Std. - X English (LL) Unseen Passage Comprehensive Reading Skill

Read the passage carefully and do the activities.

Migratory birds are those birds which leave their place of living when the climate becomes uncongenial and migrate to another place.

Sometimes they migrate to another continent and settle there. Some birds leave their abodes in winter and go to another place where the weather is warm.

They do so because  it is difficult them to survive  in colder regions.

The birds generally eat insects and worms

 and during the winter their food becomes

Scarce. Hence they leave the colder places and migrate to warm places. On the other hand, from various hot places the birds move to  the cold places of the south.They return to their original place during the spring.

It has also been observed that some groups of the birds migrate from lower regions to higher altitudes. Sometimes they move away from thickly populated areas to the sea shores. It is interesting to note  how the birds know about the change in weather and the fact that the becoming weather is not congenial to them.

A1. Read the following statements and             write whether they are True or False.

  1. The birds which leave their place in             an unpleasant climate and shift to

      other place are callled native birds.

Ans - False

  2. When survival is impossible in very             cold regions, some birds migrate to

      warm places.

Ans - True

  3. Birds are unable to know the change

      in weather.

Ans - False

  4. Birds return to their native land during

       spring.

Ans - True

A2. What two important reasons of birds'

       migration are described in the                     passage? What two important                       observations are mentioned?

Ans - Birds migrate due to the following 

          reasons -

        1) When the climate becomes

             uncongenial at their native

             place.

        2) Sometimes they migrate due to 

              very cold winters

          Two important observations

           mentioned in the passage -

        1) Some groups of the birds migrate

             from lower regions to higher

             altitudes.

         2) Sometimes they move away from

              thickly populated areas to sea                      shores.

A3. Write antonyms (opposites) from the

       the passage for the following -

       i) pleasant       ×     uncongenial

      ii) ample           ×      scarce

     iii) die                ×      survive

      iv) easy            ×       difficult

A4.  Do as directed.

   1. Some birds leave their abodes in                 winter and go to warmer places for             their survival.

       (Rewrite using not only ...... but also )

Ans - Some birds not only leave their

           abodes in winter but also go to

           warmer places for their survival.

  2. The birds generally eat insects and

       warms.

       (Rewrite the sentence beginning with

         Generally insects and warms ........)

Ans -Generally insects and warms are

         eaten by the birds.

A5.  Which migratory birds arrive in your            state in certain duration every year?

        Where do they come from?

Ans - (Your personal response counts.)

        Specimen answer :-

        Lesser flamingos arrive in                            Maharashtra during November to               January approximately.

       They come from Serbia.

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