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8. Find words from the paragraph which mean the following.

(a) the apperance of a par� cular disease in a large number of people at the
same � me
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(b) a long period when there is li� le or no rain.
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B. Read the given paragraph and answer the ques� ons that follow.
There was a grocer. He had a big pot of honey for sale.

He had kept the pot in his store. One day when he
was taking out the pot, it slipped from his hands and
broke down. All the honey spilt on the fl oor. Seeing

the honey spread on the fl oor, a swarm of bees came
to eat it. They were very surprised and happy to fi nd
so much honey at one place. They excitedly began to

eat up all the honey and forgot that it could be too
much for them. They ate and ate � ll they could eat
no more. At last, when they wished to fl y off , they

found that they could not move. Their legs had got stuck fast in the honey and they
were trapped. A� er some � me, they all died. They lost their lives because they had
been greedy.

1. What was in the pot?

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2. Where was the pot kept?

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3. Why did the swarm of bees come?

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4. Why were the bees surprised and happy?
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5. Why could the bees not move? Comprehension

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6. Frame sentences of your own using the words given below.
a. grocer ______________________________________________________

b. store ______________________________________________________

c. slipped ______________________________________________________

d. spilt ______________________________________________________
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