(a) “I know I should fall if I tried to fly
“Try”, said the big kite, “only try”!
(i) Who fears that he will fall?
(ii) What is the big kite telling him to do?
(iii) What is the big kite telling the little kite to try?
(iv) A word for ‘dropping down’ in this passage is
(b) The little kite’s paper stirred at the sight. And trembling he shook himself free for flight.
(i) What sight did the little kite see?
(ii) What happened when the little kite saw this?
(iii) What did the little kite do after that?
(iv) Which word in the passage means to ‘shake with fear’?
(c) And how the little kite thrilled with pride. As he sailed by the big kite side by side!
(i) What did the little kite feel?
(ii) Who was beside the little kite?
(iii) What were the two kites doing?
(iv) Choose the correct meaning of ‘thrilled’.
(a) overjoyed, (b) jumping about, (c) sad
(d) They rested high in the quiet air, And only the birds and the clouds were there.
(i) Who is ‘they’ in the lines?
(ii) What are they doing?
(iii) What was all around them?
(iv) Which word in the passage means the opposite of ‘noisy’?
(a) (i) The little kite.
(ii) The big kite is telling the little kite to try only.
(iii) The big kite is telling the little kite to try and fly.
(iv) fall
(b) (i) The little kite saw the big kite fly off towards the sky.
(ii) The little kite’s paper began to stir, on seeing the big kite fly off.
(iii) The little kite began to tremble and shake to free himself for flying.
(iv) tremble
(c) (i) The little kite felt thrilled.
(ii) The big kite was beside the little kite.
(iii) The two kites were sailing in the sky, side by side.
(iv) overjoyed
(d) (i) ‘They’ in the lines are the little kite and the big kite.
(ii) They are resting in the quiet air.
(iii) All around them were the birds and clouds.
(iv) quiet