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REAL ENGLISH 8

B2 Analysing the state of Fathima’s mind during the initial days as the sarpanch of Kalva, say
which statements among these are true and which ones false.

1. Fathima was happy to be elected the sarpanch.
2. She was discouraged by the daunting tasks ahead.

3. The lady was disappointed at the response of the elders.
4. She feared the powerful people.

5. She gained confidence to go ahead with her plans.

B3 Complete the following sentences.
1. Fathima’s achievement is greater than that of the other awardees because . . .

2. The barely educated lady’s greatest achievement is . . .
3. The newly elected sarpanch faced harassment by . . .

4. The impact of the obstacles on Fathima was that . . .

B4 Answer these questions.

1. How did the UN honour Fathima?
2. When did Fathima find a new identity?
3. What did Fathima do to change the profile of her village?

4. How did the women come forward to take up the challenge?

5. How did the village benefit from the empowerment of women?

B5 Below you will find four long sentences from the text in A and four short sentences in B. Find
which of the short sentences expresses the same meaning as the long ones in each case.

A
1. She probed the reasons for the backwardness of the people and the region and decided to
change the profile of both.

2. There was no looking back since then for either Fathima or the enterprising women of
Kalva.

3. The women who had suffered injustice in social spheres now stood by the side of their
daughters to get their rightful place in the world.
4. Those simple women, the Fathimas of Kalva, have become the beacon light for all those
yearning for improving their lives.
B

a) They were making continuous progress.
b) Those women have become a source of inspiration.

c) With firm determination, the reformer found out the reasons.
d) They supported their daughters.

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