Slowly and unwillingly, Tom handed the brush to Ben. Ben worked hard. He soon grew hot but he went on working.

Question

Read the following passages and answer the questions given below :

Slowly and unwillingly, Tom handed the brush to Ben. Ben worked hard. He soon grew hot but he went on working. Tom sat there, watching and eating Ben’s apple. When Ben had done enough, other boys came along. At first they laughed at Tom, as Ben had done. But soon they were whitewashing the fence. Of course they had to pay Tom before he let them help him. They gave him their best things-twelve marbles, a tin soldier, a key, a dog’s collar, the handle of a knife and four pieces of orange. Tom had an easy time. He did not work but soon the fence had three coats of whitewash on it.

1. ‘Slowly and unwillingly’-these words have been used to show the cleverness of Tom, how?

2. What did Tom do while Ben worked?

3. What did he convince his friends of ?

4. What were the things that Tom got from his friends?

5. Who whitewashed the fence?

6. Which word in the above passage mean as same as ‘undoubtedly’?

Answer 1

1. Tom gave the brush slowly and unwillingly to show that he was leaving an interesting job for Ben.

2. Tom sat there watching and eating Ben’s apple while Ben worked.

3. He convinced his friends that the work was very interesting. He told them that it was a play. He could not leave such an interesting work.

4. He got twelve marbles, a tin soldier, a key, a dog’s collar, handle of a knife and four pieces of orange.

5. Ben and other friends of Tom whitewashed the fence.

6. Undoubtedly = of course (वास्तव में)