Answer the following questions:
Activity 8
(a) Give two instances to show the carelessness of Uncle Podger.
(b) What did Aunt Podger observe after Uncle Podger smashed his thumb?
(d) How did Uncle Podger react after finishing the task?
(e)Why was everyone tired after Uncle Podger put up the picture on the wall?
Answers
Answer: A) - Give two instances to show the carelessness of Uncle Podger.
The 2 instances are:1. the hammering of nails into the wall he-he promised to do it by his own but after some time he in included all of the family members to help him. 2. he thinks that he is good at everything and he considers others are less talented as compared to him.
Answer: B) - What did Aunt Podger observe after Uncle Podger smashed his thumb?
He took off his coat and he asked children to fetch him hammer , nails etc. While trying to embed the nail into the wall , for hanging the picture, he got his thumb smashed with the hammer. ... He moved around the room , looking for his handkerchief and later found it in his coat pocket and his coat was underneath himself.
Answer: C) - How did Uncle Podger react after finishing the task?
When it comes to the task of hanging a picture on the wall , by his acts , he makes everybody in his family perplexed and confused.
Answer: D) - Why was everyone tired after Uncle Podger put up the picture on the wall?
He remembers a time when his Uncle Podger took forever and went through many tools and strategies to simply hang a picture on the wall. He made the simplest acts more complex than they needed to be. And he caused more damage and raised more additional difficulties than he needed to.