The Wind On Haunted Hill By Ruskin Bond
Section: I
Answer to textual questions:
1. What were the children doing beside the stone wall?
Beside the stone wall the children were spreading clothes out to dry.
2. What did Suresh ask Usha? Why?
Suresh asked Usha whether he could go with her to the bazaar. Usha was going all alone to the bazaar. She had to cross the Haunted Hill on the way. So he asked that question to Usha.
3. Who told the children the story about the ghosts on Haunted Hill?
Their grandfather told the children about the ghosts on Haunted Hill.
4. What did usha see while walking to the bazaar?
Usha went through the fields. She saw the yellow mustard flowers. She saw wild flowers growing in the walls of the house in ruins. She saw a wild plum tree with its white flowers scattered beneath the tree. Lizards were scuttling over the stones. A whistling thrush was singing its heart out.
Section: II
Tow scary events from this section are listed here. Write the events that take place in between in the correct order:
1. The black clouds were threatening.
Ans:
2. She saw the wild plum tree swaying, bent double.
3. Her hands touched something soft and furry.
4. A streak of blue sizzled along the floor of the building.
5. The ghostly figures were staring were staring back.
Section: III
Discuss with you partner and complete the table: (Page 118)
S.No. Question
1. Shall we run back together?
2. Can you see something behind the wall?
3. Who said good bye?
4. Was it just the wind?
What was asked this?
Usha
Usha
Usha
Usha
Who answered?
Binya
Binya
Suresh & Binya
No one
What was the answer?
We’ll have to wait.
It is the top of the plum tree.
‘Not I’
——
Read and Understand: (Page 119)
A. Choose the most appropriate option:
1. The wind hurried and passed through the ____ .
a) apples and mangoes b) pines and deodars c) berries and cherries
2. The market was ___ away from the village.
a) 3 miles b) 7 miles c) 11 miles
3. Usha went to visit her ___ house after shopping in the market.
a) Grand father’s b) aunt’s c) cousin’s
4. Usha took shelter in the ___ .
a) ruins b) caves c) dens
5. At dawn, ___ the began to sing.
a) cuckoo b) linnet c) thrush
Answers:
1. b) pines and deodars
2. a) 3 miles
3. b) aunt’s
4. a) ruins
5. c) thrush
B.Think and answer: (Page 120)
1. Why was it a struggle for the children to dry their clothes?
The wind blew hard and the clothes fluttered in the wind. So it wa struggle for children to dry their clothes.
2. What story did grandfather tell them about the haunted hill?
Grandfather said that there were many ghosts in the ruins. A family in that house was killed during a storm a hundred years ago. There were two children among the those killed. At night, Grandfather had seen the playing in the moonlight.
3. What did Usha buy in the market? List them.
Usha bought soap and matches, spices and sugar. She bought a pipe stem for grandfather’s hookah. She bought an exercise book and some marble for Suresh. Usha bought for herself a necklace of amber-coloured beads and trinkets.
4. What scared Usha during the dark rainy night?
When lightning flashed, Usha saw two small figures, crouching in the fireplace. The ghostly figures looked up and stared back at Usha. This sight scared Usha.
5. How did the children react when when they met each other at the ruins?
When Suresh shouted, Usha recognized his voice. They repeated each other’s names and fell into each other’s arms. They were surprised and relieved. They laughed, giggled and huddled together. They started chattering.
C. Discuss in class:
“Was it just the wind?” – What do you think Usha thought it was Why?
The three children came out of the ruin and set out for home, Usha looked back at the ruins. They said goodbye to the place. All of a sudden they heard the words ‘goodbye’ repeated. Usha felt that perhaps it was the wind. The noise of the wind was like echoing the word’goodbye’.
Vocabulary:
D. Unscramble the sound-describing words from the text. One has been done for you:
E.g. igegle – geggle
1. noam – moan
2. murebl – rumble
3. lowh – howl
4. mobo – boom
5. cohe – echo
6. nogra – groan
E. The Detective’s Dictionary!
Choose the correct word from the box and fill in the blanks:
[ evidence | clue | detective | suspect | victim ]
1. A detective is someone who investigates a crime.
2. A victim is someone who suffers the effect of a crime.
3. Someone who might have committed a crime is a suspect.
4. A clue is an idea or fact that helps us solve a mystery.
5. An evidence is an information we have that proves us that something is true.
F. Listen to the news report carefully and complete the following:
1. Name of the place Gollamudi in Andhra Pradesh.
2. What happened? There was a ‘rain of fish’.
3. What time of day did it happen? It happened in the early hours of ene morning.
4. What did the people say? That kind of fish was not usually found there.
5. What do strong winds and gales carry? They carry fish and sea animals along with the water from rivers and canals,
You can watch this prose explanation video with Tamil meaning: Click Here
 |
| SamacheerKalvi 7th English The Wind On Haunted Hill Book back question and answers |
