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7. ✗ takes the purse and returns it to the lady. To Lee’s delight, the lady
8. ✓ gives Lee some money that enables him to go to the fair.
Practice 3 Practice 6
(a) The squirrels scampered about in fear. Accept any logical answer.
(b) The phrase is ‘scattering up tree trunks’.
(c) They have been chopped down. FORM 2
(d) (Accept any logical answer)
Cheat! by Allan Baillie
Practice 4 Formative Practice
(a) The poet paints a picture of the natural life cycle of birth and
life within a natural environment. Practice 1
(b) It refers to the flies. Geoff – courageous, good sense of humor, resourceful, kind,
(c) The line is ‘No one can get me here.’ thoughtful, honest
(d) The poet wishes to convey that development can cause Lynne – impatient, serious, quick to jump to conclusion, quick-
immeasurable harm to wildlife and their natural habitats. tempered, tactless, impulsive
Practice 5 Practice 2
(a) The word is ‘stirred’. 1. anxiety
(b) The bulldozer has started digging the ground. 2. frustration
(c) It has dug a tunnel hidden safely deep down in the ground. 3. disappointment
(d) The home that the fox has built is probably destroyed and the 4. anger
fox could have been killed too. 5. sadness
SHORT STORY Practice 3
1. They are waiting for the announcement of the winners of the
FORM 1 short story writing contest.
2. She has lost the medal to Geoff.
Fair’s Fair by Narinder Dhami 3. She thinks that Geoff has copied the story from Bradburie.
4. Geoff takes away all the books by Bradburie to find out if he
Formative Practice has unintentionally taken any plot from Bradburie’s stories.
Practice 1 Practice 4
(Accept any suitable answers)
The character whom I admire in the story Cheat! by Allan Baillie
• We should be true to our friends. is Geoff Bolder. Geoff and Lynne participated in a short story writing
• We should be honest to one another. competition, where he emerges as the winner. Noticing Lynne’s
• We should not take things that do not belong to us. disappointment, he jokes about how Mr Velos must have tossed
• We should be responsible. their paper into the air to decide who the winner is. The paper that
• We must never give up when we face problems. lands on the floor first is hence the winner. This conversation shows
• We should think of ways to solve problems faced. not only Geoff’s good sense of humour but also his generosity. He is
determined to make Lynne feel better.
Practice 2 When Lynne blurts the name ‘Bradburie’ Geoff gets puzzled.
(Accept any suitable answers) He goes to the library and borrows all Bradburie’s books. This shows
• Honest • Resourceful • Kind that Geoff is an honest person who is determined to find out if he has
• Truthful • Frank unintentionally copied the story from Bradburie.
Upon learning that his story is somewhat similar to that of
Bradburie’s, he immediately approaches Mr Velos to own up to his
Practice 3
mistake and asks to be disqualified. However, Mr Velos decided to
1. Honest put him in second place replacing Lynne. This demonstrated his
2. Respectful honesty and bravery. He is certainly an admirable person as not
3. Kind everybody who is already pronounced the winner is willing to do that.
4. Helpful
5. Resourceful Practice 5
6. Caring The main theme of the story Cheat! by Allan Baillie is the
danger of being judgmental. In the story, Lynne is disappointed that
Practice 4 she has lost to Geoff in a story writing competition. Though Geoff
3. ✓ 4. ✓ 7. ✓ 8. ✓ tries hard to make Lynne feel better, she is still unable to accept
the fact that she has lost to Geoff. After the competition, Lynne
Practice 5 chances upon a story by Bradburie that has a similar story line as
Geoff’s story. Lynne jumps to conclusion that Geoff has cheated in
The three friends are so excited to know that a fair will be the competition by copying Bradburie’s story. When Lynne sees that
coming to town. As Lee does not have the money to buy the ticket, there are no Bradburie’s books in the library, she immediately jumps
Sam suggests doing odd jobs for the neighbourhood in order to raise to the conclusion that Geoff is trying to cover up his lie when actually
the money needed. They approach Sam’s father who agrees to let Geoff is frantically trying to find out if he has unintentionally taken the
them wash his car. The children, instead of doing a good job, splash plot from Bradburie’s books.
water on each other and make a mess which angers Sam’s father. He Lynne’s action shows that when a person is judgemental, a
refuses to pay them as he ends up washing the car himself. person fails to make good judgements in life. After Geoff’s confession,
Their next job is to take Mrs Green’s dog for a walk at the park. Mr Velos examines Geoff’s short story and feels that Geoff’s story is
The dog sees a little girl playing with a ball and sinks his teeth into different from Bradburie’s. However, he awards the medal to Lynne
the little girl’s ball. Though Lee earns a pound for the job, he decides who does not feel good at all for winning it. By being judgemental,
to give up the pound for the girl to get a new ball. As the children are Lynne has ruined a beautiful relationship with a schoolmate. Though
thinking of how to get more jobs, Lee sees a lady drop her purse. He we are not told of the consequence of her action, we can be sure that

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