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Question
What are the common Rangoli designs or motifs?
Solution
Common Rangoli designs or motifs are based on nature, such as mango, creepers, lotus and other flowers, swans, peacocks, fish and other animals and so on. They also include geometrical patterns and shapes.
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B1. Complete the following statements:
(i) The poet is talking about............................. .
(ii) As a nation weare missing our .................................... .
(iii) Old people havekeys ........................... .
(iv) The elderly remember .......................... .
"Oh the value of the elderly! How could anyone not know? They hold so many keys, so many
things they can show.
We all will read the other side this I firmly believe.
And the elderly are closest oh what clues we could retrieve.
For their characters are closest to how we'll be on high.
They are the ones most developed, you can see it if you try.
They've let go of the frivolous and kept things that are dear.
The memories of so sweet, of loved ones that were near.
As a nation we are missing our greatest true resource,
To get to know our elders and let them guide our course."
B2 Express
State what the underlined words mean:
(i) Oh the value of the elderly! State the value ............. .
(ii) They are the ones most developed. 'They' stand for ............. .
B3: Match the words in Column A with their rhyming word in Column B:
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Course | (a) Show |
| (ii) Believe | (b) resource |
| - | (c) retrieve |
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Johnsy realised that her thinking was wrong.
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Helen Keller’s life is the story of ______.
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Role play
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