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Study the sentences in the columns below.
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A |
B |
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I saw this movie yesterday. |
I have seen this movie already. |
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Bepin Babu worked here for a week last year. |
Bepin Babu has worked here since 2003. |
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Chunilal wrote to a publisher last week. |
Chunilal has written to a publisher. |
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I visited Ranchi once, long ago. |
I have visited Ranchi once before. |
Compare the sentences in the two columns, especially the verb forms. Answer the following questions about each pair of sentences.
(i) Which column tells us the Bepin Babu is still working at the same place?
(ii) Which column suggests that Chunilal is now waiting for a reply from the publisher?
(iii) Which column suggests that the person still remembers the movie he saw?
(iv) Which column suggests that the experience of visiting Ranchi is still fresh in the speaker’s mind?
Answer 3:
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Given below is a jumbled sentence. Working in groups, rearrange the word in the sentence to form the correct sentence.
You will find that the sentence contains an idiomatic expression that you have come across in the lesson. Underline the idiom and write down its meaning. Then use your dictionary to check the meaning.
Stop/and tell me/beating about/what you want/the bush
Ans:____________________________________________
Idiom:__________________________________________
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Given below is a jumbled sentence. Working in groups, rearrange the word in the sentence to form the correct sentence.
You will find that the sentence contains an idiomatic expression that you have come across in the lesson. Underline the idiom and write down its meaning. Then use your dictionary to check the meaning.
don’t pay/if you/attention/you might/the wrong train/to the announcement/board
Ans:____________________________________________
Idiom:__________________________________________
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Given below is a jumbled sentence. Working in groups, rearrange the word in the sentence to form the correct sentence.
You will find that the sentence contains an idiomatic expression that you have come across in the lesson. Underline the idiom and write down its meaning. Then use your dictionary to check the meaning.
The village/tried/the crime/on the young woman/to pin
Ans:____________________________________________
Idiom:__________________________________________
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Given below is a jumbled sentence. Working in groups, rearrange the word in the sentence to form the correct sentence.
You will find that the sentence contains an idiomatic expression that you have come across in the lesson. Underline the idiom and write down its meaning. Then use your dictionary to check the meaning.
Bepin Babu/orders to/telling people/under/loved/doctor’s/eat early/that he was
Ans:____________________________________________
Idiom:__________________________________________
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Given below is a jumbled sentence. Working in groups, rearrange the word in the sentence to form the correct sentence.
You will find that the sentence contains an idiomatic expression that you have come across in the lesson. Underline the idiom and write down its meaning. Then use your dictionary to check the meaning.
the student/The teacher/his eyebrows/when/said that/all their lessons/raised/they had revised
Ans:____________________________________________
Idiom:__________________________________________
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Who is the speaker in the poem?
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“The king, sword in hand” suggests
(i) wealth
(ii) power
(iii) more power than wealth
Mark the appropriate item in the context of stanza 1.
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The old man offered the speaker a lot of money.
Why did he turn down the offer?
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Find in the poem, lines that match the following. Read both one after another.
I have nothing to give you
Except goodwill and cheer.
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Find in the poem, lines that match the following. Read both one after another.
Her happiness was no more
Than sorrow in disguise.
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Find in the poem, lines that match the following. Read both one after another.
The king’s might was not worth much.
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How did the speaker feel after talking to the child on the beach?
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Standing on Everest, the writer was
Choose the right item.
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The emotion that gripped him was one of
Choose the right item.
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“The summit of the mind” refers to
(i) great intellectual achievements.
(ii) the process of maturing mentally and spiritually.
(iii) overcoming personal ambition for the common welfare.
(iv) living in a world of thought and imagination.
(v) the triumph of mind over worldly pleasures for a noble cause.
(vi) a fuller knowledge of oneself.
Mark the item(s) not relevant.
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Answer the following question.
What are the three qualities that played a major role in the author’s climb?
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Answer the following question.
Why is an adventure, which is risky, also pleasurable?
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Answer the following question.
What was it about Mount Everest that the author found irresistible?
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Answer the following question.
One does not do it (climb a high peak) for fame alone. What does one do it for, really?
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