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Where was the shehnai played traditionally? How did Bismillah Khan change this?
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When and how did Bismillah Khan get his big break?
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Where did Bismillah Khan play the shehnai on 15 August 1947? Why was the event
historic?
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Why did Bismillah Khan refuse to start a shehnai school in the U.S.A.?
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Find at least two instances in the text which tell you that Bismillah Khan loves India and Benaras.
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Thinking about language
Complete the following sentence. Beginning with a to-verb, try to answer the question in brackets.
The school sports team hopes ____________ (What does it hope to do?)
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Thinking about language
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We all want (What do we all want to do?)
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Thinking about language
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They advised the hearing-impaired child’s mother (What did they advise her to do?)
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Thinking about language
Complete the following sentence. Beginning with a to-verb, try to answer the question in brackets.
The authorities permitted us to (What did the authorities permit us to do?)
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Thinking about language
Complete the following sentence. Beginning with a to-verb, try to answer the question in brackets.
A musician decided to (What did the musician decide to do?)
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From the text on Bismillah Khan, find the words and phrases that match these
definitions and write them down. The number of the paragraph where you will find the
words/phrases has been given for you in brackets.
1. the home of royal people (1) _____ .
2. the state of being alone (5) _____ .
3. a part which is absolutely necessary (2)_____ .
4. to do something not done before (5) _____ .
5. without much effort (13) _____ .
6. quickly and in large quantities (9) _____ and _____ .
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When something is revived, it (remains dead/lives again).
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When a government bans something, it wants it (stopped/started).
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When something is considered auspicious, (welcome it/avoid it).
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When we take to something, we find it (boring/interesting).
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When you appreciate something, you (find it good and useful/find it of no use).
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When you replicate something, you do it (for the first time/for the second time).
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When we come to terms with something, it is (still upsetting/no longer upsetting).
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Thinking about the Text
Given below are some emotions that Kezia felt. Match the emotions in Column A with
the items in Column B.
| A | B |
| 1. Fear or terror | (i) Father comes into her room to give her a goodbye kiss |
| 2. glad sense of relief | (ii) Noise of the carriage grows fainter |
| 3. a “funny” feeling, perhaps of understanding |
(iii) Father comes home |
| (iv) Speaking to father | |
| (v) Going to bed when alone at home | |
| (vi) Father comforts her and falls asleep | |
| (vii) Father stretched out on the safa. snoring |
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Answer the following question in one or two sentences.
Why was Kezia afraid of her father?
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