Tom Loses A Tooth
Textual Questions & Answers
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Exercise 1
Tick the correct answer from the given alternatives:
1. Tom felt miserable on the mornings of –
(a) Sunday
(b) Monday
(c) Thursday
(d) Saturday
Ans: (b) Monday
2. If Aunt Polly was to know that Tom had a loose tooth, she would -
(a)
call a doctor
(b) bring him some medicines
(c) surely pull it out
(d) tell him to rest
Ans: (c) surely pull it out
3. Tom drew his sore toe from under the -
(a)
sheet
(b) blanket
(c) pillow
(d) mosquito-net
Ans: (a) sheet
4. Sid flew down the stairs to call -
(a)
the doctor
(b) Mary
(c) the nurse
(d) aunt Polly
Ans: (d) Aunt Polly
5. The thread that Mary got Aunt Polly was made of –
(a)
cotton
(b) jute
(c) silk
(d) wool
Ans: (c) silk
Exercise 2
Answer
the following questions within fifteen words:
1. Which one of Tom’s teeth 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 Marry is Tom’s cousin.
3. Why did Tom ask Sid not to
stir him?
Ans : Tom asked Sid not to stir him because he thought that
stirring might disturb his false moaning.
4. Why did Tom pretend his toe
was paining?
Ans : Tom pretended his toe was paining because he wanted to avoid
going to school.
Exercise 3
Answer the following questions within twenty-five words:
1. What did Tom remember
hearing from a doctor?
Ans : Tom remembered hearing from a doctor that a certain ailment
could lay up a patient for three days and this might make him lose a finger.
2. How did Aunt Polly react to
the news that Tom was dying?
Ans : Hearing the news that Tom was dying, Aunt Polly became
upset. She flew upstairs with Sid and Mary. Her face grow pale and her lips
trembled.
3. How was Tom’s loose tooth
taken out?
Ans : Aunt Polly fastened one end of the silk thread to Tom’s
tooth and the other end to the bedpost. Then she took out the tooth by pulling
the thread.
Exercise 4
Do as directed:
(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 always 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. / Rina did not leave any of her
plans untried.
(f) Shut the door, Robin.
(Change into an assertive sentence)
Ans : Robin is told to shut the door. / Robin, you should shut
the door.
Exercise 5
Replace 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:
(a) The enemy surrendered without a fight.
Ans : The enemy gave in without a fight.
(b) The child was cured in a month.
Ans : The child was come round in a month.
(c) The police investigated the case.
Ans : The police looked into the case.
(d) Puja could understand what her sister said.
Ans : Puja could make out what her sister said.
(e) The old man could not remember his childhood experiences.
Ans : The old man could not call up his childhood
experiences.