Submitted by:

NIYAS . M

ENGLISH

MOUNT TABOR COLLEGE

NO:19

submitted to:

AS: Prof. E K JIJAN

Mount tabor college

It is a short story included in the unitnamed “ROOTS”.

The story is picturising the mere life ofvillage life and town life.

(a) BERL – MALE -Father

(b) BERLCHA- FEMALE-Mother

(c) SAMUEL-MALE- Son

The story begins with the coming ofSamuel from America. Forty yearsbefore he went to America now hereturns to his native village after a longseparation from his parents. He comeswith a bag full of dreams. Then theauthor describes the attitude of thatinhabitants. The story gives a deraileddescription about the life and financialcondition of Samuel’s parents.

Find out the vocabulary and its meaning.

(a)Knead

(b) Anthology

© loneliness

(d) hilarious

(a)Knead-/ni:d/- To press a mixture offlour and water many times.(b)Lonliness -/launlinas/- The state ofbeing alone.Eg: teacher shows the picture of a lonelyman.(c) Anthology-/aeno)ladzi/- a book thatcontains a collection of poems written bydeferent authors.Eg: Teacher shows a book containingpoems written by deferent authors.(d) Hilarious-/hilerias/- something funnyEg: Teacher shows the picture of a smallboys laughing at something funny.

Search and identify the words from the given paragraph of the lesson

P B M N G O V A

A C Q T H L T M

L D Y A B D C M

E N L D C H R X

O U N E O L I T

L V T F G K G N

I I R R G O L T

T T O A Q C N G

H B X G V T Z E

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