Tom Sawyer; Class-vi: Lesson-2
Tom Sawyer; Class-vi: Lesson-2 (Assam)
Now let us read a story about a young boy Tom and his friend Huck.
Let's find out what happened to them.
Tom was fond of adventures. He had always dreamt of finding boxes of hidden treasure houses, So he made a plan with his friend Huck. On a Saturday evening, the two friends decided to go on a treasure hunt.
Let's go to know about the questions and answers of 'Tom Sawyer'
Questions no-1. Let's find out how much we have understood. Choose the correct alternative from the questions to complete each sentence.
(a) On a Saturday night, Tom and Huck went out to find
(i) ghosts
(ii) hidden treasure
(iii) thieves
(iv) tools
Answer. hidden treasure
(b) Tom and Huck entered the house armed with a
(i) pickaxe
(ii) spade
(iii) pickaxe and spade
(iv) axe and spade
Answer. pickaxe and spade
(c) Tom and Huck saw
(i) two men entering the house
(ii) one man entering the house
(iii) Joe entering the house
(iv) three thieves entering the house
Answer. two men entering the house
(d) " Thank God! We had a narrow escape!" Who said this to whom?
(i) Tom said it to Huck
(ii) Joe said it to Huck
(iii) Huck said it to Joe
(iv) Huck said to tom
Answer. Huck said to Tom
Questions no-2. Read the story and answer the following questions briefly in your own words:
(a) What did Tom always dream of?
Answer. Tom had always dreamt of finding boxes of hidden treasure in haunted houses.
(b) What plan did Tom make with his friend Huck?
Answer. Tom made a plan with his friend Huck, on a Saturday evening, the two friends decided to go on a treasure hunt.
Questions no-3. (a) Let us learn some words and their meanings.
midnight- 12 o'clock at night
haunted house- a house visited by ghosts
thief- a person who steals something from another person or place.
dig- to make a hole in the ground or to remove something from the ground with a tool
staircase- a set of stairs inside a building including the posts and rails.
lame- unable to walk well because of an injury to the leg or foot
grumbled- complained about something
toppled- become unsteady and fell down
wrap- to cover something completely in paper or other material
(b) Now rewrite the sentences replacing the underlined parts with the words you learned above.
(i) Tom and Huck selected a 'house visited by ghosts' for their new adventure.
(ii) Tom and Huck started their journey at '12 o'clock at night'.
(iii) The thief was trying to 'make a hole in the ground'.
(iv) He saw a 'set of stairs including posts and rails' inside the haunted house.
(v) Joe, one of the two men was a 'person who steals things'.
Answer:
(i) Tom and Huck selected a haunted house for their new adventure.
(ii) Tom and Huck started their journey at '12 o'clock at midnight'.
(iii) The thief was trying to dig.
(iv) He saw a staircase inside the haunted house.
(v) Joe, one of the two men was a thief.
Questions no-4. Arrange the jumbled sentences in the proper order to get the summary of the story " Tom Sawyer". Rewrite the sentences in the correct order. Begin some of the sentences with Then, After that, next and Finally to show how the events happen.
(a) They heard a voice outside.
(b) Two men entered the house.
(c) Tom and Huck went out to find some treasure.
(d) They started to dig at the place which Tom and Huck had chosen.
(e) The two men left the place taking the box of the gold coins.
(f) Tom and Huck hid themselves inside a room on the first floor.
(g) The boys started to dig at a place inside the house.
(h) They selected a broken-down house.
Questions no-5.(a) Work in pairs. Take turns and ask your partner to answer questions like the ones given below:
(a) What story did you read last month?
(b) What is the name of the story?
(c) Who is the author?
(d) What is the story about?
(e) Which character in the story you liked most?
(f) Who was the character in the story you did not like?
(b) Now, write a paragraph on a story you have read in your own words.
Answer. The kindness of Sir Philip Sidney
Once Sir Philip Sidney, the captain of an army fought on a battlefield. It was a great battle. Unfortunately, Sir Philip Sidney was seriously wounded in the battle and many of his soldiers died.
Sir Philip Sidney felt very thirsty when he was seriously wounded. But there was not a single drop of water near the battlefield. One of his soldiers somehow brought a cup of water from a distant stream Sir Sidney was about to drink the cup of water. When he raised the cup to his lips then he heard the voice of a dying soldier " water!Water!" the soldier cried.
Sir Philip stopped to drink the cup of water. He at once went near the dying soldier and offered the cup of water saying that the soldier's need for water was greater than him. The soldier drank the cup of water happily and passed away.
Questions no-7. Let's learn some types of sentences:
We use sentences to perform certain functions. Depending on the function we have different types of sentences. e.g.
(a) Tom was fond of adventures.
(b) Tom and Huck entered the house.
These two sentences are assertive sentences. They state something or give us some information. Here are two other sentences:
(c) Have you thought of the pickaxe?
(d) Who brought them here?
Sentences(c) and (d) are interrogative sentences. They are used to ask questions: Here are two other sentences:
(e) Read the story.
(f) Switch on the light, please.
These sentences are instructions or orders or requests. They are called imperative sentences.
Now look at two other sentences:
(g) What a beautiful picture!
(h) How lovely the picture is!
These sentences express strong feelings or emotions. They are called exclamatory sentences.
Questions no-9. Identify the different types of sentences and write what they are called:
(a) Tom and Huck decided to go on a treasure hunt.
Answer. Assertive
(b) Go and search for hidden treasure, Joe.
Answer. Imperative
(c) Who buried the box in this house?
Answer. Interrogative
(d) Tom and Huck ran downstairs.
Answer. Assertive
(e) Dig the ground.
Answer. Imperative
(f) The boys began to breathe more easily.
Answer. Optative
(g) Let's search the house.
Answer. Optative
(h) Oh! It's a great discovery
Answer. Exclamatory
(i) Thank God! We had a narrow escape!
Answer. Exclamatory
(j) The two men cried out in joy.
Answer. Exclamatory
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