Ah engusSsbiectQ.2 B: Read the following passage andTHOUGH the house and grounds belonged to my grandparents, the magnificent old banyan tree wasmine-chiefly because Grandfather, at sixty-five, could no longer climb it.Its spreading branches, which hung to the ground and took root, again, forming a number of twistingpassages, gave me endless pleasure. Among them were squirrels and snails and butterflies. The tree was olderthan the house, older than Grandfather, as old as Dehra Dun itself. I could hide myself in its branches, behindthick green leaves, and spy on the world below.My first friend was a small grey squirrel. Arching his back and sniffing into the air, he seemed at first toresent my invasion of his privacy. But when he found that I did not arm myself with catapult or air gun, hebecame friendly, and when I started bringing him pieces of cake and biscuit he grew quite bold and was soontaking morsels from hand. Before long, he was delving into my pockets and helping himself to whatever he couldfind. He was a very young squirrel, and his friend's and relatives probably thought him foolish and headstrong fortrusting a humaneeIn the spring, when the banyan tree was full of small red figs, birds of all kinds would flock into itsbranches: the red-bottomed bulbul, cheerful and greedy: parrots, myna and crows squabbling with one another.During the fig season, the banyan tree was the noisiest place in the gardenC:D1justfeetrealB-1: What was the age of grandfather?B-2: The paragraph is based on which tree?B-3: Name the animals mentioned in this paragraph.B-4: Complete the line."My first freind wasB-5: Fill in the blanks."He was very youngand his friends andB-6: Write the meaning of 'Spy".B-7: Name the city mentioned in this passage.B-8: Write any twd Contractions from the passage.B-9: Write any two gerunds from the passage.8-10: Do you like this lesson? Why?probably thought him foolish.ED​