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The Great Stone Face - II
Read the following sentences.
(a) I do hope I’ll live to see him.
(b) He will come! Fear not, Ernest; the man will come.
(c) Gathergold is arriving tomorrow, people said.
(d) Blood-and-Thunder starts his journey back to the valley next
week, everyone proclaimed.
(e) The great man is going to spend his old age in his native town.
Notice that in the above sentences, verbs in bold type are in four different forms, denoting four important ways of expressing future time. None of these can be said to be exclusively used to show future time, though each is used to refer to some action in future.
(ii) Which form of the verb is more natural in these sentences? Encircle
your choice.
(a) I’m not free this evening. I will work/am working on a project.
(b) Have you decided where you will go for your higher secondary? Yes, I have. I will go/am going to the Kendriya Vidyalaya.
(c) Don’t worry about the dog. It won’t hurt/isn’t hurting you.
(d) The weatherman has predicted that it will snow/is snowing in Ranikhet tonight.
(e) Swapna can’t go out this evening. Her father will come/is coming to see her.
(a) I’m not free this evening. I am working on a project.
(b) Have you decided where you will go for your higher secondary? Yes, I have. I will go to the Kendriya Vidyalaya.
(c) Don’t worry about the dog. It won’t hurt you.
(d) The weatherman has predicted that it will snow in Ranikhet tonight.
(e) Swapna can’t go out this evening. Her father is coming to see her.
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Write ‘True’ or ‘False’ against each of the following statements.
How was Ernest different from others in the valley?
Why did Ernest think the poet was like the Stone Face?
What did the poet himself say about his thoughts and poems?
What made the poet proclaim Ernest was the Stone Face?
Write ‘Ernest’ or ‘Poet’, against each statement below.
There was a gap between his life and his word.
Write ‘Ernest’ or ‘Poet’, against each statement below.
His words had the power of truth as they agreed with his thoughts.
Write ‘Ernest’ or ‘Poet’, against each statement below.
His words were as soothing as a heavenly song but only as useful as a vague dream.
Write ‘Ernest’ or ‘Poet’, against each statement below.
His thoughts were worthy.
Write ‘Ernest’ or ‘Poet’, against each statement below.
Whatever he said was truth itself
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