NEB Grade XI Compulsory English Note | Language Development | Unit- 12 Down the Rabbit Hole Part 1

Unit: 12

Down the Rabbit Hole

Ways with words

A. Find the meanings of the following words and phrases from a dictionary and make sentences by using them.

a. peep into

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Answer:
meaning- to get a quick look into something

I peeped into the oven to see what was being cooked for dinner

b. pop down

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Answer:
to go somewhere quickly

I popped down to the shop to get some coffee.

c. remarkable

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Answer:
unusual, surprising, excellent or worthy of notice

The interior of the house is remarkable for its beauty.

d. hedge

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Answer:
a row of bushes or small trees planted close together along the edge of a garden, field or road

My sister kicked the ball so powerfully that it flew over the hedge.

e. wonder

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Answer:
desire to know something

I wonder why she left the job.

f. tumble

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Answer:
to fall quickly without control

She has lost her footing and tumbled down the stairs.

g. doze off

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Answer:
to sleep, especially during the day

He was just beginning to doze off when the telephone rang.

h. earnestly

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seriously

She earnestly hopes to come back in summer.

i. tiny

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Answer:
very small

Look at her tiny fingers. Aren't they cute?

j. creep

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Answer:
to move slowly, quietly and carefully in order to avoid being heard or noticed

She crept up the stairs, trying not to wake up them.

B. Match the words below with their opposites.

1. beginning - vi. ending
2. stupid - iv. clever
3. natural - v. artificial
4. disappointment- i. happiness
5. ignorant - iii. educated
6. anxiously - ii. calmly

Comprehension

a. What did Alice do while her sister was reading a book?

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Answer:
She fell asleep while her sister was reading a book

b. Why did Alice run across the field after the Rabbit?

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Answer:
Alice ran across the field after the Rabbit because she was curious to know more about the rabbit she had never seen before, in a waistcoat with a pocket watch.

c. Why didn’t she like to drop the jar? What did she do with it?

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Answer:
She did not like to drop the jar for fear of killing somebody underneath. She put it into one of the cupboards.

d. What idea came to her mind when she saw a tiny golden key?

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Answer:
The idea of opening one of the doors of the hall came to her mind when she saw a tiny golden key.

e. What was written on the bottle that she found? Did she follow what it said?

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Answer:
The words “DRINK ME” was written on the bottle that she found. Yes, she did.

f. Alice was fond of pretending to be two people. Who were they?

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Answer:
They were Alice, herself.

g. Why did she want to eat the cake that she found?

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Answer:
She wanted to eat the cake that she found because it could make her grow bigger.

B. Put these sentences in the right order as they happen in the story.

1. Alice saw a White Rabbit and ran after him.
2. Alice fell down a rabbit hole.
3. Alice found a small key and unlocked a very small door.
4. Alice drank something from a bottle and got very small.
5. Alice tried to climb a table leg to get the key again.
6. Alice ate a small cake, which said, ‘EAT ME’.

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