Q1.
B. Write about your best friend and complete the paragraph.
My best friend’s name is ..................... . ......... is a ......... . ......... is ......... years old. ......... studies in class ......... . There are ......... members in ......... family. ......... hobbies are ......................... . ......... wants to be a ......................... . When we are together, we ......................... . ......... is my best friend because ......................... .
My best friend’s name is ..................... . ......... is a ......... . ......... is ......... years old. ......... studies in class ......... . There are ......... members in ......... family. ......... hobbies are ......................... . ......... wants to be a ......................... . When we are together, we ......................... . ......... is my best friend because ......................... .
Answer
This paragraph is about your own friend, so only you can fill it in truly. What the book is really teaching here is the use of pronouns — he, she, his, her.
What goes in each blank:
| The line | What to write |
|---|---|
| My best friend’s name is ____ . | your friend’s name |
| ____ is a ____ . | He is a boy. / She is a girl. |
| ____ is ____ years old. | He / She · the age, usually nine or ten |
| ____ studies in class ____ . | He / She · the class, usually 4 |
| There are ____ members in ____ family. | a number · his / her |
| ____ hobbies are ____ . | His / Her · two or three things he or she likes doing |
| ____ wants to be a ____ . | He / She · a doctor, a pilot, a teacher… |
| When we are together, we ____ . | what the two of you do together |
| ____ is my best friend because ____ . | He / She · one real reason |
Why pronouns are needed here: If you wrote the name again and again — “Ravi is nine. Ravi studies in class 4. Ravi’s hobbies…” — the paragraph would sound dull. A pronoun takes the place of the name and makes writing smooth. Use he/his for a boy and she/her for a girl, and keep the same one all the way through.
Model answer:
My best friend’s name is Meera. She is a girl. She is nine years old. She studies in class 4. There are five members in her family. Her hobbies are reading story books and drawing birds. She wants to be a doctor. When we are together, we play badminton and share our tiffin. She is my best friend because she helps me when I cannot understand a sum.
My best friend’s name is Meera. She is a girl. She is nine years old. She studies in class 4. There are five members in her family. Her hobbies are reading story books and drawing birds. She wants to be a doctor. When we are together, we play badminton and share our tiffin. She is my best friend because she helps me when I cannot understand a sum.
Tip for the last blank: Give a real reason, not just “because she is nice”. A reason with a small example is always better — “because she waited for me when I hurt my foot”.