Q: The Iranian languages or Iranic languages form a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages, which in turn are a branch of the Indo-European language family. The speakers of Iranian languages are known as Iranian peoples. Historical Iranian languages are grouped in three stages: Old Iranian (until 400 BCE), Middle Iranian (400 BCE 900 CE), and New Iranian (since 900 CE). Of the Old Iranian languages, the better understood and recorded ones are Old Persian (a language of Achaemenid Iran) and Avestan (the language of the Avesta). Middle Iranian languages included Middle Persian (a language of Sassanid Iran), Parthian, and Bactrian.

As of 2008, there were an estimated 150200 million native speakers of Iranian languages. Ethnologue estimates there are 86 Iranian languages, the largest amongst them being Persian, Pashto, Kurdish, and Balochi.

The term Iranian is applied to any language which descends from the ancestral Proto-Iranian language. Iranian derives from the Persian and Sanskrit origin word Arya.

1. Indo-Iranian
2. 150200 million
3. 86
4. Four
5. Persian, Pashto, Kurdish, and Balochi.
6. Old Persian and Avestan
7. Two
8. Old Iranian (until 400 BCE), Middle Iranian (400 BCE 900 CE), and New Iranian (since 900 CE)
9. Proto-Iranian l
10. 2008

Numbered questions:
1. What branch are Iranian languages considered?
2. How many people speak the language?
3. How many types of languages are there?
4. How many groups are there?
5. What are they?
6. Of the old languages which ones are the ones that were recorded more.
7. How many old ones were there?
8. What all types of languages is the term applied to?
9. Where does the word Iranian come from?
10. What year did they say how many people speak the languages?

Q: The sound of the women washing laundry down at the lake woke Lizzie up. She yawned, stretching out like a lazy cat. Her sister was also awake. "Lizzie", Meghan whispered, "are you awake?" Lizzie nodded and rolled out of bed. Meghan rolled over and went back to sleep.

As Lizzie walked down the hallway, she accidentally stepped on Ralph's tail. "Woof!" Ralph yelled, in pain. "Sorry, Ralph", said Lizzie.

Lizzie went down the stairs and into the kitchen. She ate some milk and cereal for breakfast. Then she sat down to write a letter to her dad. As she was writing she heard Ralph playing with his ball.

Lizzie's dad was a driver for a rich family in England. She had only met her dad in person once, but they wrote letters to each other every week. Her dad was a very busy man, and he did what he had to for his family. Sometimes Lizzie wished she could go to England, too. It wasn't fair that the other girls got to see their dads every day.

After writing a page, Lizzie stopped. Her hand was covered in the black ink of the pen. She washed her hands and dried them. Then she went outside to wait for the postman. She would mail her letter right away.

1. The sound of the women washing laundry down at the lake
2. She yawned, stretching out like a lazy cat.
3. yes
4. Meghan
5. are you awake
6. yes
7. Ralph
8. Yes
9. yes
10. the kitchen
11. yes
12. milk and cereal
13. sat down to write a letter to her dad
14. Ralph playing with his ball
15. He was a driver
16. once
17. yes
18. yes

Numbered questions:
1. What woke Lizzie up?
2. What did she do after that?
3. Was her sister awake?
4. What was her name?
5. What did Meghan ask?
6. Did Meghan go back to sleep after that?
7. Who's tail was stepped on?
8. Did he yell something in pain?
9. Did Lizzie appologize for it?
10. What room did she go to next?
11. Did she get something to eat for breakfast?
12. What did she have to eat?
13. After that what did she do?
14. What did she hear while she was writing?
15. What did Lizzie's dad do for work for a rich family in England?
16. How many times had she met him in person?
17. Was her dad a busy person?
18. Did Lizzie ever want to go to England too?

Q: (CNN) -- MS Dhoni continued his winning streak after guiding the Chennai Super Kings to a nail biting victory over Kolkata Knight Riders in the opening clash of the Indian Premier League.

The seven week 20-over tournament offers yet more action for the cricket-loving Indian public after Dhoni led them to a World Cup triumph on home soil less than a week ago.

And he masterminded an opening win in Chennai as Kolkata failed to record the four runs they need off the final delivery of the match to lose by two runs.

Batting first, Chennai made 153-4 off their 20 overs. Srikkanth Anirudha got them off to a fast start as he smashed 64 off just 55 deliveries.

Indian pair Suresh Raini and Dhoni then added valuable runs at the end of the innings, finishing with 33 and 29 respectively, as the Super Kings posted a challenging total.

An opening stand of 64 between Manvinder Bisla and South African Jacques Kallis looked to have put Kolkata in the driving seat but when Kallis went for 54 their innings faltered.

English batsman Eoin Morgan was stumped for just six runs but Manoj Tiwary got Kolkata back on track with a quick fire 27 runs, including two sixes, before he was stumped by Dhoni off the bowling of Randiv.

The Knight Riders needed nine runs from the final over but lost Laxmi Shukla off the second ball. Rajat Bhatia was charged with hitting a boundary off the final ball to win but Kolkata could only manage a leg bye.

1. Indian Premier League
2. cricket
3. Chennai
4. Raini and Dhoni
5. Eoin Morgan
6. The Knight Riders
7. Rajat Bhatia
8. Kolkata
9. 153-4
10. Seven weeks

Numbered questions:
1. What is the name of the league?
2. what sport is it?
3. Who batted first?
4. Who are the two Indians that made runs?
5. Who is the English batsman?
6. Who needed 9 more runs?
7. Who hit a boundary?
8. Who got a leg bye?
9. What did Chennaiu make?
10. How long is the tournament?