WORD
MEANING
1. fudge – chocolate
2. fabulous – very good
3. stuffed – filled, loaded,
packed
4. concerned – anxious, worried
5. settled – solved, fixed,
resolved
6. rambling – pleasure walk,
words of confusion
7. including – putting together,
incorporating, adding
8. giant – big, huge, enormous
9. tremendous – great, extremely,
vast
10. appetite – desire, taste,
greed
11. bright – too much of light,
shiny, flashing, glowing
12. glad – happy, cheerful,
pleased
13. appreciated – valued,
recognized, supported
14. unusual – not normal,
uncommon
15. exercise – work, drill,
practice, rehearse
16. nervous – hesitate, worried,
tensed
17. annoyed – irritated, not happy
18. edge – corner, border, side
29. variety – different, kinds
20. revenge – retaliate, payback
21. rage – anger
22. eccentric – strange, odd
23. casting – post, assign
24. outhouse – outside the house
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION
1. Who is Crazy?
Name of the mongrel
dog at granny’s home.
2. Where does the
Granny live?
In a small town in
the foothills of Dehra Dun.
3. What did Granny
cook the best?
Granny cook the
‘roast duck’ the best.
4. When did Ken
come to Granny?
Ken came to
Grannay’s home whenever he was out of a job.
5. What is the
name of the uncle?
Uncle’s name is
Ken.
6. What is
Granny’s name?
Granny’s name is
Ellen.
7. Who is Dhuki?
Dhuki is the
gardener who lived in the outhouse of granny’s home.
8. What is the
name of Dhuki’s son?
Mohan is the name
of Dhuki’s son.
9. In which school
Granny offered uncle a job?
Granny offered
uncle a job in Padre Lal’s Academy for small boys.
10. What music did
uncle listen to while taking siesta?
Uncle listen to dance music, Glenn Miller and his Swing Band, while taking siesta.
A.
CHOOSE THE RIGHT OPTION TO COMPLETE THESE SENTENCES.
1. Granny was the
best cook in the world, as fat as narrator was concerned, because
a. she cooked all that he loved
to eat.
b. she held many parties.
c. she had attended many cooking
classes.
d. she had read many cookbooks.
Ans: a. she cooked all that he loved to eat.
2. Granny’s nephew,
Uncle ken, came to visit her
a. whenever he was out of a job.
b. when he wanted to enjoy her
cooking.
c. when he wanted to meet the
narrator.
d. both options a. and b.
Ans: d. both options a. and b.
B.
ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS.
1. Who were the
people who lived with Granny?
The people who lived with Granny
are a gardener named Dhuki, and his son Mohan; Ayah an elderly helper; a cat
and a mongrel dog called Crazy.
2. Who was Crazy?
Why was he called Crazy?
Crazy was the pet dog and was
called so because he ran circle round the house.
3. What was the
narrator’s favourite dish?
The narrator’s favourite dish was
anything which was cooked by his Granny.
C.
READ THESE SENTENCES FROM THE TEXT AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW.
1. “What do you
mean, duck again? You haven’t had duck since you were here last month.”
a. Who said this
and why?
This was said by Granny because
this was not a regular dish and more than a month it was not cooked.
b. Which particular
dish had been served?
Roasted duck had been served.
2. “I wish he was
someone else’s uncle,” I said.
a. Who is ‘I’? Name
the uncle being spoken about here.
‘I’ is the grandson of Ellen.
Ken is the uncle being spoken
about here.
b. Why did the
speaker have a wish like that?
The speaker had a wish like that because the presence of uncle Ken always annoyed him.
D.
THINK AND ANSWER.
1. Why did Granny
note down the comments made by her grandson about her dishes?
She wrote down the comments
because they were useful when she made the dish again and tried them out on
other. They would help her improve her dish quality.
2. How did Uncle
Ken and the narrator irritate each other while eating?
Uncle Ken had taken the two large
helpings of the roasted duck and ate before even the narrator get at it. Hence
the narrator also in revenge took all the apple sauce which was Ken’s favourite
one.
3. Why did Granny
think Uncle Ken was crazy?
Granny thought uncle was Crazy
because he was very often out of his job and came to her home to spend the days
at the time of being jobless or simply to have a taste of Granny’s food. Then
he would stay as long as he wished.
4. Write a few
lines about the relationship between Uncle Ken and the narrator.
Uncle Ken and the narrator were relatives to each other and they often used to irritate each other. The boy had some dislike towards his uncle as he was never praising Granny’s dishes and made uncle Ken feel nervous.
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