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Question
Word in the box given below indicates a large number of… For example, ‘a herd of cows’ refers to many cows. Complete the following phrase with a suitable word from the box.
a ________________ of sheep
Options
School
fleet
brood
bundle
bunch
pack
flock
herd
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Solution
a flock of sheep
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(ii) In the paragraphs above from the story the verbs are in the present tense (eg. hold, goes, etc.). This gives the reader an impression of immediacy. The present tense is often used when we give a commentary on a game (cricket, football, etc.), or tell a story as if it is happening now. It is, therefore, called the narrative present. You will read more about the present tense in Unit 10
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Bangle sellers are we who bear
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Read the lines given above and answer the question that follow.
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So far as children are concerned,
Is never, NEVER, NEVER let
Them near your television set-----
Or better still, just don't install
The Idiotic thing at all.
In almost every house we've been,
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And stare until their eyes pop out.
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And saw, within the moonlight in his room,
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Where was the tiger cub hiding when Grandfather found him?
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