Question

1. What did Patrick think his cat was playing with?
What was it really? (2)
2. Why did the little man grant Patrick a wish? (2)
3. What was Patrick's wish? (3)
4. In what subjects did the little man need help. to do Patrick's
homework? (5.6)
5. How did Patrick help him? (7)
6. Who do you think did Patrick's homework - the little man, o
Patrick himself? Give reasons for your answer. (9. 10)
WORKING WITH LANGUAGE​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Patrick thought that his cat was playing with a little doll. It was, in fact, a very small-sized man, an elf. Patrick had saved the tiny man's life from the cat by not handing him back to the cat. So he promised to fulfil one wish of Patrick.

2. The little man granted Patrick a wish because he wanted to escape from the cat and did not want Patrick to give him back to the cat. Patrick wanted the elf to do all his homework till the end of the semester, which was for 35 days.

3. His greatest wish was that the little man should do all his homework till the end of the session.

4. The little man needed Patrick's help in English, Maths and human history. Patrick helped him by consulting a dictionary, guiding the little man in doing sums in arithmetic and read out portions from history book. Answer: the little man needed patrick help in maths ,english and history.

5. Patrick helped him by consulting a dictionary for difficult words in English. He guided the little man in doing sums in arithmetic and read out portions from history book as he didn't know anything about human history.

6. It was Patrick himself and not the little man who did his homework.

Answer 2

Ans 1. Patrick's thought that his cat was playing with a little doll. it was really a extremely tiny man who wore wollen shirt with old fashioned britches with a tall hat.

Ans 2. The little man granted Patrick's wish because he wanted to escape from the cat.

Ans 3. Patrick's wish was that the elf should do all his homework till the end of that semester.

Ans 4. The little man needed Patrick's help in English Maths and history.

Ans 5. Patrick's had to work very hard to help the elf. He stayed up nights and felt very weary.

Ans 6. Patrick's sis his homework himself. The little man wrote the answers in the answerbook. But it was Patrick who was telling him what to write all the time.