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Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:But, please, Stephen Stepanovitch, how can they be yours ? Do be a reasonable man ! My aunt’s grandmother gave the Meadows for the temporary and free use of your grandfather’s peasants. The peasants used the land for forty years and got accustomed to it as if it was their own, when it happened that .........1. Who is the speaker of the above lines ?(i) The speaker of the above lines is Ivan Lomov.(ii) The speaker of the above lines is Stephan.(iii) The speaker of the above lines is Natalya.(iv) The speaker of the above lines is a stranger.2. The meadows were given by my aunt’s grandmother for the temporary and free use of your grandfather’s ______.(i) The meadows were given by my aunt’s grandmother for the temporary and free use of your grandfather’s peasants.(ii) The meadows were given by my aunt’s grandmother for the temporary and free use of your grandfather’s labourers.(iii) The meadows were given by my aunt’s grandmother for the temporary and free use of your grandfather’s servants.(iv) The meadows were given by my aunt’s grandmother for the temporary and free use of your grandfather’s drivers.3. For how many years had peasants used the land?(i) Peasants have used the land for thirty years.(ii) Peasants have used the land for forty years.(iii) Peasants have used the land for fifty years.(iv) Peasants have used the land for twenty years.4. Give the antonym of the word 'permanent'.(i) The antonym of the word 'permanent' is accustomed.(ii) The antonym of the word 'permanent' is meadows.(iii) The antonym of the word 'permanent' is temporary.(iv) The antonym of the word 'permanent' is reasonable.5. According to Lomov, what defect does Squeezer have?(i) Squeezer was fat.(ii) Squeezer was old.(iii)Squeezer was lame.(iv) Squeezer had an overshot.

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1. (i) The speaker of the above lines is Ivan Lomov.

2. (i) The meadows were given by my aunt’s grandmother for the temporary and free use of your grandfather’s peasants.

3. (ii) Peasants have used the land for forty years.

4. (iii) The antonym of the word 'permanent' temporary.

5. (iv) Squeezer had an overshot.



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