Copy the first paragraph on page 92 in your notebook, carefully. Encircle all the punctuation marks with a coloured pencil/pen. “Dear children ________________ ‘amen’. - English

Question

Copy the first paragraph on page 92 in your notebook, carefully. Encircle all the punctuation marks with a coloured pencil/pen.

“Dear children ________________ ‘amen’.

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Solution

‘Dear children, Dr. Vikram says that, within a year, he wants to build scientific facilities near the sea coast, replacing all the settlements that now stand there. Now, can you give up your abode? Can I give up my abode? Can we give up God’s abode for such a great scientific mission ?’ Dr. Kalam recalled how he witnessed ‘a pin drop silence for a long moment’. Then everyone got up, and the whole church reverberated with the deafening noise of a collective ‘amen’.

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Chapter 2.6: Science and Spirituality - English Workshop [Page 99]

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Chapter 2.6 Science and Spirituality
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