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Write a paragraph on the topic ‘Park’.
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Solution
- Park is an area where we find trees, plants, flowers, play equipment, and keep fit equipment.
- People go to the park not only to relax but also to play, go for a walk, use keep fit equipment, and chat with friends.
- In the city, we see parks maintained by the Metropolitan Corporation. Parks are found in all areas in the neighborhood.
- We should keep our parks clean. We must throw the waste in the bin. We must be aware of thefts and pick-pockets and be careful in the park.
- Apart from the regular parks, we also have special parks like – Zoological park, Amusement park, Birds’ park, etc.
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Read the following passage carefully and complete the activities given below :
A.1) Complete the web :
Write the words from the passage on the web. 
We saw small bits of grass peeping through the small cracks in concrete pavement. It left us thinking: however impossible things may look, there is always an opening…………
We saw a tree bare of all leaves in the cold winter months. We thought its chapter was over. But three months passed, spring set in and the tree was back to its green majesty once again, full of leaves, flowers, birds, and life. What if we too had the conviction that, however difficult things are right now, it will not remain so forever. Remember, this too shall pass.
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A.2) Finding meanings :
Write what you mean by :
(i) _______ there is always an opening.
(ii) _______ its chapter was over.
(iii) _______ the tree was back to its green majesty.
(iv) _______ this too shall pass.
A.3) Matching :
Match the words in Column ‘A’ with their synonyms in Column ‘B’:
| Column 'A' | Column'B" | ||
| (i) | conviction | (a) | strong feeling |
| (ii) | alchemy | (b) | delicate |
| (iii) | frail | (c) | mysterious/magical power |
| (iv) | passion | (d) | strong belief |
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Rewrite the sentence using the correct question tag given in the brackets :
(i) Water changes its form. (does it?, do it?, do they?, doesn’t it)
(ii) However impossible things may look, there is always an opening. (Rewrite using ‘but’)
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