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DOLPHIN
ENGLISH READER
Book 6
Author
Narayan Acharya
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Preface
Dolphin English Reader is an interactive multi-skill English course book designed
for the basic level students (grade 1-8) who are learning English as a foreign
or second language. It’s an integrated learner-friendly course that compiles
all the four skills of language: listening, speaking, reading and writing in a
selective and graded manner. The course aims at preparing the learners for
communicative challenges in real life and thus developing them into efficient
communicators in the changed arena of global communication.
The fundamental principle of modern day learning is “Learning must be fun.”
For the very purpose the classroom environment and the selected activities
of the textbook must be inclusive, participatory and entertaining to all the
learners. Dolphin English Reader carefully considers this principle and has ten
sections in each unit (except 8 with purpose in grade one and 9 in two and
three) to ensure that the selected activities address the varied intelligence,
interest, motivation and reinforcement of the learners. Latest concepts in
English Language Teaching (ELT) like: critical analysis, task-based approach
and interactive classroom are fairly adapted by the course.
The lessons selected for the course are of diverse types. Some of them are
borrowed in their original form and some are simplified versions of texts written
by famous writers as per the grade and maturity level of the learners. Some
lessons are purely original as they have been created by the author. The texts
include all genres of language and literature: stories, poems, essays, one act
plays, reports, speeches, diary entries, biographies, travelogues, letters and
notices, covering themes across the curriculum. The lessons and activities are
taken from almost all areas of knowledge like literature, geography, history,
nature, science and technology, mathematics, anthropology, economics,
entertainment and more.
Dolphin English Reader is loosely based on the curriculum prepared by
Curriculum Development Centre, Nepal. The author’s researches on Child
Psychology and ELT during the fifteen-year-long experience as a teacher have
a crucial influence on the selection of lessons and activities. Author’s frequent
interactions with educationists, parents and teachers have also contributed a
lot in the framing and sketching of this course book.
I acknowledge my sincere gratitude to the entire family of Guinness Publications,
Kathmandu, Nepal. My school teachers, professors, colleagues in the
profession and students who are the greatest sources of my learning deserve
my decent respect. I am thankful to Mr. Ishwor Poudel for his review. I’m
indebted to Mr. Ram Bahadur Mochi for the most productive tips I’ve received.
The authors and writers whose creations have been used in the course are
above the line of respect.
I would humbly accept the suggestions of experts and the other concerned for
the betterment of this course book. I believe that this book will be inclusive and
entertaining enough for teaching and learning English in the classroom.
Narayan Acharya
Unit/Page Warm up Time Reading Time Grammar Time Vocabulary Listening Time Speaking Time Pronunciation Fun Time Writing Time
Time Time
Class five in
Memory
1/10 Identifying persons Nelson Mandela Do Agreement in Different types The shephed Speaking on /θ/,/ð/ and /ə/ Short story Writing biography
Discussing not Go Gentle into that positive and of bags possibilities sound with ‘au’
Good Night negative case
2/27 Interpreting captions The stonecutter Relative Pronouns Doctor for Brinda and Wishes and /ʃ /, /s/ and/ʌ/ Spelling contest Story writing
Reading aloud different wahida regrets sound with th Joke
Discussing Speech disease
3/44 Matching pictures Mother Nature’s cry Sequence of past Words from Paapu Jha Seeking help ‘Ed’ with different Singing Essay Writing
Discussing On the Enders Beauty progressive and human sound
Reading aloud in Nature simple past tense personality
4/62 Matching pictures Warnings Voice article Idioms with Muktinath Proposes and /dɜ/, /ŋ/and / ə I/ Word game Completing Paragraph
Discussing ‘be’ suggesting sound with ‘u’
Reading aloud Bermuda Tingle
5/81 Matching pictures Piny the fool Concord Words for the Best school Requesting Practicing Practicing Completing dialogue
Reading Discussing collection of for help and
Mouing Picture items and lives accepting
6/102 Describing pictures Digital clone Reported speech Prefix and suffix Plan Expressing Debate Completing Paragraph
Reading Discussing Space Travel Conditionals
7/121 Describing pictures Hem subba Ate pan Reported speech Idioms with Child Marriage Expressing /w/, / əʊ/,/ʊə/ and Su-doku Tongue Completing news
Discussing Reading congratulations ‘off’ opinions / əʊ sound twisters reporter
aloud
8/139 Describing pictures Somebody’s Mother Causative Words related Hari Khakda Accepting to Ommission of L Quits contest Completing Paragraph
Discussing Reading News report verbs purpose to social service help letter Reading
aloud connectives
9/156 Describing pictures The recurring Dreams Parting tense Words related Rebecca and Speaking about Prating Puzzle Writing Paragraph
Discussing Reading so and so that to earthquake Karuna the hobbles pronunciation
aloud Dreams connectives
Unit/Page Warm up Time Reading Time Grammar Time Vocabulary Listening Time Speaking Time Pronunciation Fun Time Writing Time
Time Time
Class five in
Memory
1/10 Identifying persons Nelson Mandela Do Agreement in Different types The shephed Speaking on /θ/,/ð/ and /ə/ Short story Writing biography
Discussing not Go Gentle into that positive and of bags possibilities sound with ‘au’
Good Night negative case
2/27 Interpreting captions The stonecutter Relative Pronouns Doctor for Brinda and Wishes and /ʃ /, /s/ and/ʌ/ Spelling contest Story writing
Reading aloud different wahida regrets sound with th Joke
Discussing Speech disease
3/44 Matching pictures Mother Nature’s cry Sequence of past Words from Paapu Jha Seeking help ‘Ed’ with different Singing Essay Writing
Discussing On the Enders Beauty progressive and human sound
Reading aloud in Nature simple past tense personality
4/62 Matching pictures Warnings Voice article Idioms with Muktinath Proposes and /dɜ/, /ŋ/and / ə I/ Word game Completing Paragraph
Discussing ‘be’ suggesting sound with ‘u’
Reading aloud Bermuda Tingle
5/81 Matching pictures Piny the fool Concord Words for the Best school Requesting Practicing Practicing Completing dialogue
Reading Discussing collection of for help and
Mouing Picture items and lives accepting
6/102 Describing pictures Digital clone Reported speech Prefix and suffix Plan Expressing Debate Completing Paragraph
Reading Discussing Space Travel Conditionals
7/121 Describing pictures Hem subba Ate pan Reported speech Idioms with Child Marriage Expressing /w/, / əʊ/,/ʊə/ and Su-doku Tongue Completing news
Discussing Reading congratulations ‘off’ opinions / əʊ sound twisters reporter
aloud
8/139 Describing pictures Somebody’s Mother Causative Words related Hari Khakda Accepting to Ommission of L Quits contest Completing Paragraph
Discussing Reading News report verbs purpose to social service help letter Reading
aloud connectives
9/156 Describing pictures The recurring Dreams Parting tense Words related Rebecca and Speaking about Prating Puzzle Writing Paragraph
Discussing Reading so and so that to earthquake Karuna the hobbles pronunciation
aloud Dreams connectives
Contents
Unit Page No.
1 Walk to Freedom ......................................... 18
2 Satisfaction is the Greatest Happiness ..................... 36
3 Mother Nature ......................................... 54
4 Mystery ......................................... 74
5 Art Factor ......................................... 94
6 Two Sides of Science and Technology .................... 116
7 Social Life and Culture ............................... 136
8 Helping the Needy is a Great Virtue ...................... 155
9 Dreams ................................................ 172
Class Five in Memory
Remember your class five and
do the following activities.
1. Answer the following questions.
a. How many students were there in your class?
b. Who was the fattest student in your class?
c. How many subjects did you have to study?
Name them.
d. Who was your best teacher?
e. Who used to sit on your left / right?
f. When did your annual examination begin and end?
g. What position / grade did you receive in the annual exam?
h. Did you participate in any indoor extracurricular activities?
Name them.
i. Did you participate in any outdoor sports event? Name them.
j. Did you go on an excursion / picnic? Was it fun?
k. When and where did you go on the excursion / picnic?
l. Did the principal use to visit your class?
2. Answer the following questions.
a. Did your school organize any musical / cultural program?
Write about one in five sentences.
b. Was the parents’ day observed in your school? Write a short
paragraph about it.
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c. Who was your best friend? Write about him / her in seven
sentences.
d. Remember a story you read / heard while you were in class
five and tell it to the class.
e. Whose biography did you study in grade five? Write about him
/ her in five sentences.
f. Write a short essay on, “Junk Food.”
3. Use the correct option to complete the sentences below.
a. Each of the goats (is/are/have) painted red
on the forehead.
b. We (are practicing / have been practicing / will
be practicing) secularism for the last ten years.
c. She has sketched my picture (beautiful /
beautifully / most beautiful).
d. Videocon is (cheap / cheaper / the cheapest)
brand among these four.
e. Mr. Maharjan’s buffalo (killed / was killed / kills) in Bakar Eid.
f. How (much / many) rhinos did you see in Chitwan.
g. She couldn’t pay the bill in time (because / because of / although)
her husband didn’t send the money.
h. (Although / In spite of / Because) its great
importance, forest area in Nepal is decreasing.
i. You can take (some / any) of the roads to reach
the museum.
j. There’s a (little / few) flour in the kitchen.
k. Somebody was lost in the crowd, ..........................? (were they /
weren’t they / didn’t anybody)
l. Pyromania is the condition of extreme likeness to (flowers /
food / fire).
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4. Transform the following sentences as indicated.
a. Her mother likes being admired. (who question)
b. Sandip tackled the scorer strongly. (yes-no question)
c. I watch Shiva on Nick. (past perfect progressive tense)
d. He chased the jackals away. (passive voice)
e. I never use a mask. (affirmative)
f. She is tearing her shirt. (future perfect progressive tense)
5. Rearrange the following words to make a statement.
a. already / packed / she / her luggage / has
b. street / I / cleaning / three hours / the / for / had been
c. are / still / they / the cake / garnishing
d. drilled / windows / are / by / the / Ghanashyam / being
e. he / poor / Although / is / he / generous / is
f. being / food / now / is / cooked
6. Pronounce the following words with the correct stress.
a. communicate /kəˈmjuː.nɪ.keɪt/ b. cake /keɪk/
c. depressed /dɪˈprest/ d. female /ˈfiː.meɪl/
e. dipsomania /ˌdɪp.səˈmeɪ.ni.ə/ f. loyal /ˈlɔɪ.əl/
g. mobile /ˈməʊ.baɪl/ h. mattress /ˈmæt.rəs/
i. dictionary /ˈdɪk.ʃən.ər.i/ j. sweep /swiːp/
k. biology /baɪˈɒl.ə.dʒi/ l. injection /ɪnˈdʒek.ʃən/
7. Write the following phonetically transcribed sentences in letters
and read them with the correct intonation.
a. wɒt taɪm du juː ɡet ʌp æt?
b. ˌedʒ.uˈkeɪ.ʃən ɪz ðə laɪt ɒv laɪf.
c. ˈpræk.tɪs meɪks ə mæn ˈpɜː.fekt.
d. wɒt ə ʃeɪm!
e. wɜːr ðeɪ ˈredi?
f. ˈnev.ər dʒʌdʒ ə bʊk baɪ ɪts ˈkʌv.ər.
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8. Punctuate the following sentences.
a. kiran kriti and krisha are the children of mr pokhrel
b. alas my friends father passed away
c. does salman respect gen b k singh
d. pritam said i dont know anything about the necklace
e. my schools name is peace zone academy
f. whatre you planning to gift shital on her birthday
9. Use the following words/phrases in your own sentences.
a. hold your horse b. laureate
c. bibliomania d. stand for
e. avalanche f. abnormal
g. detest h. cock and bull story
i. despair j. beneficial
k. mumbo jumbo l. punish
10. Read the following story and do the activities.
10.1. Discuss the following questions with your friends.
a. Have you ever fallen sick?
b. Where have you gone for your treatment?
c. Does your doctor come to your home when you are sick?
d. How do you feel when you fall sick?
A DAy’s WAit
He came into the room to shut the windows while we were still in bed
and I saw he looked ill. He was shivering, his face was white, and he
looked slowly as though it ached to move.
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What’t the
matter, Schatz?
“ I’ve got a
headache.”
“You better go
back to bed.”
“No I’m alright”
“You go up to
bed, I said, “You
are sick.”
“I’m alright,” he
said.
When the doctor came he took the boy’s temperature.
“What is it?” I asked him.
“One hundred and two.”
Downstairs, the doctor left three different medicines in different coloured
capsules with instructions for giving them. This was a light epidemic of
flu and there was no danger if you avoid pneumonia.
Back in the room I wrote the boy’s temperature down and made a note
of the time to give the various capsules.
“Do you want me to read to you?”
“Alright. If you want to,” said the boy. His face was very white and there
were dark areas under his eyes. He laid still in the bed.
I read aloud from Howard Pyle’s Book of Pirates; but I could see he was
not following what I was reading.
“How do you feel, Schatz?” I asked him.
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“Just the same, so far,” he said.
“Why don’t you try to go to sleep? I’ll wake you up for the medicine.”
“I’d rather stay awake.”
After a while he said to me, “You don’t have to stay in here with me, Papa,
if it bothers you.”
I thought perhaps he was a little lightheaded and after giving him the
capsules at eleven o’clock I went out for a walk.
It was a bright, cold day, the ground covered with a sleet that has frozen
so that it seemed as if all the bare trees, the bushes, the cut brush and
all the grass and the bare ground had been varnished with ice. I took
the young Irish setter for a little walk up the road, but it was difficult to
stand or walk on the glassy surface.
At the house they said the boy has refused to let any one come into the
room. “You can’t come in,” he said. “You mustn’t get what I have.”
I went up to him and found him in exactly the position I had left him,
White-faced, but the tops of his cheeks flushed by the fever staring still,
as he has started, at the foot of the bed.
I took his temperature.
“Something like a hundred,” I said.
“It was a hundred and two,” he said.
“Who said so?”
“The doctor.”
“Your temperature is all right,” I said. It’s nothing to worry about.”
“I don’t worry,” he said, “but I can’t keep from thinking.”
“Take this with water.”
“Do you think it will do any good?”
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“Of course it will.”
I sat down and opened the pirate book and started to read but I could
see he was not following, so I stopped.
“About what time do you think I’m going to die?” he asked.
“What?”
“About how long will it be before I die?”
“You aren’t going to die. What’s the matter with you?”
Oh, yes, I am. I heard him say a hundred and two.”
He had been waiting to die all day, ever since nine o’clock in the morning.
“You poor boy, I said. “Poor old Schatz. It’s like miles and kilometers. You
aren’t going to die. That’s a different thermometer. On that thermometer
thirty seven is normal. On this kind it’s ninety eight.”
“Are you sure?” “Absolutely,” I said. “It’s like how many kilometers we
make when we do seventy in the car?”
“Oh,” he said.
But his gaze at the foot of his bed relaxed slowly. The hold over himself
relaxed too, finally, and the next day it was very slack and he cried very
easily at little things that were of no importance.
By Ernest Hemmingway
Glossary
instruction /ɪnˈstrʌk.ʃən/ : something that someone tells you to do
epidemic /ˌep.ɪˈdem.ɪk/ : appearance of a disease to a large number of people at
the same time
various /ˈveə.ri.əs/ : many / different
lightheaded /ˈlɑɪtˌhed·əd/ : having a feeling of fall over or being unconscious
bother /ˈbɒð.ər/ : make a trouble
varnish /ˈvɑː.nɪʃ/ : to paint a surface with a liquid paint
flush /flʌʃ / : become red in face
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10.2. Match the objects with their names. (pictures at side)
a. Capsules
b. Thermometer
c. bed
d. snow
e. pirate
10.2. State whether the following sentences are true or false.
a. The boy was shivering when he came to shut the windows.
b. The narrator had already woken up when the boy came to shut
the windows.
c. The boy was having a fever.
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d. The boy was suffering from pneumonia.
e. The name of the narrator is Schatz.
f. The boy had been sick for the whole week.
10.3. Tick the correct answer.
a. Schatz knows that he has ....................................
an epidemic headache pneumonia
b. The narrator is the ................................. of Schatz.
father friend brother
c. The doctor came and prescribed ................................. for Schatz.
tablets liquid capsules
d. Schatz was ...................... what the narrator was reading for him.
indifferent to interested in bored at
e. The boy thought that ........................ after he knew his temperature.
he will be alright he needed to go to hospital
he was going to die
f. The boy was alright ...........................................
after a week the next day never
10.4. Answer the following questions.
a. What did the narrator suggest the boy to do?
b. How much was the temperature of the boy?
c. How many capsules were prescribed by the doctor?
d. Why did the narrator stop reading the Pirate book?
e. Why didn’t the boy let anyone go to his room?
f. How was the boy the next day?
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Unit 1
Walk to Freedom
1 Warm Up Time
1.1. Use the box below to name the following persons.
a. b. d.
e. f. c.
• Ganeshman Singh
• Mahatma Gandhi
• Martin Luther King Jr.
• Manmohan Adhikari
• Tanka Prasad Acharya
• Nelson Mandela
1.2. Write who he is.
a. He is one of the peace icons of the world. He is best known for
truth, non –violence and gentle disobedience against tyranny.
He was the leader in making India free from the British.
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b. He is a communist leader of Nepal. He became the prime
minister of Nepal in 2052 B.S. He is best known as a popular
prime minister of Nepal and an untiring fighter for democracy.
c. He is a Baptist minister and civil rights activist from the USA.
He is best known for his role in ending racial segregation from
the USA and his speech “I Have a Dream”.
d. He is a democratic activist from Nepal and also called the
Supreme Leader. He led the struggle against the autocratic
Panchayat System in Nepal and played a vital role in the
restoration of democracy. He is best known for his courage,
sacrifice and will power.
e. He is the most famous and most respected freedom fighter
from South Africa who also became the first ever black
president there. He is best known for his 27-year-long prison
life, patience, courage and power to reconciliation.
f. He is a great freedom fighter from Nepal and is also known
as the living martyr. He is best remembered for his struggle
against the autocratic Rana Regime and role in introducing
democracy in the country.
1.3. Ask your teacher.
a. In which continent is South Africa?
b. What races of people live in South Africa?
c. What is racism?
d. What is ‘Apartheid?’
e. What kind of discrimination exists in Nepal, racial or ethnic?
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2 Reading Time
Read the following biography and do the activities.
NelsoN MANDelA
Nelson Mandela was born on 18 July 1918, in Mvezo village in South
Africa as the youngest son of his parents
Gadla Henry Mandela and Nosekeni
Nkedema. He was named Rolihlahla by
his father but later in his primary school,
his teacher gave him the name Nelson.
Mandela’s family belonged to the Thembu
tribe and his father Gadla, an imposing
and strict man was an important person
of the tribe.
When Mandela was nine years old his
father died. His mother got worried
about his future. So she took Mandela to
Jongintaba, the head of the Thembu tribe.
Jongintaba and his wife kept, brought up
and educated
Mandela in a very good environment. They treated him as if he was
their own son. It was at the royal homestead that Mandela’s personality,
values and political views were shaped.
Nelson completed his primary schooling at a local mission school and
then he went to Clarkebury Boarding School and then to Healdtown
school from where he completed his matriculation. Then at the age of
21 he enrolled as a student of BA in Forte Hare University. By then he
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had developed a strong habit of protesting partiality and unjust. At the
university, once he joined a protest boycott and was suspended from
there.
A great turn in his life came after he was suspended from the university.
Jongintaba, his guardian announced that he had arranged marriages
for Mandela and Justice, the heir. Both of them obviously didn’t want to
marry so they ran away to Johannesburg, the largest city in South Africa.
In Johannesburg Mandela completed his BA degree and studied law.
He was introduced to politics and got to realize how the whites were
exploiting the black people. He joined African National Congress (ANC),
which campaigned against discrimination and fought to win rights for
Africans. Mandela and his friends formed the ANC youth league and
urged for a stronger movement to end the discrimination.
In 1948 the South African
government introduced
Apartheid which formally
segregated the people
of different races. Under
Apartheid, the black
people were given little
facilities and economic
opportunities. Life had
really become very hard for
the blacks by then.
The ANC then believed that the government needed stronger pressure
to end this segregation. It launched the Defiance Campaign against
Apartheid and got its cadres and members to break the laws. In 1956
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Mandela was arrested and was charged with treason that if proven,
Mandela would get a death penalty.
The Government’s oppression and ANC’s protest both were on the go.
Mandela in his leadership carried out a bombing as a protest. After
sometimes Mandela got to have a tour of Africa and Europe to gain
support for their movement. When he returned he was arrested again. He
was asked to confess and give up the movement but the adamant young
man felt it better to accept a penalty. He was then taken to the prison
in Robben Island and
was sentenced to life
imprisonment.
Life in Robben Island
was brutal. Mandela
and his friends were
category D prisoners.
They had the worst food
and least privileges of
all the prisoners. They
had to do a hard physical labour with little rest. While Mandela was in
prison, his wife was also sentenced to seventeen month imprisonment.
He could not get to see his five children for years. He was refused to
attend the funeral of his eldest son who was killed in a car accident. But
he never gave up. He continued to pass messages from the prison and
spread awareness in people.
Finally Mandela’s tree bore the fruit. He was released from the prison
in 1990 after twenty seven years. It was the time when South Africa
was in a complete unrest. After his release, a general election was held,
constitution was made and he became the first democratically elected
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president of South Africa in 1994. He transformed South Africa into a
non-segregated prosperous nation and retired from politics in 1999. He
taught humanity to people. He encouraged people to never give up. For
his incredible contribution he was awarded with a number of titles and
prizes. He was awarded the most reputed Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. He
died on December 5, 2013 at the age of 95. The whole world mourned
his death. Today he stands as a peace, struggle and leadership icon for
millions of people worldwide.
Glossary
imposing : Having a look that seems important or gains admiration
enroll : admit, join
segregation : Keeping a group apart from the other to treat differently,
division
exploit : to use someone or something unfairly for one’s own
advantage
launch : start, introduce something new
defiance : disobedience
adamant : rigid, strict, unable to persuade
incredible : extremely good
treason : the crime of acting against the government or country
2.1. Arrange the following set of words in the correct alphabetical
order.
a. enrolled educated exploit environment
b. parents primary protest privilege
c. support suspended segregation stands
d. introduce important imposing incredible
e. campaigned charged came complete
f. realized refused reputed released
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2.2. Complete the following sentences with the words from the above
text.
a. Mandela belonged to ................................... tribe.
b. Mandela’s mother took him to ..................................... after his
father died.
c. Mandela was named Nelson by his ..........................................
d. Mandela completed his matriculation from ................... school.
e. Mandela was charged with .......................... when he was arrested
in 1956.
f. in 1948 South African government introduced ................................
...... which gave the blacks little facilities and opportunities.
g. Mandela’s eldest son was killed in a ..........................................
2.3. State whether the following sentences are true or false.
a. Jogintaba was Nelson’s father.
b. Nelson and Justice ran away from home together.
c. Nelson was sent to Europe by the South African Government.
d. Nelson was educated in Robben Island.
e. Nelson’s wife was kept in prison for seventeen months.
f. Nelson never gave up.
2.4. Answer the following questions.
a. When and where was Nelson Mandela born?
b. Why did his mother take Mandela to Jogintaba after his father
died?
c. Why did Mandela and Justice run away from home?
d. Where did Mandela complete his BA degree?
e. Why did Mandela and his friends form ANC Youth League?
f. How long did Mandela stay in prison?
g. What can we learn from the biography of Nelson Mandela?
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3 Grammar Time
3.1. Read the following sentences.
a. Rewat is a teacher. Sujan is also a teacher.
Rewat is a teacher and so is Sujan.
b. Resham wore a red shirt.
Dhiren wore a red shirt too.
Resham wore a red shirt and so did Dhiren.
c. Red Pandas live in Sagarmatha National Park.
Snow leopards also live there.
Red pandas live in Sagarmatha National Park
and so do snow leopards.
d. Donald did not take part in cleaning. Harish did not do it either.
Donald did not take part in cleaning and neither did Harish.
e. Bandana won’t practice tennis anymore. Sunina will not
practice either.
Bandana won’t practice tennis anymore and neither will
Sunina.
We use so + aux + noun/pronoun to show an agreement in a positive case.
We use neither/nor + aux + noun/pronoun to show an agreement in a
negative case.
3.2. Write the following sentences using the above structures as
shown in the example.
Example :
Kritika dived into a deep pool. (Prerana)
Kritika dived into a deep pool and so did Prerana.
a. Sonakshi had given a strong performance in
Dabang. (Salman)
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b. Nepal does not have a good record in international
football. (Bhutan)
c. Mr. Singh was treated with antibiotics. (the other passengers)
d. The terrorists can not spread the message of
brotherhood. (goons)
e. Soil and water is important for a plant to grow.
(sunlight)
f. Mrs. Yadav is expecting a baby. (Mr. Subedi)
3.3. Read the following sentences and write ‘A’ for affirmative
sentences, ‘N’ for negative sentences and ‘Q’ for questions.
a. She always licks her thumb.
b. Has China ever won the FIFA world cup?
c. I will never leave my parents in your responsibility.
d. They have always been a great motivation for me.
e. Rehan has never seen a seal.
f. Will you ever show me your golden box?
We use always in affirmative, never in negative and ever in question.
3.4. Transform the following sentences as directed in the bracket.
a. Lali always pays her fees in time. (negative and yes-no question)
b. They can never keep their voice low. (affirmative and yes-no
question)
c. Is he ever early for school? (affirmative and negative)
d. Mr. Malla was always our best teacher. (question)
e. Has Rames BG ever recorded a modern
song? (negative)
f. She always encounters a problem at school. (question)
g. Malaika never had a hot shower. (affirmative)
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4 Vocabulary Time
A bag is a thing of regular need for us. Know the different types of bags.
a. athletic bag : a soft, roomy bag used to carry
sporting equipments and apparels
b. backpack : a bag that lies across the back and is
supported by wearer’s shoulders
with double handles. We can wear
it on one or both shoulders.
c. baguette bag : a rectangular bag that reminds a
baguette in shape. It is long from
side to side and small from top to
bottom.
d. bowling bag : It was a bag designed for holding a
bowling ball which later became a
fashion item.
e. bucket bag : a bag shaped like a bucket, usually
has an open top and a shoulder
strap.
f. duffel bag : a large bag usually used for travel
or sports
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g. hobo bag : a roomy crescent shaped shoulder
bag with a main compartment
closure.
h. laptop bag : a bag designed for carrying a laptop
with different compartments for
charger and other accessories.
i. satchel : a handbag with a wide, flat bottom
and double handles usually
carried for office purpose.
j. sling bag : a small bag with a long strap
usually with a single compartment
5 Listening Time
Listen to the device or the teacher and do the given activities.
5.1. State true or false.
a. The boy took his sheep near a river to graze them.
b. There were doctors working near the forest.
c. The boy wanted to make a fun.
d. The workmen were fooled twice by the boy.
e. The boy was helped at the end.
5.2. Tick the correct answer.
a. Once there lived a ................................. boy.
farmer funny shepherd
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b. There were ........................................near the forest.
rivers fields zoos
c. The people went to the jungle to ............................ the boy.
help scold teach
d. On the third day a ...................... came and started to kill the sheep.
wolf hunter tiger
e. The moral of the story is .........................................
We should make a fun We should not speak lies
We should feed the wild animals.
6 Speaking Time
6.1. Practice the following conversations with your friend.
A.
Captain : Coach, is there the
chance that we can win
this match?
Coach : Definitely! It’s a fifty-fifty
game.
Captain : What can be the projected score in the first Innings?
Coach : It’s 210 – 230. If you restrict them below 200, you will
have the upper hand.
Captain : Is there the chance of rain late in the day?
Coach : I’m not sure of it.
Captain : Thank you, coach.
Coach : All the best! The game is all up to you.
Captain : I’ll try my best.
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B.
Mr. Aryal : What do you think; will the government change its
policy?
Mr. Jha : I’m sure, it will.
Mr. Aryal : Is there the chance that the
government will consult the
experts?
Mr. Jha : Definitely it will! If not, the
policy will fail again.
Mr. Aryal : Thank you for your idea.
Mr. Jha : You’re welcome.
6.2. Make similar conversations and practice with your friend with
the hints given.
a. – chance – school – being closed on Uvauli Parva
b. – chance – Mirmisa – getting married – this Mangsir
c. - chance - Bindu - topping - the school exam
7 Pronunciation and Spelling Time
7.1. Repeat the following words after your teacher.
clause launch haunt haughty
naughty pause launder caught
baulk daunt maul sauce
vaunt fauna jaundice nausea
The ‘au’ in the above words is pronounced / ɔː/
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7.2. Circle any ten words in the box below that have the / ɔː/ sound.
The words are down or across.
D A U G H T E R I
Z O M K S A U S E
P X A Q N U R L Q
A W U F Z G B A N
U J L A O H A U L
P V A U L T Q N A
E W O N I C S C U
R J G A U D Y H D
8 Fun Time
Read and enjoy the story.
tAlkAtive tortoise
Once there lived a tortoise and two swans in a small pool in the forest. They
were quite good friends of one another. The swans were hardworking
and liked to speak less. But the tortoise was talkative. He liked to talk
more. Even a five-minute-rest for his mouth was a strange thing for the
swans.
One year the forest had little rainfall. The pond dried up. They had to
shift to another place and there was a problem. The swans would fly far
to a new pool but what would the tortoise do? He can’t fly, he can’t run,
he can just crawl which would take months for him to reach a new pool.
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Finally they had an idea. The swans got a
strong stick, tied it on their backs and asked
the tortoise to hold the stick in its mouth so
that all the three could fly together. Before they
started they warned the tortoise not to open
his mouth.
Flying had been fun before the tortoise thought
of thanking his friends for the help. He started,
Th...a...nk... y...o...u... the tortoise lost the hold of
stick and fell down. The swans sadly watched
him die.
9 Writing Time
9.1. Prepare a short biography of Narayan Gopal with the hints
given.
– prominent popular singer and composer of Nepali music
– born – October 4, 1939 in Kilagal Tole, Kathmandu, Nepal
– Parents – Asha Gopal and Ram Devi
– studied in Kathmandu
– sang for 18 Nepali films and more than 1050 modern, holy and
patriotic songs
– worked for National Dance Theater and Cultural Centre
– popular in Nepal and India
– got the title of ‘Swar Samrat’ that means emperor of voice
– died – December 5, 1990
9.2. Prepare a speech on “Martyrs Must be Respected”.
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10 Reading Time 2
Read the poem given and do the activities
Do Not Go GeNtle iNto thAt GooD NiGht
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightening they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight,
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
And you, my father, there on that sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light. by Dylan Thomas
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10.1. Match the following words with their meanings.
a. rave i. to feel or express sadness
b. rage ii. to be brightly burned or lit
c. frail iii. to speak angrily
d. grieve iv. happy
v. weak, unhealthy, that can
e. blaze
be easily damaged
f. meteor vi. extreme anger
vii. a small star like object in
g. gay
the universe
10.2. Choose the correct option to complete the following sentences.
a. Old age and death are (absolute / preventable) in human life.
b. (Old age / Young age) should burn and rave at the end of day.
c. Light stands for (life / death) in the poem.
d. Good night stands for (life / death) in the poem.
e. The poet suggests us to (accept death mutely / fight against it).
f. (Wise / Foolish) men know dark is right.
g. (Good eyes / Blind eyes) could blaze like meteors.
10.3. Write what you think.
a. Do people die only in their old age?
b. Can death be foretold?
c. How do people react to somebody’s death?
d. Do people accept death readily?
e. Where do people go after death?
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10.4. Answer the following questions.
a. What do the wise men know at their end?
b. What might have danced in a green bay?
c. What do the wild men learn too late?
d. What could blaze like meteors?
e. What does the speaker of the poem pray?
f. How does the poet suggest us to react to our own death?
g. Why do different people react differently to death?
10.5. Know the poet.
Dylan Thomas, one of the most famous poets of the 20
th
century was born on 27 October 1914 in Swansea. He
wrote poems and stories and also worked as a journalist.
He is noted for his original, rhythmic and ingenious use of
words and imagery. He had a short life span. He died on
November 9, 1953 at the age of 39 in the USA.
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Unit 2
Satisfaction Is the Greatest Happiness
1 Warm Up Time
1.1. Read the following captions
If only I had a I wish I had a
I wish I had my car
own helicopter motorbike
If only I had a
bicycle If only my legs had
been fit like his
1.2. Say the following sentences aloud.
a. There is no limit to human needs.
b. Much wants more and loses all.
c. Content is the greatest happiness.
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1.3. Discuss the following questions with your teacher and friends.
a. If you were granted a wish, what would you ask for?
b. What do you think makes people happy?
c. Who do you think is happier between these two?
2 Reading Time
Read the story and do the activities.
the stoNecutter
Once upon a time there
lived a stonecutter, who
went every day to a great
rock in the side of a big
mountain and cut out slabs
for gravestones or for
houses. He understood very
well the kinds of stones
wanted for the different
purposes, and as he was a
careful workman he had plenty of customers. For a long time he was
quite happy and contented, and asked for nothing better than what he
had.
Now in the mountain dwelt a spirit which now and then appeared to
men, and helped them in many ways to become rich and prosperous.
The stonecutter, however, had never seen this spirit, and only shook his
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head, with an unbelieving air, when anyone spoke of it. But a time was
coming when he learned to change his opinion.
One day the stonecutter carried a gravestone to the house of a rich man,
and saw there all sorts of beautiful things, of which he had never even
dreamed. Suddenly his daily work seemed to grow harder and heavier,
and he said to himself: “Oh, if only I were a rich man, and could sleep in
a bed with silken curtains and golden tassels, how happy I should be!”
And a voice answered him: “Your wish is heard; a rich man you shall be!”
At the sound of the voice the stonecutter looked around, but could see
nobody. He thought it was all his fancy, and picked up his tools and went
home, for he did not feel inclined to do any more work that day. But when
he reached the little house where he lived, he stood still with amazement,
for instead of his wooden hut was a stately palace filled with splendid
furniture, and most splendid of all was the bed, in every respect like the
one he had envied. He was nearly beside himself with joy, and in his new
life the old one was soon forgotten.
It was now the beginning of summer, and each day the sun blazed more
fiercely. One morning the heat was so great that the stonecutter could
scarcely breathe, and he determined he would stop at home till the
evening. He was rather dull, for he had never learned how to amuse
himself, and was peeping through the closed blinds to see what was
going on in the street, when a little carriage passed by, drawn by servants
dressed in blue and silver. In the carriage sat a prince, and over his head
a golden umbrella was held, to protect him from the sun’s rays.
“Oh, if I were only a prince!” said the stonecutter to himself, as the
carriage vanished around the corner. “Oh, if I were only a prince, and
could go in such a carriage and have a golden umbrella held over me,
how happy I should be!”
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And a prince he was.
Before his carriage rode
one company of men
and another behind
it; servants dressed in
scarlet and gold bore
him along, the coveted
umbrella was held over
his head, everything his
heart could desire was
his. But yet it was not
enough. He looked around still for something to wish for, and when he
saw that in spite of the water he poured on the grass the rays of the sun
scorched it, and that in spite of the umbrella held over his head each
day his face grew browner and browner, he cried in his anger: “The sun
is mightier than I; oh, if I were only the sun!”
And the mountain spirit answered: “Your wish is heard; the sun you shall
be.”
And the sun he was, and felt himself proud in his power. He shot his
beams above and below, on earth and in heaven; he burnt up the grass
in the fields and scorched the faces of princes as well as of poorer folk.
But in a short time he began to grow tired of his might, for there seemed
nothing left for him to do. Discontent once more filled his soul, and when
a cloud covered his face, and hid the earth from him, he cried in his anger:
“Does the cloud hold captive my rays, and is it mightier than I? Oh, that I
were a cloud, and mightier than any!”
And the mountain spirit answered: “Your wish is heard; a cloud you shall
be!”
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And a cloud he was, and lay between the sun and the earth. He caught
the sun’s beams and held them, and to his joy the earth grew green again
and flowers blossomed. But that was not enough for him, and for days
and week he poured forth rain till the rivers overflowed their banks, and
the crops of rice stood in water. Towns and villages were destroyed by
the power of the rain, only the great rock on the mountainside remained
unmoved. The cloud was amazed at the sight, and cried in wonder: “Is
the rock, then, mightier than I? Oh, if I were only the rock!”
And the mountain spirit answered; “Your wish is heard; the rock you
shall be!”
And the rock he was, and gloried
in his power. Proudly he stood,
and neither the heat of the sun
nor the force of the rain could
move him. “This is better than
all!” he said to himself. But one
day he heard a strange noise
at his feet, and when he looked
down to see what it could be,
he saw a stonecutter driving
tools into his surface. Even while he looked a trembling feeling ran all
through him, and a great block broke off and fell upon the ground. Then
he cried in his wrath: “Is a mere child of earth mightier than a rock? Oh,
if I were only a man!”
And the mountain spirit answered: “Your wish is heard. A man once
more you shall be!”
And a man he was, and in the sweat of his brow he toiled again at his
trade of stone cutting. His bed was hard and his food scanty, but he
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had learned to be satisfied with it, and did not long to be something
or somebody else. And as he never asked for things he did not have, or
desired to be greater and mightier than other people, he was happy at
last, and never again heard the voice of the mountain spirit.
www.newtimes.co.rw
Glossary
contented : happy and satisfied
dwelt : lived
splendid : excellent, impressive
inclined : interested
vanished : disappeared
scarcely : hardly, almost not
captive : prisoner, in hold of others
toil : labour hard
scanty : smaller than expected or necessary
2.1. Match the idioms with their meanings.
a. break off i. to drop, attack somebody
ii. to remain without any
b. fall upon
movement
iii. to look at something
c. ask for through an opening like
door, window or hole
iv. to separate a part from a
d. stand still
larger piece
e. peep through v. to demand, claim, beg
2.2. State whether the following sentences are true or false.
a. The stonecutter was happy with his job for a long time.
b. He didn’t have many customers because he was not very fine at
work.
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c. His visit to a rich man’s house changed his attitude.
d. He was made the prince by a rich man.
e. He knew that the man is more powerful before he wished to
become the rock.
f. The stonecutter was back to his original life in the end.
2.3. Tick the correct answer.
a. The stonecutter worked ....................
for a rich man near a river
at the side of a big mountain
b. There dwelt a .................... in the mountain who helped people to
become prosperous.
prince spirit rich man
c. Once a prince passed by the stonecutter’s house ....................
in a carriage in a car by bus
d. The stonecutter wished to become the sun because he ....................
wanted to live in the sky
thought that the sun is the mightiest
was forced to do so.
e. .................... was the only thing unmoved by the rain.
The rock The town The grass
f. In the end the stonecutter had a .................... bed.
soft and comfortable golden hard
2.4. Answer the following questions.
a. Why did the stonecutter have plenty of customers?
b. What did the stonecutter do when someone spoke of the
mountain spirit?
c. What did the stonecutter see in the house of the rich man?
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d. Why did the stonecutter wish to become a prince?
e. How did he feel when he saw the sun scorching the grass?
f. Was the man happy after becoming the cloud?
g. Why did he wish to go back to his original life at the end?
3 Grammar Time
3.1. Use the relative pronoun in the bracket to join the following
sentences.
a. I live in an old bungalow. It is near the market.
(which)
b. I went to the village. My father was born there.
(where)
c. Mr. Sharma got married yesterday. Mr. Sharma was in love
with Preeti. (who)
d. Mr. Sam is a great play writer of Nepal. He wrote
Mukunda Indira. (who)
e. He was born on Baisakh 12, 2072. There had been a great
earthquake in Nepal on that day. (when)
f. Don’t insult Mr. Mahat. Everyone respects him. (whom)
3.2. Use the correct relative pronoun in the blanks to complete the
following sentences.
a. The man ............................. is shouting in the
mike is my uncle.
b. This is the forest ............................ we expect to
find wild pigs.
c. The man ................................. daughter got a job in BBC had a heart
attack yesterday.
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d. Never skip the text .................................... I suggest you to read.
e. I appointed the same man .............................. I had rejected at first.
f. Don’t remind me the day ........................ I had to give up my home.
g. Rolpa is the place ........................... the people’s war
had a great impact.
h. Can you explain me ............................... you were able
to make the escape?
i. A widow is a woman ............................... husband is dead.
j. The girl .................................... made the announcement left early.
3.3. Read the following sentences and note the use of ‘because’ and
‘so’.
a. John didn’t like the movie so he turned off the TV.
b. John turned off the TV because he didn’t like the movie.
c. I took a taxi because I lost my car keys.
d. I lost my car keys so I took a taxi.
e. We arrived early today because we have a meeting.
f. We have a meeting so we arrived early today.
We use because to express a reason or cause.
We use so to express a result.
3.4. Complete the following sentences with because or so.
a. The teacher punished us .......................... we had not completed
our assignment.
b. It was my birthday .......................... he sent me a present.
c. I was in a noisy place ........................ I couldn’t hear you.
d. He couldn’t reach in time ............................... he woke up late.
e. There was no light ................. the ice in the freeze melted.
f. My father started a regular jogging ............................ he wanted to
lose his weight.
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4 Vocabulary Time
4.1. A doctor is a person with a medical degree whose job is to treat
people who are ill or hurt. There are different kinds of doctors
for different diseases. Know them.
a. Audiologist : doctor of ear
b. Cardiologist : doctor of heart
c. Dermatologist : doctor of skin
d. Gynecologist : doctor of female reproductive system
e. Hematologist : doctor of blood
f. Neurologist : doctor of nervous system
g. Ophthalmologist : doctor of eye
h. Orthopedic doctor : doctor of bones
i. Pediatrician : doctor of children
j. Physician : a general skill doctor mainly for infectious
diseases
4.2. Suggest the correct doctor for the following patients.
Example :
My brother has a hearing problem. He doesn’t hear well and feels difficult to
communicate
Suggestion : audiologist
a. Aunt De Costa has some irritation in her reproductive part.
b. Mr. Dhakal’s three months old son has difficulty in breathing.
c. Mr. Lute has scabies all over his body.
d. I can’t figure out the objects very near to me. I think I have a
problem in my eyes.
e. He has a severe pain in his wrist. He must have fractured it
after being fallen off the swing.
f. The old man had a brain stroke. He needs an operation of brain.
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5 Listening Time
Listen to the device or the teacher and do the following activities.
5.1. Tick the correct answer.
a. The girls are ....................
sisters friends strangers
b. Brinda is going to ....................
Malekhu Muglin nowhere
c. Wahida has to send a .................... to Muglin.
boy goat parcel
d. Brinda suggests Wahida to send through ....................
a micro bus the post office a tractor
e. Wahida will go to Kalanki to ....................
meet a man get a micro bus have lunch
5.2. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false sentences.
a. Wahida is in a hurry.
b. Brinda needs someone to send a package.
c. Brinda thinks that micro bus is reliable to send packages.
d. Brinda suggests Wahida to take the bus number and inform
the recipient.
e. Wahida doesn’t like the idea of Brinda.
6 Speaking Time
6.1. Read the following sentences.
a. I wish I had a big house.
b. I wish my holidays would come soon.
c. I wish I had practiced math more.
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d. If only the tigers lived in water.
e. If only I would go to college the next year.
f. If only I had woken up earlier.
We use I wish / if only with a v2 (simple past) to make a wish for the present.
We use I wish / if only with would+ v1 (conditional) to make a wish for the
future.
We use I wish / if only with had + v3 (past perfect) to regret a past event
which can no more be fulfilled.
6.2. Make wishes or regret in the given situation and read out to your
class.
a. You wish your father to come to your school now.
b. You wish your sister to get married soon.
c. Your father didn’t save enough money so he can’t pay now the
car’s EMI.
d. Sheila left the job in aggression and now she is regretting.
e. You wish to have a thousand rupees.
f. You wish your family to move to London as soon as possible.
g. Your brother went on a trekking, got sick and now he is
regretting.
h. You wish your friend to buy you a can juice now.
i. You wish your country to be developed faster.
7 Pronunciation and Spelling Time
7.1. Repeat the following words after your teacher.
bathe loathe thank moth bath thigh them
these breathe mother bother thatch thaw theft
theatre theme thermal thick there slither threat
thong throat thyroid thus feather rhythm
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7.2. Place the above words in the correct column.
Words with /ð/ sound words with /θ/ sound
7.3. Pronounce the following words after your teacher.
Make base case rate date plate
fake gate hate late pace sale
Check the pattern of spelling and the vowel sound. It is: a +
consonant letter + e and the ‘a’ is pronounced /eI/
7.4. Now pronounce the following words.
Chase race take male shake
trace pale drake trade lake
tame shame sane lane game
8 Fun Time
8.1. Read and enjoy
A salesman rings the doorbell and little Johny answers.
Salesman : Can I see your dad?
Johny : No, he’s in the shower.
Salesman : Do you think he will be out soon?
Johny : Doubt it. When he asked me for the Vaseline, I gave
him super glue instead.
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8.2. Let’s play Spelling Contest.
To the teacher:
• Divide the whole class into five groups and get the students to choose the group
captain.
• Make a list of twenty words the students have already heard.
• Use a device to play the words if possible. If not, articulate yourself.
• Conduct it in reduction system. At first give 50 points to each team and reduce one
point for misspelling a word or not attempting it.
• Play a word and get the students to write the spellings and submit within one minute.
Let all the groups attempt the word.
• Invite the principal / vice principal to declare the winner and reward.
• Make more rules if required.
9 Writing Time
9.1. Develop a short story with the hints given and write its title and
moral.
Merchant – has a hen – lays a golden egg everyday – merchant –
greedy – wants to become rich at once – thinks of an idea – wants
to get all eggs at once – one day – the hen lays an egg – merchant
catches it – kills it – cuts it body open with a knife – gets no egg at
all - regrets
9.2. You must have recently heard or read a story or watched a
movie. Write the story you heard or read or the story of the
movie you watched in your own language.
10 Reading Time 2
Read the following speech on “Being Happy” by Sofi Rodriguez, a
grade six student from India and do the activities given.
Friends have you ever thought about the thing that can make us happy?
Happiness differs from people to people. A young kid feels that happiness
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lies with its mother, the moment the child sees the mother it smiles and
stops crying! Wouldn’t that be
wonderful if we all stopped cribbing
and complaining if we felt the same
happiness, when we grow up! As we
grow older the essence of happiness
differs. Man is always in the pursuit
of happiness but never finds it in his
lifetime. I think this is because he is
always running after it, the running is so fast that he doesn’t realize it
when it’s near him or with him. As the child grows he finds happiness in
small things like new toys, new dress, sweets etc. When they grow still
further they try to find happiness in their friends. When they are big
enough they try to find happiness in other people by falling in love. Many
people find happiness in making money, so they are always on the run,
in search of big careers and thus minting money. Finally, when they make
enough money and when they are about to enjoy this money, they realize
that it’s about time to spend the money in hospitals. Finally that’s where
we all end up! Do you think this is how it should be? I think given any
situation or circumstances people can be happy. Happiness lies within. I
would like to cite a few examples here: As we go for a walk in the morning,
if we come across a hungry animal like a cat or a puppy, we can be happy
just by giving it a little milk or water. Later during the day as we enter
the world of stress we can be happy by the fact that we fed a little animal
today, if that thought can make us smile and feel proud, I feel that is true
happiness. Many a times we see elderly people playing together with
children, the happiness that we see on their faces are so genuine, that we
too smile at the sight; sometimes we just brush it off thinking that they
are crazy! Have you ever thought about that moment? That small game
that they are playing together takes that grandpa out for a temporary
period from this stressful world, and makes him also a child for a short
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