Chapter 2 - 

Tom Sawyer


Tom Sawyer Answer

1. Let's find out how much we have understood . choose the correct alternative from the options  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
Ans: ii) hidden treasure


(b) Tom and huck entered the house armed with a     
(i) pickaxe
(ii) spade
(iii) pickaxe and spade
(iv) axe and spade
Ans: (iii) pickaxe and spade

(c) Tom and Huck saw
(i) two men entering
(ii) one man entering the house
(iii) joe entering the house
(iv) there thieves entering the house
Ans: (i) two men entering


(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 it to tom.
Ans: (i) tom said it to huck.


2. Read the story and answer the following  questions briefly in your own words:
    
(a) What did tom always dream of?

Ans.-Tom always had dreams of finding boxes in the haunted houses that are hidden and full of gold.

(b) What plan did tom make with friend Huck?
Ans.-Tom made a plan with Hack  to go for a treasure hunt. 

3.(a) Let us learn some words and their meanings.

(b) Now rewrite the sentences replacing the  underlined parts with the words you learnt above.      

(i) Tom and Huck selected a house visited by ghosts for their new adventure.

Ans:-Tom And Huck selected a haunted house for their new Adventure.

(ii) tom and Huck started their journey at 12 o, clock at night

Ans Tom And Huck started  this journey at midnight

.(iii) the thief was trying to make a hole in the ground.
Ans:- The fhief was trying to dig the ground.

(iv) He saw a set of stairs including posts and rails inside the haunted house.
Ans:-He saw a staircase inside the haunted house.
 
(v) joe, one of the two men was a person  who steals things.
Ans:-Joe, one of the two men was a thief.


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 finely 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 themselives inside a room on the first floor .
(g) The boys started to dig at a ptace inside the house .
(h) They selected a broke down house
 
Ans:-.(c) tom and huck went out  to find some treasure.
(h) They selected a broke down house
(g) The boys started to dig at a ptace inside the house .
(a) they heard a voise outside
(f) Tom and huck hid themselives inside a room on the first floor .
(b) two men entered the house.
(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.

5. (a) work in paris.  Take  turns and ask your partner. to answer question  like the ones given below:
  • what story did you read last month?
  •  What is the name of the story?
  •  Who is the author?
  •  What is the story about?
  • which character in the story you liked most?
  • 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. 

Ans :- Last month I read a story about rains. The name of the story in "Dighalthengiya.'' The author of the story in rasaraj Lakshminath Begbaruah.The story is about rain, an old lady, a thief and tigers. In the Story I like  the character of the tiger most. It's funny. There is no character in the story that I din't like. 

6. (a) Read the following sentence . we use  them generally while giving directions to someone. remember, these are called imperative sentence.
  • Go straigth.
  • Walk to the road.
  • Turn to your left.
  • Walk to the north.
  • Open the gate and there you are.
(b) now , use some sentence like the ones you have just learned to help your friend to find the way home from the haunted house.

Ans:-(i) Go straigth.
(ii) Turn to your right.
(iii) Go straigth and turn right again.
(iv) Cross the green forest.
(v) Go by the lotus lake and there you are.


7.  Let s learn some types of  sentence;

We  use sentence 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 sentence are assertive sentences. They state something or give us some infromation.

Here are two other sentence:
(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 beutiful picture!
(h) How lovely the picture!
These sentences express storng feelings or emotions. They are 
called exclamatory sentences.


8. Here are a few tools used by farmers .Learn there name
Ans:-(1) pickaxe  (2) axe (3) spade (4) trowel (5) hoe

9. Identify the different types of  sentences and write what they
are called:
(a) Tom and Huck decided to  go on a treasure.
Ans:- Assertive Sentence 
(b) Go and search for hidden treasure, Joe.
Ans:- Imperative Sentence
(c) Who buried the box in this house?
Ans:- Interrogative Sentence
(d) Tom and Huck  ran downstairs.
Ans:- Assertive   Sentence
 (e) Dig the ground.
Ans:- Imperative Sentence
(f) The boys began to breathe more easily.
Ans:-Assertive Sentence 
(g) Let's Search the house.
Ans:-  Imperative Sentence
(h) Oh! It's a great discovery.
Ans:-Exclamatory Sentence 
(i) thank God! We had a narrow escape.!
Ans:-Exclamatory Sentence
(j) the tow men cried out in joy.
Ans:-Assertive Sentence