Exercise
Comprehension
1. Answer the following questions in single sentences from your text.
a) At what age did Gandhi steal for the first time ?
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b) What did Gandhi steal gold from ?
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c) To whom did Gandhi decide to confess ?
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d) What did Gandhi write on the note to his father ?
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e) Why was Gandhi’s father confined to bed ?
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f) What was Gandhi’s father’s first reaction after reading the note ?
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g) What did Gandhi think his father would do after reading the note ?
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2 Give brief answers to the following questions. 2×4-8
a) Why and how did Gandhi steal gold?
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b) How did Gandhi feel after stealing ?
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c) What did Gandhi’s father do after receiving the confession note ?
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d)What is the purest type of repentance ?
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3. Why did Gandhi call the incident an object lesson in ‘Ahimsa’ ?
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4.What qualities of Gandhi’s character are reflected in this lesson ?
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5.5. Write true or false.
a) One of Gandhi’s brother ran into a debt.
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b Gandhi’s father often beat him.
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c) Gandhi requested his father to punish him for stealing
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d) Gandhi’s father wept after reading the confession.
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e) The power of Ahimsa is limited.
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f) Gandhi’s father’s love for him decreased after the incident.
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6. Find out the transitive and intransitive verbs from the following sentences.
a. She is a teacher.
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b) I go to school.
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c) Seema was reading a book.
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d) The sun gives heat and light.
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e) We sleep at night.
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f) I fed the dog.
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g) Everybody has blamed him.
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h) The birds fly in the sky.
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7. Rewrite the following sentences underlining the finite verbs and circling the non-finite verbs. One is done for you.
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