The Clever Menke
Chapter 6
1. Vary Short Question Answer
(a) Who swam to the rock?
Ans. The crocodile swam to the rock.
(b) Where did the monkey live?
Ans. The monkey lived on the bank of a river.
(c) Where did the crocodile live?
Ans. On the far bank of the river, the big crocodile lived with his wife.
(d) Who gave advice to the crocodile about catching the monkey?
Ans. Crocodile’s wife gave advice to the crocodile about catching the monkey,
2. Short Question Answer
(a) Why did the monkey become suspicious?
Ans. The monkey saw that the rock had become large but it was not so big when he had come there. So he became suspicious.
(b) What was the monkey’s suggestion to the crocodile?
Ans. The monkey suggested to the crocodile to open his mouth wide so that he would jump straight into his mouth.
(c) What did the monkey tell the crocodile from his safe shelter?
Ans. The monkey laughed at the crocodile, saying him foolish. He also said that he would never catch him. Though the crocodile was bigger than him but he was a bigger fool as well.
3. Let’s fill in the blanks with the prepositions given in the box
a) The boy is looking at me.
(b) Give this letter to your class teacher.
(c) Put the duster on the table.
(d) Fish live in water.
(e) Put off the light.
(f) I go to school everyday.
4. Write “T’ for True and ‘F’ for False statements in the given boxes
a) The crocodile found that catching the monkey was a difficult job.
Ans: T
(b) The rock always talked to the monkey.
Ans : F
(c) The monkey jumped straight into the crocodile’s open mouth.Ans : F
(d) The monkey returned to his home safely.
Ans: T
(e) The monkey was more clever than the crocodile.
Ans : T