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(g) How was the jackal killed?

(h) Did the saint get his money back?

2. Put the following sentences in the correct order.

(a) Ashamvav wanted to snatch the money from Deva.

(b) Deva lived in a monastery.
(c) Deva accepted Ashamvav as his protege.

(d) He collected a lot of money by selling clothes gifted to him.

(e) Deva and Ashamvav set out for a village.

(f) Deva left his bag to Ashamvav and went to watch the goats fighting.

(g) Deva started wailing that he had lost everything in the world.

(h) Ashamvav took the bag and fled away.

C. Activate yourself
Have you ever heard any animal stories? Did your grandparents/parents tell you such
stories? Tell a story that you have heard or read to your friends in the class.

2. Time for grammar

A. Engage yourself

1. Imagine that you were in the middle of a dream last night. You want to tell it to
your parents. Which tense do you use to describe it?

2. Recall the chores you have done. List out the ones you completely finished in the
past.
B. Study.

1. Read the following report of a witness of an accident and underline the
simple past form of the verbs in the text.

It all happened very quickly. The bike came straight out of the side road and the
van went into the back of it. The bike rider didn't have a chance. It was the van
driver's fault. He was driving at a high speed. He couldn't control the van.

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