Assignment 3
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Punctuate the following sentences:
i said how are you
angitha sree and isha have gone to the pool
what a beautiful day
however there was no butter left in the pan.
reema saw the car
womens conversation is cooperative mens conversation is competitive
she didnt come today he said
the sun sets in the west
accompanied by his young aide topshe the supremely talented feluda solves mysteries
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I said, “How are you?”
Angitha, Sree and Isha have gone to the pool.
What a beautiful day!
However, there was no butter left in the pan.
Reema saw the car.
Women’s conversation is cooperative; men’s conversation is competitive.
“She didn’t come today”, he said.
The sun sets in the West.
Accompanied by his young aide, Topshe, the supremely talented Feluda solves
mysteries.
B. Read the passage and answer the questions following
The stewardess welcomed us aboard the Jet Airways flight to Madras, her English corrugated
by a Tamil accent. A fifty-plus woman sat next to me on the aisle seat. Her greying hair was
well-oiled, tied into a knot at the nape of her neck. Chandan dotted her forehead, an ashline
underlined the dried blob. Two diamond studs shone on the sides of her nose like clots of
mercury. Her silk saree was wood-coloured; she smelled of sandalwood and incense. She
rummaged through her handbag. She fished out a photograph of Murugan, the popular
peacock-loving childgod of the South. She made pious gestures to him, touched the
photograph to each eye, touch, touch, dunked it into her handbag. She shut her eyes, waited
for the seatbelt sign to be switched off.
When it was, there was a slight commotion. A number of people rushed towards the back of
the plane. The old woman turned, asked the passenger behind her what it was about. “Aiyoo,
ma, it’s that Rajnikant,” she told me in a conversational way, “that South Indian film villain.
Also Prabhudeva and Nagma, that north-Indian actress. Now she acts in South Indian films
also.”
I studied her as she put on her spectacles, unfolded the newspaper. She was the prototype of
an elderly South Indian woman: conservative, inquiring, knowledgeable, disapproving and
terribly sharp.
When the crowd dissipated I got a glimpse of the three thespians: Rajnikant, dark-skinned,
beady-eyed, in a flaming orange kurta worn over a pair of jeans. In the seat in front of him
was Nagma, a voluptuous woman in a short, red dress with long leather boots. On another
seat, in a denim shirt and jacket was Prabhudeva, the dancing sensation, the liquid-bodied
marvel—the South’s own Michael Jackson. It was rumoured that Jackson had invited
Prabhudeva to perform with him in the US.
(Excerpt from The Koyal and the Guava by Sarayu Ahuja, a short story from “The Penguin
Book of Indian journeys” edited by Dom Moraes)
Match the meaning with the words from the passage
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an untidy search through a collection of things
religious or devout
noisy disturbance
a person or thing that serves as an example of a type
favouring the preservation of established customs and values, and opposing change
to scatter or break up
an actor or actress
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Rummage
Pious
Commotion
Prototype
Conservative
Dissipated
Thespians
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Fill in the blanks with the correct phrasal verbs
The plan did not _______.
I cannot ______ with such behaviour.
You can _____ Seema to get the work done.
Do not _____ to peer pressure.
Never ____ on your dreams!
I am completely ____ today.
We need to _____ a contract to finalise this.
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Work out
Put up
Rely on
Give in
Give up
Burnt out
Draw up