Read the following passages and answer the questions given below them:

1.	Read the following passages and answer the questions given below them:When I arrived there was no one in sight but a girl of about twelve. Her eyes were covered with a bandage and she was being led carefully between the flower-beds by a little boy about four years younger. She stopped and it looked like she asked him who had come. He seemed to be describing me to her. Then they passed on.Miss Beam was all that I had expected – middle aged, full of authority yet kindly and understanding. Her hair was beginning to turn grey and she had the kind of plump figure that is likely to be comforting to a homesick child. I asked her some questions about her teaching methods, which I had heard were simple.1. What did the author see when he reached the school?2. What did the girl ask the boy to do ?3. Describe Miss Beam.4. What did the author ask Miss Beam ?5. Make appropriate sentences with the following words : ‘understanding, authority’
Answer» 1. When the author reached the school, he saw a girl of about twelve years of age whose eyes were covered with bandage. She was being led carefully between the flower beds by a little boy about four years younger. 2. The little girl stopped and asked the boy to describe to her who had come. 3. Miss Beam was middle-aged, full of authority; yet kindly and understanding. Her hair had turned grey and she had a comforting plump figure. 4. The author asked Miss Beam questions about her teaching methods, which he had heard were simple. 5. Understanding: I have a very kind and an understanding sister. Authority: My father is a man of authority in his office.

Read the following passages and answer the questions given below them:When I arrived there was no one in sight but a girl of about twelve. Her eyes were covered with a bandage and she was being led carefully between the flower-beds by a little boy about four years younger. She stopped and it looked like she asked him who had come. He seemed to be describing me to her. Then they passed on.Miss Beam was all that I had expected – middle aged, full of authority yet kindly and understanding. Her hair was beginning to turn grey and she had the kind of plump figure that is likely to be comforting to a homesick child. I asked her some questions about her teaching methods, which I had heard were simple.1. What did the author see when he reached the school?2. What did the girl ask the boy to do ?3. Describe Miss Beam.4. What did the author ask Miss Beam ?5. Make appropriate sentences with the following words : ‘understanding, authority’

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1. When the author reached the school, he saw a girl of about twelve years of age whose eyes were covered with bandage. She was being led carefully between the flower beds by a little boy about four years younger.

2. The little girl stopped and asked the boy to describe to her who had come.

3. Miss Beam was middle-aged, full of authority; yet kindly and understanding. Her hair had turned grey and she had a comforting plump figure.

4. The author asked Miss Beam questions about her teaching methods, which he had heard were simple.

5. Understanding: I have a very kind and an understanding sister.
Authority: My father is a man of authority in his office.

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