English Skill 6

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Approved by the Government of Nepal, Ministry of Education, Curriculum
Development Centre, Sanothimi, Bhaktapur, as an Additional Material

Grade 6

Editor

Uday Sharma

Author

Dipendra Raj Silwal

Anamnagar, Kathmandu, Nepal
Phone: 0977-01-4313205

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Grade 6

Publisher

Oasis Publication Pvt. Ltd.

Anamnagar, Kathmandu
Phone: 01-4313205
www.oasispublication.com.np

Copyright
Publisher

Layout
Oasis Desktop

Illustrator
Kaji Rana

Edition
First : 2078

Printed in Nepal

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Foreword

English Skills is a comprehensive skills development coursebook in English
language specially designed for Nepalese students. It has a systematic skills
based approach to language teaching and learning with carefully worked out
lessons and tasks that lead up to clear communicative outcomes.

The author believes that the development of all four skills of language, viz.
listening, speaking, reading and writing, requires a clear and explicit focus on
the actual process of communication as well as close integration of those skills
within a learning task. This is to ensure that the students use the information
and ideas from one skills activity while doing another while at the same time
develop awareness of the communication itself. This course has been crafted
with this core concept in mind.

Evidently, learner development is a vital feature of this entire course. Over
the different stages of this comprehensive course, students are encouraged
to develop as independent and active learners of English. The author stays
confident that the skills and habits that they learn through this course will
amply prepare them for their higher educational pursuits besides making
them conscientious learners for life.

The author of this coursebook also recognises the fact that students in the
same class often come from different socio-economic backgrounds and do
not possess the same abilities and experiences of life. Therefore, they are at
different levels in the same class. English Skills provides sufficient chances
for students with less knowledge, experience or language ability to build up
their knowledge through practice volume and repetition. At the same time,
more proficient students have the opportunity to expand on the same activity,
extend it to new directions or approach it through new angles. This is possible
due to the open-ended and multi-level nature of activities and tasks included
in English Skills.

In the end, results count. The success of the students will be deemed the success
of the course as well. The authors welcome any suggestions or feedback from
students, teachers, administrators and parents.

Happy teaching and learning!

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Course structure

Units Speaking and Reading Vocabulary Grammar Listening Writing
functions and spelling

1. People and Greeting, William Countries and The present Listening Writing a
Countries nationalities simple dates and biography
introducing and Shakespeare ordinal
Page 11 numbers Writing a
leave taking (biography) message of
Listen about announcement
Talking about Congratulation family
time, dates, notice introduction Filling a form
days and
seasons Punctuation

Congratulating

2. Asking for Asking for Reading sets of Theme related Yes/no Listening to Writing a set of
giving and granting rules vocabulary question principal's rules
denying and refusing speech
permission permission Akond of Swat Writing a letter

Page 38 Three simple Punctuation
rules

3. Requesting Requesting and The Frog Prince Theme related Modal verbs: Listening to Writing a story
and will, would, a telephone
Responding responding An application vocabulary can, could conversation Dialogue
completion
Page 55 for sick leave Have verb for Listening and
possession note talking

4. Expressing Expressing Celebrating Theme related Imperative Listening Writing a
Good Wishes good wishes Shivaratri vocabulary about Teej message of best
festival wishes
Page 71
Dipawali Writing a
paragraph
about festival

Punctuations

5. Making Expressing Why the Theme related Suggestion: Listening to a Writing a story
Suggestions obligation tortoise has a vocabulary Should / aught conversation
or lack of cracked shell to and checking Paraphrasing
Page 85 obligation facts sentences
Ramadan ends Conditional
Describe using in Eid -2
relative clause

6. Expressing Expressing The winds and Theme related Connectives: Listening to a Writing
Intention Intention with the leaves vocabulary reason conversation paragraphs
with Reasons Reasons and checking
The Police Sports facts Write a set of
Page 100 vocabulary rules
Volleyball: our
national game

7. Predicting Predicting Weather Weather related Simple future Listening to a Writing
Page 119 paragraphs
forecast report vocabulary Be going to + conversation
about travel Write a letter of
Global warming Theme related Verb complaints
vocabulary plan
Present
continuous Listening
for planning to weather
Tag questions forecast

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8. Describing Expressing past Present and Theme related Used to + Listening to an Writing about
Past Habits vocabulary verb
habits past Anecdotes audio about one's own past
Page 139
Comparing past about Junga Durbar High habits

and present Bahadur School Writing

Samuel Pepys's paragraphs

diary describing a

village or town

comparing

itself with its

past

9. Comparing Comparing The Great People and Adjectives Listening to a Writing
Himalayas professions comparative compare and
Page 153 things Adjective talk on the contrast essay.
Hotel Menus Describing order Himalayas
people and the Andes
Comparative
and
superlatives

10. Expressing Expressing Reading rules Theme related should/ must Litenting Writing rules
Obligations Obligations and and regulations vocabulary / have to/ be to people's and regulations
and Prohibition allowed to/ obligations
Prohibition Story of Meena Combining
Reading a sentences
Page 169 brochure

11. Describing Describing A fairy went a Theme related Plural nouns Listen to long Describing
People, Places people, places marketing vocabulary life in Japan. a person , or
and Objects and objects A/an, the object or a
Reading about place
Page 184 Albert Einstein Some and any

Reading about Present
computer continuous
tense

12. Apologising Asking for Reading school Theme related Negation Listening to Writing rules
notice vocabulary and checking
Page 206 apology the facts Writing a letter
Reading an about travel
apoloty letter experiences

The plum stone

13. Expressing Expressing ability The frogs who Thematic Can/ could Listen for Writing a
Ability wanted a king vocabulary specific story after
Connective of information sequencing the
Page 216 It could not be reason note
done
Writing a
paragraph on
an event.

14. Stating Talking about Leisure Expressions of Common Listen and fill Writing a
Units and quantities Price list quantities nouns in the blanks descriptive
Quantities Advertisement paragraph

Page 230

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15. Expressing Expressing Hundred Years Synonyms Modal verbs: Listening to Writing a
Probability probability Hence may might, a story and paragraph
Page 239 Connectors must identifying the expressing
My future sequence future perfect
Theme related Simple future
vocabulary
future perfect

16. Narrating Telling about past Reading a Theme related Past simple Listening to Story writing
Sequence of vocabulary a story and
Events event tall tale: Paul Post identifying the Describing
continuous sequence a narrative
Page 252 Bunyan and his events
The past
Babe perfect

Yomari punhi

17. Expressing Expression The Dying Theme related Past simple Listen and Compose a
surprise and Surprise and Detective vocabulary Present perfect check fact dialogue
Dismay dismay
Conversation The past
Page 270 perfect

18. Asking for Asking for Chart/ Diagram Theme related Wh-question Listening to Interpreting
information suggestion and a story and chart/ digraph
and reason reason. and table vocabulary identifying the and so
Page 283 sequence
News report Write a short
wh poem

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1 People and Countries

Listening
1 Listen and sing.

Welcome song

You're back from your break in the sun.
You are sad your holiday's done.
Now you are back to school once more.
And there's lots of work in store.

You had a good time by the tree.
With no job for some time, you were free.
But now your lessons have begun.
But still you can have fun.

You visited people you knew.
You went to a fun fair or two,
But you knew you could not stay
So welcome back today.

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Conversation
2 Listen and complete the dialogue with words in the box.

fine I’m
name is Nice
this you

Mani : Hi. My ......................................... Mani.
Mark : Hello, Mani. .................................. Mark.
Mani : Oh, hi, Milan. How are you?
Milan : I’m ............................., thanks. How about ..............................?
Mani : I’m OK. Mark, ......................................... is my friend, Milan.
Mark : Hello Milan.
Milan : Hi!
Mark : ......................................... to meet you.
Milan : Nice to meet you, too.
Sit in groups of three or trios and practise the conversation.

Speaking

3 Work in trios, as above, and learn to introduce your friend.

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4 Play a game.

Introducing someone to other people

When you introduce someone to other people, you may use phrases such
as the ones used in the example conversations below:

“Mum, meet my classmates. He is Kanchan and she is Sumina."

"Sumina, this is Tashi, my brother."

When someone in authority, or, say, a celebrity, is introduced to a big
mass of people, you will have to use a more formal language:

"Good morning, all! Today I would like to introduce our new teacher to
you. This is Mr. Narayan Yadav. He will teach us English."

Or

"Hello everybody! I would like to introduce Mingma Sherpa here. She
is our new arts teacher. This year, she will teach us how to make nice
paintings."

In a formal introduction, no one will be there to carry on the conversation.
However, in informal introductions, people take turns.

Ravi : Hi Sonam. Meet my friend, Amit. He is from my new
school.

Sonam : Hi Amit. Nice to meet you.

Amit : Hello, Sonam. Nice to meet you, too.

"Hello everyone, I would like to introduce Pranaya today.
He is a great singer. "

Karun : Dad, meet my friends, Ketan and Kumar.

Dad : Hi Ketan, Hi Kumar. Nice to meet you.

Ketan and Kumar : Hello, uncle. It's our pleasure to meet you too.

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5 Listen and sing.

People from England are called English.
When it is for Britain they are called British.
Where are you from?
What are you called?
People from India are called Indian.
And those who live in Canada are Canadian.

Where are you from?
And what are you called?
People from China are called Chinese,
Burma Burmese and Japan Japanese.
Where are you from?
And what are you called?

I'm from Nepal and I'm a Nepalese.
Don't you know the mountains big
Such lovely white snowy peaks
Home of Buddha
I'm from Nepal and I'm a Nepalese
Where are you from?
What are you called?

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Countries and nationalities

6 Look at the map. The countries here are numbered.
Now, write the corresponding numbers next to the
name of the countries. Find on the world map how
you did.

Nepal ___

Malaysia ___

Brazil ___

42 18 Japan ___
6 10
China ___

5 19 Russia ___
9
11 Bangladesh ___
17

USA ___

12

Bhutan ___

Germany ___

France ___

20 Britain ___
13
Switzerland ___
16
14

7
15

Spain ___

Italy ___

8 Canada ___
3
India ___
1
21 Afghanistan ___

Thailand ___

Australia ___

Argentina ___

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7 Listen and check your answers of Exercise 6.

8 Work in pairs to write the nationalities for the
countries above. Then, listen and check.

-an / -ian Argentinian, Brazilian
-ish British
-ese Nepalese
others

Grammar Negative
I am not / I’m not…
The present simple: be You are not / You aren’t…

Positive We are not / We aren’t…
I am / I’m …
You are / You’re… They are not / They aren’t…
We are / We’re… He is not / He isn’t…
They are / They’re…
He is / He’s … She is not / She isn’t…
She is / She’s…
It is / It’s… It is not / It isn’t…

Question Short answer
Am I …? Yes, I am. / No, I’m not.
Are you…? Yes, you are. / No, you aren’t.

Are we…? Yes, we are. / No, we aren’t.

Are they…? Yes, they are. / No, they aren’t.
Is he…? Yes, he is. / No, he isn’t.

Is she …? Yes, she is. / No, she isn’t.

Is it…? Yes, it is. / No, it isn’t.

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9 Complete the dialogue with the correct forms of be.

Janak : Hi. My name ____________ Janak and this ____________
Meena. She ____________ from Pokhara.

Muna : Nice to meet you. I ____________ Muna, and these two
____________ my friends, Sarita and Seema. ____________ you
from Chitwan, Meena?

Meena : No, I ____________ not. I ____________ from Birgunj. Where
____________ you from?

Seema : We ____________ from Kathmandu. Sarita and I ____________
from Lazimpat and Muna ____________ from Thamel.
____________ you on holiday in Pokhara?

Muna : Yes, we ____________ . We all are on holiday.

Work in groups of three to practise the conversation.

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Use of be

We can use adjectives, nouns or expressions of place after be (is / am /
are / was / were)

She is nice. Reena is a student.

Are you tired? Is anybody home?

We can use be to talk about age, size, height, weight and colour.

My father is 41. What size are your shoes?

I'm four feet and two inches. My shirt is white.

What colours are the baby's eyes?

We use There + be to introduce things or to tell people that something exists.
There are five birds in the tree.
There are more than 200 countries in the world.
When we talk about these same things as referring to past time, we use was or
were. If the time reference is in future, we use will be.

10 Fill in the gaps with am, are, is, was, were or will be.

a. I _______ ready. _______ you?
b. We _______ in Dharan yesterday.
c. My uncle _______ a dentist. He works at People's Dental Hospital.
d. It _______ cold today.
e. We _______ surprised to see you yesterday.
f. I _______ really happy today.
g. There _______ a big storm last night.
h. My grandmother _______ a writer. She often publishes articles in a

newspaper.
i. We _______on the wrong bus. Let's get off now.

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11 Rewrite the following as either a negative (-) statement
or a question (?) as indicated in the example.

Aunt Nirmla in the office yesterday was(?)
Was Aunt Nirmala in the office yesterday?

park this beautiful is (-)
This park is not beautiful.

a. Anu's a teacher father is (?)
____________________________________________________
b. ready they are (-)
____________________________________________________
c. Mona at home will next be week (-)
____________________________________________________
d. there in your village telephone is a (?)
____________________________________________________
e. bus this morning late the was (?)
____________________________________________________
f. am for ready exam I the (-)
____________________________________________________
g. when birthday is your (?)
____________________________________________________
h. chocolates very those good are (?)
____________________________________________________
i. gloves in my the are car (-)
____________________________________________________
j. lesson will there tomorrow a be (?)
____________________________________________________

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Listening

Dates and ordinal numbers

12 Listen for a number and write it in a box.

3rd / third

13 Listen to the conversation and tick the dates.

a. 4 September 2012 14 September 2012

b. 6 April 2009 16 April 2009

c. 18 November 2017 28 November 2017

d. 21 August 2020 23 August 2020

e. 13 May 30 May

We write : 20 June 2013 or 20/6/2013
We say : the twentieth of June, two thousand and thirteen

Speaking

14 Practise saying the dates.

25/03/2013 the twenty-fifth of March, two thousand and thirteen
17 May 1999 the seventeenth of May, nineteen ninety-nine

1/8/2019 22/5/2020

2 January 2019 10/7/2000

31/1/1992 16 April 2002

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15 Ask your friends about their birthdays.

When is your
birthday?

It’s on the
twentieth of

February.

16 Complete the questions. Use What, When, Where or How.

a. ________ is your name?
b. ________ old are you?
c. ________ are you from?
d. ________ is your birthday?
e. ________ do you spell your name?
f. ________ is the time now?
g. ________ is your favourite month?
h. ________ are Tej and Rina from?

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Reading

17 Read and learn.

William Shakespeare

playwright critic genius philosophical landmark
plague gentleman
stirring masterpiece

(Birth:1564- Death :1616) Today you are going to read about a
great playwright, poet and genius from
English language and literature, William
Shakespeare. Many call him the greatest
dramatist of all time. In the views of
critics, his work is highly philosophical
and touches the realities of life. The most
influential among the English language
authors, he is credited to have invented
more than 1700 English words.

Baby Shakespeare was lucky to be alive when he was a year old. A deadly
disease, called plague, had spread over England. It killed thousands of
people. Shakespeare lived.

Shakespeare grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. He went to
school nine hours a day, six days a week. In 1582, at the age of 18, he
married Anne Hathaway, a farmer’s daughter. She was eight years older
than he was. Their first child was a daughter. Later they had twins.
In 1585, Shakespeare left Stratford-upon-Avon. His wife and children
stayed behind. No one knows why he left or what he did between 1585
and 1592.

In 1592, Shakespeare lived in London. He rented rooms or lived with
friends. He visited his wife and family once a year. Shakespeare became
an actor, and he also wrote plays. He usually acted in his own plays.

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Some of his most famous plays are Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello,
King Lear, Julius Caesar and Macbeth. Actually, he wrote 37 plays in all.
They are still popular today.

The plague came again. Many people died. Theatres were closed for two
years. Leaving plays aside, Shakespeare then wrote poems. He invented
a special format in English poetry: the Shakespearean sonnets. He wrote
a series of 154 sonnets. They are considered masterpieces of English
literature. He also wrote a narrative poem, Venus and Adonis.

When the theatres opened, Shakespeare returned to writing the plays.
He had a theatre group, the most successful group of the time. The group
brought the Globe theatre into operation. He performed in the theatre
which gave life to his plays after 1599. Shakespeare earned almost no
money from his writing. Instead, he made a lot of money from acting.
With this money, he bought a large house in Stratford-upon-Avon for
his family. He even made friendship with the richest people in London
and earned the royal favour. He was a gentleman—a man of high class
who didn’t have to work.

At the age of 49, Shakespeare retired and went to live in his hometown.
He died at 52. He left his money to his family. He left his genius to
the world. He left a strong landmark in English literature and stirring
influence on the way dramas and sonnets are written.

Comprehension

18 From the text, find the words which mean the following.

a. a writer who writes plays or dramas
b. containing reasons in understanding life or nature
c. a person whose job is to judge the work of art
d. a remarkable work of an artist or writer or any other creative person
e. an important stage in development of something
f. beginning strong positive impact

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19 Fill in the blanks with correct words.

disease twins plays lucky retired genius poems

a. William Shakespeare had a good fortune. Even as many babies
died, he did not. He was ____________.

b. The plague was a terrible____________. It spread from one person
to another.

c. Shakespeare wrote ____________. He and his friends performed at
the theatre.

d. Shakespeare wrote very well. He had a special ability. He was a
____________.

e. By the end of his forties, Shakespeare stopped working and
____________.

f. Shakespeare’s wife had two children born at the same time. She
had ____________.

20 Work with a partner to answer the following questions.
Use complete sentences.

a. What is your lucky number?
b. The plague is a disease. What are two other diseases?
c. Hamlet is a play. What is the name of another famous play you

know?
d. Who do you think is a genius?
e. What do twins have that is the same?
f. What does a person do when he or she retires?

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21 Are the following statements true or false? If they are
false correct them as per the biography of Shakespeare
you have read.

a. Shakespeare was born in London.
b. When the theatres got closed, Shakespeare wrote poems.
c. Shakespeare made a lot of money from his writings.
d. Venus and Adonis was a great play by Shakespeare.
e. He influenced the way dramas and poetry are written in English.

22 Answer the following questions.

a. At what age did Shakespeare marry?

b. Where did Shakespeare's family live?

c. How many plays did Shakespeare write and what are the major
plays mentioned in the text?

d. How many sonnets did Shakespeare write in his series of sonnets?

e. When did Shakespeare retire and where did he go after retirement?

Writing

Biography

What is a biography?

Well, it is a life story of someone written by someone else. When a person
writes his or her own life story, it becomes an autobiography.

When you plan to write a biography of a person, you first
need to do the research.

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Short Biography Research

Person's name: ......................................................

Date of birth: .........................................................

Early life : ............................................................. Picture:
.................................................................................

.................................................................................

.................................................................................

Family life: .............................................................

.............................................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................

Major accomplishments (work done): ..........................................................

.............................................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................

Interesting facts: ..............................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................

Organisation23 Use the given template for doing research to write a
biography of a person. Follow the order given below.

Paragraph 1 : introduction, name, address, job
Paragraph 2 : early life (at least one interesting fact)
Paragraph 3 : family and growing (at least one interesting fact)
Paragraph 4 : accomplishments (work and growth)
Paragraph 5 : retirement or conclusion with opinion

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Mother Teresa (Sample Biography)

Mother Teresa was born in Skopje,
now the capital of the Republic of
Macedonia, in 1910. She grew up
in Albania. From her young age
she wanted to serve the unlucky.
When she was eighteen, she started
working for an Irish religious group,
Sisters of Loreto.

The organisation later sent her to
India to work in a religious school in
Kolkata. She became the principal of
the school. As it was a charity school,
many poor and homeless people came to study there. The plight of the
poor in the city of Kolkata made her feel sorry for them. She thought she
should do something about this.

She wanted to make a home in Kolkata for the poor and dying. In 1952,
she opened Nirmal Hridaya (Pure Heart). It became a home for hundreds
of the needy and poor. People in Kolkata began to treat her like an angel
who had removed their pain and suffering.

The smiling faces of the people gave her the power to work. She
relentlessly served the poor, orphans and homeless for forty years. Due
to her hard work and dedication, she earned the respect from the people
as Mother Teresa. Her real name was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. When she
died in 1997, people in Kolkata became very sad. Thousands of people
took part in the march to her funeral.

In 1979, she received the Nobel Prize for Peace for her selfless help to the
people far away from her birthplace. Nobel Prize is the most famous of
prizes given to people for their extraordinary contribution to the world.

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Conversation

24 Listen and practise.

Laxmi : Mum! I won a prize in a painting competition today.
Mum : Wow! That’s great. Congratulations! What was the theme of

the competition?
Laxmi : Thank you, Mum. It was about our festivals.
Mum : What did you draw?
Laxmi : I drew people celebrating

Dashain, Eid, Christmas
and Lhosar. Do you know
what the principal said to
me?
Mum : What did he say?
Laxmi : He said I could become a
great artist one day.
Mum : Wonderful! Keep it up. I am proud of you, my child.

We congratulate people on their achievements.

Speaking

25 Work in pairs and talk about your achievements.
Congratulate the achiever.

A : How was your exam result?
B : I got the second place.
A : That’s good. Congratulations!
B : Thank you. But I'll need to

work harder.

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Achievements Congratulatory remarks
passing a test Congratulations!
getting a gift Well done. Congratulations!
standing first, second… That’s great. Congratulations!
winning a game Yes! You are the best!
becoming the monitor, school It’s wonderful! Keep it up.
boy, school girl or a leader

Reply to congratulatory remarks
Thank you!
Thank you very much!
Thank you for the congratulations!
I appreciate your warm words. Thank
you!
Thank you for your kind words.

Work in a group to play this end-
of-word game. One of you will start
the game with a random word. The
next friend will take the last letter
of the word and make another
word starting with that letter. The
challenge then goes to the next
person. Everyone unable to give
a new word goes out of the game.
The last person remaining in the word contest is the winner.
Congratulate him or her with the expressions given above.

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Reading

26 Read and learn.

A Congratulations!

We are pleased to announce that our friend and one of the brilliant
students of our school, Mr Kabin Purja, has won the Lumbini
Province Level Speech Competition organised by XYZ School on the
title, Students' Role in School's Success. He received NRs. 5,000 and
a gold medal for his speech. He has displayed skills that make him a
model for all of us to follow at school.

Congratulations, Kabin, on your great achievement!

Grade Six Students
ABC School
Butwal

B Congratulations!

We express our hearty congratulations to our
sports club on winning the title of U-12 Girls'
Inter-school Football Championship organised
by Nabodaya School. Our talented girls have brought us the shield and
NRs. 20,000! Your hard work in the field and training session have paid
off. We wish you, our sports herons, every success in the future.

Congratulations and best wishes!
Principal

XYZ Academy

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Comprehension

27 Match the words with their meanings.

a. brilliant ___ shown

b. displayed ___ excellent or very good

c. achievement ___ showing that you feel strongly about
d. hearty ___ given the return of
e. championship ___ something that is done successfully
f. paid off ___ a high-level competition

28 Answer the following questions.

a. Who congratulates whom in 'announcement A'?
b. What has Kabin achieved?
c. Who congratulates whom in 'announcement B'?
d. What has paid off? What have they achieved?

Writing

Congratulatory announcement

29 Have you elected a monitor in your class? If you have,
write a congratulatory note and put it on the class board.

30 Look for opportunities to write. Every time there
are competitions or sporting events at school, collect
information and write an announcement. Then, paste
it on your school board. If you have a special group of
friends congratulating the winner (s), don't forget to
write the group's name at the end.

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Grammar

The present simple

When we talk about our likes and dislikes we use the present simple tense.
I hate boxing. They like playing tennis.
We use the present simple tense to talk about a time table.
Muna gets up at 6 o’clock. His lessons start at 8 o’clock.

We use the present simple tense for things which happen regularly or
which are always true.
My father does yoga every day. The sun rises in the east.
Except in case of the be verb, with I, we, they, you and plural nouns, we use
the base form of the verb. With he, she, it and singular nouns we add s or
es at the end of the base form of the verb.

To change the present simple into negative and questions, we use does
not / doesn’t with he, she, it and singular nouns. We use do not / don’t with
I, we, they, you and plural nouns.
He does not like playing football. Does our bus leave at six?

She doesn’t like talking in the class. What does he do in the evenings?

31 Complete the sentences. Use the present simple form
of the verbs.

a. Kristi _________ (love) parties.
b. My friends _________ (hate) sports.
c. You _________ (paint) nice pictures.
d. He _________ (write) his emails on my computer.
e. Khusbu and Khusi _________ (play) tennis on Mondays.
f. My dad _________ (read) lots of books.
g. We _________ (get up) at 5.30 in the morning.

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32 Complete the sentences using the present simple form
of the verbs.

Greetings: What do people generally do?

People from different countries _________ (have) different ways of
greeting each other. In most European countries people _________
(shake) hands when they _________ (meet). Sometimes, if they _________
(know) each other very well, they may exchange kisses on the cheek.

In some Asian countries such as Japan, it
_________ (be) polite to bow when you
_________ (be) introduced to someone.

The Malays in Malaysia and Singapore
_________ (do) something called 'salaam'. A
Malay_________ (extend) his or her hand to
the other person and then brings it to his or
her chest.

In Nepal and India some people _________ (put) their hands together
in front of their chest with their fingers pointing upwards. And they
_________ (bow) slightly. They _________ (say) 'Namaste!'

You may find greeting in Tibet even stranger. They
_________ (take) their tongue out while meeting
and greeting. Maori people in New Zealand
_________ (greet) each other by rubbing nose to
nose.

I _________ (be) sure there are lots of other ways
of saying 'hello'. _________ you _________ (know)
any other manner of greeting people?

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33 Change the following sentences into negative.

a. Mark likes black shirts.
Mark doesn’t like black shirts.
b. We write lots of emails.
____________________________________________________
c. My brother plays the flute.
____________________________________________________
d. Hema learns English at school.
____________________________________________________
e. You are noisy in class.
____________________________________________________
f. Sheila and Mina sleep in the class.
____________________________________________________

34 Change the following sentences into questions .

a. Kamala works at a shop.
Does Kamala work at a shop?
b. Manita goes to temple every day.
____________________________________________________
c. My sister knows how to play the piano.
____________________________________________________
d. They make dresses here.
____________________________________________________
e. He brings comics to the class.
____________________________________________________
f. Miss Honey teaches us English.
____________________________________________________

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35 Fill in the given form.

Shree Shakti Secondary School

Belkotgadhi, Nuwakot, Nepal

P.O.B: 2134,
email: [email protected]

STUDENTS REGISTRATION FORM
Grade applied for: _______

Student's details:

Name:

Date of birth: Gender(Tick): M F

Father's name:

Occupation: Tel:

Mother's name:

Occupation: Tel:

Guardian's Name:

Occupation: Tel:

Current Address:

Permanent Address:
(If different)

Punctuation

Capital letters

We begin a sentence with a CAPITAL letter.
Birds are flying in the sky.

We begin the name of a person, country, nationality, title of a book or
place with a CAPITAL letter.
Kamal Gautam lives in Palpa.

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William Shakespeare was an English writer. He wrote many plays such
as Merchant of Venice, Hamlet and Othello.

We always write the pronoun 'I' in CAPITAL letter.

36 Rewrite the following text. Use a CAPITAL letter
where necessary.

narayan gopal was a famous nepali
singer. he lived in kathmandu
with his wife. he died in 2047 bs.
He also wrote bagina, a book on
singing and music. he sang about
five hundred songs in his life. i like
his songs very much. my brother
and i listen to his songs almost
every day.

Pronunciation

37 Listen and learn. Then, write one more word with
the same initial consonant sound.

Some easy consonants in English

There are 24 consonant sounds in English. Here are sixteen of them.

p pen pocket _________________

b book bag _________________

t tick torch _________________

d dictionary dog _________________

k camera chemistry _________________

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g games gorilla _________________

f farmer feather _________________

v van vote _________________

s stove stem _________________

z zoo zebra _________________
l lamp lighter _________________

m map monkey _________________

n notebook nightingale _________________

h head horrible _________________
r radio writer _________________
w winter weather _________________

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2 Asking for, Giving and
Denying Permission

Conversation

1 Listen and practise.

A : Excuse me, sir. May I ask you a
question?

B : Sure! You may.

A : Can we use your marker? We
want to practise maths during the
leisure period.

B : You can. But you must return it
before the next period.

A : Sure, sir.

Speaking

Permission

When do you ask for permission?

When you want to do something on your own, you ask for permission.
It is different from request. You request someone when you want them
to do something for you.
You may have to ask for permission when you want to use things that
belong to others. Sometimes, you have to take permission from your
parents when you want to go out or do some activities.
Your class has many rules. You may need to ask for permission to go out
of the classroom or drink water.
Here are some structures that help you ask for permission.

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Asking for permission Giving Refusing
permission permission
• Can I go out, please?
• Yes, please do. • I'm sorry,
but that's not
• Could I have a look at your • Sure, go possible.

notes, please? ahead. • I'm afraid, but
you can't.
• May I open the window, • Sure!
please? • No problem. • I'm sorry.

• Is it okay if I use your pen? • Please feel

• Would it be alright if I free.

borrowed your ruler?

2 Practise asking for and granting or refusing permission
in the following situations.

a. go out of the class when the teacher is teaching / your teacher /
return within five minutes

b. use your friend’s book / your friend / return the previous one first
c. watch TV / mother / finish the homework first
d. go out with friends / father / come home on time

e. use your brother's towel/ give you
permission

f. ask zookeeper if you could feed
the animals/ you are denied
permission.

Raju : May I go out, sir?

Teacher : Yes, you may. But you must
return within five minutes.

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3 Listen and sing.

Could I borrow a book?

May I keep it for some time?

Or is it okay if I exchange it with a hook?

Can it be all right, all fine?

When you want to use something,

Always ask the owner.

Would it be alright if I... ?

That makes you polite and brings you honour.

Reading

4 Read and learn.

How can you protect yourself from Covid-19?

• Wash your hands frequently.
• Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth.
• Keep a safe distance from others.
• Cough or sneeze into your bent elbow or a tissue paper.
• If you have fever, cough or difficulty breathing, seek care and follow

the doctor's advice.

Happy Kids Library (Regulations for visitors)

• Materials may be checked out with a valid
library card.

• Borrowed materials must be returned
within the proper loan period.

• A Rs. 200 charge will be necessary for the
replacement of a lost or stolen card.

• All fines must be paid within 30 days.
• Library cards must be presented to use computers.
• Stay silent while in the library.

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OUR CLASS MUM'S KITCHEN
RULES RULES

Listen carefully. Wash your hands before meal.
Use soap to wash your hands.
Follow directions. Don’t forget to close the tap.
Raise your hand to speak. Put the plate in the sink after
Treat others with respect.
eating.
Use kind words. Don’t spill water on the table.
Work hard and have fun.
Don’t waste food.
Try new things.
Learn from mistakes.

Encourage others.
Be your best self.
Always keep growing.

Comprehension

5 From the text, find the words which mean the following.

a. often
b. soft paper used for cleaning
c. borrowed
d. process of keeping something in place of other
e. to make someone more likely to do something

6 Are you allowed to do the following? Write 'yes' or 'no',
after reading the given texts.

a. Be sitting together touching each other during the pandemic.
b. Use computer without a valid ID card.
c. Chat with friends in the library.
d. Speak without raising hands.
e Take the food you won't finish and leave it in the plate.

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Listening

7 Look and guess.

Where are they?
What are they doing?
Have you listened to your principal addressing
the school assembly?
What kind of announcements are made in the
assembly?
What sports do you play at your school?

8 Listen to the Principal's announcement and take notes.

Name of the school: ______________________

Name of the principal: _________________

Sports included: _________________

Grades that can participate: _________________

9 Listen again and write true or false.

a. This is the first sports event of the school. ______
b. Only boys are allowed to participate. ______
c. The participants get training on Sunday but not on Monday. _____
d. The event is taking place on Tuesday. ______

Writing

Rules

10 Write classroom rules.

Hold a class meeting. Then, discuss what can and cannot be allowed in
the classroom. Compile and share the set of rules for your classroom.
Begin your instructions with a verb.

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Writing

Bhadrapur, Jhapa 1
12 April 2018 2

Dear Juna, 3 4

Thanks for your letter. I hope it will help us get to know each other
well.

First of all, let me tell you a few things about myself. I’m 13 years old.
I live in Jhapa, which is in eastern Nepal. My mum teaches at a local
school. My dad is a police officer. He works long hours. I’m a student
at Reading Secondary School, which is where my mother also works.
I have a sister, Karuna. She is 16 years old. She is studying in grade
10. We sometimes have disagreements over watching TV shows. I
love sports whereas she loves watching serials. Otherwise, we mostly
get along quite well.

Now let me tell you about my school. As I mentioned before, my
school's name is Reading Secondary School. Interesting, right? The
school starts at 9 am. My school has a uniform. All students and
teachers must wear the uniform. However, I do not need to wear a
tie. I feel good about this. We are not allowed to bring junk food to
school. For snacks, the students have to either bring something from
home or eat in the canteen. On Wednesdays and Fridays, we have
sports. We have to wear tracksuits for these two days. On other days,
we can wear T-shirts and tracksuit bottoms to school. To add more,
on birthdays, the students are allowed to wear fancy dresses.

What dresses do you have to wear to school? Can you wear anything
you like? Please write me about these and other things you like to

talk about and take care!

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11 The main parts of the letter have been numbered.
Match each number to the part and fill the boxes below.

signature sender's address / return address
body complimentary closing
salutation date

12 Read the letter and answer the following questions.

a. When was the letter written?
b. Who wrote the letter?
c. Who is this letter sent to?
d. Where was the letter written from?
e. How many paragraphs are there in the letter?
f. What salutation has been used in the letter?
g. Is the letter formal or informal? What complimentary remark has

been used before signature?

13 Now write a letter to your friend talking about the
rules in your school. Follow the plan as given below.

Paragraph 1: Thank your friend for the letter

Paragraph 2: Write about you and your family (How old are you?
Where are you from? How many people are there in your
family? What do your parents do for living?)

Paragraph 3: Describe a typical weekday and your free-time activities
(What is a typical weekday like? What do you do in your
free time?)

Paragraph 4: Ask your friend about his / her weekdays and what he /
she likes doing in his / her free time.

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14 Check below to see if your letter has anything missing.
If you need, add the missing part.

I used the correct format: (return address / date / salutation / body /
complimentary close, signature).

I used the right pattern to write date (day-month-year) and right
salutation (Dear.....).

I began sentences with a capital letter and correctly capitalised words
where necessary, such as proper nouns

I used contractions (I'm / I've) wherever possible for an informal tone.

I used punctuation marks correctly.

I verified the spelling and grammar to check errors.

I included all the questions I wanted to ask.

I used right complimentary close (Love, Yours, Regards).

I signed my letter.

Every time you write a letter, use this checklist so your letter will look
authentic.

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15 Read and learn.

What will you say if someone asks you
about a person you don't know?

Here is what Edward Lear did. The poet
was an officer. There was news that a
person's son had left home despite his
father's wealth. Many of his friends
supposed that he knew the person and
asked about who that person was. Here
is a poem he wrote in response.

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The Akond of Swat -Edward Lear

Who, or why, or which, or what, Is the Akond of SWAT?

Is he tall or short, or dark or fair?

Does he sit on a stool or a sofa or a chair, or SQUAT,

The Akond of Swat?

Is he wise or foolish, young or old?

Does he drink his soup and his coffee cold, or HOT,

The Akond of Swat?

Does he sing or whistle, jabber or talk,

And when riding abroad does he gallop or walk or TROT,

The Akond of Swat?

Does he wear a turban, a fez, or a hat?

Does he sleep on a mattress, a bed, or a mat, or COT,

The Akond of Swat?

When he writes a copy in round-hand size,

Does he cross his T's and finish his I's with a DOT,

The Akond of Swat?

Can he write a letter concisely clear

Without a speck or a smudge or smear or BLOT,

The Akond of Swat?

Do his people like him extremely well?

Or do they, whenever they can, rebel, or PLOT,

The Akond of Swat?

If he catches them then, either old or young,

Does he have them chopped in pieces or hung, or SHOT,

The Akond of Swat?

Do his people prig in the lanes or park?

Or even at times, when days are dark, GARETTE?

O the Akond of Swat!

Does he study the wants of his own dominion?

Or doesn't he care for public opinion a JOT,

The Akond of Swat?

Some one, or nobody, knows I wot

Is the Akond of Swat!

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This is a beautiful poetic nonsense by Edward Lear. While reading
this poem, put all the emphasis on the monosyllabic rhymes. The part
separated in the right actually should be shouted out by a chorus. That's
why they have been all-letter capitalised. You may enjoy the audio of
the poem on the YouTube as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhVAEBk5K_Y

Swat is a beautiful valley in the present day Pakistan. It was a small state
ruled by Muslim religious leaders with the title of Akond. However they were
not much known.
The poem has 23 stanzas in its original form. In the poem “The Akond of
Swat” seems to go on forever and gets weirder and more violent as the poem
moves forward. There are so many questions. However there is no answer. It
looks as if Akond was very cruel or violent as he might chop or hang or garret
such people if he could catch them. Here garret means kill by putting metal
wire around the neck.

Comprehension

16 Match the words with their meanings.
a. jabber ____ in or to a foreign country

b. abroad ____ to speak or say something quickly

c. gallop ____ a head covering for a Muslim or Shikha
man

d. turban ____ briefly and clearly

e. concisely ____ ride on a horse and run

f. smudge ____ a high, cone-shaped hat with a flat top
and no brim

g. smear ____ to spread a liquid or a thick substance
over a surface

h. fez ____ a mark with no particular shape

i. prig ____ the land that belongs to a ruler

j. dominion ____ used in writing for what or that

k. wot ____ informal use of what or that

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17 Find the rhyming words from the poem.

a. what b. fair d. cold e. talk

e. I's f. smear g. well h. hung

i. opinion j. blot

18 Answer the following questions.

a. Where is Akond from?

b. Which of the words in the poem hints that Akond could have been
cruel?

c. Does the speaker know Akond? Which lines or part tell us so?

d. Did you know 'wot' is an informal use? What does it mean?

e. How many questions are there in the poem? What type of questions
are they: information questions or confirmation questions?

f. Why do you think the poet is not giving answers to the questions?
If he had given the answers would the poem be as effective as it is
now?

Grammar

Yes/No question

When we want confirmation, we ask Yes/No questions. A Yes/No
question can also give a choice.
When you have the 'be' verb (is/ am/ are/ was/ were) or an auxiliary verb
(have/ has/ had) or modal verb (can/ may/ will/ shall...etc), it is easy to
make a Yes/No question.

It is okay if I ask you a question.

Is it okay if I ask you a question?

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He was making noise in the library.

Was he making noise in the library?
She might bring a bouquet.

Might she bring a bouquet?
He has finished his work.

Has he finished his work?

When no auxiliary verb is there in the sentence, you will need to use a
dummy auxiliary verb 'do' (do, does or did).

Use do when the statement is in the present simple tense and the
subject is plural.

They ask for permission from their parents when they play.

Do they ask for permission from their parents when they play?

Use does when the statement is in the present simple tense and the
subject is singular.

She brings fruits for lunch.

Does she bring fruits for lunch?

Use did when the statement is the past
simple tense.

They played football yesterday.

Did they play football yesterday?

Note carefully:
• The verb after dummy auxiliary 'do (do, does, did) must be the

base form of the verb.

• The present simple and past simple do not have an auxiliary
verb in the affirmative form.

• Notice that yes/no questions are formed with an auxiliary verb
+ subject + main verb.

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19 Change the following into Yes/No questions.

a. Kabi thinks it’s a good idea.

b. Sona is arriving on Monday.

c. He made a mistake.

d. They’ve offered her the job.

e. She’ll be at the meeting tomorrow.

f. It is alright.

g. I may come in.

h. You mind if I used your ruler.

Speaking

Game time

Your teacher will ask you to write Yes/No questions. Each of you should
write at least 10 questions. Once you are done, one of you will volunteer
to come in front of the class to answer the questions.

Now your teacher will write 'Yes', 'No' and 'Laugh' on the board only to
cross them out soon. That means the team leader cannot use 'Yes' or 'No'
and can neither 'Laugh' while answering your questions.

The rest of you begin to ask the question. On making a mistake, that is,
either using yes or no or laughing in response to your question, the leader
gets replaced by the next student. The one who answers the questions
from each of you without making a mistake can be declared the winner.

S 1 : Are you happy? S 4 : Do you like apples?
Leader : Sure, I love it!
Leader: I am. S 5 : Can you play football?
Leader : A little.
S 2 : Did you dance this
morning?

Leader: I didn't. S 6 : Can you say yes?

S 3 : Has he called you? Leader : No. Ah!

Leader : He hasn't. Now the next leader continues the game.

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