L E S S O N 5
UNCLE PODGER HANGS A PICTURE
ACTIVITY-1
Choose the correct answer from the given alternatives:
Answers:
(a) The thing which would have come home from the frame-makers is-
(i) a picture
(ii) a craving on wood
(iii) a picture drawn on a piece of cloth
(b) Uncle Podger would take off his.
(i) vest
(ii) tie
(iii) coat
(c) Uncle Podger would ask
(i) the boy
(ii) the girl
(iii) the charwoman, for sixpen'orth of nails
(d) Uncle Podger, a first, would drop the
(i) picture
(ii) hammer
(iii) nail
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. (True)
Supporting statement: 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. (False)
Supporting statement: I'll do all that.
(c) Uncle Podger would cut himself and spring round the room searching for his handkerchief. (True)
Supporting stateent: He would try to save the glass and cut himself. Then he would spring round the room, looking for his handkerchief.
(d) The second thing that Uncle Podger would lose would be the hammer. (False)
Supporting statement: All the house had to leave off looking for his tools and start looking for his coat.
ACTIVITY-3
Complete the following sentences with information from the text :
Answers:
(a) Aunt Podger would ask what was to be done with it after the picture came to the houses
(b) Tom was asked to bring the rule.
(c) Nobody could find the coat as he would be sitting on it.
ACTIVITY-4
Answer the following questions:
(a) Name the children of Uncle Podger.
Ans: The names of the children of Uncle Podger are Tom, Will and Maria.
(b) What did Uncle Podger ask the children to bring for him?
Ans: Uncle Podger asked the children to bring the hammer and the rule for him.
(c) How did Uncle Podger cut himself?
Ans: Uncle Podger would lift up the picture and drop it. The picture would come of frame. He would try to save the glass and cut himself.
(d) Why did Uncle Podger want his coat?
Ans: Uncle Podger cut himself. He would look for his handkerchief. But it was in the pocket of his coat. So he wanted his coat.
(e) Where did he find his coat?
Ans: Uncle Podger would get up. Then he found that he had been sitting on it.
ACTIVITY-5
Choose the correct answers from the given alternatives:
Answers:
(a) Uncle Podger would call us all-
(i) intelligent (ii) careless (iii) fools
(b) Uncle Podger would slide and fall-
(i) on the charwoman's toes (ii) on the piano (iii) on the chair
(c) Uncle Podger's work would finish-
(i) at around midnight (ii) at mid-day (iii) in the evening
ACTIVITY-6
Complete the sentences with information from the text :
Answers:
(a) Uncle Podger would lose sight of the mark he had made on the wall, where the nail was to go in.
(b) Uncle Podger was trying to reach a point three inches beyond.
(c) Uncle Podger liked doing a job of this sort.
ACTIVITY-7
Complete the following table with information from the text :
Answers:
ACTIVITY-8
Answer the following questions:
(a) Write two instances to show the carelessness of Uncle Podger.
Ans: Uncle Podger was a very careless fellow. Uncle Podger would lose the mark on the wall. Carelessly, he would smash his thumb. These are two instances of carelessness of Uncle Podger.
(b) What did Aunt Podger do after Uncle Podger smash his thumb?
Ans: Aunt Podger could make arrangements to go to her mother's house after Uncle Podger smash his thumb again.
(c) How did Uncle Podger react after finishing the task?
Ans: Uncle Podger was satisfied after the task was finished. He wondered why other people were called to do a little thing like hanging a picture.
(d) Why was everyone tired after Uncle Podger put up the picture on the wall?
Ans: Uncle Podger and other members tried hard till midnight to put the picture on the wall. So everyone was tired.
ACTIVITY-9
Match the following words in column 'A' with their meanings in column 'B'
Answers:
GRAMMAR
1. Do as directed:
(i) Baren babu is teaching English. (Change the mode of narration)
Ans: English is being taught by Baren babu.
(ii) Rita said, "I am leaving for Mumbai now." (Change the mode of narration.)
Ans: Rita said that she was leaving for Mumbai then.
(iii) The train—----- (leave) before they reached the station. (use the correct form of the verb given in the bracket.)
Ans: The train had left before they reached the station.
(iv) Social:------(use a proper Prefix)
Ans: Social Unsocial.
(v) A mango is as—--(sweet) to taste as an apple. (Use proper degree of the Adjective given in the bracket.)
Ans: A mango is as sweet to taste as an apple.
WORKED OUT TEXTUAL QUESTION
B. Answer the following questions:
(i) How did Uncle Podger hinder the other mem- bers in their search?
Ans: When the other members started looking for his coat, he would dance round and hinder them.
(ii) What would happen to the picture after Uncle Podger drop it? What would Uncle Podger do after cutting himself?
Ans: Uncle Podger would drop the picture and it would come out of the frame he would try to save the glass and cut himself. After cutting himself, he would spring round the room, looking for his handkerchief.
A. Answer the following questions:
(a) How did Uncle Podger blow his hammer?
Ans: Uncle Podger smashed his thumb with the first blow and dropped the hammer with a yell, on somebody's toes.
(b) What did Aunt Maria expect next time?
Ans: Aunt Maria expected next time, Uncle Podger was going to hammer a nail into the wall he would let her know in time.
B. Write 'T' true and 'F' for false statements in the given boxes:
(i) Uncle Podger yelled out in pain. (T)
(ii) Aunt Maria would spend fortnight with her mother. (F)
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