Into the Wild Activity

 1. Arrange the following incidents in a proper sequential order as they have occurred in Part - 1:

(a) Writer realised that he was lost in the woods.
(b) The Langurs saw the leopard.
(c) The author was moving from the jungle as quietly as possible , finding his way through the thicket.
(d) The author met a villager. 

Ans: 
(c) The author was moving from the jungle as quietly as possible , finding his way through the thicket.
(b) The Langurs saw the leopard.
(d) The author met a villager. 
(a) Writer realised that he was lost in the woods.

2. State whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the false statements. 
(a) Earlier Shaaz was in the field of finance.
(b) BCRTI was founded out of the genuine urge to conserve the habitat of the wild life.
(c) Shaaz failed to utilize the finance incurred out of tourism.
(d) According to the local agriculturist seeing is more essential than listening 

Ans: 
a) Earlier Shaaz was in the field of finance. True 
(b) BCRTI was founded out of the genuine urge to conserve the habitat of the wild life . True 
(c) Shaaz failed to utilize the finance incurred out of tourism. False 
Correct : Shaaz utilized the tourist currency to provide local vocational training. 
(d) According to the local agriculturist seeing is more essential than listening. False
Correct : Listening is far more important than sight. 

3. Complete the given web chart

4. Complete the following 





5. Complete the flow chart stating the reactions of the petrified Langurs due to the presence of the Leopard.  


6. Complete the web, describing each step taken by the writer as a solitary traveller while moving in the jungle with great precaution. 

6. Choose appropriate phrases / expressions from the extract given in the brackets. ( time and again, to one's heart's content , frantic speed, in a jiffy )


(a) I was on diet for some days but today I am going to eat  .............................
(b) Every mother scolds her children .................... for the overuse of the mobile phone. 
(c) All their educational problems were sorted out ............. because of the funds given by an NGO.
(d) Raj ran at a  ................... to catch the tain.  

Ans : (a) I was on diet for some days but today I am going to eat to my heart's content 

(b) Every mother scolds her children time and again for the overuse of the mobile phone. 
(c) All their educational problems were sorted out in a jiffy because of the funds given by an NGO.
(d) Raj ran at a frantic speed to catch the tain. 

Language Study

(1) (i) Begin the following sentences with the words given in the brackets.
(a) I can guide visitors. (Visitors)
Ans : Visitors can be guided by me. 

(b) Animals are paying me back.
(I)
Ans : I am being paid back by animals. 
(c) The behaviour of the first black panther is being documented.
(They)
Ans: They are documenting the behaviour of the first black panther.

(d) All the research on the animal has been done through camera traps.
(They)
Ans: They have done all the research on the animal through camera traps. 

(e) Madegowda is employed by the Bison.
(The Bison)
Ans: The Bison employ Madegowda. 

(f) The surroundings were reminding me.
(I)
Ans: I was being reminded by the surroundings. 

(g) Raju was amazed at my solitary visits to Umbarzara.
(My solitary)
Ans: My solitary visits to Umbarzara amazed Raju. 

(h) I found a bright red soil trial.
(A)
Ans: A bright red soil trial was found by me. 

(i) Older leopards like Pardus carry away livestock from villages.
(Livestock)
Ans: Livestock from villages are carried away by older leopards like Pardus.

(j) I have lost almost 80 percent of a season’s yield of sugarcane.
(Almost 80 percent)
Ans: Almost 80 percent of a season’s yield of sugarcane has been lost by me. 

(k) Tracking an animal also teaches you life lessons.
(Life lessons)
Ans: Life lessons also are taught to you by tracking an animal. 

(l) Many things have been taught to me by the forests.
(The forests)
Ans: The forests have taught me many things. 

(m) Resentment among locals towards the animals is created by this.
(This)
Ans: This creates resentment among locals towards the animals 


(2) Rewrite the sentences by using ‘not only….but also’:


(a) The petrified Langurs speeded to the trees near and far and secured
their places on the tree tops.
Ans: The petrified Langurs not only speeded to the trees near and far but also secured
their places on the tree tops.

(b) Umbarzara is the haven for Tigers, Leopards and Sloth Bears.
Ans: Umbarzara is the haven not only for Tigers, Leopards but also for Sloth Bears.


(c) I crossed the cement pillar and stones stacked by the Forest
Development Corporation.
Ans: I crossed not only the cement pillar but also stones stacked by the Forest
Development Corporation.




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