Here are some direct quotations from the story. Identify the speaker and write what each quotation suggests about the speaker. You can use the adjectives given in the box and may also add your own.

amiable, tender, gentle, sympathetic, understanding, determined, diligent, kind, concerned, systematic, wise, helpful, enthusiastic, selfish, cruel, humble, religious, prudent

Speaker

Quotation

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a.

‘Avva, is everything all right?

Are you O.K.?’

b.

‘At times, I used to regret not going to school, so I made sure that my children and grandchildren studied well.’

c.

‘Avva, don’t cry. What is the matter? Can I help you in anyway?’

d.

‘We are well-off, but what use is money when I cannot be independent.’

e.

‘I will keep Saraswati Pooja day during Dassara as the deadline.’

f.

‘For a good cause if you are determined you can overcome any obstacle.’

g.

‘I am touching the feet of a teacher not my granddaughter.’

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Speaker

Quotation

Quality Highlighted

a.

Granddaughter

‘Avva, is everything all right?

Are you O.K.?’

Concern

b.

Grandmother

‘At times, I used to regret not going to school, so I made sure that my children and grandchildren studied well.’

Wisdom

c.

Granddaughter

‘Avva, don’t cry. What is the matter? Can I help you in anyway?’

Sympathy

d.

Grandmother

‘We are well-off, but what use is money when I cannot be independent.’

Prudence

e.

Grandmother

‘I will keep Saraswati Pooja day during Dassara as the deadline.’

Religiosity

f.

Grandmother

‘For a good cause if you are determined you can overcome any obstacle.’

Determination

g.

Grandmother

‘I am touching the feet of a teacher not my granddaughter.’

Humbleness

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Here are some direct quotations from the story. Identify the speaker and write what each quotation suggests about the speaker. You can use the adjectives given in the box and may also add your own.

amiable, tender, gentle, sympathetic, understanding, determined, diligent, kind,

concerned, systematic, wise, helpful, enthusiastic, selfish, cruel, humble,

religious, prudent

	Speaker	Quotation	Quality Highlighted
a		'Avva, is everything all right? Are you O.K.?'
b		'At times, I used to regret not going to school, so I made sure that my children and grandchildren studied well.'
c		'Avva, don't cry. What is the matter? Can I help you in anyway?'
d		'We are well-off, but what use is money when I cannot be independent.'
e		'I will keep Saraswati Pooja day during Dassara as the deadline.'
f		'For a good cause if you are determined you can overcome any obstacle.'
g		I am touching the feet of a teacher not my granddaughter.'

Select words from the box to describe the characters in the play as revealed by the following lines. You may take the words from the box given on the next page.

	Lines from the Play	Speaker	Quality revealed
a.	One hundred thousand francs if necessary and that’s only twice what it cost me.
b.	If you don’t want the house, tell me so at once and we’ll say no more about it.
c.	No! I am very fond of your family, but not quite so fond as that.
d.	Quite so. I have, but you haven’t.
e.	I have never cared such a damned little about anybody’s opinion.
f.	On the principle of people who like children and haven’t any can always go and live near a school.
g.	The garden is not very large, but you see, it is surrounded by other gardens.
h.	I will be philanthropic and let you have it for two hundred thousand.
i	I have been thinking a lot about you. Papa and Mamma. You see, I am really unselfish.

Cunning, clever, witty, smart, innocent, humorous, haughty, overbearing, critical, domineering , disapproving, materialistic, dishonest, practical, greedy, cruel, boastful.

Place the cards in the right boxes in the given boxes.
(a)

(b)

Select words from the box to describe the characters in the play as revealed by the following lines. You may take the words from the box given on the next page.

-	Lines from the Play	Speaker	Quality revealed
a.	One hundred thousand francs if necessary and that’s only twice what it cost me.	-	-
b.	If you don’t want the house, tell me so at once and we’ll say no more about it.	-	-
c.	No! I am very fond of your family, but not quite so fond as that.	-	-
d.	Quite so. I have, but you haven’t.	-	-
e.	I have never cared such a damned little about anybody’s opinion.	-	-
f.	On the principle of people who like children and haven’t any can always go and live near a school.	-	-
g.	The garden is not very large, but you see, it is surrounded by other gardens.	-	-
h.	I will be philanthropic and let you have it for two hundred thousand.	-	-
i	I have been thinking a lot about you. Papa and Mamma. You see, I am really unselfish.	-	-

Cunning, clever, witty, smart, innocent, humorous, haughty, overbearing, critical, domineering , disapproving, materialistic, dishonest, practical, greedy, cruel, boastful.

Match the sentences in Column A with the meanings of ‘hope’ in Column B.

A		B
1.	Will you get the subjects you want to study in college? I hope so.	−	a feeling that something good will probably happen
2.	I hope you don’t mind my saying this, but I don’t like the way you are arguing.	−	thinking that this would happen (It may or may not have happened).
3.	This discovery will give new hope to HIV/AIDS sufferers.	−	stopped believing that this good thing would happen
4.	We were hoping against hope that the judges would not notice our mistakes.	−	wanting something to happen (and thinking it quite possible)
5.	I called early in the hope of speaking to her before she went to school.	−	showing concern that what you say should not offend or disturb the other person: a way of being polite
6.	Just when everybody had given up hope, the fishermen came back, seven days after the cyclone.	−	wishing for something to happen, although this is very unlikely

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	Speaker	Quotation	Quality Highlighted
a.	Granddaughter	‘Avva, is everything all right? Are you O.K.?’	Concern
b.	Grandmother	‘At times, I used to regret not going to school, so I made sure that my children and grandchildren studied well.’	Wisdom
c.	Granddaughter	‘Avva, don’t cry. What is the matter? Can I help you in anyway?’	Sympathy
d.	Grandmother	‘We are well-off, but what use is money when I cannot be independent.’	Prudence
e.	Grandmother	‘I will keep Saraswati Pooja day during Dassara as the deadline.’	Religiosity
f.	Grandmother	‘For a good cause if you are determined you can overcome any obstacle.’	Determination
g.	Grandmother	‘I am touching the feet of a teacher not my granddaughter.’	Humbleness