English Skills 7

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

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Editor Authors

Uday Sharma D. R. Silwal

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Publisher
Oasis Publication Pvt. Ltd.
Anamnagar, Kathmandu
Phone: 01-4224004

Copyright
Publisher

Layout
Ramesh Bhattarai

Illustrator
Ram Krishna Thapa

Edition
First : 2070
Reprint : 2071
Reprint : 2072
Reprint : 2073
Reprint : 2074, 2075
Second : 2076 (Thoroughly revised)

Printed in Nepal

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Foreword

English Skills is a comprehensive skills development course 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 authors believe 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 ten stages of this comprehensive course, students are encouraged
to develop as independent and active learners of English. The authors
stay 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 authors of this course also recognise 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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4 English Skills Book - 7 Course structure

Units Speaking and Reading Vocabulary Grammar Listening Pronunciation Writing
functions and spelling
1. Why We Do It
Formal greetings How to make a difference Contextual The present simple Listening to Pronouncing Writing about oneself
Page 7 and speaking vocabulary The present conversations and short forms describing one’s likes,
Talking about UFO hunting continuous learning to greet dislikes and daily
personal Adverbs of frequency formally activities
preferences

2. Remembering Narrating past Personal stories Contextual The simple past Listening to a life Word stress Writing a memoir
The Past events Do you want to be a vocabulary The past continuous story of a person Pronouncing Writing about
Telling about writer? Phrasal verbs The present perfect Listening to a sounds for personal experiences
Page 32 one’s experiences Idiomatic Using already, yet and talk about recent letter ‘w’ Informal letter
expressions just changes Limericks
3. The News Talking recent Reading news stories Writing a news story
happenings and Words to The passive Listening to news
Page 67 experiences describe parts The present perfect Vs for facts Wring a letter with
of a news the past simple suggestions
Contextual Writing about future
4. Future World Talking about Tomorrow’s world vocabulary The simple future Listening about Consonant plans
future Better Kathmandu for Contextual First Conditional future cities clusters
Page 87 Expressing teenagers vocabulary Modal verbs
conditions
5. Art and Suggesting Reading about making a Branches of Expressing possession Listening to Stress in words Describing a scene
Culture model learning Prepositions of time, direction and ending with Describing an
Talking about Reading about Dhulikhel Contextual place and movement finding way on -tion accident
Page 109 possessions vocabulary a map Describing a place
Talking about Write letter giving
position of things directions
Giving directions
Describing places

6. Comparing Making Reading about Egyptian Types of Adjectives Listening about Stress in Writing about one’s
Things comparison s Pyramids and Mayan buildings Adverbs of manner Nepal and compound dream house
Talking about Pyramids and parts of a Switzerland words Writing a compare
Page 132 one’s The house on Mango Street house and contrast essay
dream house The superlative vacuum Words to
7. Offers, cleaner: a play describe Can, may or might Listening about Pronouncing Writing about abilites
Abilites and Making offers manner for possibilities, and political leaders consonant Writing a biography
Conditions Proposing Reading about life in an abilities
Expressing island Contextual The second conditional
Page 161 possibility Reading about Anuradha vocabulary The past perfect
Talking about Koirala
8. Rules imaginary
Everywhere situations Zoos: bad or good? Words Can, could, may and be Listening to a Rhyming words Writing a request
Expressing Sir Gawain and the Green describing allowed to for asking talk and checking letter
Page 181 obligation Knight person’s and giving permission facts Writing rules for
Asking for appearance Must and have to for Listening to and specific places
9. How Far and permission and nature expressing obligation filling a form Describing a person
How Long? Making requests
Describing a Reading about recent Contextual The present perfect Listening to a song Commonly Writing an opinion
Page 203 person changes vocabulary continuous and conversation mispronounced essay
Talking about Reading a conversation Defining relative clause while waiting words (I)
10. Stories and duration of recent about different types of Question tags somebody
Films happenings clothes
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Page 221 answering around us
confirmation
questions The three wishes Contextual The third conditional Listening to a short Commonly Writing stories from
Asking for and Catch me if you can vocabulary Reported speech talk about a film mispronounced given clues
giving opinion and checking the words (III)
Expressing wishes facts
5 Talking about the Listening to a story
impossible past and sequencing
Reporting what
others say
Telling stories

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1Lesson Why We Do It

1 Read, listen and sing.

From A Teenager’s Side

- Olivia

I hear my mom scream,

"Bags, books, your comb, and cream

Scattered on the bed with those jeans.

This is how you keep your room clean?"

Do you sometimes forget that I'm a teen?

I hear my father say,
"Wake up, get up, and chase your dreams.
This is the time you should choose your stream.
Leave your Twitter, songs, and films.
Don't waste your time in front of a computer screen."
Well, why don't you understand? I'm a teen.

I hear my friends complain,
"We know it's tough, but we have to tell you,
You can be rude without having any clue.
It's hard to handle you during your mood swings,
as you can go crazy 'cause you don't know what you mean."
Why don't you get it? Like you, I'm a teen.

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2 Answer the following questions.

a. What does the speaker’s mother complain about?

b. What does his/her father complain about?

c. What do his/her friends complain about?

d. What excuse does the speaker make to do things he likes?

Conversation

3 Listen and practise.

Sonal : Hi, I’m Sonal! I get up at seven
every day. I go to school at eight
in the morning and I come
home at five in the afternoon.
I’m really into swimming,
basketball and dance. On
Mondays I go swimming and on
Thursdays afternoons my best
friend and I play basketball. On
Fridays we go to dance classes.
That’s my favourite day!

Mandira : Hey, Sonal! Swimming and basketball are my favourite sports,
too! Check on the photos of me and my school sports day! I
want to go to dance classes but I can’t. I haven’t got time.

Sonal : Never mind, Mandira! What other things do you do after
school?

Mandira : I do my homework in the evenings and then I watch TV or
play computer games. I go to bed at about nine o’clock. At the
weekends, I go shopping with my mum and I visit my grandma
and granddad on Sundays.

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4 Sit in pairs and hold conversations about your daily
activities.
Speaking

5 Read the model conversation. Then, sit in pairs and talk
about the people using the given clues.

A : Who is that person? He looks new
here.

B : He’s Suman, our neighbour Mr.
Pandey’s nephew. He is staying at
his uncle’s home for a few days.

A : What does he do?
B : He’s a football player. He plays for a

local club. He’s a good player. I like
his game.

a. Suman / our neighbour Mr Pandey’s
nephew/stays at uncle’s home / football
player / plays for a local club / good
player / like his game

b. Kabindra / my cousin / stays with us /
musician / plays the madal / plays for
the school club / like him

c. Usha / our teacher Miss Pradhan’s niece
/ stays with her aunt / student / reads
in college / smart and good-looking /
like her

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Listening

6 Listen to the conversation among the people at Youth
Action Club. Choose the correct phrases from the box
and fill in the gaps.

How do you do How do you do Very pleased to meet you
Mr Mabohang Pleased to meet you

A: Hello, Mr Pandey! ...............................?
B: ................................., Mr Pradhan? This is ...

...............................
A: Hi, I’m Bimal Pandey. I’m from Kavre.
C: I’m Dhiraj Mabohang. I’m from Dharan.
A: ................................., Mr Mabohang.
C: ................................., too.

Sit in groups of three and practise the above conversation.

7 Listen and complete the greeting with the given
phrases or sentences.

Hello! My name is Rahul. Are you a new member here?

How about you? what do you do in your free time?

I like surfing. When do you go

Oh! I don’t mean that. I mean I surf the net.

Rahul: .............................................................................................................
Vidhya: Hello! I’m Vidhya.
Rahul: .............................................................................................................
Vidhya: Yeah, I joined last week. ...................................................................

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Rahul: I’m also a new member here.
I joined just three days ago.
From today I’ll be regular.

Vidhya: Well, it’s nice to meet you.

Rahul: It’s nice to meet you too. By
the way, .................................
........

Vidhya: .................................................
...................

Rahul: .................................................
................... to the sea?

Vidhya: ....................................................................

Rahul: Oh, that? Fine. I also like surfing the net. Bye, see you later.

Conversation

8 Listen and practise.

A : Good morning. My name is Jeevan.
What is your name, please?

B : I’m Mukunda. Pleased to meet you.

A : Good to meet you too. I’m from
Biratnagar. Are you from Pokhara?

B : Yes, I’m from Pokhara.

A : Biratnagar is an industrial city. Is
Pokhara an industrial city too?

B : Yes. But it is more a tourist
destination.

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Speaking

9 Sit in groups of four or five. Greet and introduce each
other.

Hello, I’m Kedar. I’m from
Biratnagar. At present, I’m
living with my uncle here, in

Kathmandu.

10 Sit in pairs and interview your partner. Use the questions
below. Take notes as you talk.

Do you like pizza? What is your favourite food?
Why do you like it? How does it taste?
How often do you eat it? Do you know how to make it?

11 Write a short description about your partner’s favourite
food and read it in the class.

My friend Gopal hates pizza. He likes rice pudding very much
because it is delicious and tastes sweet. He eats it about five or six
times a year. He does not know how to prepare it but he always
remembers eating his favourite food.

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Fun activity

12 Read the rules given below and play the game.

Make some name cards. Write names of some famous personalities on one
face and some activities on the other. Then, mix the cards. Have a lucky
draw. Then pretend that you are that person and you are in a party of some
famous people. Sit in groups of three or four and talk about your recent and
day-to-day activities. Don’t forget to make formal greetings.

Some formal greetings!

Good morning/afternoon/evening,….

How do you do?
Remember the correct answer to How do you do? is How do you do?

Good afternoon, Mr Tamang. How do you do, Mr Jha?
How do you do? What are I am busy with my new
you doing these days? film these days.

You can ask more than one question. You may ask the following questions:

What are you doing these days? How is your normal day?

What do you like about the party? What is your plan for next week?

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Grammar

The present simple and the present continuous

The present simple The present continuous

We use the present simple for We use the present continuous:
things:
-for things that are happening now.
-that happen regularly.
They are watching TV at the moment.
They watch TV every day.
-for temporary situations.
-that are always or usually true. They are not working this month.
The sun rises in the east.
-for future plans and intentions.
Kathmandu is the capital of We are visiting India next week.
Nepal.

Time expressions with Time expressions with
the present simple the present continuous

every day, on Saturdays, at now, right now, at the moment, today,

weekends, once a week, usually, this week, these days, etc.
always, sometimes, etc.
He plays football every day. He is playing football at the moment.

We stay at home on Saturdays. We are staying at home today.

She always takes breakfast at She is having breakfast right now.
eight o’clock.

Stative verbs (not I’m liking pop music.)
(not I’m wanting to be an astronaut)
I like pop music.
I want to be an astronaut.

Here verbs like and want don’t show an action. They present states. These
verbs describing a state are called stative verbs. Here are a few more
examples:

believe, forget, hate, love, have (to express possession)
hear, know, love, need, remember, think, understand

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13 Stative verbs don’t have the continuous form. However,
some of the verbs have dual meanings. Read, learn and
then decide whether the each of the given statements
represents a state or an action.

Verbs of senses:
see, look, notice, hear, smell, taste, feel
Verbs that express likes or dislikes:
like, dislike, love, hate
Verbs of expression of understanding and thinking:
think, believe, know, understand, realise, seem, remember, forget

States Actions
I see her! There she is! I’m seeing him tomorrow. (meeting)
The silk feels soft. She is feeling the silk. (touching)
The flowers smell The dog is smelling its food. (act of smelling)
wonderful.
I think these boots are very I’m thinking about my next exam. (act of
nice. thinking)
She looks healthy. They are looking at us. (act of looking)
They have a small house. They are having lunch. (eating)

a. He looks handsome. .....................

b. She is looking at the stars. .....................

c. I understand your problem. ......................

d. He doesn’t like his car. ......................

e. They are having a party now. ......................

f. The rock feels rough. ......................

g. They are feeling nauseous. ......................

h. I don’t have any pens. ......................

i. She doesn’t realise her mistake. ......................

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14 Complete the following conversation by using the simple
present or the present continuous form of the verbs.

This week Shakti High School is helping to reforest fallow land near the
school. A local radio journalist, Pawan, interviews the chairman of the
school, Kul Prasad Thapaliya.

Pawan : You are working (work) very hard today.

Kul Prasad : Yes, we are. We ............................. (plant) more trees.

Pawan : Why ............................. (you/do) this?

Kul Prasad : Well, it ............................. (rain) a lot in this area and the
water ............................. (carry) the soil away. We often
............................. (have) floods. Trees .............................
(play) an important role because their roots .............................
(keep) the soil in its place.

Pawan : Who is helping you today?

Kul Prasad : A lot of local people and students ............................. (help)
us today. Some people ............................. (dig) holes
and others ............................. (water) the trees. Many of
your schoolmates ............................. (help) too. So, we
............................. (do) the work fast.

Pawan : I usually ............................. (help) my dad in the garden. Is
there anything I can do?

Kul Prasad : Yes, I wish you could tell people that afforestation
............................. (help) to stop landslides and floods.

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15 Match as shown in the example. • happening now
• fact
a. He plays the piano.
He is playing the piano.

b. They’re staying at a hotel. • temporary situation
They often stay at a hotel. • repeated action
• this time only
c. I always have an egg and a glass of
milk for breakfast. • habit

I’m having an egg and a glass of • happening now
milk for breakfast. • fact

d. The sun is setting. Isn’t it beautiful?
The sun sets in the west.

e. The film starts at 10 o’clock. • happening now
Shh! The film is starting! • schedule

16 Choose the correct answer.

a. Can I call you back? We have / are having
lunch at the moment.

b. Bandana does not eat / isn’t eating meat.
She’s a vegetarian.

c. What do you do / are you doing right now?
d. We don’t watch / aren’t watching TV in the

morning.
e. She wants to live in Biratnagar but she

lives / is living in Itahari these days.
f. I don’t cook / I’m not cooking today. There are sandwiches in the

fridge.
g. Do they look / Are they looking for a new car?
h. The match usually finishes / is finishing at 8 o’clock.
i. We don’t usually listen / aren’t listening to this kind of music.

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Reading

17 Read and learn.
How to make a difference!

More and more young people are taking on volunteer work nowadays. Some
even travel to other side of the world and do unpaid work for a charity or other
nonprofit organizations there. They help to build homes for poor families, teach
children English, take care of orphans or help to protect an endangered species.
There is a wide variety of voluntary jobs to choose from.

A number of charity groups organise Singer Amrit Gurung: Teach for Nepal
educational programmes for children volunteer teaching in a government school
around the world. Many students
volunteer for these types of projects.
They teach subjects like English or
Mathematics or Science to children while
staying in their community and getting to
know the people and their culture. It is a
learning experience for both the children
and the teacher.

Young people who are good with their
hand or simply would like to help in a
very practical way can participate in
one of the many construction projects.
Several charity organizations help build
houses or schools for poor children
around the world. In Lapubesi Gorkha,
a team of young volunteers built a
British Prince Harry working with his secondary school for village students.
volunteers team in Gorkha for rebuilding Even British Prince Harry participated in
the voluntary work for the construction
quake-damaged school

of the school building. Other similar projects are going on across villages of
Nepal especially after the devastating earthquake that hit the country in 2015.

For people interested in wildlife, conservation groups organize volunteer
holidays throughout the world. You can help wildlife research in various parts
of our country like protecting tigers, rhinos and wild elephants in Chitwan or
working to dig more information about unique variety of butterflies in Nepal

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or working or finding out various kinds of herbs in the country. Since Nepal
has diverse geography and biodiversity, people around the world come here
to study about Bengal tigers, snow-leopards, red pandas and many other
endangered species. Those volunteers also get a chance to know the cultural
life of people in our culturally diverse country and enjoy the gorgeous view of
nature that has been in the lap of the Himalayas.

Therefore, a volunteer holiday is for people who want to make a difference in
the world and are prepared to give up their own time, money and effort to do
it. However, the volunteers have to be realist and understand that they cannot
change the world in two or three weeks. To some volunteers it seems that they
are not doing much by helping out for only a couple of weeks. But, in fact,
every bit of help counts. Thanks to young volunteers, the lives of millions of
people around the world are improving.

Dhurmus Suntali Iconic Settlements

Dhurmus and Suntali are veteran
television stars and comedians.
Sitaram Kattel (Dhurmus) and
Kunjana Ghimire (Suntali) have
become the heartbeat of the
Nepalese after they initiated the
work of rebuilding integrated
settlements in different parts of
the country. First of their projects
was the Giran Chaur Settlement Musahar sttlement constructed by Dhurmus
in Sindhupalchok. Then, they Suntali Foundation

built a Pahari Namuna Basti (Hillside Integrated Settlement). Likewise, they
have recently built a settlement in Bardibas of Mahottari. The poor settlement
damaged by 2015 earthquake was rebuilt under Durmus Suntali Foundation’s
initiation.

These two actors are dedicated in social services as well as in acting. Besides,
constructing combine villages for earthquake victims, they are providing
information related to cleanliness all over the country. They are cleanliness
ambassadors of Nepal Government.

With all their efforts, they are making difference in people’s life. You can be the
next to lead the initiative.

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Comprehension

18 State whether these statements are true or false.

a. More young people are interested in volunteer services these days.
b. Some volunteers travel across the borders to work.
c. Volunteers get paid a small sum in return for their help.
d. Teaching English is a popular form of volunteering services.
e. Volunteers don’t need any specific qualifications to participate.
f. Volunteer can change the world within a couple of weeks.
g. Dhurmus - Suntali Foundation was set up to help elderly people.
h. Dhurmus and Suntali are famous business personalities.

19 Answer the following questions.

a. How do volunteer teachers get benefits?
b. What kind of volunteer services did British Prince Harry do during his

Nepal visit?
c. Who is volunteer holidays for?
d. What should the volunteer realize?
e. Who are Dhurmus and Suntali?
f. How are Dhurmus and Suntali helping to improve health of the

Nepalese?
g. List four volunteer works mentioned in the text.
h. Do you really think volunteers make difference in people’s life? Give

one example from your locality.
i. Do you think you can make difference in others life? How?
j. What volunteer work have you done? If not, what do you think you

can do?

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Vocabulary

20 Complete the sentences with the words from the box.
One word is extra.

difference community foreign improve

monitor non-profit research volunteer

a. The international Red Cross is a well-known ...........................................
organisation.

b. A team of aid workers are trying to ........................................... the lives
of the people in the village.

c. You can make a ........................................... in the world by working for
a charity.

d. Lots of young people are ready to .......................................... to help
clean up the rivers.

e. Everyone living in the ...........................................would like to make it a
better place to live.

f. Working in a ...........................................country can be a very worthwhile
experience.

g. Environmental organizations are doing wildlife ......................................
all over the world.

Grammar

Adverbs of frequency

Adverbs of frequency say how often something happens. Some of them
express positive frequency and some others express negative frequency.

Adverbs that express positive Adverbs that express negative
frequency frequency

always usually seldom rarely

regularly often scarcely hardly
frequently normally hardly ever never
sometimes occasionally

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21 Choose the correct adverbs to complete the sentences.

a. Sanjana lives next door. We (never / frequently / hardly ever) meet
each other.

b. Don’t call from that phone. He (never / always / often) receives the
phone from unknown numbers.

c. Raju (occasionally / normally / hardly ever) does his homework.
Therefore, the teacher is (always / never / scarcely) angry with him.

d. We (hardly / regularly / usually) find the red panda these days
because they are disappearing rapidly.

e. My father (seldom / regularly / rarely) visits temples. He has deep faith in
God.

f. It (never / always / usually) snows in the Terai.

22 Put the adverb of frequency at the right place.

Generally, we place the frequency adverbs before the main verb in the
sentence. However, they always come after the be verb.
He is rarely late.
He rarely comes late.
They are always ready for the work.
They always go for work. They never take vacations.

a. He listens to the radio. (often)
b. They read a book together. (sometimes)
c. Pritam gets angry. (never)
d. Tina is very friendly. (usually)
e. I take sugar in my coffee. (sometimes)
f. Ram is hungry. (often)
g. My grandmother goes for a walk in the evening. (always)
h. Sabita reads after dinner. (seldom)

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Speaking

23 Go around the class and find someone for each of the
actions.

always forgets his homework
always watches TV in the evening
seldom eats momo
normally stays home on Saturdays
usually gets up at six
generally goes to bed early

A : How often do you eat momo?
B : I seldom eat momo. I don’t like it.

Pronunciation

24 We normally use short forms while speaking. Here are
some commonly used short forms. Listen and practise.

I’m I am I’m sorry I’m late.
I’ve I have I’ve got a nice car.
I’d I had I’d already gone out when you arrived.
I would I’d like some coffee, please.
I’ll I will I’ll come to meet you tomorrow.

she’s she is She’s very pretty.
she has She’s gone to New York.
she’d she had She was scared as if she’d seen a ghost.
she would She’d come if we invited her.
she’ll she will She’ll be sad to hear the news.

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he’s he is He’s good at maths.
he has He’s gone out.
he’d he had If only he’d known the answer!
he would He’d be really happy.
he’ll he will He’ll be sad to hear the news.

it’s it is It’s a nice day today.

it has It’s got a bushy tail.

it’ll it will It’ll help you a lot.

we’re we are We’re going out today.
we’ve we have We’ve won the match.
we’d we had We’d finished our work before nine.
we would We’d rather stay inside.
we’ll we will We’ll do it.

you’re you are You’re my best friend.
you’ve you have You’ve been very kind to me.
you’d you had You’d never seen that before, I suppose.
you would I’m sure you’d be very pleased.
you’ll you will You’ll have to be there.

they’re they are They’re coming today.
they’ve they have They’ve helped us a lot.
they’d they had They realised that they’d made a mistake.
they would They’d definitely feel good about it.
they’ll they will They’ll never forget this event.

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Reading

25 Think for a minute and write as many hobbies as you can
think of. Compare your list with your partner.

26 Have you ever done any of the activities below? Share with
your friends. Then, read and learn.

ghost hunting kite flying rafting

robot making rock climbing hiking

Today you are going to
read about Manik Purja’s
unique hobby. He does
not have hobbies like
many of his friends have.
He loves to chase UFO.
He calls himself a UFO
hunter. Do you know what a UFO is? A UFO is short form of unidentified
flying object. People talk about it a lot. However, they don’t know what
exactly it is.

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A strange shape is moving across the sky. Is it a bird? Is it an aeroplane?
Or is it a UFO? Manik Purja is fascinated by the possibility of life on other
planets, so in his free time he tries to find out what these objects are. We
asked him some questions about his unusual hobby.
Manik, why are you so interested in UFOs?
Well, thousands of people see strange objects in the sky all over the world.
Most of these are planets, meteors, or military planes – but what about the
rest? I’m a very curious person, so I want to find an explanation!

And what exactly does your hobby involve?
Well, I started a UFO club and we mostly investigate sightings. We interview
witnesses and analyse videos and photos. Sometimes we go out to a UFO
‘hotspot’, too. In fact, we’re going out tonight. We usually go high up on
a rooftop or a hillside. If we see something strange, we record as much
information as we can! We use cameras, telescopes and other devices. Then,
we analyse the information on our laptops.
Maybe some of our readers are thinking about taking up UFO hunting now!
What advice do you have for them?
Well, anyone can become a UFO hunter. You just need to be enthusiastic
and patient. You also need to join a local UFO club. This way, you find out
where the UFO hot-spots are and you can have some witnesses if you spot
something. So, what are you waiting for? UFO hunting is a lot of fun, and
you never know - you might just turn science fiction into science fact!

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UFO sighting in Nepal

According to the document released by American intelligence agency
CIA, Unidentified Flying Objects were seen over Nepal for about twice
in 1968. As per the documents made public recently, a UFO was seen over
Ghunsa areas of Taplejung district in eastern Nepal on 19 February 1968
between 9:00 pm to 9:25 pm. Another UFO was recorded over Pokhara. The
document says the UFO came with a big thunder and flashing light.

Comprehension

27 Use the given words or phrases and complete the sentences
about Manik.

fascinated strange object planets meteor
military plane curious
mostly investigate sightings explanation involve
analyse hot-spot
record information camcorders interview witness
take up enthusiastic and patient
rooftop hillside

telescopes other devices

find out cameras

a. Manik likes UFO hunting because he is.....................................by the
possibility of life on other ..................................... .

b. His UFO club members mainly ...................................................................
c. When they go out, they have ......................................................................

...........................................................................................with them.
d. If you want to take up UFO hunting, you need to be .............................

28 Think and talk about yourself.

a. I found UFO hunting ..........................................................because ...........
..........................................................................................................................

b. I ...................................................................ghost hunting because ............
..........................................................................................................................

c. My hobby is .............................................because .......................................
.........................................................................................................................

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29 Answer the following questions.

a. What is Manik’s hobby?
b. What tools do Manik and his friends use to enjoy their hobby?
c. What kind of skills does a person need to join Manik’s UFO club?
d. When and where were UFOs spotted in Nepal?
e. Which organisation recorded the UFO sightings in Nepal?
f. Do you believe in UFOs? Why or why not?

Vocabulary

30 From the text, find the words that have similar
meaning with the words or phrases given below.

a. extremely interested b. examine
d. unusual
c. eager objects or machines for particular purpose

e. noticings f.

31 From the text, find the words that have opposite meaning
with the words below.

a. familiar b. barely

c. impatient d. fiction

Speaking

32 Answer the questions and then use your answers to talk
about your hobby among your friends.

a. What’s your hobby?
b. What does it involve?
c. How much time do you spend on it?
d. Does it need any special equipment?
e. Do you do it your own or you do it along with your friends?

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Writing

Personal writing: Writing about friends’ hobbies

To have better writing, it is good to follow the writing process properly. The
first step to write a document is to do some brainstormings and making an
idea web.

If you are writing about your friends’ hobbies, you need to decide who you
are going to write about. Then, you need to find out their hobbies. As a part
of preparation you may have to interview your friends. Look at Krishna’s
brainstorming:

coin ancient
collection modern
Jeevan
racing
Shikha My Friends publishing
Hobbies
cycling
Samjhana

cartooning

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Now draft your document

After you start writing, you may get new ideas as well. You start to write
freely using your brainstorming and new ideas that have come. Your draft
just give a kind of rough shape to your written work.

My Classmates’ Hobbies Which details
do you recognize
It’s time for an Excel Paradise Elementary from Krishna’s
Quiz! Who is the Excel Cycling Champion brainstorming
of 2018? Who has boxes full of coins in his
closet? Whose name do you see in every Which line gives the
edition of school magazine? They’re fellow clue for further details
Excel Paradisers, students with some of the essay? How does
amazing hobbies. the writer grab the
readers attention?
The first person to be noted is no other
than Shikha who has been a part of a local
bike-racing club. .....

After you have prepared a draft, share it with your friends. They may give
you some comments. Then, improve it with editing. While editing, you
must consider the following questions:
• Do I keep in mind what my audience knows or needs to know?
• Do I stick to my topic? If not, why not?
• Do I give my audience enough information?
• Do I give my audience too much information?
• Are the ideas in an order that makes sense?

Then, prepare the final draft. Before that, read how Krishna has prepared
the final draft ready for publication

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My Classmates’ Hobbies

It’s time for an Excel Paradise Elementary Quiz! Who is the Excel Cycling
Champion of 2018? Who has boxes full of coins in his closet? Whose name
do you see in every edition of school magazine? They’re fellow Excel
Paradisers, students with some amazing hobbies.

Take Shikha, for example. She and her sister Dipshikha love cycling. They
both have been a part of a local bike-racing club for two years. This spring
Shikha wanted to learn even more about racing. Her club sent her to a
four-day racing camp sponsored by the Cycling Club Kathmandu. “I never
thought racing camp would be so super,” Shika says. “I found some new
friends there, and I learned a lot about being a better racer!”

Samjhana is born for drawing. She loves cartooning. She has been drawing
pictures since she was three. She can draw animals, spaceships, or anything
else you can imagine. She makes cartooning look easy, but she works really
hard at it. She has sketchbooks filled with cartoon ideas. Two pages, for
example, show a horse running, jumping, sticking its head out a stable
door, and winking. Samjhana’s favourite subjects, however, are people. She
says, “I learn by studying people’s faces and watching them move. I think
that’s why my cartoons are realistic as well as funny.”

Jeevan loves playing basketball and football, but for his favorite hobby he
can stay indoors. You see, Jeevan is a numismatist, a coin collector. Jeevan
began his collection three years ago when he got some new Quatari coins
from his uncle. Now he has filled his chest with lots of coins from different
countries. He has different types of coins from the UK, the USA, China,
Japan, India and of course from Nepal. He has even collected some old
coins which were minted some hundred years ago. Jeevan says, “Collecting
coins also gives you a lot of information. The picture on it, date gives a lot
of ideas about time and people at that time.”

These people with amazing hobbies have made our class really amazing. I
admire them for their skills.

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2Lesson Remembering
the Past

1 Read, listen and sing. - William Wordsworth

Song seem’d = seemed
roll’d = rolled
She dwelt among untrodden ways
Beside the spring of Dove.
A maid whom there were none to praise
And very few to love.

A violet by a mossy stone
Half-hidden from the Eye!
-Fair, as star when only one
Is shining in the sky.

She lived unknown, and few could know
When Lucy ceased to be;
But she is in her grave, and, oh,
The difference to me!

A slumber did my spirit seal,
I had no human fears:
She seem’d a thing that could not feel
The touch of earthly years.

No motion has she now, no force
She neither hears nor sees
Roll’d round in earth’s diurnal course
With rocks and stones and trees !

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2 Answer these questions.

a. Who does the poem describe?

b. How did she live her life?

c. Why do you think the poet has used past tense to talk about her?

d. Why can’t she hear, see and move?

3 Match the words with their meanings.

a. dwelt ____ not walked by humans

b. untrodden ____ covered with moss or tiny greenish plants

c. mossy ____ lived or stay as permanent home

d. ceased ____ a period of sleep

e. grave ____ stopped or discontinued

f. slumber ____ close or shut or stop

g. seal ____ of or relating to a day or each day

h. diurnal ____ place where dead bodies are buried

4 Fill in the blanks with appropriate words from the poem.

This is a part of Wordsworth’s Lucy poem which talks about a girl named
Lucy. He says she was lonely and there was none to ..................and love her.
He compares her with .....................................by a mossy stone adding that
she was just like a ..........................shinning in the sky.

In the third stanza the poet says Lucy .....................to be and she is in
.....................which has made the difference to him.

Then, he says he felt his soul was sad and he could not feel even any kind
of fear because Lucy died. The poet concludes that as she has no life, she
has neither .......................... nor.......................... . She can neither hear nor.......
......................... The change of day and night does not affect her and she lives
with rocks, stones and ................................

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Conversation

5 Listen and practise.

Teacher : Good morning, Suman.
Suman : Good morning, sir. Sorry sir, I’m

late. My pen was broken and I went
to buy one.
Teacher : Was it broken yesterday, too?
Suman : Pardon me, sir?
Teacher : You were late yesterday as well. Was
your pen broken yesterday, too?
Suman : No, sir. Yesterday my father started taking shower before me.
I could not take a bath on time. So I was late.
Teacher : Interesting. And you weren’t here last week. How come?
Suman : That time I had been to see my grandfather with my parents.
He was sick.
Teacher : I see. And have you brought your homework?
Suman : Homework?

6 Answer these questions.

a. Why was Suman late for the school?
b. Why didn’t Suman come to school yesterday?
c. Why didn’t Suman come to school last week?
d. Do you think Suman has done his homework?

7 Sit in pairs and talk about activities you did within the
last week. Here are some of the list of things you might
have done.

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combed my hair washed clothes surfed the internet
brushed my teeth
tried some cooking did some project work met with friends
went temple
talked on the phone worked on a computer visited grandparents

exercised practised football

listened music cleaned my room

Reading

8 Read and learn.

Personal Stories

A. ________________________________________________

Our house got collapsed
during Gorkha earthquake
in 2015. It was a terrible
time. We had to stay
outside in a tent for more
than six months. Then, we
made a make-shift house
and lived there.

After the aftershocks of the quake abated, our father decided to
construct a house at the same spot where our old house was. Actually,
our old house was pretty old. It was constructed by our great granddad,
a well-known pundit and astrologer, about seventy years ago. The
house was solid and saw at least four generations of people.

Most of the debris had been removed. The stones were put in a pile.
We needed to dig for base of the house. Since there weren’t enough
labourers available to get the work done, father told us all to get ready
to work. It was a sunny Saturday afternoon. My father along with two
brothers and I was taking out the foundation stones of the old house
one by one.

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As we dug a couple of feet, my brother felt something made of iron.
When we unearthed the box, it was full of jewelleries—rings, necklaces
and bracelets.

“Gosh!” my father said, “I suppose someone hid these things in the
ground—perhaps during a war!”

Then I said, “Maybe our great granddad had kept it for us. He was a
great soothsayer. He must have known what would fall on us days to
come.”

Anyway, the money we got from the jewelleries was enough to
construct our new house and we are living in it now.

B. ________________________________________________

I came home tired after a day of
work. I was attending numerous
meetings all day. I was tired, hungry
and looking forward to spending a
good time with my family. I walked
into the house. Nothing seemed to
be in place.

My oldest daughter, Lily, was watching TV. She was eating honey
straight from the jar. She had all her belongings thrown around her.
My younger son, Suyog, was a bigger mess. He was playing a remote
control game and was hitting the coffee table now and then. The things
that were on the table were all falling down. He had also spilled some
orange juice and his clothes looked as if they were dipped in dirt. The
room was in total chaos. My youngest daughter, Neha, was crying out
loud because the dog had eaten all her food. Nobody was consoling or
taking care of her. She was only two years then.

I wondered where my wife was. I was very annoyed by this mess. I
have always valued discipline and it made me furious and impatient
to see my kids in such a mess. I went running into the room to show it
to my wife. Then, I was shocked to see my wife writhing on the floor.
She had a severe stomachache.

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C. ________________________________________________

As I was going outside, I was a little nervous because I was going to ride on
my dad’s motorcycle.

“Come on. Get up,” said my dad cheerfully.
“Okay,” I answered. But just as I was getting onto the seat, I burnt myself

on one of the pipes!
“Ow!” I yelled as I started to cry.
“Are you all right?” asked my

mum.
“No,” I answered.
“Come here,” said my mum.

“Let’s take a look at the burn. It’s
not so bad but I don’t think you
should go for a ride right now.”
I felt glad that my mum had said
that.
“Aw, come on. It won’t hurt once we get going,” said my dad.
Then, he picked me up and set me on the seat of the motorcycle.
“Dad, I’m not sure I want to go!” I said.

“Nonsense. It’ll be fun,” said my dad. And we took off.

I have to admit that during the ride, I started to laugh. My burn hardly hurt
anymore. I wasn’t nervous and I had a great ride.

I’m really glad my dad convinced me to get on the motorcycle. If he hadn’t,
I probably never would have gotten on it again. From that day on, I knew
I would never give up after I got hurt. I would just get back up and try it
again.

D. ________________________________________________

My aunt, Minu, had a terrible experience last Saturday. You won’t
believe what happened! A thief burst into her house while she was

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asleep. That night she was alone at home. She was just sleeping
peacefully when someone broke the glass in the sliding door!

The sound woke her up. She
heard the door open. Thus
she hurriedly reached for
the phone by the bed and
called the police. She told
the operator in shaking voice
that there was an intruder in
her home.

To save herself, she hid in her
bedroom closet while the thief was sneaking around her study room.
Soon, she heard sirens as the police sped to her building. From the
crack in the closet door, she saw the thief as he ran outside with her
computer.

The police jumped out of their cars and followed the thief but he
managed to get away in a car that was waiting for him. The police got
back into their cars and drove after him. Later, we came to know that
the police caught the thief a few miles from her building.

She felt really frightened by all this and called my dad to take her to
us. My father and I went to her house and brought her along with us.
She was upset and scared. It took her three days to come to normal.

Comprehension

9 Match the titles with the texts. Write letter in the boxes.

a. The theft

b. That’s how I learnt not to give up.

c. A man talks about a distressful day.

d. Treasure chest for building a house

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10 Are the following statements true or false? Write.

a. The family could not get labourers easily to mange the debris.
b. The new house has been built at the same spot where the old house was.
c. Mr Thapa wanted strict discipline at home.
d. Miss Thapa had fallen sick on that day.
e. The girl’s mother was willing to let her stay home after the burn.
f. Aunt Minu was alone that day.
g. Minu hid behind the kitchen door and looked at the thief.
h. The thief took her jewelleries and gold.
i. The police were able to catch the thief.

11 Read the texts C and D and complete the sentences.

a. After riding for some time, the girl started to ............................
b. The girl burnt her legs by ............................................
c. The girl has learnt not to ...............................in life.
d. Aunt Minu woke up after the ................................was broken.
e. The thief took .....................................from Mina’s home.
f. The thief escaped in a ........................................

12 Answer the following questions.

a. What day was it when the family was removing debris of the old house?
b. What was the profession of great grandfather?
c. How old was the house that got damaged during the quake?
d. What were the two opinions regarding the treasure chest?
e. What were the children doing when Mr Thapa came home?

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f. Why was he annoyed?

g. What had actually happened at Mr Thapa’s home?

h. What happened to the girl while going to go out on a bike?

i. What lesson did she learn form the event?

j. Why was Aunt scared? Vocabulary

Phrasal verbs

A phrasal verb is a phrase which consists of a verb in combination with a
preposition or adverb or both. The meaning of a phrasal verb is different
from the meaning of its separate parts.

knock somebody put take off tell somebody off

down something on

13 Match the phrasal verbs with their meanings.

a. put something on ....... leave the ground to fly

b. take off ....... to leave a bus, train or aircraft

c. tell somebody off ....... go on to a bus, train or aircraft

d. knock somebody down ....... to cover a part of body with clothes

e. get off ....... to cause somebody fall by hitting them

f. get on ....... to speak to someone angrily because
they have done something wrong

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Idiomatic expressions

An idiomatic expression is a group of words in a fixed order that have
a particular meaning that is different from the meanings of each word
understood on its own.

in the blink of an eye pull someone’s leg bite the bullet

on a razor edge not have a leg to stand on bite somebody’s head off

14 Match the idiomatic expressions given above with their
meanings below and write.

a. extremely quickly
b. to be brave in a difficult situation
c in a very uncertain and dangerous situation
d. to speak to someone in a quick, angry way for no good reason
e. to be in a situation where you cannot prove something
f. to try to persuade someone to believe something which is not true,

as a joke

15 Use the following phrases and idioms in sentences of
your own.

a. pull one’s leg: ......................................................................................
b. get on: .....................................................................................

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

c. on a razor edge: ......................................................................................
.....................................................................................

d. get off: ......................................................................................
.....................................................................................

e. take off: ......................................................................................
.....................................................................................

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Grammar

The past simple and the past continuous

The past simple The past continuos

We use the past simple to talk about We use the past continuous to talk
things that happened in the past. We about an action that was in progress
usually say when they happened. We at a specific time in the past.
often use past time expressions:
I was playing tennis at six o’clock
We walked to school yesterday. yesterday.

She finished her homework an hour We weren’t sleeping at eleven last
ago. night.

She was not home yesterday. Was your dad working at eight?

I went to temple last It was raining when I went to temple.
morning.

We often use the past simple and the past continuous together, to talk about
something that happened while another action was in progress.
We use the past continuous for the longer action or the action that was in
progress. We use the past simple for the shorter action.
They were going home when we saw them. or It was snowing when I got
up this morning.
We often use when before the shorter action.
They were going home when we saw them. or When we saw them, they
were going home.
Similarly, we use while before the longer actions.
We saw them while they were going to the market.
We also use while to talk about two actions in progress at the same time in
the past.
While I was doing my homework, my parents were watching TV.
If two shorter actions happened one after another we use when with the
first action.
When the door bell rang, Kabita answered it.

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16 Select while or when.

a. I was doing my homework when / while my father came home.
b. When / While we were watching TV, the lights went off.
c. When / While you were sleeping, Salina phoned.
d. Binod was walking home from school when / while he found five

hundred rupees in the street.
e. I was writing an e-mail to a friend when / while my parents came

back.
f. When / While I was talking to Sahara, Tej walked into the room.

17 Mona talks about her childhood memory. Complete the
story using past continuous form of the given verbs.

I have a special childhood
memory of a summer
evening when I was seven
or eight years old. My mum,
dad and my sisters ...........
............................(sit) in the
garden. The sun....................
...................(set) and the sky
...............................(turn) red
and golden. My sister .......................................(swing) on the garden swing
and my mother .......................................(rock) in her rocking chair. Our dog
.......................................(lie) on the grass. My father .......................................
(play) his guitar and .......................................(sing). Everyone ..........................
.............(listen) to him. He loved to sing and he had a wonderful voice. I felt
so happy and peaceful and secure. That night is one of my best memories.

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18 When our science teacher was asked about the funniest
moment of his life, he told us the following story.
Complete the story by using the past simple or the past
continuous form of the verbs in the brackets.

Ten years ago, my elder brother was studying
fine art in Lalitkala Campus. He was taking
(take) part in young artists’ competition with
a big piece of sculpture. He called it “War”. I
............................. (not know) anything about
Modern Art then. To me, it ............................. (be) like a pile of old metal
objects.

On the day of the competition, my brother ............................. (decide) to
put his piece of sculpture in a different place. He asked me and a friend
to bring it and he ............................. (go) to get something from the car.
Unfortunately, while we ............................. (carry) the thing to its new place,
I ............................. (slip) and ............................. (lose) my balance. When I
............................. (get) up, all the metal pots and boxes .............................
(lie) all over the floor!

I was so shocked that I didn’t know what to do! Then, my friend had an idea.
“Why don’t we just put the things back? Who will know the difference?”

So, while the judges were looking at the other works of art, my friend
and I put everything back together again. We ............................. (put)
everything in a pile and decided that it ............................. (not look) that
bad! We ............................. (put) the last piece at the top of the pile when
the judges ............................. (arrive) together with my brother. When he

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............................. (see) the state of his Writing
work, his face became white with anger
and I turned red with embarrassment!
While the judges .............................
(look) at his work, he .............................
(look) at me with his burning eyes!
However, the things changed. The
judges really ............................. (love)
his work. Rather, I should say our
work. Actually, they thought it to be
so good that they .............................
(give) him the first prize!

Writing a memoir
A memoir is a collection of memories that someone writes about his
or her own life. Has anything made you feel very happy, sad, mad,
excited, hopeful, inspired or regretful? You can write about particular
situations, places or persons that make the moment important for you.

Parts of a short memoir

Paragraph 1: Introduction (Who-Where-When-What)
You set the scene here with the mentioning of who was involved, when it
happened and where it happened.
Paragraph 2-4: Main body
This part consists of two or more paragraphs. Here, you develop your story
with detailed description of the events in the order they happened.
Final paragraph: Conclusion
This paragraph includes final comments or reactions. A surprising ending
makes a long-lasting impression on the reader.

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Language in a memoir

While writing a memoir, you should normally use past tenses. Varieties of
adjectives and adverbs also make your story more attractive to the reader.
Therefore, you should try to use the words that have appeal to our senses.
The narrator of a memoir is always ‘I’ because it is about personal
experiences, feelings and opinions of the writer.
The events of a memoir are arranged in a sequence. You need to use
connectors or linking words to show the sequence of the events.
Linking words like: at first, soon, suddenly, while, when, before, next, then,
after that, then or as help us to show the sequence of events in the story.

19 Fill in the blanks with appropriate connector from the
box.

at first soon suddenly finally then as

An Encounter with Deer

I had never thought that
animals also have such love
and affections with each
other. Last year in winter,
we were driving home in
our car. The weather was
a bit rough with some
drizzle.

................we were driving
down the winding mountain road, it started to snow. Soft white snowflakes
were falling lightly onto the road and it ........................became very slippery.
......................, a deer dashed out in front of the car and my father took a
sharp turn violently to avoid it. We heard a loud thump of our car and
a painful shriek of the deer. Anyway, dad managed to stop the car. We

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quickly jumped out of the car and ran to see if the deer was hurt.

We found it lying in the road. ..
..............................., we thought it
was dead. Then, the deer opened
its eyes and we realized that it
was alive. Meantime, we could
hear rustles from the bush. Some
of the deer were there peeping
through the bush. As the hurt one
was lying on the road, a couple
of them came near and smelt the
nose and ears of the hurt one. It
looked as if they were whispering something. Then, it opened its large soft
brown eyes. As it looked at us, One of them gave a kick to our car and one
of the sidelights of our car got broken. ................,two of other deer escorted
it slowly towards the bush. ................................, they disappeared from our
sight.

That day I realized that even animals have feeling, friendships and
affections. They can help each other when they are in problem. Thus, I
would say never underestimate animals. They too have feelings.

20 Read the memoir “An Encounter with Deer” and note
descriptive details.

Sense of sight .........................................................................................................
................................................................................................................

Sense of sound .......................................................................................................
.................................................................................................................

Sense of smell .........................................................................................................
.................................................................................................................

Sense of touch ........................................................................................................
.................................................................................................................

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21 Use the given graphic organiser to brainstorm and write
a memoir of your own.

Title ..................................................................................
Introduction When did it happen? (Time):

Where did it happen? (Place):

Who were involved?.......................................................

Body paragraphs What happened ? (First event)
........................................................................................
How I felt / saw or what I was thinking about it ?
..........................................................................................
What happened? (Second event)
...........................................................................................
How I felt / saw or what I was thinking about it ?
..........................................................................................

Conclusion What happened? (Third event)
...........................................................................................
How I felt / saw or what I was thinking about it ?
Comment on the event / lesson learnt:
..........................................................................................

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Conversation

22 Listen and practise.

Prashant : Hello.

Rajish : Hello, Prashant!
How are you?

Prashant : I’m OK now.
But I had really
a bad morning
today.

Rajish : What’s the
matter?

Prashant : I wanted to sleep till late morning today because I was working
on the science project till mid night. When I was lying on my bed,
I heard a big thud. A man had fallen off the rooftop of a three
-storeyed house. He was still wriggling on the road when a jeep
ran over his leg.

Rajish : Oh! So sad. Did he die?

Prashant : No, he didn’t. He was taken to hospital. While they were rushing
him to hospital in an ambulance, the ambulance hit another
vehicle and one more man got injured. Both of them have been
taken to Bir Hospital. I had never seen such an accident before.

Rajish : Unbelievable! And really sad. That is why I never go to the
rooftop to fly kites.

a. What did Prashant want to do?
b. How many people were injured?
c. How did the second man get injured?

23 Sit in pairs and talk about an event that you have
witnessed.

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Speaking

24 Sit in pairs and talk about your morning. Consider the
following questions.

a. When did you get up?

b. What did you eat?

c. What did you do?
d. Was there something interesting?

e. What did you have for breakfast?

f. Did you have any homework left for the morning?

g. How did you come to school?

h. When did you leave home for school?
i. What time did you arrive at school?

j. Did you see anything interesting on the way to school?

Listening

25 Shruti’s grandfather is telling her about his life.
Listen to the conversation between them and match
his age with the works he did in his life.

a. 76 years old had lived in Kathmandu for 50 years
b. 10 years old had married
c. 19 years old had given birth to
their first child
d. 27 years old had finished his 5th
grade
e. 32 years old had got his first job

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