Unit-5 - Respecting Self And Others - A Bad Dream - Reading Comprehension - Question Answers and Text Book Exercise

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Unit-5 - Respecting Self And Others
Reading Comprehension
A Bad Dream
English For Class X (2022 and Onward

By Mrs. Ayesha Arif
(Jauhar Progressive School)

Question Answers

Q.No 1: Why was everyone excited about the trip?
Ans: Everyone was excited because it was a long-awaited trip which everyone was looking forward to. Mr. Karim and his family had planned the trip nearly three months ago that was why they were naturally very excited.

Q.No 2: What did Mr. Aziz tell about the house he booked?
Ans: Mr. Aziz told about the house that it was far from the station and situated near the fields to enable them to truly appreciate and enjoy the life standard of the village.

Q.No 3: What were the reaction of the porter and driver , when they heard about the house?
Ans: When they got off the train. There was only one porter there to help them unload their luggage. When Mr. Aziz told him where they wanted to go, he looked at him in a strange manner. The porter took them to a van driver. He told him where these people wanted to go. The van driver had a strange, frightened look on his face and asked if he was sure.

Q.No 4: What did the driver tell about the house?
Ans: Mr. Aziz told the driver that they had rented the house for ten days. The driver told him that the people of that area believed that house was haunted.

Q.No 5: Why did the villagers tell them to leave the house? OR What advice did the villagers give to Mr Aziz and his family?
Ans: When they told the these people (villagers) where they were living, the villagers were shocked. Some of them even told them to leave the house before the ghosts harmed them in some way.

Q.No 6: What happened to Mr. Karim when he was sleeping peacefully? OR What was Mr Karim's first strange experience?
Ans: On the seventh night, Mr Karim was sleeping very peacefully. Suddenly, he felt that someone was pulling his blanket. He thought it was a cat, so he pulled his blanket up and started to sleep. Again, the same thing happened. This time he pulled the blanket up and held it tightly under his head and feet. When he did this, someone started pulling his bed.

Q.No 7: What actually happened with Mr. Karim?
Ans: Mr. Karim woke up screaming from sleep. He has been sleeping all night and everyone was waiting for him to wake up to accompany them for the trip. It became clear now that all those horrific experiences were the part of his all dream only.

Q.8:How did Mr. AZiZ and Mr. Karim's family reach their destination?
Ans: They reached their destination by train.

Q.9: Where was the house that Mr. Aziz rented?
Ans: The house was far from the station and near the fields.

Q.10: What was the name of the station where they got off?
Ans: They got off at Patni station.

Q.11: Who was the first person to be surprised to hear the address of the house?
Ans: The porter was the first to be surprised when he heard the address of the house.

Q.12: Who was the second person who was surprised after hearing the home address?
Ans: The van driver was the second person to be surprised when he heard the address of the house.

Q.13: How many days did Mr. Aziz and Mr. Karim plan the trip?
Ans: They had planned a trip for ten days.

Q.14: How was the house that Mr. Aziz rented?
Ans: The house was big and airy, with a nice view of the fields and the village.

Q.15: How many bedrooms were there in the house?
An: There were three bedrooms in the house.

Q.16: How many days later did strange things start to happen?
Ans: A week passed, and then strange things started to happen.

Q.17: Who had the first strange experience?
Ans: Mr Karim had the first strange experience.

Q.18: Why didn't everyone believe Mr. Karim?
Ans: Nobody believed in Mr Karim because they thought that Mr. Karim was making fun of them and he was just trying to fool them.

Q.19: Who had the second strange experience?
Ans: Mr Karim had the second strange experience.

Q.20: What was Mr Karim's second strange experience?
Ans: Mr Karim was walking. He was deep in thought when he felt someone walking behind him. He looked back but did not see anyone. It was getting dark. Mr Karim had a strange feeling. He quickly moved to the other side and started walking back towards the house. But then, a strange thing happened; the head jumped and blocked his way. He quickly changed his route again and went to the other side. But, the head jumped on the other side.

Q.No 21: What happened at the end of the story?
Ans. Mr Karim was dreaming. At the end of the story, he was awakened and told to go on a trip. He thanked his wife for waking him up from a nightmare.

Text Book Exercise
Unit 5.1
READING COMPREHENSION

PRE-READING

1. Have you ever seen a bad dream?
Ans: Yes, I have seen a bad dream and I woke up in mid night.

OR

No, I have never seen a bad dream, because before sleeping I always pray from God to safe me from bad dreams.

2. What was it about?
Ans: (Anything Student can mention here).

3. How did you feel after you woke from the bad dream?
Ans: I scared and shivered for few minutes a than realized it was a dream.

EXERCISE 1

Work individually and answer the following questions in your notebook. After completing the exercise, compare your answers with your partner.
1. How many families were going on the trip?
Ans: Two families were going on the trip. Mr. Aziz's family and his brother Mr. Karim's family were going on the trip.

2. How many ghost stories are mentioned in the text?
Ans: There are three ghost stories mentioned in the text..

3. Did any of the children experience something strange?
Ans: No, not at all. No children experience something strange.

EXERCISE 2

Work in pairs. Read the text and find the words in the given paragraphs that have the meanings given below. match the following meanings given below. Write your answers in the answer column. The first one has been done as an example.

Paragraph	Meanings	Answers
1	Something for which one has waited for a long time	Long awaited
2	An enclosed section in a railway carriage	Compartment
5	Take something for limited time by paying for it	Rented ? hirehire
5	Having presence of ghosts	Haunted
10	Killed for food	Head jumped
10	Frightened	Scared
11	Conversation that may not be true	Gossip
11	Have power or influence over something	Dominate
11	Form a mental picture	Imagining

EXERCISE 3

Work individually. read the text and provide one-word answers in the given blanks.
1. What was the name of the station where they got off? Patni
2. Upon hearing the address, the first person who was surprised? The Porter
3. Who was the second person who was surprised ? The Van driver
4. For how many days was the trip planned? Ten days
5. How many bedrooms were there in the house? Three
6. Who had the first strange experience? Mr. Karim
7. Who had the second strange experience? Mr. Karim
8. What happened in the end of the story? It was a dream

EXERCISE 4

Work individually. Read the text and complete the following sentences by matching items in columns A and B. Write your answers in the Ans. column.

S.NO.	Column A	Answer	Column A
1.	On hearing where they were staying.	1,(e)	a)and fresh vegetables from the fields.
2.	When the driver told Mr. Aziz that the house was haunted.	2,(h)	(b) and had a nice view of the village and the fields
3	The house was big and airy.	3,(b)	(c) and quickly left for the station.
4.	When the people in the village asked them to leave the house.	4,(f)	(d) and did not want to go back.
5.	They enjoyed the clean air of the village.	5,(a)	Two people asked whether they were sure.
6.	They all felt happy and relaxed	6,(d)	(f) they laughed and said there was no such thing as ghosts.
7.	Nothing happened for a few days.	7,(g)	(g) then strange things started happening.
8.	On the last morning they got out of bed very early.	8,(c)	(h) Mr. Aziz said that he did not believe such stories.

EXERCISE 5

The following sentences give wrong information. Work in pairs, read the story, and write the correct sentences in the space provided below each statement:
1. Mr. and Mrs. Karim and their children planned the holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. Aziz and their children planned the holidays.

2. Mr. and Mrs. Aziz and their children decided to join them.
Mr. and Mrs. Karim and their children decided to join them.

3. They planned a 3-month trip.
They planned a ten days trip.

4. They travelled by bus and reached a village called Patni.
They travelled by train and reached a village called Patni.

5. They hired a taxi to reach the house.
They hired a van to reach the house.

6. Mr Aziz told the driver that they had bought the house.
Mr. Aziz told the driver that they had rented the house.

7. He told him that the house was old but Mr. Aziz did not believe him.
He told him that the house was haunted but Mr. Aziz did not believe him.

8. When they reached the house no body liked it.
When they reached the house everybody liked it.

9. The children got the cleanest room.
The children got the third / biggest room.

10. After dinner they went to bed quite late, as they were tired.
After dinner they went to bed quite early, as they were tired.

11. After two days they went into the fields.
The next morning, they went into the fields.

12. They met some people and they told them to sell the house before they were harmed.
They met some people and they told them to leave the house before they were harmed.

13. Strange things started to happen on the fifth day.
Strange things started to happen on the seventh day.

14. First Mr. Karim, then Mrs. Karim and finally they all had strange experiences.
First Mr Karim, then again Mr. Karim and finally they all had strange experiences.

OR

First Mr Karim, then Mr. & Mrs. Aziz and Mr. & Mrs. Karim had strange experiences.

EXERCISE 6

Work individually. Combine the points from Exercise 5 and write a summary of the story in your notebook. You can add other points. Also, write an alternatine ending of the story.
Ans: For Summary CLICK HERE

EXERCISE 7