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“I got up early, for me.” It implies that
(i) He was an early riser.
(ii) He was a late riser.
(iii) He got up late that morning.
Mark the correct answer.
“I got up early, for me.” It implies that he was a late riser.
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The bicycle “goes easily enough in the morning and a little stiffly after lunch.” The remark is
(i) Humorous.
(ii) Inaccurate.
(iii) Sarcastic.
(iv) Enjoyable.
(v) Meaningless.
Mark your choice(s).
The bicycle “goes easily enough in the morning and a little stiffly after lunch”. The remark is humorous, sarcastic and enjoyable.
The friend shook the bicycle violently. Find two or three sentences in the text which express the author’s disapproval of it.
The sentences in the text which express the author’s disapproval of his friend shaking the bicycle violently are as follows:
(i) I said, “Don’t do that; you’ll hurt it.”
(ii) I did not see why he should shake it; it had not done anything to him.
(iii) Besides, if it wanted shaking, I was the proper person to shake it. I felt much as I should had he started whacking my dog.
“…if not, it would make a serious difference to the machine.” What does ‘it’ refer to?
When the little ball bearings of the bicycle fell off, the author’s friend told him to catch them. He said that if all the bearings of the bicycle were not present, it would make a serious difference to the bicycle. Hence, ‘it’ refers to the absence of even a single ball bearing of the bicycle.
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