Uncle Podger Hangs a Picture Question Answer Lesson 5 Class 7 English wbbse

LESSON : 5

UNCLE PODGER HANGS A PICTURE

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Unit – I

Let’s do : (āϞ⧇āϟāĻ¸ā§ āĻĄā§)- āϚāϞ⧋ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤

ACTIVITY 1

Choose the correct answers from the given alternatives : (āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻŦ⧇āϛ⧇ āύāĻžāĻ“āσ)

(a) The thing which would have come home from the frame-makers is
(i) a picture
(ii) a carving on wood
(iii) a picture drawn on a piece of cloth.

Ans. (i) a picture.

(b) Uncle Podger would take off his
(i) vest
(ii) tie
(iii) coat.

Ans. (iii) coat.

(c) Uncle Podger would ask
(i) the boy
(ii) the girl
(iii) the charwoman for sixpen’orth of nails.

Ans. (ii) the girl.

(d) Uncle Podger, at first, would drop the
(i) picture
(ii) hammer
(iii) nail.

Ans. (i) picture.

ACTIVITY 2

Identify which of the following sentences are True and which are False. Give supporting statement for each of your answer. (āύ⧀āĻšā§‡āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϕ⧋āĻ˛ā§āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝ āĻ“ āϕ⧋āĻ¨ā§āϟāĻŋ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻž āϤāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧋āĨ¤ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϏāĻšāĻžā§ŸāĻ• āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ āϞ⧇āĻ–ā§‹:)

(a) There was a commotion in the house when Uncle Podger undertook a job. [ T ]

āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ•āĻž āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻĻāĻžā§ŸāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āύāĻŋāϞ⧇āχ āĻŦāĻžā§œāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻšāϤāĨ¤

S.S : You never saw such a commotion up and down a house in all your life, as when my Uncle Podger undertook to do a job.

(b) Uncle Podger did not want to hang the picture. [ F ]

āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋāϟāĻž āϟāĻžāĻ™āĻžāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāύāύāĻŋāĨ¤

S.S : I’ll do all that.”

(c) Uncle Podger would cut himself and spring round the room searching for his handkerchief. [ T ]

āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻšāĻžāϤ āϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻžāϰāĻž āϘāϰ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻĢāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϞāĻžāĻĢāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āϰ⧁āĻŽāĻžāϞ āϖ⧁āρāϜāϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āύāĨ¤

S.S : …..cut himself. Then he would spring round the room.

(d) The second thing that Uncle Podger would lose would be the hammer. [ F ]

āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§€ā§Ÿ āϝ⧇ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏāϟāĻž āĻ•āĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāϤ⧇āύ āϏ⧇āϟāĻŋ āĻšāϞ āĻšāĻžāϤ⧁⧜āĻŋāĨ¤

S.S : The nail would be found at last, but by that time he would have lost the hammer.

ACTIVITY 3

Complete the following sentences with information from the text : (āĻĒāĻžāĻ ā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧋) :

(a) Aunt Podger would ask ________ after the picture came to the house.

āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻž āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋāϟāĻž āĻŦāĻžā§œāĻŋ āφāϏāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϜāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžā§‡āϏ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύ _________āĨ¤

Ans. what was to be done with it (āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϜ āϟ⧁ āĻŦāĻŋ āĻĄāĻžāύ āωāχāĻĻ āχāϟ)

āĻ“āϟāĻžāϕ⧇ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϕ⧀ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤

(b) Tom was asked to bring _______.

āϟāĻŽāϕ⧇ āφāύāϤ⧇ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ________āĨ¤

Ans. the rule. (āϰ⧁āϞāϟāĻŋ)

(c) ________________ as he would be sitting on it.

āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāϟāĻžāϰ āĻ“āĻĒāϰ āĻŦāϏ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

Ans. Uncle Podger could not find his coat

āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ•āĻž āϕ⧋āϟāϟāĻž āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤

ACTIVITY 4

Answer the following questions: (āύ⧀āĻšā§‡āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻ“) :

(a) Name the children of Uncle Podger.

āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āϛ⧇āϞ⧇āĻŽā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡āĻĻ⧇āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻŦāϞ⧋āĨ¤

Ans. Will, Tom and Maria are the names of Uncle Podger’s children.

āωāχāϞ, āϟāĻŽ āĻ“ āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻŋ⧟āĻž āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āϛ⧇āϞ⧇āĻŽā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡āĻĻ⧇āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤

(b) What did Uncle Podger ask the children to bring for him ?

āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ•āĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϕ⧀ āϕ⧀ āφāύāϤ⧇ āϛ⧇āϞ⧇āĻŽā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ ?

Ans. Uncle Podger asked the children to bring nails, hammer, rule, picture chord, the step-ladder, the kitchen chair.

āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ•āĻž āϛ⧇āϞ⧇āĻŽā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒ⧇āϰ⧇āĻ•, āĻšāĻžāϤ⧁⧜āĻŋ, āĻŦ⧁āϞ, āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋāϰ āϤāĻžāϰ, āĻ“āĻ āĻžāϰ āĻŽāχ āĻ“ āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāϘāϰ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‡ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āφāύāϤ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

(c) How did uncle Podger cut himself ?

āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ•āĻž āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻšāĻžāϤ āϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ ?

Ans. When Uncle Podger tried to lift the picture he dropped it. Then in order to save the glass he cut himself.

āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋāϟāĻž āϤ⧁āϞāϤ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ āĻ•āĻžāρāϚāϟāĻž āĻŦāĻžāρāϚāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻšāĻžāϤ āϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

(d) Why did Uncle Podger want his coat ?

āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ•āĻž āϕ⧇āύ āϤāĻžāϰ āϕ⧋āϟāϟāĻž āϚāĻžāχāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ ?

Ans. Uncle Podger wanted his coat because he kept his handkerchief in the pocket of that coat. He needed the handkerchief.

āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ•āĻž āϕ⧋āϟāϟāĻž āϚāĻžāχāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āϤāĻžāϰ āϰ⧁āĻŽāĻžāϞāϟāĻž āĻ“āχ āϕ⧋āĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻĒāϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āϰ⧁āĻŽāĻžāϞāϟāĻž āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‹āϜāύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

(e) Where did he find his coat ?

āϕ⧋āĻĨāĻžā§Ÿ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϕ⧋āϟāϟāĻž āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āĻĒ⧇āϞ⧇āύ?

Ans. When Uncle Podger got up, he found his coat as he was sitting on it.

āϝāĻ–āύ āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ•āĻž āωāϠ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāρ⧜āĻžāϞ⧇āύ āφāϰ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϕ⧋āϟāϟāĻž āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āĻĒ⧇āϞ⧇āύ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāϟāĻžāϰ āĻ“āĻĒāϰ āĻŦāϏ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

Unit – II

ACTIVITY 5

Choose the correct answers from the given alternatives : (āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϛ⧋) :

(a) Uncle Podger would call us all
(i) intelligent
(ii) careless
(iii) fools.

āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ•āĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĄāĻžāϕ⧇āĻ¨â€”
(i) āĻŦ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ
(ii) āĻ…āϏāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ•
(iii) āĻŦā§‹āĻ•āĻž āĻŦāϞ⧇āĨ¤

Ans. (iii) fools.

(b) Uncle Podger would slide and fall
(i) on the charwoman’s toes
(ii) on the piano
(iii) on the chair.

āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻ—ā§œāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĒā§œā§‡āĻ¨â€”
(i) āĻ āĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻāĻŋāϰ āφāϙ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āĻ“āĻĒāϰ
(ii) āĻĒāĻŋ⧟āĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻ“āĻĒāϰ
(iii) āĻšā§‡ā§ŸāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ“āĻĒāϰāĨ¤

Ans.(ii) on the piano.

(c) Uncle Podger’s work would finish
(i) at around midnight
(ii) at mid-day
(iii) in the evening.

āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ
(i) āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝāϰāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻŋ
(ii) āĻĻ⧁āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻŦ⧇āϞāĻž
(iii) āϏāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧇āĻŦ⧇āϞāĻžāĨ¤

Ans. (i) at around midnight.

ACTIVITY 6

Complete the sentences with information from the text : (āĻĒāĻžāĻ ā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧋) :

(a) Uncle Podger would lose sight of the mark ___________________.

(āφāĻ™ā§āĻ•āϞ āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āωāĻĄ āϞ⧁āϜ āϏāĻžāχāϟ āĻ…āĻĢ āĻĻā§āϝ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ• ___________________)

Ans. he had made on wall to put the nail.

(āĻšāĻŋ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻĄ āĻŽā§‡āĻĄ āĻ…āύ āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϞ āϟ⧁ āĻĒ⧁āϟ āĻĻā§āϝ āύ⧇āχāϞāĨ¤)

āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ•āĻž āϝ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāĻ— āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϞ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻĒ⧇āϰ⧇āĻ• āĻĸā§‹āĻ•āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏ⧇āϟāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤

(b) _____________ trying to reach a point three inches beyond.

(_____________ āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāχāĻ‚ āϟ⧁ āϰāĻŋāϚ āĻ āĻĒā§Ÿā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻĨā§āϰāĻŋ āχāύāĻšā§‡āϏ āĻŦāĻŋ⧟āĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĨ¤)

Ans. Uncle Podger slided and fell on the piano in trying to reach a point three inches beyond.

(āφāĻ™ā§āĻ•āϞ āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āϞāĻžāχāĻĄā§‡āĻĄ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āĻĢ⧇āϞ āĻ…āύ āĻĻā§āϝ āĻĒāĻŋ⧟āĻžāύ⧋ āχāύ)

āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ•āĻž āϤāĻŋāύ āχāĻžā§āϚāĻŋāϰ āĻĻā§‚āϰāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻŋ⧟āĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻ“āĻĒāϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āϞ⧇ āĻĒā§œā§‡ āϝāĻžāύāĨ¤

(c) ______________ doing a job of this sort.

(______________ āĻĄā§ā§ŸāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻ āϜāĻŦ āĻ…āĻĢ āĻĻāĻŋāϏ āϏāĻ°ā§āϟāĨ¤)

Ans. Uncle Podger likes (āφāĻ™ā§āĻ•āϞ āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āϞāĻžāχāĻ•āϏ)

āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻāχāϰāĻ•āĻŽ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤

ACTIVITY 7

Complete the following table with information from the text : (āĻĒāĻžāĻ ā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŸā§‡āĻŦāĻŋāϞāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§‚āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧋) :

Cause Effect
(a) each child had to get up beside him on the chair
(b) Uncle Podger would fall on to the piano
(c) At the first blow of the hammer
(d) a new hole was made

Ans.
Cause (āĻ•āϜ) āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ

(a) Uncle Podger lost the mark on wall to put the nails. (āφāĻ™ā§āĻ•āϞ āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āϞāĻ¸ā§āϟ āĻĻā§āϝ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻ…āύ āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϞ āϟ⧁ āĻĒ⧁āϟ āĻĻā§āϝ āύ⧇āχāϞāϏāĨ¤)

āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻĒ⧇āϰ⧇āĻ• āĻĸā§‹āĻ•āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻ—āϟāĻž āĻšāĻžāϰāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

(b) He tried to reach a point three inches high. (āĻšāĻŋ āĻŸā§āϰāĻžā§Ÿā§‡āĻĄ āϟ⧁ āϰāĻŋāϚ āĻ āĻĒā§Ÿā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻĨā§āϰāĻŋ āχāύāĻšā§‡āϏ āĻšāĻžāχāĨ¤)

āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻŋāύ āχāĻžā§āϚāĻŋ āωāρāϚ⧁ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧁āϤ⧇ āĻĒ⧌āρāϛ⧋āύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

(c) At the first blow of the hammer.

(āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāϟ āĻĻā§āϝ āĻĢāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¸ā§āϟ āĻŦā§āϞ⧋ āĻ…āĻĢ āĻĻā§āϝ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϰāĨ¤) āĻšāĻžāϤ⧁⧜āĻŋāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āφāϘāĻžāϤ⧇āχāĨ¤

(d) The nail would go through the plaster along with the hammer.

(āĻĻā§āϝ āύ⧇āχāϞ āωāĻĄ āĻ—ā§‹ āĻĨ⧁ āĻĻā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϞāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāϰ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāϞāĻ‚ āωāχāĻĻ āĻĻā§āϝ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϰāĨ¤)

āĻĒ⧇āϰ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻž āĻšāĻžāϤ⧁⧜āĻŋāϏāĻš āĻĒā§āϞāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ­āĻŋāϤāϰ āϚāϞ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

Effect (āĻāĻĢ⧇āĻ•ā§āϟ) āĻĢāϞāĻžāĻĢāϞ

Âģ Each child had to get up beside him on the chair.

(āχāϚ āϚāĻžāχāĻ˛ā§āĻĄ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻĄ āϟ⧁ āϗ⧇āϟ āφāĻĒ āĻŦāĻŋāϏāĻžāχāĻĄ āĻšāĻŋāĻŽ āĻ…āύ āĻĻā§āϝ āĻšā§‡ā§ŸāĻžāϰ)

āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇ āĻšā§‡ā§ŸāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ“āĻĒāϰ āωāĻ āϤ⧇ āĻšāϤāĨ¤

Âģ Uncle Podger would fall on to the piano.

(āφāĻ™ā§āĻ•āϞ āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āωāĻĄ āĻĢāϞ āĻ…āύ āϟ⧁ āĻĻā§āϝ āĻĒāĻŋ⧟āĻžāύ⧋āĨ¤)

āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻĒāĻŋ⧟āĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻ“āĻĒāϰ āĻĒā§œā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

Âģ Uncle Podger would smash his thumb.

(āφāĻ™ā§āĻ•āϞ āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āωāĻĄ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻļ āĻšāĻŋāϜ āĻĨāĻžāĻŽā§āĻŦāĨ¤)

āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ•āĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻžāϤ āϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻĢ⧇āϞāϤ⧇āύāĨ¤

Âģ a new hole was made.

(āĻ āύāĻŋāω āĻšā§‹āϞ āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϜ āĻŽā§‡āĻĄāĨ¤)

āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϞāĨ¤

ACTIVITY 8

Answer the following questions : (āύ⧀āĻšā§‡āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻ“) :

(a) Give two instances to show the carelessness of Uncle Podger.

(āĻ—āĻŋāĻ­ āϟ⧁ āχāĻ¨ā§āϏāϟāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϏ⧇āϏ āϟ⧁ āĻļā§‹ āĻĻā§āϝ āĻ•ā§‡ā§ŸāĻžāϰāϞ⧇āϏāύ⧇āϏ āĻ…āĻĢ āφāĻ™ā§āĻ•āϞ āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰāĨ¤)

āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻŽāύ⧋āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻŋāϤāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ āĻĻāĻžāĻ“āĨ¤

Ans. Uncle Podger sat on the coat he put down and searched for it. He also forgot where he kept the hammer within a minute.

(āφāĻ™ā§āĻ•āϞ āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāϟ āĻ…āύ āĻĻā§āϝ āϕ⧋āϟ āĻšāĻŋ āĻĒ⧁āϟ āĻĄāĻžāωāύ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āϚāĻĄ āĻĢāϰ āχāϟāĨ¤ āĻšāĻŋ āĻ…āϞāϏ⧋ āĻĢāϰāϗ⧇āϟ āĻšā§‹ā§Ÿā§āϝāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻŋ āϕ⧇āĻĒā§āϟ āĻĻā§āϝ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϰ āωāχāĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟāĨ¤)

āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ•āĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ›āĻžā§œāĻž āϕ⧋āϟāϟāĻžāϰ āĻ“āĻĒāϰ āĻŦāϏ⧇ āĻāϟāĻžāϕ⧇āχ āϖ⧁āρāϜāϤ⧇āύāĨ¤ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ• āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϭ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇āύ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāϤ⧁⧜āĻŋāϟāĻž āϕ⧋āĻĨāĻžā§Ÿ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

(b) What did Aunt Podger say after Uncle Podger smashed his thumb?

(āĻšā§‹ā§ŸāĻžāϟ āĻĄāĻŋāĻĄ āφāĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āϏ⧇ āφāĻĢāϟāĻžāϰ āφāĻ™ā§āĻ•āϞ āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻĄ āĻšāĻŋāϜ āĻĨāĻžāĻŽā§āĻŦ?)

āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻŦā§ā§œā§‹ āφāϙ⧁āϞ āĻĒāĻŋāώ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻž āϕ⧀ āĻŦāϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ ?

Ans. After Uncle Podger smashed his thumbs Aunt Podger said that if he would let her know in time, she could make arrangements to go and spend a week with her mother.

(āφāĻĢāϟāĻžāϰ āφāĻ™ā§āĻ•āϞ āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻĄā§ āĻšāĻŋāϜ āĻĨāĻžāĻŽā§āĻŦāϏ āφāĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āϏ⧇āχāĻĄ āĻĻā§āϝāĻžāϟ āχāĻĢ āĻšāĻŋ āωāĻĄ āϞ⧇āϟ āĻšāĻžāϰ āύ⧋ āχāύ āϟāĻžāχāĻŽ, āĻļā§€ āϕ⧁āĻĄ āĻŽā§‡āĻ• āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāϰ⧇āĻžā§āϜāĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟāϏ āϟ⧁ āĻ—ā§‹ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āĻ āωāχāĻ• āωāχāĻĻ āĻšāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϰāĨ¤)

āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻšāĻžāϤ āĻĒāĻŋāώ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āϏāĻŽā§ŸāϟāĻž āϜāĻžāύāĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϤ āϤāĻŦ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ• āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻš āĻŽāĻžā§Ÿā§‡āϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύāĨ¤

(c) How did Uncle Podger react after finishing the task ?

(āĻšāĻžāω āĻĄāĻŋāĻĄ āφāĻ™ā§āĻ•āϞ āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āϰāĻŋāĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•ā§āϟ āφāĻĢāϟāĻžāϰ āĻĢāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻĻā§āϝ āϟāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ• ?)

āĻ•āĻžāϜāϟāĻž āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ•āĻž āϕ⧀āϰāĻ•āĻŽ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ⧟āĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ ?

Ans. After finishing the task, Uncle Podger react that the job was one of the easiest tasks and he looked at the mess with evident pride. He also said that some people had a man to do a little thing.

(āφāĻĢāϟāĻžāϰ āĻĢāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻĻā§āϝ āϟāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ•, āφāĻ™ā§āĻ•āϞ āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āϰāĻŋāĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•ā§āϟ āĻĻā§āϝāĻžāϟ āĻĻā§āϝ āϜāĻŦ āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϜ āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāύ āĻ…āĻĢ āĻĻāĻŋ āχāϜāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĻ¸ā§āϟ āϟāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻ¸ā§ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āĻšāĻŋ āϞ⧁āĻ•āĻĄ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāϟ āĻĻā§āϝ āĻŽā§‡āϏ āωāχāĻĻ āĻāĻ­āĻŋāĻĄā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĨ¤ āĻšāĻŋ āĻ…āϞāϏ⧋ āϏ⧇āχāĻĄ āĻĻā§āϝāĻžāϟ āϏāĻžāĻŽ āĻĒāĻŋāĻĒāϞ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻĄ āĻ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύ āϟ⧁ āĻĄā§ āĻ āϞāĻŋāϟāϞ āĻĨāĻŋāĻ‚āĨ¤)

āĻ•āĻžāϜāϟāĻž āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ⧟āĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻ“āχ āĻ•āĻžāϜāϟāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āϏāĻšāϜ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻ•āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ“ āĻŦāϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āĻāχāϏāĻŦ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āύāĨ¤

(d) Why was everyone tired after Uncle Podger put up the picture on the wall ?

(āĻšā§‹ā§ŸāĻžāχ āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϜ āĻāĻ­āϰāĻŋāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāύ āϟāĻžā§ŸāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄ āφāĻĢāϟāĻžāϰ āφāĻ™ā§āĻ•āϞ āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āĻĒ⧁āϟ āφāĻĒ āĻĻā§āϝ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ•āϚāĻžāϰ āĻ…āύ āĻĻā§āϝ āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϞ ?)

āϕ⧇āύ āϏāĻŦāĻžāχ āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϞ⧇ āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋ āϟāĻžāύāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĒā§œā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ?

Ans. Uncle Podger made everyone busy for his carelessness. He lost things and blamed others for not finding them. He took a long time for this little work. So everyone was tired after Uncle Podger put up the picture on the wall.

(āφāĻ™ā§āĻ•āϞ āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§‡āĻĄ āĻāĻ­āϰāĻŋāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻŋāϜāĻŋ āĻĢāϰ āĻšāĻŋāϜ āĻ•ā§‡ā§ŸāĻžāϰāϞ⧇āϏāύ⧇āϏāĨ¤ āĻšāĻŋ āϞāĻ¸ā§āϟ āĻĨāĻŋāĻ‚āϏāϏ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āĻŦā§āϞ⧇āĻŽāĻĄ āφāĻĻāĻžāϰāϏ āĻĢāϰ āύāϟ āĻĢāĻžāχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻĻ⧇āĻŽāĨ¤ āĻšāĻŋ āϟ⧁āĻ• āĻ āϞāĻ‚ āϟāĻžāχāĻŽ āĻĢāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϏ āϞāĻŋāϟāϞ āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĨ¤ āϏ⧋ āĻāĻ­āϰāĻŋāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāύ āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϜ āϟāĻžā§ŸāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄ āφāĻĢāϟāĻžāϰ āφāĻ™ā§āĻ•āϞ āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āĻĒ⧁āϟ āφāĻĒ āĻĻā§āϝ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ•āϚāĻžāϰ āĻ…āύ āĻĻā§āϝ āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϞāĨ¤)

āĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ•āĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻŽāύ⧋āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻŋāϤāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏāĻŦāĻžāχāϕ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĢ⧇āϞāϤ⧇āύ āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻā§‹āώ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇āύ āϏ⧇āϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āύāĻž āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝāĨ¤ āĻāχ āϛ⧋āĻŸā§āϟ āĻ•āĻžāϜāϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāχ āϏāĻŦāĻžāχ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āϗ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

ACTIVITY 9

Match the following words in Column A with their meanings in Column B : (āĻ•āϞāĻŽ A-āĻāϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āĻ•āϞāĻŽ B-āĻāϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŽā§‡āϞāĻžāĻ“) :

A B
(a) sneer (āĻ¸ā§āύāĻŋ⧟āĻžāϰ)- āĻ…āĻŦāĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ closely observing (āĻ•ā§āϞ⧋āϜāϞāĻŋ āĻ…āĻŦāϜāĻžāϰāĻ­āĻŋāĻ‚)- āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϞāĻ•ā§āώ āĻ•āϰāĻž
(b) evident (āĻāĻ­āĻŋāĻĄā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ)- āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ poor (āĻĒ⧁āĻ“āϰ)- āĻĻāϰāĻŋāĻĻā§āϰ
(c) wretched (āϰ⧇āĻšā§‡āĻĄ)- āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻļāĻžāĻ—ā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ mock (āĻŽāĻ•)- āĻ…āĻŦāĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻž
(d) surveying (āϏāĻžāϰāĻ­ā§‡ā§ŸāĻŋāĻ‚)- āϞāĻ•ā§āώ āĻ•āϰāĻž clear (āĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋ⧟āĻžāϰ)- āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ

Ans.

A B
(a) sneer (āĻ¸ā§āύāĻŋ⧟āĻžāϰ)- āĻ…āĻŦāĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ mock (āĻŽāĻ•)- āĻ…āĻŦāĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻž
(b) evident (āĻāĻ­āĻŋāĻĄā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ)- āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ clear (āĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋ⧟āĻžāϰ)- āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ
(c) wretched (āϰ⧇āĻšā§‡āĻĄ)- āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻļāĻžāĻ—ā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ poor (āĻĒ⧁āĻ“āϰ)- āĻĻāϰāĻŋāĻĻā§āϰ
(d) surveying (āϏāĻžāϰāĻ­ā§‡ā§ŸāĻŋāĻ‚)- āϞāĻ•ā§āώ āĻ•āϰāĻž closely observing (āĻ•ā§āϞ⧋āϜāϞāĻŋ āĻ…āĻŦāϜāĻžāϰāĻ­āĻŋāĻ‚)- āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϞāĻ•ā§āώ āĻ•āϰāĻž

ACTIVITY 10

Find the antonyms of the following words from the text : (āĻĒāĻžāĻ ā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āύ⧀āĻšā§‡āϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āϞ⧇āĻ–ā§‹) :

(a) rapidly (āĻ°â€ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻŋāĻĄāϞāĻŋ)- āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡â€” mildly (āĻŽāĻžāχāĻ˛ā§āĻĄāϞāĻŋ)- āĻšāĻžāϞāĻ•āĻž āĻŦāĻž āϧ⧀āϰ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇

(b) lost (āϞāĻ¸ā§āϟ)- āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§‹â€” found (āĻĢāĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ)-āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž

(c) remembered (āϰāĻŋāĻŽā§‡āĻŽāĻŦāĻžāϰāĻĄā§)- āĻŽāύ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž — forgot (āĻĢāϰāĻ—āĻŸā§)- āϭ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž

(d) roughly(āϰāĻžāĻĢāϞāĻŋ)- āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻļāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ — mildly (āĻŽāĻžāχāĻ˛ā§āĻĄāϞāĻŋ)- āύāϰāĻŽāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇

(e) save (āϏ⧇āĻ­)- āĻŦāĻžāρāϚāĻžāύ⧋ — Slip (āĻ¸ā§āϞāĻŋāĻĒ)- āĻĢāϏāϕ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĨ¤

(f) straight (āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āχāϟ)- āϏ⧋āϜāĻž — crooked
(āĻ•ā§āϰ⧁āĻ•āĻĄā§)- āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻžāĨ¤

ACTIVITY 11

Use the prefixes or suffixes (in- / im- / al- / some-) to form new words : (prefix āĻŦāĻž suffix (in/im/al/some) āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ) :

(a) different (āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ) — indifferent (āĻ…āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ)

(b) possible (āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦ) — impossible (āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦ)

(c) sufficient (āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ) — insufficient (āĻ…āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ)

(d) arrive (āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž) — arrival (āφāĻ—āĻŽāύ, āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāύ⧋)

(e) whole (āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋) — wholesome (āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĨā§āϝāĻ•āϰ)

ACTIVITY 12

Try to find as many compound words you can from the lesson, and make sentences with them. (āĻĒāĻžāĻ  āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϝāϤāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϰ compound words āĻ–ā§‹āρāϜāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧋, āϤāĻž āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻžāύāĻžāĻ“āĨ¤)

Âģ step-ladder (āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻĒ-āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻĄāĻžāϰ) : I need the step-ladder to reach the high wall.

[āωāρāϚ⧁ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϞāϟāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻ“āĻ āĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϧāĻžāĻĒāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϞāĻž-āĻŽāχāϟāĻŋ āϚāĻžāχāĨ¤]

Âģ left hand: My left hand is as active as the right one.

[āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāρ-āĻšāĻžāϤ āĻĄāĻžāύ āĻšāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋āχ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•āϰ⧀āĨ¤]

Âģ right hand : Right hand is of greater use for most of us.

[āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋāϰ āĻ­āĻžāϗ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇āχ āĻĄāĻžāύ āĻšāĻžāϤ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāĨ¤]

Âģ frame-maker’s (āĻĢā§āϰ⧇āĻŽ-āĻŽā§‡āĻ•āĻžāϰ’āϏ) : Ram is going to the frame-maker’s shop.

[āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŽā§‹ āĻŦāĻžāύāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻĻā§‹āĻ•āĻžāύ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤]

Âģ dining-room (āĻĄāĻžāχāύāĻŋāĻ‚-āϰ⧁āĻŽ) : We have a large dining-room.

[āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§œā§‹ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ-āϘāϰ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤]

Âģ midnight (āĻŽāĻŋāĻĄāύāĻžāχāϟ) : At midnight perfect calm prevails in nature.

[āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝāϰāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āύ⧀āϰāĻŦāϤāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤]

Âģ kitchen-chair (āĻ•āĻŋāĻšā§‡āύ-āĻšā§‡ā§ŸāĻžāϰ) : My mother is standing on the kitchen chair.

[āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻž āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāϘāϰ⧇āϰ-āĻšā§‡ā§ŸāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāρ⧜āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āφāϛ⧇āύāĨ¤]

ACTIVITY 13

Write 5 sentences about what you want to be in future. āĻāĻ–āύ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āϝāϤ⧇ āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āϕ⧀ āĻšāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāĻ“ āϏ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāρāϚāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ āϞ⧇āĻ–ā§‹āĨ¤

Let’s start in this way : (āϞ⧇āϟāϏ āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟ āχāύ āĻĻāĻŋāϏ āĻ“ā§Ÿā§‡) āĻāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻ•â€”

I would like to beâ€Ļâ€Ļâ€Ļâ€Ļâ€Ļâ€Ļâ€Ļâ€Ļâ€Ļ……..

Ans. I would like to be a teacher in future. I shall be a teacher of different kind. My aim will be to make student a good human being. I will learn them the lessons not only to give the exams but also to help in their life. I want to do the teaching with honesty.

(āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŖ: āφāχ āωāĻĄ āϞāĻžāχāĻ• āϟ⧁ āĻŦāĻŋ āĻ āϟāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰ āχāύ āĻĢāĻŋāωāϚāĻžāϰāĨ¤ āφāχ āĻļā§āϝāĻžāϞ āĻŦāĻŋ āĻ āϟāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻĢ āĻĄāĻŋāĻĢāĻžāϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻ•āĻžāχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāχ āĻāχāĻŽ āωāχāϞ āĻŦāĻŋ āϟ⧁ āĻŽā§‡āĻ• āĻ¸ā§āϟ⧁āĻĄā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻ āϗ⧁āĻĄ āĻšāĻŋāωāĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻŋ⧟āĻŋāĻ‚āĨ¤ āφāχ āωāχāϞ āϞāĻžāĻ°ā§āύ āĻĻ⧇āĻŽ āĻĻā§āϝ āϞ⧇āϏāύāϏ āύāϟ āĻ…āύāϞāĻŋ āϟ⧁ āĻ—āĻŋāĻ­ āĻĻā§āϝ āĻāĻ—āϜāĻžāĻŽāϏ āĻŦāĻžāϟ āĻ…āϞāϏ⧋ āϟ⧁ āĻšā§‡āϞāĻĒ āχāύ āĻĻā§‡ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āϞāĻžāχāĻĢāĨ¤ āφāχ āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϟ āϟ⧁ āĻĄā§ āĻĻā§āϝ āϟāĻŋāϚāĻŋāĻ‚ āωāχāĻĻ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŋāĨ¤)

āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻžāύ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ: āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āϝāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āĻšāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāχāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāϰāĻ•āĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āĻšāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāχāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤ⧋āϞāĻžāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁āχ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āύ⧟ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϏāϤāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ•āϤāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāχāĨ¤

ACTIVITY 14

We have already learnt Plural Nouns. Find some of these from the following sentences and then made other sentences with them : (āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻšā§āĻŦāϚāύ āφāϗ⧇āχ āĻļāĻŋāϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤ āύ⧀āĻšā§‡āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ•ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻšā§āĻŦāϚāύ āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻ•āϰ⧋ āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻžāύāĻžāĻ“āσ)

(a) He wore his old trousers to school.

(āĻšāĻŋ āĻ“āϰ āĻšāĻŋāϜ āĻ“āĻ˛ā§āĻĄ āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāωāϜāĻžāĻ°ā§āϏ āϟ⧁ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞāĨ¤)

āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻžāύ⧋ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāĻ˛ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ—āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

Trousers : His trousers are torn.

(āĻšāĻŋāϜ āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāωāϜāĻžāϰāϏ āφāϰ āϟāĻ°ā§āύāĨ¤) āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϟāϟāĻŋ āϛ⧇āρ⧜āĻžāĨ¤

(b) Mother wanted the scissors to cut the thread.

(āĻŽāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϰ āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻĄ āĻĻā§āϝ āϏāĻŋāϜāϰāϏ āϟ⧁ āĻ•āĻžāϟ āĻĻā§āϝ āĻĨā§āϰ⧇āĻĄāĨ¤)

āĻŽāĻž āϏ⧁āϤ⧋ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻžāρāϚāĻŋāϟāĻž āĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

Scissors : This scissors get rusted.

(āĻĻāĻŋāϏ āϏāĻŋāϜāϰāϏ āϗ⧇āϟ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻĄāĨ¤)-āĻāχ āĻ•āĻžāρāϚāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŽāϰāĻšā§‡ āĻĒā§œā§‡ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

(c) The press went public over the issue.

(āĻĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āϏ āĻ“ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻĒāĻžāĻŦāϞāĻŋāĻ• āĻ“āĻ­āĻžāϰ āĻĻā§āϝ āχāĻ¸ā§āϝ⧁āĨ¤)

āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āϏ āĻŦāĻŋāώ⧟āϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϜāύāϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

Public : Public opinion helps to build a society.

(āĻĒāĻžāĻŦāϞāĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āĻĒāĻŋāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύ āĻšā§‡āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϏ āϟ⧁ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĄ āφ āϏ⧋āϏāĻžāχāϟāĻŋ)

āϜāύāĻ—āϪ⧇āϰ āĻŽāϤāĻžāĻŽāϤ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϜ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤

(d) At the station, the goods were unloaded from the train. (āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāϟ āĻĻā§āϝ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻļāύ, āĻĻā§āϝ āϗ⧁āĻĄāϏ āĻ“ā§Ÿā§āϝāĻžāϰ āφāύāϞ⧋āĻĄā§‡āĻĄ āĻĢā§āϰāĻŽ āĻĻā§āϝ āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤)

āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻļāύ⧇ āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻŖā§āϝ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύ⧋ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

Goods : The police caught the car and capture the goods.

(āĻĻā§āϝ āĻĒ⧁āϞāĻŋāĻļ āĻ•āϟ āĻĻā§āϝ āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāϚāĻžāϰāĻĄ āĻĻā§āϝ āϗ⧁āĻĄāϏāĨ¤)- āĻĒ⧁āϞāĻŋāĻļ āĻ—āĻžā§œāĻŋāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻĒāĻŖā§āϝāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āφāϟāĻ• āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤

(e) His true colours came to the forefront at the meeting. (āĻšāĻŋāϜ āϟ⧁ āĻ•āĻžāϞāĻžāϰāϏ āϕ⧇āĻŽ āϟ⧁ āĻĻā§āϝ āĻĢā§‹āϰāĻĢā§āϰāĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāϟ āĻĻā§āϝ āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻ‚āĨ¤)

āĻŦ⧈āĻ āϕ⧇ āϏāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āφāϏāϞ āϰāĻ‚ āĻŦ⧇āϰāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻāϞ⧋āĨ¤

Colours : Colours are plentiful in nature in different seasons.

(āĻ•āĻžāϞāĻžāĻ°ā§āϏ āφāϰ āĻĒā§āϞ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟāĻŋ āĻĢ⧁āϞ āύ⧇āϚāĻžāϰ āχāύ āĻĄāĻŋāĻĢāĻžāϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟ āϏāĻŋāϜāύ)

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ‹āϤ⧁āϤ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āϰāϙ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϚ⧁āĻ°ā§āϝ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤

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