The Ant and the Cricket - Textbook Questions

Q1. What was the cricket accustomed to doing?

The cricket was accustomed to singing all through the warm, sunny months of summer and spring.

Q2. Why did he complain when winter arrived?

Because his cupboard was empty, and he could not find a crumb of food on the snow-covered ground.

Q3. What happened when he went to the ant?

The ant refused to help him. The ant said, 'We ants never borrow; we ants never lend.' He advised the cricket to dance the winter away.

Q4. What is the moral of the poem?

The moral is that if we do not work and save for the future, we will suffer in difficult times.

Grammar Exercises: Adjectives (Comparison)

Q1. Write Degrees

1. Warm -> Warmer -> Warmest
2. Gay -> Gayer -> Gayest
3. Bad -> Worse -> Worst

Q2. Correction

He is the **laziest** (lazy) cricket.

1. Positive

Simple quality.

2. Comparative

Comparing two. (+er/more)

3. Superlative

Comparing many. (+est/most). 'The' is used before superlative.

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