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Read the extracts and answer the questions that follow:

"I remained in the litchi tree, pondering over his wisdom and wondering how a man so wise


could be so poor."


1. What surprised the narrator ?


2. What were the poor man's pearls of wisdom ?

1. The narrator was surprised at how a man so poor had such profound knowledge to impart.

2. The poor man asked the narrator to follow his dreams, but to never stand in the way of another’s dream, or to take away another man’s dream or song.


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Read the extracts and answer the questions that follow:

"Yes, because it's so easy to lose it all, to let someone take it away from you."


1. What does the speaker refer to as 'it'?


2. When does one lose 'it'?


3. How had the speaker gained such profound knowledge about it'?

 2

Read the extracts and answer the questions that follow:

"Live long, my friend, be wise and strong


But do not take from any man his song."


1. Who sang these lines ?


2. What does 'song' refer to in the second line ?

 2

Read the extracts and answer the questions that follow:

'……. And discard all those things that come in the way of finding it.'


1. Identify the speaker


2. What does the speaker want the narrator to discard ?


3. What does 'it' in the second line refer to ?


4. Use the expression 'come in the way' in a sentence of your own.

 1

Complete the web with suitable synonyms to describe what having a ‘room of your own

means’.