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Word Power
decorated: made beautiful choked: to cause to stop breathing
doorway: entrance (by smoke)
delicious: tasty screaming: loud cry
terrace: place on the roof of a house fire service: organization for preventing
sobbed: cried and fighting fire
oven: a place where food is cooked
Listening Skills
Listen to the text carefully as your teacher reads it out. Then say whether the
statements given below are true or false.
1. It was the night of Diwali. ____________
2. Mr and Mrs Verma went for a party. ____________
3. Ali was firing crackers. ____________
4. The child was saved by Ali. ____________
5. Two fire engines came to the spot. ____________
Comprehension Skills
A. Tick () the correct answer.
1. All the houses were decorated with _____________.
flowers balloons lamps
2. Ali was _____________.
on the terrace in the garden in the house
3. Ali dialled the number for the _____________.
police station ambulance fire services
4. The woman was crying because _____________ .
her child was burnt her child was inside her child was dead
5. Ali received the award from the _____________ for his brave act.
Chief Minister Prime Minister President
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