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2. And the slender __________ of the tree spread far and wide.

(a) branches (b) roots (c) leaves (d) coral isle

3. The __________ tree is the pride of the forest.

(a) palm (b) oak (c) eucalyptus (d) banyan
4. The summer sunbeams gayly smiles on the __________.

(a) birds (b) buds (c) insects (d) rocks

5. The poet says that one of these days the world will be a __________ place.

(a) bigger (b) smaller (c) better (d) slower

B. Fill in the blanks.

1. The acorn was improving every day by __________ deep in the earth.

2. The little boy decided not to spend all his time in __________.

3. The little boy says that he will learn to know the treasured __________ of long ago.
4. The boy makes a rule in his mind that whatever, he would do, he would do it __________.

C. Write T for true and F for false statements.

1. Sunbeams smile on the buds and flowers in the garden.
2. The boy thought that he would gradually know about wisdom of the decades.

3. The acorn was confident that it would improve gradually day by day.

4. As the acorn grew slowly, it did not sip the dew.
5. The mighty oak was the forests’ pride.

D. Answer the following questions.

1. What do the insects living under the sea do? What lesson do you learn from them?

2. According to the poet ‘this simple plan will make the boy a wise and useful man’. What is the
simple plan that the boy decided to follow?

E. Read the following stanza and answer the questions that follow.
“Little by little,” said a thoughtful boy,

“Moment by moment, I’ll well employ,
Learning a little every day,

And not spending all my time in play.
And still this rule in my mind shall dwell,
“Whatever I do, I will do it well.”

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