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IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

1. Have you ever changed your opinion about someone or something that you had earlier liked or disliked? Narrate what led you to change your mind.

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2. Write a paragraph of about 100 words arguing for or against having to study three languages at school.

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3. Write a notice for your school bulletin board. Your notice could be an announcement of a forthcoming event, or a requirement to be fulfilled, or a rule to be followed.

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4. Read this sentence: <br>
   M. Hamel had said that he would question us on participles. <br>
   In the sentence above, the verb form “had said” in the first part is used to indicate an “earlier past”. The whole story is narrated in the past. M. Hamel’s “saying” happened earlier than the events in this story. This form of the verb is called the past perfect. <br>
   Pick out five sentences from the story with this form of the verb and say why this form has been used.

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5. I never saw him look so tall. <br>
   M. Hamel <br>
   (a) had grown physically taller <br>
   (b) seemed very confident <br>
   (c) stood on the chair

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6. Don’t go so fast, you will get to your school in plenty of time. <br>
   You will get to your school <br>
   (i) very late. <br>
   (ii) too early. <br>
   (iii) early enough.

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7. “When a people are enslaved, as long as they hold fast to their language it is as if they had the key to their prison” <br>
   It is as if they have the key to the prison as long as they <br>
   (i) do not lose their language. <br>
   (ii) are attached to their language. <br>
   (iii) quickly learn the conqueror’s language.

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8. Notice the underlined words in these sentences and tick the option that best explains their meaning. <br>
   (a) “What a thunderclap these words were to me!” <br>
   The words were <br>
   (i) loud and clear. <br>
   (ii) startling and unexpected. <br>
   (iii) pleasant and welcome

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9. English is a language that contains words from many other
   languages. This inclusiveness is one of the reasons it is now a
   world language, For example: <br>
   petite – French <br>
   kindergarten – German <br>
   capital – Latin <br>
   democracy – Greek <br>
   bazaar – Hindi <br>
   Find out the origins of the following words. <br>
   tycoon barbecue zero tulip veranda ski logo robot trek bandicoot

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10. Is it possible to carry pride in one’s language too far? <br>
    Do you know what ‘linguistic chauvinism’ means?

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