CHAPTER 6 MY CHILDHOOD
Thinking about Language
QUESTION-1
I. Find the sentences in the text where these words occur:
Erupt, surge, trace, undistinguished, casualty
Look these words up in a dictionary which gives examples of how they are
used.
Now answer the following questions.
ANSWER:
Sentences in the text where these words occur are:
Erupt: “For reasons I have never been able to understand, a sudden
demand for tamarind seeds erupted in the market.”
Surge: “Half a century later, I can still feel the surge of pride in earning my
own money for the first time.”
Trace: “My brother-in-law Jallaluddin would tell me stories about the War
which I would later attempt to trace in the headlines in Dinamani.”
Undistinguished: “I was one of many children — a short boy with rather
undistinguished looks, born to tall and handsome parents.”Casualty: “The first casualty came in the form of the suspension of the train
halt at Rameswaram station.