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1.	Here are a few sentences from the text which have idiomatic expressions. Can you say what each means? (You might want to consult a dictionary first.) Until then, we keep telling each other not to lose heart.
Answer» Until then, we keep telling each other not to lose heart. Not to lose hope

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2.	You have read the expression ‘not to lose heart’ in this text. Now find out the meanings of the following expressions using the word ‘heart’. Use each of them in a sentence of your own. close/dear to heart
Answer» close/dear to heart − something or someone who is near and close to you The drawing given to me by my little daughter is very close to my heart.

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3.	Here are a few sentences from the text which have idiomatic expressions. Can you say what each means? (You might want to consult a dictionary first.) Mr Keeping was annoyed with me for ages because I talked so much.
Answer» Mr. Keeping was annoyed with me for ages because I talked so much. Since a long time

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4.	Here are a few sentences from the text which have idiomatic expressions. Can you say what each means? (You might want to consult a dictionary first.) Mr Keeping was trying to play a joke on me with this ridiculous subject, but I’d make sure the joke was on him.
Answer» Mr. Keeping was trying to play a joke on me with this ridiculous subject, but I’d make sure the joke was on him. He was outwitted by her

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5.	You have read the expression ‘not to lose heart’ in this text. Now find out the meanings of the following expressions using the word ‘heart’. Use each of them in a sentence of your own. break somebody’s heart
Answer» break somebody’s heart − to upset somebody deeply It has unfortunately become very easy these days to break somebody’s heart.

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6.	You have read the expression ‘not to lose heart’ in this text. Now find out the meanings of the following expressions using the word ‘heart’. Use each of them in a sentence of your own. from the (bottom of your) heart
Answer» from the (bottom of your) heart − genuinely meaning or feeling something He loved his son from the bottom of his heart.

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7.	You have read the expression ‘not to lose heart’ in this text. Now find out the meanings of the following expressions using the word ‘heart’. Use each of them in a sentence of your own. your heart goes out to somebody
Answer» your heart goes out to somebody − to sympathise with someone else and understand his feelings and distress My heart goes out to the little girl who lost both her parents in a car accident.

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8.	You have read the expression ‘not to lose heart’ in this text. Now find out the meanings of the following expressions using the word ‘heart’. Use each of them in a sentence of your own. have a heart of stone
Answer» have a heart of stone − to not feel anything or any sentiment The cruel landlady has a heart of stone as she beats up her children.

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9.	Here are a few more idiomatic expressions that occur in the text. Try to use them in sentences of your own. `{:((i) "caught my eye", (iii) "laugh ourselves silly" ),((ii) "he’d had enough ",(iv) "can’t bring myself to" ):}`
Answer» (i) caught my eye A small red car passing by caught my eye. (ii) he’d had enough Tom had a hard time raising enough money build the orphanage he’d promised to build. (iv) laugh ourselves silly One girl said something funny, and we laughed ourselves silly. (v) can’t bring myself to I can’t bring myself to eat anything but chocolates.

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10.	You have read the expression ‘not to lose heart’ in this text. Now find out the meanings of the following expressions using the word ‘heart’. Use each of them in a sentence of your own. have a heart
Answer» have a heart − to evoke the feeling to help someone in distress The poor beggar asked the rich man to have a heart and give him something to eat.

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11.	Make a list of the contracted forms in the text. Rewrite them as full forms of two words. For example: I’ve = I have
Answer» (i) I’ve − I have (ii) Doesn’t − does not (iii) Won’t − would not (iv) I’m − I am (v) Don’t − do not (vi) Can’t − cannot (vii) it’s − it is (viii) That’s − that is (ix) I’d − I would (x) Didn’t − did not (xi) Who’ll − who will (xii) You’re − You are (xiii) We’ll − We will (xiv) There’s − there is (xv) He’d − he had (xvi) Who’s − who is (xvii) Haven’t − have not

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12.	Make a list of the contracted forms in the text. Rewrite them as full forms of two words We have seen that some contracted forms can stand for two different full forms: I’d = I had or I would Find in the text the contracted forms that stand for two different full forms, and say what these are.
Answer» (i) I’d − I had or I would (ii) He’d − He had or he would

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13.	What does Anne write in her first essay?
Answer» In her first essay, titled ‘A Chatterbox’, Anne wanted to come up with convincing arguments to prove the necessity of talking. She began thinking about the subject. She wrote three pages and was satisfied. She argued that talking was a student’s trait and that she would do her best to keep it under control. She further wrote that she would never be able to cure herself of the habit since her mother talked as much as she did. There was not much that one could do about inherited traits. Mr Keesing too had a good laugh reading her arguments.

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14.	Anne says teachers are most unpredictable. Is Mr Keesing unpredictable? How?
Answer» Anne felt that a quarter of her class was dumb, and should be kept back and not promoted to the next class. However, she also felt that teachers were the most unpredictable creatures on earth. Mr Keesing could be termed as unpredictable. The way Anne always talked while the class was going on, any teacher would lose his temper. However, after several warnings, all Mr Keesing did was to assign her extra homework. She had to write an essay on ‘A Chatterbox’. In this way, he tried to play a joke on her. Each time that he asked her to write such essays, she wrote very well. She kept countering his jokes. One could not have predicted that he would take all the jokes in the right spirit. Finally, when she wrote an entire essay in verse he accepted her talkative nature and actually allowed her to talk in class. He did not even assign her any more extra homework. That is why it can be said that Mr Keesing was unpredictable.

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15.	What do these statements tell you about Anne Frank as a person? We don’t seem to be able to get any closer, and that’s the problem. Maybe it’s my fault that we don’t confide in each other.
Answer» These lines show that Anne had no true friend whom she could confide in. She even put the blame on herself that the fault might be hers.

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16.	What do these statements tell you about Anne Frank as a person? Margot went to Holland in December, and I followed in February, when I was plunked down on the table as a birthday present for Margot.
Answer» This statement shows that Anne was a fun-loving person. She was witty and knew how to present things in a funny way. She narrated this incident with a lot of fun. The use of ‘plunked down’ shows her sense of humour.

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17.	Here are some entries from personal records. Use the definitions above to decide which of the entries might be from a diary, a journal, a log or a memoir. The ride to Ooty was uneventful. We rested for a while every 50 km or so, and used the time to capture the magnificent landscape with my Handy Cam. From Ooty we went on to Bangalore. What a contrast! The noise and pollution of this once − beautiful city really broke my heart.
Answer» Correct Answer - Journal

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18.	Here are some entries from personal records. Use the definitions above to decide which of the entries might be from a diary, a journal, a log or a memoir. 10:30 a.m. Went to the office of the Director 01:00 p.m. Had lunch with Chairman 05:45 p.m. Received Rahul at the airport 09:30 p.m. Dinner at home
Answer» Correct Answer - Log

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19.	What do these statements tell you about Anne Frank as a person? I don’t want to jot down the facts in this diary the way most people would, but I want the diary to be my friend.
Answer» This line shows that Anne really considered her diary as a friend whom she could trust and narrate all her stories to. She did not want just a diary in which she could write down the facts like others did. She considered it as her friend and named her Kitty.

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20.	What do these statements tell you about Anne Frank as a person? Anyone could ramble on and leave big spaces between the words, but the trick was to come up with convincing arguments to prove the necessity of taking.
Answer» This statement shows that Anne knew a lot about writing. She was given the task of writing an essay as a punishment. She took it on with full vigour. She did not want to write it like others who merely left big spaces between the words to make the essay look voluminous. She knew that the trick was to come up with a convincing argument to prove the necessity of talking. She was different in her approach from everybody else.

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21.	What do these statements tell you about Anne Frank as a person? If you ask me, there are so many dummies that about a quarter of the class should be kept back, but teachers are the most unpredictable creatures on earth.
Answer» This statement shows that she had an opinion on everything. She thought that a quarter of her class was full of dummies, signifying that she herself was intelligent enough to make it to the next class. She thought of teachers as the most unpredictable creatures on earth because nobody could say which students they would fail and which students would be passed on to the next class.

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Here are a few sentences from the text which have idiomatic expressions. Can you say what each means? (You might want to consult a dictionary first.) Until then, we keep telling each other not to lose heart.

You have read the expression ‘not to lose heart’ in this text. Now find out the meanings of the following expressions using the word ‘heart’. Use each of them in a sentence of your own. close/dear to heart

Here are a few sentences from the text which have idiomatic expressions. Can you say what each means? (You might want to consult a dictionary first.) Mr Keeping was annoyed with me for ages because I talked so much.

Here are a few sentences from the text which have idiomatic expressions. Can you say what each means? (You might want to consult a dictionary first.) Mr Keeping was trying to play a joke on me with this ridiculous subject, but I’d make sure the joke was on him.

You have read the expression ‘not to lose heart’ in this text. Now find out the meanings of the following expressions using the word ‘heart’. Use each of them in a sentence of your own. break somebody’s heart

You have read the expression ‘not to lose heart’ in this text. Now find out the meanings of the following expressions using the word ‘heart’. Use each of them in a sentence of your own. from the (bottom of your) heart

You have read the expression ‘not to lose heart’ in this text. Now find out the meanings of the following expressions using the word ‘heart’. Use each of them in a sentence of your own. your heart goes out to somebody

You have read the expression ‘not to lose heart’ in this text. Now find out the meanings of the following expressions using the word ‘heart’. Use each of them in a sentence of your own. have a heart of stone

Here are a few more idiomatic expressions that occur in the text. Try to use them in sentences of your own. `{:((i) "caught my eye", (iii) "laugh ourselves silly" ),((ii) "he’d had enough ",(iv) "can’t bring myself to" ):}`

You have read the expression ‘not to lose heart’ in this text. Now find out the meanings of the following expressions using the word ‘heart’. Use each of them in a sentence of your own. have a heart

Make a list of the contracted forms in the text. Rewrite them as full forms of two words. For example: I’ve = I have

Make a list of the contracted forms in the text. Rewrite them as full forms of two words We have seen that some contracted forms can stand for two different full forms: I’d = I had or I would Find in the text the contracted forms that stand for two different full forms, and say what these are.

What does Anne write in her first essay?

Anne says teachers are most unpredictable. Is Mr Keesing unpredictable? How?

What do these statements tell you about Anne Frank as a person? We don’t seem to be able to get any closer, and that’s the problem. Maybe it’s my fault that we don’t confide in each other.

What do these statements tell you about Anne Frank as a person? Margot went to Holland in December, and I followed in February, when I was plunked down on the table as a birthday present for Margot.

What do these statements tell you about Anne Frank as a person? I don’t want to jot down the facts in this diary the way most people would, but I want the diary to be my friend.

What do these statements tell you about Anne Frank as a person? Anyone could ramble on and leave big spaces between the words, but the trick was to come up with convincing arguments to prove the necessity of taking.

What do these statements tell you about Anne Frank as a person? If you ask me, there are so many dummies that about a quarter of the class should be kept back, but teachers are the most unpredictable creatures on earth.