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a. Develop similar short dialogues for the following situations.

i. ‘A’ always fails his exam.
ii. ‘B’ can’t sleep well at night.

iii. ‘C’ never gets good marks in English.
iv. ‘D’ feels very hungry.

v. ‘E’ is always late for school.

b. Look at the situations below and say what the person should have/
should not have done( been doing).
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i. The baby picked up the burning candle. Mother wasn’t watching
the baby. The baby’s hand was burnt.

ii. Paliska closed her eyes and ran down the steps. She fell down and
sprained her leg.

iii. Chirikaji drove very fast. He collided with a stationary truck.
iv. Tembachhiri lost his glove. His hand was frost bitten.

v. Ruhi switched on the light with a wet hand. She got a bad shock.

Put into Practice

1. Take any one of the topics (skill or knowledge, wealth or wisdom,
peace or development) for debate and ask for the opinion of any two
of your friends. Tell them how you feel about it and how you are
different from them. You can use: ---- is of the opinion, ------believes,
-----thinks, ------ supports, etc.

2. Think of the conditions you are not satisfied with in your school or
in the locality. Find out the responsible persons for the same and
criticise them. Use should/should not (be) should have/should not
have (been).

Example: People should not be throwing plastic bags everywhere. They
should have learnt about the adverse effects of plastic.

Listening

Think and Act

Look at the following diagram and see where the letters A, B, C, D,

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