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3. ‘Sukhram was fourteen and he knew that people felt sorry for him. But he
thought, if only they could guess how beautiful his world was, they would envy
him.’ Why is the attitude of feeling sorry for the differently abled wrong? If you
were Sukhram’s friend, how would you have behaved with him? Why?
life skill critical thinking
Let’s learn new words
Read the following movement words from the text.
creeping galloping swirled
slid slipped shuffling
Match the words in column A with their meanings which are given in column B
and to the corresponding pictures in column C. An example has been done for you.
Column A Column B Column C Answer
1. slide a. to move at a great speed i. 1. (b), (iii)
2. creep b. to move smoothly along any ii.
surface while maintaining
contact with it
3. hobble c. to move slowly and carefully to iii.
avoid being seen or heard
4. push d. to put force on someone or iv.
something to move it
5. gallop e. to walk in an awkward way v.
because of pain
6. swirl f. to climb in an awkward way by vi.
using both hands and feet
7. clamber g. to lose balance for a short vii.
distance
8. slip h. to move in a twisting or viii.
spiralling pattern
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