Read the following passage and do the activities : (10 marks)A1. Write true/false within the boxes provided after each sentence : (2) [Four sentences, each followed by an empty box for the answer.] (1) We have a rose plant in our garden. (2) As eveni…

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Q.2 (A) Read the following passage and do the activities : (10 marks) A1. Write true/false within the boxes provided after each sentence : (2) [Four sentences, each followed by an empty box for the answer.] (1) We have a rose plant in our garden. (2) As evening approaches, the flower withers completely. (3) We went to a rocky beach. (4) Our problems are not colossal. We have a hibiscus plant in our garden. Every fortnight a flower blooms on it—big, bright and tender. Through the day it smiles with the sun and dances with the wind, but as evening approaches, it starts wilting. The morning after, it withers completely and by evening it falls and becomes one with the earth again. The flower comes to life only for a day, yet it does so in full splendour. What if we too lived our life, however short, to its fullest ? We went to a rocky beach and saw the spread of the majestic ocean and the rocks alongside, carved, sculpted and shaped by the water. Water is so gentle, rock so hard, yet, as the water flows over it every day, for years, the rock gives in. It takes the shape that the water commands. Our problems are so colossal and we are so small, yet if we persist ......... We saw small bits of grass peeping through the small cracks in a concrete pavement. It left us thinking : however impossible things may look, there is always an opening......... A2. How should we deal with difficulties and problems ? (2) A3. Vocabulary : (2) Complete the table : [Table with four columns — Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb. Row 1 : brightness / brighten / .......... / .......... Row 2 : .......... / persist / .......... / persistently.] A4. Grammar : (2) (1) Underline the verbs in the sentences below and say whether they are transitive or intransitive. It withers completely. (2) Add a question tag and rewrite the sentence. It left us thinking. A5. Which things in nature attract you the most and how do you get motivated by constantly observing them ? (2)

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A1. (1) False — we have a hibiscus plant in our garden. (2) False — as evening approaches the flower only starts wilting; it withers completely the morning after. (3) True. (4) False — our problems are colossal. A2. We should deal with difficulties and problems by persisting patiently. The passage teaches that just as water, gentle as it is, slowly wears the hard rock into the shape it wants, and just as grass peeps through the cracks of a concrete pavement, small but steady effort overcomes even the biggest obstacle. So we should not lose heart at the size of a problem; we should keep trying, however impossible things may look, because there is always an opening. A3. Row 1 — brightness / brighten / bright / brightly. Row 2 — persistence / persist / persistent / persistently. A4. (1) withers — intransitive verb (it has no object). (2) It left us thinking, didn’t it ? A5. The things in nature that attract me the most are trees and the sea. I like to watch a banyan tree through the seasons : it stands quietly while its leaves fall and come again, and it gives shade to everyone who comes to it. The sea attracts me because it never stops moving, yet it keeps its own calm rhythm. Watching them teaches me patience and steadiness. When I am discouraged by a poor result, I remember the grass in the passage that grows through a crack in concrete, and I tell myself that no obstacle is permanent if I keep trying.

Read the following passage and do the activities : (10 marks)A1. Write true/false within the boxes provided after each sentence : (2) [Four sentences, each followed by an empty box for the answer.] (1) We have a rose plant in our garden. (2) As eveni…

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