First Activity on "Tales of Childhood" for class VIII WBBSE

Tales of Childhood

                                                             -Roald Dahl

My father,Harold Dahl,was a Norwegian who came from a ..................servants of the house itself.

1.Underline the correct answers.

• The author’s father was a (German/British/Norwegian)
• His family profession was (teaching/business/farming)
• The author was born in (1914/1916/1818)
• A ship-broker (breaks the ship/helps the ship/supplies goods to ship)

2.Write T for true and F for false.

• The author’s father married his mother before 1911.
• Dairy farm and poultry farm were attached to the farm house.
• They have no arrangement for agriculture and gardening.
• The author’s father supplied everything to the ship.

3.Complete the following with information from the text.

• Roald Dahl’s father was a ……………………….and a successful……………………..
• He had a shipbroking farm at………
• In 1918 the author was…..
• In the cottage lived…….
• Cardiff was situated in…..

Answer the following questions:

• Who was Harold Dahl ?
• What was ship’s fuel at that time ?
• When did his parents meet ?
• Describe the country mansion.
• Where did the author’s family move into in 1918?
• Where did the author’s father establish a shipbroking farm ?
• What did the writer’s grandfather do ?

 Find out the meaning of the word :

• Big-
• Rich and successful-
• Wedded-
• Impressive-
• Call up-
• Material for fire-

Textual Grammar

Do as directed:

1. Harold Dahl was a Norwegian.He came from a small town.(Join the sentences)

2. He traded_____just everything.( Use preposition)

3. A shipbroker is a person.He supplies the ship everythingit needs.( Use who)

4. He set up a shipbroking farm. (Change the voice)

5. We all moved into an imposing mansion.In 1918 I was two.(Joining)

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