1. Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow:
Mr. Roy, the holiday master, worked the children hard, because that was his job. He coached them the whole morning,
going over and over everything patiently, making sure it was understood, demanding, and usually getting, close
attention. At least, he got it from everyone except Jack. Jack gave close attention to nothing unless it had feathers.
‘If you studied your geometry as closely as you study that book on birds, you’d be top of any class,’ complained Mr. Roy.
‘You exasperate me, Jack Trent. You exasperate me more than I can say. What with you saying you can’t work unless Kiki
is on your shoulder, and Philip harbouring all kinds of unpleasant creatures about his person, this holiday class is rapidly
getting unbearable. The only one who appears to do any work at all is Lucy-Ann, and she hasn’t come here to work.
Lucy-Ann liked work. She enjoyed sitting beside Jack, trying to do the same work as he had been set, solving the
problems set out in his book. She liked, too, watching Philip, because she never knew what animal or creature would
walk out of his sleeve or collar or pocket. That morning a young rat had left Philip’s sleeve on a journey of exploration
and had gone up Mr. Roy’s trouserleg in a most determined manner. This had upset the whole class for ten minutes
whilst Mr. Roy had tried to dislodge the rat. It was no wonder he was in a bad temper. He was usually a patient and
amiable man, but two boys like Jack and Philip were disturbing to any class.
The mornings were always passed in hard work. The afternoons were given to preparation for the next day, and to the
writing-out of answers on the morning’s work. The evenings were completely free. As there were only four boys to
coach, Mr. Roy could give them each individual attention, and try to fill in the gaps in their knowledge. Usually, he was a
most successful coach, but these holidays were not showing as much good work as he had hoped.
A) How would one spend a typical day at Mr. Roy’s holiday classes?
B) ‘There was a disturbance in Mr. Roy’s class that morning.’ Justify this statement with evidence from the passage.
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Answer:
A.One spends a very typical day at Mr. Roy's holiday classes. The mornings werealways passed in hard work. The afternoons were given to preparation for the next day, and to the witing out of answerson the morning's work. Although, the evenings were completely free.
B. There was a disturbance in Mr. Roy's class that morning. Jack Trent, one of the student always gave close attention to nothing unless it had feathers. He didn't focussed on the teachings but he gave much attention in study of birds. The another student, Philip always harboured all kinds of unpleasant creatures and that day, a young rat had left his sleeve and had gone up Mr. Roy's trouserleg and it was no wonder Mr. Roy was in a really bad temper. These two boys had disturbed the whole class.
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