Explanation
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions from 01 to 02 set below it.
The floods during the monsoon season in 2010 affected people in all the four provinces of Pakistan. Thousands of people lost their family members, relatives or friends. Thousands, in fact hundreds of thousands, became homeless. Huge areas of land were flooded and the crops were destroyed. People lost cattle, chickens, and other sources of income. But, people had faith in Allah. They did not give up hope. Soon, things started to change for the better for many of them. Thousands, in fact, hundreds of thousands, became homeless.
1. The underlined words in the above sentence mean __________.
A. Countless people
B. A large number of people
C. As many people as you can think of
D. A lot of people
2. The verb ‘Lost’ used in the second sentence of the paragraph is the second form (past indefinite) of
______________
A. Loss
B. Loose
C. Lost
D. Lose
ND26-2-2023
