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3. What happened when a goat entered the garden? How did Grandfather’s words

give some hope in the situation that followed?

4. Whom did Grandfather scold? Why?

5. How did Rakesh deal with the cherry tree’s second visitor? What does it reflect
about the kind of person he was?

6. While reclining on a cane chair under the cherry tree, what gave pleasure to
Grandfather?

Think and Answer • Critical Thinking

A. Why was the cherry tree special to Rakesh and his grandfather? What do we learn from
this?

B. What did Rakesh say at the end of the story? Explain what you understand from his
words.
C. Mention two qualities of Rakesh. Give examples to substantiate your answer.

Grammar Spot • Sentences—kinds
• Phrases and clauses
• Interjections
• Interrogative sentences and question tags
Sentences

Read the given sentences.

1. Nature nurtures us.
2. Rakesh and the cherry tree kept growing as time passed.

The circled words are subjects in these sentences and the highlighted words are
predicates. We already know that a sentence has a subject and a predicate and has a

complete meaning.
The subject of a sentence

 is the person or thing we talk about.

 can be a singular or plural noun or a pronoun.

 can consist of one or more words.

The part of a sentence that tells us about the subject is called the predicate. The predicate
always contains a verb.

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