Fantasy

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 : to get a quick look into something
He peeped into the box and saw that his wife had gotten him a new watch.

b. pop down : to go somewhere quickly
I’ll try to pop down tomorrow evening after dinner.

c. remarkable : unusual, surprising, excellent or worthy of notice
She has made remarkable progress.

d. hedge : a row of bushes or small trees planted close together along the edge of a garden, field or road
Buying a house is the best hedge against inflation.

e. wonder : desire to know something
I wonder what the world is doing now.

f. tumble : to fall quickly without control
He took a tumble in the hay with the farmers’ daughter.

g. doze off : to sleep, especially during the day
He was just beginning to doze off when the telephone rang.

h. earnestly : seriously
Even when I studied most earnestly it seemed more like play than work.

i. tiny : very small
He made a tiny hole in the paper.

j. creep : to move slowly, quietly and carefully in order to avoid being heard or noticed
She crept toward the edge of the roof and looked over.

B. Match the words below with their opposites.

a. beginning = ending
b. stupid = clever
c. natural = artificial
d. disappointment = happiness
e. ignorant = educated
f. anxiously = calmly

Comprehension

A. Answer these questions.

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

Alice felt asleep while her sister was reading a book.

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

Alice ran across the field after the Rabbit because of her curiosity to know about the rabbit which she had never seen before.

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

She didn’t like to drop the jar because she was afraid of killing somebody underneath. She put it onto one of the cupboards.

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

When she saw a tiny golden key, the idea of opening one of the doors of the hall came to her mind.

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

“DRINK ME” was written on the bottle that she found. Yes, she followed what it said.

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

They were Alice and herself.

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

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

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

f. Alice saw a White Rabbit and ran after him.
c. Alice fell down a rabbit hole.
b. Alice found a small key and unblocked a very small door.
d. Alice drank something from a bottle and got very small door.
e. Alice tried to climb a table leg to get the key again.
a. Alice ate a small cake, which said “EAT ME”

Critical thinking

a. “Down the rabbit hole” is a sort of writing called fantasy. On the basis of your reading of the story point out some special elements of this kind of writing?

b. Is it good to imagine of things which are not possible to achieve in reality? Explain.

c. Do you talk to yourself when you are in a trouble? If yes, how does it help you?

Writing

b. Describe a strange dream that you have seen recently.

Grammar

B. Express your wishes in the following situations in three different ways. Use I wish/If only…….

a. You don’t have a mobile phone (You need one).

– I wish I talked to my father about it.
– I wish I could buy one myself.
– I wish somebody would gift me one.

b. You don’t know the answer of a question from the lesson.

– I wish my frend told me the answer.
– I wish my teacher would help me.
– I wish I could read the lesson properly.

c. You can’t play the guitar.

– I wish I brought a guitar lesson book.
– I wish someone would teach me guitar chords.
– I wish I could go to the guitar expert’s.

d. It’s cold.

– I wish I drank hot water.
– I wish my mother would burn some firewood.
– I wish I could stay inside the house.

e. You are feeling sick.

– I wish I were healthy.
– I wish somebody would call a doctor.
– I wish I could go to hospital.

f. You live in a crowded city.

– I wish I lived in the country.
– I wish the city would be peaceful.
– I wish I could spend a couple of weeks far from the city.

g. You feel lonely.

– I wish I listened to my favourite music.
– I wish my friend would phone me.
– I wish I could do the household works.

C. Rewrite the following sentences making correction if necessary.

a. I wish my father bought me a bike.

I wish my father bought me a bike.

b. I wish I would write poems.

I wish I could write poems.

c. I wish I could remember her name.

I wish I could remember her name.

d. I wish I had a god job.

I wish I had a god job.

e. I wish I would be rich.

I wish I were rich.