Complete the following words with the suitable suffixes given in the brackets.
a) One is my name, Thandi, which means hope in my langu ......... (age / ege). All childr ........ (en / an) are a hope for their families and many Ndebele girls are named Hope.
b) If you like, you can call your ......... (self/selves) Hope, too, in secret, of course. Especial ......... (ly / lly), if you are a boy, of course.
c) They tell stor ......... (yes / ies) as they sort and string and sew. My mother lets me watch her and very soon I shall be mak ......... (eing / ing) the am photo and the ghabi, and they will be so good that when I dance, the stars will dance with me.
d) In my village, the childr ...... (an / en) play with penny whistles and bicycles. Some are so shy that they try to lose them ...... (self/selves) in their mothers’ blankets.
