Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions that follow.(1×4=4)
On Saturday Maddie spent the afternoon with Peggy. They were writing a letter to
Wanda Petronski. It was just a friendly letter telling about the contest and telling
Wanda that she had won. They told her how pretty her drawings were. And they asked
her if she liked where she was living and if she liked her new teacher. They had meant
to say they were sorry, but it ended up with their just writing a friendly letter, the kind
they would have written to any good friend, and they signed it with lots of X‘s for love.
They mailed the letter to Boggins Heights, writing ‗Please Forward‘ on the envelope.
(a) What did Maddie and Peggy write in the letter to Wanda?
(b) How did they end the letter and why?
(c) Find out the synonym of the word ‗competition‘ used in passage.
(d) How were Peggy and Maddie feeling when they wrote a letter to Wanda?
OR
Mrs. Hall almost fell down the stairs in hysterics. She was convinced that the room
was haunted by spirits, and that the stranger had somehow caused these to enter into
her furniture.
(a) Why did Mrs. Hall think that the room was haunted by spirits ?
(b) Who had caused this to happen ?
(c) Which word in the extract means the same as ‗fits of crying‘?
(d) Who is the author of the story ?
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Answers
Answer:
a) The girls wrote a friendly letter to Wanda telling her that she had won the contest. They also wrote how pretty her drawings were. They asked her if she liked the place where she was living and if she liked her new teacher. They wanted to say that they were sorry.
b) Sincerely, Regards, Yours truly, and Yours sincerely - These are the simplest and most useful letter closings to use in a formal business setting. ... Because they can relate back to the content of the letter, they can give closure to the point of the letter.
c) competition.
d) Maddie and Peggie were feeling ashamed of their rude behaviour with Wanda Petronski. They wanted to ask sorry from her ( apologise for their misbehaviour) and also inform her about the results of the Drawing Competition. They wanted to appreciate Wanda's creative skills and talents.
OR
a) Mrs. Hall almost fell down the stairs in hysterics. She was convinced that the room was haunted by spirits, and that the stranger had somehow caused these to enter into her furniture.
b) Griffin, the scientist removed his clothes, became invisible and got away without being seen. He became homeless wanderer without clothes, without money and quite invisible.
c) hysterias.
d) Herbert George Wells.
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