Can man fly like birds? No, he can’t. But a man can sit in an aeroplane and fly. An aeroplane is like a bird. Birds can move their tails

Question

Read the following passage carefully and on the basis of your reading answer the questions given below it : 

Can man fly like birds? No, he can’t. But a man can sit in an aeroplane and fly. An aeroplane is like a bird. Birds can move their tails from one side to the other and they can also move their wings up and down. An aeroplane has two wings and a tail. It can move its tail, but cannot move its wings. Some aeroplanes are big and some are small. Big aeroplanes have four engines and they travel long distances in a short time. Small aeroplanes have only one or two engines and they don’t travel very fast. Some big aeroplanes have seats for a hundred or a hundred and fifty passengers. A very big aeroplane carries four to five hundred people. Do you want to fly? You can’t fly with wings. But you can become a pilot and fly an aeroplane. 

1. Can a man fly like birds? Why? 

2. Can a man fly? How? 

3. Is an aeroplane different from a bird? How? 

4. What are the differences between a big aeroplane and a small aeroplane? 

5. Explain the italicized words in the passage. 

6. Give a suitable title to the above passage.

Answer 1

1. No, man cannot fly like birds. Birds have wings and they fly with their help but man does not have wings. 

2. Yes, man can fly. He can sit in an aeroplane and fly. 

3. Yes, an aeroplane is different from a bird. An aeroplane has two wings and a tail, it can move its tail but it cannot move its wings. That is the difference.” 

4. A big aeroplane has four engines and it can travel long distances in a short interval of time. A small aeroplane has only one or two engines and it does not travel very fast. 

5. long distances – places of destination located very far away. Passengers – travellers. 

6. Importance of Aeroplanes.