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Comprehension

A. Complete the following sentences.

1. The movie that Reem and Taher were watching was about ________________
____________________________________.

2. Reem’s mother was an __________________________________________.

3. The Japanese believe that folding a thousand paper cranes brings ___________
______________________.

4. Today origami cranes are also a symbol of _____________________________.

5. Akira Yoshizawa’s personal technique is known as ‘______________________’.

6. The children also wanted to fold ____________________________________.

B. Write whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). Correct the
false statements.

1. Sadako Sasaki folded a thousand paper cranes.

2. Revathi was an origami master.

3. Reem’s grandfather asked everyone to have lunch.

4. Akira Yoshizawa avoided glue and scissors while making origami.

5. Regular origami paper is usually coloured on both sides.

C. Answer the following ques ons briefl y.

1. Who was Sadako Sasaki? Why did she fold paper cranes?

2. How did Reem and Taher come to know about Sasaki’s story?

3. Where is the memorial in honour of Sadako located? What do people do there?

4. What do paper cranes symbolize today?

5. Who was AkiraYoshizawa?

6. Why did Akira Yoshizawa use origami as a teaching tool?

7. What is ‘wet-folding’?

8. How is regular origami paper different from that used in the wet-folding
technique?

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