Question

Q1. Read the following passage carefully and do the activities: [10]

1) Complete the table with words from the box: [2]

brilliant, simple, doctor, insincere, foolish, easy-going,

cunning, knowledgeable

Anil Hari

_________ _________

_________ _________

I was still a thief when I met Anil. And though only 15, I was an experienced and fairly successful hand.

Anil was watching a wrestling match when I approached him. He was about 25 — a tall, lean fellow —

and he looked easy-going, kind and simple enough for my purpose. I hadn’t had much luck of late and

thought I might be able to get into the young man’s confidence.

“You look a bit of a wrestler yourself,” I said. A little flattery helps in making friends.

“So do you,” he replied, which put me off for a moment because at that time I was rather thin.

“Well,” I said modestly, “I do wrestle a bit.”

“What’s your name?”

“Hari Singh,” I lied. I took a new name every month. That kept me ahead of the police and my former

employers.

After this introduction, Anil talked about the well- oiled wrestlers who were grunting, lifting and

throwing each other about. I didn’t have much to say. Anil walked away. I followed casually.

“Hello again,” he said.

I gave him my most appealing smile. “I want to work for you,” I said.

“But I can’t pay you.”

I thought that over for a minute. Perhaps I had misjudged my man.

I asked, “Can you feed me?”

“Can you cook?”

“I can cook,” I lied again.

“If you can cook, then may be I can feed you.”

2) Complete the Following: [2]

1. The narrator changed his name every month _____________

2. The ‘I’ in the story refers to _____________

3) Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words from the bracket: ​

Answer 1

Answer:

experienced, modestly,approached, wrestling

Answer 2

Answer:

nice

Explanation:

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