Summary: The Tale of Peter Rabbit
The Tale of Peter Rabbit is about a naughty rabbit, Peter. At the beginning of
the story, his mother warns her children against entering the vegetable garden of
a man named Mr. McGregor. She tells them: "your Father had an accident
there.” Her other three children obey her, but naughty Peter enters the garden.
He begins to eat a lot of vegetables as soon as he enters the garden. He soon has
a stomach ache and goes looking for parsley, to cure himself. Peter is spotted by
Mr McGregor, who starts chasing him. Peter loses his jacket and shoes while
trying to escape. Some sparrows encourage him to get up and run when he gets
caught in a gooseberry net. He then hides in a watering can in the tool-shed, but
then has to run away again when Mr McGregor finds him. Soon, he gets
completely lost in the garden. He asks the directions to the gate. The mouse is
unable to help him because she has a large pea in her mouth. After searching
some more, Peter sees the gate where he entered the garden from a distance. He
runs towards it. He sees Mr McGregor on his way, but does not stop. He finally
wriggles under the gate, and escapes from the garden. He just flops on the soft
floor of his house tired after the adventure.
UNIT 2: THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT
Embedded Questions:
● Mrs Rabbit has four children.
● Something dangerous might have happened
● Because he eats too much, too fast.
● Because he is tired.
● Because he doesn’t know the way out. He doesn’t know what to do. He thinks he will be stuck in
the garden forever.
● He just wants to get back home quickly.
● (free response)
Comprehension
A. 1. Peter first ate some lettuces and some French beans and he then ate some radishes in Mr
McGregor’s garden.
2. Peter ran all over the garden because he had forgotten the way back to the gate.
3. Peter rushed into the tool shed and jumped into a water can. That is how he got wet.
4. The mouse did not answer Peter because she had a very large pea in her mouth. She only shook
her head at him.
5. Peter lost his shoes and coat in Mr McGregor’s garden.
B. 1. Mrs Rabbit told her children they could go into the fields or down the lane. But she told them not
to go to Mr McGregor’s garden because their father had an accident there.
2. When Peter tried to run away from Mr McGregor, he ran into a gooseberry net. The large brass
buttons on his jacket got caught in it. Peter did not know what to do. He started crying. Some
kind sparrows heard him and asked him to try harder. Mr McGregor tried pop a sieve on top of
Peter but Peter wriggled out, leaving his coat behind.
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3. From the gooseberry net, Peter rushed into the tool shed. There he jumped into a water can. When
Mr McGregor was looking for Peter, Peter sneezed aloud. Mr McGregor then tried to catch Peter
but Peter jumped out of the window. Mr McGregor became tired and went back to work.
4. Peter met some sparrows and a mouse in the garden. The sparrows helped him but the mouse
did not.
5. Peter saw the gate when he was hiding in the wheelbarrow. Mr McGregor had his back towards
Peter. Peter jumped out of the wheelbarrow and ran as fast as he could. He slipped under the gate
and ran without stopping till he reached home. At home, he just lay down and shut his eyes.
C. Suggested answers (Accept any logical answer)
1. This sentence tells us that Peter was a naughty rabbit. He lost his jacket and shoes many times
before this.
2. No, Peter did not enjoy himself in Mr McGregor’s garden. All the time he was busy running, being
afraid and crying. He did not have any fun at all.
D. Answers vary
do not agree – too many mangoes can make a person sick – Uncle wanted children play happily and
not fall sick – that is the reason he gave them only one mango
Grammar
A. a fox table boy goat
an owl ice-cream eagle aunt
B. 2. 3. 4. 5.
C. 1. a 2. a 3. the 4. a 5. The
D. 1. the 2. the 3. the 4. a 5. the
Vocabulary
2. flew away 3. ran behind 4. climb up 5. wriggled out 6. flopped onto
Speaking
Suggested answers (Accept any logical answer)
1. Sure, no problem.
2. I’m sorry, but I need. I have to prepare for the test too.
3. I would like to but I’m sorry. I’m afraid I might cut my finger. (Or) I’m sorry I don’t know how to do it.
I might cut my finger.
4. Sure, problem. (Or) Sure, let me check.
Listening
Listening Text
Peter: Could you please show me the way to the gate?
Sparrow: Of course, I can. Follow me.
Peter: Is it too far?
Sparrow: No. It’s simple. Go straight from here till you see the tool shed. Turn left there. Pass the
sunflowers. Turn right. You will see the onion patch. Walk around the onion patch and you
will see the gate.
Peter: Thank you very much Sparrow.
Answer: 1. b 2. c 3. a 4. b
Spelling
2. beans 3. meet 4. knees 5. leaves 6. head
Writing
Suggested answers (Accept any logical answer)
This is a vegetable garden. Adil and Diya are working in the garden with their mother. Mother
is helping Adil dig the carrots from the earth. Diya is watering the brinjal plant with a watering
can. There are some plants in the wheelbarrow. The vegetables in the garden are cabbages,
cauliflowers, pumpkins and tomatoes. There are also sunflowers and roses. There are butterflies
near the roses.
THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT
A. Answer in brief.
1. Who were the four little rabbits? Where did they live and who was the naughtiest of them all?
Ans: Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter were four little rabbits. They lived with their mother
underneath the root of a large fir-tree. Peter was the naughtiest of them all.
2. What happened after Peter entered Mr McGregor’s garden?
Ans: Peter ate a lot of lettuce, French beans and radish and soon felt sick. Mr McGregor saw him
and jumped up and ran after Peter, calling out, “Stop thief.”
3. What did Peter’s mother wonder when she saw him without his shoes and jacket?
Ans: Peter’s mother wondered what he had done with his clothes as it was the second jacket and
pair of shoes that Peter had lost in a fortnight.
B. Answer in detail.
1. What was the mouse doing and what did she do when Peter asked her how to reach the gate?
Ans: The mouse was running in and out over the stone doorstep, carrying peas for her family.
When Peter asked her about the way to the gate, she had such a large pea in her mouth that she
could not answer. She only shook her head at him.
2. How did Peter lose his shoes and jacket?
Ans: Peter lost one of his shoes among the cabbages, and the other shoe among the potatoes,
when he was running away from Mr McGregor. Then Peter ran into a gooseberry net and
Mr McGregor tried to pop a sieve on him, but he wriggled out leaving his jacket behind him.
1. “Now, my dears, you may go into the fields or down the lane, but don’t go into Mr McGregor’s garden.”
a. Who said this and to whom?
b. Where did she allow them to go?
c. Where did she tell them not to go?
Ans: a. Old Mrs Rabbit said this to her four children.
b. She allowed them to go in the fields and down the lane.
c. She told them not to go to Mr McGregor’s garden.
2. “Stop thief.”
a. Who called whom a thief?
b. Why did he call him a thief?
c. What did Peter do?
Ans: a. Mr McGregor called Peter a thief.
b. Peter ate some lettuce, French beans and radishes from his garden, so he called him
a thief.
c. Peter rushed all over the garden, as he had forgotten the way back to the gate.
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