Question
A1. Simple Factual Activities:
Complete the following sentences using the information from the passage:
(1) The last man who entered the wooden horse was ______________.
(2) Troy was taken, not by force but ______________.
At last Troy was taken, not by force but by a trick. It was the cunning Odysseus who thought of a plan to obtain the victory.
“Let us build a great wooden horse”, he said, “big enough to hold men inside it, and let some of our best fighters hide in the horse. Then let us burn our tents and pretend to sail away in our ships. But instead of sailing away, we will return in the night. When the Trojans are asleep, we will attack the city and burn and kill.”
The Greek leaders decided to follow the advice of the wise Odysseus. So a great horse of wood was made by a skilful engineer, and the greatest heroes, Menelaus, Odysseus himself, and others entered it, the last man to go in being the architect himself who knew the secret of opening and shutting the entrance. That evening the Greeks burned their tents and sailed away in their ships, but they did not go very far. Only one man was left behind to persuade the Trojans to drag the horse into their city.
Next day the Trojans woke up, expecting to go out and fight as they had done for the past ten years. What delight and surprise they felt at the sight they saw on the seashore outside the walls ! It seemed that the long siege was over at last. The tents had been burnt. The shore was deserted. The Greek ships had all gone.
“It’s peace at last,” they cried, and opened wide their gates and came out in large numbers on the plain, glad to be free again to go where they pleased. Then they saw on the sands the huge, wooden horse. They gathered round it in astonishment, for it was indeed a wonderful piece of work.
A2. Complex Factual Activities:
How did Odysseus plan to defeat the Trojans?
A3. Activities based on Vocabulary:
Arrange the letters properly to make a meaningful word:
(1) aagni
(2) bndeih
(3) rohse
(4) seegi.
A4. Activities based on Contextual Grammar:
Read the following constructions carefully and then use them to express your ideas:
(1) A horse big enough to hold men inside it.
(2) The Greeks were tired of the long war.
A5. Personal Response:
Was it enough to use the wooden horse to hide some soldiers? What was done to make the Trojans take it inside the city?
Complete the following sentences using the information from the passage:
(1) The last man who entered the wooden horse was ______________.
(2) Troy was taken, not by force but ______________.
At last Troy was taken, not by force but by a trick. It was the cunning Odysseus who thought of a plan to obtain the victory.
“Let us build a great wooden horse”, he said, “big enough to hold men inside it, and let some of our best fighters hide in the horse. Then let us burn our tents and pretend to sail away in our ships. But instead of sailing away, we will return in the night. When the Trojans are asleep, we will attack the city and burn and kill.”
The Greek leaders decided to follow the advice of the wise Odysseus. So a great horse of wood was made by a skilful engineer, and the greatest heroes, Menelaus, Odysseus himself, and others entered it, the last man to go in being the architect himself who knew the secret of opening and shutting the entrance. That evening the Greeks burned their tents and sailed away in their ships, but they did not go very far. Only one man was left behind to persuade the Trojans to drag the horse into their city.
Next day the Trojans woke up, expecting to go out and fight as they had done for the past ten years. What delight and surprise they felt at the sight they saw on the seashore outside the walls ! It seemed that the long siege was over at last. The tents had been burnt. The shore was deserted. The Greek ships had all gone.
“It’s peace at last,” they cried, and opened wide their gates and came out in large numbers on the plain, glad to be free again to go where they pleased. Then they saw on the sands the huge, wooden horse. They gathered round it in astonishment, for it was indeed a wonderful piece of work.
A2. Complex Factual Activities:
How did Odysseus plan to defeat the Trojans?
A3. Activities based on Vocabulary:
Arrange the letters properly to make a meaningful word:
(1) aagni
(2) bndeih
(3) rohse
(4) seegi.
A4. Activities based on Contextual Grammar:
Read the following constructions carefully and then use them to express your ideas:
(1) A horse big enough to hold men inside it.
(2) The Greeks were tired of the long war.
A5. Personal Response:
Was it enough to use the wooden horse to hide some soldiers? What was done to make the Trojans take it inside the city?
