Leonardo da Vinci
Chapter 12
Comprehension
1) Answer the following questions in complete sentences.
a) When was Leonardo Da Vinci born?
Answer: Leonardo Da Vinci born on 15 April 1452.
b) Where did Leonardo spend his early years?
Answer: Leonardo spend his early years with his grand- parents.
c) Under whom did Leonardo’s father send him to apprentice?
Answer: Leonardo’s father send him to apprentice under. Andrea did Verrocchio.
d) Name the two masterpieces of Leonardo.
Answer: The two masterpieces are- ‘The mona Lisa” and ‘The last Supper”.
e) What did Leonardo created on the shield?
Answer: Leonardo created a terrifying image of a dragon like monster on the shield.
f) Who was Mona Lisa?
Answer: Mona Lisa was a rice Merchants wife.
g) Where is Mona Lisa preserved now?
Answer: Mona is now preserved at Louvre museum Paris framce.
2) How do you know that Leonardo loved animals?
Answer: Leonardo loved animals that’s why he never ate- meat. He bought caged them free.
3) What did Leonardo do as an anatomist?
Answer: As an anatomist Leonardo disserted animals and humans cadavers to find their mechanism . his notes and drawing of his findings have helped scientist to understand humans anatomy better
Build up your vocabulary
Prefix(a letter or group letters added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning)
i) anti+ national = anti-national
ii) anti+ social = antisocial
iii) auto+ biography = autobiography
iv) co+ operation= co-operation
v) un+ natural = unnatural
vi) un+ able= unable
president= voice- vii) vice+ president
viii) vice+ principal= vice-principal
ix) un+ willing= unwilling
x) ultra+ modern= ultramodern
xi) ultra+ violet= ultraviolet
xii) to+ night= tonight
xiii) supper+ natural= supernatural
xiv) post+mortem= postmortem
xv) mis+ use= misuse
xvii) fore+ father= forefather
xviii) im+possible= impossible
xix) ir+regular= irregular
suffix(a letter or group of letters added to the end of a world make another world)
I) Hunt + er = Hunter
ii read+er=reader
iii) fight+ er= fighter
iv) inform+ ation= information
v) kid+ ness= kindness
vi) work + er = worker
vii) paint + er = painter
viii) speak + er = speaker.
ix) exam + ation= examination
x) il + legal = illegal