Tom Whitewashes a Fence

Mark Twain


Available Answers

  1. 1.

    Match the meanings of the new words correctly:

    1. resume            a. make unkind fun of
    2. magnificent       b. evaluated
    3. uninspiring       c. looked carefully at
    4. fragrance         d. splendid
    5. multiplied        e. dull
    6. surveyed          f. pleasant smell
    7. criticised        g. increased
    8. ridicule          h. start again
  2. 2.

    Make sentences of your own with the following words. Try to bring out clearly the meaning of the word in your sentence. You are not to change the tense of the words.

    cheerfulnessridiculeparticularpossessionsnecessary

     

  3. 3.

    Explain the following expressions in your own words or with the help of a sentence:

    1. all gladness left him
    2. with the eye of an artist
    3. in a new light
    4. laying plots
    5. rolling in wealth
  4. 4.

    Tick the correct option.

    1. On Saturday morning everything looked
      1. dull
      2. full of life
      3. boring
    2. Tom feared other boys would
      1. not let him work
      2. cry on seeing him work
      3. make fun of him
    3. Tom pretended as if his work was
      1. boring
      2. unimportant
      3. important
    4. Ben offered Tom
      1. marbles
      2. a kite
      3. an apple
    5. The aunt looked at his work and was
      1. excited
      2. surprised
      3. pleasantly surprised
  5. 5.

    Who spoke these words and to whom?

    1. "Hello, you've got to work, hey?"
    2. "What do you call work?"
    3. "Tom, let me whitewash a little."
    4. "I'll give you all of it."
    5. "Tom, I hate your lies."
  6. 6.

    Describe the summer world in your own words.

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