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3. What was the main motive of Mrs Bott behind inviting Miss Manes to her house?

4. With whom did Miss Manes interact initially? What were the details she was

looking for?

5. Where was the ‘spectre’ and who saw it? What was the reaction of the person who
saw it?

6. Describe the appearance of the ‘spectre’. Give details of its true identity and how
many times was it seen in the doorway.

7. How did Mrs Bott behave once Miss Manes had left?

8. What do you think are the funniest parts in the story? Mention in brief.

Think and Answer • Critical Thinking

A. When did Mrs Bott discover the truth? What was it? How did she react once she found
the truth?

B. Explain how William’s invention would function. Do you think he put in his best to
make it work? Mention any two good qualities of William that we discover in the
story.

Grammar Spot • Prepositions
• Determiners
• Articles a, an, the

Prepositions

Read these sentences.
1. Mr Bott was in the drawing room.

2. William stood on the hearth rug.

The highlighted words are prepositions. In sentence 1, the word in shows the relation

between Mrs Bott and the drawing-room (regarding their positions). In sentence 2, the
word near shows the relation between William and the hearthrug (with regard to their
positions).

A preposition is a word placed before a noun or pronoun to show its relation with some
other noun or pronoun used in the sentence.

Let us find out more about prepositions.

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