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A report should include these things about the event—what, where, when, how it took place,
consequences, reaction, and work done about the matter.

You are Richa Goswami, a correspondent for ‘The Hindu’. Write a report for your newspaper
about a shop that caught fire. Four people were injured and property worth lakhs of rupees
had been gutted.

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Vocabulary

Compound Words

The word ‘highland’ is made of two words ‘high’ + ‘land’. Similarly ‘anywhere’ is made of ‘any’
+ ‘where’. Many words are formed by joining two words. They are called compound words.
Now, form as many words as you can by joining a word either in the beginning or at the end of
the following words. One is done for you.

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1. thing – something, anything, everything, nothing
2. land – ___________________________________________________________

3. any – ___________________________________________________________

4. under – ___________________________________________________________

5. every – ___________________________________________________________

6. some – ___________________________________________________________

7. where – ___________________________________________________________

8. no – ___________________________________________________________
9. man – ___________________________________________________________

Let’s Learn Grammar

Using ‘It’

To play cricket is not easy.

It is not easy to play cricket.

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