A Day in the Zoo Exercise and Extra Suggestive Questions and Answers with Writings

The board of secondary education [WBBSE] has published the English Textbook named Bliss [PDF File Download]. In that book a very important Lesson [Lesson 4] is that A Day in the Zoo written by Gerald Durrell. Here we are going to analysis A Day in the Zoo Questions and Answers. You may follow this page to solve A Day in the Zoo Exercise. Whole exercise including grammar and writings has been provided here to help the students. A Day in the Zoo summary is also told in the below page. Let’s see.

A Day in the Zoo Summary

A Day in the Zoo is written by Gerald Durrell, an English Zookeeper, conservationist and author. He was well known for founding ‘Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust’ and the ‘Jersey Zoo’. He published some writings regarding wild life animal and their activity.

Our text ‘A Day in the Zoo’ is a minute description of the activity of wild animal in a Zoo from morning to night. Here we can be conversant different type of animals, birds and reptiles. Here the author has told us about how he set up his own zoo in Jersey. The following passage is extracted from Menagerie Manor by Gerald Durrell, The text has showed us a description of a typical day in the zoo and what’s the duty of the worker from morning to night. Actually here we can get details about wild animal without going to the zoo and can be familiar to them. Let’s see questions and answers from A Day in the Zoo.

A Day in the Zoo Questions and Answers

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Exercise 1

Tick the correct answer from the given alternatives:

1. The average day in a zoo begins just before
a) dusk
b) dawn
c) afternoon
d) evening

2. The birds searching the dewy grass on the lawn were
a) peahens
b) peacocks
c) robins
d) thrushes

3. Stephen with a broom in his hand was guarding over the
a) bears
b) gorilla
c) apes
d) armadillo

4. The name of the black Celebes ape was
a) Etam
b) Jeremy
c) Mike
d) Stephen

5. The reptiles dozed in the temperature of
a) sixty degrees
b) seventy degrees
c) eighty degrees
d) ninety degrees

Exercise 2

Answer the following questions within fifteen words:

1. How does the sky look as one is awakened by the birdsong?
Ans :- When one is awakened by the birdsong, the sky will be slightly tinged with yellow.

2. How do the parrots and parakeets salute the people?
Ans :- The parrots and parakeets salute the people with a cacophony of sounds.

3. What do all the animals do at the start of a new day?
Ans :- Al the animals, excited and eager at the start of a new day, bustle about the cages.

4. As the light fades, where does the robin fly off to?
Ans :- As the light fades, the robin flies off to roost in the mimosa tree.

Exercise 3

Answer the following questions within twenty-five words:

1. What work do Jeremy and Mike do in the gorillas’ cages?
Ans :- Inside the gorillas’ cages Jeremy and Mike sweep up the mess on the floor and scatter fresh white sawdust.

2. Describe the state of the frogs and snakes in the reptile house.
Ans :- In the reptile house snake regard you calmly with lidless eyes and frogs make gulping sounds.

3. What would one see and hear while lying in bed at night?
Ans :- While lying in bed at night one would see through the window the moon separating itself from the shadow of the tree.

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Exercise 4

Classify the underlined adverbs according to their functions in the chart given below:

1. I have already done the job.
2. Bappa can go anywhere for his work.
3. Puja often comes to my place.
4. Nargis sings sweetly.

Functions of adverbs

Manner	Sweetly
Time	Often
Place	Anywhere
Frequency	Already

Exercise 5

Underline the clauses in the following sentences and state what kind of clauses they are:

1. As he was not there, I spoke to his brother.
   [Adverbial Clause]
2. The house where Nazrul was born is in Churulia.
   [Adjective / Relative Clause]
3. She said that she would return soon.
   [Noun Clause]
   
4. Have you read the book which you borrowed from me?
   [Adjective / Relative Clause]

Exercise 6

Identify the following sentences as simple, complex or compound sentence:

1. He is too tired to walk alone.
   Ans:- Simple Sentence
2. I have a friend who lives in Mumbai.
   Ans:- Complex Sentence
3. Priyam wrote a letter but he got no reply.
   Ans:- Compound Sentence
4. Being ill, I could not attend school.
   Ans:- Simple Sentence
5. She told me that she would enter a house which is believed to be haunted.
   Ans:- Complex Sentence
6. The sun shines brightly and the flowers bloom.
   Ans:- Compound Sentence

Exercise 7

Write a letter to the Headmaster / Headmistress of your school within 100 words seeking leave for three days to visit your ailing grandmother.

Exercise 8

Write a letter to your friend within 100 words narrating your experience of visiting a wild life sanctuary.

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A Day in the Zoo Extra Questions and Answers

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Answer the Following Questions from the text ‘A Day in the Zoo’

Give the answers of these below questions from A Day in the Zoo within 15 words [Marks 1] —

1. What do you mean by the phrase ‘baring his teeth’?
Ans :- The phrase ‘baring his teeth’ means, disclosed the teeth by opening mouth. Here Etam the black Celebes ape greets the general public by baring his teeth.

2. What does the armadillo do lying on its back?
Ans :- Lying on its back the armadillo twitches its paws and nose.

3. What are the Gorillas compared to?
Ans :- The Gorillas are compared with the children just out of school.

4. How does the Etam greet one?
Ans :- The Etam greets one by baring his teeth.

5. How does the male Peety act when you call him?
Ans :- When one calls the male Peety, he flies down and land on a perch nearest to you.

Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false with Giving Supporting Statement

T/F is one of great important Questions and Answers from A Day in the Zoo carried 1 or 2 marks —

Statements	True/False
1. Suku the grey parrot cries, ‘I am a naughty bird’.	False
S.S :- Suku the grey parrot cries, ‘I am a very fine bird’.
2. The parrots and parakeets greet you with a sweet song.	False
S.S :- The parrots and parakeets salute you with a cacophony of sounds.
3. Peety, the male touraco was reared in West Africa.	True
S.S :- The male, Peety, I had reared while in West Africa.
4. The gorillas are taken out of their cages to give them a shower.	False
S.S :- The Gorillas have been let out of their cages while the cages are cleaned.
5. Mike is a very fleshy person.	True
S.S :- Mike, plump and ever-smiling, is busy along with Jeremy.

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