Vol - II - IT@School

EDITING
Activity 1
Read the following passage.
Gulf Dreams: A Glare of Truth
I moved away for the first time from Kerala in 2005. Friends were sure I would miss
my home village a lot. They said that I’d soon be back for good Kerala food, for the
hot and spicy curries, appams and dosais. I bade them farewell at the aerodrome – my
friends, my tastes and all.
Although I put in hard work and sweat quite desperately into learning English and
Arabic, I was not prepared to miss my Malayalam. I recollected some mother tongue
words as though I would use them if I got a chance. I came here in an aircraft of
Gulf Airways. I feel today that my friends were right. I feel I should struggle hard
these days to make good what I missed. Perhaps I may have to struggle harder
Working in the hot desert I often dream longingly for the green canopies that shade
my home and my village. Winds whistle in here piercing the eardrum: no other sounds
accompany me in my work. I miss the enchantingly melodious chirping of birds, the
chanting from temples and the harvest songs that rise from green fields.
This is the beginning of an article. Identify the features of the article like introduction, use of
anecdotes, strategies used for dramatic and touching narration.
Activity 2
Read the italicised words. Find out the words to which these italicised words are associated.
What are your observations on the suffixes of some of these words?
1.These words indicate certain qualitative aspects of the action stated in the sentence
such as time of action (e.g. today), place of action (e.g. here) or manner of action (e.g.
desperately)
2. Sometimes these words appear before adjectives (e.g. enchantingly melodious).
3. Some words under this category have the suffix –ly.
4. Words like quite, much can appear before these words to indicate the intensity of
the quality of action (e.g. quite desperately).
5. Like adjectives these words have degrees of comparison(hard, harder, hardest)
6. After some of these words an entire sentence can appear.
7. Sometimes Prepositional Phrases also indicate certain qualitative aspects of the
action (e.g. in my work).
8. These words are called Adverbs.
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