List of top English Questions on The little girl

Who were the people in Kezia’s family?
Why was Kezia afraid of her father?
What was Kezia’s father’s routine
(i) before going to his office?
(ii) after coming back from his office?
(iii) on Sundays?
In what ways did Kezia’s grandmother encourage her to get to know her father better?
Use an appropriate word from the synonyms given above in the following sentences. Clues are given in brackets.
(i) She was ____by the news of her brother’s wedding. (very pleased)
(ii) I was _____to be invited to the party. (extremely pleased and excited about)
(iii) She was____ at the birth of her granddaughter. (extremely happy)
(iv) The coach was _____with his performance. (satisfied about)
(v) She was very ____with her results. (happy about something that has happened)
Study the use of the word big in the following sentence. He was so big — his hands and his neck, especially his mouth… Here, big means large in size. Now, consult a dictionary and find out the meaning of big in the following sentences. The first one has been done for you.
(i) You are a big girl now. older
(ii) Today you are going to take the biggest decision of your career_____.
(iii) Their project is full of big ideas_____.
(iv) Cricket is a big game in our country.
(v) I am a big fan of Lata Mangeskar______.
(vi) You have to cook a bit more as my friend is a big eater______.
(vii) What a big heart you’ve got, Father dear______.
Underline the verbs of reporting in the following sentences.
(i) He says he will enjoy the ride.
(ii) Father mentioned that he was going on a holiday.
(iii) No one told us that the shop was closed.
(iv) He answered that the price would go up.
(v) I wondered why he was screaming.
(vi) Ben told her to wake him up.
(vii) Ratan apologised for coming late to the party

Some verbs of reporting are given in the box. Choose the appropriate verbs and fill in the blanks in the following sentences. were complaining shouted replied remarked ordered suggested

were complainingShoutedReplied
RemarkedOrderedSuggested

(i) “I am not afraid,” ___the woman.
(ii) “Leave me alone,” my mother _____.
(iii) The children ___that the roads were crowded and noisy.
(iv) “Perhaps he isn’t a bad sort of a chap after all,” ____the master.
(v) “Let’s go and look at the school ground,” ____the sports teacher.
(vi) The traffic police ____all the passers-by to keep off the road.

Given below are some emotions that Kezia felt. Match the emotions in Column A with the items in Column B. 

AB
1. fear or terror(i) father comes into her room to give her a goodbye kiss 
2.  glad sense of relief (ii) noise of the carriage grows fainter 
3. a “funny” feeling, perhaps of understanding(iii) noise of the carriage grows fainter 
 (iv) speaking to father 
 (v) going to bed when alone at home 
 (vi) father comforts her and falls asleep 
 (vii) father stretched out on the sofa, snoring