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What do these statements tell you about Anne Frank as a person?

(i) We don’t seem to be able to get any closer, and that’s the problem. Maybe it’s my fault that we don’t confine in each other.


(ii) I don’t want to jot down the facts in a diary the way most people would, but I want the diary to be my friend.


(iii) Margot went to Holland In December; I followed in February When I was plunked down on the table as a birthday present for Margot.


(iv) If you ask me, there are so many dummies that about a quarter of the class should be kept back, but teachers are the most unpredictable creatures on earth.


(v) Anyone could ramble on and leave big spaces between the words, but the trick was to come up with convincing arguments to prove the necessity of talking.

(i) These lines show that Anne had no true confidence. She even does not hesitate to blame her own self for this loneliness.


(ii) These lines show that she wanted to pursue things in her own way. She doesn’t want to maintain a diary only for jotting down the things but wanted the diary to be her true friend.


(iii) This sentence shows that Anne did not have a stable life from the very beginning of her early days of childhood.


(iv) This sentence shows that Anne is a very frank girl. She freely expresses her opinion about her class fellows as well as her teachers.


(v) This sentence shows that Anne is no rambler*. She is a serious girl who wants to do her best and make it different in every way possible.
Rambler* Meaning – A person who enjoys going for long walks.


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What does Anne write in her first essay?

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Anne says teachers are most unpredictable. Is Mr. Keesing unpredictable? How?

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Look at the following words.













headmistress



Long awaited



Homework



notebook



Stiff-backed



Outbursts



These words are compound words. They are made up of two or more words.


Compound words can be:


Nouns (a word that identifies a person, a place, an animal or a thing): headmistress, homework, notebook, outbursts


Adjectives (a word that gives the description of a noun or a pronoun): long-awaited, stiff-backed


Verbs( Verbs can be described as words that describe actions): sleep-walk, baby-sit


(Compound word)


Match the compound words under ‘A’ with their meanings under ‘B’. Use each in a sentence.








































A



B



1.Heartbreaking



Obeying and respecting the law



2.Homesick



Think about pleasant things, forgetting about the present



3.Blockhead



Something produced by a person, machine or an organization



4. Law-abiding



Producing great success



5. Overdo



An occasion when vehicles/machines stop working



6. Daydream



An informal word which means a very stupid person



7. Break down



Missing home and family very much



8. Output



Do something to an excessive degree


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Phrasal verbs

A phrasal verb is a verb followed by a preposition or an adverb. Its meaning is often different from the meaning of its parts.


Compare the meanings of the verbs gets on and run away in (a) and (b) below. You can easily guess their meanings in (a) but in (b) they have special meanings.


(a) She got on at Agra when the bus stopped for breakfast.


Dev Anand ran away from home when he was a teenager.


In (a) i.e. the first sentence, she got on refers to the movement of a person


Whereas


In the second sentence, it says that Dev Anand ran away i.e. left his house


(b) She’s eager to get on in life. (Succeed)


The visitors ran away with the match. (Won easily)


In (b) i.e. the first sentence, it refers to climbing the ladder of success


Whereas


In the second sentence, it refers to winning the match (ran away with the match)


Some phrasal verbs have three parts: a verb followed by an adverb and a preposition. For Example:


(c) Our car ran out of petrol just outside the city limits.


(d) The government wants to reach out to the people with this new campaign.


A. Look up the following in a dictionary for their meanings (under the entry for the italicized word).


(i) Plunge (right) in (ii) Kept back


(iii) Ramble on


(iv) Get along with