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ENGLISH LANGUAGE 2021-2022 CLASS VI

Sheet No.11 Language Link Sheet- The Old Sea-Dog (Solutions)

I. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb given in the
brackets:
1. I remember him as if it were (be) yesterday.
2. He came (come) plodding to the inn door.
3. He sang (sing) in a high, old tottering (totter) voice.
4. He drank slowly, lingering (linger) on the taste.
5. Turning (turn) to my father, he continued speaking.
6. The man told us that he had come ( come ) the previous morning.
7. On hearing (hear) that our inn was lonely, he had chosen (choose) it for
his lodging.
8. That was all we could learn (learn) of our guest.
9. All day he hung (hang) round the cove.
10. Mostly he would not speak when spoken (speak) to.
11. He would look up with a fierce expression and blow (blow) through his
nose.
12. He would ask (ask) if any sea faring man had gone (go) by the road.
13. At last we began (begin) to see that he was desirous of avoiding (avoid)
them.
14. I knew (know ) what made him so tense.
15. He had taken (take) me aside one day and promised (promise) me a
silver four penny every month.

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16. When I applied (apply) to him for my wage, he would only blow (blow)
and stare (stare) me down.
17. I would see (see) him in a thousand forms.
18. “I have seen (see) my father wringing his hands and I am sure the terror
he lived in must have hastened (haste) his death”.
19. The doctor then rode (ride) away.
20. A change had come (come) over the ‘old sea-dog’.
21. The story is narrated (narrate) by Jim Hawkins.
22. My father kept (keep) the Admiral Benbow Inn.
23. He rapped (rap) on the door with a bit of stick that he carried (carry).
24. He threw (throw) down three or four gold pieces on the threshold.
25. “You can tell (tell) me when I have used (use) up that money”, he said.
26. He sat (sit) in a corner next to the fire and drank (drink) rum and water.
27. People who came (come) to our inn had learned (learn) to let him be.
28. The wind shook (shake) the four corners of the house.
29. There were nights when he drank (drink) too much.
30. He never wrote (write) a letter.

II. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions:

1. The passage was extracted from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens.
2. The caravan arrived at Number 14 in Park View Lane.
3. The boys plunged into the pool.
4. He asked us to narrate the story from the beginning to the end.
5. Even though they were living under one roof, they hardly talked.

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6. Her beautiful black tresses fell over her shoulders.

7. The taste of the bittersweet chocolate lingered on his tastebuds.
8. The child looked up in amazement, at the signboard.
9. The teacher spoke at length about traffic rules.
10.They drove along the coast.
11.The children were desirous of joining the procession.
12.“Where do you put up ? ” , asked the old man.
13. The ballerina appeared on the stage in the form of an angel, with an
expression of kindness.
14. The power was suddenly cut off at the climax of the show.
15. The children were haunted by the fear of staying all alone.
16. He tries to join in the happiness of the others.
17. Mr.Kapoor pretended to be kind to the poor man.
18. The girls insisted on wearing traditional clothes on Diwali.
19. He lived in the cottage on the hill. He lived with his family. A change had
come over the boy after he had participated in the show.
20. I remember him looking at the cove and whistling to himself.
21.He drank like a connoisseur lingering on the taste.
22.You can tell me when I have used up the money.
23. Hearing that ours was lonely and well spoken of ,he had chosen it.
24. That was all we could learn of/about our guest.
25. He sat in a corner of the parlour next to the fire.
26. He would ask if any sea faring man had gone by the road.
27. I would watch for a sea-faring man with one leg.
28. I applied to him for my wage.

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III. Do as directed:
1. His voice when he sang was high, old and tottering. His voice seemed
like it was tuned and broken at the capstan bars. (Join the sentences)
He sang in a high , old and tottering voice that seemed to be tuned
and broken at the capstan bars.

2. He carried a bit of stick. He rapped on the door with the stick. (Join the
sentences)
He rapped on the door with a bit of a stick that he carried.

3. A mate is accustomed to being obeyed. He seemed more like a mate.

(Join the sentences)
He seemed more like a mate who is accustomed to being obeyed.

4. The man said, “I had come yesterday and had inquired about what
inns there were ”. (Write in indirect speech)
The man said that he had come the day before and had inquired
about what inns there were.

5. He chose our inn for his place of residence as he had heard that it was
well spoken of. (Begin with: Hearing......)
Hearing that our inn was well spoken of , he chose it for his place
of residence.

6. Everyday when he came back from his stroll he would ask, “Have any
sea-faring men gone by the road?” ( Write in indirect speech)

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Everyday when he came back from his stroll , he would ask if any
sea-faring men had gone by the road.

7. We began to see that he was desiring to avoid them.(Use desirous)

We began to see that he was desirous of avoiding them.

8. He looked round the cove and whistled to himself. (Begin with: I

remember
................)
I remember him looking around the cove and whistling to himself.

9. He would drink too much on some nights. (Begin with: There were….)
There were some nights when he would drink too much.

IV. Fill in using words to describe from the text:

1. tall , strong , heavy , nut-brown man.

2. soiled , blue coat
3. ragged, scarred hands
4. black, broken nails
5. a dirty , livid white sabre cut
6. high, old, tottering voice
7. lonely , well-spoken off inn
8. stormy nights
9. thousand , diabolical expressions
10. monstrous creature

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11. dreadful stories of hanging and storm

12. quiet and dull country life
13. filthy scare crow
14. sudden and fierce expression
15. curtained door

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