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Imagine you are Ernest. Narrate the story that his mother told him.

Begin like this: My mother and I were sitting at the door of our cottage. We were looking at the Great Stone Face. I asked her if she had ever seen anyone who looked like the Stone Face. Then she told me this story.

My mother and I were sitting at the door of our cottage. We were looking at the Great Stone Face. I asked her if she had ever seen anyone who looked like the Stone Face. Then she told me this story of an old prophecy that is associated with the Great Stone Face. She told me that sometime in the future, a child shall be born in the village who will be the noblest and the greatest man alive. When he reaches his manhood, his face would exactly resemble the Great Stone Face. However, the prophecy was yet to come true. Overjoyed, I told her how I wish I will be able to see that man before I die.


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1

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 …………….

 2

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.

 3

Complete each sentence below using the appropriate forms of the verbs in brackets.

(i) I …………… (phone) you when I …………. (get) home from school.


(ii) Hurry up! Madam ……….. (be) annoyed if we …….. (be) late.


(iii) If it ………. (rain) today, we ………….. (not) go to the play.


(iv) When you ………….. (see) Mandal again, you ………… (not/recognize) him. He is growing a bread.


(v) We are off today. We …………… (write) to you after we ………. (be) back.

 2

Imagine you are Gathergold. Write briefly the incident of your return to the valley.

Begin like this: My name is Gathergold. I left the valley of the Great Stone Face fifty years ago. I am now going back home. Will the people of the valley welcome me? Do they know that I am very rich?