Hello Students, in this article we are going to solve all the exercise questions from chapter 2 of class 6 English textbook. The chapter is about a story called Tom Sawyer. I hope it will help you so lets jump in…
Tom Sawyer Questions And Answers Chapter 2
1. Choose the correct answer from the options to complete each sentence.
(a) On a Saturday night Tom and Huck went out to find
(i) ghosts
(ii) hidden treasure
(iii) thieves
(iv) tools
Ans: (ii) hidden treasure
(b) Tom and Huck entered the house armed with
(i) a pickaxe
(ii) a spade
(iii) a pickaxe and a spade
(iv) an axe and a spade
Ans: (iii) a pickaxe and a spade
(c) Tom and Huck saw
(i) two men entering the house
(ii) one man entering the house
(iii) Joe entering the house
(iv) three thieves entering the house
Ans: (i) two men entering the house
(d) “Thank God! We had a narrow escape!” Who said this to whom?
(i) Tom said it to Huck.
(ii) Joe said it to Huck.
(iii) Huck said it to Joe.
(iv) Huck said it to Tom
Ans: (iv) Huck said it to Tom
2. Answer the questions briefly:
(a) What did Tom always dream of?
Ans: Tom always dreamt of finding hidden treasure in haunted houses.
(b) What plan did Tom make with his friend Huck?
Ans: Tom planned to go on a treasure hunt in a broken-down house with his friend Huck.
3. Rewrite the sentences with the correct words:
(i) Tom and Huck selected a house visited by ghosts for their new adventure.
Ans: Tom and Huck selected a haunted house for their new adventure.
(ii) Tom and Huck started their journey at 12 o’clock at night.
Ans: Tom and Huck started their journey at midnight.
(iii) The thief was trying to make a hole in the ground.
Ans: The thief was trying to dig the ground.
(iv) He saw a set of stairs including posts and rails inside the haunted house.
Ans: He saw a staircase inside the haunted house.
(v) Joe, one of the two men was a person who steals things.
Ans: Joe, one of the two men, was a thief.
4. Arrange the jumbled sentences in the correct order:
(a) They heard a voice outside.
(b) Two men entered the house.
(c) Tom and Huck went out to find some treasure.
(d) They started to dig at the place which Tom and Huck had chosen.
(e) The two men left the place taking the box of the gold coins.
(f) Tom and Huck hid themselves inside a room on the first floor.
(g) The boys started to dig at a place inside the house.
(h) They selected a broken down house
Ans:
Tom and Huck went out to find some treasure.
They selected a broken-down house.
The boys started to dig at a place inside the house.
They heard a voice outside.
Tom and Huck hid themselves inside a room on the first floor.
Two men entered the house.
They started to dig at the place which Tom and Huck had chosen.
The two men left the place, taking the box of gold coins.
5. Answer the questions in pairs:
a. What story did you read last month?
I read the story of Tom Sawyer.
b. What is the name of the story?
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
c. Who is the author?
Mark Twain.
d. What is the story about?
It is about a boy named Tom and his friend Huck who love adventures and go on a treasure hunt.
e. Which character in the story did you like most?
I liked Tom because he is brave and adventurous.
f. Who was the character in the story you didn’t like?
I didn’t like Joe because he was a thief.
(b) Write a paragraph on a story you have read in your own words
I recently read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. The story is about a young boy named Tom who loves adventure. One evening Tom goes on a treasure hunt along with his friend Huck in a haunted house. Huck was afraid of ghosts, but Tom assured him they wouldn’t stay long.
They started digging inside the house with a pickaxe and a spade. Suddenly, they heard voices outside and quickly hid upstairs. Through a hole in the floor, they saw two men enter one of them was a thief named Joe. The men noticed the tools left behind by Tom and Huck and started digging in the same spot. After digging for a while, Joe’s spade hit a buried box full of gold coins.
As the thieves realized someone might be hiding, they went upstairs. Just then, the old staircase collapsed and stopped them. The thieves then took the treasure and left the haunted house. Tom and Huck regretted missing the gold. Still, Tom was hopeful and was thinking of searching for treasure in another haunted house.
6. (a) Read the following sentences. We use them generally while giving directions to someone. Remember, these are called imperative sentences.
- Go straight.
- Walk to the road.
- Turn to your left.
- Walk to the north.
- Open the gate and there you are.
6. b. We use sentences to perform certain functions. Depending on the function we have different types of sentences. e.g.
(a) Tom was fond of adventures.
(b) Tom and Huck entered the house.
These two sentences are assertive sentences. They state something or give us some information.
Here are two other sentences:
(c) Have you thought of the pickaxe?
(d) Who brought them here?
Sentences (c) and (d) are interrogative sentences. They are used to ask questions.
Here are two other sentences:
(e) Read the story.
(f) Switch on the light please.
These sentences are instructions or orders or requests. They are called imperative sentences.
Now look at two other sentences:
(g) What a beautiful picture!
(h) How lovely the picture is!
These sentences express strong feelings or emotions. They are called exclamatory sentences.
7. Identify the sentence types
(a) Tom and Huck decided to go on a treasure hunt.
(Assertive sentence – A statement)
(b) Go and search for hidden treasure, Joe.
(Imperative sentence – A command/order)
(c) Who buried the box in this house?
(Interrogative sentence – A question)
(d) Tom and Huck ran downstairs.
(Assertive sentence – A statement)
(e) Dig the ground.
(Imperative sentence – A command)
(f) The boys began to breathe more easily.
(Assertive sentence – A statement)
(g) Let’s search the house.
(Imperative sentence – A suggestion/command)
(h) Oh! It’s a great discovery!
(Exclamatory sentence – Expresses excitement)
(i) Thank God! We had a narrow escape!
(Exclamatory sentence – Expresses relief)
(j) The two men cried out in joy.
(Assertive sentence – A statement)
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