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(B) Join the following sentences with the words given in the brackets
1) He is poor. He is honest. (though)
Ans: Though he is poor, he is honest.
2) It rained. I was going out. (while)
Ans: It rained while I was going out.
3) I always look. I leap. (before)
Ans: I always look before I leap.
4) He phoned me. I was sleeping. (when)
Ans: He phoned me when I was sleeping.
(C) Identify the underlined words as noun, verb, adjective or adverb in the
following sentences
1) He acted very confidently.
Ans: confidently-adverb
2) It is hot in London.
Ans: London-noun
(C) Choose the correct options from those given under each statement or question
and rewrite them
1) What doesn’t Gangu do which is typical of a Brahmin?
a) Perform ceremonies
b) Collect alms
c) Pray and bathe in the river
d) Read scriptures
2) What did Gangu take up as a job?
a) A vegetable seller
b) A hawker
c) A watchman
d) A priest
3) The drought in Kutch had lasted for how many years before Fatima arrived?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
4) What led Nilkanta to Sharat’s riverside house at Chandernagore?
a) An earthquake
b) A storm
c) His desire to rob that house
d) His desire to find employment at that house
5) Angelou uses the words ‘dust’ and ‘dirt’ in Still I Rise because___
a) Her oppressors treat her with disrespect
b) She has lived in a dusty place and has memories of the same
c) She is trying to mirror the fact that she will rise despite of all the
negativities
d) She is trying to use imagery connected with rustic village life in Africa
6) What/who is the forbidden ear in the poem Success is Counted Sweetest?
a) Purple Host
b) Reader
c) Soldier
d) The poet
7) At the beginning of the poem, the poet’s daughter is sleeping in a ___
a) Bed
b) Cradle
c) Chair
d) In the poet’s lap