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B. Match the words with their meanings.
1. valuable a strong feeling of emotion
2. passion worth a lot of money

3. summit defeat

4. conquest given as a reward
5. honorary the top of a mountain

C. Circle the right word form.

1. Arunima was determined / determination to scale Mount Everest.
2. Bachendri Pal was the first Indian woman to conquest / conquer Mount Everest.

3. Arunima was gasping for breath / breathe.

4. Arunima said, “I strongly belief / believe that luck favours those who have the passion to
win".

5. It is surprised / surprising that Arunima could even think about the challenge of scaling
Mount Everest.

Grammar Skills

A. Active and Passive Voice

The term ‘voice‘ is used to denote the form of the verb which shows whether the subject

in a given sentence is the doer or receiver of the action. There are two voices in the English
language: Active voice and Passive voice.
Active voice in a sentence denotes that the noun or pronoun that acts as the subject in the

sentence is the doer of the action.
In other words, the subject performs the action, or acts upon the verb.

Passive voice denotes that the subject is the one acted upon by the verb in the sentence. It
can also be said that the subject in the passive sentence is no longer active but passive.
Structure:

Active voice – Subject + verb + object
The principal hoisted the flag.

Passive voice – Object + verb + subject

The flag was hoisted by the principal.

Now change these sentences from active to passive voice.

1. Some people rescued Arunima from the tracks.

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