Question

Read the following passage and do the activities.

November 4, 1851. Dear Brother John Honston, When I came to Charleston day before yesterday, I learned that you were anxious to sell the land where you live, and move to Missouri. I have been thinking of this ever since, and cannot but say such an idea is quite foolish. What can you do in Missouri better than here? Is the land any richer? Can you, there, any more than here, raise com and wheat without work? Will anybody there, any more than here, do your work for you? If you intend to go to work, there is no better place than right where you are; if you do not intend to work, you cannot get along anywhere. Crawling about from place to place can do you no good. You have raised no crop this year. What you really want is to sell the land, get the money and spend it. Part with the land you have and my life upon it-never after will you own a spot big enough to bury you. Half of what you will get for the land, you will spend in moving to Missouri, and the other hall you will eat, drink, wear out and no foot of land will be brought. Now I feel it my duty to have no hand in such a piece of foolery. Now do not misunderstand this letter. I do not write it in any unkindness. I write it in order, if possible, to get you to face the truth which truth is, you are poor and needy because you have idled away your time. Your thousand excuses for not getting along better are all nonsense. They deceive nobody but yourself. To go to work is the only cure for your case. Affectionately, Your brother, Abraham Lincoln.

A1. Answer the following whether True or False:

1. Writer came to Charleston
2. Writer is Abraham Lincoln
3. Letter is for sister Honston
4. No crop was raised

A2. How, according to Lincoln, would his brother spend the money coming from selling the land?

A3.

1. Find out two words with prefix from the passage.
2. Write two different words on your own by using the same prefix.

A4. Do as directed:

1. Rewrite the sentence using 'Not only .......... but also'.
   She forgot to wish me on my birthday and did not even apologize.
2. Change the voice:
   The workers built the dome.

A5. Lincoln wishes to have no hand in selling the land Justify.

Answer 1

A1.

1. True
2. True
3. False
4. True

A2. John Honston, a brother of Abraham Lincoln, would spend half of the proceeds from selling the farm and relocating to Missouri on food and drink, and the remaining half on other expenses.

A3. 

1. Misunderstand - unkindness
2. Misinterpret, unfaithful

A4.

1. Not only did she forget to wish me on my birthday but also did not apologize for the same.
2. The dome was built by the workers.

A5. Abraham Lincoln wishes not to be involved in the sale of the land because he considers it a foolish act. He is convinced that his brother is making a mistake by selling the land. His brother must spend half of the proceeds from the sale of the land and relocation to Missouri on food and drink. As a result, Abraham Lincoln advises his brother not to sell the land and instead to work and earn a living. Abraham Lincoln does not want to be involved in the sale of the land for the reasons stated above.