Reading comprehension

Use numbers to put the sentences in the order in which the events happened

1 The vacuum cleaner sucked the spider and the fly. 2
2 And the spider thought she was going to die. 7
3 A fly was caught in a cobweb. 1
4 The spider was inside the tube of the vacuum cleaner. 3
5 The fly couldn’t see the spider but he spoke to her. 6
6 The spider asked for help. 5
7 The spider’s head was whirling. 4
8 Then both the fly and the spider reached a soft surface, when the machine stopped.8
9 The spider felt sorry for all the flies she had eaten. 9
10 Someone emptied the bag of the vacuum-cleaner on a garbage heap.10
11 The spider recovered from her fright. 11
12 The fly went off in search of a new rubbish heap. 13
13 The spider invited the fly to her new web. 12

Arranged the story.
A fly was caught in a cobweb. The vacuum cleaner sucked the spider and the fly. The spider’s head was whirling. The spider asked for help. The fly couldn’t see the spider but he spoke to her. And the spider thought she was going to die. Then both the fly and the spider reached a soft surface, when the machine stopped. The spider felt sorry for all the flies she had eaten Someone emptied the bag of the vacuum-cleaner on a garbage heap. The spider recovered from her fright. The spider invited the fly to her new web. The fly went off in search of a new rubbish heap.

2 What changes did the spider and the fly want to bring in themselves.

SPIDER:-She will not eat flies and insects. She will only drink honey like butterflies and will learn to eat berries.
FLY:- It will not go to rubbish heaps, sit on rotten things and wouldn’t walk on anyone’s plate with dirty shoes on.
3. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words:
(a lady, pipe, bag, sucker)
a. The part of vacuum cleaner that sucked the cobweb was the
sucker.
b. The parts of the vacuum cleaner in which the spider and the fly were moving about was the pipe.
c. The part of the vacuum cleaner that was emptied on the garbage was the bag.
d. The vacuum cleaner was operated by a lady.

Vocabulary;
Write names of insects that can be trapped in the spider’s web. Use the clues given below Clues :

(a) A three-letter name and is very small. – Fly
(b) It is green in colour, hops in fields. – Gross-hopper
(c) It bites you at night. – Mosquito
(d) It lives in the honey-hive. – Bee
(e) Sachin Tendulkar’s game. – Cricket

2 These are pictures of some movements. Can you name them? Use the clues in box below and also take the help of the dictionary.

Grammar
Given below are some unreal situations. Now combine the other part as given in the example.
Ans. If I had legs I would run away from the saucer
If I had straw, I would drink the water.
If my hands whirled round and round, I would end up the day soon.
If I had roller skates, I would win every race
If I had wings, I would Uncle Fox for a race
If I could open the lid of the jar, I would finish all the sugar in the jar
If I had a stool, I would eat all the grapes.