6. Angry
A. Quote from memory.
Sometimes___________________________
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___________________ the front porch stairs.
There, curled up ______________________
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_____________________ by me on the walk.
There I sit ___________________________
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____________________ pebbles at the wall.
After I've been _______________________
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____________________ start the day again.
B. Answer these questions.
1. What makes the poet angry?
2. What does the poet do when someone or something makes him angry?
3. What does he do behind the front porch stairs?
4. When does the poet realise that he can smile?
5. Why does the poet count to ten?
C. Match the phrases in column A with their meanings in column B.
A B
1. The day is bad a. be curled up like a ball
2. given angry stares b. be all by myself
3. chin on knee c. it is a difficult day
4. alone with me d. being looked at in an angry manner
5. almost smile e. make a new beginning
6. start the day again f. be cheerful again
D. Fill in the blanks with correct homophones given.
[ tire, tyre, bear, bare, pail, pale ]
1. The flowers become ___________ after couple of days.
2. The front ___________ of this car has to be changed.
3. The name of the ___________ in Jungle book is Baloo.
4. The land in the deserts is ___________.
5. Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a ___________ of water.
6. So much hard work will ___________ you.
E. Complete these sentences with the past continuous forms of verbs given
in the brackets.
1. It _____ _____________ whole night. (rain)
2. Saraswati _____ _____________ a raga. (practise)
3. He _____ _____________ the tree. (climb)
4. I _____ _____________ in the garden with my father. (work)
5. He _____ _____________ a letter. (write)
6. We _____ _____________ English yesterday. (study)
7. Sonu _____ _____________ popcorn while watching movie. (eat)
8. Mamta _____ _____________ ready when we reached her home. (get)
9. We _____ _____________ in the library for the exams. (study)
10. Udit _____ _____________ tired, so he went to bed. (feel)
11.My mother _____ _____________ sweater for me for the winter. (knit)
12. Garima and I _____ _____________ playing outside. (play)
D. Fill in the blanks with correct homonyms given.
[ bound, pocket, cell, fair ]
1. The kangaroos ___________ a lot.
2. This ___________ of the town is quaint and peaceful.
3. A ___________ is made up of a nucleus and plasma.
4. We went for the fun ___________ on Sunday.
5. This train is ___________for Thane.
6. My ___________ is full of coins.
7. The saint meditated in a ___________.
8. It's not ___________ to snatch things from anybody.
E. Rewrite the sentences using present continuous tense.
1. The children laughed at jokes of the comedian.
2. The washer-man washes the clothes in the backyard.
3. Why do you cry? It is only a movie.
4. I planned to participate in the upcoming event.
5. Pia has accompanied her sister for the show.
6. I did my homework.
F. Complete these sentences using the present continuous tense of verbs in the
brackets, that is, is/am/are + verb + ing.
1. We (go) _________________ to Ibiza.
2. I (eat) _________________ apple.
3. Manjit (read) _________________ the book 'The Three Musketeers'.
4. They (watch) _________________ the Republic Day parade.
5. We (play) _________________ a cricket match.
G. Write a paragraph describing what you see in the following picture. Also write
about the correct way to behave at mealtimes.
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