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Let’s Speak

Here is a conversation between Sonya, a town girl with Mohan who lives in the village.
Practice this conversation with your classmate.
Mohan : Sonya, do you like sugarcane?

Sonya : I have never tasted sugarcane. How does it taste?

Mohan : It is very sweet.
Sonya : Teacher told us that sugar is made from sugarcane.

Mohan : Let us go and get some sugarcane.
Sonya : Where will we get sugarcane?

Mohan : From our farm. We grow sugarcane in the farm.
Sonya : I would love to have sugarcane straight from the farm.

Continue the conversation...

Let’s Write

Write three things about the town and three things about the village that you like or do
not like.
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Vocabulary

Words with the same spellings, but different meanings.

Here are pairs of sentences. Each word in the given box has two meanings. Read the definitions
and with the help of your teacher fill in the blanks by selecting the correct words.

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1. A ________________ is the land next to the river.
A ________________ is a place where we keep our money.

2. A ________________ is a big dance party.
A ________________ is a round object for playing games.

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