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2 The Souvenir
Q1. Word Meanings :
1. Souvenir - a thing that is kept as a reminder of
a person, place or event.
2. Awe - amazement
3. Abate – subside, to reduce
4. Azure – clear blue colour
5. Unauthorized - not having official permission or
authority.
6. Enthusiastically- happily
7. Repeatedly- again and again
8. Exorbitantly – excessively
9. Shuttle – a form of transport that travels
between two places
10.Contended- satisfied
11 .Panorama- an unbroken view of an entire
surrounding area, a very wide view
12.Succession- following in sequence
13.Escorted- carefully taken
14.Genuine- real
 13. Ecstatic- extremely happy
14. Unique- unusual
15. Sprint - short race at top speed
16. Jam-packed- extremely crowed
17. Out of the world- extraordinary : not found
on earth
18. Far and wide- across a large area
19. Precaution- care taken before hand

Q2. Answer the following questions :

1. In what time periods is the story taking place ?
Ans. The story is taking place in the future, about
50 years from today.
2. Where does Sayali live ?
Ans. Sayali lives on earth.
3. What were the two important instructions
given to the children ?
Ans. The two important instructions were :
(a) To be extremely careful while roaming
outside the human settlements on the moon
 because a gravitational force equivalent to
that of the earth had been artificially
maintained in the human settlements but
outside the settlements the gravitational
force of the moon was at work.

4. What was special about the sky watch on the

moon ?
Ans. The speciality about the sky watch was that
the stars shone dazzling bright against the dark
background of the moon sky because there is no
atmosphere on the moon.

5. What does it tell you about the conditions on

the earth at that time ?
Ans. The conditions on the earth at that time was
usually foggy and the stars were seen rarely and
only very faintly.
6. Was Sayali making a mistake when she bought
earrings ? What instructions had she ignored ?
Ans. Yes, Sayali was making a mistake when she
bought the earrings.
She had been instructed to buy articles only
from the shops which were inside the dome
shaped settlements which were genuine and not
to buy anything from the unauthorized shops
outside the settlement. She ignored these
instructions and purchased from outside the
settlement.

7. Why had the earrings become so heavy on the

earth ?
Ans. Sayali purchased the earrings from outside
the human settlement where the moon’s
gravitational force was at work. The gravitational
force of the moon made the earrings light on the
moon, but it became very heavy on the earth
because of the earth’s gravitational force.
Q3. Use a prefix to get the opposite of :
1.experience x inexperience
2 contended x uncontended
3. appeared x disappeared
4. visible x invisible
5. comfortable x uncomfortable
6. happy x unhappy
7. paid x unpaid
8. spent x unspent

Q4. Make a collection of collective nouns :

1. a class of students
2. a herd of cattle
3. a bunch of grapes
4. a heap of stones
5. a library of books
6. a bunch of keys
7. a team of players
8. a pack of cards
9. a crowd of people
10.a crew of sailors
11. a fleet of ships
12. a flight of birds
13. a pile of books
14. a swarm of bees
15. a flock of sheep
16. a pride of lions
17. a litter of puppies
18. an army of soldiers
19. a band of robbers
20. a bouquet of flowers
21. an album of photographs
22. a cluster of stars
23. a panel of judges
24. a brood of chickens
25. a shoal of fish.

Q5. Use the following in the sentences of your

own : (You can make your own sentences)

1. Precaution - We must always take proper

precautions while handling fire.
2. Repeatedly – Our parents repeatedly remind us
to be good.
3. Unique- My friend has a unique collection of
toys.
4. Out of the world – When I first travelled in an
aircraft, it was truly an out of the world
experience for me.
5. Jam-packed- During the festivals, the streets
were jam-packed.

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