Available Answers

1. 1.

   How did whitewashing seem painful to Tom? What did he really want to do?

2. 2.

   How did Tom react to the arrival of Ben Rogers?

3. 3.

   Why were the boys so eager to paint the fence?

4. 4.

   ‘Tom was just rolling in wealth's What is the wealth that Tom had gathered and why does the writer call it ‘wealth'?

5. 5.

   Tom had discovered the ‘great law of human action's. What was it?

6. 6.

   Homophones

   Example: there, their and they're/your and you're.

   Complete the conversation with the correct choice of the words in brackets.

   Mohit     Are you going ___________ (to, too, two) the party? Can I come ________ (along, a along) with you? I __________ (to, too, two) want to go to the party.

   Sohail     Sure, you can wear ________(your, you're) favourite __________ (pare, pair, pear) of pants. The place is just off the _________ (rode, road) about a hundred yards away.

   Mohit      I think it is going to _____ (rein,rain, reign). I'll wear woollen socks because my _______ (tows,toes) are cold. I'll also __________ (wear, ware) my high boots today.

   Sohail     We'll wait for Rahul. ______ (He'll, Heel,Heal) be here in a few minutes.