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E. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

Everything was going fine till the village was hit by severe drought. The rivers and lakes began to
dry up and the crops started dying. Soon, the villagers had very little money left to buy food and
other essentials. As a result, they had no money left for the pujas.

1. Which natural calamity hit the village?

2. What does drought mean?

3. What happened to the crops when the village was hit by severe drought?

4. What was the effect of drought on the villagers?

Let’s Listen

Your teacher will read out a passage. Listen to her/him carefully and write True or False.

1. Droughts are man-made disasters. __________

2. It occurs only in India. __________

3. Drought does not affect anyone. __________
4. Water plays an important part in many of our activities. __________

5. Severe droughts often force people and animals to move to find water. __________

Let’s Speak

Read the interview.

Take a partner who would be Mr Jain and you, the interviewer. Conduct an interview on the basis
of the given extract and continue the dialogue. Remember that the reporter has to be sceptical
and ask searching questions to which Mr Jain has to give a convincing response. Play out the
characters correctly.

Interviewer : I have heard you have a very unusual job.
Mr Jain : That’s right.
Interviewer : So, what do you do?
Mr Jain : Well, I’m investigating the Chambal Monster. Every day I go to the forest and
wait for the monster to appear.

Interviewer : Have you ever seen the monster?
Mr Jain : Yes, I have. It was very foggy and I tried to take a photograph, but unfortunately
my camera didn’t work.
Interviewer : Do you think you’ll see it again?

Mr Jain : I might see it again if I’m lucky.

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