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1. 1.

   Make sentences of your own with:

   recipe, terrace, ugly, vessel, unbeaten, chat

2. 2.

   Match the following:

   1. tennis	a. a game played with rackets and a shuttlecock
   2. badminton	b. a game played on a board with a striker
   3. chess	c. a game in which a ball is hit hard with a stick
   4. golf	d. a game played on a board with black and white squares
   5. bridge	e. a game in which a ball is hit with rackets across a net
   6. carom	f. a card-game for four players

    

3. 3.

   Explain these expressions used in the text.

   1. dress up
   2. in fashion
   3. step into
   4. come up to

   Now use each of these expressions in sentences of your own.

4. 4.

   Fill in the blanks with words from the passage.

   1. Once she followed a ___________ recipe and made ___________.
   2. She would dress them up with bits of ___________, __________, _________ and ___________ How ___________ they looked!
   3. She brought so much ___________ and ___________ with her.
   4. She had ___________ stepped into ___________ or ___________ but she could read books in ___________ and ___________.
   5. I still think that the stories she told us from ___________ ___________ and ___________ were the best.
5. 5.

   Briefly compare and contrast R K Laxman's mother with yours. Try and write at least two similarities and two contrasts.

6. 6.

   What made the writer's mother a remarkable woman?