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fall from a significant height but still survive without much injury. A dog guards
the property as it is faithful to its master. It can sense any smell in no time.

Cats Dogs
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Family
Faithful to ×

Hunting habits ×
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Body language arch their back try to pull their lips show
(In anger) look large their teeth

Special skills

D. Grammar

Reported Speech
Task 1. Read the conversation between Alladin and a stranger.

Stranger : Are you Mustafa’s son?
Alladin : Yes Sir, I am, but my father is dead.

Stranger : Don’t worry, my son ! This is indeed a sad news. I am your father’s
brother. Go and tell your mother.
(Now Alladin went to his mother)

Alladin : Mother, there is a gentleman at the door. He says he is my uncle.
Should I bring him in?

Fill in the blanks in the paragraph given below using the clues given :

Note : The above conversation is in indirect speech.
Alladin met a stranger who asked him ...................... Alladin told him ..............
dead. The stranger consoled him saying ............ and told him .............. . He further
informed him ............ brother and asked him ..................... Alladin went and told
his mother that there was a stranger at the door who said he was his uncle. He
further asked her ................
Clues

1. that he was, but his father was
2. not to worry

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