11th Class English The Portrait Of A Lady - Khushwant Singh

  • question_answer 14)
    Notice the different senses of the word 'take'. 1. to take something : to begin to do something as a habit. 2. to take ill : to suddenly become ill. Locate these phrases in the text and notice the way they are used.    

    Answer:

     1. She took to feeding sparrows in the courtyard of our city house. Earlier she used to feel the dogs in the village and now she started feeding the sparrows in the city.   2. The next morning she was taken ill. The previous evening, she sang songs for several hours and the next morning, she suddenly became sick.  


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