Children at Work - Textbook Questions

Q1. Why did Velu run away from home?

Because his father was a drunkard who beat him and snatched away all the money he and his sisters earned.

Q2. Who met him at Chennai station?

Jaya, a ragpicker girl.

Q3. What work does Jaya do?

She collects paper, plastic, glass from rubbish bins and sells them to a kabbadi-wala (recycler).

Q4. Did Velu become a ragpicker?

Yes, he decided to do it until he found a better job.

Grammar Exercises: Transformation of Sentences

Q1. Remove 'too'

He is too weak to walk. -> He is so weak that he cannot walk.

Q2. Assertive to Interrogative

Everyone loves gold. -> Who does not love gold?

Q3. Exclamatory to Assertive

What a beautiful flower! -> It is a very beautiful flower.

1. Transformation

Changing the form of a sentence without changing its meaning.

2. Rules

Use of 'So...that' for 'Too...to'.

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