Activity Answers of Tom Loses a Tooth by Mark Twain for Class IX Students of West Bengal. āύāĻŦāĻŽ āĻļā§āϰ⧇āĻŖā§€āĨ¤

Textual questions:

Exercise 1:

Tick the correct answer from the given alternatives:

[Tick-āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύ āĻĻāĻžāĻ“, correct-āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•, answer – āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ, from – āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇, the given- āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āφāϛ⧇ āĻāĻŽāύ, alternatives-āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ]

(āύ⧀āĻšā§‡āϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰāϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύ āĻĻāĻžāĻ“)

(1) Tom felt miserable on the mornings of – (āϟāĻŽ āϏāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇ āĻ•āĻˇā§āϟ āĻĒ⧇āϤ)

(a) Sunday (āϰāĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ)

(b) Monday (āϏ⧋āĻŽāĻŦāĻžāϰ)

(c) Thursday (āĻŦ⧃āĻšāĻ¸ā§āĻĒāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ)

(d) Saturday (āĻļāύāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ)

Answer: (b) Monday (āϏ⧋āĻŽāĻŦāĻžāϰ)

(2) If Aunt Polly was to know that Tom had a loose tooth, she would – (āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻĒāϞāĻŋ āĻĒāĻŋāϏāĻŋ āϜāĻžāύ⧇ āϝ⧇ āϟāĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻžāρāϤ āύ⧜āϛ⧇, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧇ āϏ⧇ -)

(a) call a doctor (āĻĄāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĄāĻžāĻ•āĻŦ⧇)

(b) bring him some medicines (āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ“āώ⧁āϧ āĻāύ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻŦ⧇)

(c) surely pull it out (āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŸā§‡āύ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻŦ⧇)

(d) tell him to rest (āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŦāϞāĻŦ⧇)

Answer: (c) surely pull it out (āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŸā§‡āύ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻŦ⧇)āĨ¤

(3) Tom drew his sore toe from under the – (āϟāĻŽ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž āĻĒāĻž āϟāĻŋ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇ āύāĻŋāϞ (āϝāĻžāϰ) āύ⧀āϚ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇)-

(a) sheet (āϚāĻžāĻĻāϰ)

(b) blanket (āĻ•āĻŽā§āĻŦāϞ)

(c) pillow (āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻļ)

(d) mosquito-net (āĻŽāĻļāĻžāϰāĻŋ)

Answer: (a) sheet (āϚāĻžāĻĻāϰ)āĨ¤

(4) Sid flew down the stairs to call – (āϏāĻŋāĻĻ āϏāĻŋāρ⧜āĻŋ āĻŦā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āύ⧇āĻŽā§‡ āϗ⧇āϞ āĻĄāĻžāĻ•āϤ⧇) –

(a) the doctor (āĻĄāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤāĻžāϰāϕ⧇)

(b) Mary (āĻŽā§‡āϰāĻŋāϕ⧇)

(c) the nurse (āύāĻžāĻ°ā§āϏāϕ⧇)

(d) aunt Polly (āĻĒāϞāĻŋ āĻĒāĻŋāϏāĻŋāϕ⧇)

Answer: (d) aunt Polly (āĻĒāϞāĻŋ āĻĒāĻŋāϏāĻŋāϕ⧇)

(5) The thread that Mary got aunt Polly was made of – (āϝ⧇āχ āϏ⧁āϤ⧋āϟāĻž āĻŽā§‡āϰāĻŋ āĻĒāϞāĻŋ āĻĒāĻŋāϏāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻāύ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϏ⧇āϟāĻž āϤ⧈āϰ⧀ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ) –

(a) cotton (āϏ⧁āϤ⧋āϰ)

(b) Jute (āĻĒāĻžāĻŸā§‡āϰ)

(c) silk (āϰ⧇āĻļāĻŽā§‡āϰ)

(d) wool (āωāϞ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒāĻļāĻŽā§‡āϰ)āĨ¤

Answer: (c) silk (āϰ⧇āĻļāĻŽā§‡āϰ)

Exercise 2:

Answer the following questions within fifteen words:

(1) Which one of Tom’s tooth had come loose?

Ans: One of Tom’s upper front teeth had come loose.

(2) How are Sid and Mary related to Tom?

Ans: Sid is Tom’s brother and Mary is Tom’s 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 āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ 

(1) What did Tom remember hearing from a doctor?

[What – āĻ•āĻŋ, did Tom remember -āϟāĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻĒā§œā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, hearing – āĻļ⧁āύ⧇, from a doctor -āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻĄāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ› āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇?]

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 – āϟāĻŽ, remembered – āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻŦāĻž āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻĒā§œā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, hearing – āĻļ⧁āύ⧇, from – āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇,  a – āĻāĻ•āϜāύ,  doctor- āĻĄāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤāĻžāϰ,  that – āϝ⧇, a – āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ, certain- āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ,  ailment – āĻ…āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāϤāĻž, could force – āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāϤ, a – āĻāĻ•āϜāύ,  patient – āϰ⧋āĻ—ā§€āϕ⧇, be bedridden (āĻļāĻ¯ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻžā§Ÿā§€ āĻšāϤ⧇, for three days- āϤāĻŋāύ āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ, and -āĻāĻŦāĻ‚, cause -āϘāϟāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇,  the loss -āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋ/āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāύ⧋,  of a finger – āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āφāϙ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ.]

(2) How did Aunt Polly react to the news that Tom was dying?

[How-āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇, did Aunt Polly react – āĻĒāϞāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ⧟āĻž āϜāĻžāύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, to the news-āϏāĻ‚āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāϟāĻŋāϤ⧇, that-āϝ⧇, Tom-āϟāĻŽ, was dying-āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞ?]

Ans: Aunt Polly could not believe the news. She was shocked. Her face turned pale and lips quivered. She nervously rushef upstairs to Tom’s bedside.

[Aunt Polly – āĻĒāϞāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻž, could not believe -āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύāĻŋ, the news – āϏāĻ‚āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāϟāĻŋ. She – āϏ⧇, was shocked – āĻ•āĻˇā§āϟ āĻĒā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ. Her-āϤāĻžāϰ, face-āĻŽā§ā§āĻ–, turned pale – āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ—āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, and – āĻāĻŦāĻ‚, lips -āĻ ā§‹āρāϟāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ, quivered – āĻ•āĻžāρāĻĒāĻ›āĻŋāϞ. She – āϏ⧇, nervously – āϭ⧟ āĻĒā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡, rushed – āϛ⧁āĻŸā§‡ āϗ⧇āϞ,  upstairs – āϏāĻŋāρ⧜āĻŋ āĻŦā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡, to Tom’s bedside – āϟāĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ›āĻžāύāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇.]

(3) How was Tom’s loose tooth taken out?

Ans: Aunt Polly tied one end of the silk thread to Tom’s 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 – āĻĒāϞāĻŋ āĻĒāĻŋāϏāĻŋ, tied – āĻŦ⧇āρāϧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, one – āĻāĻ•, end – āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ of the silk – āϏāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āϕ⧇āϰ thread – āϏ⧁āϤ⧋āϰ, to Tom’s – āϟāĻŽā§‡āϰ, tooth – āĻĻāĻžāρāϤ⧇, and – āĻāĻŦāĻ‚, the other – āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ, end – āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ, of the thread – āϏ⧁āϤ⧋āϰ, to the bed-post – āĻŦāĻŋāĻ›āĻžāύāĻžāϰ āϖ⧁āρāϟāĻŋāϤ⧇. Then – āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ, she – āϏ⧇, gave – āĻĻāĻŋāϞ, a pull – āĻāĻ• āϟāĻžāύ, and – āĻāĻŦāĻ‚, the tooth – āĻĻāĻžāρāϤāϟāĻŋ, came out – āĻŦ⧇āϰāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻāϞ,  uprooted – āωāĻĒā§œā§‡]

Exercise – 4:

Do as directed: (āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻ…āύ⧁āϝāĻžā§Ÿā§€ āĻ•āϰ⧋)

(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 – 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 āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž)

(b) The child was cured in a month.

Ans: come round (āϏ⧇āϰ⧇ āĻ“āĻ āĻž)

(c) The police investigated the case.

Ans: looked into (āϤāĻĻāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ)

(d) Puja could understand what her sister said.

Ans: make out. (āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻž)

(e) The old man could not remember his
childhood experiences.

Ans: call up. (āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž)

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