The Adventurous Clown
Textual Questions & Answers
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Activity 1
Rearrange the following sentences in the correct
order and put the numbers in the given boxes. One is done for you: Activity 2
Fill in the blanks with words given in the Help
Box. There is one extra word:
Tuffy, the toy clown
lived in a toyshop. He wished to do something noble.
His friend, Timothy, felt that the clown always grumbled.
But Tuffy thought that the adventures were always exciting.
Answer the following question:
“Adventures are always exciting.” – Why do you think Tuffy said so?
Ans: Tuffy thinks adventures are always exciting because he was feeling bored sitting in the corner of the of the shelf.
Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false statements in
the given boxes. Give supporting statements for each of your answers:
(a) The farmer called the toy clown silly.
Ans: True, Supporting Statement: “You silly, little clown!”
(b) Tuffy threw all the water at the farmer.
Ans: False, Supporting Statement: “He climbed the ladder and threw all the water in at the window.”
(c) The sailor doll could not cook in peace.
Ans: True, Supporting Statement: “Can’t I cook in peace without you coming and throwing water at me?”
(d) Three goldfish were swimming in a big bowl of water.
Ans: False, Supporting Statement: “In it were swimming two fine goldfish.”
Answer the following questions:
(1) What did Tuffy do when he got upset?
Ans: When Tuffy got upset, he ran out and sat down in a toy farm wiping his tears.
(2) How did the toy clown put out the fire?
Ans: To put out the fire the toy clown put a ladder against the wall of the doll’s house then climbed the ladder and threw all the water in at the window.
(3) Why was the sailor doll angry?
Ans: The sailor doll was angry because Tuffy spoiled his cooking by throwing water through the window when he was making porridge.
(4) What real adventure did Tuffy find at last?
Ans: At last Tuffy found that a small doll had fallen into a big bowl of water and he needed to rescue her. Tuffy felt that saving the doll would be a real adventure.
Fill in the chart with information from the text:
Answer The following questions in complete sentences:
(a) Why did Tuffy put the little net in the water?
Ans: Tuffy put the little net in the water to rescue the little doll from drowning.
(b) What made the little doll think that Tuffy was not a hero?
Ans: Tuffy caught the little doll in a nasty net and spoiled her fun. So she thought that Tuffy was not a hero.
(c) How was Tuffy released from the police station?
Ans: Timothy gave the key to Tuffy and he unlocked the door and escaped.
(d) Why did Timothy blush?
Ans: Timothy blushed because Tuffy called Timothy ‘the hero’.
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the
given verbs in the brackets:
a)____________ your work now. (do)
Ans: Do your work now.
b) The door____________ opened. (be)
Ans: The door is opened.
c) Usually, Pulak ______________ his work well. (do)
Ans: Usually, Pulak does his work well.
d) I ____________ working. (be)
Ans: I am working.
Make meaningful sentences of your own with the
following words:
i. fiercely: The
dead body was burning fiercely.
ii. bump: Don’t
bump your head against anything hard.
iii. drowning: Few
days ago I rescued a dog from drowning.
iv. nasty: He
lives in a nasty place.
[Help Box: exciting,
grumbled, noble, toyshop, dull]
Activity 3
Ans: Tuffy thinks adventures are always exciting because he was feeling bored sitting in the corner of the of the shelf.
Activity 4
Ans: True, Supporting Statement: “You silly, little clown!”
Ans: False, Supporting Statement: “He climbed the ladder and threw all the water in at the window.”
Ans: True, Supporting Statement: “Can’t I cook in peace without you coming and throwing water at me?”
Ans: False, Supporting Statement: “In it were swimming two fine goldfish.”
Activity 5
Ans: When Tuffy got upset, he ran out and sat down in a toy farm wiping his tears.
Ans: To put out the fire the toy clown put a ladder against the wall of the doll’s house then climbed the ladder and threw all the water in at the window.
Ans: The sailor doll was angry because Tuffy spoiled his cooking by throwing water through the window when he was making porridge.
Ans: At last Tuffy found that a small doll had fallen into a big bowl of water and he needed to rescue her. Tuffy felt that saving the doll would be a real adventure.
Activity 6
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Cause |
Effect |
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(a) While rescuing
she slipped out of Tuffy’s net and fell on the table banging her head. |
The little doll began
to cry. |
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(b) The little doll
complained to the policeman about Tuffy. |
The policeman locked
Tuffy in a room in the police station. |
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(c) Timothy dropped the
key on the floor of the room. |
Tuffy quickly unlocked
the door. |
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(d) Doing the
adventurous activities Tuffy was in real trouble. |
Tuffy decided never to
leave the toy shelf again. |
Activity 7
Ans: Tuffy put the little net in the water to rescue the little doll from drowning.
Ans: Tuffy caught the little doll in a nasty net and spoiled her fun. So she thought that Tuffy was not a hero.
Ans: Timothy gave the key to Tuffy and he unlocked the door and escaped.
Ans: Timothy blushed because Tuffy called Timothy ‘the hero’.
Activity 8
Ans: Do your work now.
Ans: The door is opened.
Ans: Usually, Pulak does his work well.
Ans: I am working.
Activity 9