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Oliver Asks for More Material
Oliver Asks for More A Complete Material Class - 8 English
I. Glossary
beadle (n) : an official of a church
parish (n) : a church committee
oakum (n) : loose fibre obtained by untwisting
and picking apart old ropes
surly (adj) : serious or angry
gruel (n) : a thin liquid food of oats, rice,
etc.
devoured (v) : ate hungrily or quickly
appetite (n) : the desire to eat, hunger
voracious (adj) :
wanting great quantities of food
stupefied (adj) :
shocked
paralyzed (v) :
became motionless
ladle (n) : a long handled spoon used to serve
liquids
countenance (n) :
a person’s face or facial expression
confinement (n)
: putting in a prison or a closed room.
apprentice (n) :
one who works under a skilled person.
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II. Fill in the blanks with
appropriate compound adjectives from the box given below.
deep-rooted, old-fashioned, well-mannered,
soft-spoken, brand-new
Latha is a _________________ girl. She speaks kindly with her classmates. Look at her, she is wearing an ______________ dress. She does not like to wear ___________ dresses. Don’t you think Latha is a ___________ girl?
III. Change the following statements into Yes/
No questions.
1. Oliver was frightened at the sight of so many gentlemen.
Ans: Was Oliver frightened at the sight of so many
gentlemen?
2. You are an orphan.
Ans: Are you an orphan?
3. You say your prayers every night.
Ans: Do you say your prayers every night?
4. You will pick oakum tomorrow morning.
Ans: Will you pick oakum tomorrow morning?
5. Mr. Bumble rushed into the room.
Ans: Did Mr. Bumble rush into the room?
6. They can devour the big bowl.
Ans:Can they devour the big bowl?
7. Boys have generally excellent appetites.
Ans: Do boys have generally excellent appetites?
8. Mr. Bumble walked on with long strides.
Ans: Did Mr. Bumble walk on with long strides?
9. Oliver brushed away two or three tears.
Ans: Did Oliver brush away two or three tears?
10. Oliver was frightened at the sight of so many
gentlemen,
Ans: Was Oliver frightened at the sight of so many
gentlemen?
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11. You have come here to be educated
Ans: Do you come here to be educated?
12. The members of this board were very wise and
philosophical men.
Ans: Were The members of this board very wise and
philosophical men?
13. The basins never wanted washing.
Ans: Did the basins never want washing”
14. He had a wild, hungry eye;
Ans: Did he have a wild, hungry eye?
15. The master aimed a blow at Oliver’s head with the
ladle.
Ans: Did the master
aim a blow at Oliver’s head with the ladle?
16. I understand that he asked for more.
Ans: Do I understand
that he asked for more?’
2. Oliver asks for more.
Ans: Does Oliver ask for more?
3. The boys took their places.
Ans: Did the boys take their places?
IV. These sentences are changed into
a question by placing ‘do/does/did at the beginning, such questions are called
Yes / No questions.
Question Tag
“You were brought up by the parish, weren’t you?”
In this sentence ‘weren’t you?’
at the end is called a question tag. Question tags are used to get information
or confirmation. The question tags are positive if the statements
are negative. And if the statements are positive, questions tags are negative.
These tags are short / contracted form of questions. If the statement has an
auxiliary, the tag begins with an auxiliary. In case it does not have an
auxiliary, it will begin with do / does / did.
Read the following dialogue to
understand the usage of question tags.
Ramu : The weather is good today, isn’t it?
Vijay : Indeed, Ramu.
Ramu : How about going out now? Hope you’ll join me, won’t
you?
Vijay : I’ve got an important work now, I am afraid.
Read the following dialogue that took
place at a party. Add suitable question tags to complete it.
Rohit : Hi, I’ve met you before, __________
Suma : No, I don’t think so.
Rohit : But your name is Vani, ___________
Suma : No, it’s Suma! Anyway, glad to meet you.
Rohit : Me too. This is Rohit. The party seems to be really
lively, ______
Suma : Yes, definitely. We enjoy ourselves a lot on such occasions
__________
Rohit : Yeah, we do.
V. Diary Entry
Anne Frank was a little girl of thirteen. She was as lonely
as Oliver Twist. When the German army invaded her country, she had to hide in a
small building with her family. She suffered a lot. She recorded her feelings
and thoughts in her diary.
Friday, 1st October, 1942.
Just for
fun, I am going to tell you each person’s first wish, when we are allowed to go
out again. Mrs. Van says, ‘If I go out, I’ll eat cream cakes.’ Dussel says, ‘If
I am let free, I’ll run to see my wife Lotje.’ Mummy says, ‘I will have a cup
of coffee.’ Peter says, ‘I will go to the cinema.’ I long for so many things.
But I long for a home of our own.
VI. Direct and Indirect Speech
1. ‘Bow to the board,’ said Bumble.
Ans: Bumble asked to bow to the board.
2. Mr. Bumble asked
Oliver to follow him into a large white – washed room
Ans: Mr. Bumble said to Oliver follow me into a large
white-washed room.
3. ‘What’s your name, boy?’ said the gentleman
Ans: The gentleman asked boy what his name was.
4. ‘What’s that, sir?’ inquired poor Oliver.
Ans: Poor Oliver inquired sir what that was.
5. ‘The boy is a fool,’ I thought.
Ans: I thought the boy was a fool.
6. ‘What are you crying for?’ inquired the gentleman
Ans: The gentleman inquired what he was crying for.
7. Oliver said, ‘I want some more.’
Ans: Oliver asked that he wanted some more.
8. ‘He did, replied Bumble.
Ans: Bumble replied that he had done.
9. ‘That boy will be hung’, said the gentleman.
Ans: The gentleman said that that boy would be hung.
10. ‘What’s your name, boy?’ said the gentleman
Ans: The gentleman asked the boy what his name was.
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VII. Voice
1. Mr. Bumble informed him.
Ans: He was informed by Mr. Bumble.
2. Mr. Bumble asked Oliver to follow him
Ans: Oliver was asked by Mr. Bumble to follow him.
3. Oliver brushed
away two or three tears.
Ans: Two or three tears were brushed by Oliver.
4. The beadle gave
him a tap.
Ans: He was given a tap by the beadle. Or A tap was given
to him by the beadle.
5. You know him.
Ans: He was known to you.
6. The board had
taken a decision.
Ans: A decision had been taken by the board.
7. Nobody contradicted the prophetic gentleman’s opinion.
Ans: The prophetic gentleman’s opinion was contradicted by
anybody.
7. The workhouse
would be issued three meals of thin gruel.
Ans: Three meals of thin gruel would be issued by the
workhouse.
8. The boys polished
them with their spoons.
Ans: They were polished with their spoons by the boys.
VIII. Combine the sentences
As they turned their attention to the workhouse, they
discovered that it was the regular place of public entertainment for the poorer
classes.
(Combine with because, since, therefore, and so, so)
Answers
Since they turned their attention
to the workhouse, they discovered that it was the regular place of public
entertainment for the poorer classes.
Because they turned their attention
to the workhouse, they discovered that it was the regular place of public
entertainment for the poorer classes.
They turned their attention to the workhouse so they
discovered that it was the regular place of public entertainment for the poorer
classes.
They turned their attention to the workhouse and so
they discovered that it was the regular place of public entertainment for the
poorer classes.
They turned their attention to the workhouse therefore
they discovered that it was the regular place of public entertainment for the
poorer classes.
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