Question

2. 'I think he wrote very fast and broke his pencil and had to sharpen it
again.
(a) Whom does 'he' refer to in the above line?
(b) On what basis does the speaker draw the above conclusion?
(c) How does this conclusion lead to the solution of the mystery?​

Answer 1

Answer:

(a) 'he' refers to someone who was writing with the pencil which broke.

(b) the speaker saw the person writing really fast and due to that the tip of the pencil broke and he concluded the above sentence.

(c) the pencil broke and to write with it again he had to sharpen it, and that's how the conclusion lead to the solution i.e sharpen the pencil.