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Notice how the word ‘hope’ is used in these sentences from the story:
(a) I hope it (the hailstorm) passes quickly.
(b) There was a single hope: help from God.
In the first example, ‘hope’ is a verb which means you wish for something to happen. In the second example it is a noun meaning a chance for something to happen.
Match the sentences in Column A with the meanings of ‘hope’ in Column B.
S. No | A | B |
1 | Will you get the subjects you want to study in college? I hope so. | a feeling that something good will probably happen |
2 | I hope you don’t mind my saying this, but I don’t like the way you are arguing. | thinking that this would happen (It may or may not have happened.) |
3 | This discovery will give new hope to HIV/AIDS sufferers. | stopped believing that this good thing would happen |
4 | We were hoping against hope that the judges would not notice our mistakes. | wanting something to happen (and thinking it quite possible) |
5 | I called early in the hope of speaking to her before she went to school. | showing concern that what you say should not offend or disturb the other person: a way of being polite |
6 | Just when everybody had given up hope, the fishermen came back, seven days after the cyclone. | wishing for something to happen, although this is very unlikely |
Write down the answers in the space provided:
S. No | A | B |
1 | Will you get the subjects you want to study in college? I hope so. | |
2 | I hope you don’t mind my saying this, but I don’t like the way you are arguing. | |
3 | This discovery will give new hope to HIV/AIDS sufferers. | |
4 | We were hoping against hope that the judges would not notice our mistakes. | |
5 | I called early in the hope of speaking to her before she went to school. | |
6 | Just when everybody had given up hope, the fishermen came back, seven days after the cyclone. |
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