2.4 Excuses ! (A Skit)

Ans. When sometimes I come late I feel very guilty.

(3) What action is taken, in school, on late-comers ? ( उशिरा येणाऱ्यांवर कोणती कारवाई होते ?)

Ans. Our teacher makes the late- comers stand out of the class.

(4) Do you give excuses for your late-coming? Are they true or false? (तुमच्या उशिरा येण्याबद्दल तुम्ही काही सबबी देता का? त्या खऱ्या असतात की खोट्या ? )

(5) Why is punctuality so important in life? (आयुष्यात वक्तशीरपणा का महत्त्वाचा असतो ? )

Ans. If we are not punctual, we might miss some opportunities in life. Our work also delays and that affects our success in life.

(2) Reported Speech
Speech or dialogues can be reported in 2 ways – Direct and Indirect.
When exact words of the speaker are reported we call it Direct speech. When
exact words of the speaker are not reported, but just its contents we call it.
Indirect speech. 

Direct speech : Amar said, ‘‘I shall come to meet you tomorrow, Sanket.’’ 

Indirect speech : Amar told Sanket that he would go to meet him the
next day

                             शब्दार्थ : 

nothing short of : nothing less than

investigate-इन्व्हेस्टिगेइ़ट् : तपास करणे. carry out a systematic search to discover truth about some incident

pavement: -पदपथ-a footpath of the sides of a road.

groaning : -कण्हणे-making painful sounds

to deal with :निस्तरणे- to handle

vanished-व्हॅनइश्ट् : अदृश्य, नाहीसा disappeared

growled : गुरगुरणे- angry sounds made by animals

budge -बज : मारणे, सरकणे move

lured : आकर्षित करणे :attracted to do something

accounts for : reports what happened

relieved : काळजीतून मुक्त होणे -no longer worried 

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