Now fill in the blanks in the sentences given below by combining the verb given in brackets with one of the words from the box as appropriate.

over    by     through     out     up     down

(i) The Army attempted unsuccessfully_________ to the Government. (throw)
(ii) Scientists are on the brink of a major________ in cancer research. (break)
(iii) The State Government plans to build a___________ for Bhubaneswar to speed up traffic on the main highway. (pass)
(iv) Gautama’s________ on life changed when he realised that the world is full of sorrow. (look)
(v) Rakesh seemed unusually_________ after the game. (cast)

Read the following passages carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Then we did not even care to brush our teeth or wash our mouths properly. And why should we? Who would take the trouble of plucking the mango-leaf for the toothbrush? And why was it necessary at all? The tiger never brushed his teeth.

1. Who does ‘We’ here stand for?
2. Why didn’t they care much about brushing and cleaning teeth and mouths?
3. Find the word in the passage that means ‘to pick out or remove’.

Read the following passages carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Marriage gifts are meaningless without the sweet bread known as the bol, just as a party or a feast loses its charm without bread. Not enough can be said to show how important a baker can be for a village.

1. What was the role of bread in the life of the Goans?
2. Why is a baker important to the people of the village?
3. Find the word in the passage that means opposite to ‘significant’.

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
The baker and his family never starved. He, his family and his servants always looked happy and prosperous. Their plump physique was an open testimony to this.

1. What does the phrase: “The baker and his family never starved” mean?
2. What proves the baker’s prosperity?
3. Find out a word in the passage that is opposite to ‘thin or slender’.

How do the Goan people react to their colonial past?

Is bread-making still popular in Goa? How do you know?

Why would the baker come everyday? What announced his arrival?

What would the baker do after his musical entry?

How did he treat the kids who surrounded him?

How did the children get along with the baker?

Or

Why would the children run to meet the baker as soon as he arrived?

How do you know the kids were excited about the bread?