Textbook Exercise with Solutions: The Railway Children | Oxford English for Class 4 PDF Download

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Q1. Answer the following questions.

a.

Ans: There are three children in the family: Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis.

b.
Ans: Peter wants to be an engineer, while Roberta wants to be an engine driver or a fireman.

c.
Ans: James is the family dog.

d.
Ans: Mother is always ready to play with the children, read to them, and help them with their homework. She also writes stories for them and makes up funny poems. Father is never cross or unjust, always ready for a game, and is very clever with his hands, capable of mending all sorts of things.

e.
Ans: Peter's favorite birthday present is a model engine, which explodes three days after his birthday.

f.
Ans: After a few days of illness, Peter asks for a large pie and eats some of it, showing that his appetite has returned and he is feeling better.

These questions are more difficult. Discuss them first (HOTS)

g.
Ans: The children's father is away for four days. Peter wants him to fix his broken engine, but he has to wait to tell his father until after dinner.

h.
Ans: The story hints at a significant change in the children's lives with the line: "You will think that they ought to have been very happy. And so they were, but they did not know how happy till the pretty life in the Red House was over and done with, and they had to live a very different life indeed. The dreadful change came quite suddenly."

Q2. Answer the questions about this line from the story . ... and the youngest was Phyllis, who tried to keep up with the other children. 

a.

Ans: Phyllis is the youngest child in the family.

b.
Ans: Phyllis's brother, Peter, is ten years old. Phyllis's exact age is not stated, but she is likely younger than ten.

c.
Ans: Phyllis has to try hard to keep up with her older siblings because she is younger and probably not as physically capable as they are.