When I was Twelve (Model RTC)

Words Meaning Part of speech

1. pity Concise in and full of adjective

meaning

2. satirical sarcastic adjective

3. dreads fears noun

4. nasty difficult adjective

5. mumbled Muttered, talk in low verb

voice

6. piercing sharp adjective

7. liken compare verb

8. rubbed off Wore away, diminished verb

9. ridiculed Made fun Verb

10.compassion kindness noun

Model Question:

A man bristling moustache, teeth and all that developed as the questions went
on.

a. Who was this man?

Ans: This man was the Arithmetic teacher.

b. What was the narrator doing? Why?

Ans: As the narrator thought his teacher would not ask him the questions,
he sat hiding behind the others and started making a sketch.

c. What does ‘all that developed’ refer to?

Ans: ‘All that developed’ refers to the caricature that Laxman was
drawing.

d. What is the significance of ‘as the questions went on’?

Ans: ‘As the questions went on’ refers to the fact that Laxman had become
quite oblivious to the fact that he might get caught caricaturing his teacher.

e. What was the reaction of the teacher to narrator’s caricature?

Ans: The teacher was not happy about the narrator's caricature at all. The
narrator had got his ear twisted and got some further punishment as well.