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प्रश्न
What kinds of stories captivated the young minds in the past?
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उत्तर
In the past children’s minds were captivated by fairy tales, adventure stories, stories about magic and wonder and about voyages etc.
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In the following items, sentence A is complete, while sentence B is not. Complete sentence B, making it as similar as possible to sentence A. Write sentence B.
(A) As soon as the bell rings, the children run out to play.
(B) No sooner __________________________________.
Fill in the blank with an appropriate word:
The young man put the flute _______ his lips and began to play.
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Archaic words are those that are no longer used in a language, but sometimes their usage adds a historical or old-times flavour to a piece of writing.
Examples:
- behold – look
- afeared – frightened
- forsooth – indeed
- hither – this place
Now find out some archaic words from your mother tongue or another language that you are proficient in and write down at least ten of them, and against each, their modern equivalent and meaning in English.
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Expand the theme in a write-up of about 20 lines.
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