Activities on One Full ,One Half

Aids to Comprehension

1. Complete the statements by choosing suitable alternatives.
1) Chaitanya was a ____________ child.

a) normal b) abnormal c) supernatural d) special

2) Mother felt happy because ____________

a) Chaitanya helped her.
b) she was a special mother.
c) new hopes sprang in her mind .
d) she was not scared.

3) Chaitanya improved a lot because of ____________

a) normal school
b) his mother
c) the special school
d) people around

4) He won the silver medal in ___________.

a) athletic event
b)running race
c) craft
d) dancing

5) Chaitanya's mother was shocked when _____________

a) she read the citation he had received.
b) he returned from state level sport meet.
c) she hugged and kissed him.
d) he did not participate in the marathon race.

2. State whether the following statements are true or false.
1) Chaitanya's mother hid herself from the eyes of the world
2) She used to take help from the people around due to Chaitanya's disability.
3) Inspite of studying in special school his speech did not improve.
4) Academically , he met the expected standard of learning.
5) He had two prizes and a gold medal to his credit.
6) He had competed with1800 participants from the state.
3. Rewrite the statements choosing the suitable alternatives.
a) Chaitanya was selected for the marathon race/Olympic.
b) He could not take part in it due to his mother's illness/ his own illness.
c) Chaitanya's mother wanted to record his future / past achievement and success to inspire other mothers.
d) The mental strength Chaitanya had given is exhaustible / inexhaustible.
e) Except success / love all other things are unimportant.
f) One half ticket was asked for mother/ Chaitanya because of his disability / her senior citizenship.