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Word Power

trader: one who buys and sells things harsh: cruel

(a businessman) delicious: tasty

sweetmeat: sweets tinkling: a ringing sound

savouries: salty dishes ashamed: feeling shameful

alms: something given to the poor puzzled: confused

Listening Skills

Listen to the story first. Then your teacher will read out the statements given below.
Say whether they are true or false.

1. Manikchand lived in the city of Agra.

2. The shop was famous for its tasty sweets.

3. Manikchand did not do good business.

4. Bholanath went to the shop to buy sweets.

5. Manikchand begged for forgiveness in the court.

Comprehension Skills

A. Tick () the correct answer.

1. Manikchand was a __________________ .

a. cook b. driver c. trader

2. Bholanath ate __________________ .

a. sweets b. savouries c. dry chapatis

3. Bholanath had __________________ .

a. two small coins b. ten small coins c. five small coins

4. The sound of money is the price of __________________ .

a. eating the sweets b. smelling the sweets

c. buying the sweets

5. Bholanath had been smelling the sweets for __________________ .

a. a month b. a week c. a year

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