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Study skills
You have learnt that guide words are found at the top of each page in a dictionary. These words
tell the first and the last entry words on a page. The guide word on the left is the first entry word
on the page and the guide word on the right is the last entry word on the page.

Look at each pair of guide words. Circle the words that come between the guide words.

1. cold—counter 2. bank—bright 3. glass—green
a. casket a. blue a. gentle

b. corrugated b. breeze b. greed

c. come c. buy c. gate

d. coin d. bony d. ground

4. tea—thief 5. paise—pretty 6. appetite—ate

a. terrible a. pocket a. apple

b. they b. passed b. anger

c. turned c. people c. asked

d. thing d. prove d. answer
7. dark—dealing 8. reasoning—roof 9. shop—stolen

a. dip a. rested a. strangely
b. desire b. ruinous b. stretched

c. dismissed c. rage c. several

d. daze d. reveal d. soap

Time to listen
Listen to the passage. Then, tick (3) the correct options.*

1. Ruskin Bond’s father’s name was .

Aubrey Bond Audrey Bond Addison Bond Avery Bond

2. Ruskin Bond was born in .

Kaushambi Kasauli Kasol Karol

3. He completed his graduation in .

1934 1925 1943 1952

* For listening text, turn to page 158.
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