Identify the appropriate question tag for the sentence.
Mary was working at the farm when the postman arrived, _____________?
Isn’t she
Didn’t he?
Hadn’t he?
Wasn’t she?
Mary was working at the farm when the postman arrived, wasn’t she?
Monseigneur the Bishop is a ------------ahem!’
Why does Persome not complete the sentence?
(i) She used to stammer while speaking.
(ii) She was about to praise the Bishop.
(iii) She did not wish to criticise the Bishop in front of Marie.
(iv) She had a habit of passing such remarks.
The narrator of the story is a man called Babuli. Answer these questions briefly:
(a) Why did Babuli have to visit his family village?
(b) Why had he not been to his village for a long time?
(c) When Babuli told his wife that the family land had to be divided, how did she react?
(d) When Babuli arrived at the family home, what changes did he notice? What was the reason for these changes?
(e) Who wanted to buy Babuli’s share of the family lands?
(f) What did Babuli do with his share?