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Match the words with their meaning:


1. Grimly means in a very serious, gloomy, or depressing manner which matches seriously.


2. Unassailable means unable to be attacked, questioned, or defeated which matches cannot be destroyed.


3. Wistfully means with a feeling of vague or regretful longing which matches sadly longing for something.


4. Blithely means in a happy or carefree manner which matches happily.


5. Impudently means not showing due respect for another person which matches rudely.


6. Ramparts means a defensive wall of a castle or walled city, having a broad top with a walkway and typically a stone parapet which matches a high wide, wall of protection.


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Read the extracts and answer the questions that follow:

‘Marian, the headmistress sat in her office. Freda, an Assistant teacher, pretended to consult her.’


a) Who were the students for Marian and Freda?


b) What insights does the reader gain from the situation?


c) What was Anne's reaction?

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Match the excerpts from the story with the attitude or feelings conveyed by the given lines.

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Read the following sentences from the story.

i) I had not yet 'called on' the mother.


ii) I pulled myself together.


Call on means to visit. Pulling myself together means to take control of one`s feelings.


The expressions are phrasal verbs. Phrasal verbs have a verb and a preposition (particle).


Refer to a standard dictionary and find more phrasal verbs with 'call' that match the meanings given below


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Given below are a few words that describe Marian and Freda. Put them in the right column.