Notice how the word ‘hope’ is used in these sentences from the story: i. I hope it (the hailstorm) passes quickly. ii. There was a single hope: help from God. In the first example, ‘hope’ is a verb which means you wish for something to happen. In the second example it is a noun meaning a chance for something to happen. Match the sentences in Column A with the meanings of ‘hope’ in Column B.AB1Will you get the subjects you want to study in college? I hope so.aa feeling that something good will probably happen2I hope you don’t mind my saying this, but I don’t like the way we are arguing.bThinking that this would happen (It may or may not have happened.)3This discovery will give new hope to HIV/AIDS sufferers.cStopped believing that this good thing would happen4We were hoping against hope that the judges would not notice our mistakes.dWanting something to happen (and thinking it quite possible5I called early in the hope of speaking to her before she went to school.eShowing concern that what you say should not offend or disturb the other person : a way of being polite6Just when everybody had given up hope, the fisherman came back seven days after the cyclone.fWishing for something to happen, although this is very unlikely