happily in the field.
3. The hen (cock) has laid four eggs.
4. Mary’s landlady (landlord) knitted a sweater for her.
5. Jerry and his nephew (niece) spent the summer break together.

C. Tick the correct answers. (Do it in your book)

1. There is a big hole in the sock.

2. Have you heard the tale of the monkey and the crocodile?

3. My favourite colours are green and blue.

4. We need flour to bake bread.

5. Neela is standing on the right- hand side of the road.

Pg9 A. Write a proper noun for each of these common nouns. (Do it in your book)

1. country- India, Nepal, Sri Lanka

2. day- Sunday, Monday, Tuesday

3. festival- Christmas, Diwali, Holi

4. place- Ranchi, Delhi, Mumbai

B. Underline the common nouns and circle the proper nouns in these sentences. (Do it in your book)

Sr. No Proper Noun Common Noun

1 Rose friend
2 Aquapark school
3 William boat
4 Mount Everest mountain
5 Bruno dog

HOME ASSIGNMENT

Pg9 A. Language Lab-

1. Colour the picture and write five sentences to describe the picture.
2. Write and learn the word meanings.
3. Read the chapter and underline the hard words.
 CHAPTER 2- THE LAND OF STORY BOOKS

Comprehension
Pg 14.A. Fill in the blanks. (Do it in your book)

1. With his little gun, the speaker crawls behind the sofa.

2. He pretends that he is in his hunter’s camp.

3. He plays at stories that he has read in books.

4. The roaring lions come to drink from the river.

5. When his nurse takes him to bed, he pretends to return home.

B. Answer these questions. (Write down in your copy)

Q1. What did the speaker's parents like to do in the evening?

Ans : They liked to sit and talk around a fire.

Q2. What did the speaker liked to do till it was time for bed?
Ans: He liked to play with his toys.

Q3. Where did the lions come to drink?

Ans: The lions came to drink at the edge of the river.

Q4. Where did the speaker like to prowl?

Ans: He likes to prowl at the camp.

Pg 16. A. Tick the correct words from the picture. (Do it your in book)

1. Boxes
2. Trees
3. Mice
4. Train
5. Eggs
6. Fly

B. Add –s or –es to these nouns and write the plurals. (Do it in your book)

1. Dog – dogs

2. Bush - bushes
3. Dress – dresses

4. Shoe – shoes

5. Fox – foxes

6. Puppy - puppies

Pg 18. C. Write C for countable and U for uncountable nouns. (Do it your in book)

1. Cow – C
2. House –C
3. Grass – U
4. Sky -U
5. Dog – C
6. Church - C

D. Fill in the blanks with much or many. (Do it in your book)

1. How many apples are there in the bowl?

2. Pia took many pictures of my puppy.

3. How much sugar do you want in your milk?

4. How many hours are there in a day?

5. You are making too much noise!

HOME ASSIGNMENT

1. Read the chapter and underline the hard words and learn the spellings.

2. Write and learn the word meanings.

3. Pg 16 Write and learn singular and plural forms of the words.

 Chapter 3 – The Town Mouse And The Country Mouse

Pg23 A. Match column A to column B to complete the sentences. (Write down in your copy)

A B
1 The Town Mouse went to visit his friend in the country.
2 He did not like the food and the straw bed that his friend offered him.
3 He invited the Country Mouse to come to the town with him.
4 The Country Mouse was awestruck to see the big house.
5 However, the Country Mouse got scared when a cat chased him and his friend.

B. Answer these questions. (Write down in your copy)

Q1: What did the country mouse give the town mouse for dinner?
Ans: The country mouse gave a slice of cheese and some berries.

Q2. Why could the town mouse not sleep in country mouse's house?
Ans: The town mouse could not sleep as the hay pricked him all over.

Q3. How did the country mouse react when he reached the town?
Ans: The country mouse was surprised to see the bright lights.

Q4. Why could the country mouse not sleep at night in the town?
Ans: He could not sleep due to the noises on the street.

Pg 24. A. Fill in the blanks with the sound words given in the box. (Do it in your book)

1. The tick-tock of the clock woke me up.

2. The car went past with a honk of the horn.

3. I could hear the clink of the coins in his pocket.

4. The frog jumped into the pond with a splash.

5. The pitter-patter of the raindrops made Robert smile.

Pg25 B. Write the rhyming words for each word given below. (Do it in your book)

WORD Rhyming word 1 Rhyming word 2

Mouse house blouse
Town gown crown
Room broom bloom
hole mole stole

Choose the correct collective nouns from the box and fill in the blanks. (Do it in your book)

1. A heard of deer was drinking water from the river.

2. A troupe of dancers was performing on the stage.

3. I saw an army of ants carrying a piece of chocolate.

4. The robbers were attacked by a swarm of bees.

5. My mother poured some milk in the plate for a litter of puppies.

6. I helped mother to find her bunch of keys.

Pg 26. Language Lab (Do it in your book)

A. Now, write three words with ai and ay each.

ai words- plain, train, sprain

ay words- day, play,stay

HOME ASSIGNMENT

1. Read the chapter, underline and learn the spellings of hard words.
2. Write and learn the word meanings.
3. Pg27 Colour the picture. Write five sentences about it.