New Oxford Modern English, 6 ( Home Sweet Home )

     

       
 Home Sweet Home

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a)     What were the children doing in the house?

Ans: Janko’s nine years old son was drumming and his seven years old daughter was playing the tambourine.

b)     What were Monica and Janko doing at this time?

Ans: At that time Janko was trying to read the newspaper and his wife Monica was working in the kitchen.

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c)     What effect did the children's music have on Janko?

Ans: While Janko was reading newspaper, the children were playing with their musical instruments in front of him. This made the throbbing in Janko’s temples continued and have him a headache. He felt as if the percussion section of a large orchestra still played at its loudest in his head.

d)     In what ways did Monica show that she was on the side of the children?

Ans: Monica shows that she was on the side of the children. Especially when she came out of the kitchen and challenged Janko by asking him as “Where the children would play? “ Monica also told Janko that they all need to learn to share little place they have, however little it might be.

e)     What made the children giggle?

Ans: Monica’s comparison of Janko’s snoring to a buffalo’s running here and there made the children giggle.

f)      How had Wise Eva helped Janko before?

Ans: Wise Eva had helped Janko before by suggesting a way of keeping the birds away from the vegetables path in the garden.

g)     What did Eva look like? Give a full description of her?

Ans: Eva was small like Janko’s wife but much older. Her white hair, parted in the middle and flowing over her shoulders, made her look a little like a witch without a cloak and broom.

h)     Did Janko tell Eva a lie about his wife? What was it?

Ans: Yes, Janko told Eva a lie about his wife that his wife snored at night. While it was actually he himself who disturbed everybody else by his snoring.

i)       How did Janko feel after the animals were removed from the house?

Ans: After removing the animals from the house, Janko heaved a sigh of relief. He felt comfort in his Home, Sweet Home with the sound of wife and children in the background. He also realized there was plenty of space for everyone to stay.

Opposite Words.

Imprecisely – precisely	Quietly – nosily
Unkindly – kindly	Dirtying – cleaning
Foreground - background	Unexcited – excited
Ugly – beautiful	Started – finished
Sadly – happily	Disobedient – obedient
Worse – better	Abnormal – normal
Shrank – increase	Disagree – agree
Gradually – abruptly

Word meaning

        i.            Drumming – making  a continuous rhythmic noise

     ii.            Noise – a sound, that causes disturbance

   iii.            Holding - the act of retaining something

   iv.            problem - the act of retaining something

      v.            clanging - having a loud resonant metallic sound

   vi.            aloft - at or on or to the masthead or upper rigging of a ship

 vii.            home - housing that someone is living in

viii.            fresh- recently made, produced, or harvested

   ix.            moment - a particular point in time

      x.            pretty - pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing

Fill in blanks.

1.      The cart ambled down the road.

2.      At the end of the day my father stretches pout in the chair.

3.      In the large mansion lies some of the beautiful paintings of Jainul Abedin.

4.      When they arrived, they looked astonished.

5.      The dogs chased the cats.

6.      She cleaned up the mess.

                      Idiomatic expressions.

1.      He threw it aside, rose from his chair and made for the front door.

He threw it aside, rose from his chair and went to the front door.

2.      He took the man home and set him to work.

He took the man home and made him to work.

3.      The shelves that ran round the kitchen were full of crockery.

The shelves that spread the kitchen were full of crockery.

4.      The boys turned on Jasbir after they found he had been telling lies.

The boys aroused Jasbir after they found he had been telling lies.

5.      The boys ran through the empty school building.

The boys escaped through the empty school building.

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