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free. The newly freed children run through a green ............... and wash
themselves in a river, coming out clean and white in the bright sun. The angel
tells Tom that if he is a good boy, he will have this ............... for his own. When
Tom awakens, he and the speaker gather their ............... and head out to work,
thinking that one day they would have a better life.
C. Follow-up activities
Curriculum Development Centre
1. How did you feel when you read the poem? Tell it to your friends.
2. Have you ever seen a child like Tom Dacre in your locality? If yes, when
and where? What does he/she do for his/her living?
Grammar

A. Engage yourself

Read the poem again and underline all the verbs which are in the past
simple form.
Example:
When my mother died I was very young,
And my father sold me while yet my tongue

B. Time for grammar CDC
1. Read the following paragraph, and observe how past tense is used.
Then underline the verbs which are in the past simple and the past
continuous form.
Mangali woke up at 6 a.m. in the morning yesterday. When she looked at
the clock she said, “I am going to be late for my coaching class.” It wasn’t
her ¿rst time to be late for the class. She thought her teacher would get

angry with her for the same reason: coming late to the class. Anyway, she
became fresh and had a cup of tea and hurried to school. When she reached
school, she saw no one. While she was moving around the school yard, she
thought to look at the notice board to see if there was any notice. When she
looked at the notice board, she saw that there was a notice about a school
holiday. She cursed herself when she remembered that her teacher had read
out the notice in the class the day before. Feeling ashamed, she returned her
home.
2. Read about Mangali, and write a similar happening of your own if
there is any.

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