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Questions

1. How does Juma feel about thunderstorms? What makes you think so?
2. What words in the story help you infer Juma’s emotions?
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3. What can you guess about Juma’s actions when he hears thunder?
4. Based on the context, what do you think the words in boldface mean?

Story 3

Ndele walked into the living room and gasped. The beautiful blue vase
her mother loved was in pieces on the floor. Her little brother, Chautundu,
stood nearby, his hands behind his back and his eyes looking down. “What
happened?” Ndele asked. Chautundu shrugged and whispered, “I don’t
know.”

Questions

1. What do you think might have happened to the vase?
2. Why do you think Chautundu behaves this way?

3. What do you think Ndele might say next?
4. What do you think the words in boldface mean as used in the text?
5. Look up the meaning of the words in boldface in a dictionary and compare
it with your initial guess in (4).

Story 4

Tulibaha sat quietly at her desk as the teacher walked around collecting
exercise books with homework from students. When the teacher got to

her desk, Tulibaha bit her lip and looked down. “Tulibaha, where is your
homework?” the teacher asked. Tulibaha mumbled, “I forgot it at home.”
The teacher sighed and moved on. Tulibaha didn’t lift her head for the rest

of the lesson. After the class, she went to the teacher’s office, apologised and
promised to submit her work the following day.

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