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REAL ENGLISH 8

 Is there something which can make you happier than money can? Why do you think
so and what are you doing to achieve it?

3. Meena realized that she had more to be grateful for than most people. Make a list of things
in your life you are grateful for. How would your life be if you did not have them?

4. The poor man and his granddaughter enjoy the rain thoroughly. Do you love the rain? Have
you ever danced in the rain? How did you feel?
 What do you like and dislike about rain?

B Understand

B1 Answer these questions.

1. Who was Meena? What was strange about her?
2. How did the narrator know that Meena had changed completely?

3. Describe the scene that Meena saw through the window.
4. How did the transformation come about?

5. Pick out some of Meena’s character traits before she decided to change her attitude
towards life and after the complete transformation of her personality. Add a few describing
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words of your own. Fill in the table given below. An example has been given.
before after
unhappy cheerful

6. Imagine you are Meena. Write a diary entry for the day you saw the beggar and his
granddaughter playing in the rain. Express your feelings, thoughts and your
determination to turn over a new leaf.

27 July 2022
Wednesday

I still can’t understand it. How could that old man and his granddaughter be so

happy?
They look as if they are contented with whatever they have. And what do they

have? It is almost nothing. But still today . . .

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