Q. 1 Read the following passage and answer the questions that
follow.
Two and half hours later, they found themselves at a tiny, dusty
railway station. They got down and stepped outside. A large well built
men wearing a white dhoti and kurta and sporting a hug turban greeted
them with folded hands. He led them to a bullock cart and much to
Ajit’s delight lifted and placed him on the cart. The cart trundled on for
almost an hour till they finally reached the village. They alighted in
front of a large brick house. An elderly man and a woman come out
greeting Nanaji and fussing over the kids. They spoke in a dialect which
Naina and Ajit found difficult to understand.
Question
a) Describe the man who greeted them at the station. 2 marks
He was------------------------------------
He was wearing -------------------------
He --------------------------------- head
He ------------------------------ hands.
b) Find the meaning of the words from the dictionary and make a
sentence of your own for each of them. 3 marks
trundled; dialect; alighted:
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(a) He was a large well built man
He was wearing a white dhoti and kurta
He was wearing a huge turban on his head
He greeted them with folded hands hands.
(b)
Trundled- (to cause something) to move slowly on wheels:
She trundled the wheelbarrow down the path.
Dialect- form of a language that is spoken in a particular area.
In the fifties, many Italians spoke only local dialect.
They began to speak rapidly in dialect
Alighted- to get out of a vehicle
to get out of a vehicleThe suspect alighted from the train at Euston.
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