Read the following passage carefully. “You think you know better th

1.	Read the following passage carefully. “You think you know better than the newspaper?” Father said crossly. “A man may have the strength of an elephant and yet be a coward. “Another may be a mere skeleton; but if he has real courage, he can do anything. Courage is everything; strength and age don’t matter much.” “How can that be?” said Swami. “Suppose I had a lot of courage, but what could do if a tiger attacked me?” Now answer the following questions. 1) Who does ‘you’ here refer to? 2) What does father say about courage? 3) Have strength and age anything to do with courage? 4) What is Swami’s belief about courage? 5) Do you think Swami is brave? How can you say?
Answer» 1) ‘You’ here refers to Swami. 2) Father says strength has nothing to do with courage weak people may be courageous and strong people may not be courageous. 3) Strength and age have nothing to do with courage. 4) Swami believes that though people are courageous they can not face risks and dangers. 5) No. Swami is not courageous. He feels that he is courageous but he Says he can not face and fight with a tiger.

Read the following passage carefully. “You think you know better than the newspaper?” Father said crossly. “A man may have the strength of an elephant and yet be a coward. “Another may be a mere skeleton; but if he has real courage, he can do anything. Courage is everything; strength and age don’t matter much.” “How can that be?” said Swami. “Suppose I had a lot of courage, but what could do if a tiger attacked me?” Now answer the following questions. 1) Who does ‘you’ here refer to? 2) What does father say about courage? 3) Have strength and age anything to do with courage? 4) What is Swami’s belief about courage? 5) Do you think Swami is brave? How can you say?

Answer»

1) ‘You’ here refers to Swami.

2) Father says strength has nothing to do with courage weak people may be courageous and strong people may not be courageous.

3) Strength and age have nothing to do with courage.

4) Swami believes that though people are courageous they can not face risks and dangers.

5) No. Swami is not courageous. He feels that he is courageous but he Says he can not face and fight with a tiger.