Mijbil the Otter
Class 10 · English · 23 Questions
What 'experiment' did Maxwell think Camusfearna would be suitable for?
Why does he go to Basra? How long does he wait there, and why?
Why was the otter named 'Maxwell's otter'?
In the beginning, the otter was
What happened when Maxwell took Mijbil to the bathroom? What did it do two days after that?
How was Mij to be transported to England?
What did Mij do to the box?
Why does Maxwell say the airhostess was "the very queen of her kind"?
What happened when the box was opened?
What game had Mij invented?
What are 'compulsive habits'? What does Maxwell say are the compulsive habits of school children and Mij?
What group of animals do otters belong to?
What guesses did the Londoners make about what Mij was?
What things does Mij do which tell you that he is an intelligent, friendly and fun-loving animal who needs love?
What are some of the things we come to know about otters from this text?
Why is Mij's species now known to the world as Maxwell's otter?
Look at these examples from the text, and say whether the modifiers (in italics) are nouns, proper nouns, or adjective plus noun.
Given below are some nouns, and a set of modifiers (in the box). Combine the nouns and modifiers to make as many appropriate phrases as you can. (Hint: The nouns and modifiers are all from the texts in this book.)
Match the words on the left with a word on the right. Some words on the left can go with more than one word on the right.
Use a bit of/a piece of/a bunch of/a cloud of/a lump of with the italicised nouns in the following sentences.