Class-8 English Chapter-16 Handy Andy at the Post Office

 

EVENTS CONVENT HIGH SCHOOL

16/02/2021            Class-8                 SLOT-2
English
Chapter-16
Handy Andy at the post office
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(A) Select words from the text which convey meanings similar to the following:

(a) a landlord

(b) quick and active

(c) a silly person

(d) to make someone angry

(e) request

Answer:

(a) a squire

(b) brisk

(c) stupid

(d) provoke

(e) appeal.

 

(B) Match words with opposite meanings:

Answers: 1.c   ,   2.e  ,   3.d ,   4.b ,  5.a.

 

(C) Here are two words from the lesson beginning with the prefix “im”

-impossible, -impatient

The prefix “im” is used to make the antonym or opposite of a foot word. For example.

Possible – impossible

Patient – impatient

 

 (A) Complete these sentences:

1.      Andy went to the town to __

2.      The postmaster did not give any letter to Andy because __

3.      Andy’s face was beaming with delight because __

Answers:

1.      bring his master’s letter from the post office.

2.      he was not ready to pay eleven pence.

3.      he had brought three letters for – eleven pence.

(C) Answer these questions:

Question 1.What was Andy’s excuse for not asking the squire where to go?

Answer:Andy told his master that he would find out where to go.

 

Question 2.What made Andy think the postmaster was very curious?

Answer:Andy went to the post-office counter and said that he wanted a letter. The postmaster asked him for whom he wanted it. This made Andy think the postmaster was very curious.

Question 3.Why did the postmaster call Andy’s master ‘a goose’?

Answer:In the post master’s eyes Andy’s master was foolish fellow for emplaying such a foolish servant.

Question 4.Why did the postmaster refuse to give Andy any letter?

Answer:The postmaster refused to give Andy any letter because he didn’t pay eleven pence.

 

Question 5.What was the postmaster doing when Andy made a second visit to the post office?

Answer:When Andy reached the post office for the second time, two persons were getting letters. The postmaster was selecting the letter for each from a large parcel that lay before him on the counter.

Question 6.Why did Andy take away two letters from the heap?

Answer:Andy took away two letters from the heap because he was not ready in any situation to pay eleven pence just for one letter that he would get from the postmaster.

Question 7.What made Andy feel delighted?

Answer:Andy felt delighted because he managed to get three letters for eleven pence.

 

Question 8.Why was the squire puzzled to see Andy happy?

Answer:Andy was happy for nothing. Hence the squire got puzzled to see him.

  

Question 1.Convert the interrogative sentences into indirect speech.

Example: She said to me, “How old are you?” She asked me how old

I was.

(a) Deepa said to me, “How is your mother today?”

(b) He said to Suresh, “What are you reading?”

(c) Sunil said to the shopkeeper, “Are these good mangoes?”

(d) Kamini said to the teacher, “May I go out, Madam?”

(e) I said to Reeta, “Do you like sweets?”

Answers:

(a) Deepa asked me how his mother was that day.

(b) He asked Suresh what he was reading

(c) Sunil asked the shopkeeper if those mangoes were good.

(d) Kamini asked the teacher to go out.

(e) I asked Reeta if she licked sweets.