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Question
Go through Part - I carefully, and make a list of many words as you can find that indicate movement of different kinds. (There is one word that occurs repeatedly — count how many times!) Put them into three categories.
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fast movement
slow movement
neither slow nor fast
Can you explain why there are many words in one column and not in the others?
Solution
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Fast movement |
Slow movement |
Neither slow nor fast |
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Earthquake |
Floating |
Walking |
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Rushed |
Recede |
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Tremors |
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Swept |
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Ran |
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Fell |
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Climb |
The ‘fast movement’ column has many more words as compared to the other two columns. This is because the story is about tsunami, which is a fast movement of waters. Due to tsunami, all the immediate actions are fast, such as running, climbing and sweeping away from people by water.
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