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Comprehension

C1 Answer the following questions and share your

answers with your partner. Then write.
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1. What kind of a boy was the businessman’s son?

2. What did the businessman tell his son?
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3. Why did the mother give her son a gold coin?
4. What did the father ask the son to do with the
coins?

5. Why did the son go to the market?
6. How did he earn two rupees?

7. Why was the boy not ready to throw the two-rupee
coin into the well?

C2 Discuss with your friends and answer the

following questions in four to six-sentences each.

1. Describe the attitude of the boy towards work.
2. “... you are asking me to throw my hard earned

money into the well!” Explain the feelings of the
boy when he said this.
Language Exercises:

L1 The mark ( ’ ) is an apostrophe which shows
where the letters are left out. Now read after the
teacher:

Cannot – can’t We will – we’ll Do not – don’t

We are – we’re They have – they’ve You are – you’re

There is – there’s Who is – who’s Is not – isn’t

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