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estimation, fatuously, inevitable, interest.

1. bachelor – masculine gender 

2. aunt – feminine gender 

3. children – common gender 

4. fant – common gender.

Bertha saw an enormous wolf come stealing towards her. She was terribly frightened and wished she had never come to the park.

1. There were no sheep in the park – True 

2. Bertha was allowed to walk in the park twice a week – False 

3. There were no animals at all in the park – False 

4. Bertha had the most medals in the town – True

The smaller of the two girls began to recite the poem ‘On the Road to Mandalay’. She only knew the first line, but she repeated the line over and over again, in a dreamy but resolute and very audible voice. This irritated the bachelor.

1. The bachelor was irritated with the situation – True

2. The aunt was able to satisfy Cyril’s curiosity – False

3. The smaller girl knew only one line of the poem – True

4. They could see very few cows from the windows – False

I feel very sorry for the aunt. She was very meek and completely unable to handle the three children. Knowing that she was going on a train journey with three small children, she should have brought something along to keep them occupied.

He observed to himself that she was an unhappy woman.

1. Interrogative sentence

2. animals, approval, beautiful, enormous

Their aunt had probably always been telling the children the advantages of having a good moral character. Now, in the bachelor’s story, the extremely good Bertha had met a terrible end. So the aunt was annoyed with the bachelor for undermining the effect of years of her careful teaching.

The children loved the story and said it was the most beautiful story they had ever heard. It had also kept them quiet for the remainder of the train journey

1. white – clean – pinafore 

2. pale – grey – eyes 

3. thick – myrtle – bushes 

4. fat – little – animal

The children were probably tired of the moral education imparted by the aunt. So when they came across a girl who was ‘horribly’ good, and who met a terrible end, they were thrilled. Moreover, the stranger narrated the story well. Hence they appreciated and praised the story.

1. delightful things 

2. hummingbirds 

3. beautiful parrots 

4. popular tunes

No, I don’t think that Bertha should have met such a gory end to her life. After all, she was only a small child and it was probably not her fault that she was vain about her goodness. She should have merely been frightened by the wolf, not devoured by it.

Maybe the children liked animals better than they liked flowers. Besides, they were probably happy that the good Bertha had no flowers she couldn’t pick. Hence they approved of the Prince’s decision.

I generally don’t like listening to stories; but if they are short and interesting, then I listen. It also depends on the narrator; if it is narrated well, then I like to listen. I used to listen to a lot of stories in my childhood, told by my grandmother.

1. moral – morality 

2. stupid – stupidity

That depends on the way the story is narrated and the message that is in the story. I don’t like the usual fairy tale stories or the do-good type stories now; I like stories that make me think about something or affect me positively in some way.

1. She was not only always truthful, but she also kept her clothes clean.

2. It’s a very difficult thing to tell stories that children can not only understand but also appreciate.