Read the following passages and answer the questions given below :

Aunt Polly was fond of all kinds of medicine. She had a lot of books on this subject. Her newest idea was this-when a boy was ill, he must bathe in cold water every day. And so every morning she made Tom stand outside in the yard. Then she threw ice-cold water over him. After that, she wrapped him in a wet sheet and made him lie in bed. Tom did not get better. He gut worse. Aunt Polly tried a new idea. She threw hot water over him instead of cold. That did not help Tom either.

1. Write name of the lesson from which the above passage has been taken. Who is the author?

2. Why was Aunt Polly trying the new ideas?

3. How did Tom’s condition grow worse?

4. How did Aunt Polly get the new ideas?

5. Find words from the above passage which mean the same as ‘having a liking for’, ‘covered with’.

Read the following passages and answer the questions given below :

Tom came sadly out of the house. In one hand he held a long brush. In the other he carried a bucket which was full of whitewash. His aunt was making him whitewash the fence. Tom looked sadly at the fence. “How high it is! How long it is!” he thought. Indeed the height of the fence was nine feet and its length was thirty yards. Tom put his brush into the whitewash. He drew it slowly across the fence. It made a very small white mark. Tom tried again. Another very small white mark. Tom sat down and sighed heavily.

1. Who is the author of the above passage?

2. Who made ‘Tom whitewash the fence and why?

3. What was the height and length of the fence?

4. Why did Tom move the brush slowly?

5. How many white marks did he make on the wall?

6. Use the word ‘Indeed in a sentence of your own.

Read the following passages and answer the questions given below :

The old lady stood there thoughtfully. Suddenly she heard a sound behind her. She turned round quickly. There was Tom near the cupboard door. There was jam all round his mouth. 

“What have you been doing?” Aunt Polly asked angrily. When Tom did not answer, she went on, “You’ve been stealing the jam again. Don’t tell me that you haven’t. Haven’t I told you a hundred times to keep away from that cupboard? Where’s my stick”. Aunt Polly took her stick and raised it high. She was about to strike Tom hard.

1. Write name of the lesson from which the above passage has been taken.

2. Why did she turn round quickly?

3. Where did she find him?

4. Why can’t she handle Tom easily?

5. Which word in the passage means the same as at once?

Read the following passages and answer the questions given below :

Slowly and unwillingly, Tom handed the brush to Ben. Ben worked hard. He soon grew hot but he went on working. Tom sat there, watching and eating Ben’s apple. When Ben had done enough, other boys came along. At first they laughed at Tom, as Ben had done. But soon they were whitewashing the fence. Of course they had to pay Tom before he let them help him. They gave him their best things-twelve marbles, a tin soldier, a key, a dog’s collar, the handle of a knife and four pieces of orange. Tom had an easy time. He did not work but soon the fence had three coats of whitewash on it.

1. ‘Slowly and unwillingly’-these words have been used to show the cleverness of Tom, how?

2. What did Tom do while Ben worked?

3. What did he convince his friends of ?

4. What were the things that Tom got from his friends?

5. Who whitewashed the fence?

6. Which word in the above passage mean as same as ‘undoubtedly’?