COMPREHENSION NO. 22 - ENGLISH FOR CLASS 9

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the end.

     There lived a monkey in a forest. One day he was going about in search of food as he was very hungry. At last he entered the house of a farmer. There was no body in the house. The monkey found a hard vessel with a narrow opening. He put his hand into it. It had grains in it. He took a handful of these and tried to pull his hand out but he could not do so with his closed fist. After some time the owner of the house came up. His dog was also with him. The dog fell upon the monkey and tore him to pieces. Thus the monkey met his fate due to his greed.
QUESTIONS
1. Where did the monkey live?

2. Why did he enter the house of a farmer?

3. What did he find there?

4. What was in the vessel?

5. What did the monkey do?

6. Why could he not pull his hand out of the vessel?

7. How did the monkey meet his fate?

ANSWERS

1. The monkey lived in a forest.
2. He entered the house of a farmer in search of food. Moreover, there was no body in the house.
3. He found a hard vessel with a narrow opening.
4. There were grains in the vessel.
5. The monkey put his hand into the vessel.
6. He could not pull his hand out of the vessel because the vessel had narrow opening and his fist was closed.
7. The monkey met his fate due to his greed. The owner's dog fell upon him and tore him to pieces.

Notes Prepared By: Prof. Shahbaz Asghar