Solution of Chapter 9. The Great Stone Face-I (Honeydew Book)

The Great Stone Face stood near where Ernest and his mother lived.

One would clearly distinguish the features of the Stone Face only from a distance.

Ernest loved his mother and helped her in her work.

Though not very rich, Gathergold was a skillful merchant.

Gathergold died in poverty and neglect.

The Great Stone Face seemed to suggest that Ernest should not fear the general.

What was the Great Stone Face?

What did Young Ernest wish when he gazed at it?

What was the story attributed to the Stone Face?

What gave the people of the valley the idea that the prophecy was about to come true for the first time?

Did Ernest see in Gathergold the likeness of the Stone Face?

Who did he confide in and how was he proved right?

What made people believe General Blood-and-Thunder was their man?

Ernest compared the man’s face with the Stone Face. What did he conclude?

Look at the following words.

Like – likeness

Punctual – punctuality

The words on the left are adjectives and those on the right are their noun forms.

Write the noun forms of the following words by adding –ness or –city to them appropriately. Check the spelling of the new words.

(i) lofty…………….. (vi) enormous ………

(ii) able ………….. (vii) pleasant …………….

(iii) happy ………….. (viii) dense …………….

(iv) near ……………. (ix) great …………….

(v) noble …………… (x) stable …………….

Add-ly to each of the following adjectives, then use them to fill in the blanks.

(i) Why didn’t you turn up at the meeting? We all were …………. Waiting for you.

(ii) …………….. write your name and address in capital letters.

(iii) I was …………. Surprised to see him at the railway station. I thought he was not coming.

(iv) It is ……………….. believable that I am not responsible for this mess.

(v) He fell over the step and ……………… broke his arm.

Complete each sentence below using the appropriate forms of the verbs in brackets.

(i) I …………… (phone) you when I …………. (get) home from school.

(ii) Hurry up! Madam ……….. (be) annoyed if we …….. (be) late.

(iii) If it ………. (rain) today, we ………….. (not) go to the play.

(iv) When you ………….. (see) Mandal again, you ………… (not/recognize) him. He is growing a bread.

(v) We are off today. We …………… (write) to you after we ………. (be) back.

Imagine you are Ernest. Narrate the story that his mother told him.

Begin like this: My mother and I were sitting at the door of our cottage. We were looking at the Great Stone Face. I asked her if she had ever seen anyone who looked like the Stone Face. Then she told me this story.

Imagine you are Gathergold. Write briefly the incident of your return to the valley.

Begin like this: My name is Gathergold. I left the valley of the Great Stone Face fifty years ago. I am now going back home. Will the people of the valley welcome me? Do they know that I am very rich?