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Study Time

1. Read the football commentary below, and identify the tenses used.

The defender is back on and play will resume...We will have four min-
utes of added time when Dipak gets off the pitch... Shankar is coming
on for a cameo appearance as Rajendra makes way... Chance! Janardan
does well on the wing and his cross falls to Shree who gets his shot away
at the second attempt but he can’t get enough on it and Bhishmaranjan
saves easily...We haven’t seen much from Ashis this half but he suddenly
sprints into the box after taking the ball from Om but there are no takers
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in the middle....Seconds later, Milan takes matters into his own hands and
shoots from range but Dawa turns it behind for a corner. Ashish’s ball in
is cleared... Another wasted free kick from the home side as Rajendra fires
over...
2. Write a similar type of sport commentary. While writing, don’t use
the past tense.
3. Read and observe the situations very carefully.

Mrs. Sherpa has been studying different cultures and the way people greet
each other. She has been compiling her experience so that she can pub-
lish a book on the detailed study of popular cultures of greeting round the
world. Here are some of her statements:

I’ve been to different
countries around the world. I’ve seen people greeting
in various ways.

So, it is very
Some of the important to
ways of greeting understand the
amazed me. What culture of the
I have learnt is people you are
cultural misunder- going to
standing may converse with.
create big
problems.

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