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His First Flight Summary: ‘His First flight’ written by Liam O’ Flaherty is a story of a young Seagull
learning to fly. The story begins with young Seagull sitting alone on a cliff. His brothers and sister had
already learnt to fly but young seagull is still afraid to fly. He did not trust his wings. He tried to fly but
could not because he was afraid. He ran back to his hole. He was alone now for twenty four hours as
his siblings had already learnt to fly and they had flown away. His parents also flow away with his
siblings. His parents were teaching them to fly and how to catch a fish. The seagull was now hungry
because he had not eaten since night. He went to the end of the cliff but returned back as he was
afraid to fly. He was trying to reach to his parents. To reach his parents he had to fly. He went to the
edge of the cliff and pretended to sleep but his parents did not seem to notice him. He saw his brother
and sister lying on the plateau opposite to him. His father was smoothening his features and only his
mother was looking at him. She was eating a piece of fish seagull began to cry and beg for the food.
His mother flies towards him with a piece of fish. Because of hunger, he jumped at the fish with a loud
cry. Suddenly he felt terrified as he could feel he was falling outward in open space. But the very next
moment he could feel his wings spread outwards flapping up and down. He was now flying without any
fear. He was very happy. His mother flew past him. His father and his siblings also joined him. They
flew around him. He saw a vast sea beneath him. His parents and sibling had reached the surface of
and green floor. They were calling seagull. At first seagull could not stand on the sea but gradually he
started to float on it. His family members were circling around him praising him an giving his fish to eat.
The seagull was happy as he had made his first flight.

Exercise 1
(1) At night the seagull slept in a little
(a) nest
(b) hole
(c) turret
(d) burrow
Ans:- (b) hole
(2) The ledge faced the
(a) north
(b) south
(c) east
(d) west
Ans:- (b) south
(3) The colour of the seagull’s body was
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(a) red
(b) black
(c) blue
(d) grey
Ans:- (d) grey
(4) The two brothers and sisters of the seagull were lying on the
(a) pain
(b) plateau
(c) valley
(d) hill
Ans:- (b) plateau
(5) The mother seagull had picked up a piece of
(a) meeat
(b) insect
(c) fish
(d) straw
Ans:- (c) fish
Exercise 2
Answer the following questions within fifteen words :
(a) What was the first catch of the seagull’s older brother ?
Ans:-
The seagull’s older brother first catch was a herring.
(b) Why did the seagull feel the heat ?
Ans:-
The seagull felt heat because he had not eaten since the previous nightfall.
(c) What did the seagull dive at the fish ?
Ans:-
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The seagull dived at the fish because he was mad with hunger.
(d) What happened when the seagull soared upwards?
Ans:-
When the seagull soared upwards, he uttered a joyous scream and flapped the wings again.
Exercise 3
Answer following within twenty-five words:
(a) why was the seagull afraid when he ran forward to brink of the ledge ?
Ans:-
When he ran towards to the brink of the ledge, he became afraid of falling into the sea below. He
thought his wings would never support him.
(b) what were the seagull’s two brothers and sister doing on the plateau?
Ans:-
The seagull’s brought and sister were lying on the plateu. They were dozing there, with their heads
sunk into their wing.
(c) What happened after the seagull’s feet into the sea ?
Ans:-
When the seagull’s feet sank into sea, his belly touched teh water and he sank no futher. He was then
floating on the sea.
Exercise 4
Change the parts of speech of the given words in the chart:

Noun
Verb Adjective Adverb

Beauty Beautify Beautiful Beautifully

Danger Endanger Dangerous Dangerously

Carefulness Care Careful Carefully

Strength Strengthen Strong Strongly

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Exercise 5
Rewrite the sentences changing the form of the underlined words as directed:
1.) He is known for his honesty. (Change into adjective form)
Answer: He is an honest man and he known for it.

2.) She spoke with kindness. (Change into adverb form)

Answer: She spoke kindly.

3.) The sun shone brightly. (Change into noun form)

Answer: The sun shines with brightness.

4.) She gave a wise judgement. (Change into verb form)

Answer: She judged wisely.

Exercise 6
Write a paragraph within 100 words on the water cycle using the following flow-chart:
Answer:
Water cycle is an important process in nature. It goes through some process. To begin with, water is
evaporated from water bodies like rivers, lakes, etc. Then it rises as vapour. Then the water gets
heavier. It then condenses and forms clouds. After this, the cloud becomes cool. The clouds fall on the
earth in the form of rain.

Exercise 7
Write a summary of the following passage within 100 words:
Communication plays a key role in everyone’s lives, be it humans or animals or birds. The way humans
communicate through certain words or gestures, animals too do the same thing. They also use both
verbal and non-verbal ways to communicate with each other. Singing is one way in which birds can
interact. While some birds like male blackbirds use their melodious songs. According to some sailors,
large mammals in the oceans sing too. Enormous whales groan and grunt while smaller dolphins and
porpoises whistle and click. Body language has important place in animals’ communication. Even
insects bites as form of their communication.
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