English Skills Book - 5 51 Reading 11 Read and learn. Pony Trekking can stay away from the noise of the town and can really feel peace in your heart and mind. The Route: Pure Miracle Our journey starts from the plains of Lower Mustang and goes to the hills of Upper Mustang. This route is filled with breathtaking scenes and beauty. You will be overwhelmed with the fresh air and atmosphere. Packages 1) 1-Day Pony-trekking (with snacks and drink) Rs. 2,000 2) 3-Days Premium Package (lodging & food) Rs.7,000 For More Information Mustang Treks Phone: 98 XXXXXXXXX Email: [email protected] Are you waiting for an exciting holiday package? Are you bored with all the regular stuff and activities on holidays? If yes, we offer you pony-trekking. We guarantee: You’ll love it! What is Pony-trekking? Pony-trekking is an exciting activity that you can enjoy during your tour of Mustang. You get a ride on horseback and go around sightseeing. You pass by the villages and enjoy the typical culture in the area, have a true experience of being in the nature while observing flora and fauna, and interact with people there. You
52 English Skills Book - 5 Comprehension a. What kind of document is this? b. Why do people make it? c. What is the brochure about? d. What can one experience during the trek? e. How much do you need to pay for the trek? f. Where do you contact if you need more information? Project 13 Prepare and present a simple brochure on any holiday activity. Pay attention to the following: • Give a title to your brochure. • Use attention catcher with some questions or interesting facts. • Mention what the activity is. • Where does the activity take place? • Mention prices and contacts. Grammar Adverbs of frequency We use adverbs of frequency to talk about how often things happen. Punam always wears a t-shirt. Sometimes, we go on a tour from school. They never go out for dinner. 12 Answer the following questions.
English Skills Book - 5 53 do watch read meet be take talk have return play go get up Hira ________ at six o’clock every morning. He ________ breakfast with his family. Then, he ________ to school. Hira ________ lunch at school. He ________ a very good student. After school, he usually ________ his friends at the park. Hira and his friends ________ football and they often ________ about their day at school. Then, Hira ________ home and ________ his homework. On weekdays, Hira ________ a book and goes to bed very early, but on Saturday nights, he ________ TV until ten o’clock! always usually often sometimes seldom hardly never 100 0 a. Jeena ____________ drinks tea. b. Manya ____________ drinks tea. c. Manita ____________ drinks tea. d. Sangita ____________ drinks tea. e. Manoj ____________ drinks tea. f. Kiran ____________ drinks tea. g. Kapil ____________ drinks tea. 14 Listen to the audio again and fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs. 15 Complete the sentences in the chart. Use each frequency adverb once.
54 English Skills Book - 5 Raman gets up in the morning at _________ He has breakfast at _________ He leaves home for school at _________ He reaches school at _________ His classes start at _________ He takes lunch at _________ He arrives home at _________ He has dinner at _________ He goes to bed at _________ This is the list of Raman’s daily activities. Listen and put the time. You can write the clock time digitally. It’s ___ o’clock. It’s 5 minutes to ___ It’s 5 minutes past ___ It’s a quarter to ___ It’s a quarter past ___ It’s half past ___ It’s 10 minutes to ___ It’s 10 minutes past ___ It’s 20 minutes to ___ It’s 20 minutes past ___ It’s 25 minutes to ___ It’s 25 minutes past ___ 16 Look and learn to read time. 17 Listen and write the schedule. Minute hand Hour hand Telling Time
English Skills Book - 5 55 Reading 18 Read the given time table and answer the questions. Sunita is in a language learning school. This time table covers four days. Time Day Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday 9.00 Grammar Vocabulary Grammar Late breakfast 10.00 English skills: Speaking English skills: Listening Progress test English skills: Writing 11.00 Games with English Drama Drama Preparation for excursion 12.00 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch 13.00 Project class Project class Theatre trip Excursion to local castle or museum 15.00 Circus time Mountain biking 17.00 Free time Free time 18.00 Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner 19.00 Bowling Talent show Disco Free time 21.00 Free time Free time Free time Free time Comprehension 19 Answer the following questions. a. What kind of classes are the first thing in the morning? b. Which language is Sunita learning? c. Which day does she spend most of her time away from school?
56 English Skills Book - 5 d. Which skill does she practise the most? e. Which day can she get up late? f. Would you like to have a time table like this? Why or why not? 20 Prepare a similar time table at your home. Reading 21 Read and learn. Sydney, Australia 10 January 2018 Dear Tenzing, Hi! I’m Tom Cook and I’m thirteen years old. I’m from Sydney, Australia. Here is a photo of my family and our relatives. My parents are Sue and Sam. My dad is short with dark hair. My mum is tall with short, fair hair. I haven’t got a brother but I’ve got two sisters. Their names are Kim and Kate and they’re eight years old. Mike is my father’s brother. He’s a doctor and he’s married to Janet. They’ve got two children,Johnny and Gill. Glen and Beth are my grandparents. They are in their late sixties. Well, that’s all about me and my family. Please write soon and tell me about your family. Send a picture, too. Bye for now, Tom Sydney Harbour
English Skills Book - 5 57 Peking, China 10 January 2018 Ni Hao! (This means Hello! in Chinese.) My name is Ling. I am from Peking, China. Peking is also called Beijing. China has the largest population in the world. I am the only child in my family. My father is a computer engineer. My mother always stays at home to take care of us. I help her do household chores such as washing dishes, folding clothes, and emptying the trash can. What do your parents do? Do you also help your parents with the chores? When I finish my homework and chores, I play the piano and sometimes I practise with friends. Old music is my favourite kind of music. I want to be a musician when I grow up . What type of music do you like? What do you want to do when you grow up? We have a very famous place in our city as well. Can you see a picture here? It is the famous Great Wall of China. On my holidays, My mum and I often go there. It is not far from our home. Thousands of people come here every year. What famous places are there in your city? Do you go to visit them? Please write soon. Yours, Ling
58 English Skills Book - 5 22 Pick the correct information to complete the sentences. a. Tom is from _________________ . b. Sakura means _________________. c. Ling is from _________________. d. Ling’s father is a _________________. 23 Are the following statements true or false? Say. a. Tom’s uncle is a teacher. b. Tom has two brothers. c. Tom’s sisters are twins. d. Ling’s mother works in an office. e. The Great Wall is far from Ling’s home. 24 Answer the following questions. a. Who are Tom’s parents? b. What does Tom’s Aunt do? c. What does Ling like to do? What does she want to be when she grows up? d. What question does Ling ask? e. What questions do you like to ask Ling or Tom? Write as many questions as you want. Writing 25 Now write a reply letter to either Tom or Ling. Mention the questions you listed before. See next page for format.
English Skills Book - 5 59 ____________, _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Greet here. You can use ‘Hi’, ‘Hello’ or ‘Dear’ and first name of the person you are writing to. If you are writing for the first time, give your introduction. If you are replying to a letter, tell when you got the letter and how you felt about it. If you are writing for the first time, tell more about yourself and ask some questions. If you are replying, answer the questions you are asked and ask something you would love to know. ____________________ ____________________ Write your address here Write date here ____________________ ____________________ Close the letter with phrases like ‘Yours’, ‘Bye’, ‘With best regards’ Write your first name here.
60 English Skills Book - 5 Vocabulary 26 Match the greeting words with languages. 27 Now write the nationalities of the people from the following countries. Then, listen and check. Countries Nationalities Russia Australia Brazil Finland Germany Spain United States of America Britain Bangladesh Afghanistan Netherlands a. Ni Hao! ___ Nepali b. Konnichiwa! ___ Japanese c. Hi! or Hello! ___ Tamang d. Taremaam! ___ Chinese e. Bonjour! ___ Spanish f. Hola! ___ English g. Guten Tag! ___ French h. Al salaam aliykhum ___ German i. Namaste! ___ Arabic j. Lhasso, Fyafulla ___ Nepal Bhasa
English Skills Book - 5 61 Grammar Past simple of to be 28 Read the text and find the use of was and were. Jenny: Was that your mum? Sunita: Yeah. Jenny: Where is she now? Sunita: Biratnagar this week. Jenny: Wow, her job looks so cool. Sunita: Yeah, and now all the hotels ask her to write about them, the airlines give her free tickets, restaurants give her free meals and she goes on amazing trips ... yeah, I guess it is a dream job. Jenny: Was she always a writer? Sunita: No, she had been an English teacher for years, travelled around, and worked in different parts of the country. She only started writing when she came back to Kathmandu and we had a home of our own. However, she used to write blog posts basically about her travel. Jenny: She got into blogging just at the right time then? Sunita: I guess so. But all jobs are boring if you do them every day. Jenny: I don’t know. Travelling for free and writing about it ... no boss. Sunita: Well, Jenny, we got a lot to work. There was a mathematics assignment yesterday. The teachers have added more today, too. Jenny: We got to study social studies and Nepali as well. Sunita: Yeah! We must start now.
62 English Skills Book - 5 29 Answer the following questions based on the dialogue. a. What are the girls doing? b. Where is Sunita’s mother? c. What is the job of Sunita’s mother? d. Had she always been a writer? What was her previous job? e. Was there mathematics class yesterday? f. Were there any assignments in English? g. What are the three things Jenny likes about the job of Sunita’s mother? 30 Fill in the blanks with was or were and practise the conversation. You need to use negative as well. A: _____________ you in class yesterday? B: No, I _____________. I missed class yesterday. A: Really? You never miss class. _____________ you sick? B: No, I _____________sick. A: What happened then? B: I _____________ absent because I fell asleep and didn’t wake up. I don’t have an excuse. A: Well, you can borrow my notes if you want to see what you missed. B: Thanks. 31 Fill in and say loud. Then, practice talking about your past. Were you _______________ when you were young? Were they _______________ last night? Was your family _______________? Was the book _______________? Were people in your country _______________ 200 years ago? Was your hometown _______________? Was the food _______________?
English Skills Book - 5 63 Listening 4 Requesting and Apologising Can you do a favour? Can you help me now? I’m ready for the help. You what and how? Could you give your book for me? Could you write a note? I’m sorry I need the book. But, I’ll write the note. Yes, of course. I’ll write the note. Conversation Reena: Excuse me, can you pass me that notebook, please? Anuj: Yes, sure. Here you are. Reena: Thank you. Can you give me your English book as well? Anuj: I’m sorry. I’m using it now. Reena: No worries! I’ll ask Saluza. 1 Listen and sing. 2 Sit in pairs and practise
64 English Skills Book - 5 Listening 3 Look and discuss a. What do you do when you need help? b. What help do you need in the following situations? Who will ask for help? 4 Listen and fill in the gaps. Krish: Deepa, could you help me for a ________________? Deepa: Okay, ________________. I can help. Krish: I’m trying to think of more ways you can ask ______________. Do you think you can ask around? Deepa: One way is to ask, “Do you have ________________?” Krish: That’s a good one. I use, “I need your ____________, please.” Deepa: The other day someone asked me, “Could you do me a _________?” Krish: Yes, it’s good to ask in a nice ________________. My friend says, “Can you lend me a ________________?” Deepa: You can also say, “I need some ________________, please.” Krish: There are a lot of ways to ask for help. Here’s an easy one: “Can you help me?” However, it’s better to use could because it’s more polite than using can. Deepa: I think you now know plenty of ________________ to ask for ________________! You don’t know how to do your homework. You found a lost child.
English Skills Book - 5 65 Speaking Read the following chart and learn to request and respond to request. When you cannot respond to the request you need to apologise. You also need to apologise when you make mistakes. Requesting Accepting Rejecting • Can you help me, please? • Could you bring a glass of water, please? • Would you mind shutting the door, please? • Do you think you could bring a pencil for me? • Yes, of course. • Yeah. Here you are. (especially when they want to borrow something from you) • Sure. No worries. • Not at all. (when asked would you mind.) • I’m sorry. I’m busy, now. • I would love to but I am busy now. • Sorry. • Yes, I’m afraid I do. (especially when asked using ‘would you mind.) 5 Play the speaking games. a. List out any five problems you need help to solve for example: help in mathematics lesson, do household chores, sweep the floor, carry books to school for a day, give you some tiffin. Now use the structures given above. Then go around the class and ask who is ready to help you for the tasks. b. Your teacher will bring you different pictures. He will show you the pictures. You need to guess the request to be made now. If you can guess in three questions you win it. Otherwise, the question will pass to the next group. When teacher shows this picture, you need to say “Can you close the door, please?” Requesting and apologising
66 English Skills Book - 5 Reading 6 Come out of the maze from the centre. 7 Use a good dictionary and find the meaning of the words. Based on the words, gues the story. a. complex: _____________________________________ b. terrify: _____________________________________ c. labyrinth:_____________________________________ d. hold your tongue: _______________________________ e. horrify: _____________________________________ f. cheerfully: ____________________________________ g. imprisonment: _________________________________ h. astonishment: _________________________________ i. vanish: ______________________________________ j. cremate: _____________________________________
English Skills Book - 5 67 8 Read and learn. The Boy Who Could Fly Once upon a time, King Minos ruled the island of Crete in ancient Greece. One day, he invited Daedalus, “Please come to Crete; I have a project for you.” Deadalus was a famous inventor. King Minos promised Daedalus of handsome pay. King Minos wanted Daedalus to build him a palace, with soaring towers and a high, curving roof. He wanted to build a maze, a complex maze in which one could go in but would not be able to come out. Actually, Minos’s wife had given birth to a very terrible creature, Minotaur. Minotaur was a half bull and half human. He enjoyed nothing but human flesh. People in Crete were terrified of this horrible creature. As the beast was very strong, none could fight against it. People asked Minos to kill the beast but he had something else in his head. He wanted Daedalus to build a maze to keep Minotaur in. There was nothing more painful than Minotaur tearing someone to eat. Minos wanted to feed Minotaur with his enemies. Daedalus did not know the king’s intention. He often asked, “Could you tell me the purpose of the palace? But the king said to him, “Build my labyrinth as I told you. I pay you to build, not to ask questions.”
68 English Skills Book - 5 So Daedalus held his tongue and set to work. When the palace was finished, he looked at it with pride, for nowhere in the world so fine. But when he found out the purpose of the maze, he was horrified. He even wanted to leave Crete and forget both the maze and the Minotaur. So, he went to King Minos and asked, “Oh, mighty King, please, give me my money; I will return my home.” “I’m sorry,” said King Minos, “I cannot let you leave Crete, Daedalus. You are the only man who knows the secret of the maze and how to escape from it. The secret must never leave this island. So, I’m afraid I must keep you and Icarus here a while longer.” “How much longer?” gasped Daedalus. “Oh—just until you die,” replied Minos cheerfully. “But never mind. I have plenty of work for a man as clever as you.” Daedalus and Icarus lived in great comfort in King Minos’s palace. But they lived the life of prisoners. Their rooms were in the tallest palace tower, with beautiful views across the island. They ate delicious food and wore expensive clothes. But at night the door of their fine apartment was locked, and a guard stood outside. It was a comfortable prison, but it was a prison, even so. Daedalus was deeply unhappy. Every day he put seed out on the windowsill, for the birds. He liked to study their brilliant colours, the clever overlapping of their feathers, and the way they soared on the sea wind. He was happy for the birds’ freedom but sad for own imprisonment. Young Icarus could not understand his father’s unhappiness. “But I like it here,” he said. “The king gives us gold and this tall tower to live in.”
English Skills Book - 5 69 Daedalus sighed. “But to work for such a wicked man, Icarus! And to be prisoners all our days! We shan’t stay. We shan’t!” “But we can’t get away, can we?” said Icarus. “How can anybody escape from an island? Fly?” Daedalus had a plan. From that day onward, when a bird came for the seed, Daedalus begged it, “Would you mind sparing one feather for me?” “Not at all,” said birds and dropped a feather for him. He collected feathers one by one and worked on them night after night. Then one morning Icarus was awakened by his father shaking his shoulder. “Get up, Icarus, and don’t make a sound. We are leaving Crete.” “But how? It’s impossible!” Icarus whispered. Daedalus pulled out wonderful wings he had made for both father and son using wax and feathers. They looked wonderful. Daedalus fixed the wings on his son’s hands and Icarus helped his father too. “Now, we can fly like birds,” Daedalus said. “I’m scared!” whispered Icarus as he stood on the narrow window ledge, his knees knocking and his huge wings drooping down behind. The lawns and courtyards of the palace lay far below. The royal guards looked as small as ants. “This won’t work!” “Courage, Son!” said Daedalus. “Keep your arms out wide and fly close to me.
70 English Skills Book - 5 Above all—are you listening, Icarus?” “Y-y-yes, Father.” “Above all, don’t fly too high! Don’t fly too close to the sun!” “Don’t fly too close to the sun,” Icarus repeated, with his eyes tight shut. Then he gave a cry as his father nudged him off the windowsill. He plunged downward. After some time, Icarus realised he was not falling. He found himself flying. “Flying! I’m flying!” he shouted. The guards looked up in astonishment, wagged their swords, and pointed and shouted, “Tell the king! Daedalus and Icarus are . . . are . . . flying away!” Flapping the wings with his hands, Icarus started flying like a bird. He went up and up. He saw the fields and streams as he had never seen them before! High up, he met an eagle. The eagle came to peck him. Thus, he went even higher, teasing the eagle, “Oh, you can’t catch me! You can’t. I bet.” “Now remember, don’t fly too high!” called Daedalus, but Icarus couldn’t hear him. I’m the first boy ever to fly! I’m making history! I shall be famous! Thought Icarus, as he flew up and up, higher and higher. At last, Icarus was looking the sun itself in the face. “Think you’re the highest thing in the sky, do you?” he taunted. “I can fly just as high as you! Higher, even!” He did not notice the drops of sweat on his forehead: He was so determined to outfly the sun. Soon after his wax softened. The wax trickled. The wax dripped. One feather fell from the wings. Then a plume of feathers scattered slowly down.
English Skills Book - 5 71 Icarus stopped flapping his wings. His father’s words came back to him clearly now: “Don’t fly too close to the sun!” Icarus tried to catch hold of the wings, but they just folded up in his hands. He plunged down and down and down and down. Soon after he got vanished into the blue sea. Icarus died. Later, when his dead body floated, Daedalus brought it to the ground and performed his last rites on an island. Now the Island where Icarus was cremated, is known as Icaria. Comprehension 9 Are the following statements true or false? Say. a. Daedalus was an inventor. b. King Minos wanted to kill the Minotaur. c. It would be easy to find your way out of a labyrinth. d. The wings were made from chicken feathers. e. Icarus was too scared to fly. f. Icarus flew too close to the Sun. g. The story has a happy ending. 10 Write numbers 1-6 according to the order of events in the story. 1 is the first event and 6 the last. a. Icarus flew too close to the Sun. b. Daedalus made a labyrinth. c. Daedalus and Icarus escaped from the labyrinth. d. King Minos threw Daedalus and his son into the labyrinth. e, Daedalus made some wings. f. Daedalus and Icarus flew away.
72 English Skills Book - 5 a. King Minos was generous and kind. b. Deadalus was talented. c. Icarus was wise. d. Deadalus was responsible for his son’s death. e. Deadalus and Icarus should have stayed on the island of Crete. They should not have escaped. f. This story is a true story. 12 Answer the following. a. Why did the feathers fall apart? b. Would you like to have a pairs of Daedalus’s wings? Elaborate. c. In the story, Daedalus warns his son not to fly too near the sun. ‘Flying too near the sun’ also means dangers of risk taking. What is the story telling us about risks and benefits of risk taking. d. Daedalus is an inventor. He made a great invention of his time. However, he lost his son. Daedalus was warning about danger of flying too near the sun. Do you think modern technology has the same dangers? Grammar Questions Wh-questions ask for information. Yes-no questions are asked for confirmation. Let’s learn to ask confirmation questions. If the sentences have modal verbs or auxiliary verbs, just change the place of subject and the auxiliary verbs. See an example. Example : Katrina is an American. Is Katrina an American? 11 Do you agree or disagree with the following? Give evidence from the story to support your ideas.
English Skills Book - 5 73 If there is no auxiliary or modal verbs, you need to use ‘do’ as auxiliary. She went to temple this morning. Did she go to temple this morning? She works in a bank. Does she work in a bank? They read stories in free time. . Do they read stories in free time? 13 Change the following into yeas/no questions. a. She’s in her office now. b. The English classes are free. c. The teachers are very experienced. d. The English teacher is friendly. e. Kamal finished his work. f. Ajita welcomes the guest warmly. g. The boys play football on Sunday. 14 Insert the question words: who, what, when, where, how, why, whose and which in the following sentences. a. __________ were you absent yesterday? - I was sick. b. __________ gave you this pencil? - My uncle. c. __________ did you go to Pokhara? - Last year. d. __________ one is better, the green one or the red one? e. __________ do you do on Sunday? - I play football. f. __________ did she dance? - So gracefully. g. __________ do you keep your belongings? - In my cupboard.
74 English Skills Book - 5 Reading 15 Read and learn. That Newspaper Karan lived in a small town to the north of the Kathmandu Valley. His mother always asked him to buy bread for his family every morning. He would catch hold of a cotton bag, wear a pair of flip-flops and walk down the lane. A couple of homes away, his old neighbour, Mr. Rai would wait for him every day so that he could request Karan to buy him a newspaper. Karan hated to do that as he would have to go in the opposite direction of the bread shop for the newspaper. However, his neighbour knew Karan’s timings well. Every day, he would wait patiently for Karan with a broad smile on his face. Sometimes the boy would delay his time on purpose. Mr. Rai would patiently wait for him as he was sure that he would come anyway. He lovingly patted Karan’s back and said, “Did you sleep in today, my boy? One day, the boy could not take it anymore and snapped at his neighbour saying, “Why can’t you go and buy the newspaper for yourself?”
English Skills Book - 5 75 The broad smile and twinkle in the eye vanished from his neighbour’s eyes. He said sorry and left the boy alone. Karan did not see Mr. Rai in the mornings anymore. The young lad felt guilty for snapping at the old man. Karan was ashamed that he had behaved irrationally. “But I was not wrong to snap! He should find someone else to buy the newspaper for him,” he told himself defensively. One day as Karan was returning from school, he saw the old man in the building. Feeling uncomfortable facing his neighbour, he held his head low and walked by quietly. “Karan! How was school?” Karan was caught aback. He nodded awkwardly and went away. Reassured by Mr. Rai’s friendly overture, Karan went up to Mr. Rai’s door in the evening and said, ‘Mr. Rai, I am sorry for snapping at you. I appreciate your friendship and I promise to be more respectful in the future. The familiar smile was back on Mr. Rai’s face. Comprehension 16 Answer the following questions. a. How did Karan help his mother? b. Where was the newspaper shop? c. Why did Mr. Rai wait for Karan? d. What was Karan sorry for? e. Do you think Karan was wrong? Why or why not? f. Who renewed the relationship? g. How did Karan react when Mr. Rai greeted him while coming from school? h. Did Karan apologise? How?
76 English Skills Book - 5 17 Complete the given crossword puzzle. Use words from the text. ACROSS 3 in a worried or embarrassed way 4 you feel that you have done something wrong 5 said something suddenly angrily DOWN 1 disappeared 2 in a patient way 1 3 4 5 2 18 Use given phrases in sentences of your own. a. catch hold of b. a pair of c. a couple of
English Skills Book - 5 77 Grammar Negatives In English, no or not are the most common negative words. They show something is not true or is not the case. Other words like never, nobody, nowhere, none, nothing, no one also make the sentences or expressions negative. When we make a sentence negative, we generally add not after auxiliary verb or be verb if there is one in the sentence. If there is no auxiliary verb, we bring do/ does or did as auxiliary and add not after it. Sometimes, we can simply replace the particular word with its counterpart. For example: She always arrives school on time. She never arrives school on time. Affirmative Negative I am busy tomorrow. I am not busy tomorrow. They have finished the work. They have not finished the work. Sara has a new doll. Sara does not have a new doll. Kapil is speaking to his teacher. Kapil is not speaking to his teacher. They like playing chess. They don’t like playing chess. Salil brings toys to school. Salil does not bring toys to school. We will meet on Sunday. We won’t meet on Sunday. 19 Change the following sentences into negative. a. It is getting darker. b. The trains were late. c. The boys are rehearsing for the play. d. She was waiting for the bus. e. Supriya can sing well.
78 English Skills Book - 5 f. There are some boys in the garden. g. He is coming home for Dashain. h. The girl sells flowers. i. He works in a factory. j. The boy adores his pet dog. k. The girl screamed when she saw the cockroach. l. They stopped me at the gate. m. He is a teacher. n. Everybody likes Sheela. o. He always makes noise in the class. Conversation 20 Sit in pairs and practise. Suman dropped a glass on the floor. Naturally, his mother asks for an explanation. Mother: What was that terrible noise? Did you drop anything? Suman: I’m sorry, mum. I dropped a glass on the floor and it broke. Mother: Were you hurt? Suman: No, but I’m really sorry. Mother: I’m glad that you aren’t hurt, but why did you drop it? Haven’t I told you not to handle glassware? Suman: I couldn’t help it. The glass was too slippery. Mother: It’s okay, but you’ve got to be careful next time! What has happened? Why is Suman sorry? Pick the expressions used to ask for apology.
English Skills Book - 5 79 Listening 21 Listen and fill in the gaps with two words at most for each. Hari: Neelu! I am (1)……………………………… ! Are you (2)……………………………… ? Neelu: I think so. That was lucky. Hari: I’m (3)……………………………… sorry! I didn’t see you! Neelu: That’s all (4)…………………… . I shouldn’t have been running. Hari: Still, it was my (5)……………………………… and I’m sorry. Neelu: I’m sorry (6)…………………… . It was both of us.Honestly, it’s (7)………………… . Don’t worry (8)………..........…… it Did you find any useful phrases to ask for forgiveness and respond when someone says sorry? Speaking Discuss When do we need to ask for apology? Do you really need to apologise? How does apology help? Does apologising fix everything? If someone apologises, what should you do? You need to apologise: • If you hurt, tease, insult, yell at, or disrespect someone. • If you lose or break something of theirs, even if you didn’t mean to.
80 English Skills Book - 5 • If you were unfair or harsh. • If you did something you knew was wrong, like telling a lie, posting hurtful comments, spreading a rumor, or breaking a rule on purpose. • If you didn’t do something you were supposed to do, like keeping a promise. Do I need to ask for an apology? • It might be difficult to admit you did wrong but it is always good to ask for apology. It helps you bring back your relation and trust. How do I apologise? • Make it simple. Just say you are sorry for what you did. Don’t try to explain you did that. Let the listener know that you feel guilty of what you did. When someone apologises, what shall I do? • When someone apologises, you may forgive the person and be friendly to the person right away. However, if someone hurts you and keeps on saying sorry, you may not want to continue the relation. 22 Put the statements below in their correct column. a. Honestly, it’s fine. b. I’m so sorry. c. It was my fault and I’m sorry. d. That’s all right. e. Don’t worry about it. f. That’s OK. g. I’m really sorry. h. I want to apologise.
English Skills Book - 5 81 Apologising Accepting an apology ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ 23 Sit in pairs and practise apologising and respond to them. a. You lost your friend’s eraser. b. You stepped on somebody’s feet. c. You mistakenly kept your friend’s book and took it home. d. You spoke rudely to your teacher. e. You told a lie to your friend and you are caught. Reading 24 Read and learn 4 July 2022 Dear Rajesh, I’m really sorry that I lost your book. I realised I should have been more careful because you trusted me with it. I know you love your ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ books. You must be feeling sad and angry. Next time, I will be very careful. Mum and I are going to the book shop tomorrow to buy you a new copy. Will you forgive me? Sajina
82 English Skills Book - 5 Gauriganj, Jhapa 4 September Dear Mrs Yadav, I am writing to apologise for the terrible incident last week when I pushed poor Subarna from the school yard wall. It was an evil thing that I did and I can only ask that you and he forgive me. I can’t believe that I acted in such a horrible manner, but I was dared to do it by a friend. I understand that I was stupid and wicked to do what they said and realise my foolish actions could have been dangerous. I am sorry that Subarna had to be taken to hospital for stitches to his head and I truly hope that he will recover soon. I feel shocked that I am the reason he has been off school for over a month. I have never behaved in such a horrible manner and I never will again. Please, pass on my apologies to Subarna and tell him that I will do anything I can to help him when he comes back to school. I’ll carry his book bag and sandwiches until he is off his crutches. I’ll also write down his stories for him if his arm is still in a sling. I feel so awful just thinking about what I have done. Mum and dad grounded me for two weeks and stopped all my sweet money because of this shocking behaviour of mine. I’m glad they did. I deserved the worst punishment. Please, please try to forgive me. Yours in shame and sadness, Gaurav Mishra
English Skills Book - 5 83 Comprehension 25 Answers the following questions. a. What is the first letter about? b. Who wrote the first letter to whom? c. Why was Subarna at hospital? d. When was the second letter written? e. What is Sajina sorry about? f. Have you been in a similar situation like the writer? What happened? Writing 26 Write an apology letter to your friends for having spoken rudely. Mention what problems your action might have caused and how you are going to make up for this.
84 English Skills Book - 5 For all You've done in my life You took my darkness and gave me Your light Thank you, Lord Thank you, Lord You took my sin and my shame You took my sickness and healed all my pain Thank you, Lord Thank you, Lord With a grateful heart With a song of praise With an outstretched arm I will bless Your name And thank you, Lord I just wanna thank you, Lord, thank you, Lord Thank you, Lord I just wanna thank you, Lord Thank you, Lord Oh, thank you, Lord 5 Thanking and Congratulating Listening 1 Listen and sing.
English Skills Book - 5 85 Comprehension 2 Match the words with their meanings. a. sin ___ to be well after becoming sick b. heal ___ to admire or honour c. grateful ___ reaching out as far as possible d. praise ___ showing or expressing thanks e. outstretched ___ an offence of breaking moral or religious law 3 Answer the following questions. a. Why is the speaker thankful to god? b. Do you think we need to be thankful to god? Why or why not? Conversation 4 Sit in pairs and practise. Suraj: Suja, can you help me with this question? Suja: Why not? Which one? Suraj: I don’t know this one. Suja: Well, look on the previous page. This asks you to write a reason why you need to thank someone. Suraj: Thank you so much. Suja: You are welcome. Ali: Thanks for this nice gift. You shouldn’t have taken the trouble. Phurba: You’re welcome.
86 English Skills Book - 5 Speaking Thanking People and Responding to Thanks We need to thank people on various occasions. We thank people when they help us. We also thank people for a favour, for a gift, for an invitation and even when people congratulate us. Expressing thanks Responses to thanks Thank you. Thanks (a lot)! Thank you very/so much. Many thanks. Thanks a million for your help. You are so kind. That’s so kind of you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for everything. How can I ever possibly thank you? You’re welcome! It was my pleasure. My pleasure. Don’t mention it. Forget it. No big deal. It was nothing. Think nothing of it. I’m glad that I can help you. 5 Read and learn. A: Thanks for all your help. I really appreciate it. B: You’re welcome. Good luck. A: Thank you for taking the time to explain it to me. Thank you so much ma’am. B: Not at all. It was the least I could do.
English Skills Book - 5 87 A: Thanks a million! B: Forget it/Don’t worry about it. A: Thank you for inviting me. Of course I’ll come. B: Great! We’re sure to have a lot of fun. A: Thank you very much for the flowers. They look so beautiful. Are they from your garden? B: Yes. I’m glad you like them. Happy Birthday! A: Do you need help carrying these suitcases? B: Thanks, but I’ll manage it by myself. A: I’m sorry to hear your grandmother is ill. B: Thank you. I hope she’ll be all right. A: You are such a good cook! B: Thanks. I learned a lot from my mother. A: Good luck with your exams! B: Thanks. I’ll need it! 6 Sit in pairs and hold conversations in the given situations. a. Your uncle has gifted you a watch on your birthday. b. You ask your friend to help you with maths homework and she helps you. c. Your father congratulates you on your election to class monitor. d. Your friends offer help when you are not well. e. Your friend invites you to a party. f. You friend compliments you on your handwriting.
88 English Skills Book - 5 Reading 7 Read and learn Dear Grandma, Thank you for the great blanket. The cozy blanket you crocheted made my day. I’ll be thinking of you every time I’m curled up on the couch watching Netflix. The soft fur gives the touch of your hands and it all smells you. I love you so much! Yours, Sunidhi Dear Mr. Mali, I can’t believe time has passed so fast and my fourth grade is over. Your wonderful talks made it a joy to come to class every day. Because of you, I know I can conquer any difficulty that comes my way. We both know you helped me push through those complex math problems. You’re my “once-in-a-lifetime” teacher that will stay with me forever. You taught me that I can never go wrong with a generous spirit. I hope you have great years in your classes, and I hope to see you around next year! Thank you sir for all your efforts and care. Sincerely, Meghana Poudel A B
English Skills Book - 5 89 Dear Sumi and Geetanjali, My visit to Chitwan was a memorable occasion. It was memorable because of your wonderful hospitality. You certainly know how to make a guest feel at home! The delicious meals were a treat, and the way you adapted to my irregular schedule helped me get more done than I had imagined possible. Thank you for being such great hosts. I hope you’ll plan on staying with me if your travels bring you to Kathmandu. Cordially, Monica Comprehension 8 Write whether the following statements are true or false. a. Sunidhi’s grandmother is good at making blanket. b. Mr. Mali is Meghana’s teacher. c. Meghana is not expecting to meet with Mr. Mali. d. Monica had stayed at Sumi and Geetanjali’s home. 9 Answer the following questions. a. Who thanks whom in letter A? b. What is the relation between Meghana and Mr Mali? c. Why is Monica thanking Sumi and Geetanjali? d. What kind of teacher was Mr. Mali? e. What made Monica’s Chitwan stay very special? C
90 English Skills Book - 5 Listening 10 Are you thankful for having anything or anybody? Share. Look at the following persons or things and make sentences as given below. I’m thankful for having a book because I love reading so much. I’m thankful for having my parents because..... 11 Now listen and answer. a. What is the class discussing? b. How much time does the teacher give the class to discuss? c. What is Shaili thankful for? d. What is Binod thankful for? e. Who is thankful for momo? f. What has Som drawn? Whose hand is it? g. What is the name of the teacher?
English Skills Book - 5 91 Writing Brainstorm ideas about who you are greateful to and for what. Then complete the email. Check errors before you finalise. 12 [email protected] To: CC: Subject: Thank you! Insert: Attachment Photos Videos Twinkl 10 B I U Send Save Cancel
92 English Skills Book - 5 Grammar Adjective or Adverb Read and Discuss In English, words are divided in eight categories. They are called parts of speech. They are nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions and interjections. Do you remember what nouns and pronouns are? What do verbs show? What do you know about adjectives and adverbs? You must have heard of adjectives before. Adjectives describe nouns while adverbs of manner describe verbs or actions. Thus, adjectives answer how something is while adverbs of manner describe how something is done, or in what manner something is. Read the given sentences and find if the word in red is an adjective or an adverb. Also find the word it describes. 13 a. Sajana is wearing a beautiful dress. b. Kanta dances nicely. c. First, finish your work completely and then you can go. d. The red sun looks bigger than the usual one. e. Menuka wears spotlessly clean white dress. f. Samipa walks slowly and carefully. g. Hima makes a large circle on the page. h. Pintu makes a beautifully decorated vase.
English Skills Book - 5 93 14 Ring the odd one out. a. small nice great lonely happily b. sad bad angrily safe stout c. lovely quickly hungrily suddenly d. fast big smart confident e. loudly proud tight comparative f. slow quiet easily thoughtfully 15 Read and learn. Discuss the questions. a. Have you ever congratulated people? What did you say? b. When do you congratulate people? Congratulations, the girls football team, for winning the gold medal in Interschool tournament. Well done! A Many congratulations on being blessed with a baby boy. May your life be filled with lots of happiness. D Many-many congratulations for the wonderful performance. You have done an incredible job and you deserve this. B Congratulations, Table Tennnis champion Neelima, for winning the gold medal! You played so well. Keep it ! E Congratulations and good wishes to you, may you always succeed in your goals. The award you got itself is the example that you are the best. F Congratualtions dear, you won the race. Finally, your hard work has paid you. C
94 English Skills Book - 5 Comprehension 16 Choose the words to complete the sentences meaningfully. gold medal succeed finally award incredible tournament champion blessed a. We wish you may ___________ in your every efforts. b. Sunaina has won the ________________ in running competition. c. Surushi has been working on the project for long. _____________, she is submitting it tomorrow to her teacher. d. They are the football ________________ of this year. They won the gold medal. e. We are participating in the basketball __________ this year. We have made a lot of preparation. f. His kick was ______. No one can hit the ball in such a way. g. Shailee won an ________ of Rs. 5000 in the essay writing competition. h. The family is ____________ with a new baby. They are celebrating the occasion. 17 Write A - F to match the purpose of the messages. i. for winning a race ii. for the birth of a baby iii. for performing very well in a programme iv. for winning an inter-school football match v. for winning a table tennis match vi. for getting an award
English Skills Book - 5 95 Listening 18 Listen and complete the conversations. Riya: How is your _____________, Binod? Binod: It’s going great! I scored _____________ in English. Riya: Congratulations! You have made all of us proud. Binod: Thank you so much! It’s all your help, _____________. Avi: Hi, Juna! You bought a _____________? Juna: Yes, I did. I bought it _____________. Avi: It’s _____________! Congratulations! Juna: Thanks! Anjali: Hello, Seema! Where are you going? Seema: I’m shopping for some _____________. Anjali: Any special occasion? Are you going on a _____________? Seema: Yes, I won a _____________ to Singapore. Anjali: Oh! Congratulations! When are you _____________? Seema: Today is __________! So I’m leaving __________after. Anjali: Great! Enjoy your _____________! Seema: Thank you so much. I’m _____________. I’m leaving. I need to pack some important _____________. A B C
96 English Skills Book - 5 Speaking 19 Read and learn to say various ways of congratulating people. Congratulating Responding to congratulations Congratulations! Congratulations on .... Well done! Nice job! Good! Fantastic! It was great to hear about you... That’s awesome! Good for you! Great work! I knew you could do it. It is very good of you to say so. How nice of you to say so. Thank you very much! I’m glad you think so. Oh, I have a lot to learn yet. Oh, not really. Thank you! Oh, thanks. Oh, nothing to it actually. Now, sit in pairs and congratulate each other. Use appropriate phrases in response each time. a. Your friend has won the English Speech Competition. b. Your friend has published a collection of poems. c. Your friend has been elected as the class monitor. Grammar Adverbs of manner Adverbs of manner describe the way things are done. She can dance beautifully. A tortoise walks slowly. Some students can understand fast.
English Skills Book - 5 97 Spelling beautiful + ly = beautifully peaceful + ly = __________________ dutiful + ly = __________________ quick + ly = __________________ loud + ly = __________________ angry + ly = __________________ careful + ly = __________________ skilful + ly = __________________ cheap + ly = __________________ wise + ly = __________________ 21 Complete the sentences with the adverbs given in the box. a. I work in class ____________ . I’m the first to submit my work to the teacher. b. I write my homework ____________ . That’s why I always get ‘A’ for my work. c. A tortoise walks ____________ . d. My best friend speaks English ____________ . It is difficult to understand him. Sita writes beautifully. 20 We add –ly and make adverbs from adjectives. Look, learn and complete. badly carefully fast hard loudly neatly quickly quietly slowly wisely
98 English Skills Book - 5 e. Our teacher sometimes speaks very ____________ . Even the students in other classes can hear her. f. Bini sits in class _________. She never talks to her friends. g. He works ____________ but never gets good grades. h. Roshan watched our presentation ____________ and gave good advice. i. When Anuj was sharpening his pencil he hurt himself__ . j. Ronish answered all the questions ____________ . 22 Use the words in the correct places. a. (careful, carefully) i. This is very important. Read it carefully. ii. You can use my camera, but be careful with it. b. (easy, easily) i. I can do this exercise! It’s very ____________. ii. Manita makes friends ____________ . c. (quiet, quietly) i. Please, be_________Father is reading the newspaper. ii. The baby is sleeping ____________. d. (beautiful, beautifully) i. She sings ____________. ii. Her voice is really ____________. 23 Listen to your teacher and act it out. Pay attention to adverbs. speak softly, smile happily, read quickly [Teacher adds other adverbs and actions to make the students act it out.]
English Skills Book - 5 99 Writing Punctuation full stop (.), question mark (?), and exclamation mark (!) These are end marks. They end the sentences. Remember, after each of them you need to begin a new sentence or expression with a capital letter as you know each new sentence begins with a capital letter. Do you know any other uses of capital letters and these punctuation marks? 24 Rewrite the following sentences using full stops, question marks, exclamation marks and capital letters where necessary. a. how do you feel after your run in the afternoon b. when do we get to go to the museum c. i cant wait until it is my birthday d. My friend sister is a doctor e. david john and sam went on a hiking f. Wow You did a great job on that project g. Thank you so much for buying me that gift h. did Jiwan Mahesh or Alok make this mess i. do you love playing tennis j. shut up k. congratulations
100 English Skills Book - 5 Congratulation Message Dear Mum, I have got my results of the first term test. I stood second in the class with all A+. Although I could not be the best in the class, I tried my best. Thank you mum for helping me read and revise the lesson every day! My teachers were also happy for me. They pass thanks to you for helping me. Mum, I’m eager to meet you next Sunday. Yours Sumita 25 Read the letter and complete the reply with given words. Sumita Congratulations second Excellent Congratulations Good luck done paid gift eager future Kabita Dear .............................., ..............................! .............................. on standing .............................. in the first terminal examinations. I know you can do better than what you have .............................. . After all, your hard work has .............................. you. I am proud of you. .............................. for more progress in .............................. . .............................. once again. One more thing, I have a special surprise .............................. for you. I’m equally .............................. to meet you too. Your Mum ..............................