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Question
Listen carefully and write each word in the appropriate column/columns.
| ancient | modern | futuristic |
| bicycles | bullet trains | school |
| wheels | robots | flying cars |
| bullock carts | horse-drawn carriages | tonga |
| tar roads | spaceships | homework |
| ships | television | aeroplanes |
| computers | windmills | cameras |
| floppy disks | earthmovers | axes |
| audio/video cassettes | brushes | mortar and pestle |
| telephone | mobile phones | hot air balloons |
| books | notebooks | headphones |
| vacuum cleaners | ball pens | tests |
| umbrellas | water on tap | solar lamps |
| electric lamps | candles | earthen stoves |
| air conditioners | grammar | fans |
| microbiology | geography |
Solution
| ancient | modern | futuristic |
| axes | aeroplanes | aeroplanes |
| bullock carts |
air conditioners |
air conditioners |
| earthen stoves | audio / video cassettes | bullet trains |
| geography | ball pens | cameras |
| grammar | bicycles | computers |
| homework | books | earthmovers |
| horse-drawn carriages | brushes | electric lamps |
| mortar and pestle | bullet trains | floppy/disks |
| school | cameras | flying cars |
| tests | candles | geography |
| tonga | computers | grammar |
| umbrellas | earthmovers | headphones |
| wheels | electric lamps | homework |
| fans | microbiology | |
| floppy disk | mobile phones | |
| geography | robots | |
| grammar | solar lamps | |
| headphones | spaceships | |
| homework | television | |
| hot air balloons | tests | |
| microbiology | umbrella | |
| mobile phones | vacuum cleaners | |
| notebooks | ||
| robots | ||
| school | ||
| solar lamps | ||
| spaceships | ||
| telephone | ||
| television | ||
| tests | ||
| umbrellas | ||
| vacuum cleaners | ||
| water on tap | ||
| windmills |
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| Tejaswini | Hi, Santosh. What are you thinking about? |
| Santosh | Hi, Teju. Next week’s Didi’s birthday. We want to give her a surprise gift. |
| Tejaswini | Great idea! What is your surprise gift? |
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| Tejaswini | So why don’t you try online shopping? |
| Santosh | Is it safe? |
| Tejaswini | Yes, it is. If we take proper care, it is one of the most convenient ways of shopping. Plus, you will get so much variety. |
| Santosh | True. But I don’t know how to do it. |
| Tejaswini | It’s ok. I will show you. Do you have an internet connection? |
| Santosh | Yes. |
| Tejaswini | That’s good, then. We can do it in five easy steps. Let’s start. |
(b) Write in a step-by-step manner, how Tejaswini and Santosh bought a gift for Didi online.
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