Why did the author order so many pairs of boots? Did he really need them?

What was the author’s opinion about Mr Gessler as a bootmaker?

Why did the author visit the shop so infrequently?

What was the effect on Mr Gessler of the author’s remark about a certain pair of boots?

What was Mr Gessler’s complaint against ‘big firms”?

Why did the author order so many pairs of boots? Did he really need them?

Study the following phrases and their meanings. Use them appropriately to complete the sentences that follow.

look after: take care of

look down on: disapprove or regard as inferior

look in (on someone): make a short visit

look into: investigate

look out: be careful

look up: improve

look up to: admire

(i) After a very long spell of heat, the weather is __________________ at last.

(ii) We have no right to ____________________people who do small jobs.

(iii) Nitin has always _________________ his uncle, who is a self-made man.

(iv) The police are ____________________ the matter thoroughly.

(v) If you want to go out, I will ______________________ the children for you.

(vi) I promise to __________________ on your brother when I visit Lucknow next.

(vii) _________________ when you are crossing the main road.

In each of the following words ‘ch’ represents the same consonant sound as in ‘chair’. The words on the left have this sound initially. Those on the right have it finally. Speak each word clearly.

Underline the letters representing this sound in each of the following words.