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Mrs. Bramble took the book. “Yes, mother will hear you, precious.” (a) What is unusual in Mrs. Bramble’s speech? (b) What do you think of the speaker? (c) Give the meaning of ‘precious’.

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Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow:

Mrs. Bramble took the book.

“Yes, mother will hear you, precious.”

(a) What is unusual in Mrs. Bramble’s speech?

(b) What do you think of the speaker?

(c) Give the meaning of ‘precious’.

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(a) Her referring to herself in the third person is unusual.

(b) The speaker, Mrs. Bramble, is a very loving and caring mother.

(c) ‘dear’.

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