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5 th Unit: B-Reading: storeyed house-II - Para No: 28 from the List

Bayaji was frantic. He ran around crying, 'My house, my storeyed house! It's on fire. (22) My enemy has took revenge on me.' He entered the roaring flames, crying 'My House, my house.' (23) He climbed up, pulled the pictures of Buddha and Babasaheb from the walls and hurled him down. As he was about to come down the stairs, it crumbled down in flames. (24) People pulled up water from a nearby well to pull out the dreadful fire but it could not be easily contained. 'Bayaji, jump down, quick, jump,' people shouted. (25) Women and children were crying but screaming. Now that the staircase had collapsed, no one could go up. (27) Scorched in the flames, Bayaji ran around like a trap creature, howling all the time, 'My house, my house!'

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Correct (22): My enemy has taken revenge on me.
Explanation: After “has,” we must use the past participle form of the verb.
• took ❌ (simple past)
• taken ✔ (past participle)

Correct (23): … hurled them down.
Explanation: The word “pictures” is plural, so the pronoun must also be plural.
• him ❌ (singular)
• them ✔ (plural)

Correct (24): … to put out the dreadful fire…
Explanation: The phrase “put out” means to extinguish a fire. “Pull out” is incorrect because it means to remove something by pulling.

Correct (25): Women and children were crying and screaming.
Explanation: We join two actions happening at the same time using “and.” “Crying but screaming” is incorrect because “but” shows contrast, but here both actions occur together.

Correct (26): … like a trapped creature…
Explanation: The correct adjective is “trapped,” meaning caught or unable to escape.
• trap creature ❌
• trapped creature ✔

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