Passage 1
It was the
summer of 1880. A healthy baby girl was born in a small town in Alabama. Her
parents loved her dearly and named her Helen Keller. But one day, the baby
became ill and day after day, her fever stayed high. Everyone in the family
tried to help her to get better, but all they could say was, “There is nothing
more we can do. The baby may not live.”
Helen lived.
But she was not the same after her illness. “Something is very wrong,” her
mother said. At last they found out what was wrong. The child could not see or
hear.
Answer the following
questions from the passage given above.
1. In which year
was Helen Keller born?
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2. Where was she
born?
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3. Who named the
girl Helen Keller?
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4. What happened
with her one day?
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5. What was wrong
with her after illness?
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6. Join the two
sentences by using but and re-write.
Helen lived
after her illness. She could not hear or see.
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7. Make a sentence
by using the word ‘healthy’.
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8. Write the
opposite of the word ‘ill’ from the passage.
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Passage 2
Helen copied
her teacher and spelt D_O_L_L too, but she did not understand what she was
doing. Helen liked Miss Sullivan. She was strict but kind. She spelt a lot of
words for Helen, on her hand, day and night, to make Helen understand.
One day, her
teacher made Helen put her hand into running water. Then, she spelt W_A_T_E_R.
suddenly Helen understood that W_A_T_E_R meant something wet, running over her
hand. She understood that words were the most important things in the world.
Words would tell her everything she wanted to know.
Answer the following
questions from the passage given above.
1. Who was Helen’s
teacher?
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2. How was Helen’s
teacher?
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3. What did she do
to make Helen understand?
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4. Why did her
teacher put her hand in water?
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5. What did Helen learn
when the teacher put her hand into running water?
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6. What was the
most important thing that Helen finally understood?
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7. Make a sentence
by using the word ‘important’.
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8. What is the V1
form of the word ‘spelt’?
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9. Join the
following two sentences by using ’but’.
She was strict.
She was kind.
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10. Write the
opposite of the word ‘dry’ from the given passage.
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