Answer the following
questions:
I. What did Patrick think
his cat was playing with? What was it really?
Ans: Patrick thought that
his cat was playing with a little doll. But it was not a doll. It was a very tiny
man
2. Why did the little man grant Patrick a wish?
Ans: The little man granted
Patrick a wish because he had saved his life.
3. What was Patrick's wish?
Ans: Patrick’s wish was that
the little man should do his homework till the end of the semester.
4. In what subjects did the
little man need help to do Patrick's homework?
Ans: The little man needed
help in all the subjects, especially in Maths and History.
5. How did Patrick help him?
Ans: Patrick looked words
into the dictionary, solved the sums and read out books to help him.
6. Who do you think did
Patrick's homework-the little man or Patrick himself? Give reasons for your
answer.
Ans: Patrick himself did his
homework. The elf made Patrick help him to do the homework of all the subjects.
Patrick worked hard day and night unknowingly.
Working with the Language…
Fill in the blanks in the
sentences below with the words or phrases from the box.
|
Out
of luck mystery true to his word chores semester between you and me look up |
2. Who stole the diamond is
still a ---------.
3. This ------- we are going
to have a class exhibition.
4. ---------, the elf began
to help Patrick.
5. Can you -------- this
word in the dictionary?
6. I started early to be on
time but I was --------. There was a traffic!
7. She says she’s got a lot of books, but -------- I think most of them are borrowed.
Ans: (i) chores (ii) mystery (iii) semester
(iv) True to his word (v) look up (vi) out of luck
(vii) between
you and me