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1 – Rahul’s Decision
I. New Vocabulary
1. vent 11. comfort
2. gladness 12. premature
3. accustomed 13. holding
4. sympathy 14. retirement
5. tough 15. reliable
6. courtyard 16. familiar
7. seriously 17. competitive
8. unguarded 18. tumbling
9. farming 19. moment
10. approve 20. Board
II. Meanings
1. Vent – to express
2. Premature – happening before expected time
3. Holding - a piece of land used for farming
4. Competitive – a situation where people compete
each other
5. Board – a set of tests
6. Approve – to agree
7. Reliable - able to trust

III. Opposites
1. Birth x death
2. Success x failure
3. Love x hatred
4. Honesty x dishonesty
5. Truth x falsehood

IV. Complete the following

1. A horse used in a salad.
A. Horseradish
2. A cow that has no courage.
A.Coward
3. A pup that is moved with a string.
A. Puppet
4.A cat that can throw stones.
A. Catapult
5. A bull used in a gun
A . bullet
6.A goat on the chin of a man
A. goatee
V. Fill in a collective noun.
1. a pinch of salt
2. a cake of soap
3. a blade of grass
4. a pair of scissors
 5. a grain of rice
VI. Fill in the blanks with an abstract noun.
1. What is the reason for his absence?
2. I will take permission to go home.
3. Have you measured the depth of this well?
4. I bought a book of my choice.
5. Radha is ashamed of her failure
Answer the following questions
1. How did Rahul feel when he came to
know that his parents also wanted him to
be a farmer?
A. Rahul felt relieved when he came to
know that his parents also wanted him to be
a farmer.
2. How do you think Rahul was feeling as he
made his way home from the station?
A.Rahul was disturbed, worried, uncertain
and tensed as he walked home from the
station.
3. What according to Rahul’s father were the
benefits of living on a farm?
A. According to Rahul’s father the benefits
of living on a farm are-
i. It would be a clean and healthy life.
ii. The family would be together.
iii. At the farm they would be no noise and
smoke as in cities.
4. What was Rahul’s decision?
A.Rahul’s decision was that he wanted to be
a farmer.