Dr Goray and the Giggling Ghost Questions & Answers
A. Arrange the sentences in the correct order:-
2 This made him very upset and almost drove him mad.
9 Dr Goray kept hearing someone giggling near the water fountain.
7 Then he flung himself on the door and it flew open.
3 He started doing crazy things.
4 He declared he would find the giggling ghost and "splatch" it.
6 That door was stuck, and as he tried to open it, the giggling got louder.
8 Dr Goroy fell into the next room and discovered the giggling ghost.
5 Completely confused, he tried opening a second door to get out of his room.
10 It was the air in a half-open tap that was making the giggling sound.
1 He could not make out who it was at all.
Now without looking at the sentences, take turns to tell the story to the class.
B. Answer the questions:
Q.1 All afternoon he tried pulling the door open…..
a. What happened right before this?
Answer:
Right before this, Dr Goray threatened to immobilize the giggling ghost and returned absent-mindedly to his room. He had then turned to go back out of the room but had tried opening the wrong door.
b. Why did he want to open the door?
Ans. He wanted to open the door because he did not want to let the ghost annoy him by jamming the door and preventing him from going outside.
Q.2. The hospital was buzzing.
a. What does the buzzing refer to?
Ans. The buzzing refers to the constant whispered conversations that the hospital staff were having. They were discussing the possibility of a ghost in the hospital.
b. What set off the buzzing?
Ans. The employees began talking like this after they heard Dr Goray’s outburst about a poltergeist being in the hospital.
Q.3. .......he was speechless at what he saw.
a. What did Dr Goray see?
Ans. Dr Goray saw where the ‘giggling’ sound was coming from. He realized that the giggling ghost was just an old, dry, half-open tap that gave out a khi-khi-khi-khi sound.
b. What does ‘speechless’ mean here?
Ans. Speechless refers to the reaction that Dr Goray had when he realized the cause of the giggling was a half open tap in the washroom.
Q.4 But he was too relieved to care.
a. Why was Dr Goray relieved?
Ans. Dr Goray was relieved because he had found the cause of the problem that was distracting him and had found a solution to fix it.
b. What did he not care about?
Ans. Dr Goray did not care that all the postage stamps in his letter-tray flew up and were floating all around his room.
C Discuss in groups of
Little whirls of steam began curling up from his ears.
1.Do you think steam was actually coming out of his ears?
2.Why does the writer use this expression?
3.Did you smile at the thought of steam coming out of Dr Goray's ears?
4.How do comic books show people who are angry?
Ans:- 1 No, the steam was actually not coming out of his ears.
Ans:- 2 The writer uses this expression to show his anxiety or restlessness to the readers.
Ans:-3 Yes, we smile at the thought of steam coming out of his ears.
Ans:- 4 By drawing picture of angry face like it-
D. Answer the questions:
Q.1 How was Dr Goray affected when he could not identify the source of giggling?
Ans. Dr. Goray started doing absent-minded things at work.
Q.2 How did Dr Goray finally manage to open the door?
Answer.
Dr. Goray pushed the door with full force and energy that result to open the door.
Q.3 Who or what was Dr Goray’s poltergeist?
Ans. Dr Goray’s poltergeist was an old, dry, half-opened tap. The air in it was making the khi-khi-khi-khi sound.
E. Practice the following questions based on grammar:-
A] MAKE NEGATIVE SENTENCES BY USING ONE OF THE VERBS GIVEN IN THE BOX:-
(FIRST ONE IS SOLVED FOR YOU)
1. Dr Goray was a peaceful man who hurt a fly.
Answer : Goray was a peaceful man who would not hurt a fly.
2. Dr Goray like the giggling
Answer : Dr Goray didn't like the giggling .
3. He bear it
Answer : He couldn't bear it.
4. Dr Goray reach the file
Answer : Dr Goray couldn't reach the file.
5. he use the open door
Answer : He didn't use the open door.
6. There ghost at all
Answer : There was ghost at all.
B] FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH APPROPRIATE WORDS FROM THE BOX:-
1. Dr couldn't understand where the giggling was coming from.
2. They__weren't______ staying there anymore.
3. The door simply___wouldn't ____ open!
4. It___hadn't ______ been opened for a long time.
5. It____wasn't _____ a ghost after all!
F. Look up the dictionary to find out meanings of the following words
from the lesson:-
1. giggling
2. plump
3. sniggering
4. devastate
5. queerly
6. screechy
7. buzzing
G Answer these questions
1. What could Dr Goray hear?
Answer : Dr Goray could hear the giggling of the ghost.
2. Did he know who was giggling?
Answer: No, he didn't know who was giggling at him.
3. Why did Di Goray think that he was being laughed at?
Answer : Dr Goray thought that he was being laughed at as whatever he was about to do, he heard that giggling sound. It diverted his heed utterly from his work.
4. Did Di Goray put the thermometer under the patient's tongue?
Answer : No , Dr Goray didn't put the thermometer under the patient's tongue.
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