FIRST LANGUAGE ENGLISH - KSEEB - CLASS 08 - COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS - BENJAMIN JONES GOES SWIMMING

 

Poem – 1

BENJAMIN JONES GOES SWIMMING

Aileen Fischer

Comprehension:

I. Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each:

 1) What did Benjamin inform his wife?

Ans: Benjamin informed his wife that on the fourth of July he would compete in free-for-all meet (swimming competition).

 

2) Why did Benjamin’s wife discourage him?

Ans: Benjamin’s wife discouraged him because he had not gone swimming for years and she said that he would come last.

 

3) How did Benjamin win the swimming competition?

Ans: The contest began accompanied by crowded spectators and Benjamin pace was very slow. While swimming Benjamin saw a crab by his toe and he thought it would bite and he swam like a possessed swimmer and Benjamin won the swimming competition.

 

4) What do you learn from the poem?

Ans: If you determined your mind for something then nothing can stop you.

 

II. Appreciation:

Answer the following as directed:

 1) The poem is in the style of a ……………. .

a) dialogue           b) anti-climax                c) satire                d) climax

Ans: c) satire.

 

2) Appreciate the following expressions in 3-4 sentences each:

a) With others so fast, you’re sure to be last.

Ans: Benjamin’s wife discouraged him because he had not gone swimming for years and she said that he would come last as there would be possessed swimmers in the competition.

 

b) His pace was so slow that a crab saw his toe and thought it would venture a bite.

Ans: The contest began accompanied by crowded spectators and Benjamin pace was very slow. While swimming Benjamin saw a crab by his toe and he thought it would bite and he swam like a possessed swimmer and Benjamin won the swimming competition.

 

c) She fell in the lake with a splash.

Ans: Benjamin’s wife was surprised when she saw her husband won the swimming competition and she fell into lake with a splash.

 

III. Let’s read and respond:

A. Fill in the blanks based on your understanding of the poem:

 Ans: 1) Benjamin told his wife that he would take part in a swimming competition.

2) It was a free-for-all competition.

3) Benjamin’s wife said that he would come last because he had not gone swimming for years.

4) The swimmers galore waited for praise on the day of the competition.

5) The competition took place on the fourth of July.

6) Swimmers passed Benjamin on the right and the left because he was slow.

7) The crab thought of biting Benjamin’s toe because it must have looked like food.

8) Benjamin won the race as he swam fast to escape the crab.

9) His wife fell into the water because she was shocked to see her husband win the race.

 

B. Make a list of all the rhyming words in the poem. There are rhyming words in the same lines and at the end of the lines.

1)  compete – meet           2)  word- absurd                 3)  fast – last                  

4) came – acclaim             5)  place – race                   6) began – man              

7) left – right                     8)  slow – toe                     9) crab – grab                

10) toe – foe                     11) dock – shock                12) July – try

13) years – ears                14) galore – shore               15) right – bite               

16) guessed – possessed                                              17) dash – splash

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