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UNLOCKING OF DIFFICULTIES1. HEATHI took my dogs out for a run on the heath today. My dogs were able to run around the uncultivated land with rough grasses.A. house b. open grass land c. highway 2. TERRIBLEThere was a terrible sound as the tree fell onto the house. It was deafening and very unpleasant to the ears.A. frightening b. loudc. soft3. TRODDENThe plants have been trodden by the horses and they were all crushed.A. eatenb. crashedc. build

THE LITTLE DOLLI once had a sweet little doll,The prettiest doll in the world;Her cheeks were so red and so white;And her hair was so charmingly curled.But I lost my poor little doll,As I played in the heath one day;And I cried for her more than a weekBut I never could find where she lay.I found my poor little doll, As I played in the heath one day;Folks says she is terrible changedFor her paint is all washed away,And her arm trodden off by the cows,And her hair not the least bit curled;Yet for old sakes sake is still,The prettiest doll in the world.

What happened to the little doll?How will you describe the little doll at the beginning of the story?What did the girl feel when she found the doll?How would you feel if you lost your favourite toy?Would you look for it?

Tell the general mood of the different scenes.Junjuns body temperature has reached 42 . His mother who is already in panic shouted at Esperanza who is presently setting the table for dinner. The mother ordered Esperanza to call for a tricycle so that they could send Junjun to the hospital. Esperanza has been waiting for a tricycle to pass by for fifteen minutes but no tricycle came.a. Hopelessb. restlessc. tiredo2. Lorie has stopped schooling for a year now. The reason is that her adoptive parents could not afford to send her to school. So she decided to apply in a food chain so that she could support herself financially and be able to continue her studies.Sadness b. happinessc. hope3. Teresa witnessed a fire in a nearby town. She saw red flames and thick smoke in a burning school building. Many people were shouting and were in a hurry asking for help. The loud sirens of fire trucks were heard when the family came to save the school building.A happy moodc. a funny feelingA frightening feelingEVALUATION: Read the following paragraphs. Infer the general mood of each selection.Oscar frowned. He wanted to watch a basketball game on TV but Merlinda was watching another program. He suddenly switched to another channel. Merlinda shouted, How impolite!What a place! Cockroaches everywhere, cobwebs and dust thick enough to plant potatoes in!3. Carlos and Berting are boy scouts. They have been learning to give first aid. They have learned what to do with cuts, bruises, sprains and how to dress wounds. One day while the boys were walking home from school, they saw a car hit a little girl. Carlos and Berting ran quickly to the child. She was unconscious and blood was spurting from a wound on her waist.

4. That afternoon, father was not his usual self. His face was sad and his steps were so slow and tired. Of all afternoons, he had brought nothing to his little ones. No candles, no cookies, nothing at all. When the children ran to meet him, Father only look at them and shook his head.5. Marios mother told him to remember several things while spending his vacation with his uncle. She told him not to swim in the river and not to go boating. A month later, Marios mother got a letter from him which scared and angered her at the same time.