Into the Wild Activity 3

 

Into the wild 3

 *Extract No. 03*

Page No.  58 / 59.       [Lines, “It was…………….good luck?”


Read the first activity, read the extract and do all the activities that follow.

A1. Complete :

a) The time mentioned in the extract is…Evening…

b) The writer was relaxed when he saw marks of bicycle wheel on his trail.

c) The familiar hillock is named as Suihudaki.

d) There were dried up droppings of Sloth Bear which shows that it must have gone out for food.

It was more than an hour and I still there searching for a suitable tree to climb and get secured.”Turn back to the trail you left,” my mind was telling me. But there were no signs of the trail. I had no other way to climb the hillock before me. There were more hillocks, and some more around the one I was standing. Near my feet were the dried-up droppings of Sloth Bear. “The Sloth Bear of Umbarzara must be out in open sniffing for food,” I cautioned myself. Thinking of averting all sorts of eventuality, I made a move. I ran down the hillock that I had climbed up at a frantic speed. The west was to my right-hand side now. The evening breeze flew through my wet curled hair. My stomach was aching. I kept walking in hope.

After around 50 steps I found a bright red soil trail. I found my silver lining on this trail. There were marks of bicycle wheel on this trail. That was a big consolation for me. “There must be a village nearby,” I reassured myself. More questions resurfaced,”How far is the village? And where? In which direction?”

I climbed one more hillock and tried to locate signs of human civilisation. My legs were trembling. As I reached the top of the hill, I jumped with joy. I heard the sounds of people talking in the loudspeaker. In a jiffty, I ran down the hills, towards the sound with full vigour. I stumbled and fell down. Saw droppings of the Blue Bulls vigour. I stumbled and fell down. Saw droppings of Blue Bulls nearby. Struggled, stood up and decided which direction to move on. The signs of civilisation were visible. The tiny sleep village of Pitezari was visible through the green woods. The lantern of Rajiram Bhalavi’s marriage, all were in clean sight. Turned left to spot the village lake and familiar hillock ‘Suihudaki’ The dog barked to welcome me to the village.

The first thing I did was to take a bath. The shaking of limbs had lessened a bit. The stomach ache started again. Ate to the full and then slumped onto the cot. Lying awake looking at the star-studded sky, I spoke to myself,” There still exists a jungle where we can get lost, isn’t this our good luck?

A2. Web :

Complete the web by writing down signs of the vicinity of the village.


Practice Activity for students


A3. Find out:

Find out the expressions that show that the writer was relieved.


A4. Personal Response :

Narrate your experience when you go on venturing to an unknown place/village/forest/sanctuary.


A5. Language study :

a) I made a move.  (Rewrite it beginning with,” A move….”)

A move was made by me.

b) My stomach was aching. (Rewrite the sentence using Past perfect continuous tense)

My stomach had been aching.

c) I found a bright red soil trail.

(Frame a wh question to get the underlined part as an answer)

What did I find?

d) There must be a village nearby.

(Replace the modal auxiliary by another showing,” possibility”)

There may/might be a village nearby.

e) I climbed one more hillock and tried to locate signs of human civilisation.

(Make a simple sentence)

Climbing one more hillock I tried to locate signs of human civilisation.

f) Identify the tenses.

1. My mind was telling me.  (Past continuous)

2. I ran down the hillock.  (Simple past tense)

3. Isn’t this our good luck ?  (Simple present)

4. The shaking of limbs had lessened. (Past perfect tense)

g) As I reached the top of the hills, I jumped with joy.

( Rewrite using,” As soon as/No Sooner………than)

As soon as I reached the top of the hills, I jumped with joy.

No Sooner did I reach the top of the hills than I jumped with joy.

A6. Vocabulary :

Find out words from the extract which mean the following.

a) Preventing = averting

b) In a moment = in a jiffy

c) Strength = vigour

d) Slumped = fell heavily.

Note: All activities carry 2 marks.


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