We will meet _____ 5 p.m.

Read the following stanza and answer the questions that follow:

The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,

The lowing herd wind slowly over the lea,

The plowman homeward plods his weary way,

And leaves the world to darkness and to me.

                                      (From Thomas Gray's Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard)

i. What time of day is being described in the poem?

ii. Identify two images used by the poet to create a peaceful atmosphere.

What mood or tone is created by the description in the passage?

iv. What deeper theme does the poet introduce through the imagery of sunset and silence?

V. How does the poet portray the lives of rural people in this excerpt?

Q 7 Write the meanings of the following phrasal verbs and use each in a sentence of your own: 

i. Call off

ii. Look into

iii. Take over

iv. Bring up

v. Set out

Hyperbole

The cat jumped ____the table.

 Rewrite the following sentences in correct form: 

i. He don't like to play cricket.

ii. They was going to market yesterday.

She can sings very well.

iv. This book is more better than that one

V. She don't likes cold weather.

vi. They was late for the meeting.

vii. I can sings very well.

viii. He going to market now.

ix. This are my books.

Χ. We didn't went to the park yesterday.

Fill in the blanks by choosing the correct word from the brackets:

i. She __________ (accept / except) the invitation gladly.

ii. He is taller __________ (then / than) his brother.

iii. Please __________ (lose / loose) your grip slightly.

iv. They will __________ (weather / whether) the storm.

v. I will meet you __________ (by / buy) the café. 

vi. The dog hurt __________ (its / it’s) paw.

vii. I saw the movie __________ (two / too) times.

viii. Can you __________ (hear / here) me now?

ix. He wrote a __________ (plain / plane) letter.

x. She gave me some good __________ (advise / advice).