Birdwatcher
1. a. Answer: (d) had behaved badly in front of their guest.
b. Answer: (c) that might cause infection inside the eggs.
2. Both Cyril and Dr Rao were fond of birds.
3. When Cyril said that he had seen the birds, Dr Rao didn’t believe
him because the black robin of Chatham Islands was one of the rarest
birds, now facing extinction.
4. Dr Rao was anxious to save the robins because the black robin of
Chatham Islands is one of the rarest birds in the world. Only five on
them were known to be living on Mangere Island, east of New Zealand.
With the help of Cyril, he planned to steal their eggs and put them
with the eggs in other birds’ nests. Then they were to pull down the
black robins’ nests so that birds would then build a new nest and lay a
fresh set of eggs. Thus, they could double the number of eggs every
season.
5. The eggs were transferred to two warbler nests. They marked the
two trees so that they could identify these warbler nests later.
6. As a souvenir, Cyril wanted to keep the tiny cup-shaped nest of the
black robins of Chatham Islands that he had pulled down. He was going
to preserve it.
7. Cyril’s photograph appeared in the newspaper as a recognition of his
wonderful job of finding one of the rarest birds named black robins of
Chatham Islands. He had identified a pair of black robins of Chatham
Islands, and helped Dr. Rao in the preservation of this very rare
species of birds.
8. Cyril suddenly took an interest in geography because he wanted to
study about birds when he grew up. Learning geography would enhance
his knowledge about the habit of the birds. Also, he could study the
migratory patterns of the birds if his knowledge of geography was sound.
He might also take geography related professions for his future career.
Learn words
A.1. (a) bowler (b) rider (c) manager (d) instructor (e) painter
(f) wrestler (g) governor (h) collector (i) employer (j) runner
2. driving instructor ticket collector horse rider
Long-distance runner office manager
B. 1. Birds of a feather (flock together) - [a+4]
2. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. [b+2]
3. The bird has flown. [c+1]
4. A bird’s-eye view (of something) [d+3]
Learn spelling
1. EAGLE 2.VULTURE 3. HAWK
4. BUZZARD 5. HARRIER
Learn grammar: need to expresses necessity; have to expresses obligation
a. 2. need to wash
3. have to win
4. have to take
5. need to speak
6. need to travel
7. have to cook
8. have to read
B. 1. It may snow heavily this winter.
2. Geeta may help you if you call her up.
3. The vase may be broken.
4. She may not recognize you even if she sees you.
5. It may be mistake.
Make sentences:
1. wilful – My cousin is a wilful person who got admitted in Harvard University.
2. embarrassed – The boy fell off the chair and got really embarrassed.
3. blushed – When the girl was told to sing a song, she just blushed and stood still.
4. oak – A lot of birds are sitting on the branches of the huge oak tree.
5. binoculars – My uncle always keeps binoculars with him when he goes to the
Sunderbans.
6. fork – The pair of sparrows made their nest on a fork of the mango tree.
7. startled – I was startled at the sudden arrival of the car.
8. glued – I simply glued my eyes to the plant just to see a flower bloom.
9. beamed – My mother beamed happily when she saw my report card.
10. bacteria – We can’t see bacteria with our eyes but they can be fatal.
11. porous – The porous shells of the eggs got damaged by the cat’s attack.
12. knapsack – The little boy kept some books in his knapsack and went out of his house.
13. disinfectant – My mother cleans our floor every day with a fragrant disinfectant.
14. warbler – The sweet calls of the warbler made all of us happy.
15. souvenir – I brought some seashells from Cox’s Bazar as souvenirs.
