9th Eng ch-5 The Happy Prince Extract Fully Solved passage for comprehension

Ch-5 The Happy Prince 

Passages for Comprehension

    

 Extract 1

“The eyes of the Happy Prince were filled with tears, and tears were running down his golden cheeks. His face was so beautiful in the moonlight that the little swallow was filled with pity.

(a) The eyes of the Happy Prince were filled with tears because:

(i) he had seen the ugliness of the city

(ii) he had seen the misery of the city

(iii) both (i) and (ii)

(iv) he had seen a fight

(b) Tears were running down……

(c) The little swallow was filled with pity because………

(d) The tears of the Happy Prince had drenched the little swallow.

(True/False)

Extract-2

 I am waited for in Egypt," said the swallow. "My friends are flying up and down the Nile, and talking to the large lotus flowers. Soon they will go to sleep"

(a) The swallow says the above lines to:

(i) the Happy Prince

(ii) the matchgirl 

(iii) the seamstress.

(iv) the queen

(b) He said so because…….

(c) He wanted to go to Egypt because……..

(d) The swallow succeeds in going to Egypt. ( True/ False 

Extract .3

"I have a golden bed-room," he said softly to himself as he looked round, and he prepared to go to sleep, but just as he was putting his head under his wing a large drop of water fell on him. "What a curious thing!" he cried

(a) Here 'he' refers to………

(b) The golden bedroom being referred to here is……….

(c) What is the source of the drop of water?

(i) Rain (ii) Tears of the Happy Prince

(iii) Tears of the swallow

(iv) None of these

(d) Find a word from the passage which means 'unusual'.

Extract 4

"Dear Prince," said the swallow, "I cannot do that," and he began to weep.

(a) What could the swallow not do?

(i) To fly to Egypt

(ii) Help the matchgirl

(iii) Pluck out one of the sapphires from the eyes of the Happy Prince

(iv) None of these

(b) The Happy Prince had asked the swallow to do so to help the……….

(i) the young playwright

(ii) the matchgirl

(iii) the son of the seamstress

(iv) the beggars

(c) The swallow didn't oblige to the Happy Prince's command.

(True/false)

(d) Find a word from the passage which means 'to cry'.

Ch-5 The Happy Prince Vocabulary/Annotations 

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Ch-5 The Happy Prince

Questions and answers 

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The Happy Prince

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ANSWERS 

Extract 1

Answer 

a (iii) both (1) and (ii)

b.the golden cheeks of the Happy Prince

c.the face of the Happy Prince looked beautiful in the moonlight

d. True

Extract -2

Answer 

a.(i) the Happy Prince

b.the Happy Prince had asked the swallow to stay with him one night longer

c. the sun was warm there, and his friends had gone there too

d.False

Extract -3

a. the swallow

b.the statue of the Happy Prince on the tall column

c. (ii) Tears of the Happy Prince

d. Curious

Extract 4

a. (iii) Pluck out one of the sapphires from the eyes of the Happy Prince

b.(i) the young playwright

c. False

d. Weep