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Re-word these lines from the story:

1. I had heard a great deal about Miss Beam’s school.


2. Miss Beam was all that I had expected – middle-aged, full of authority.


3. I went to the window which overlooked a large garden.


4. “We cannot bandage the children’s mouths, so they really have to exercise their will-power.”

1. I have come to know a lot about the school run by Miss Beam.


2. Miss Beam was a middle-aged and authoritative woman, as I had expected her to be.


3. I walked towards a window from which the scene of a large garden can be seen.


4. “It is not possible to cover the mouth of the children, therefore, they have to remain silent by exercising their own will”.


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What was the purpose of these special days? (5, 9)

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Match the words and phrases with their meanings in the box below.








































Paragraph numbers



1. homesick



(3)



2. practically



(4)



3. it pains me



(7)



4. appreciate



(9)



5. thoughtless



(10)



6. exercise



(11)



7. relief



(13)



8. ghastly



(14)



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Given below is a page from a dictionary. Look at it carefully and

(i) find a word which means the same as ghastly. Write down the word and its two meanings.


(ii) find a word meaning a part of the school year.


(iii) find a word that means examination.

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Now make lists of

(i) all the words on the page (plus any more that you can think of) that begin with terr


(ii) Five words that may follow the last word on the page, that.


(iii) write down your own meaning of the word thank. Then write down the meaning given in the dictionary.