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A. The words in the box are examples of onomatopoeia. Choose the correct word to

complete each blank. You may have to change the form of some words.

1. I was startled by the loud at the door.

2. As I cuddled the kitten, it began to .

3. The Chinese while eating their noodles.

4. The paneer pieces on the frying pan.

5. The fast car past us.

6. The ducks in the lake.

7. The audience at the end of the performance.
8. The twigs in the bonfire.

clap quack sizzle slurp

purr knock zoom crackle

In the story, Kipling has used words of Indian origin. For example,

• bungalow from bangla which means ‘a low house having only one storey’.

• veranda (also verandah) from veranda which means ‘a raised, covered area along the front or
side of a house, level with the ground floor’.

B. Find eighteen English words of Indian origin in the word grid. The words are
placed horizontally, vertically and diagonally.

D O C A S H M E R E I T B O

P I D G B S C U S H Y H A M

B A N G L E H H H J K U N A

J U G G E R N A U T L G D H

G U R U Y R Y R M T T U A O

S B N Q E C O T D P N F N U

Z N M G P U N C H W O E A T

C H I T L P Y J A M A O Y M

L O O T G E Q D A C O I T A

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