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C. Write T for true and F for false statements.

1. It took more than five hours to chop down the tree.

2. The chopping of the tree is a difficult task.
3. The poet is happy the tree was chopped down.

D. Answer the following questions.

1. Why do you think the poet refers to the woodcutters as executioners? Explain.
2. Why paint marks on the tree are referred to as death marks?

3. How old is the tree? How long did it take to cut it down?

4. Find out the names of the two woodcutters.

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

The tree crashes downward: it shakes all its neighbours throughout,

And two hundred years’ steady growth has been ended in less than two hours.

1. Who or what are the neighbours mentioned of the tree?

2. Why does the tree shake all its neighbours throughout?

3. How old is the tree?

4. How long did the whole process of chopping the tree take?

Let’s Listen

Your teacher will read out a passage. Listen carefully and write True or False.

1. The coastal village is in India. __________

2. The farmer is prosperous. __________

3. Hamaguchi’s farmhouse stood on a mountain. __________

4. There was the desert behind the plateau. __________

5. The little village was made up of a hundred or more thatched houses. __________

Let’s Speak

Make two teams and have a debate on the topic, “Cutting Trees Should be Banned”. Those who
are for the motion should speak about the importance of trees and how cutting trees would
harm all living creatures and destroy the environment. Those who are against the motion will
speak about the need for wood in our daily life. In the end, someone can speak about the need
to balance between progress and conservation.

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