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Half A Gift (Notes)

This document provides vocabulary and comprehension questions from the short story "Half a Gift" by Robert Zacks. It includes: 1) Definitions of words from the story and their synonyms and antonyms. 2) Example sentences using the words. 3) Word formations showing verbs, nouns and adjectives derived from story words. 4) Comprehension questions identifying the speaker in a quote, the person referred to, what task is mentioned and the name of the lesson and author.

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Half A Gift (Notes)

This document provides vocabulary and comprehension questions from the short story "Half a Gift" by Robert Zacks. It includes: 1) Definitions of words from the story and their synonyms and antonyms. 2) Example sentences using the words. 3) Word formations showing verbs, nouns and adjectives derived from story words. 4) Comprehension questions identifying the speaker in a quote, the person referred to, what task is mentioned and the name of the lesson and author.

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The Indian School, Kingdom of Bahrain

Class- VIII November 2021

Half a Gift Robert Zacks


I. Word meanings (Refer Literature Reader (57-61)
II. Synonyms

a) magnificent - splendid, brilliant, superb


b) wobbly - shaky, unsteady
c) anticipation - expectation, hope
d) frantic - hysterical, desperate
e) wistful - melancholy, reflective
f) deliberation - discussion, calculation
g) vexed - annoyed, distressed
h) mystified - puzzled, baffled
i) mournfully - sadly, sorrowfully
j) trudged - tramped, plodded
k) repentantly - regretfully, apologetically
III. Antonyms
a) wobbly x stable, balanced
b) mystified x explained, clarified
c) discarded x kept
d) blazed x darkened
e) vexed x calm, delighted
f) frantic x peaceful
IV. Frame sentence
a) wistful - Rima’s face grew wistful as she thought about her happy school days.
b) vigorously – The wind blew vigorously and uprooted many trees.
c) frantic - They made a frantic search for the missing child.
V. Word formation

VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB


mystify mystery mysterious mysteriously

repent repentance repentant repentantly

approve approval approving approvingly

mourn mourner mournful mournfully

deliberated deliberation deliberate deliberately


VI. Textual comprehension
“It is too heavy work for a fourteen -year- old boy”
a. Identify the speaker.

Ans: Mother is the speaker.


b. Who is the fourteen-year-old boy?

Ans: Nick is the fourteen-year-old boy.


c. What is the heavy work mentioned here?
Ans: The heavy work mentioned here is, Nick washing the floor for his mother as a part of
his gift.
d. Name the lesson and the author.
Ans: The name of the lesson is ‘Half a Gift’ and the author is Robert Zacks.

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