The Cat’s Paradise | Lesson 7 | English | Class 5th | Questions and Answers |

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The Cat’s Paradise | Lesson 7 | English | Class 5th | Questions and Answers |

 

Lesson 7: The Cat’s Paradise

Words to Remember

romp: (esp. of a child and an animal) play with energy اچھلنا

loll: sit, stand or lie in a relaxed way لیٹے رہنا

croon: sing or say something in a soft and low voice گنگنانا

croissant crescent shaped roll made of yeast dough خمیر کی روٹی

dart: move or run rapidly تیزی سے چلنا

gasp: breathe with an open mouth because of pain or surprise سانس کھینچنا

shove: push someone or something roughly دھکا دینا

chop (n): a slice of meat گوشت کا ٹکڑا

smack: to hit someone or something with force زور سے مارنا

prance: walk energetically or move in a lively way اچھلنا

rustle: make a soft, dry sound سر سراہٹ

rifle: to search thoroughly with the intent to steal لوٹ لینا

meekly: gently; quietly نرمی سے

fluffy: soft and woolly ملائم

 

Thinking about the Text

 

A. Answer the following questions:

 

Q1. What kind of life did the cat lead?

Ans. The cat, lead, the life of luxury. He was fed with Salmon and Caviar. He slept on feather pillows before a fire.

Q2. Why did the cat feel a need to leave the comforts of the house?

Ans. The cat felt a need to leave the comforts of the house because he thought that there was paradise outside his house. Whenever he looked outside of his window, he could see cats across the way romping and dancing so he wanted to live the life of those cats on the rooftops.

Q3. In what ways was life on the tiles different from life in the house?

Ans. Life on the tiles was cheerless, without sun, without warm roofs, and without the pleasure of dancing and prancing, while the life in the house was cheerful with warm pillows and soft floor matting.

Q4. What advice did the tomcat give about meat on tables?

Ans. Tomcat advised that the food on tables was not meant for cats like them. They could eat only from gutters and garbage heaps.

Q5. What did the tomcat feel about life, in a house?

Ans. Tomcat felt that life, in a house was without the joy of freedom and was meant for weaklings only.

Q6. What (according to the fat cat) was true happiness?

Ans. According to the fat cat, the true happiness was in paradise where he might be locked up forever, but he would always have fresh meat fluffy pillows and a fire.

 

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B. Complete the following sentences:

 

a) Louis wanted to live the life of………………………………………

Ans. Louis wanted to live the life of those cats on rooftops.

b) Tom wearily shook his head because………………………………

Ans. Tom wearily shook his head because he knew weaklings are not meant for the joy of freedom.

 

Language Work

 

Use the following words and expressions in sentences of your own:

 

In the midst of, the whole day long, romping, fixed belief, resolved, signs of, from afar, desolate, succulent

 

Ans.

In the midst of: There is a house in the midst of the forest.

the whole day long: They searched for the food the whole day long but couldn’t find anything to eat.

romping: The cats were romping across slate roofs.

fixed belief: I have fixed belief on the law of gravity.

resolved: Village panchayat resolved the conflict between the two brothers.

signs of: Though he was talking less, but his behaviour showed signs of his nobility.

from afar: I have observed it close up and from afar.

desolate: The car was abandoned in a desolate forest.

succulent: These are wonderful succulent grapes.

 

Grammar Work

 

Clause

 

A Clause is a group of words, which forms part of a sentence and has a Subject and a Predicate. e.g.;

 

I have a watch which is studded with diamonds.

In the above sentence, there are two clauses, i.e.,

‘I have a watch’ and ‘which is studded with diamonds.’

 

The first clause, i.e., ‘I have a watch’ is called the Principal or Main Clause and the second clause, i.e., ‘which is studded with diamonds’ is called the Subordinate or Dependent Clause as its sense is complete only when read with the Principal or Main Clause.

 

NOTE: Some sentences contain two or more Principal or Main Clauses and no Subordinate or Dependent Clause at all.

 

EXERCISE

 

Now identify the Principal or Main Clause/s and the Subordinate or Dependent Clause/s (if any) in the following sentences:

 

1. He must weep, or he’ll die.

Ans.

Main Clause: He must weep

Subordinate Clause: or he’ll die

2. Walk quickly, else you’ll not overtake him.

Ans.

Main Clause: Walk quickly

Subordinate Clause: else you’ll not overtake him

3. This is the house that his brother built.

Ans.

Main Clause: This is the house

Subordinate Clause: that his brother built

4. You may do as you please.

Ans.

Main Clause: You may do.

Subordinate Clause: as you please

5. He threw the stone but it missed the aim.

Ans.

Main Clause: He threw the stone

Subordinate Clause: but it missed the aim

6. She neither obtains success nor deserves it.

Ans.

Main Clause: She neither obtains success nor deserves it.

Subordinate Clause:

7. Whatever you do, do well.

Ans.

Main Clause: Whatever you do

Subordinate Clause: do well

8. We rested when evening came.

Ans.

Main Clause: We rested

Subordinate Clause: when evening came

9. Tell him the news as you have heard.

Ans.

Main Clause: Tell him the news

Subordinate Clause: as you have heard

10. I returned home because I was ill.

Ans.

Main Clause: I returned home

Subordinate Clause: because I was ill

 

Let’s Talk

 

Activity

 

Instruct the students to sit in two groups. In the light of the lesson, let one group speak about the cats that live with humans. The second group will speak about the cats that are roaming freely outside. With your prompts, allow the students to come to a conclusion about who has a better life

 

Let’s Write

 

Write a paragraph about the main idea of the story using the following points:

 

• Louis lived the life
• he was not satisfied with the life of luxury
• why not satisfied
• life outside
• life inside
• impossible for tomcat to live outside

 

 Ans.

Louis lived the life of luxury. He slept on feather pillows before a fire and was fed with salmon and caviar. But he was not satisfied with the life of luxury because he sometimes stretched his neck and could see through the glass window cats across the way dancing and walking freely beneath the sun. He thought that life outside the house might be paradise so wanted to live the life of those cats on the rooftops. He managed to escape from the house and met a Tom named cat outside the house. Tom told him that the life outside the luxury was not for the weakling cats like him. Louis offered him to live with him but the Tom said that he would die with all those fluffy pillows.