You went for your friend’s birthday party which was held
in her/his garden. Though the food and games were
interesting you couldn’t enjoy because of mosquitoes. And
you have noticed lot of useless materials like broken toys,
coconut shells, tyres etc. (which can be the breeding place of
mosquitoes) disposed carelessly in the garden.
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Answer:
"(a) (i) a diversion that prevents a person from focussing on something.
(ii) weak
(iii) disturbance marked by noise and confusion
(b) (i) The Vakils were one of the first families to build holiday cottages on the Thul beach. They are now old and the house is useless to them.
(ii) The house was more suited to the De Silvas are they were young and energetic and would come to the Thul Beach for an occasional holiday.
(iii) Pinto was a dog at the cottage.
(iv) The noise created a commotion as all herons, egrets, kingfishers and moorhens flapped into the dense greenery of the pandanus, the casuarina and the bhindi trees for shelter.
(v) Hari has a high opinion of the Bombay city and apparently has a dream to live there. He is flabbergasted by the fact that someone who has a house in Bombay would come to live at the Thul Beach.
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