Page 88 - English Reader - 3

2.1. Write any two:

a. Fruits mentioned in the story.

b. Name of countries mentioned in the story.

c. States of the USA mentioned in the story.

d. Colours mentioned in the story.

2.2. Choose the correct word to complete the following

sentences.

a. The narrator has a (lemon / mango) orchard.

b. The narrator’s (father / mother) works in a post office.

c. The weather of California is (warm / cool) most of the

time.

d. We can’t grow (apples / oranges) in California.

e. Lemons are (green / yellow) when they are picked.

2.3. Answer the following questions.

a. What did the narrator promise?

b. Where do the narrator and family live?

c. Why do they check the lemons everyday?

d. When do the lemons turn yellow?

e. Why did the father once let a lemon stay on the tree?

f. Why can’t they grow apples in California?

2.4. Make a list of any five fruits that grow in your district.

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