Match the following column A with column B. (04 Marks) Column ‘A ’ Column ‘B’ i. Listens attentively a. teachers ii. Cooperates with b. in the classroom iii. One’s feelings c. family iv. Conversation with d. appropriately
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In the story The Price of Flowers, Mr Gupta is an Indian citizen staying in England. Once he saw a 13 year old girl called Alice Margaret Clifford also known as Maggie in a vegetarian eatery. He made friends with both her and her sick mother who were eager to learn about the former’s brother who was employed in India in the military service. They showed him a crystal ring that the brother sent them.Once when the ill mother asked Gupta to look at the ring and say how the son was, he did not hesitate lying that he was fine. The mother became better. But, Gupta soon became sad when he learnt that the son had died even before he said such a lie. However, he kept this fact to himself. When he was about to leave for India for a new job, Maggie met him and gave a shilling to buy flowers for keeping on her brother’s grave.his shows that Gupta was a caring and sensitive person. It was his caring nature that made him hide the fact about the brother’s death when he knew the truth. The sensitivity is shown when Maggie gives him the shilling to buy flowers for her brother’s grave
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