Iswaran the Storyteller - Textbook Questions
Q1. Who was Mahendra?
He was a junior supervisor in a construction firm.
Q2. What was Iswaran's special quality?
He could weave endless stories and anecdotes with dramatic gestures. He was a great cook too.
Q3. What happened with the elephant?
The elephant went mad. Iswaran attacked it with a cane on its third toenail, causing it to collapse.
Q4. Why did Mahendra resign?
He was spooked by Iswaran's story about a female ghost holding a foetus, and he actually saw a dark cloudy form outside his window one night.
Grammar Exercises: Non-Finites (Participles)
Q1. Identify Participle
1. The **mad** elephant. (Adj/Participle)
2. **Holding** a cane, he ran. (Present Participle)
Q2. Combine
He saw the ghost. He fainted. -> **Seeing** the ghost, he fainted.
Grammar Rules: Non-Finites (Participles)
1. Present Participle
Verb+ing.
2. Past Participle
V3.
3. Usage
As Adjective or forming Continuous Tenses.
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