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UNIT 6 CHAPTER 2

THE TALKATIVE BARBER

TEXT BASED QUESTIONS

Objective Answer Type Questions

1- State 'T' for True and 'F' for False statements.

(i) The barber was the eldest in his family. 
(ii) The barber was a chatter-box. 
(iii) The barber had five brothers. 
(iv) The Sultan was giving a feast to some friends at noon. 
(v) The barber was given three pieces of gold. 
(vi) The Barber was shaving the Sultan's beard. 
(vii) The Barber refused to leave the Sultan's palace. 
(viii) There were seven brothers altogether in the Sultan's family. 
(ix) The Barber wanted fruits for the dessert. 
(x) The Barber was the eldest in the family. 

2- Read the following line and answer the questions that follow.
He then began narrating another story, which lasted half an hour.

(i) Who is 'he' in the above line?

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(ii) Whom did 'he' narrate the story to?

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(iii) How many minutes does half an hour equal to?

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(iv) Find a verb and noun from the line.

Verb ...................................... Noun ......................................

Very Short Answer Type Questions

3- From where has this story been taken?

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4- Which city did the barber live in?

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Short Answer Type Questions

5- What reason was given by the barber for not leaving the Sultan's house?
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6- Why was the barber keen to know about the Sultan's affair?
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Long Answer Type Questions

7- How did the barber defend himself when the Sultan called him a chatterer?
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8- Although the food was good, why do you think the barber asked for some fruits
also for dessert?
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9- How many brothers did the Barber have?

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10- Why was the Sultan in a hurry?

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11- Why did the Barber take so long to shave the Sultan?
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12- Why did the Barber want a lot of food?

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LANGUAGE BASED QUESTIONS

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1- Identify and encircle the correctly spelled words from the following.
A B C

(i) Exhaust Exhost Exhest

(ii) Satisfyd Satisfieed Satisfied

(iii) Exclemed Exclaimed Exclamed

(iv) Speeches Speches Speaches

2- Do as directed.
(i) Find two words from the chapter that .................. ..................
end in 'ly'
(ii) Find two words from the chapter that ................... ..................
end in 'er'
(iii) Find one word from the chapter that ................... ..................
ends in 'ous'
(iv) Find two words from the chapter that ................... ..................
end with 'ing'
(v) Find two words from the chapter that ................... ...................
end with 'st'

3- Use the joining words given in the box to fill in the blanks
If, or, till, where, unless, so, while

(i) Please wait with me ................... the bus arrives.

(ii) Do you like football ................... cricket?
(iii) My father packed my lunch ................... my mother combed my hair.
(iv) We will reach on time ................... we go by the car.
(v) Your speech cannot be heard by the audience ................... you use a
powerful mike.
(vi) It was a beautiful day ................... they decided to go for a picnic.
(vii) We went to the zoo ................... we saw many animals.

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4- Arrange the jumbled words in the correct order to make meaningful sentences.
(i) at/the/the/dog/stranger/barked

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(ii) prayers/we/start/our/day/with

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(iii) the/fruits/king/mango/is/of/the

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5- Make pair of each verb with its opposite.

(i) bought (a) unlock

(ii) lock (b) departed

(iii) loosen (c) sold

(iv) praise (d) tighten

(v) arrived (e) blame

6- Fill in the blanks by adding un-, im- or dis- to the words given in the box.
tidy, patient, kind, like, pure, able, appear, possible, obey, honest

(i) The teacher got upset with Rani because her work was .................. .
(ii) The dog was .................. to climb the tree to chase the cat.
(iii) I .................. hot milk, I like it cold.
(iv) It is .................. to cross the road during peak traffic hours.
(v) The magician waved his magic wand and made the rabbit .................. .
(vi) The passengers became .................. when the train was late again.
(vii) It is very .................. to make fun of another person's weaknesses.
(viii) We should not drink .................. water.
(ix) We should never .................. our teachers.
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(x) Raju is a .................. man.

7- Write the opposites of the following using un-, im- dis-,

(i) believe ...................

(ii) shaved ...................

(iii) perfect ...................

(iv) satisfy ...................

(v) polite ...................

(vi) respect ...................

(vii) pure ...................

(viii) expected ...................

(ix) obedient ...................

8- Match the persons to their work.

(i) Jester (a) a person who looks after the king's health

(ii) Courtier (b) the person who cracks jokes to the king at his court

(iii) Guard (c) a nobleman and follower of the king

(iv) physician (d) a person who keeps the royal accounts

(v) Astrologer (e) a person who protects the king and the castle

(vi) Clerk (f) a person who tells about the future

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