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4. Someone _______________ the drowning puppy out of the lake.

5. Zain _______________ for a newspaper for three years.

6. I _______________ a new oven last week so that I can make bread at home.

7. Our class _______________ on a trip to Munnar last year.

Beside or Besides

Beside means next to something or someone.

Once a humble willow tree grew beside a tall bamboo.

This sentence can also be written as:

Once a humble willow tree grew next to a tall bamboo.

Besides can mean:
• in addition to

Besides the willow tree there was also a bamboo tree.

• apart from

Besides the caretaker, nobody lives in that house.

C. Fill in the blanks correctly with beside or besides.

1. Parth sat ___________ the window.

2. ___________ us, my cousins will also go to the circus.
3. There is a clock ___________ the door.

4. The room was quiet ___________ the sound of the ticking clock.

5. Their bungalow is ___________ the lake.

6. ___________ repairing the tap, the plumber also fixed the geyser.

7. ___________ bananas, I also like mangoes.

Listening

Your teacher will read out some sentences. Every sentence has one word from

each of the following pairs given below. Tick () the correct word in each pair.

1. funny sunny

2. clothes close

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