Page 137 - ENGLISH 8

Ways with words

1. Read the text above and fill in the gaps with the correct word from the list below.

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(a) My teacher …………my weakness on time so that I could do better in life.

(b) A small and messy boy was …………in the corner of the classroom.

(c) My grandmother ………… in my ears and blessed to me to be good.
(d) The ………… looked handsome in the wedding party in Daura Suruwal.

(e) Nanu dabbed……… on her body that was given to her by her grandmother.

2. Read the text above and match the phrases in column 'A' with their mean
ings in column 'B'.

A B

(a) terminal illness (i) roughly covered, crudely kept
(b) clumsily wrapped (ii) ugly in physique, untidy or dirty get up

(c) messy in his figure (iii) incurable or life-threatening disease

(d) rhinestone bracelet (iv) putting a cross mark for the wrong answer

(e) marking X (v) glittering chain

Read and answer

1. Read the text and answer these questions.

(a) Who was the messy and dull boy in the classroom?

(b) What did the teacher promise in her first class?

(c) How did the teacher review Teddy's past record?
(d) What did the teacher come to know about Teddy?

(e) Why did Teddy give his teacher a rhinestone bracelet and perfume?

(f) How did Teddy react to his teacher even in his college life?
(h) Why did Mrs. Thompson come to Teddy's wedding ceremony?

Grade 8/English Book 135