"They began in a light-hearted spirit, evidently intending to show me how to do it, I
made no comment
() Who is they in the above lines?
(i) What did they begin?
(it) What did they want to show
(iv) Whemale no comment
Answers
Answer:
They are George and Harris.
They began to do packing.
They want to show that they know how to do a perfect packing.
Jeroem made no comments and not reacted.
The answers to the above question are:
1. They here are referred to as, Harris and George.
2. Harris and George began to pack.
3. Harris and George wanted to show the narrator that they were better at packing than him.
4. The narrator made no comment when harris and george decided to start packing.
Explanation:
The story extract is from the short story Packing, It is a very funny satirical piece with funny scenes that the narrator describes about the scene where he and his two friend George and Harris are trying to pack and failing miserably.
They are the most clumsy packers that the writer has seen in his life, Harris breaks a few items on his way to successfully pack a bag with the items they might need in the trip.
The story gives us a quite a few funny scenes to keep the readers glued to the story.