I spotted it in a junk shop in Bridport, a roll-top desk. The man said it was early 19th century, and oak.

Question

Read the following passage and answer the question given below. 

I spotted it in a junk shop in Bridport, a roll-top desk. The man said it was early 19th century, and oak. I had always wanted one, but they were always far too expensive. This one was in a bad condition, the roll-top in several pieces, one leg clumsily mended, scorch marks all down one side. It was going- far very little money. I thought I could restore it. It would be a risk, a challenge, but I had to have it. I paid the man and brought it back to my workroom at the back of the garage. I began work on it on Christmas Eve.

(i) What did the writer find in a junk shop? 

(ii) What was its condition? 

(iii) Why did the writer purchase it? 

(iv) Find words in the passage which mean the opposite of 'cheap' and 'never'?  

Answer 1

(i) The writer found a roll-top desk in a junk shop.

(ii) It was in a very bad condition.

(iii) The writer had wished to purchase such a roll-top desk but it was costly. But the one that he found in the junk shop was cheaper.

(iv) 'expensive' and 'always'.