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1. Topsy-  turvy  Land

1. When do children go to school in Topsy - turvy  Land?

Ans

    Thechildren at Topsy-turvy land go to school at  night.

2. In the poem, if buses travel  on the sea,  then where do the  boats  travel?  How  should it  rightly  be?

Ans

   In the poem, boats  travel  up  and down  the streets.  They should  travel  on  the  sea.

3. The land of  Topsy- turvy is very different  from our land.  Let's  draw a comparison  by filling  in sentences  wherever  needed.

Topsy - turvy  land Our land
(i) People  walk on their  heads. People  walk on  their  legs.
(ii) The buses run on the  sea. The buses run on the land.
(iii) People wear  their  hats on feet. We wear our  hats on  heads.
(iv) Boats  sail  in the streets. Boats  sail in the sea.
(v) People  pay  for  what  they don't get People  pay for  what  they get.

2. Gulliver's  Travels

1. Why did  the captain send the men to  the  land?

Ans

    He sent  them  to the  land for water.

2. Why did  the men rush back to the ship?

 Ans

   They had seen a  monster  and were  frightened.

Choose the correct answer.

(i)  The giant carried  a reaping hook because_______.

   (a)  he was  fighting with the  other giants.

   (b) he was  going to  reap  the corn.

   (c) he wanted to  frighten  Gulliver.

Ans

     He was  going to  reap  the corn.

 (ii) They put Gulliver  on the ground to look  at  him because________.

     (a)  they  had  never seen  a human before.

    (b) they  thought  he was  a  doll.

    (c) they had never seen such  a tiny  man.

   Ans

    They had never seen such  a tiny  man.

     (iii)  Gulliver   was________.

            (a)  a  farmer

            (b)  a sailor

            (c) a  dwarf

            (d)  a giant

Ans

                 A sailor

4.  Name the  creature  to whom you  would look   like  Gulliver.  The creature  is now extinct.

  Ans

        Dinosaur.

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