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Ways with words

1. Read the text above and fill in the gaps with correct forms of words from the box.

mankind selflessly lose his life mourn etched

(a) A modest man entered my room and ……………… helped me.

(b) Abhay ……………..in a bus accident.
(c) People from all over the world…… at the death of Neil Armstrong.

(d) Tenzing Sherpa ……. his name in the history of mountaineering.

(e) The literature of Laxmi Prasad Devkota was dedicated to ………….

2. Read the text above and match the words in column 'A' with their meanings
in column 'B'.

A B
(i) astronaut (i) relating to the moon

(ii) tunnel (ii) a person who travels in space

(iii) lunar (iii) relating to the heart and blood vessels

(iv) cardiovascular (iv) flight

(v) aviation (v) a man-made passage under the earth

Read and answer.

1. Read the text and put the statements in the correct order.

(a) Neil Armstrong said, "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for
mankind."

(b) Neil Armstrong was born on August 5, 1930.

(c) He had entered the moon from almost a quarter million miles away.

(d) A true American astronaut lost his life at the age of 82.

(e) "When you walk along the way under the full and bright moon, please wink
your eyes at it in the name of Neil Armstrong", a bereaved family member
expressed at his death.

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