Activity 1
Choose the correct from the given alternatives :
(a) The thing which would have come home from 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 charwomen, 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 statements are True and which are False. Give a supporting statement for each of your answers.
(a) There was a commotion in the house when Uncle Podger Undertook a job.
Ans: True
Supporting Statement: You never saw such a commotion in the house when.
(b) Uncle Podger did not want to hang the picture.
Ans: False
Supporting Statement: I will do all that
(c) Uncle podger would cut himself and spring round the room searching for his handkerchief.
Ans: True
Supporting Statement: Then he would ring round the room looking for his handkerchief
(d) The second thing that Uncle Podger would lose would be the hammer.
Ans: False
Supporting Statement: He would take hold of the nail and drop it.
Activity 3
Complete the following with information from the text:
(a) Aunt Podger would ask _______________________________ after the picture came to the house.
Ans: Aunt Podger would ask what was to be done with it after the picture came to the house.
(b) Tom was asked to bring _______________________________.
Ans: Tom was asked to bring a step-ladder and a kitchen-chair.
(c) _____________________________________ as he would be sitting on it.
Ans: Uncle Podger found the coat himself as he would be sitting on it.
Activity 4
Answer the following questions:
(a) Name the children of Uncle podger.
Ans: They are will and tom.
(b) What did Uncle Podger ask the children to be for him
Ans: Uncle podger asked the children to bring a nail, rule and cord for him.
(c) How did Uncle Podger want this coat ?
Ans: He would drop the picture, and try to save the glass he would cut himself.
(e) Where did he find his coat?
Ans: Because he put his handkerchief in his coat’s pocket.
Activity 5
Choose the correct answers from given alternatives:
(a) Uncle Podger would call us all
(i) intelligent
(ii) careless
(iii) fools
Ans: (iii) fools
(b) Uncle Podger would slide and fall
(i) on the char-women’s toes
(ii) on the piano
(iii) on the chair
Ans: (ii) on the piano
(c) Uncle Podger’s work would finish
(i) at around midnight
(ii) at mid-day
(iii) in the evening
Ans: (i) at around midnight
Activity 6
Complete the following with information from the text:
(a) Uncle Podger would lose sight of the mark _________________________
Ans: Uncle Podger would lose sight of the mark he had made on the wall, where the nail was to go in.
(b) __________________________ trying to reach a point three inches beyond.
Ans: Uncle Podger was trying to reach a point three inches beyond.
(c) _____________________________ doing a job of this short.
Ans: Uncle Podger would like doing a job of this short.
Activity 7
Complete the following information from the text:
Ans:
| Cause | Effect |
| (a) To find out the spot where the nail was to go in. | Each child had to get up beside him on the chair |
| (b) Uncle Podger would slip. | Uncle Podger would fall on to the piano |
| (c) At the first of the hummer | He would smash his thumb. |
| (d) At the second blow, the nail would go clean through the plaster. | A new hole was made |
Activity 8
Answer the following questions:
(a) Give two instances to show the carelessness of Uncle Podger.
Ans:
(i) After sitting on his coat, he blamed the others.
(ii) After losing the Hammer by himself shouted at others.
(b) What did Aunt Podger say after Uncle Podger smashed his thumb ?
Ans: She hoped that next time when uncle podger world plans for these, she would go to her mothers house.
(c) How did Uncle Podger react after finishing the task ?
Ans: He would say, he did not understand why some people hire a man to do such simple work.
(d) Why was everyone tried after uncle Podger put up the picture on the wall?
Ans: It took a long time and uncle podger made the task very exhausting.
Activity 9
Match the following words in column A with their meanings in column B:
| A | B |
| (a) sneer | closely observing (d) |
| (b) evident | Poor (c) |
| (c) wretched | mock (a) |
| (d) surveying | clear (b) |
Activity 10
Find the antonyms of the following words from the texts:
(a) rapidly
Ans: rapidly > slowly
(b) lost
Ans: lost > found
(c) remembered
Ans: remembered > forgot
(d) roughly
Ans: roughly > exactly
(e) save
Ans: save > waste
(f) straight
Ans: straight > curly
Activity 11
Use the prefixes or suffixes (in-/im-/-al/-some) to form new words:
Ans:
(a) different > indifferent
(b) possible > impossible
(c) sufficient > insufficient
(d) arrive > arrival
(e) whole > wholesome