Priyanka's Little Turtle: written by Vinitha Ramchandani

Write the answer of the following question:

1. Why were the sea-birds circling above Priyanka?
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2. Why did Babymol say Priyanka would not listen to her?

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3. Why was Grandmother angry?
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4. What was the real reason for Priyanka”s good behavior?
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5. How did Keerti’s presence help change Priyanka as a person ?
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Choose the correct answer:
1.Priyanka is a _______years old little girl.
a) 7 b) 7 plus c) 8 d) 9

2. “They had spotted their next meal in the baby turtle.” Who
are ‘they’?
a) sea-birds b) sea-fishes c) fisher men
3. “Right now, it may be eaten up.” Who said to whom?
a) Priyanka to Babymol
b) Priyanka to grandmother
c) Babymol to Priyanka

4. Who is Babymol?
a) Priyanka’s friend’s mother b) Her grandmother’s maid
c) A fisher woman

5. How will Priyanka come to know that the small turtle is a sea turtle?
a) It will need to have sun.
b) It will grow enormously.
c) It will need huge food.
6.What is the meaning of ‘famished’?
a) feeling very tired
b) feeling very hungry
c) feeling very excited

7. “Throw it out at once.” What is ‘it’?

a) The school bag b) The cracked tub c)The shoe box d)
The turtle

8. Who eyed Priyanka with suspicion?

a) Babymol b) grandma c) Keerti

9. What is the meaning of ‘lumber’?

a) looking with suspicion b) walking with difficulty
c)moving freely
10. What was not true for Priyanka?
a) She tried to finish her homework with great difficulty.
b) She had someone to talk.
c) She put the turtle back on the beach in a few days.

11. ‘spoke in a soft low voice’ is the meaning of

a) glared b) crooned c) startled

12. Priyanka did not want to let go her

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a) prized package b) chocolate box c) tasty food

13. Grandmother forgot to scold Priyanka because of her

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a) anger b) love c) sickness d) business

Answer these questions.

1. Why were the sea-birds circling above Priyanka?
2. Why did Babymol say Priyanka would not listen to her?
3. What was Babymol's advice to Priyanka about looking after the turtle?
4. Why was Grandmother angry?
5. What was the real reason for Priyanka's good behaviour?
6. How did Keerti's presence help change Priyanka as a person

B Read these lines and answer the questions with reference to the context.
1. "Right now, it may be eaten up."
a. Who said this to whom?
b. Who or what would eat up the turtle?
c. What other advice did the speaker give Priyanka?
2. "All that school work made me hungry."
a. Who said this to whom?
b. Where had Priyanka come back from?
c. What happened after the speaker spoke these words?

"Throw it out at once. At ONCE!"

a. Who said this to whom?
b. What is the 'it'? How did 'it' reach the house?
c. Was 'it' thrown away in the end?

Think and answer.

1. If you were to find a turtle, what would you do?
2. Why do you think Babymol knows so much about turtles?

Complete these sentences using the correct words from the box.
accurately affectionately elderly joyfully clinically
1. The doctor said that I was…………………………..fit to go back to school.
2. Anushka………………………petted her dog, Rufus.
3. The meteorological department predicted the storm's path…………………
4. Pritam helped…………………….….. people cross the road during traffic safety week
5. The students shouted................ .......when the teacher told them about the class picnic.
Why were the sea-birds circling above Priyanka?
→ They had seen the baby turtle and wanted to eat it.

Why did Babymol say Priyanka would not listen to her?

→ Because Priyanka loved the turtle too much and did not want to return it to the sea.

What was Babymol's advice to Priyanka about looking after the turtle?
→ Babymol told her to give the turtle sun and water, and to feed it lettuce or cabbage
leaves.

Why was Grandmother angry?

→ She was angry because Priyanka secretly brought the turtle home.

What was the real reason for Priyanka’s good behaviour?

→ The real reason was that Priyanka was happy and felt loved because she had Keerti, the
turtle, to care for.

How did Keerti’s presence help change Priyanka as a person?

→ Keerti made Priyanka more caring, responsible and well-behaved. She stopped playing
pranks and became attentive.

B. Reference to Context
1. “Right now, it may be eaten up.”
a. Who said this to whom?
→ Babymol said this to Priyanka.
b. Who or what would eat up the turtle?
→ The sea-birds would eat the turtle.
c. What other advice did the speaker give Priyanka?
→ She told Priyanka to give the turtle sunlight, water, and green leaves.

2. “All that school work made me hungry.”

a. Who said this to whom?
→ Priyanka said this to her grandmother.
b. Where had Priyanka come back from?
→ She had come back from school.
c. What happened after the speaker spoke these words?
→ Her shoebox with the turtle fell out, and Grandmother saw it.

3. “Throw it out at once. At ONCE!”

a. Who said this to whom?
→ Grandmother said this to Priyanka.
b. What is the ‘it’? How did ‘it’ reach the house?
→ ‘It’ was the turtle. It reached the house because Priyanka carried it secretly in her
shoebox.
c. Was ‘it’ thrown away in the end?
→ No, Priyanka did not throw it away. She kept it with her.

C. Think and Answer

If you were to find a turtle, what would you do?

→ I would take care of it for some time and then put it back safely in the sea.

Why do you think Babymol knows so much about turtles?

→ Because she is a fisherwoman who lives near the sea and sees sea creatures often.

D. Complete these sentences

The doctor said that I was clinically fit to go back to school.

Anushka affectionately petted her dog, Rufus.
The meteorological department predicted the storm’s path accurately.
Pritam helped elderly people cross the road during traffic safety week.
The students shouted joyfully when the teacher told them about the class picnic.

Choose the correct answer

Priyanka is a _______years old little girl.
a) 7

“They had spotted their next meal in the baby turtle.” Who are ‘they’?
a) sea-birds

“Right now, it may be eaten up.” Who said to whom?

c) Babymol to Priyanka

Who is Babymol?
c) A fisher woman

How will Priyanka come to know that the small turtle is a sea turtle?
b) It will grow enormously.

What is the meaning of ‘famished’?

b) feeling very hungry

“Throw it out at once.” What is ‘it’?

d) The turtle

Who eyed Priyanka with suspicion?

b) grandma
What is the meaning of ‘lumber’?
b) walking with difficulty

What was not true for Priyanka?

c) She put the turtle back on the beach in a few days.

‘spoke in a soft low voice’ is the meaning of

b) crooned

Priyanka did not want to let go her

a) prized package

Grandmother forgot to scold Priyanka because of her

a) anger

B. Reference to Context
“Right now, it may be eaten up.”
a. Babymol said this to Priyanka.
b. The sea-birds would eat up the turtle.
c. Babymol also advised Priyanka to give the turtle sun and water, and later return it to the
beach.
“All that school work made me hungry.”
a. Priyanka said this to her grandmother.
b. Priyanka had come back from school.
c. After saying this, Priyanka dropped her schoolbag and the shoebox with the turtle fell out,
startling her grandmother.

“Throw it out at once. At ONCE!”

a. Grandmother said this to Priyanka.
b. The ‘it’ was the turtle. It reached the house because Priyanka had secretly brought it in
her shoebox.
c. No, it was not thrown away. Priyanka kept Keerti with her.

Think and Answer

If you were to find a turtle, what would you do?
Ans: If I were to find a turtle, I would take care of it for some time and then safely return it
to its natural home, the sea.

Why do you think Babymol knows so much about turtles?

Ans: Babymol knows so much about turtles because she is a fisherwoman who lives by the
sea and is familiar with sea creatures.

Complete these sentences

The doctor said that I was clinically fit to go back to school.
Anushka affectionately petted her dog, Rufus.
The meteorological department predicted the storm's path accurately.
Pritam helped elderly people cross the road during traffic safety week.
The students shouted joyfully when the teacher told them about the class picnic.
Turtle Tales: Keertiverman is the name of the turtle and Priyanka is the name of the girl.
How she rescues the turtle and brings him up and in the process bonds with her grandmother

Priyanka lived with her grandmother who lived in a large house with lot of sad memories.
Muthashi was angry with the world and was hard on her who always seemed to be about
doing things to annoy her. Then Priyanka found a friend-a turtle who gave her all the love
she was craving for. But Keertivarman the turtle fell ill and Priyanka had to make a
decision.
Keertiverman name of the turtle and Priyanka is the name of the girl. How she rescues the
turtle and brings him up and in the process bonds with her grandmother.
Priyanka’s good behaviour was that she was happy. She felt loved and had someone to love.
(Turtle Tales)
"Priyanka lived with her grandmother who lived in a large house with a lot of sad memories.
Muthashi was angry with the world and was hard on Priyanka who always seemed to be
about doing things to annoy her. Then Priyanka found a friend: a turtle who gave her all the
love she was craving for. But Keertivarman the turtle fell ill and Priyanka had to make a
decision."

Listen to a true story. After you listen, answer these questions.

1. What was special about Thomas?
2. How has Thomas 'lived through history"?
3. Who were Thomas' companions?
4. Why did Thomas later stay at home?

Read these questions that Priyanka may have asked Babymol.

Could you tell me what kind of box I need to put the turtle in?
*I'd like to know what I should feed it.
Have you any idea whether this is a tortoise or a turtle?

If we do not have any information about the requests made to us, we reply politely by
saying-
Sorry I don’t know * (I'm sorry,) I have no idea.

You need some information from the person at the ticket. counter at the cinema. Role-play
the situation. Use the phrases above to ask and answer four or five questions.
Read this newspaper article about crabs.
Moon Crabs of Karwar Anmol Ravindran, Chennai 23 September 2015
While walking along the water's edge one evening during a visit to the Devbagh Beach
Resort near Karwar, I saw one of the most beautiful creatures that I had ever seen. It was a
crab. The creature that I was staring at, had an almost circular body. But the flattened limbs
puzzled me and left me wondering what these could possibly be.
It was much later that I realised that this was the Moon Crab, also sometimes referred to as
the Sandy Shore Crab. It spends the day buried in sand. Its spade-like limbs are used to dig
into the sand and not for swimming. When these crabs come out to eat in the night, they
feed on small worms, clams and other small animals which they can defeat using their
strength.
Adult female crabs are also known to produce more than one batch of eggs with each batch
containing about 65,000 eggs! Moon Crabs are to be found in the Red Sea and through
much of Asia to Australia, where they are common in the Great Barrier Reef.
Imagine that you are a newspaper reporter who has gone to Odisha to document the journey
of the baby Olive Ridley turtles towards the sea.
Write an article describing the turtles, what you see around you and how the turtles walk
towards the sea. Give your article a headline.
You can begin like this-
(headline)
Name of reporter
Name of city/town, date
The journey of the Olive Ridley turtles begins here, on the yellow sandy beaches of Odisha,
every year. As the eggs begin to hatch, sea birds start circling in the sky above, waiting for a
free meal...