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Read the lines from the poem and answer the following questions :

There's a shed at the bottom of our garden. With a spider's web hanging across the door, the hinges are rusty and creak in the wind. When I'm in bed I lie and I listen, I'll open that door one day.

Questions:

(a) Why do the hinges of the door creak?

(b) Why does the narrator wish to open the door one day?

(c) What is the use of the shed?

(d) Where is the shed located?

OR

Read the lines below and answer the following questions:

I'm sorry I lost my temper. It is the season for Hilsa-fish and no one, not even Gopal can stop anyone from talking about Hilsa-fish. Not even for five minutes!.

Questions:

(a) Whom does T refers to in these lines? Why did he feel sorry?

(b) What was the season for?

(c) What was difficult for anyone during this season?

(d) Pick out a word from the above passage which is similar in the meaning to 'misplaced'.

Answer:

(a) The hinges of the door creak because they are old and rusty.

(b) The narrator wishes to open the door one day to know what things are stored in the shed.

(c) The shed is used for keeping tools or animals.

(d) The shed is located in the garden.

OR

(a) T refers to the king in these lines. He felt sorry for losing his temper.

(b) The season was for Hilsa-fish.

(c) It was difficult for anyone to stop talking about the Hilsa-fish even for five minutes.

(d) Lost.