Story: “My Dreams have Life
-by Thota Srinivas
(based on grammar exercises)
Overview: This
fiction is about a ten years-old boy who dreams about the most fascinating
things he could ever imagine including the fictional characters he comes across
in his favourite cartoon serials and stories. Things seem pretty normal with
all his delightful dreams until one day when he realizes that his dreams are
turning into a reality.
“My dreary days”
Concrete roads and tall buildings with
no greenery to be seen make me…
(1)………………………. (quite/quiet) dizzy.
And unfortunately I belong to a place
which…(2)…………………..(has/have) only
people and people with vehicles in it
but not a single beautiful element of
nature.
I…(3)……………………………(antonym of ‘rarely’)
feel that life could be more joyful if one
can get close to the nature. I dream about
talking trees, dancing flowers, singing
streams and humming hills. My dream…
(4)…………………..(do/does) not end there, it is
full of colours and music and a lot of
magic.
I…(5)……………………….(slide/swirl/swim) on
the rainbow plucking stars on my way
and move about on fluffy clouds. I skim
over the water competing with dolphins
and fly high on the wings of the dragons. I
fight with the witches and hang out with
the…(6)………………………….. (masculine word
for ‘witches’). I party with the angels and
feast…(7)…………………. (of/in/with) the
fairies. I turn pigs into swans and flowers
into kids.
My world has only days but no …(8)……………….(nights/knights) – only happiness but no sorrow- only moments of fun but no worries-only play but no work …(9)……………….(or/and/but) stress.
But all these heavenly visuals…
(10)……………………… (gradually / abruptly)
come to an end the moment the noise of
my dreary day begins.
It’s not the alarm but the ……(11) …… ……… ……
… ( honking / shrieking /ringing) cars that
wake me up early in the morning. I get
repelled to go for a morning walk as
pollution from the vehicles seems to
have…(12)…………………. (wake up/ woken up)
even before I have.
But things have to go on whether we like or not and I am…(13)………………………. (addicted/ habituated) to getting up early in the morning so that I shall not be late to school.
Things get normal and routine from
then. My mother yells, “ Danny, have
you woken up ? It’s time to school.
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