Answer Key: Preparatory I, English I

Question 3

a)

i) Decree: a decision made in court

ii) plaintiff: a person who makes  a formal complaint against somebody in a court

iii) Impassive : Emotionless

b)

i) Ransie and his wife Ariela went to Justice Benaja’s office to get divorce because they could not get along with each other.

ii) Jusice Benaja  wanted to handover the decree of divorce to Ransie. Ariela stopped him from doing so because she wanted him to order Ransie to give her an alimony of five dollars.

iii) When Justice Benaja was going home, he was stopped by a man, who pointed a rifle at him and asked him to give him all the money he had.

iv) Justice Benaja was sad on seeing Ariela keep the money in he pocket because he had judged that it  was Ransie, who had taken the money from him at gunpoint and had given it to Ariela as alimony.

v) After getting the decree of divorce, Ransie and Ariela felt the pain of getting separated from each other. It made them realize that though they could not get along together yet the feelings of love persisted in their hearts for each other.

vi) There is an interesting end to the story. Justice Benaja took a sum of five dollars from Ransie for issuing the decree of divorce. Ransie got back these five dollars from Justice Benaja at gunpoint and paid it to his wife as alimony. However, Justice Benaja made Ariela to pay the sum of five dollars as fee fro getting married to Ransie again and finally got back the money.

c)

Ransie	and	Ariela	went	to	court
to	get	divorce	as	they	could
not	get	along	together.	When	the
Judge	gave	them	the	decree	of
divorce,	they	felt	the	pain	of
getting	separated	from	each	other.	They
realized	the	love	they	had	for
each	other	in	their	hearts.	They
promise	to	mend	their	ways	and
live	a	happy	married	life	again.

d) Distance makes the heart grow fonder would be an apt title for the summary as it describes how the thought of getting separated from each other made Ransie and Ariela to realize the love they had for each other and that they could not live their lives separately.

Question 4

A)

1. winning

2. imagined

3. would win

4. had completed

5. running

6. became

7. to be broken

8. broke

b)

i)  over

ii) to

iii) of

iv) in

v) on

vi) to

vii) with

viii) upon

c)

i) He pardoned as he had confessed his crime.

ii) Neither a borrower nor a lender be.

iii) The suitcase is light enough for me to carry.

iv) He earns a lot by making posters.

d)

i) Will there be a scarcity of fresh vegetables during the rainy season?

ii) Your arrival early in the morning surprised him.

iii) She kept her jewellery in a safe lest she should lose it.

iv) In spite of her frequent help, he never succeeded.

v) The teacher asked Meena how she had done that.

vi) No sooner did he come than he started shouting.

vii) She is not more attached to you than to me.

Viii) Never has anybody talked to me like this before.