Write the Meaning of the following words

Strange : ______________________________________________________________________

How on earth : _______________________________________________________

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Surname : ___________________________________________________________

Fetch : ______________________________________________________________

Godmother : _________________________________________________________

Broke down : ________________________________________________________

Bonnet : ____________________________________________________________

Fireside : ___________________________________________________________

Favourite : __________________________________________________________

Answer the Following

1. Where was David born ?

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2. Who was David.s great aunt ?

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3. Where did Miss Betsey Trotwood say ?

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4. Why did Peggotty send for the doctor ?

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II . Answer the following :-

1. How did David’s mother know that the stranger walking up the garden was
Miss Betsey Trotwood ?

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2. How do you know that David’s mother was a shy and timid person ?

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3. Why did Miss Trotwood want a girl to be born ?

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4. What did Miss Betsey do when the baby boy was born ? Why do you think she
did that ?
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Reference to Context :

1. “You are just a baby”

a. who said these words to whom ?

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b. Why did Miss Betsey suprise ?

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2. “And she how is she” ?

a. Who said these words to whom ?

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b. Who did Miss Betsey mean by ‘She’ ?

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c. Why did Mr. Chillip not understand her ?

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3. “How on earth did she get such a name” ?

a. Who said these words to whom ?

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b. When did she say this ?

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c. Why did Miss Betsey make such a comment ?

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Write the Meaning of the following words
Highlands: ____________________________________________________________________

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looms : __________________________________________________________

Teasured : ___________________________________________________________

Fragance : ________________________________________________________

Moss : ______________________________________________________________

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Embedded :__________________________________________________________

Oaks : ___________________________________________________________

Poplars : __________________________________________________________

Beeches : ___________________________________________________________

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Pines : _____________________________________________________________

oozing : ____________________________________________________________

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acrons : ___________________________________________________________

Answer the Following

1. Who was Jeannie ?

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2. What did Jeannie’s grandfather get from the wreck of the Goshawk?

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3. How do we know that Jeannie’s grandmother love the gift?

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4. Why did Jeannie spend lot of time admiring them ?

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5. What are the two things that puzzled Jeannie about the amber ?

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Reference to Context :

1. “Thosuands of insects fluttered about-it ?”

a. What is it here?

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b. Where do it come from ?

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c. Describe it ?

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2. His little wings witspread and raised for flight ?

a. Who is ‘his’ here ?

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b. In what was it inside ?

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3. “The great forests sank into the deep sea” ?

a. Where were these forests ?

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b. What would sink along into the forests ?

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Make sentence of your own:

1. Puzzled :

2. Beautiful :

3. Gift :

4. Fragance :

5. Wreck :
Write the Meaning of the following words
Trash : ____________________________________________________________________

Anxiety : __________________________________________________________

fortnight : ___________________________________________________________

muttering : ________________________________________________________

became desperate : _______________________________________________

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Pursued:__________________________________________________________

Dogging : ___________________________________________________________

Oath : __________________________________________________________

Delirious : ___________________________________________________________

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Choke : _____________________________________________________________

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Prosecuted : _________________________________________________________

Answer the Following

1. What was swami’s nickname ?

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2. Name the teams that were going to play a cricket match?

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3. What excuse did swami tell the drill master?

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4. Why did Ranjan plead to swami to come for practice regular?

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5. Why did the doctor laugh ?

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6. Why did swami thank the doctor ?

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Reference to Context :

1. There was only one player who caused him the deepest anxiety day and night

a. Who caused Ranjan the deepest anxiety?

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b. Why was this so ?

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2. Just seven days before the match. Swaminathan realised taht his evenings

were more precious than ever ?

a. What is the match refereed to here ?

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b. Why were the evenings more precious than ever ?

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3. But contrary to the custom he had not taken off his coat and cap ?

a. Why did Swami not to take off the coat ?

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b. What happened soon after ?

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4. Well I could do it. But is there anything wrong with you ?

a. Who is speaking to swami in these lines ?

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b. What happened soon after ?

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c. What is the real purpose of swami’s visit ?

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5. “I can’t give you a certificate, But I shall talk to your head master about you

and request him to let you off after four thirty”

a. Why did the doctor refuse to giuve a certificate ?

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b. What does he offer to do instead?

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c. Do you think the doctor was kind to swami ?

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