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Working in small groups of 4-5 students, go back over the two passages on Santosh Yadav and Maria Sharapova and complete the table given below with relevant phrases or sentences.

































Points of


Comparison/Contrast



Santosh Yadav



Maria Sharapova



(1) Their humble beginning





(2) Their parents' approach





(3) Their will power and strong desire to succeed





(4) Evidence of their mental toughness





(5) Their patriotism.




































Points of


Comparison/Contrast.



Santosh Yadav



Maria Sharapova



(1) Their humble beginning



-Born in the small village of Joniyawas in Rewari district of Haryana



-Poised beyond her years


-The Siberian born teenager



(2) Their parents' approach



-in line with the prevailing customs in the family


-At sixteen, most of the girls in her village used to get married. Santosh was also under pressure from her parents to do the same.



-she was packed off to train in the United States.


-That trip to Florida with her father Yuri launched her on the path to success and stardom.


-But it also required a heart-wrenching two-year separation from her mother Yelena.


-My father was working as much as he could to keep my tennis training going



(3) Their will power and strong desire to succeed



-her urge for more education


-she left home and got herself enrolled in a school in Delhi


-saved money and enrolled in a course at Uttarkashi’s Nehru
Institute of Mountaineering



-I became more quietly determined and mentally tough


-unwavering desire to succeed and readiness to sacrifice


-I work hard at what I do



(4) Evidence of their mental toughness



-she began living her life on her own terms from the start


-she decided to fight the system in her own quiet way when the right moment arrived


-mental strength impressed her seniors



-I learnt how to take care of myself


-I never thought of quitting because I knew what I wanted


-That toughness runs through Maria even today



(5) Their patriotism.



-It took some time for the enormity of the moment to sink in


-Then I unfurled the Indian tricolor and held it aloft on the roof of the world. The feeling is indescribable. The Indian flag was flying on top of the world. It was truly a spiritual moment. I felt proud as an Indian.



-I’m Russian. It’s true that the U.S. is a big part of my life. But I have Russian citizenship. My blood is totally Russian. I will play the Olympics for Russia if they want me.




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Complete the following statements:

(1) From her room in Kasturba Hostel, Santosh used to-------------


(2) When she finished college, Santosh had to write a letter of apology to her father because----


(3) During the Everest expedition her seniors in the team admired---------- while----------endeared her to fellow climbers.

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Pick out words from the text that mean the same as the following words or expressions. (Look in the paragraphs indicated.)

(1) Took to be true without proof (Para 1): ---------------------------------------


(2) Based on reason; sensible; reasonable (Para 2) -----------------------------------


(3) The usual way of doing things (Para 3):---------------------------------------


(4) A strong desire arising from within (Para 5):-------------------------------


(5) The power to endure, without falling ill (Para 7): --------------------------------

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Look at the following sentences. They each have two clauses, or two parts each with their own subject and verb or verb phrase. Often, one part (italicized) tells us when or why something happened.

(i) I reached the market when most of the shops had closed. (Tells us when I reached).


(ii)When Rahul Dravid walked back towards the pavilion, everyone stood up. (Tells us when everyone stood up.)


(iii) The telephone rang and Ganga picked it up. (Tells us what happened next.)


(iv) Gunjan has been with us ever since the school began. (Tells us for how long he has been with us.)


Identify the two parts in the sentences below by underlining the part that gives us the information in brackets, as shown above.


(1) Where other girls wore traditional Indian dresses, Santosh preferred shorts. (Contrasts her dress with that of others)


(2) She left home and got herself enrolled in a school in Delhi. (Tells us what happened after the first action.)


(3) She decided to fight the system when the right moment arrived. (Tells us when she was going to fight the system.)


(4) Little Maria had not yet celebrated her tenth birthday when she was packed off to train in the United States. (Tells us when Maria was sent to the US.)

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Now re-write the pairs of sentences given below as one sentence.

(1) Grandfather told me about the old days. All books were printed on paper then.


(2) What do you do after you finish the book? Perhaps you just throw it away.
(3) He gave the little girl an apple. He took the computer apart.


(4) You have nothing. That makes you very determined.


(5) I never thought of quitting. I knew what I wanted.