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Question
Complete the table for the story you have read. By asking and answering questions, exchange information with your partner (for the story you have not read) and complete the other half of the table.
| Name | Shravan | Narendra |
| Age | ||
| Parents | ||
| How he spends a typical day | ||
| Recreation / hobbies | ||
| Hopes / dreams / ambitions |
Solution
| Name | Shravan | Narendra |
| Age | 13 | 13 |
| Parents | None , he is an orphan | Father is a police officer |
| How he spends a typical day | Works in a tea stall making and supplying tea to different offices , collecting payments , washing dishes. | Goes to school,paints or plays in the evening , goes for swimming. |
| Recreation / hobbies | Watching movies | Painting , tennis , swimming |
| Hopes / dreams / ambitions | Getting back the mortgaged land in village | Becoming a police officer . |
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