English I End Term: 24 December 2023, Set FDF1 (September 2023 term)

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:
Soon after my wife died — her car slid off an icy road in 1985 — a school psychologist warned me that my children and I were not mourning in the right way. We felt angry; the proper first stage, he said, is denial.
In late August this year, my 38-year-old son, Michael, died suddenly in his sleep, leaving behind a 2-year-old son and a wife expecting their next child. There is no set form for grief, and no ‘right’ way to express it. There seems to be an expectation that, after a great loss, we will progress systematically through the well-known stages of grief. It is wrong, we are told, to jump to anger — or to wallow too long in this stage before moving towards acceptance.
But I was, and am, angry. To make parents bury their children is wrong; to have both my wife and son taken from me, for forever and a day, is cruel beyond words.
A relative from Jerusalem, who is a psychiatrist, brought some solace by citing the maxim: ‘We are not to ask why, but what.’ The ‘what’ is that which survivors in grief are bound to do for one another. Following that advice, my family, close friends and I keep busy, calling each other and giving long answers to simple questions like, “How did your day go today?” We try to avoid thinking about either the immediate past or the bereft future. We take turns playing with Max, Michael’s two-year-old son. Friends spend nights with the young widow, and will be among those holding her hand when the baby is born.
Focusing on what we do for one another is the only consolation we can find.
- Good Grief- Amitai Etzioni

The first stage of mourning is _____________.

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:
Soon after my wife died — her car slid off an icy road in 1985 — a school psychologist warned me that my children and I were not mourning in the right way. We felt angry; the proper first stage, he said, is denial.
In late August this year, my 38-year-old son, Michael, died suddenly in his sleep, leaving behind a 2-year-old son and a wife expecting their next child. There is no set form for grief, and no ‘right’ way to express it. There seems to be an expectation that, after a great loss, we will progress systematically through the well-known stages of grief. It is wrong, we are told, to jump to anger — or to wallow too long in this stage before moving towards acceptance.
But I was, and am, angry. To make parents bury their children is wrong; to have both my wife and son taken from me, for forever and a day, is cruel beyond words.
A relative from Jerusalem, who is a psychiatrist, brought some solace by citing the maxim: ‘We are not to ask why, but what.’ The ‘what’ is that which survivors in grief are bound to do for one another. Following that advice, my family, close friends and I keep busy, calling each other and giving long answers to simple questions like, “How did your day go today?” We try to avoid thinking about either the immediate past or the bereft future. We take turns playing with Max, Michael’s two-year-old son. Friends spend nights with the young widow, and will be among those holding her hand when the baby is born.
Focusing on what we do for one another is the only consolation we can find.
- Good Grief- Amitai Etzioni

When did the narrator’s wife die?

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:
Soon after my wife died — her car slid off an icy road in 1985 — a school psychologist warned me that my children and I were not mourning in the right way. We felt angry; the proper first stage, he said, is denial.
In late August this year, my 38-year-old son, Michael, died suddenly in his sleep, leaving behind a 2-year-old son and a wife expecting their next child. There is no set form for grief, and no ‘right’ way to express it. There seems to be an expectation that, after a great loss, we will progress systematically through the well-known stages of grief. It is wrong, we are told, to jump to anger — or to wallow too long in this stage before moving towards acceptance.
But I was, and am, angry. To make parents bury their children is wrong; to have both my wife and son taken from me, for forever and a day, is cruel beyond words.
A relative from Jerusalem, who is a psychiatrist, brought some solace by citing the maxim: ‘We are not to ask why, but what.’ The ‘what’ is that which survivors in grief are bound to do for one another. Following that advice, my family, close friends and I keep busy, calling each other and giving long answers to simple questions like, “How did your day go today?” We try to avoid thinking about either the immediate past or the bereft future. We take turns playing with Max, Michael’s two-year-old son. Friends spend nights with the young widow, and will be among those holding her hand when the baby is born.
Focusing on what we do for one another is the only consolation we can find.
- Good Grief- Amitai Etzioni

Select true or false for the following statement.
‘There is no set form for grief, and no ‘right’ way to express it.’

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:
Soon after my wife died — her car slid off an icy road in 1985 — a school psychologist warned me that my children and I were not mourning in the right way. We felt angry; the proper first stage, he said, is denial.
In late August this year, my 38-year-old son, Michael, died suddenly in his sleep, leaving behind a 2-year-old son and a wife expecting their next child. There is no set form for grief, and no ‘right’ way to express it. There seems to be an expectation that, after a great loss, we will progress systematically through the well-known stages of grief. It is wrong, we are told, to jump to anger — or to wallow too long in this stage before moving towards acceptance.
But I was, and am, angry. To make parents bury their children is wrong; to have both my wife and son taken from me, for forever and a day, is cruel beyond words.
A relative from Jerusalem, who is a psychiatrist, brought some solace by citing the maxim: ‘We are not to ask why, but what.’ The ‘what’ is that which survivors in grief are bound to do for one another. Following that advice, my family, close friends and I keep busy, calling each other and giving long answers to simple questions like, “How did your day go today?” We try to avoid thinking about either the immediate past or the bereft future. We take turns playing with Max, Michael’s two-year-old son. Friends spend nights with the young widow, and will be among those holding her hand when the baby is born.
Focusing on what we do for one another is the only consolation we can find.
- Good Grief- Amitai Etzioni

With respect to this passage, grief triggers anger.

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:
Soon after my wife died — her car slid off an icy road in 1985 — a school psychologist warned me that my children and I were not mourning in the right way. We felt angry; the proper first stage, he said, is denial.
In late August this year, my 38-year-old son, Michael, died suddenly in his sleep, leaving behind a 2-year-old son and a wife expecting their next child. There is no set form for grief, and no ‘right’ way to express it. There seems to be an expectation that, after a great loss, we will progress systematically through the well-known stages of grief. It is wrong, we are told, to jump to anger — or to wallow too long in this stage before moving towards acceptance.
But I was, and am, angry. To make parents bury their children is wrong; to have both my wife and son taken from me, for forever and a day, is cruel beyond words.
A relative from Jerusalem, who is a psychiatrist, brought some solace by citing the maxim: ‘We are not to ask why, but what.’ The ‘what’ is that which survivors in grief are bound to do for one another. Following that advice, my family, close friends and I keep busy, calling each other and giving long answers to simple questions like, “How did your day go today?” We try to avoid thinking about either the immediate past or the bereft future. We take turns playing with Max, Michael’s two-year-old son. Friends spend nights with the young widow, and will be among those holding her hand when the baby is born.
Focusing on what we do for one another is the only consolation we can find.
- Good Grief- Amitai Etzioni

What is the meaning of ‘solace’?

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:
Soon after my wife died — her car slid off an icy road in 1985 — a school psychologist warned me that my children and I were not mourning in the right way. We felt angry; the proper first stage, he said, is denial.
In late August this year, my 38-year-old son, Michael, died suddenly in his sleep, leaving behind a 2-year-old son and a wife expecting their next child. There is no set form for grief, and no ‘right’ way to express it. There seems to be an expectation that, after a great loss, we will progress systematically through the well-known stages of grief. It is wrong, we are told, to jump to anger — or to wallow too long in this stage before moving towards acceptance.
But I was, and am, angry. To make parents bury their children is wrong; to have both my wife and son taken from me, for forever and a day, is cruel beyond words.
A relative from Jerusalem, who is a psychiatrist, brought some solace by citing the maxim: ‘We are not to ask why, but what.’ The ‘what’ is that which survivors in grief are bound to do for one another. Following that advice, my family, close friends and I keep busy, calling each other and giving long answers to simple questions like, “How did your day go today?” We try to avoid thinking about either the immediate past or the bereft future. We take turns playing with Max, Michael’s two-year-old son. Friends spend nights with the young widow, and will be among those holding her hand when the baby is born.
Focusing on what we do for one another is the only consolation we can find.
- Good Grief- Amitai Etzioni

What is the meaning of ‘maxim’ ?

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:
Soon after my wife died — her car slid off an icy road in 1985 — a school psychologist warned me that my children and I were not mourning in the right way. We felt angry; the proper first stage, he said, is denial.
In late August this year, my 38-year-old son, Michael, died suddenly in his sleep, leaving behind a 2-year-old son and a wife expecting their next child. There is no set form for grief, and no ‘right’ way to express it. There seems to be an expectation that, after a great loss, we will progress systematically through the well-known stages of grief. It is wrong, we are told, to jump to anger — or to wallow too long in this stage before moving towards acceptance.
But I was, and am, angry. To make parents bury their children is wrong; to have both my wife and son taken from me, for forever and a day, is cruel beyond words.
A relative from Jerusalem, who is a psychiatrist, brought some solace by citing the maxim: ‘We are not to ask why, but what.’ The ‘what’ is that which survivors in grief are bound to do for one another. Following that advice, my family, close friends and I keep busy, calling each other and giving long answers to simple questions like, “How did your day go today?” We try to avoid thinking about either the immediate past or the bereft future. We take turns playing with Max, Michael’s two-year-old son. Friends spend nights with the young widow, and will be among those holding her hand when the baby is born.
Focusing on what we do for one another is the only consolation we can find.
- Good Grief- Amitai Etzioni

What was the profession of the relative who came from Jerusalem?

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:
Soon after my wife died — her car slid off an icy road in 1985 — a school psychologist warned me that my children and I were not mourning in the right way. We felt angry; the proper first stage, he said, is denial.
In late August this year, my 38-year-old son, Michael, died suddenly in his sleep, leaving behind a 2-year-old son and a wife expecting their next child. There is no set form for grief, and no ‘right’ way to express it. There seems to be an expectation that, after a great loss, we will progress systematically through the well-known stages of grief. It is wrong, we are told, to jump to anger — or to wallow too long in this stage before moving towards acceptance.
But I was, and am, angry. To make parents bury their children is wrong; to have both my wife and son taken from me, for forever and a day, is cruel beyond words.
A relative from Jerusalem, who is a psychiatrist, brought some solace by citing the maxim: ‘We are not to ask why, but what.’ The ‘what’ is that which survivors in grief are bound to do for one another. Following that advice, my family, close friends and I keep busy, calling each other and giving long answers to simple questions like, “How did your day go today?” We try to avoid thinking about either the immediate past or the bereft future. We take turns playing with Max, Michael’s two-year-old son. Friends spend nights with the young widow, and will be among those holding her hand when the baby is born.
Focusing on what we do for one another is the only consolation we can find.
- Good Grief- Amitai Etzioni

Which among the following words is an antonym of the word ‘bereft” ?

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:
Soon after my wife died — her car slid off an icy road in 1985 — a school psychologist warned me that my children and I were not mourning in the right way. We felt angry; the proper first stage, he said, is denial.
In late August this year, my 38-year-old son, Michael, died suddenly in his sleep, leaving behind a 2-year-old son and a wife expecting their next child. There is no set form for grief, and no ‘right’ way to express it. There seems to be an expectation that, after a great loss, we will progress systematically through the well-known stages of grief. It is wrong, we are told, to jump to anger — or to wallow too long in this stage before moving towards acceptance.
But I was, and am, angry. To make parents bury their children is wrong; to have both my wife and son taken from me, for forever and a day, is cruel beyond words.
A relative from Jerusalem, who is a psychiatrist, brought some solace by citing the maxim: ‘We are not to ask why, but what.’ The ‘what’ is that which survivors in grief are bound to do for one another. Following that advice, my family, close friends and I keep busy, calling each other and giving long answers to simple questions like, “How did your day go today?” We try to avoid thinking about either the immediate past or the bereft future. We take turns playing with Max, Michael’s two-year-old son. Friends spend nights with the young widow, and will be among those holding her hand when the baby is born.
Focusing on what we do for one another is the only consolation we can find.
- Good Grief- Amitai Etzioni

To tackle grief, the narrator and his family follow which maxim?

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:
Soon after my wife died — her car slid off an icy road in 1985 — a school psychologist warned me that my children and I were not mourning in the right way. We felt angry; the proper first stage, he said, is denial.
In late August this year, my 38-year-old son, Michael, died suddenly in his sleep, leaving behind a 2-year-old son and a wife expecting their next child. There is no set form for grief, and no ‘right’ way to express it. There seems to be an expectation that, after a great loss, we will progress systematically through the well-known stages of grief. It is wrong, we are told, to jump to anger — or to wallow too long in this stage before moving towards acceptance.
But I was, and am, angry. To make parents bury their children is wrong; to have both my wife and son taken from me, for forever and a day, is cruel beyond words.
A relative from Jerusalem, who is a psychiatrist, brought some solace by citing the maxim: ‘We are not to ask why, but what.’ The ‘what’ is that which survivors in grief are bound to do for one another. Following that advice, my family, close friends and I keep busy, calling each other and giving long answers to simple questions like, “How did your day go today?” We try to avoid thinking about either the immediate past or the bereft future. We take turns playing with Max, Michael’s two-year-old son. Friends spend nights with the young widow, and will be among those holding her hand when the baby is born.
Focusing on what we do for one another is the only consolation we can find.
- Good Grief- Amitai Etzioni

Which one of the following statements is false?

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:
Soon after my wife died — her car slid off an icy road in 1985 — a school psychologist warned me that my children and I were not mourning in the right way. We felt angry; the proper first stage, he said, is denial.
In late August this year, my 38-year-old son, Michael, died suddenly in his sleep, leaving behind a 2-year-old son and a wife expecting their next child. There is no set form for grief, and no ‘right’ way to express it. There seems to be an expectation that, after a great loss, we will progress systematically through the well-known stages of grief. It is wrong, we are told, to jump to anger — or to wallow too long in this stage before moving towards acceptance.
But I was, and am, angry. To make parents bury their children is wrong; to have both my wife and son taken from me, for forever and a day, is cruel beyond words.
A relative from Jerusalem, who is a psychiatrist, brought some solace by citing the maxim: ‘We are not to ask why, but what.’ The ‘what’ is that which survivors in grief are bound to do for one another. Following that advice, my family, close friends and I keep busy, calling each other and giving long answers to simple questions like, “How did your day go today?” We try to avoid thinking about either the immediate past or the bereft future. We take turns playing with Max, Michael’s two-year-old son. Friends spend nights with the young widow, and will be among those holding her hand when the baby is born.
Focusing on what we do for one another is the only consolation we can find.
- Good Grief- Amitai Etzioni

Which of the following words is closest in meaning to the word ‘expectation’.

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:
Soon after my wife died — her car slid off an icy road in 1985 — a school psychologist warned me that my children and I were not mourning in the right way. We felt angry; the proper first stage, he said, is denial.
In late August this year, my 38-year-old son, Michael, died suddenly in his sleep, leaving behind a 2-year-old son and a wife expecting their next child. There is no set form for grief, and no ‘right’ way to express it. There seems to be an expectation that, after a great loss, we will progress systematically through the well-known stages of grief. It is wrong, we are told, to jump to anger — or to wallow too long in this stage before moving towards acceptance.
But I was, and am, angry. To make parents bury their children is wrong; to have both my wife and son taken from me, for forever and a day, is cruel beyond words.
A relative from Jerusalem, who is a psychiatrist, brought some solace by citing the maxim: ‘We are not to ask why, but what.’ The ‘what’ is that which survivors in grief are bound to do for one another. Following that advice, my family, close friends and I keep busy, calling each other and giving long answers to simple questions like, “How did your day go today?” We try to avoid thinking about either the immediate past or the bereft future. We take turns playing with Max, Michael’s two-year-old son. Friends spend nights with the young widow, and will be among those holding her hand when the baby is born.
Focusing on what we do for one another is the only consolation we can find.
- Good Grief- Amitai Etzioni

Giving long answers to simple questions like ‘How did your day go today?’ is important to the narrator and his family :

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:
Soon after my wife died — her car slid off an icy road in 1985 — a school psychologist warned me that my children and I were not mourning in the right way. We felt angry; the proper first stage, he said, is denial.
In late August this year, my 38-year-old son, Michael, died suddenly in his sleep, leaving behind a 2-year-old son and a wife expecting their next child. There is no set form for grief, and no ‘right’ way to express it. There seems to be an expectation that, after a great loss, we will progress systematically through the well-known stages of grief. It is wrong, we are told, to jump to anger — or to wallow too long in this stage before moving towards acceptance.
But I was, and am, angry. To make parents bury their children is wrong; to have both my wife and son taken from me, for forever and a day, is cruel beyond words.
A relative from Jerusalem, who is a psychiatrist, brought some solace by citing the maxim: ‘We are not to ask why, but what.’ The ‘what’ is that which survivors in grief are bound to do for one another. Following that advice, my family, close friends and I keep busy, calling each other and giving long answers to simple questions like, “How did your day go today?” We try to avoid thinking about either the immediate past or the bereft future. We take turns playing with Max, Michael’s two-year-old son. Friends spend nights with the young widow, and will be among those holding her hand when the baby is born.
Focusing on what we do for one another is the only consolation we can find.
- Good Grief- Amitai Etzioni

‘Consolation’ is a noun. It refers to ‘something that makes someone who is sad or disappointed feel better’. Which of the following is a verb that means ‘to make someone who is sad or disappointed feel better’?

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:
Soon after my wife died — her car slid off an icy road in 1985 — a school psychologist warned me that my children and I were not mourning in the right way. We felt angry; the proper first stage, he said, is denial.
In late August this year, my 38-year-old son, Michael, died suddenly in his sleep, leaving behind a 2-year-old son and a wife expecting their next child. There is no set form for grief, and no ‘right’ way to express it. There seems to be an expectation that, after a great loss, we will progress systematically through the well-known stages of grief. It is wrong, we are told, to jump to anger — or to wallow too long in this stage before moving towards acceptance.
But I was, and am, angry. To make parents bury their children is wrong; to have both my wife and son taken from me, for forever and a day, is cruel beyond words.
A relative from Jerusalem, who is a psychiatrist, brought some solace by citing the maxim: ‘We are not to ask why, but what.’ The ‘what’ is that which survivors in grief are bound to do for one another. Following that advice, my family, close friends and I keep busy, calling each other and giving long answers to simple questions like, “How did your day go today?” We try to avoid thinking about either the immediate past or the bereft future. We take turns playing with Max, Michael’s two-year-old son. Friends spend nights with the young widow, and will be among those holding her hand when the baby is born.
Focusing on what we do for one another is the only consolation we can find.
- Good Grief- Amitai Etzioni

In what sense is the word ‘expect’ used in the following sentences?
“...My 38-year-old son, Michael, died suddenly in his sleep, leaving behind a 2-year-old son and a wife expecting their next child.”
“There seems to be an expectation that, after a great loss, we will progress systematically through the well-known stages of grief.”

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:
Soon after my wife died — her car slid off an icy road in 1985 — a school psychologist warned me that my children and I were not mourning in the right way. We felt angry; the proper first stage, he said, is denial.
In late August this year, my 38-year-old son, Michael, died suddenly in his sleep, leaving behind a 2-year-old son and a wife expecting their next child. There is no set form for grief, and no ‘right’ way to express it. There seems to be an expectation that, after a great loss, we will progress systematically through the well-known stages of grief. It is wrong, we are told, to jump to anger — or to wallow too long in this stage before moving towards acceptance.
But I was, and am, angry. To make parents bury their children is wrong; to have both my wife and son taken from me, for forever and a day, is cruel beyond words.
A relative from Jerusalem, who is a psychiatrist, brought some solace by citing the maxim: ‘We are not to ask why, but what.’ The ‘what’ is that which survivors in grief are bound to do for one another. Following that advice, my family, close friends and I keep busy, calling each other and giving long answers to simple questions like, “How did your day go today?” We try to avoid thinking about either the immediate past or the bereft future. We take turns playing with Max, Michael’s two-year-old son. Friends spend nights with the young widow, and will be among those holding her hand when the baby is born.
Focusing on what we do for one another is the only consolation we can find.
- Good Grief- Amitai Etzioni

The meaning of the word ‘wallow’ in the context of the passage is:

Read the excerpt given below and fill in the blanks with those forms of the verbs which best fit the passage from the options provided. Your chosen answer should maintain the tense consistency of the excerpt.
It happened that a Countryman (i) _____ some hemp seeds in a field where a Swallow and some other birds (ii) _____ about picking up their food. “Beware of that man,” quoth the Swallow. “Why, what is he doing?” said the others. “That is hemp seed he (iii) ______; be careful to pick up every one of the seeds, or else you (iv) _____ it.” The birds paid no heed to the Swallow’s words, and by and by the hemp grew up and was made into cord, and of the cords nets were made, and many a bird that (v) _____ the Swallow’s advice was caught in nets made out of that very hemp. “What did I tell you?” said the Swallow.

Find the appropriate verb form to fill in blank (i).

Read the excerpt given below and fill in the blanks with those forms of the verbs which best fit the passage from the options provided. Your chosen answer should maintain the tense consistency of the excerpt.
It happened that a Countryman (i) _____ some hemp seeds in a field where a Swallow and some other birds (ii) _____ about picking up their food. “Beware of that man,” quoth the Swallow. “Why, what is he doing?” said the others. “That is hemp seed he (iii) ______; be careful to pick up every one of the seeds, or else you (iv) _____ it.” The birds paid no heed to the Swallow’s words, and by and by the hemp grew up and was made into cord, and of the cords nets were made, and many a bird that (v) _____ the Swallow’s advice was caught in nets made out of that very hemp. “What did I tell you?” said the Swallow.

Find the appropriate verb form to fill in blank (ii).

Read the excerpt given below and fill in the blanks with those forms of the verbs which best fit the passage from the options provided. Your chosen answer should maintain the tense consistency of the excerpt.
It happened that a Countryman (i) _____ some hemp seeds in a field where a Swallow and some other birds (ii) _____ about picking up their food. “Beware of that man,” quoth the Swallow. “Why, what is he doing?” said the others. “That is hemp seed he (iii) ______; be careful to pick up every one of the seeds, or else you (iv) _____ it.” The birds paid no heed to the Swallow’s words, and by and by the hemp grew up and was made into cord, and of the cords nets were made, and many a bird that (v) _____ the Swallow’s advice was caught in nets made out of that very hemp. “What did I tell you?” said the Swallow.

Find the appropriate verb form to fill in blank (iii)

Read the excerpt given below and fill in the blanks with those forms of the verbs which best fit the passage from the options provided. Your chosen answer should maintain the tense consistency of the excerpt.
It happened that a Countryman (i) _____ some hemp seeds in a field where a Swallow and some other birds (ii) _____ about picking up their food. “Beware of that man,” quoth the Swallow. “Why, what is he doing?” said the others. “That is hemp seed he (iii) ______; be careful to pick up every one of the seeds, or else you (iv) _____ it.” The birds paid no heed to the Swallow’s words, and by and by the hemp grew up and was made into cord, and of the cords nets were made, and many a bird that (v) _____ the Swallow’s advice was caught in nets made out of that very hemp. “What did I tell you?” said the Swallow.

Find the appropriate verb form to fill in blank (iv)

Read the excerpt given below and fill in the blanks with those forms of the verbs which best fit the passage from the options provided. Your chosen answer should maintain the tense consistency of the excerpt.
It happened that a Countryman (i) _____ some hemp seeds in a field where a Swallow and some other birds (ii) _____ about picking up their food. “Beware of that man,” quoth the Swallow. “Why, what is he doing?” said the others. “That is hemp seed he (iii) ______; be careful to pick up every one of the seeds, or else you (iv) _____ it.” The birds paid no heed to the Swallow’s words, and by and by the hemp grew up and was made into cord, and of the cords nets were made, and many a bird that (v) _____ the Swallow’s advice was caught in nets made out of that very hemp. “What did I tell you?” said the Swallow.

Find the appropriate verb form to fill in blank (v)

Read the following telephone conversation and answer the given subquestions: Sanaya: Hello.
Kavya: (i)______________________
Sanaya: I am Sanaya. Please may I speak to Kavya.
Kavya: O, it's so nice to hear from you.
Sanaya: How are you?
Kavya: (ii)______________, how about you?
Sanaya: Day after tomorrow is my birthday. Please come to the party.
Kavya: O that's wonderful.(iii)___________________
Sanaya: Please bring your younger sister also.
Kavya:(iv)_____________________
Sanaya: It starts at 5:00 o'clock in the evening.
Kavya: I will surely come. Thanks for calling.
Sanaya: Looking forward to meeting you. Bye.
Kavya:(v) ________________

Fill in the blank (i) with an appropriate response?

Read the following telephone conversation and answer the given subquestions: Sanaya: Hello.
Kavya: (i)______________________
Sanaya: I am Sanaya. Please may I speak to Kavya.
Kavya: O, it's so nice to hear from you.
Sanaya: How are you?
Kavya: (ii)______________, how about you?
Sanaya: Day after tomorrow is my birthday. Please come to the party.
Kavya: O that's wonderful.(iii)___________________
Sanaya: Please bring your younger sister also.
Kavya:(iv)_____________________
Sanaya: It starts at 5:00 o'clock in the evening.
Kavya: I will surely come. Thanks for calling.
Sanaya: Looking forward to meeting you. Bye.
Kavya:(v) ________________

Fill in the blank (ii) with an appropriate response?

Read the following telephone conversation and answer the given subquestions: Sanaya: Hello.
Kavya: (i)______________________
Sanaya: I am Sanaya. Please may I speak to Kavya.
Kavya: O, it's so nice to hear from you.
Sanaya: How are you?
Kavya: (ii)______________, how about you?
Sanaya: Day after tomorrow is my birthday. Please come to the party.
Kavya: O that's wonderful.(iii)___________________
Sanaya: Please bring your younger sister also.
Kavya:(iv)_____________________
Sanaya: It starts at 5:00 o'clock in the evening.
Kavya: I will surely come. Thanks for calling.
Sanaya: Looking forward to meeting you. Bye.
Kavya:(v) ________________

Fill in the blank (iii) with an appropriate response?

Read the following telephone conversation and answer the given subquestions: Sanaya: Hello.
Kavya: (i)______________________
Sanaya: I am Sanaya. Please may I speak to Kavya.
Kavya: O, it's so nice to hear from you.
Sanaya: How are you?
Kavya: (ii)______________, how about you?
Sanaya: Day after tomorrow is my birthday. Please come to the party.
Kavya: O that's wonderful.(iii)___________________
Sanaya: Please bring your younger sister also.
Kavya:(iv)_____________________
Sanaya: It starts at 5:00 o'clock in the evening.
Kavya: I will surely come. Thanks for calling.
Sanaya: Looking forward to meeting you. Bye.
Kavya:(v) ________________

Fill in the blank (iv) with an appropriate response?

Read the following telephone conversation and answer the given subquestions: Sanaya: Hello.
Kavya: (i)______________________
Sanaya: I am Sanaya. Please may I speak to Kavya.
Kavya: O, it's so nice to hear from you.
Sanaya: How are you?
Kavya: (ii)______________, how about you?
Sanaya: Day after tomorrow is my birthday. Please come to the party.
Kavya: O that's wonderful.(iii)___________________
Sanaya: Please bring your younger sister also.
Kavya:(iv)_____________________
Sanaya: It starts at 5:00 o'clock in the evening.
Kavya: I will surely come. Thanks for calling.
Sanaya: Looking forward to meeting you. Bye.
Kavya:(v) ________________

Fill in the blank (v) with an appropriate response?

Match the words in List A with the correct antonyms in List B.

Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

Antonym of ‘attend’ is ____.

Match the words in List A with the correct antonyms in List B.

Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

Antonym of ‘build’ is ____.

Match the words in List A with the correct antonyms in List B.

Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

Antonym of ‘clean’ is _____.

Match the words in List A with the correct antonyms in List B.

Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

Antonym of ‘blight’ is ____.

Match the words in List A with the correct antonyms in List B.

Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

Antonym of ‘capture’ is ____.

Read the following article and answer the given subquestions.
Will New Yorkers Move into Homes with Shared Kitchens and Baths?
What if you lived in an apartment that did not have its own kitchen or bathroom?
A New York think tank called the 5Boro Institute says such apartments could put a dent in two crises the city is facing — the chronic shortage of housing and the surplus of office space in Manhattan. 5Boro maintains that empty office space could be turned into housing for “flexible co- living,” with communal kitchens and bathrooms.
5Boro argues in a new report that such conversions would cost less and could be completed faster than conventional office-to-residential conversions. 5Boro says there is just over 100 million square feet of available office space in Manhattan. That figure could grow as long-term leases go unrenewed — or as commercial tenants take less space, because remote work means fewer employees are going into the office. 5Boro’s report says that flexible co-living, a twist on co-living, or “dorms for adults,” could turn the empty space into apartments and surmount the architectural and regulatory problems that often stymie office-to-residential [Edit i] project. The group is calling for the city to set up a pilot conversion.
“Given the state of the housing crisis and the fact that New York is tied for first place in a global ranking of the most expensive cities in the world, we need to be trying new ideas,” said Grace Rauh, the executive director of 5Boro and an author of a new report about [Edit ii] office-to- resident conversions. “[Edit iii] We think not only is this doable, but we think this is a way to maximize the amount of housing that can be created through office-to-residential conversions and to minimize the costs, so rents for tenants can be much more affordable.”
Adapted from: Barron, James. “Will New Yorkers Move Into Homes With Shared Kitchens and Baths?.” New York Today, 05 Oct, 2023, The New York Times,

The tone of this article is:

Read the following article and answer the given subquestions.
Will New Yorkers Move into Homes with Shared Kitchens and Baths?
What if you lived in an apartment that did not have its own kitchen or bathroom?
A New York think tank called the 5Boro Institute says such apartments could put a dent in two crises the city is facing — the chronic shortage of housing and the surplus of office space in Manhattan. 5Boro maintains that empty office space could be turned into housing for “flexible co- living,” with communal kitchens and bathrooms.
5Boro argues in a new report that such conversions would cost less and could be completed faster than conventional office-to-residential conversions. 5Boro says there is just over 100 million square feet of available office space in Manhattan. That figure could grow as long-term leases go unrenewed — or as commercial tenants take less space, because remote work means fewer employees are going into the office. 5Boro’s report says that flexible co-living, a twist on co-living, or “dorms for adults,” could turn the empty space into apartments and surmount the architectural and regulatory problems that often stymie office-to-residential [Edit i] project. The group is calling for the city to set up a pilot conversion.
“Given the state of the housing crisis and the fact that New York is tied for first place in a global ranking of the most expensive cities in the world, we need to be trying new ideas,” said Grace Rauh, the executive director of 5Boro and an author of a new report about [Edit ii] office-to- resident conversions. “[Edit iii] We think not only is this doable, but we think this is a way to maximize the amount of housing that can be created through office-to-residential conversions and to minimize the costs, so rents for tenants can be much more affordable.”
Adapted from: Barron, James. “Will New Yorkers Move Into Homes With Shared Kitchens and Baths?.” New York Today, 05 Oct, 2023, The New York Times,

Based on your reading of the extract, what suitable action does the article suggest?

Read the following article and answer the given subquestions.
Will New Yorkers Move into Homes with Shared Kitchens and Baths?
What if you lived in an apartment that did not have its own kitchen or bathroom?
A New York think tank called the 5Boro Institute says such apartments could put a dent in two crises the city is facing — the chronic shortage of housing and the surplus of office space in Manhattan. 5Boro maintains that empty office space could be turned into housing for “flexible co- living,” with communal kitchens and bathrooms.
5Boro argues in a new report that such conversions would cost less and could be completed faster than conventional office-to-residential conversions. 5Boro says there is just over 100 million square feet of available office space in Manhattan. That figure could grow as long-term leases go unrenewed — or as commercial tenants take less space, because remote work means fewer employees are going into the office. 5Boro’s report says that flexible co-living, a twist on co-living, or “dorms for adults,” could turn the empty space into apartments and surmount the architectural and regulatory problems that often stymie office-to-residential [Edit i] project. The group is calling for the city to set up a pilot conversion.
“Given the state of the housing crisis and the fact that New York is tied for first place in a global ranking of the most expensive cities in the world, we need to be trying new ideas,” said Grace Rauh, the executive director of 5Boro and an author of a new report about [Edit ii] office-to- resident conversions. “[Edit iii] We think not only is this doable, but we think this is a way to maximize the amount of housing that can be created through office-to-residential conversions and to minimize the costs, so rents for tenants can be much more affordable.”
Adapted from: Barron, James. “Will New Yorkers Move Into Homes With Shared Kitchens and Baths?.” New York Today, 05 Oct, 2023, The New York Times,

How can the word given in bold as [Edit i] be changed to improve the article?
5Boro’s report says that flexible co-living, a twist on co-living, or “dorms for adults,” could turn the empty space into apartments and surmount the architectural and regulatory problems that often stymie office-to-residential [Edit i] project*.*

Read the following article and answer the given subquestions.
Will New Yorkers Move into Homes with Shared Kitchens and Baths?
What if you lived in an apartment that did not have its own kitchen or bathroom?
A New York think tank called the 5Boro Institute says such apartments could put a dent in two crises the city is facing — the chronic shortage of housing and the surplus of office space in Manhattan. 5Boro maintains that empty office space could be turned into housing for “flexible co- living,” with communal kitchens and bathrooms.
5Boro argues in a new report that such conversions would cost less and could be completed faster than conventional office-to-residential conversions. 5Boro says there is just over 100 million square feet of available office space in Manhattan. That figure could grow as long-term leases go unrenewed — or as commercial tenants take less space, because remote work means fewer employees are going into the office. 5Boro’s report says that flexible co-living, a twist on co-living, or “dorms for adults,” could turn the empty space into apartments and surmount the architectural and regulatory problems that often stymie office-to-residential [Edit i] project. The group is calling for the city to set up a pilot conversion.
“Given the state of the housing crisis and the fact that New York is tied for first place in a global ranking of the most expensive cities in the world, we need to be trying new ideas,” said Grace Rauh, the executive director of 5Boro and an author of a new report about [Edit ii] office-to- resident conversions. “[Edit iii] We think not only is this doable, but we think this is a way to maximize the amount of housing that can be created through office-to-residential conversions and to minimize the costs, so rents for tenants can be much more affordable.”
Adapted from: Barron, James. “Will New Yorkers Move Into Homes With Shared Kitchens and Baths?.” New York Today, 05 Oct, 2023, The New York Times,

How can the hyphenated word given in bold as [Edit ii] be changed to improve the article? “Given the state of the housing crisis and the fact that New York is tied for first place in a global ranking of the most expensive cities in the world, we need to be trying new ideas,” said Grace Rauh, the executive director of 5Boro and an author of a new report about [Edit ii] office-to-resident conversions.

Read the following article and answer the given subquestions.
Will New Yorkers Move into Homes with Shared Kitchens and Baths?
What if you lived in an apartment that did not have its own kitchen or bathroom?
A New York think tank called the 5Boro Institute says such apartments could put a dent in two crises the city is facing — the chronic shortage of housing and the surplus of office space in Manhattan. 5Boro maintains that empty office space could be turned into housing for “flexible co- living,” with communal kitchens and bathrooms.
5Boro argues in a new report that such conversions would cost less and could be completed faster than conventional office-to-residential conversions. 5Boro says there is just over 100 million square feet of available office space in Manhattan. That figure could grow as long-term leases go unrenewed — or as commercial tenants take less space, because remote work means fewer employees are going into the office. 5Boro’s report says that flexible co-living, a twist on co-living, or “dorms for adults,” could turn the empty space into apartments and surmount the architectural and regulatory problems that often stymie office-to-residential [Edit i] project. The group is calling for the city to set up a pilot conversion.
“Given the state of the housing crisis and the fact that New York is tied for first place in a global ranking of the most expensive cities in the world, we need to be trying new ideas,” said Grace Rauh, the executive director of 5Boro and an author of a new report about [Edit ii] office-to- resident conversions. “[Edit iii] We think not only is this doable, but we think this is a way to maximize the amount of housing that can be created through office-to-residential conversions and to minimize the costs, so rents for tenants can be much more affordable.”
Adapted from: Barron, James. “Will New Yorkers Move Into Homes With Shared Kitchens and Baths?.” New York Today, 05 Oct, 2023, The New York Times,

How can the part of the sentence given in bold as [Edit iii] be changed to improve the article? “[Edit iii] We think not only is this doable, but we think this is a way to maximize the amount of housing that can be created through office-to-residential conversions and to minimize the costs, so rents for tenants can be much more affordable."

Read the following article and answer the given subquestions.
Will New Yorkers Move into Homes with Shared Kitchens and Baths?
What if you lived in an apartment that did not have its own kitchen or bathroom?
A New York think tank called the 5Boro Institute says such apartments could put a dent in two crises the city is facing — the chronic shortage of housing and the surplus of office space in Manhattan. 5Boro maintains that empty office space could be turned into housing for “flexible co- living,” with communal kitchens and bathrooms.
5Boro argues in a new report that such conversions would cost less and could be completed faster than conventional office-to-residential conversions. 5Boro says there is just over 100 million square feet of available office space in Manhattan. That figure could grow as long-term leases go unrenewed — or as commercial tenants take less space, because remote work means fewer employees are going into the office. 5Boro’s report says that flexible co-living, a twist on co-living, or “dorms for adults,” could turn the empty space into apartments and surmount the architectural and regulatory problems that often stymie office-to-residential [Edit i] project. The group is calling for the city to set up a pilot conversion.
“Given the state of the housing crisis and the fact that New York is tied for first place in a global ranking of the most expensive cities in the world, we need to be trying new ideas,” said Grace Rauh, the executive director of 5Boro and an author of a new report about [Edit ii] office-to- resident conversions. “[Edit iii] We think not only is this doable, but we think this is a way to maximize the amount of housing that can be created through office-to-residential conversions and to minimize the costs, so rents for tenants can be much more affordable.”
Adapted from: Barron, James. “Will New Yorkers Move Into Homes With Shared Kitchens and Baths?.” New York Today, 05 Oct, 2023, The New York Times,

To what audience is this article likely to be addressed?

Read the following article and answer the given subquestions.
Will New Yorkers Move into Homes with Shared Kitchens and Baths?
What if you lived in an apartment that did not have its own kitchen or bathroom?
A New York think tank called the 5Boro Institute says such apartments could put a dent in two crises the city is facing — the chronic shortage of housing and the surplus of office space in Manhattan. 5Boro maintains that empty office space could be turned into housing for “flexible co- living,” with communal kitchens and bathrooms.
5Boro argues in a new report that such conversions would cost less and could be completed faster than conventional office-to-residential conversions. 5Boro says there is just over 100 million square feet of available office space in Manhattan. That figure could grow as long-term leases go unrenewed — or as commercial tenants take less space, because remote work means fewer employees are going into the office. 5Boro’s report says that flexible co-living, a twist on co-living, or “dorms for adults,” could turn the empty space into apartments and surmount the architectural and regulatory problems that often stymie office-to-residential [Edit i] project. The group is calling for the city to set up a pilot conversion.
“Given the state of the housing crisis and the fact that New York is tied for first place in a global ranking of the most expensive cities in the world, we need to be trying new ideas,” said Grace Rauh, the executive director of 5Boro and an author of a new report about [Edit ii] office-to- resident conversions. “[Edit iii] We think not only is this doable, but we think this is a way to maximize the amount of housing that can be created through office-to-residential conversions and to minimize the costs, so rents for tenants can be much more affordable.”
Adapted from: Barron, James. “Will New Yorkers Move Into Homes With Shared Kitchens and Baths?.” New York Today, 05 Oct, 2023, The New York Times,

State true or false.
The topic sentence in this article is a question.

Read the following article and answer the given subquestions.
Will New Yorkers Move into Homes with Shared Kitchens and Baths?
What if you lived in an apartment that did not have its own kitchen or bathroom?
A New York think tank called the 5Boro Institute says such apartments could put a dent in two crises the city is facing — the chronic shortage of housing and the surplus of office space in Manhattan. 5Boro maintains that empty office space could be turned into housing for “flexible co- living,” with communal kitchens and bathrooms.
5Boro argues in a new report that such conversions would cost less and could be completed faster than conventional office-to-residential conversions. 5Boro says there is just over 100 million square feet of available office space in Manhattan. That figure could grow as long-term leases go unrenewed — or as commercial tenants take less space, because remote work means fewer employees are going into the office. 5Boro’s report says that flexible co-living, a twist on co-living, or “dorms for adults,” could turn the empty space into apartments and surmount the architectural and regulatory problems that often stymie office-to-residential [Edit i] project. The group is calling for the city to set up a pilot conversion.
“Given the state of the housing crisis and the fact that New York is tied for first place in a global ranking of the most expensive cities in the world, we need to be trying new ideas,” said Grace Rauh, the executive director of 5Boro and an author of a new report about [Edit ii] office-to- resident conversions. “[Edit iii] We think not only is this doable, but we think this is a way to maximize the amount of housing that can be created through office-to-residential conversions and to minimize the costs, so rents for tenants can be much more affordable.”
Adapted from: Barron, James. “Will New Yorkers Move Into Homes With Shared Kitchens and Baths?.” New York Today, 05 Oct, 2023, The New York Times,

Which of the following is NOT a strategy used by this article to support its central theme?

Read the following article and answer the given subquestions.
Will New Yorkers Move into Homes with Shared Kitchens and Baths?
What if you lived in an apartment that did not have its own kitchen or bathroom?
A New York think tank called the 5Boro Institute says such apartments could put a dent in two crises the city is facing — the chronic shortage of housing and the surplus of office space in Manhattan. 5Boro maintains that empty office space could be turned into housing for “flexible co- living,” with communal kitchens and bathrooms.
5Boro argues in a new report that such conversions would cost less and could be completed faster than conventional office-to-residential conversions. 5Boro says there is just over 100 million square feet of available office space in Manhattan. That figure could grow as long-term leases go unrenewed — or as commercial tenants take less space, because remote work means fewer employees are going into the office. 5Boro’s report says that flexible co-living, a twist on co-living, or “dorms for adults,” could turn the empty space into apartments and surmount the architectural and regulatory problems that often stymie office-to-residential [Edit i] project. The group is calling for the city to set up a pilot conversion.
“Given the state of the housing crisis and the fact that New York is tied for first place in a global ranking of the most expensive cities in the world, we need to be trying new ideas,” said Grace Rauh, the executive director of 5Boro and an author of a new report about [Edit ii] office-to- resident conversions. “[Edit iii] We think not only is this doable, but we think this is a way to maximize the amount of housing that can be created through office-to-residential conversions and to minimize the costs, so rents for tenants can be much more affordable.”
Adapted from: Barron, James. “Will New Yorkers Move Into Homes With Shared Kitchens and Baths?.” New York Today, 05 Oct, 2023, The New York Times,

State true or false.
The paragraph uses the repetition of key words as a strategy of unification.

Read the following article and answer the given subquestions.
Will New Yorkers Move into Homes with Shared Kitchens and Baths?
What if you lived in an apartment that did not have its own kitchen or bathroom?
A New York think tank called the 5Boro Institute says such apartments could put a dent in two crises the city is facing — the chronic shortage of housing and the surplus of office space in Manhattan. 5Boro maintains that empty office space could be turned into housing for “flexible co- living,” with communal kitchens and bathrooms.
5Boro argues in a new report that such conversions would cost less and could be completed faster than conventional office-to-residential conversions. 5Boro says there is just over 100 million square feet of available office space in Manhattan. That figure could grow as long-term leases go unrenewed — or as commercial tenants take less space, because remote work means fewer employees are going into the office. 5Boro’s report says that flexible co-living, a twist on co-living, or “dorms for adults,” could turn the empty space into apartments and surmount the architectural and regulatory problems that often stymie office-to-residential [Edit i] project. The group is calling for the city to set up a pilot conversion.
“Given the state of the housing crisis and the fact that New York is tied for first place in a global ranking of the most expensive cities in the world, we need to be trying new ideas,” said Grace Rauh, the executive director of 5Boro and an author of a new report about [Edit ii] office-to- resident conversions. “[Edit iii] We think not only is this doable, but we think this is a way to maximize the amount of housing that can be created through office-to-residential conversions and to minimize the costs, so rents for tenants can be much more affordable.”
Adapted from: Barron, James. “Will New Yorkers Move Into Homes With Shared Kitchens and Baths?.” New York Today, 05 Oct, 2023, The New York Times,

‘That figure could grow as long-term leases go unrenewed — or as commercial tenants take less space, because remote work means fewer employees are going into the office*.’*
In the scheme of organization of this article, what function does the clause in bold serve?

Read the passage and answer the given subquestions
“Has a snake ever coiled itself round any part of your body? A full-blooded cobra?” All of us fell silent. The question came from the homeopath. The topic came up when we were discussing snakes. We listened attentively as the doctor continued with his tale. It was a (1)__________ summer night; about ten o’clock. I had my meal(2)_________ the restaurant (Context: Specific location) and returned to my room. I heard (3)_______ noise from above as I opened the door. The sound was (4)_______ familiar one. One could say that the rats and I shared the room. I took out my box of matches and lighted the kerosene lamp (5)________ the table.”
(Source: Basheer, Vaikom Muhammad. “The Snake And The Mirror.” Beehive, Translated by V. Abdulla, National Council Of Educational Research And Training, 2022, p. 56.)

Choose the correct form of adjective for blank (1).

Read the passage and answer the given subquestions
“Has a snake ever coiled itself round any part of your body? A full-blooded cobra?” All of us fell silent. The question came from the homeopath. The topic came up when we were discussing snakes. We listened attentively as the doctor continued with his tale. It was a (1)__________ summer night; about ten o’clock. I had my meal(2)_________ the restaurant (Context: Specific location) and returned to my room. I heard (3)_______ noise from above as I opened the door. The sound was (4)_______ familiar one. One could say that the rats and I shared the room. I took out my box of matches and lighted the kerosene lamp (5)________ the table.”
(Source: Basheer, Vaikom Muhammad. “The Snake And The Mirror.” Beehive, Translated by V. Abdulla, National Council Of Educational Research And Training, 2022, p. 56.)

Choose the correct preposition for blank (2).

Read the passage and answer the given subquestions
“Has a snake ever coiled itself round any part of your body? A full-blooded cobra?” All of us fell silent. The question came from the homeopath. The topic came up when we were discussing snakes. We listened attentively as the doctor continued with his tale. It was a (1)__________ summer night; about ten o’clock. I had my meal(2)_________ the restaurant (Context: Specific location) and returned to my room. I heard (3)_______ noise from above as I opened the door. The sound was (4)_______ familiar one. One could say that the rats and I shared the room. I took out my box of matches and lighted the kerosene lamp (5)________ the table.”
(Source: Basheer, Vaikom Muhammad. “The Snake And The Mirror.” Beehive, Translated by V. Abdulla, National Council Of Educational Research And Training, 2022, p. 56.)

Choose the correct article for blank (3).

Read the passage and answer the given subquestions
“Has a snake ever coiled itself round any part of your body? A full-blooded cobra?” All of us fell silent. The question came from the homeopath. The topic came up when we were discussing snakes. We listened attentively as the doctor continued with his tale. It was a (1)__________ summer night; about ten o’clock. I had my meal(2)_________ the restaurant (Context: Specific location) and returned to my room. I heard (3)_______ noise from above as I opened the door. The sound was (4)_______ familiar one. One could say that the rats and I shared the room. I took out my box of matches and lighted the kerosene lamp (5)________ the table.”
(Source: Basheer, Vaikom Muhammad. “The Snake And The Mirror.” Beehive, Translated by V. Abdulla, National Council Of Educational Research And Training, 2022, p. 56.)

Choose the correct article for blank (4).

Read the passage and answer the given subquestions
“Has a snake ever coiled itself round any part of your body? A full-blooded cobra?” All of us fell silent. The question came from the homeopath. The topic came up when we were discussing snakes. We listened attentively as the doctor continued with his tale. It was a (1)__________ summer night; about ten o’clock. I had my meal(2)_________ the restaurant (Context: Specific location) and returned to my room. I heard (3)_______ noise from above as I opened the door. The sound was (4)_______ familiar one. One could say that the rats and I shared the room. I took out my box of matches and lighted the kerosene lamp (5)________ the table.”
(Source: Basheer, Vaikom Muhammad. “The Snake And The Mirror.” Beehive, Translated by V. Abdulla, National Council Of Educational Research And Training, 2022, p. 56.)

Choose the correct preposition for blank (5).

Choose the word with a ‘y’ sound from the following.

Pick the odd one out on the basis of the similarity of sounds:

Identify the nouns in the following sentence.
Summer is very hot.

When I was small, I often_____ with the other children in our block.

Machu Picchu is the ______ site I saw in Peru.

Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence.
Though it may not look like it, he behaves friendly with everyone.

Fill in the blank with the appropriate option.
She is a very bright girl, she’s sure to _______ in her job.

Choose the correct option.
__________ I come in?

How many syllables are there in the word dissimilarity?

How many syllables are there in the word straight?

In the plural noun lemons, the plural marker sounds as ________.

The word popularity is stressed as ___________ (stress is indicated in bold).

Identify the grammatically correct sentence from the options given.

Identify the grammatically correct sentence from the options given.

“I can’t believe Raksha told the management about Rashi’s plans of eventually quitting the company – I didn’t think she was someone who would ________________________.