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Answer the following question briefly.
Pick out two sentences showing that the grandmother was desperate to know what happened next in the story.

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उत्तर

 The following two sentences state that the grandmother was desperate to know what happened in the story:

  • ‘During that time, she would forget all her work and listen with the greatest concentration.’
  • ‘So more than anybody else she was the one most interested in knowing what happened next in the story.’
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पाठ 1.1: How I Taught My Grandmother to Read - Exercise [पृष्ठ ७]

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सीबीएसई English Communicative - Literature Reader [English] Class 9
पाठ 1.1 How I Taught My Grandmother to Read
Exercise | Q 5.3 | पृष्ठ ७

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Answer the following question briefly.

Why was the convict sent to prison? What was the punishment given to him?


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discrepancy can be between what someone says and what he or she really
means. on verbal irony. The discrepancy can be between a situation that one
would logically anticipate or that would seem appropriate and the situation that
actually develops or situational irony. The discrepancy can even be between the
facts known to a character and the facts known to us, the readers or audience or
dramatic irony.

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Extract Justification
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●_________________________________
Later, the convict says, “its a queer thing to ask, but-could you, would you bless me before I go.”
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●______________________________
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●__________________________________
If the door had been barred the convict couldn’t have entered the house.
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●______________________________
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(b) (i) needed
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(iii) have needed
(iv) need

(c) (i) in brain cancer or memory loss
(ii) from brain cancer or memory loss
(iii) with brain cancer or memory loss
(iv) of brain cancer or memory loss

(d) (i) are likely to cause illness
(ii) are likely for causing illness
(iii) is likely in causing illness
(v) is likely to cause illness

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You should have taken your keys.

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Parents     
How he spends a typical day     
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(iii) didn’t have
(iv) hadn’t
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(ii) is no any
(iii) wasn’t none
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between ________
along ________
since ________
up ________
among ________
in front of ________
after ________
past ________
on ________
behind ________
round ________
for ________
across ________
through ________
before ________
until ________
beside ________
out of ________
at ________
under ________
during ________

Verbs and Prepositions

Fill in the gaps with suitable prepositions

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  4. He angrily shouted __________ the pupil.
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  6. A differs __________ B in a number of ways.
  7. He applied __________ the teaching job but was turned down.
  8. She replied __________ his last letter.
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e.g. Advertisements can be extremely useful if they were honest and help you decide what to buy.

were

(a) For example, if you break your pen, but want to buy another, the first thing to do is look at advertisements.

 

(b)  This will help you choose the good type of pen.

 

(c) However, advertisements can be harmful when it try to exploit the public.

 

(d) It had found that young people, especially teenagers, are affected the most by advertisements.

 

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