3 + Interview Questions in THE TWINS IN GENERAL AWARENESS Page 1 InterviewSolution

1.	Complete the following examples of Hyperbole using words from the bracket below. (a) She wept ……… of tears. (b) The hungry man ate a ……… of food. (c) He runs faster than a ……… (d) Brrrr..! I am freezing to …… (e) I shall come over in just a ……… (horse/lion/death/an ocean/ton/second/help)
Answer» (a) She wept an ocean of tears. (b) The hungry man ate a ton of food. (c) He runs faster than a horse. (d) Brrrr..! I am freezing to death. (e) I shall come over in just a second.

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Complete the following examples of Hyperbole using words from the bracket below. (a) She wept ……… of tears. (b) The hungry man ate a ……… of food. (c) He runs faster than a ……… (d) Brrrr..! I am freezing to …… (e) I shall come over in just a ……… (horse/lion/death/an ocean/ton/second/help)

Answer»

(a) She wept an ocean of tears.

(b) The hungry man ate a ton of food.

(c) He runs faster than a horse.

(d) Brrrr..! I am freezing to death.

(e) I shall come over in just a second.

2.	Rewrite putting the mistakes in the speaker’s life, in their proper order. (a) The speaker got beaten-up, often, at school. (b) The speaker’s bride became his brother’s wife. (c) The speaker desparately asked for guidance. (d) No one in the family could distinguish between the twin – babies. (e) At the naming ceremony wrong names were given to the two twin brothers. (f) Even in death, the twins were not spared during burial.
Answer» (a) No one in the family could distinguish between the twin-babies. (b) At the naming ceremony wrong names were given to the twin brothers. (c) He (the narrator) got beaten-up, often, at school. (d) The speaker desperately asked for guidance. (e) The speaker’s bride became his brother’s wife. (f) Even in death, the twins were not spared during burial.

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(a) No one in the family could distinguish between the twin-babies.

(b) At the naming ceremony wrong names were given to the twin brothers.

(c) He (the narrator) got beaten-up, often, at school.

(d) The speaker desperately asked for guidance.

(e) The speaker’s bride became his brother’s wife.

(f) Even in death, the twins were not spared during burial.

3.	Pick out from the extract words/phrases that tell that the narrator was like his brother John.
Answer» ‘In form and feature, face and limb, I grew so like my brother,’ ‘That folks got taking me for him and each for one another’, and ‘not a soul knew which’