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Lesson 4

The Shop That Never Was

1. Rearrange the following sentences in the correct order and put the numbers in the given boxes. One is done for you:

1. The shopman brought out a glass ball from his hair. [4]

2. It was a small shop, not so well-lit. [2]

3. Gip wanted to take the glass ball. [6]

4. Gip dragged his father to the magic shop. [1]

5. Gip and his father were surprised. [5]

6. There were different kinds of magic mirrors in the shop. [3]

2. Fill in the blanks using words from the Help-Box :

Gip was keen to enter the magic shop. The shop had many crystal balls. Gip’s father wanted to buy some tricks for his son. The shopman performed an unexpected action.

Help Box : scratched, keen, unexpected, tricks, crystal

3. Answer the following question :

Why did Gip find the shopman’s palm blank ?

Gip found the shopman’s palm blank, because the shopman made the ball disappear with a magic trick.

4. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false statements in the given boxes. Give supporting statements for each of your answers :

a. The shopman drew out a business card from his hair. [False]

Supporting statement : “The shopman drew it out from his cheek.”

b. Gip found the magic box in his pocket. [True]

Supporting statement : “It’s in your pocket.”

c. The toy sword was a magic item. [True]

Supporting statement : “It neither bends, breaks, nor cuts the fingers.”

d. The narrator found his full name on the magic box. [False]

Supporting statement : “And there it was, in brown paper, tied up and with Gip’s full name and address was on the magic box.”

5. Answer the following questions :

a. Why was Gip surprised?

Gip was surprised because he unexpectedly discovered the magic box in his pocket.

b. Why did the narrator fail to find out the cost of the magic items?

The shopman did not pay any attention to the narrator’s queries. He was more interested to show Gip the magic tricks. So the narrator failed to find out the cost of the magic items.

c. What items did the shopman show to Gip?

The shopman showed Gip a magic toy sword, magic trains that ran without steam, clockwork and a box of soldiers that came alive when one said a magic word.

d. What was the cause of the narrator’s amazement?

When the narrator said that they would take the magic box, the shopman waved the box in the air and it came down wrapped in brown paper, tied up. There was also Gip’s full name and address written on the paper. This amazed the narrator.

6. Fill in the chart with information from the text :

a. Cause: The narrator thought that his son would be frightened.

Effect: He cried at the shopman to take off the drum.

b. Cause: Gip’s father jumped at the shopman.

Effect: Fell into utter darkness.

c. Cause: His mental state was not normal.

Effect: The narrator called for a cab

d. Cause: He had not paid for the items.

Effect: Gip’s father went up and down Regent Street looking for the magic shop.

7. Answer the following questions in complete sentences :

a. What did the shopman do with the drum?

He made Gip stand on a stool and put the big drum over him and when he took it off Gip had disappeared.

b. Why did the narrator think that his son would be frightened?

When the shopman put the big drum over Gip, the narrator thought that the darkness inside the drum would frighten his son.

c. Where did the narrator again find his son ?

He found his son again in Regent Street standing a yard away from him.

d. What was the mental state of the narrator ?

For a second the narrator was at a loss. He was extremely confused as he did not find the shop there. He called a cab- that was all he could do.

8. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles :

a. Last week I saw a one-day cricket match between India and Australia.

b. There is a university in our district.

c. Brutus is an honourable man.

d. She arrived an hour late.

9.(a). Make meaningful sentences of your own with the following words :

prevent: The man prevents his friend from doing the work.

disappeared: The magician made the girl disappear with his magic.

stared: He stared at me.

parcel: The delivery boy delivers a parcel to me.

9. (b). Find words from the text which are similar in meaning to the following :

i. frightened: Scared

ii. at a particular moment: Instant

iii. Showing: Displaying

iv. relating to the mind: Mental

THANK YOU FOR VISITING LRNR.

LESSON 4 THE SHOP THAT NEVER WAS by H.G. WELLS

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