Beauty and the Beast-1(New Oxford Modern English - 4) by David Horsburgh

Beauty and the Beast-1

Question and Answer.

1.    How many characters are in the room and who are they?

Ans:There are seven characters in the room. They are: Jack,Joseph,George,April,June,Beauty and the merchant.

2.    What work does the merchant do?

Ans: The merchant is a great businessman. He does  a variety of business. He has a warehouse beside his house. Probably, he is a garment businessman. He also sells his goods to the foreign countries and collects necessary articles from foreign countries.

3.    Who is the most hard-working of the children?

Ans: Beauty the youngest daughter of the merchant is the most hard-working of the children.

4.    What is the first misfortune that the family suffers?

Ans: One day the merchant was with his grown up children. They all were gossiping in the house. Suddenly Joseph heard something noisy. George went outside and saw their warehouse was going up in flames.Moreover,it has become cinders. This is the first misfortune that the family suffers.

5.    What is the second piece of bad news for the family?

Ans: One day the merchant called in her all of his children. He said to them to sit for a minute. Finally he informed that at that morning the ship bringing all his new goods was lost at sea.

6.    Where do the sons and father go and why?

Ans: When the merchant lost all of his properties, he and his sons went out to find a job so that they may earn for the family. But they lost their track and moved to the forest.

7.    What do June and April ask their father to bring them?

Ans: June and April are the two lazy daughters of the merchant. When the merchant became ruined, he was going outside to find a job. At that time he asked his daughter what he will bring for them when he will come back to the home. June asked her father to bring some new clothes. Moreover, April asked her  father to bring some new jewelry.

8.    What does Beauty ask her father to bring?

Ans: When the merchant became ruined, he was going outside to find a job. At that time he asked his daughter what he will bring for them when he will come back to the home. Then Beauty asked her father to bring a rose for her.

9.    What makes the Beast angry?

Ans: One day the merchant and his son George lost their track and they moved to the forest. Suddenly they saw a huge castle in the forest. George was sleeping. In the meantime the merchant was roaming in the garden. He saw many flowers in the garden and he picked a rose. Seeing this the Beast became very angry.

Write the same meaning of the following words.

Possessing-owning	Ashes-cinders
Storeroom- warehouse	Secure-safe
Gimmick-treat	Hardship-difficult

Add the correct prefix(un or dis ) in the following.

a.happy-unhappy b.agree- disagree c.please – displease d.appear-disappear e.believe- disbelieve f.allowed- disallowed g.appoimt-disappoint

h.clear- unclear i.attached- unattached j.satisfy- dissatisfy k.honest-dishonest l. able- unable m.limited- unlimited n.certain- uncertain o. educated- uneducated