Q-1 Underline the word with a different meaning: (જુદો અર્થ ધરાવતા શબ્દની નીચે લીટી કરો.)
Example: unhappy sad alone sorry
1. paint touch color whitewash
2. proud particular careful attentive
3. idea plan thought bright
4. properly proudly rightly well
5. toy brush marble playing
6. naughty happy delighted pleased

Q-2 Fill in the blanks using the correct form of the word groups given in the bracket: (કૌંસમાં આપેલાં શબ્દજૂથમાં યોગ્ય શબ્દજૂથ વાપરી ખાલી જગ્યા પૂરો.)
(make fun of, step back, pay a price, geta chance, get a turn, set to work, come to my mind)
1. Don't make a rush. Everybody will ___________ to look through this telescope.
Answer: get a turn
2. Yesterday, Mini stepped on a banana skin and fell down. But nobody_________ her.
Answer: made fun of
3. Only thirty people are allowed to see the Qutub Minar at a time. We are sixty. So some of us will ____________ on the second day.
Answer: get a chance
4. The king built a palace. One thousand men were __________ by him.
Answer: set to work
5. When I went on the stage, I forgot everything. Nothing __________.
Answer: came to my mind
6. He put his finger in the electric plug. He was injured badly. He _______ for his foolishness.
Answer: paid a price

Q- 3 Read the paragraph and give the answers: (ફકરો વાંચોને પ્રશ્નોના જવાબ આપો.)
[1] It was Saturday, a holiday. There was no school and no homework to do. Tom was very happy.
But just then aunt Polly called him and said, "Look here, Tom! Today you're not going out to play. I want you to whitewash this whole fence. Take this bucket of whitewash and this brush, and set to work immediately".
Tom looked at the fence and then at the bucket. Such a big fence and such a lot of whitewash! Tom felt very sad.
Suddenly a brilliant idea came to his mind. He took up his brush and started the work silently Soon he saw Ben coming that way. Ben had a nice red apple in his hand. Tom's mouth watered but he continued to whitewash.

1. It was a __________ when Tom was given the work of whitewashing the fence.
(A) Sunday
(B) Monday
(C) Saturday
(D) Friday
Answer: (C) Saturday

2. Why was Tom happy?
Answer: Tom was happy because there was no school and no homework to do.

3. Tom was free on that Saturday because _________________.
(A) it was raining
(B) it was Diwali
(C) it was a holiday
(D) none of these
Answer: (C) it was a holiday

4. Who was Polly?
(A) Tom's aunt
(B) Tom's mother
(C)Tom's grandmother
(D) Tom's sister
Answer: (A) Tom’s aunt

5. What did aunt Polly ask Tom to do?
Answer: Aunt Polly asked Tom to whitewash the whole fence.

6. Aunt Polly asked Tom to __________________.
(A) whitewash the wall
(B) whitewash the house
(C) whitewash the gate
(D) whitewash the fence
Answer: (D) whitewash the fence

7. What did aunt Polly give Tom?
Answer: Aunt Poly gave a bucket of whitewash and a brush to Tom.

8. Who was Polly? Which work did she assign to Tom?
Answer: Polly was Tom's aunt. She assigned him the work of whitewashing the fence.

9. Why was Tom sad?
Answer: Tom was sad because he had to whitewash a big fence on a holiday when he had plans of playing outside.

10. Which word means ‘bright’?
(A) good
(B) bad
(C) dull
(D) brilliant
Answer: (D) brilliant

11. Tom started the work __________.
(A) silently
(B) sadly
(C) with singing
(D) none of these
Answer: (A) silently

12. Who came first? What was there in his hand?
Answer: Ben came first. He had a nice red apple in his hand.

13. What did Ben have in his hand?
(A) a kite
(B) a banana
(C) an apple
(D) a mango
Answer: (C) an apple

14. Explain the meaning of ‘Tom's mouth watered’.
Answer: Tom's mouth watered means that when he saw a red apple in Ben's hand, he wanted to eat that apple.

15. Use the word 'immediately' in the sentence of your own.
Answer: Tom started the work immediately.

16. Silent + ly = Silently, Write two more words of this type.
Answer: immediate + ly = immediately, regular+ ly = regularly

[2] Ben wanted to make fun of Tom. He walked up to him and said, "Hello Tom, What is this Work is this? Work even on a holiday?"
"Work!" said Tom, "What do you call work?
"Why, isn't that work?" asked Ben with a smile.
Tom returned to his whitewashing and replied, "Well, may be itis, may be it is not. All l know is that it delights Tom sawyer.”
Tom carefully swept his brush like an artist. Then he stepped back and looked at the paint. He
added a touch here and a touch there. Ben watched all this. He was getting, more and more interested. At last he said, "Tom, may I whitewash a little?

1. Who wanted to make fun of Tom?
Answer: Ben wanted to make fun of Tom.

2. Why did Ben say, "Work even on a holiday"?
Answer: Ben wanted to make fun of Tom as he was working on Saturday, so he said that.

3. "Work even on a holiday?" Who said this?
(A) Aunt Polly 
(B) Tom
(C) Ben
(D) None of these
Answer: (C) Ben

4. "What do you call work?" Who said this?
(A) Tom
(B) Ben
(C) Aunt Polly
(D) None of these
Answer: (A) Tom

5. ‘Delights' means ___________.
(A) gives sadness
(B) gives joy
(C) gives tiredness
(D) gives sleep
Answer: (B) gives joy

6. Tom worked like _________.
(A) an artist
(B) a painter
(C) a student
(D) a dancer
Answer: (A) an artist

7. Was Tom really enjoying his work? Justify your answer.
Answer: No, Tom was not really enjoying his work but he was pretending that he was enjoying. It was just a plan to get rid of his work.

8. Who was getting interested in whitewashing?
Answer: Ben was getting interested in whitewashing.

9. "May I whitewash a little?" Who said this?
(A)Tom
(B)Ben
(C)Aunt polly
(D)A man
Answer: (B) Ben

[3] "No, no!" he said. "Aunt Polly is very particular about this fence. Everybody cannot paint the wall the right way.”
"Is that so?" asked Ben in surprise. "Tom, I'll be very careful. Please let me try just a little."
"Ben, I don't mind," Tom said, looking to be very kind, "but you don't know aunt Polly. She will kill me. She wants me and me alone to do it.”

1. Who was very particular about the fence?
Answer: Aunt Polly was very particular about the fence.

2. "Aunt Polly is very particular about the fence." Who said this?
(A) Aunt Polly
(B) Ben
(C)Tom
(D) None of these
Answer: (C) Tom

3. "Everybody cannot paint the wall the right way" Who said this?
(A) Aunt Polly
(B) Ben
(C) Tom
(D) None of these
Answer: (C) Tom

4. Who was surprised? Why?
Answer: Ben was surprised as he was told by Tom that everybody cannot paint the wall the right way.

5. Tom looked __________.
(A) kind
(B) unkind
(C) happy
(D) unhappy
Answer: (A) kind

6. "I don't mind." Who said this?
(A) Aunt Polly
(B) Ben
(C) Tom
(D) None of these
Answer: (C) Tom

7. "I’ll be very careful." Who said this?
(A) Aunt Polly
(B) Ben
(C) Tom
(D) None of these
Answer: (B) Ben

[4] "I’ll be careful, Tom. Please let me try. I'll give you half my apple.”
"No, no, Ben. I am afraid.."
"Tom, I'll give you the whole apple.”
Tom gave Ben the brush and took his apple. Ben set to work in the hot sun. Tom sat down happily in the shade of a tree and ate the apple. He kept telling Ben again and again, "Ben, look at that part of the fence. You haven't done it rightly, Do it again or aunt Polly will be angry."
Poor Ben sweated in the sun for a long time!

1. "Please let me try" Who said this?
(A) Aunt Polly
(B) Ben
(C) Tom
(D) None of these
Answer: (B) Ben

2. What was the first offer given by Ben?
Answer: At first, Ben offered half of his apple to Tom.

3. Tom accepted the offer of the ____________.
(A) half apple
(B) whole apple
(C) kite
(D) marbles
Answer: (B) whole apple

4. What did Ben give Tom to get a chance to whitewash the fence?
Answer: Ben gave his apple to Tom to get a chance to whitewash the fence.

5. What did Tom do while Ben was whitewashing the fence?
Answer: While Ben was whitewashing the fence, Tom was sitting happily in the shade of a tree and ate the apple.

6. Ben worked ____________.
(A) in the hot sun
(B) under a tree
(C)near the gate
(D) under an umbrella
Answer: (A) in the sun

7. Where did Tom sit?
(A) in the shade of a roof
(B) in the shade of a window
(C) in the shade of an umbrella
(D) in the shade of a tree
Answer: (D) in the shade of a tree

8. Ben sweated in the sun for ___________.
(A) a short time
(B) a long time
(C) few seconds
(D) none of these
Answer: (B) a long time

[5] When Ben was tired, Tom allowed Billy to whitewash. Billy gave a kite to Tom. When Billy was tired, Johnny got his turn for a pair of marbles. Thus, every boy paid a price to get a chance to whitewash the fence. They came to laugh at Tom but Tom made them work.
By afternoon, the whitewash was over. They whitewashed the fence three times. Tom earned a number of playthings. He got twelve marbles, a tin soldier a dog collar, the handle of a knife and a big key with out a lock.

1. Who whitewashed the fence after ben?
Answer: After Ben, Billy and Johny whitewashed the fence.

2. What did Billy give Tom?
(A)marbles
(B)Johnny
(C)Ben
(D)Aunt Polly
Answer: (B) Johnny

3. Who whitewashed the fence after Billy?
(A)Tom
(B)Johnny
(C)Ben
(D)Aunt Polly
Answer: (B) Johnny

4. What did Johnny give Tom?
(A)a bucket
(B)a pair of marbles
(C)a brush
(D)a kite
Answer: (B) a pair of marbles

5. The whitewash was over by the __________.
(A)morning
(B)evening
(C)afternoon
(D)night
Answer: (C) afternoon

6. How many times was the fence whitewashed?
Answer: The fence was whitewashed for three times.

7. Which playthings did Tom get?
Answer: Tom got twelve marbles, a tin soldier, a dog collar, the handle of a knife and a big key without a lock.

8. “Earned” means ____________.
(A)gift
(B)sent
(C)gave
(D)got
Answer: (D) got

9. Who whitewashed the fence?
Answer: Tom's friends like Ben, Billy, Johnny and other boys whitewashed the fence.

10. Is Tom a clever boy? Why/Why not?
Answer: Tom is a clever boy as he made his friends to whitewash the fence and also earned many playthings for giving them a chance to work.

[6] At last when the whitewash was over, Tom proudly went inside the house and said, “Aunt Polly, may I go out to play now?”
“How much whitewashing have you done?”
"All of it. I have finished the whitewash."
"What l Finished? Let me see."
Aunt Polly went outside. She was really surprised. The whole fence was nicely whitewashed. “Well Tom!” she said, "Your work is excellent. Now you can go and play. Come back home early.”
Aunt Polly took out the best apple from the basket and gave it to Tom.

1. Tom _________ went inside the house.
(A)proudly
(B)happily
(C)nicely
(D)none of these
Answer: (A) proudly

2. "May I go out to play now?" Who said this?
(A)Ben
(B)Tom
(C)Aunt Polly
(D)Johnny
Answer: (B) Tom 

3. Who was surprised?
(A)Ben
(B)Tom
(C)Aunt Polly
(D)Billy
Answer: (C) Aunt polly

4. Aunt Polly was surprised because
(A)the fence was not whitewashed
(B)tom got many playthings
(C)the whole fence was nicely whitewashed
(D)tom was sitting under a tree
Answer: (C) the whole fence was nicely whitewashed

5. What did aunt Polly give Tom?
(A)marbles
(B)toys
(C)an apple
(D)a kite
Answer: (C) an apple

6. Did aunt Polly allow 'Tom to go out and play? Why?
Answer: Yes, aunt Polly allowed Tom to go out and play as she was impressed by Tom who had whitewashed the whole fence very nicely.