Textual questions:
Exercise 1:
Tick the correct answer from the given alternatives:
[Tick-āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āύ āĻĻāĻžāĻ, correct-āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ, answer â āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ, from â āĻĨā§āĻā§, the given- āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻŽāύ, alternatives-āĻŦāĻŋāĻāϞā§āĻĒāĻā§āϞāĻŋ]
(āύā§āĻā§āϰ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻāϞā§āĻĒāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāϤā§āϤāϰāĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āύ āĻĻāĻžāĻ)
(1) Tom felt miserable on the mornings of â (āĻāĻŽ āϏāĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāώā§āĻ āĻĒā§āϤ)
(a) Sunday (āϰāĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ)
(b) Monday (āϏā§āĻŽāĻŦāĻžāϰ)
(c) Thursday (āĻŦā§āĻšāϏā§āĻĒāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ)
(d) Saturday (āĻļāύāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ)
Answer: (b) Monday (āϏā§āĻŽāĻŦāĻžāϰ)
(2) If Aunt Polly was to know that Tom had a loose tooth, she would â (āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻĒāϞāĻŋ āĻĒāĻŋāϏāĻŋ āĻāĻžāύ⧠āϝ⧠āĻāĻŽā§āϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĻāĻžāĻāϤ āύā§āĻā§, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠āϏ⧠-)
(a) call a doctor (āĻĄāĻžāĻā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻŦā§)
(b) bring him some medicines (āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻāώā§āϧ āĻāύ⧠āĻĻā§āĻŦā§)
(c) surely pull it out (āύāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāϤāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻā§āύ⧠āϤā§āϞ⧠āĻĻā§āĻŦā§)
(d) tell him to rest (āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āύāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻŦāϞāĻŦā§)
Answer: (c) surely pull it out (āύāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāϤāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻā§āύ⧠āϤā§āϞ⧠āĻĻā§āĻŦā§)āĨ¤
(3) Tom drew his sore toe from under the â (āĻāĻŽ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž āĻĒāĻž āĻāĻŋ āϤā§āϞ⧠āύāĻŋāϞ (āϝāĻžāϰ) āύā§āĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§)-
(a) sheet (āĻāĻžāĻĻāϰ)
(b) blanket (āĻāĻŽā§āĻŦāϞ)
(c) pillow (āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻļ)
(d) mosquito-net (āĻŽāĻļāĻžāϰāĻŋ)
Answer: (a) sheet (āĻāĻžāĻĻāϰ)āĨ¤
(4) Sid flew down the stairs to call â (āϏāĻŋāĻĻ āϏāĻŋāĻā§āĻŋ āĻŦā§ā§ā§ āύāĻŋāĻā§ āύā§āĻŽā§ āĻā§āϞ āĻĄāĻžāĻāϤā§) â
(a) the doctor (āĻĄāĻžāĻā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻā§)
(b) Mary (āĻŽā§āϰāĻŋāĻā§)
(c) the nurse (āύāĻžāϰā§āϏāĻā§)
(d) aunt Polly (āĻĒāϞāĻŋ āĻĒāĻŋāϏāĻŋāĻā§)
Answer: (d) aunt Polly (āĻĒāϞāĻŋ āĻĒāĻŋāϏāĻŋāĻā§)
(5) The thread that Mary got aunt Polly was made of â (āϝā§āĻ āϏā§āϤā§āĻāĻž āĻŽā§āϰāĻŋ āĻĒāϞāĻŋ āĻĒāĻŋāϏāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāύ⧠āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§āĻāĻŋāϞ āϏā§āĻāĻž āϤā§āϰ⧠āĻāĻŋāϞ) â
(a) cotton (āϏā§āϤā§āϰ)
(b) Jute (āĻĒāĻžāĻā§āϰ)
(c) silk (āϰā§āĻļāĻŽā§āϰ)
(d) wool (āĻāϞā§āϰ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒāĻļāĻŽā§āϰ)āĨ¤
Answer: (c) silk (āϰā§āĻļāĻŽā§āϰ)
Exercise 2:
Answer the following questions within fifteen words:
(1) Which one of Tomâs tooth had come loose?
Ans: One of Tomâs upper front teeth had come loose.
(2) How are Sid and Mary related to Tom?
Ans: Sid is Tomâs brother and Mary is Tomâs cousin sister.
(3) Why did Tom ask Sid not to stir him?
Ans: Tom pretended to have a sore toe and that is why Tom asked Sid not to stir him.
(4) Why did Tom pretend his toe was paining?
Ans: Tom pretended so to stay home not going to school.
Exercise 3:
Answer the following questions within twenty five words: (⧍ā§Ģ āĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝā§
(1) What did Tom remember hearing from a doctor?
[What â āĻāĻŋ, did Tom remember -āĻāĻŽā§āϰ āĻŽāύ⧠āĻĒā§ā§āĻāĻŋāϞ, hearing â āĻļā§āύā§, from a doctor -āĻāĻāĻāύ āĻĄāĻžāĻā§āϤāĻžāϰā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§?]
Answer: Tom remembered hearing from a doctor that a certain ailment could force a patient be bedridden for three days and cause the loss of a finger.
[Tom â āĻāĻŽ, remembered â āĻŽāύ⧠āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞ āĻŦāĻž āĻŽāύ⧠āĻĒā§ā§āĻāĻŋāϞ, hearing â āĻļā§āύā§, from â āĻĨā§āĻā§, a â āĻāĻāĻāύ, doctor- āĻĄāĻžāĻā§āϤāĻžāϰ, that â āϝā§, a â āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ, certain- āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ, ailment â āĻ āϏā§āϏā§āĻĨāϤāĻž, could force â āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āϝ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāϤ, a â āĻāĻāĻāύ, patient â āϰā§āĻā§āĻā§, be bedridden (āĻļāϝā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻžā§ā§ āĻšāϤā§, for three days- āϤāĻŋāύ āĻĻāĻŋāύā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ, and -āĻāĻŦāĻ, cause -āĻāĻāĻžāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§, the loss -āĻā§āώāϤāĻŋ/āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāύā§, of a finger â āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻā§āϞā§āϰ.]
(2) How did Aunt Polly react to the news that Tom was dying?
[How-āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻŦā§, did Aunt Polly react â āĻĒāϞāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻā§āϰāĻŋā§āĻž āĻāĻžāύāĻŋā§ā§āĻāĻŋāϞ, to the news-āϏāĻāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻāĻŋāϤā§, that-āϝā§, Tom-āĻāĻŽ, was dying-āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞ?]
Ans: Aunt Polly could not believe the news. She was shocked. Her face turned pale and lips quivered. She nervously rushef upstairs to Tomâs bedside.
[Aunt Polly â āĻĒāϞāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻž, could not believe -āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āύāĻŋ, the news â āϏāĻāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻāĻŋ. She â āϏā§, was shocked â āĻāώā§āĻ āĻĒā§ā§ā§āĻāĻŋāϞ. Her-āϤāĻžāϰ, face-āĻŽā§ā§āĻ, turned pale â āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āĻŖ āĻšā§ā§ āĻāĻŋā§ā§āĻāĻŋāϞ, and â āĻāĻŦāĻ, lips -āĻ ā§āĻāĻāĻā§āϞāĻŋ, quivered â āĻāĻžāĻāĻĒāĻāĻŋāϞ. She â āϏā§, nervously â āĻā§ āĻĒā§ā§ā§, rushed â āĻā§āĻā§ āĻā§āϞ, upstairs â āϏāĻŋāĻā§āĻŋ āĻŦā§ā§ā§, to Tomâs bedside â āĻāĻŽā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāύāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§.]
(3) How was Tomâs loose tooth taken out?
Ans: Aunt Polly tied one end of the silk thread to Tomâs tooth and the other end of the thread to the bed-post. Then she gave a pull and the tooth came out uprooted.
[Aunt Polly â āĻĒāϞāĻŋ āĻĒāĻŋāϏāĻŋ, tied â āĻŦā§āĻāϧ⧠āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§āĻāĻŋāϞ, one â āĻāĻ, end â āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāύā§āϤ of the silk â āϏāĻŋāϞā§āĻā§āϰ thread â āϏā§āϤā§āϰ, to Tomâs â āĻāĻŽā§āϰ, tooth â āĻĻāĻžāĻāϤā§, and â āĻāĻŦāĻ, the other â āĻ āύā§āϝ, end â āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāύā§āϤ, of the thread â āϏā§āϤā§āϰ, to the bed-post â āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāύāĻžāϰ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋāϤā§. Then â āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ, she â āϏā§, gave â āĻĻāĻŋāϞ, a pull â āĻāĻ āĻāĻžāύ, and â āĻāĻŦāĻ, the tooth â āĻĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻāĻŋ, came out â āĻŦā§āϰāĻŋā§ā§ āĻāϞ, uprooted â āĻāĻĒā§ā§]
Exercise â 4:
Do as directed: (āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻā§āĻļ āĻ āύā§āϝāĻžā§ā§ āĻāϰā§)
(a) Rafique was running fast. (Change into an interrogative sentence)
Ans Was not Rafique running fast?
(b) The boy would never forget the exciting incident. (Change into an affirmative sentence)
Ans: The boy would ever remember the exciting incident.
(c) We had a wonderful time last evening. (Change into an exclamatory sentence)
Ans What a wonderful time we had last evening!
(d) He loves to play football. (Change into an interrogative sentence)
Ans Does he not love to play football ?
(e) Rina tried all her plans. (Change into a negative sentence)
Ans Rina left no plan untried.
(f) Shut the door, Robin. (Change into an
assertive sentence)
Ans Someone requested Robin to shut the door.
Exercise â 5:
Repiace the underlined words with suitable phrasal verbs from the list given below. Change the form of verbs where necessary. There is one extra phrasal verb in the list.
List of Phrasal verbs: look into, make out, look for, come round, give in, call up.
(a) The enemy surrendered without a fight.
Ans: gave in (āĻŦāĻļā§āϝāϤāĻž āϏā§āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻž)
(b) The child was cured in a month.
Ans: come round (āϏā§āϰ⧠āĻāĻ āĻž)
(c) The police investigated the case.
Ans: looked into (āϤāĻĻāύā§āϤ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞ)
(d) Puja could understand what her sister said.
Ans: make out. (āĻŦā§āĻāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻž)
(e) The old man could not remember his
childhood experiences.
Ans: call up. (āϏā§āĻŽāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž)
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