Question

Q1) Read the following passage and answer the questions given below it.
One cold winter afternoon, the postman was slowly pushing his bicycle up
the hill that led out of the village. He was walking very carefully because
there was a lot of ice on the ground. He had only one more letter to deliver,u
this was for an old lady who lived at the top of the hill. She had lived alone
ever since her daughter had emigrated to Australia many years before.
Just as the postman approached her gate a small boy came running down
the hill. Suddenly the boy slipped on the icy road and fell. The postman
hurried across the road to help the boy. He knew that the old lady did not
have the telephone so he stopped passing motorist and asked him to take
the boy to Dr.Stone, who lived in the village. Dr.Stone had just retired, after
returning from a voyage round the world, but he looked after the boy until
they could get an ambulance to take him to hospital which was in the city,
A) With reference to the passage do as directed,

1) Find a word in paragraph 1 similar in meaning to 'give'.
2) Find a word in paragraph 2 opposite in meaning to' moved slowly'.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1 deliver 2 hurried

Explanation:

you deliver the letter means you go to give someone the letter other person wrote to them

going in slow motion =moved slowly moving in a fast pace=hurried

Answer 2

1) Deliver.

2) Hurried

Explanation:

1) In first para if we use the word 'give' instead of 'deliver', even then the paragraph will be absolutely correct.

2) Hurried means 'moved fastly' and moved fastly is opposite of moved slowly.