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1. 1.

   Complete the following crossword with words from the lesson:

   

   Clues:

   Across: art, profession, earth, canal

   Down: colour, vessel, load, water-transport, rode

2. 2.

   Make sentences with the following:

   1. opportunity
   2. resources
   3. longing
   4. romance
   5. roared
   6. scrub
   7. indulgently
   8. interrupt
   9. imminent
3. 3.

   Explain the following in your own words:

   1. little steamer ...... held romance,
   2. Anil remained at home feverishly excited ......
   3. Perhaps when he had a ship of his own ......
   4. The ship drew farther away ......
   5. But for Anil there was ...... schoolroom.
4. 4.

   Think and write any word/words that describes / describe each of the following characters in the story:

   1. Anil
   2. Anil's father
   3. Anil's mother
   4. Captain
   5. crew
5. 5.

   Complete the following sentences:

   1. Anil could not make friends because _____________
   2. Anil was left to his own resources as _____________
   3. It was a small port with only _____________
   4. Anil's father knew the captain of the ship so he took ____________
   5. Mr. MachWhirr liked to chew tobacco and _____________
6. 6.

   How did the captain receive Anil when he went to the ship on his own?