The Case of the Fifth Word
Class 8 · English · 27 Questions
Match the different meanings of 'case' in Column 2 with the correct usage in the sentences in Column 1. Share your answers with your classmates and teacher.
Complete the following statements with suitable reasons. Share your answers with your classmates and teacher. 1. Leroy's nickname was Encyclopedia and everyone called him by that name because _____.
Complete the following statements with suitable reasons. Share your answers with your classmates and teacher. 2. At the dinner table on Tuesday night, Chief Brown stared at his cream-of-mushroom soup as _____.
Complete the following statements with suitable reasons. Share your answers with your classmates and teacher. 3. Encyclopedia sat quietly at the dinner table because _____.
Complete the following statements with suitable reasons. Share your answers with your classmates and teacher. 4. Nolan put the will on the kitchen table because _____.
Do you think Chief Brown would need Leroy's help to solve this case? If yes, why? If no, why not?
Read the given extracts and answer the questions that follow. Extract 1: Chief Brown would have liked to tell everyone about his only child. But who would believe him? Who would believe that the best detective alive was an eighth grader? So, he said nothing. Encyclopedia never spoke of the help he gave his father. He didn't want to seem different from other boys. But there was nothing he could do about his nickname. He was stuck with it. Only his parents and teachers called him by his real name, Leroy. Everyone else called him Encyclopedia.
Read the given extracts and answer the questions that follow. Extract 2: Chief Brown studied the four words: Nom Utes Sweden Hurts. He shook his head and passed the notebook to Mrs. Brown again. 'Can you figure it out?' 'Nom is a shortening of nominative, a grammatical term,' stated Mrs. Brown, who had taught English and other subjects in high school. 'Utes is an American Indian tribe. Sweden is a country in northern Europe. Hurts is hurts.' She lifted her gaze to Encyclopedia and shook her head. 'I can't figure it out,' she confessed. 'Davenport disappeared right after the hold-up,' Encyclopedia reminded her.
Nolan and Davenport were very close. Support this statement with evidence from the text.
Why did Davenport disappear right after the jewellery hold-up? What might his plans have been if Nolan had not died?
What does Mrs. Brown's interest in the case tell us about her?
Explain why Chief Brown was proud of his son.
Why were Chief Brown's suspicions regarding Nolan and Davenport justified, even when there was a lack of concrete proof?
Analyse the role of the four-word coded message in the story.
| Textual Evidences | Traits |
|---|---|
| 1. He read more books than anyone in Idaville, and he never forgot a fact. | knowledgeable |
| 2. Encyclopedia never spoke of the help he gave his father. He didn’t want to seem different from other boys. | |
| 3. Encyclopedia sat quietly. He knew his mother and father were discussing the case for his benefit. | |
| 4. Usually, he needed to ask only one question to solve a case before dessert. |
Write a character sketch on Leroy with the help of the character traits table given in 'Let us discuss' section. You may begin it like this: Encyclopedia was a knowledgeable eighth grader who never forgot a fact that he read.
Match the phrasal verbs from the text given in Column 1 with their meanings in Column 2. You may refer to a dictionary.
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
|---|---|
| 1. put on | (i) appeared, been discovered |
| 2. cooled down | (ii) solve a problem |
| 3. turned up | (iii) became normal or calmed |
| 4. make of | (iv) wear (clothes, hat, etc.) |
| 5. figure out | (v) escaped without being punished |
| 6. got away with | (vi) have an idea or understanding of something |
Fill in the blanks with the phrasal verbs given in Column 1. A. Finally, some important evidence about the case has _____. B. After I _____, I understood that I had made a big mistake. C. I couldn't _____ why he was angry with me. D. He _____ his special coat and went to his friend's birthday party. E. Ravi forgets to do his homework but he _____ it as teacher didn't ask for it that day. F. I do not know what to _____ his behaviour.
Fill in the blanks in the following sentences by choosing the correct word pairs from the box given below. week/weak dying/dyeing fore/four peace/piece break/brake
Fill in the blanks with the words in the box given below to complete the following sentences. There are two extra words that you do not need. where why who though which when because whose if how
Combine the following pairs of sentences using the word given in brackets.