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2. Shyly Ruma took out her spectacles and them on her nose.

perched had perched was perching perch

3. The girls who around and prancing about a few minutes ago all sat still.

jumped was jumping

had been jumping had jumped

4. I wish I as courageous as you.

was were have been had been

5. When Ruma expressed her desire to dress up like a doll, her classmates
loudly.

have laughed laughed

was laughing had laughed

6. By the time we reach Delhi, my brother already for
his dance class.

will be, leaving is, leaving was leaving had left

Time to learn new words

Compound words are words that are formed by connecting two or more words together to
create a new meaning. There are three types of compound words, determined by how the words
are separated.

Open compound words: spaces between the words. For example,

• Ruma’s stomach aches were well known.

• Ruma had cheese sandwich for breakfast.

Closed compound words: no spaces between the words. For example,
• Ruma was mercilessly teased by her classmates.

• Ruma made mistakes while copying the sums from the blackboard.

Hyphenated compound words: hyphens between the words. For example,

• She had gone dressed as a teacher, wearing a sari, pepper-grey hair done up tightly in a bun.

• Have you heard of a four-eyed doll?

• Ruma tried to look at her with wide-eyed innocence.

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