“We are very boor child. What have ue to offer in exchange?”

Question

Read the following passages and answer the questions given below :

“We are very boor child. What have ue to offer in exchange?” the old woman said.
“Why, there is this dirty bowl which we never use. Let us exchange the bowl for a plate,” the girl said. Both, the old woman and the girl were keen to get rid of the bowl.
So, the old woman called the seller in and, giving him the bowl, said, “Take this bowl, young man, and give my grand-daughter a plate in exchange.”

1. What did the old woman say to the girl?

2. What did the young girl say to her grandmother?

3. Why were both the women keen to get rid of the bowl?

4. What did the old woman say to the seller?

5. Why did the old woman want to exchange the bowl for a plate?

Answer 1

1. The old woman said to the girl, “We are very poor. What have we to offer in exchange?”

2. The young girl said to her grandmother, “We have a dirty bowl which never use. Let us exchange the bowl for a plate.”

3. The old woman said to the seller, “Take this buwl, young man and give my grand-uaughter a plate in exchange.”

4. Both the women were keen to get rid of the bowl because it was very dirty and was not used in the family.

5. The old woman wanted to exchange the bowl for a plate because her grand-daughter urged her to have a new plate.