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Your partner and you may now be able to answer these questions.

Who is the speaker in the poem? Who are the people the speaker meets? What are they doing?

The poem has been authored by a school going kid. The speaker meets a hawker, a gardener and a watchman while going to his school. The hawker was selling bangles, the gardener was digging the ground and watchman kept a watch in the street at night.


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Work in pairs. One of you is an agent and the other is a client looking for accommodation in a hotel. Talk to each other. Use the clues given below.































Agent



Client



What sort of accommodation would you prefer?



I’d prefer a ________________________


_________________________________



Would you like your own room or would you like to share a room?



I’d like ___________________________


I don’t think I’d like _________________


_________________________________



Would you like a room with a television?



Yes, I do want _____________________


_________________________________



Do you need to hire a car?



No, thanks. I don’t need _____________


No, I’d prefer ______________________



What sort of location are you interested in?



I’d like to stay in ___________________


________________________________



Have you any other requirements?



Yes, I must have ___________________


Yes, give me ______________________


No, no other requirements.


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Some words are given below. Listen carefully to the word from the list the teacher speaks, and write against it another word that has the same pronunciation but different spelling.

The first is an example.


fair fare


buy (a) __________


one (b) __________


which (c) __________


two (d) __________


no (e) __________


here (f) __________


see (g) __________


there (h) __________


hare (i) ___________


nun (j) ___________

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What wishes does the child in the poem make? Why does the child want to be a hawker, a gardener, or a watchman? Pick out the lines in each stanza, which tell us this.

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From the way the child envies the hawker, the gardener, and the watchman, we can guess that there are many things the child wants to do because of the likings but ends up doing something completely different.

Make a list of the do’s and don’ts that the child doesn’t like. The first line is done for you.












The child must


come home at a fixed time



The child must not


get his clothes dirty in the dust.



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Now add to the list your own complaints about the things you have to do, or must not do.