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READ AND UNDERSTAND
Read this poem.
FROM A RAILWAY CARRIAGE
Faster than fairies, faster than witches,
Bridges and houses, hedges and ditches;
And charging along like troops in a battle
All through the meadows the horses and cattle:
All of the sights of the hill and the plain
Fly as thick as driving rain;
And ever again, in the wink of an eye,
Painted stations whistle by.
Here is a child who clambers and scrambles,
All by himself and gathering brambles;
Here is a tramp who stands and gazes;
And here is the green for stringing the daisies!
Here is a cart runaway in the road
Lumping along with man and load;
And here is a mill, and there is a river:
Each a glimpse and gone forever!
R L Stevenson
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A.Tick the correct options.
1.The train is compared to
a.
bridges.
c. an army in a battle.
b.
ditches.
d.horses.
2.There are
and
in the meadows.
a.
soldiers, horses c. houses, horses
b.
bridges, houses d. horses, cattle 3.Fly as thick as driving rain, means
a.
move as fast and as thickly as rain. b.
the hills and plains look as thick as raindrops. c.
the thick rain can be seen when driving. d.
the flies are as thick as rain. 4.The child is
a.
picking flowers. c. climbing and picking flowers.
b.
climbing and picking brambles.
d. climbing and waving.
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5.‘Each
a glimpse and gone forever’ means you
a.
get a
glimpse of things.
b.
see things forever. c.
see everything for ever.
d.
get a glimpse of things and then they are gone forever.
B.Fill in the blanks with words from the poem that mean the same as the following.
1.fences
made of closely planted bushes 2.grasslands
3.climbs
awkwardly 4.prickly
shrubs 5.a
quick look C.Answer these questions.
1.The
2.‘In
train is faster than
the wink of an eye’ means
a.
it is
gone very quickly.
b.
it disappears when we wink.
c.
you don’t see it when you wink.
3.What
does the tramp do?
4.What
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does the last line of the poem mean?
and
FUN WITH WORDS
A.Circle the word that means the same as the word in capitals.
1.UNESCORTED
:
2.TREMENDOUS :
a.
unaccompanied a. small
3.BATTERED
:
a. to
4.AIMLESSLY
:
a. purposefully
5.INCREDIBLE
:
a.
b.
protected b. trembling
bargain b. beaten
flimsy b.
c.observed
c.
huge
up c.
well-made
c.
determinedly
c.
believable
without any purpose b. unbelievable
B.Match these phrases with their meanings.
1.get
2.a
off on the wrong foot piece of cake a. a
b.
very small proportion of the whole
a small but irritating flaw 3. a drop in the ocean c. an
4. a foot in the door d. something
5. fly in the ointment e. make
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introduction to something very easy a bad start to a project
C.Now use the phrases in the previous exercise to complete these sentences.
1.This
project won’t take me very long to complete. It is
2.I
am meeting the President of the company tomorrow to discuss some opportunities for me.
I hope it will be
for my company.
3.Everything is set for the party tomorrow. The only
is that we
will have to end the party by 10 p.m. because we don’t have permission to stay out beyond
that.
4.I
am taking flowers for my new boss today. I
her yesterday.
5.Every
child has collected as much money as possible. It is still only
of the money needed to ensure that every child gets one meal
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when I met
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GRAMMAR CORNER
A.Add some words of your own to the words given in each set and write sentences in the
present perfect tense. You will have to change the forms of the verbs.
1.Nisha/complete/course/journalism
2.Girish/live/Madurai/four years
3.Students /decorate/hall/beautifully/for party
4.George/eat/Mexican
food
5.Company/Ayaan/offer/job
in Mumbai
B.Tick the correct answers.
1.They
(have/had) been goldsmiths for the past four generations.
2.I (had/have) run in many marathons.
3.He (has/had) slept for three hours.
4.I
(have/has) known his family for years.
5.I
(have/had) met him before.
C. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs within the brackets.
1.We
(walk) to school for the past two years.
2.The Sharmas
(take) a vacation every year.
3.The
Principal
(suggest) that we organize the Annual Day next month.
4.The
police
5.Sipping
(warn) the public against accepting food from strangers.
herbal tea regularly
(cure) me of my cold.
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1.a. The
Smith family lived in Puducherry for fifteen years and still want to live there.
b. The Smith family has lived in Puducherry for fifteen years and
still want to live there. 2.a.I visited many hill stations but Darjiling is my favourite. b.I have visited many hill stations but Darjiling is my favourite. 3.a.My son’s spoken English has improved ever since he began watching the
English news channels. b.My son’s spoken English improved ever since he began watching the
English news channels. 4
WRITING CORNER
A.Write a character sketch of the narrator of the story. When writing the character
sketch, remember to
v collect
v infer
v list
all the information about the narrator.
the narrator’s characteristics from this information.
the instances that prove these characteristics.
v organize
these elements in a paragraph.
OR
B.Write a character sketch of an important person in your life.
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