LEG TRAP – UNIT 4

Manorama Jafa

1. Dhira was a shoeshine boy. He lost his father when he was very young and lived with his mother and sister. He was a hard-working boy. After school, he would sit near a cinema hall and polish shoes for a living.

2. One day it was very hot. Dhira sat under a tree counting his day’s earnings and humming a popular tune when he overheard a passerby say, “A thief has just robbed and escaped from the jewellery shop.” Dhira stopped counting He quickly put his money back in his pocket and asked the passerby, “When? Where?’’ “Just now. He stole a gold necklace and managed to run away. They say he has a beard”. So saying the passer-by went on his way.

3. Dhira was about to go towards the jewellery shop to find out more details when a customer came to him. ‘‘Boy, polish my shoes nicely. There’s no hurry,” he said, looking at his wristwatch. The customer was wearing a pink shirt and a red tie. He looked like a rich man.

temper – anger, ಕೋಪ
glance – a quick look, ಕಣ್ಣು ಹಾಯಿಸು, ದೃಷ್ಟಿಹಾಯಿಸು
hum – sing with closed lips, ಗುನುಗು, ಗುಂಯ್ ಗುಡು
theft – stealing, ಕಳ್ಳತನ

4. Dhira sat down immediately to polish his shoes, though his mind was still on the theft. The man first put his left foot on the stand. With his yellow cloth, Dhira dusted the shoe quickly. Then he opened a tin, took out some polish and smeared it on the shoe with his brush and started shining the shoe.

5. Through the corner of his eye, Dhira saw two policemen approaching. He was eager to ask them about the theft, but the customer seemed to have lost his temper. “You, silly boy! You’re not doing your job well,” he cried glancing quickly at the policemen. “Polish my shoes, till they shine. There are still five more minutes for the show to be over.”

6. Dhira was disturbed. ‘‘He must be an influential man. He may even complain about me to the policemen’’, he thought. So he concentrated his attention on polishing the shoe. As soon as he was done with the left shoe, Dhira said, “The other shoe, sir.” The man put his other foot on the stand, “Hurry up, fellow; there are only two more minutes for the show to begin.”

concentrate – to give all your attention to something, ಗಮನ, ಏಕಾಗ್ರತೆ

7. ‘‘Funny!’’ Dhira said to himself. ‘‘A moment ago he was in no hurry, but now he is in a great hurry.’’ Dhira dusted the shoe quickly and applied some polish to it. As he was about to shine it with the cloth, he found something sticking out of it at the back.

‘‘What can it be?’’ Dhira wondered. He bent his head to take a closer look. ‘‘My goodness!’’

fumble : search about awkwardly, ಅಸ್ತವ್ಯಸ್ಥವಾಗಿ ಹುಡುಕುವುದು
yell : shout, cry shrilly, ಗಟ್ಟಿಯಾಗಿ ಕೂಗು
wallet : a small folding case for carrying money and credit cards, ಜೇಬಿನಲ್ಲಿಡಬಹುದಾದ ಪರ್ಸ್

8. “That’ll do boy. It’s time,” the man said, taking his foot off the stand. Dhira continued to shine the shoe with the cloth, while the man fumbled in his wallet for change.

9. The boy quickly tied the ends of the laces of the two shoes and got up without taking the coin the man held out and rushed to the policemen. He could hear the man yelling, “Hey, I’ll get you! But what’s happening?”

10. The man fell flat on his face when he tried to walk. While he was struggling to get up, Dhira was back with the two policemen. They caught hold of him.

11. Yes, he was the jewel thief!

12. The gold necklace was found in his shoe and his ‘beard’ in his pocket. He was taken to the police station.

13. Of course, Dhira was praised for his presence of mind. He was also rewarded by the police and by the jeweller. His school, too, honoured him with a medal for his bravery.

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KSEEB Solutions for Class 7 English Prose Chapter 4 Leg Trap

Grammar – Past Tense

Present tense form	Past tense	Past participle
Strong/Irregular verbs
be (is/am/are)	was/were	been
bear (bring out)	bore	born
bear (to carry)	bore	borne
beat	beat	beaten
beat	beat	beaten
become	became	become
begin	began	begun
bend	bent	bent
bite	bit	bit/bitten
blow	blew	blown
break	broke	broken
bring	brought	brought
build	built	built
burn	burnt	burnt
buy	bought	bought
catch	caught	caught
choose	chose	chosen
come	came	come
dig	dug	dug
do	did	done
draw	drew	drawn
dream	dreamt	dreamt
drink	drunk	drunk/drunken
drive	drove	driven
eat	ate	eaten
fall	fell	fallen
feel	felt	felt
fight	fought	fought
find	found	found
fly	flew	flown
forget	forgot	forgotten
freeze	froze	frozen
get	got	got/gotten
give	gave	given
go	went	gone
grind	ground	ground
grow	grew	grown
hang	hung	hung
hide	hid	hid/hidden
hold	held	held
keep	kept	kept
know	knew	known
lay	laid	laid
lead	led	led
learn	learnt/learned	learnt/learned
leave	left	left
lie	lay	lain
lose	lost	lost
make	made	made
mean	meant	meant
pay	paid	paid
ride	rode	ridden
ring	rang	rung
rise	rose	risen
say	said	said
see	saw	seen
sell	sold	sold
send	sent	sent
shake	shook	shaken
shine	shone	shone
shoot	shot	shot
show	showed	shown / showed
sing	sang	sung
sink	sank	sunk
sit	sat	sat
sleep	slept	slept
speak	spoke	spoken
spell	spelt / spelled	spelt / spelled
spill	spilt / spelled	spilt / spilled
stand	stood	stood
steal	stole	stolen
stick	stuck	stuck
swim	swam	swum
take	took	taken
teach	taught	taught
tear	tore	torn
tell	told	told
think	thought	thought
throw	threw	thrown
understand	understood	understood
wake	woke	woken
win	won	won
write	wrote	written

Forms of Irregular Participles

Verb	Past	Past Participle
bear	bore	borne
become	became	become
begin	began	begun
bite	bit	bitten
break	broke	broken
bring	brought	brought
catch	caught	caught
choose	chose	chosen
come	came	come
do	did	done
drink	drank	drunk
drive	drove	driven
eat	ate	eaten
fall	fell	fallen
feel	felt	felt
fly	flew	flown
freeze	froze	frozen
get	got	got or gotten
go	went	gone
know	knew	known
lay	laid	laid
lead	led	led
lend	lent	lent
lie	lay	lain
lose	lost	lost
ride	rode	ridden
ring	rang	rung
rise	rose	risen
run	ran	run
say	said	said
see	saw	seen
set	set	set
shake	shook	shaken
sing	sang	sung
sink	sank or sunk	sunk
sit	sat	sat
sleep	slept	slept
speak	spoke	spoken
steal	stole	stolen
swim	swam	swum
take	took	taken
throw	threw	thrown
wear	wore	worn
win	won	won
write	wrote	written

A regular verb is one that conforms to the usual rule for forming its simple past tense. It’s past participle. The “usual” rule is to add –ed or –d to the base form of the vocabulary to create the past forms.

Infinitive	Past	Participle
Accept	Accepted	Accepted
Act	Acted	Acted
Achieve	Achieved	Achieved
Admire	Admired	Admired
Advise	Advised	Advised
Affect	Affected	Affected
Agree	Agreed	Agreed
Amaze	Amazed	Amazed
Amuse	Amused	Amused
Answer	Answered	Answered
Appear	Appeared	Appeared
Arrange	Arranged	Arranged
Arrive	Arrived	Arrived
Ask	Asked	Asked
Attack	Attacked	Attacked
Bake	Baked	Baked
Behave	Behaved	Behaved
Believe	Believed	Believed
Belong	Belonged	Belonged
Blame	Blamed	Blamed
Borrow	Borrowed	Borrowed
Bother	Bothered	Bothered
Call	Called	Called
Cancel	Cancelled	Canceled
Carry	Carried	Carried
Cause	Caused	Caused
Celebrate	Celebrated	Celebrated
Clean	Cleaned	Cleaned
Clear	Cleared	Cleared
Climb	Climbed	Climbed

Destroy	Destroyed	Destroyed
Decrease	Decreased	Decreased
Die	Died	Died
Disagree	Disagreed	Disagreed
Discover	Discovered	Discovered
Discuss	Discussed	Discussed
Disturb	Disturbed	Disturbed
Dress	Dressed	Dressed
Dry	Dried	Dried
Eliminate	Eliminated	Eliminated
End	Ended	Ended
Enjoy	Enjoyed	Enjoyed
Entertain	Entertained	Entertained
Excuse	Excused	Excused
Exercise	Exercised	Exercised
Exhibit	Exhibited	Exhibited
Expect	Expected	Expected
Express	Expressed	Expressed
Film	Filmed	Filmed
Fill	Filled	Filled
Fish	Fished	Fished
Fix	Fixed	Fixed
Follow	Followed	Followed
Freeze	Freezed	Freezed
Fry	Fried	Fried
Greet	Greeted	Greeted
Guess	Guessed	Guessed
Hail	Hailed	Hailed
Handle	Handled	Handled
Happen	Happened	Happened
Hate	Hated	Hated
Help	Helped	Helped
Hope	Hoped	Hoped

Hunt	Hunted	Hunted
Identify	Identified	Identified
Ignore	Ignored	Ignored
Imagine	Imagined	Imagined
Impress	Impressed	Impressed
Improve	Improved	Improved
Include	Included	Included
Increase	Increased	Increased
Interview	Interviewed	Interviewed
Introduce	Introduced	Introduced
Invite	Invited	Invited
Jog	Jogged	Jogged
Join	Joined	Joined
Jump	Jumped	Jumped
Knock	Knocked	Knocked
Label	Labelled	Labelled
Land	Landed	Landed
Last	Lasted	Lasted
Learn	Learned	Learned
Like	Liked	Liked
Link	Linked	Linked
List	Listed	Listed
Listen	Listened	Listened
Live	Lived	Lived
Locate	Located	Located
Look	Looked	Looked
Love	Loved	Loved
Manage	Managed	Managed
Mark	Marked	Marked
Match	Matched	Matched
Measure	Measured	Measured
Mention	Mentioned	Mentioned
Miss	Missed	Missed
Move	Moved	Moved
Name	Named	Named
Need	Needed	Needed
Note	Noted	Noted
Notice	Noticed	Noticed
Number	Numbered	Numbered
Offer	Offered	Offered
Open	Opened	Opened
Order	Ordered	Ordered
Organize	Organized	Organized
Pack	Packed	Packed
Paint	Painted	Painted
Pamper	Pampered	Pampered
Pardon	Pardoned	Pardoned
Park	Parked	Parked
Participate	Participated	Participated
Pass	Passed	Passed
Perform	Performed	Performed
Persuade	Persuaded	Persuaded
Pick	Picked	Picked
Plan	Planned	Planned
Play	Played	Played
Please	Pleased	Pleased
Practice	Practiced	Practiced
Predict	Predicted	Predicted
Prefer	Preferred	Preferred
Present	Presented	Presented
Program	Programmed	Programmed
Protect	Protected	Protected
Provide	Provided	Provided
Purchase	Purchased	Purchased
Push	Pushed	Pushed
Rain	Rain	Rain
Receive	Received	Received
Recommend	Recommended	Recommended
Relate	Related	Related
Relax	Relaxed	Relaxed
Release	Released	Released
Remember	Remembered	Remembered
Repair	Repaired	Repaired
Repeat	Repeated	Repeated
Resist	Resisted	Resisted
Rest	Rested	Rested
Return	Returned	Returned
Review	Reviewed	Reviewed
Sail	Sailed	Sailed
Save	Saved	Saved
Scan	Scanned	Scanned
Scare	Scared	Scared
Share	Shared	Shared
Shop	Shopped	Shopped
Shout	Shouted	Shouted
Skate	Skated	Skated
Ski	Skied	Skied
Slow	Slowed	Slowed
Sneeze	Sneezed	Sneezed
Snow	Snowed	Snowed
Solve	Solved	Solved
Spell	Spelt	Spelt
Start	Started	Started
Step	Stepped	Stepped
Stop	Stopped	Stopped
Stress	Stressed	Stressed
Study	Studied	Studied
Substitute	Substituted	Substituted
Suggest	Suggested	Suggested

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