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7th English (TL)
Prose 3 – Tom’s Sore Toe
New words –
sore – सोअर = दुखत असलेला
toe – टो = अंगठा
un-happy अनहॅप्पी = दु:खी
o’clock – ओ क्लॉक = वाजले
wish – विश = इच्छा
suddenly – सडन्ली = तात्काळ
discover – डिस्कव्हर = शोधून काढणे
teeth – टीथ = दात
loose – लूज = पोकळ
groaning – ग्रोनिंग = कण्हणे
remember – रिमेम्बर = आठवणे
complian – कम्प्लेन = तक्रार करणे
pull– पुल = ओढणे
hurt– हर्ट = इजा
found – फाउंड = सापडला
excuse – एक्सक्युज =गय करणे , बहाणा
lay – ले = पडणे
woke up – वोक अप = जागी झाली
matter – मॅटर = मजकूर
touch – टच = स्पर्श करणे
call – कॉल = बोलावणे
terrible – टेरिबल = भयानक
forgive – फॉरगिव्ह = क्षमा करणे
still – स्टील् = अद्याप
die – डाई = मरणे
downstair – डाऊनस्टेअर =
खाली उतरणे
shouted – शाऊटेड = ओरडला
quickly – क्विकली = ताबडतोब
silly – सिली = मूर्खपणाचे
upstair – अपस्टेअर =वर चढणे
dead – डेड = मृत
fright – फ़्राईट = भीती
mouth – माउथ = तोंड
silk thread – सिल्क थ्रीड = रेशमी दोरा
piece – पीस = तुकडा
coal – कोल = कोळसा
skip – स्किप = चुकविणे
tie – टाय = बांधणे
bed–post – बेड पोस्ट = पलंगाच्या पायाचे खुंट
push – पुश = ढकलणे
hang – हँग = लाटकणे
A. Comprehension :
I. Look at the picture and answer the following questions
1. Who is lying down in the picture?
Ans. – Tom Sawyer is lying down in the picture
2. Who is the lady in the picture?
Ans. – Tom’s Aunt is the lady in the picture
3. Who are the two children standing nearby?
Ans. – Sid and Mary are the two children standing nearby.
4. What is the boy suffering from?
Ans. – The boy’s tooth is loose & it hurts.
5. What is the lady doing?
Ans. – The lady is pushing the piece of hot coal almost into the boy’s face.
II. Answer the following questions :
1. Why didn’t Tom complain about his loose tooth?
Ans. – Because if Tom complained about his loose tooth,his aunt would pull it out.
2. What did Sid advise Tom when he was groaning?
Ans. – When Tom was groaning, Sid advised him to call Aunt Polly, thinking that Tom might be seriously ill.
3. Why did Aunt Polly not believe Tom?
Ans. Aunt Polly initially didn’t believe Tom because she thought he was faking an illness to skip school.
4. Why did Aunt Polly call Tom a bad boy?
Ans. – Aunt Polly called Tom a bad boy because she believed he was pretending to be sick to avoid going to school.
5. 5. How did Aunt Polly pull out Tom’s loose tooth?
Ans. – Aunt Polly pulled out Tom’s loose tooth by tying a silk thread to it and attaching the other end to the bed-post. She then used a hot piece of coal to make the tooth come loose, and it ended up hanging by the thread from the bed-post.
III. Check your understanding
Choose the right answer and put a ( ⩗ ) tick mark against it.
1. Tom started groaning because ______
a. he was in great pain
b. he had a sore toe
c. he wanted someone to hear him( ⩗ )
d. he wanted to wake Sid
2. Tom said, “It will all be over soon” because
a. he was sure he was going to die very soon
b. he was sure the pain would go away soon
c. he wanted everybody to feel sorry for him ( ⩗ )
d. he was unable to bear the pain
3. Aunt Polly asked Mary to get a silk thread and a piece of coal from the kitchen fire because, she wanted
a. to frighten Tom
b. to pull out Tom’s loosetooth
c. to stop Tom’sgroaning
d. to teach alesson to him ⩗
IV. Read the givenstatement and answer the questions that follow :
1. “Oh, Tom! Tom please don’t die.”
a. Who made this statement?
Ans. – Sid made this statement.
b. When was it made?
Ans. – When Tom was groaning.
c. Why did Sid think Tom was dying?
Ans. – Because Tom was groaning & it looked terrible So Sid thought Tom was dying.
2. “Don’t be silly, I don’t believe it.”
a. Whom does the “I” refer to?
Ans. – ‘I’ refers to Aunt Polly.
b. Why does the speaker not believe him?
Ans. – Because she knows the situation.
c. What does “it” refer to?
Ans. – I t refers to the tooth.
3. “I don’t want to stay at home.”
a. Who said this?
Ans. – Tom said this.
b. Whom was it said to?
Ans. – It was said to Aunt Polly.
c. When was it said?
Ans. When Aunt Polly was about to pull out his tooth.
V. Some important events in the lesson are given in a jumbled order. Write them in the order in which they are in the text :
1. One of his teeth was loose. (3)
2. Suddenly he discovered something. (2)
3. She asked Mary to get her a silk thread, and a piece of coal from the kitchen fire. (6)
4. One day, Tom wished to skip school. (1)
5. The old lady tied one end of the thread to the tooth and the other to the bed-post (7)
6. Then he quickly pulled back his head and the tooth was out. (9)
7. She took the piece of hot coal and suddenly pushed it almost into the boy’s face. (8)
8. He told his Aunt Polly about his toothache. (4)
9. Aunt Polly noticed the loose tooth. (5)
B. Language in use :
1. There are sixty minutes in an hour.
2. There are seven days in a week.
3. There are eleven players in a cricket team.
4. There are elelven months in a year.
5. There are number of stars in sky.
VII. Written sentences make sense when we use punctuations like capital letters, full stops, commas, question marks, exclamatory marks, inverted commas, etc.
Use the appropriate punctuation marks in the following sentences. One example is given.
1. what is your name – What is your name?
2. tom sawyer was unhappy – Tom Sawyer was unhappy.
3. oh what a beautiful flower – Oh!What a beautiful flower!
4. his aunt said open your mouth – His aunt said,”Open your mouth.”
5. oh Sid don’t touch me groaned Tom.- “Oh,Sid,don’t touch me,”groaned Tom.
