Chapter 4 The Rattrap

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Chapter 4 The Rattrap

Grammar

Vocabulary

Fill in the blanks choosing the correct words given in the brackets and write the answers only:

Question 1.
(leather, wrinkled, window, hung, incredulous, bills, frame, picked out)
The stranger must have seemed … 1…., for the old man got up and went to the …2….. took down a …..3…… pouch which ….4…. on an in the very window …5…., and …6… three …7.. ten-kronor …8…
Answer:
1. incredulous
2. window
3. leather
4. hung
5. frame
6. picked out
7. wrinkled
8. bills

Question 2.
(glow, unusual, vagabonds, surely, sooty, shelter, forge, attracted)
…1… it was nothing …2… for poor …..3….. without any better …4… for the night to be …5… to the …6.. by the …7… of light which escaped through the …8… panes.
Answer:
1. Surely
2. unusual
3. vagabonds
4. shelter
5. attracted
6. forge
7. glow
8. sooty

Choose the correct meanings of the phrases/ idioms and rewrite the sentences:

(1) I don’t earn enough money to keep body and soul together, (to maintain fitness, to survive, to recover from illness)

-> I don’t earn enough money to survive.

(2) Several high-profile sponsors have turned on their heels following the athlete’s controversial statements.
(rejected, approved, left suddenly)

-> Several high-profile sponsors have left suddenly following the athlete’s controversial statements.

(3) Now that Mahesh is famous, I doubt he’ll deign to call his own mother, (condescend to, feel happy to, ignore to)

-> Now that Mahesh is famous, I doubt he’ll condescend to call his own mother.

(4) I snuck away from the party when things started getting rowdy, (enjoyed, went away quietly and secretly, indulged myself in)

-> I went away quietly and secretly from the party when things started getting rowdy.

(5) You need to put flesh on the bones of this project, (add more details to, postpone for some time, lead to a great success)
-> You need to add more details to this project.

Rectification of Errors:

Question 1.

But half an hour later, the rattrap peddler stood again behind the door. He did not try getting in, however. He only went up to the window, smashed a pane, sticking in his hand, got hold of the pouch.

Answer:

Rectification of Errors:

Question 2.
It was probably in spite of all this noise that the blacksmith did not notice as a man had opened the gate yet entered the forge unless he stood close up to the furnace.

Answer:

Punctuation

Punctuate the following passage:
Why the devil did I take that fellow’s money he thought now I am sitting in the trap and will never get out of it

Answer:
“Why the devil did I take that fellow’s money?” he thought. “Now I am sitting in the trap and will never get out of it.”

Indirect Speech

Convert the following into Indirect Speech:
The daughter said, “I think he ought to stay with us today. I don’t want him to go.” And with that she went and closed the door. “What in the world are you doing?” said the father.

Answer:
The daughter told that she thought he ought to stay with them that day. Then she expressed her desire that she did not want him to go. And with that, she went and closed the door. The father asked irritably what in the world she was doing.

Transformation of Sentences

Rewrite as directed:
1. The business was not especially profitable, so he had to resort to both begging and petty thievery to survive. (Use ‘because’.)

-> He had to resort to both begging and petty thievery to survive because the business was not especially profitable.

2. The world had, of course, never been very kind to him. (Turn into Affirmative.)

-> The world had, of course, been very unkind to him.

3. The old man was just as generous with his confidences as with his porridge and tobacco. (Change the Degree.)

-> The old man was not just more generous with his porridge and tobacco than with his confidences.

4. The crofter locked the door and put the key in his pocket. (Turn into Simple.)

-> Locking the door, the crofter put the key in his pocket.

5. In those days the Ramsjo iron mill was owned by a very prominent ironmaster. (Change the Voice.)

-> In those days a very prominent ironmaster owned the Ramsjo iron mill.

6. As soon as the young girl caught sight of him, she went up and lifted his hat. (‘No sooner… than’)

-> No sooner did the young girl catch sight of him than she went up and lifted his hat.

7. Either he has stolen something or else he has escaped from jail. (Use ‘if’.)

-> If he has not stolen something, he has escaped from jail.

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Chapter 4 The Rattrap

Grammar

Vocabulary

Fill in the blanks choosing the correct words given in the brackets and write the answers only:

Choose the correct meanings of the phrases/ idioms and rewrite the sentences:

(1) I don’t earn enough money to keep body and soul together, (to maintain fitness, to survive, to recover from illness)

-> I don’t earn enough money to survive.

(2) Several high-profile sponsors have turned on their heels following the athlete’s controversial statements.(rejected, approved, left suddenly)

-> Several high-profile sponsors have left suddenly following the athlete’s controversial statements.

(3) Now that Mahesh is famous, I doubt he’ll deign to call his own mother, (condescend to, feel happy to, ignore to)

-> Now that Mahesh is famous, I doubt he’ll condescend to call his own mother.

(4) I snuck away from the party when things started getting rowdy, (enjoyed, went away quietly and secretly, indulged myself in)

-> I went away quietly and secretly from the party when things started getting rowdy.

(5) You need to put flesh on the bones of this project, (add more details to, postpone for some time, lead to a great success)-> You need to add more details to this project.

Rectification of Errors:

Question 1.

But half an hour later, the rattrap peddler stood again behind the door. He did not try getting in, however. He only went up to the window, smashed a pane, sticking in his hand, got hold of the pouch.

Answer:

Rectification of Errors:

Question 2.It was probably in spite of all this noise that the blacksmith did not notice as a man had opened the gate yet entered the forge unless he stood close up to the furnace.

Answer:

Punctuation

Punctuate the following passage:Why the devil did I take that fellow’s money he thought now I am sitting in the trap and will never get out of it

Answer:“Why the devil did I take that fellow’s money?” he thought. “Now I am sitting in the trap and will never get out of it.”

Indirect Speech

Convert the following into Indirect Speech:The daughter said, “I think he ought to stay with us today. I don’t want him to go.” And with that she went and closed the door. “What in the world are you doing?” said the father.

Answer:The daughter told that she thought he ought to stay with them that day. Then she expressed her desire that she did not want him to go. And with that, she went and closed the door. The father asked irritably what in the world she was doing.

Transformation of Sentences

Rewrite as directed:1. The business was not especially profitable, so he had to resort to both begging and petty thievery to survive. (Use ‘because’.)

-> He had to resort to both begging and petty thievery to survive because the business was not especially profitable.

2. The world had, of course, never been very kind to him. (Turn into Affirmative.)

-> The world had, of course, been very unkind to him.

3. The old man was just as generous with his confidences as with his porridge and tobacco. (Change the Degree.)

-> The old man was not just more generous with his porridge and tobacco than with his confidences.

4. The crofter locked the door and put the key in his pocket. (Turn into Simple.)

-> Locking the door, the crofter put the key in his pocket.

5. In those days the Ramsjo iron mill was owned by a very prominent ironmaster. (Change the Voice.)

-> In those days a very prominent ironmaster owned the Ramsjo iron mill.

6. As soon as the young girl caught sight of him, she went up and lifted his hat. (‘No sooner… than’)

-> No sooner did the young girl catch sight of him than she went up and lifted his hat.

7. Either he has stolen something or else he has escaped from jail. (Use ‘if’.)

-> If he has not stolen something, he has escaped from jail.

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(2) Several high-profile sponsors have turned on their heels following the athlete’s controversial statements.
(rejected, approved, left suddenly)

(5) You need to put flesh on the bones of this project, (add more details to, postpone for some time, lead to a great success)
-> You need to add more details to this project.

Question 2.
It was probably in spite of all this noise that the blacksmith did not notice as a man had opened the gate yet entered the forge unless he stood close up to the furnace.

Punctuate the following passage:
Why the devil did I take that fellow’s money he thought now I am sitting in the trap and will never get out of it

Answer:
“Why the devil did I take that fellow’s money?” he thought. “Now I am sitting in the trap and will never get out of it.”

Convert the following into Indirect Speech:
The daughter said, “I think he ought to stay with us today. I don’t want him to go.” And with that she went and closed the door. “What in the world are you doing?” said the father.

Answer:
The daughter told that she thought he ought to stay with them that day. Then she expressed her desire that she did not want him to go. And with that, she went and closed the door. The father asked irritably what in the world she was doing.

Rewrite as directed:
1. The business was not especially profitable, so he had to resort to both begging and petty thievery to survive. (Use ‘because’.)