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Chapter 1 Feline Eating Disorders, (Class 6 English I), (Pages: 12, 13, 14):, Verification:, A:, , Word Meanings:, , 01., 02., 03., 04., 05., 06., 07., 08., 09., 10., 11., 12., , Tongue-in-cheek, : A remark that is not serious, although it may seem to be., Figurative, : A word or expression with abstract or imaginative meaning., Shrank, : Reduced in size., Stripy, : Having stripes on the body., Stroppy, : Bad-tempered., Bulimia, : An illness in which a person repeatedly eats too much and then forces, oneself to vomit., NHS, : National Health Service., Self-esteem, : A feeling of being happy with one’s own character and abilities., Saggy, : Something that has lost its firmness., Insecure, : Not confident., Feline, : A member of the cat family., Retain, : To have or keep something., , B:, , Questions for two marks:, , 01., What do you mean by epistolary writing?, Ans: A story that is written in the form of letters is known as epistolary writing. The word, “epistolary” comes from the Latin word “epistle” which means letter., 02., What is the lesson “Feline Eating Disorders” about?, Ans: The lesson “Feline Eating Disorders” is about a real-life exchange of letters of complaint, between a cat owner and a Customer Relations executive of the company from which the pet, owner buys his food for his cat. According to the owner his cat falls sick after eating the pet, food., 03., Ans:, , Who is Nahla? What does it look like?, Nahla is the pet cat of Anthony. She looks like a tiger that shrank in the wash., , 04., Why did Anthony give his cat crunchy food?, Ans: Anthony gave his cat crunchy food because it was advised by the veterinarian on, account of her gum disease., 05., What made Anthony worry about Nahla?, Ans: Anthony was worried about Nahla because she kept falling sick after she had eaten her, Meat-o-Jelly. Unfortunate, she seemed to prefer to vomit in the house instead of in other, people’s gardens., 06., Why according to Anthony was Nahla much smaller than the other cats?, Ans: According to Anthony Nahla was much smaller than the other cats because she had, kittens when she was very young. He also suspected that she was being bullied., 07., What did the Customer Relations executive of Catty Foods suggest Anthony?, Ans: The Customer Relations executive of Catty Foods suggested Anthony to return the, pouches to them for examination if he had retained any from the batch in question. That would, help them to respond to his complaint more thoroughly., 08., What according to the Customer Relations executive were the reasons for Nahla’s other, issues to vomit?, Ans: According to the Customer Relations executive, the reasons for Nahla’s other issues to, vomit were eating food too quickly, eating something odd, disliking Anthony’s carpet and her, anxiousness about her adoption., 09., “So I would rule out Bulimia as a cause”, a), Who said this?, Ans: The Customer Relations executive said this., b), What does Bulimia mean in the line?, Ans: Bulimia is an illness in which a person repeatedly eats too much and then forces, oneself to vomit., c), Why would the speaker rule out Bulimia as a cause?, Ans: The speaker would rule out Bulimia as a cause because Nahla showed symptoms of her, sickness dissimilar to Bulimia.
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10., What solution did the Customer Relations Executive give Anthony?, Ans: The Customer Relations executive suggested Anthony to give Nahla access to his, internet so that she could try to trace her relatives and to move to a new house closer to the, sea and that would also solve her issues with his carpet., (Page 15):, Ex A:, 01., 02., 03., 04., 05., 06., , False, False, True, False, False, False, , (Page 16):, Ex A:, 01., 02., 03., 04., 05., , Carpet, Worried, Veterinarian, Feline, Nutrition, , Ex B:, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, , (d), (c), (e), (a), (b)
