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Ernest compared the man’s face with the Stone Face. What did he conclude?

Ernest concluded that the man’s face did not resemble the Stone Face. He looked at the Stone Face again who seemed to whisper to him that “fear not Ernest; he will come.”


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Who did he confide in and how was he proved right?

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What made people believe General Blood-and-Thunder was their man?

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Look at the following words.

Like – likeness


Punctual – punctuality


The words on the left are adjectives and those on the right are their noun forms.


Write the noun forms of the following words by adding –ness or –city to them appropriately. Check the spelling of the new words.


(i) lofty…………….. (vi) enormous ………


(ii) able ………….. (vii) pleasant …………….


(iii) happy ………….. (viii) dense …………….


(iv) near ……………. (ix) great …………….


(v) noble …………… (x) stable …………….

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Add-ly to each of the following adjectives, then use them to fill in the blanks.






Perfect, near, kind, pleasant, eager



(i) Why didn’t you turn up at the meeting? We all were …………. Waiting for you.


(ii) …………….. write your name and address in capital letters.


(iii) I was …………. Surprised to see him at the railway station. I thought he was not coming.


(iv) It is ……………….. believable that I am not responsible for this mess.


(v) He fell over the step and ……………… broke his arm.