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c. Saswot prefers cultivating his mind rather than going for practice.
d. Saswot does not like to go by bus and requests his mother to drop
them.
e. Mother asks her sons to go by bus.

f. Mother objects to Saurab’s proposal.

g. Saurab is excited because of an approaching sports day.
4. Read the text again and answer these questions.

a. How are Saswot and Saurab different from each other?

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b. What according to Saurab are the benefits of involvement in sports?
c. Which do you think is more important, books or sports? Support
your answer with a reason.

d. What should we do for holistic development?
e. If you were the mother, how would you convince Saswot to go for
practice?

Put into Practice

a. Work in groups. Collect as many points as possible on importance
of sports in human life. Present your idea in class.

b. Work in groups. Discuss the role of education in human life and
prepare a short speech on it.

Grammar

Think and Act

a. Mrs. Jha lives next door to Tripta. She heard the following
expressions clearly from her room:

Saurab : Come out, shut up all the books.

Tripta : Are you going to make a fuss?
Saswot : I want to use every single minute I can get for study.

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