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Can you think of a song or a poem in your language that talks of homecoming?

A poem that talks about homecoming is “Stopping by the woods on a snowy evening” by Robert Frost.

NOTE- You may think about any poem or song in your native language and write it.


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Which language do you use to talk to elderly relatives in your family?

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How would you say ‘a dilapidated drum’ in your language?

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Notice the following uses of the word ‘tell’ in the text.

1. Her fingers were busy telling the beads of her rosary.


2. I would tell her English words and little things of Western science and learning.


3. At her age one could never tell.


4. She told us that her end was near.


Given below are four different senses of the word ‘tell’. Match the meanings to the uses listed above.


1. make something known to someone in spoken or written words


2. count while reciting


3. be sure


4. give information to somebody

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Notice the different senses of the word ‘take’.

1. to take to something: to begin to do something as a habit


2. to take ill: to suddenly become ill


Locate these phrases in the text and notice the way they are used.