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Questions:

Read the following text and do the activities given below:          10

There was a coffee shop in front of my house where one man in his sixties always came and spent his whole day. Out of curiosity one day I went to the shop, ordered some coffee and sat next to him. Before I could speak, he asked me about my home and family. After that he became quite nostalgic. Suddenly his eyes filled with tears as he told me that I reminded him of his grand daughter Julli, who was in the US. I got to know his son was in the US for the last five years. He had been staying alone after his wife passed away a year ago. A retired officer with enough wealth, yet there was no one to take care of him. Speaking over the phone with his grand daughter was not enough. All he needed was love and care from his children. From that day onwards we became friends. He calls me grand daughter and loves me very much. From my meeting with him I learnt that nothing is greater than family, and that money cannot buy happiness. The key to a happy family is love and care.

(A) Match the following: Column A	Column B	4x0.5=2
(a) coffee shop	(i) a retired officer
(b) The man's son	(ii) to give him affection
(c) The old man	(iii) in front of the narrator‟s house
(d) The narrator succeeds	(iv) in the United States

B.Choose the correct answers to complete the following sentences: 4x0.5=2

(a) The narrator was …………… the man.

(i) the grand daughter of (ii) the wife of (iii) a stranger to

(b)The man‟s wife………….

(i) left him away         (ii) had already died   (iii) is also in the US

(c) The man‟s age was ……………. years old.

(i) sixty                       (ii) below sixty           (iii) between sixty to seventy

(d) In spite of enough wealth, the man was  ……………..

(i) cheerless    (ii) family-less     (iii) happy

C. Answer the following questions:          3x2=6 

(i) Why did the narrator actually go to the coffee shop?

(ii)  How did the man become alone in his house?

(iii) What is the most important thing in man‟s life?

Answers below:

                        

Column A                                          Column B

(a) The coffee shop                           (iii) in front of the narrator’s house

(b) The man’s son                             (iv) in the United States

(c) The old man                                 (i) a retired officer

(d) The narrator succeeds               (ii) to give him affection

B: 
(a) a stranger to   (b) had already died (c) between sixty to seventy (d) cheerless 

C: 
(i) The narrator went to the coffee shop to know why the man came and spent the whole day at the coffee shop.

(ii)His wife died and his son and grad daughter were in the US.

(iii)According to this passage love and care of each member of the family to each other is important in one’s life.