8.1. Place the numbers 1-9 in such a way that each of the vertical
lines, horizontal lines and the highlighted boxes has all the nine
numbers without repetition.
4 7 8 2 6
5 4 9
3 8 7 2
5 6 9
9 6 8 4 7
3 4 1
5 4 7 9
9 8 2
8 6 2 1 5
To the teacher:
• conduct it as an individual competition and evaluate on the basis of accuracy
and time.
9 Writing Time
Complete the following news report using the words given.
advised recently announced difficult remarkable
alcohol volunteers strongly people change
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Anti-alcohol campaign in Progress
ALCoHoL ALCoHoL CreATeS
probLeMS NoT
KILLS HAppINeSS
SAy No To ALCoHoL
Reporters
Syangja, Bhadra 22
Dynamic Youth club, Lamage has ............................. started a campaign
against the use of alcohol in Lamage. The campaign being ...............................
a month ago in a ceremony to mark the club’s anniversary, has made a
............................. progress. Till now about a hundred ............................... have
been made aware about the harmful effects of ............................ and a few
domestic alcohol producers have been .......................... not to produce
it. Three alcohol shops have been shut. The local mother’s group has
been .............................. supporting the campaign. The ................................... are
delighted at the progress and hope to do more in the coming days. “We
felt it .......................... at the beginning but now we have brought a ..................
............... and hope to do more,” says Santosh, a member of the club.
9.2. Write a letter to your friend abroad about a festival you recently
celebrated.
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10 Reading Time 2
Read the following message of congratulation and do the activities
that follow.
CONGRATULATIONS
We are extremely happy that Mr. Amrit Gurung, the lead singer of the Nepathya band and
the pioneer of folk-pop music in Nepal has been awarded with the prestigious “Culture
Icon of the Decade Award 2073” by the Government of Nepal.
At this hour happiness, we would like to extend our hearty congratulations to Mr.
Gurung.
You are obviously a versatile singer and an outstanding musician. The whole nation is
proud of you. We offer our best wishes for your bigger achievements and progress in the
days ahead. Keep enriching music! Keep enriching the nation!
Soni Saru
Chairperson and
Palpa Cultural Group family
Tansen, Palpa
10.1. Match the following words with their synonyms.
a. happiness i. express
b. award ii. dignified
c. extend iii. delight
d. whole iv. honour
e. proud v. accomplishments
f. achievements vi. entire
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10.2. Complete the following sentences with the words from the above
passage.
a. The passage is a message of .......................................
b. Amrit Gurung is a pioneer of ......................................... songs.
c. The name of the musical band mentioned in the passage is ......
.................................
d. Amrit Gurung is really a ..................................... singer.
e. The ................................... is proud of Amrit Gurung.
f. Amrit Gurung was awarded by the ..................................... of Nepal.
10.3. Answer the following questions.
a. Who expresses congratulations to whom?
b. Which honour has Mr. Gurung received?
c. What’s the relation of Amrit Gurung with the Nepathya band?
d. What type of singer and musician is Amrit Gurung?
e. Where is the Palpali Cultural group based on?
f. What are the best wishes offered for?
10.4. Write a message of congratulations to your classmate who
secured the highest grades in the recent term exam of your class.
10.5. Know the writer
Dr. Dhruba Chandra Gautam is one of the great writers of
fiction from Nepal. He owns a Ph.D, in linguistics and MA
in literature. He was born in 1943 in Birgunj, Nepal. He
is well known for his unique and inventive presentation
of characters in his stories. He is in the forefront of
experimental writing in Nepali literature. He has written
21 novels and many stories. He has won several awards
including the prestigious Madan Puraskar.
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Unit 8
Helping the Needy Is a Great Virtue
1 Warm Up Time
1.1. Write what you see in the picture.
a. b. c.
d. e.
1.2. Ask your teacher about the services the following organizations
provide.
a. Red Cross Society b. Maiti Nepal
c. Nepal Paropakar Sangh d. Scout
e. Dhurmus-Suntali Foundation f. Missionaries of Charity
1.3. Match the above organizations with their founders below.
a. Dayabir Singh Kansakar b. Jean Henry Dunant
c. Anuradha Koirala d. Lord Bawden Powel
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e. Mother Teresa
f. Sitaram Kattel and Kunjana Ghimire
1.4. Now say aloud:
a. There are able as well as disable people in the society.
b. Disable people need our help, care and support.
c. Although we are busy and have less time, we should give some
time for social service.
d. Those who help the needy are helped by the god.
2 Reading Time
Read the following poem and do the activities.
soMeBoDy’s Mother
The woman was old and ragged and gray
And bent with the chill of the Winter’s day.
The street was wet with a recent snow,
And the woman’s feet were aged and slow.
She stood at the crossing and waited long,
Alone, uncared for, amid the throng.
Of human beings who passed her by,
Nor heeded the glance of her anxious eye.
Down the street with laughter and shout,
Glad in the freedom of ‘school let out,’
Came the boys like a flock of sheep,
Hailing the snow piled white and deep.
Past the woman so old and gray,
Hastened the children on their way.
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Nor offered a helping hand to her—
So meek, so timid, and afraid to stir.
Lest the carriage wheels or the horses’ feet,
Should crowd her down in the slippery street.
At last came one of the merry troop,
The gayest lad of all the group.
He paused beside her and whispered low,
“I’ll help you cross, if you wish to go.”
Her aged hand on his strong young arm,
She placed, and so, without hurt or harm.
He guided the trembling feet along,
Proud that his own were firm and strong.
Then back again to his friends he went,
His young heart happy and well content.
“She’s somebody’s mother, boys, you know,
For all she’s aged and poor and slow,
And I hope some fellow will lend a hand,
To help my mother, you understand,
If ever she’s poor and old and grey,
And her own dear boy is far away.”
“Somebody’s mother” bowed low her head,
In her home that night, and the prayer she said.
Was, “God be kind to the noble boy,
Who is somebody’s son, and pride and joy!”
By Mary Dow Brine
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Glossary
hasten : to hurry up, to make something happen sooner or more quickly
meek : quiet, gentle
pile : accumulate, gather
ragged : wearing dirty old clothes
throng : a crowd of large group of people
timid : easily frightened, shy or nervous
trembling : to shake slightly because of cold or fear
2.1. Match the following words with their antonyms.
a. wet i. courageous
b. aged ii. relaxed
c. hastened iii. feeble
d. anxious iv. dry
e. timid v. young
f. strong vi. waited
2.2. Rearrange the following sentences in the correct order.
a. The boy felt proud and content to have helped a mother.
b. It was a cold winter day.
c. After a long wait a young boy came and helped her cross the
street.
d. No one offered her a helping hand.
e. The woman at home in the evening prayed for the boy.
f. An old ragged woman was in the street expecting some help.
2.3. Tick the correct answer.
a. The street was wet with .................................
rain snow blood
b. The woman had to ........................... long before she was helped.
wait sleep tremble
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c. a young boy paused beside the woman to ...............................
rest ride a horse offer her help
d. The old woman was also a ............................ of somebody.
mother housemaid teacher
e. The woman at home ............................... the boy she was helped by.
cursed prayed for wrote a letter to
2.4. Answer the following questions.
a. What was the old woman doing in the street?
b. Why did you think, the school boys not pay any attention to the
woman?
c. Who came at last to help the woman?
d. Where did the young boy go after helping the woman?
e. What did the young boy say to his friends?
f. What does the boy expect at the end of the poem?
3 Grammar Time
3.1. Read the following sentences and note how have, make and get
are used.
a. I have my parents pay my school fees.
b. I had John fix the car.
c. The boss made the clerks work the extra hours.
d. Dhiren made the salesman show him a variety of pants.
e. Don’t get the children to do that heavy work.
f. I got an architect to design my dream house.
g. She had her hair cut in a parlour.
h. Moti got his field ploughed.
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The above sentences are in causative structures. Causative
structures indicate that one thing or person causes another
thing or person to do or to be something.
Have, make and get in the above sentences are used as
causative verbs.
Know the following structures of causative verbs.
a. s + have/make + agent is followed by a bare infinitive (v1)
b. s + get + agent is followed by a to infinitive (to+v1)
c. s + have/get + object is followed by a past participle (v3)
3.2. Choose the correct causative verb from the bracket to complete
the given sentences.
a. I (got/has/made) my cousin peel off the pomegranate.
b. She (has/gets/made) the boy to drop her to the office.
c. I (have/makes/get) my pants stitched by Ramu Darji.
d. The broker (had/makes/got) his accountant bring his brief
case yesterday.
e. Malati (will make/has got/have) her brother admitted in a
nursery school.
3.3. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following
sentences.
a. They got a man (climb/to climb/climbed) up the big tree.
b. I will make you (clean/to clean/cleaned) the room.
c. He had his factory (repair/to repair/repaired).
d. I have my secretary (place/to place/placed) the order.
e. The shopkeeper got all his umbrellas (sell/to sell/sold).
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3.4. Read the following sentences and check how in order to and so
that are used.
a. I bought a dictionary so that I could check the
meanings.
b. I went to the market in order to by some cosmetics.
c. The medical team was discharged to Kalikot in
order to treat the epidemic cholera.
d. I go to bed early so that I can get up in time.
e. I’m taking an extra class on grammar so that I will improve my
language.
f. The boys are collecting some donation in order to
help the flood victims.
So that and in order to, both are used to connect an action
with its purpose.
We use in order to with an infinitive (V1) and so that with a
complete sentence usually with a modal verb.
3.5. Use so that or in order to complete the following sentences.
a. The prime minister went to India ........................ take part in the
SAARC meeting.
b. Sheila went to India ........................ she could see the Taj Mahal.
c. They blocked the river water ......................... irrigate their field.
d. I make a phone call to the restaurant ............................ I can order
foods.
e. Subidha stopped the car at the fuel station ...................... she
would get some petrol.
f. She left work early ....................... to be at home with children.
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4 Vocabulary Time
4.1. Know the following words related to social service.
a. advocacy : support of an idea, a group or a help
/ˈædvəkəsi/
b. benevolence : kindness, helpfulness
/bəˈnev.əl.əns/
c. almshouse : a house built for poor or houseless people
/ˈɑːmz.haʊs/ to live in
d. altruism : willingness to do things for the benefit of
/ˈæl.tru.ɪ.zəm/ others
e. charity : system of giving money food or other
/ˈtʃær.ə.ti/ things to the needy
f. donation : money or things given to help the people
/dəʊˈneɪ.ʃən/ or organization
g. empathy : the ability to feel other’s feelings and
/ˈem.pə.θi/ sentiments
h. empowerment : the process of making the status and
/ɪmˈpaʊə.mənt/ freedom stronger
i. orphanage : a home where parentless or homeless
/ˈɔː.fən.ɪdʒ/ children are kept
j. rehabilitation : the process of returning to a good
/rɪ.hæ.bɪl.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/ condition
k. relief : things or help provided to the affected
/rɪˈliːf/ people in time of a disaster
l. rescue : the act of helping someone out of a
/ˈres.kjuː/ dangerous or unpleasant situation
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4.2. Use the above words and complete the following sentences.
a. His .............................. is beyond description. He came to their help
despite knowing that he was going to suffer.
b. There is an ........................... in my neighbourhood where eighteen
children stay.
c. There is the need of strong .............. for protecting woman rights.
d. The earthquake survivors are waiting for more .......................
They are running out of consumables.
e. A ................ party has been sent to the place where the landslide
has occurred.
f. The girls rescued by Maiti Nepal need a decent .............. in the
society.
g. Thank you for your .............., gentleman. We will use this for a
noble cause.
h. Muslims make .......... in the name of Allah on the occasion of Eid.
i. He has a great sense of ............................ He can understand other’s
feelings and sentiments.
j. Please show some ................................ to the poor.
5 Listening Time
Listen to the device or the teacher and do the activities.
5.1. Tick the correct answer.
a. Hari Khadka is a .................................. player.
football volleyball Kabaddi
b. His position is ...........................................
goal keeper defender forward
c. He has played forty one ..................................... matches.
club college international
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d. Nirajan Rayamajhi shares the record of .................... for Nepal
with Hari Khadka.
fastest goal most goals most caps
e. After his retirement as a player Hari Khadka has been ............
teaching math working as a commentator
coaching football teams.
5.2. Answer the following questions.
a. In which district was Hari Khadka born?
b. When did he make his debut in professional football?
c. Which was his first professional football club?
d. How many international goals has he scored?
e. Who took part in the FIFA ‘A’ level training programme?
6 Speaking Time
6.1. Practice the following conversations with your friend.
A.
Old lady : Excuse me, young man! Would
you please help me cross the
road?
Young man : Of course, madam! Grab my arm,
please.
Old lady : Thank you! Let’s move.
Young man : Sure madam! We crossed the
road. Can I be of any more help?
Old lady : No thanks! You are a good man.
I’ll pray for you.
Young man : I’ll be glad, madam.
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B.
Woman : May I help you, sir?
Man : I wonder if you could tell me where I
can get a pharmacy?
Woman : It’s about a fifteen minutes walk from
here. Do you have your vehicle?
Man : No, I don’t have.
Woman : If you need, I can give you a lift, sir.
Man : That’s kind of you, gentle lady. Let’s
go.
Woman : Here’s the pharmacy. You can go and have your work done.
Man : If you don’t mind, will you wait me for five minutes?
Woman : Why would I? I’m happy that I got to help you.
Man : I’m done. Could you please drop me in the next junction?
It’s just a ten minutes drive from here.
Woman : Of course, I will.
Man : You are too good, lady! God bless you!
Man : Thank you, sir! Keep blessing me.
6.2. Suppose you are in a new town. You have to find your uncle’s
house. You know the address but you
don’t know how to get there. Prepare a conversation between you
and the man who helps you find your uncle’s house and practice
with your friend.
7 Pronunciation and Spelling Time
7.1. Say the following words after your teacher.
cell ceiling court certain coma
circle craft cease civil centre
cage colour cereal circus cat
crack copy curd cinema certificate
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7.2. Place the above words in the right column.
words with /k/ sound words with /s/ sound words with both sounds
1. 1. 1.
2. 2. 2.
3. 3. 3.
4. 4. 4.
5. 5.
6. 6.
7. 7.
8. 8.
7.3. Repeat the following words after your teacher.
make mat place shame pants prank
random rate cactus cane drake dandruff
pack lacto fame gaze fraction bade
spade family dash brake tale nap
paper strange
7.4. Place the above words in the correct column.
words with /æ/ sound words with /eɪ/ sound
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
4. 4.
5. 5.
6. 6.
7. 7.
8. 8.
9. 9.
10. 10.
11. 11.
12. 12.
13. 13.
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8 Fun Time
Let’s play Quiz Contest
To the teacher:
• First, divide the whole class into five groups and ask the students to choose their
group captain.
• Arrange the seating with lotto.
• Make twenty contesting and a few more questions related to grammar,
vocabulary, pronunciation text-based facts and general knowledge.
• Conduct in pass-system. Grant two points for an original question and one point
for a passed one.
• Allow 30 seconds time for the first, 20 seconds for the second and 15 seconds for
all the other groups. Count the time after you ask the question for two times.
• Get the teams to choose the question number in their respective turns.
• Invite the principal/vice principal to declare the winner and reward.
• Make more rules if required.
FeAr oF exAM
Whenever it comes
It comes with a bang
Ya, I’m here to agree
I have fear of exams.
If it wouldn’t have been for exams,
There wouldn’t have been any tem like cram.
Till now exams have been cause of most of my sorrows
So I’ll do anything to stop it from ruining my tomorrow.
Exams do nothing but create mess
Without it the world will become a better place.
So I ask people to support my cause
And help me rescuing the world from its vicious jaws.
Remember if you want to lead a life without pain
Now is the time to eliminate exams,
Now is the time to eliminate exams.
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9 Writing Time
9.1. Complete the paragraph below with the words given.
charitable society truly nature good
ability need lives things burdens
We all have ........................... in us and I .................... believe that it’s a part
of our core .............................. to want to help others. In this fast paced
............................ where we all have more .......................... on our ‘to do’
list than time in the day, I think that the ..................................... part of us
is easily buried beneath the heavy ........................... and expectations in
our daily .............................. Sometimes we just ........................... a nudge
or reminder that we have the ..................................... to make a positive
difference, big or small in the lives of others.
9.2. Have you ever helped someone? How did you feel? Write an email
to your father about the detail of the help and your feelings after
that. Include the following points.
Whom did you help ?
When was it ?
How did you help ?
How did the person react after you helped ?
How did you feel ?
Whom did you like to share this experience with ?
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10 Reading Time 2
Read the news report below and do the activities that follow.
President hands integrated model settlement
over to quake survivors
Reporters
Sindhupalchowk, October 28
President Bidhya Devi Bhandari has handed the integrated model
settlement constructed by the Dhurmus-Suntali Foundation at
Giranchaur of Melamchi Municipality-8 of Sindhupalchowk over to the
earthquake survivors on Friday.
President Bhandari reached Giranchaur in a helicopter at 10 am today
to hand over the model settlement comprising 67 houses including one
community building constructed at the initiation of film artists Sitaram
Kattel aka Dhurmus and Kunjana Ghimire (Suntali).
The settlement has been constructed in three blocks: A, B and C in a total
expenditure of NRS. 51,385,187. The houses will be used by more than
400 people of 67 families.
Speaking at the function, president Bhandari appreciated this noble work
of two generous hearts. Dhurmus thanked all those who cooperated and
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motivated in the construction. Comedy duo Madan Krishna Shrestha and
Haribansa Acharya (Maha-Jodi) couldn’t keep lauding this benevolent
act.
With the handover of the integrated model settlement, the signs of
delight could be seen across the faces of quake victims. They are excited
that they are celebrating Tihar in their own houses.
10.1.Find the words from the above passage which are similar in
meaning to the following words.
a. give
b. the persons who are continuously living despite nearly dying
c. praised
d. an effort to start something first
e. inspired
f. a group of people living in a particular area with peace and
cooperation
10.2. State whether the following sentences are true or false.
a. Dhurmus and Suntali are government officers.
b. They built the integrated settlement with the fund of the
government of Nepal.
c. President Bidhya Devi Bhandari inaugurated the construction
of the settlement on October 28.
d. Maha-Jodi were also present in the house handover ceremony.
e. The president praised the work of Dhurmus and Suntali.
f. More than four hundred people will be benefitted by the
integrated settlement.
g. The recipients of the houses are not delighted.
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10.3. Tick what you think.
a. Dhurmush and Suntali constructed the Giranchaur Integrated
Model Settlement because
they wanted to sell it and earn profit
they wanted to help the earthquake survivors
the government of Nepal appointed them to do this
b. Dhurmush-Suntali Foundation is a ............................ organization.
business social religious
c. The settlement was constructed in Sindhupalchowk because ..
.......................................
It was the home village of Dhurmush
the people there are too poor to construct their own houses
the people there had been homeless after the earthquake
10.4. Answer the following questions.
a. When was this news report prepared and from where?
b. What did president Bidhya Devi Bhandari do on October 28?
c. Why was the Giranchaur Integrated Model Settlement
constructed?
d. Which organization constructed the settlement? Who
established this organization?
e. What was the total budget of the construction?
f. Whom did Dhurmush thank?
g. Why are the signs of delight seen across the faces of quake
victims?
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Unit 9
Dreams
1 Warm Up Time
1.1. Look at the pictures and write what you see.
a. a. a.
1.2. Discuss the following questions with your friends?
a. How often do you remember your dream?
b. What types of dreams do you see?
c. Is there a dream that recurs in your sleep?
d. Do you believe in ghost?
e. Can we interpret dreams?
1.3. Tick what you believe.
a. Dreams are often the product of ....................................
imagination impossible thoughts
the environment of the bedroom real life events
b. Our spirit ......................... while we are asleep.
can travel remains with us is guided by our mind
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c. Ghosts ............................................
rule the world at night do not exist are afraid of men
d. The world of dreams is ...................................
dreadful exciting normal as the real life
1.4. Tell one of your recent dreams to the class.
2 Reading Time
Read the story and do the activities.
the recurriNG DreAM
Kimberly Clark, who lives and works
in London, England, seems like a
normal young woman of twenty-five.
She’s pretty, she loves to dance, and
she has many friends. Also she has a
good position in the office of a large
company.
Kim Clark does have a problem,
however. The problem is that she has
a mysterious dream. It’s mysterious
because it is a dream about a person
and place which are completely strange
to her. And it is mysterious also because
it is a recurring dream. That is, she
dreams the same thing frequently. Finally, she has the same dream
almost every night.
The strange dream always begins on a country road. Kim stands on this
road and sees a lane with a white fence and a hedge on each side. At the
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end of the lane, on the top of a little hill, she sees a small, white cottage
with green shutters. In the dream, she then walks up the lane to the
house, goes in, and looks around. In one of the rooms she finds a man
asleep in bed. He is a little, old man with white hair and a white beard.
In the dream, when Kim comes near his bed, the man wakes up. Then
he sits up and looks at her. When Kim opens her mouth to speak to him,
however, she wakes up in her apartment in London.
The dream bothers Kim very much. It’s all so strange! She knows no place
or house like that. She doesn’t know any little, old man like that either.
And yet, night after night she has the same dream. In the dream, she’s
always on the same country road. She sees the same lane with the same
hedge and white fence. And at the end of the lane stands the same small,
white cottage with green shutters. And each time, when she enters the
house and looks around, she sees the same little, old man asleep in bed.
And every time, when she opens her mouth to speak to him, she wakes
up in her own bed in London.
Kimberly speaks frequently with her roommate, Janet Wilson, about the
recurring dream. One day Janet says, “Kim, let’s go out to my parents’
farm for a few days. It’s so peaceful there.”
“That sounds like a good idea,” answers Kim with tears in her eyes. “The
dream troubles me so much. It’s on my mind constantly.”
Kim and Janet make plans to go to the country. And early the next
Saturday morning they leave the city in Janet’s car. As soon as they are
away from the sights and sounds of the city, Kim sits back on the seat
beside her friend and closes her eyes. A little later, as Janet turns the car
onto a country road, Kim wakes up. In a second, her eyes open wide.
‘There it is, Jan.” she exclaims. “There it is.”
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“There is what?”
“The place!”
“What place?”
“The place in my dream!
Look!”
“Please, Kim, forget about
your dream! You only
imagine this place is the
same! There are many
places like this in the
country.”
“No, Jan, its’ not my
imagination! This is the
place! There is the lane
with the hedge and white
fence! And look! There is
the little, white cottage
with green shutters!
Please, Jan, let me go out!”
Janet stops the car and turns to her friend. “Please don’t go up there.
Kim! It’s not a good idea! Let’s go on!”
“No, Jan! Let me go! I have to go and see!”
Kimberly opens the door of the car and gets out. First, she stands on the
road, just as she always does in the dream. Then she walks slowly up the
lane with the hedge and white fence on both sides. Her heart pounds
when she finally stands in front of the little, whit cottage. Everything
looks exactly the same, except for a sign in front of the hose which says
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FOR SALE.
Kim goes to the door of the house and knocks. Her hands tremble as
she waits. In a minute the door opens. And there in the doorway stands
a little, old man with white hair and a white beard! The same as in her
dream! Her whole body shakes.
When the old man sees Kim, his eyes open wide, and he immediately
closes the door.
“Oh, don’t close the door!” cries Kim. “Please! I have to talk to you.”
The man opens the door a little and looks at her. “What do you want
here?” he asks. “Why don’t you go away?”
Kim doesn’t know what to say. But she does want to talk to him. “ I–I
see–I see that this house is for sale,” she stammers.
“Yes it is. But I am sure you don’t want to buy it!”
“Why do you say that?”
“Because–uh–because a ghost haunts this house.”
“A ghost haunts this pretty, little house?”
“Yes, it comes almost every night now.”
Kim tries hard to think of something to say. “Do–uh–do you know who
the ghost is? She stammers.
“Yes, I do now.”
“Who is it?”
In a loud whisper he exclaims, “It’s you!” Then he closes the door.
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Glossary
recurring : happening again and again
frequently : often
lane : a narrow road
apartment : a set rooms in a floor of a building for living in
constantly : all the time or often
pound : to beat repeatedly with a lot of force
bother : cause problem
2.1. Math the words with their opposite meanings.
a. enter i. start
b. completely ii. exit
c. frequently iii. shout
d. peaceful iv. partially
e. stop v. occasionally
f. whisper vi. pretty
g. ugly vi. noisy
2.2. Tick the most suitable answer.
a. Kim looks like a .................. young woman.
normal special troubled
b. The dream of Kim always begins on a ..............................
hedge and fence country road white cottage
c. Janet suggests Kim to go to her parents’ farmhouse to ....................
help the parents in farm enjoy her holiday
get away with the dream
d. The white cottage in the countryside was ................................
for sale haunted by a ghost
both of the above
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e. The old man was .......................... to talk to Kim.
unwilling happy interested
f. According to the old man ............................ was the ghost.
Janet Kim a neighbour
2.3. State whether the following sentences are true or false.
a. Kim has a decent position in her office.
b. Kim has a mysterious dream.
c. When Kim wakes up after the dream she finds herself in the
countryside.
d. Kim enjoys the dream that recurs every night.
e. Janet suggests Kim not to go up to the cottage.
f. Kim and the old man have a long chat before Kim leaves.
2.4. Answer the following questions.
a. Where does Kim live?
b. What is Kim bothered with?
c. Why is the dream a mysterious one?
d. Who is Janet?
e. Why does Kim want to get off the car?
f. How does the old man react when he opens the door?
g. Why was the man sure that Kim doesn’t want to buy the pretty
little house?
3 Grammar Time
3.1. You have learnt the structure and uses of the different forms of
tense in your previous grades. Use
the correct form of the verb in bracket to complete the sentences
below.
a. Nepal (have) a rainy season called the monsoon
for about three months.
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b. Wait for a while! Keshav (come).
c. Shrawan (cut) his hair. It looks short.
d. Days (be) longer in the summer and shorter in the winter.
e. When I came out, the boys (play) Deusi.
f. He (scratch) his back at the moment.
g. The girls (get married) by the end of this decade.
h. I (post) the letter tomorrow.
i. The leader (give) an influential speech last
Sunday in Manthali.
j. They (clean) the ground when the CDO came.
i. I (finish) a quarter so far.
j. I usually (take) a cup of coffee before I sleep.
3.2. Choose the correct option and complete the following sentences.
a. The demonstrators (have/were having/are
having) a rest now.
b. She (generally/already/at the moment) takes
a bath in the evening.
c. I have been playing tennis (for/since/by) the
last ten years.
d. Anu (travelled/has travelled/will have
travelled) to Sikkim recently.
e. Adrian will perform in the stage (next week/
last week/a week ago).
f. Rajak (dies/died/had died) of cancer a year ago.
g. (when/while/before) I was arranging the visitor’s file, he
stabbed me.
h. It’s already been eight and he is (still/yet/just)
sleeping.
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i. The commission (will submit/would submit/
will have submitted) the report by Friday.
j. I often (go/goes/am going) to office on a
Rickshaw.
3.3. Read the following sentences and note the use of so and so that.
a. I lit the mosquito coil so that the mosquitoes would go away.
b. There were a lot of mosquitoes in the room so I lit
the mosquito coil.
c. My mom asked me to buy some fruits so I went to
the market.
d. I went to the market so that I could buy some fruits.
e. He dived into the water so that he could rescue the
drowning girl.
f. He wanted to rescue the drowning girl so he dived
into the water.
g. They invited the artist so that they could get the
pictures sketched.
h. They wanted to get the pictures sketched so they
invited the artist.
We use so to connect an action with a reason or cause. It is placed
before the action.
We use so that to connect an action with its purpose. It is placed
before the purpose.
3.4. Use so or so that to complete the following sentences.
a. I must stay here ...................... I can see the new man.
b. He framed the picture .................. he would save it for the future.
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c. All the climbers were frostbitten .......................... they cancelled
their expedition.
d. Shahida wanted a leave .......................... met the principal.
e. Kim got off the car ............................... she could find out more
about the white cottage.
f. Ramji has lost the keys ......................... he is still outside waiting
for his wife.
g. Deer run very fast .............. they can escape the Cheetah.
h. Mandu failed to score a point ................... he was rested for the
next game.
4 Vocabulary Time
4.1. Earthquake is a sudden violent movement on the surface of
the earth, sometimes causing a great damage. It is a natural
disaster caused by the earth’s internal movement. Know the
following words about earthquake.
a. tremor : the shaking of the earth’s surface
b. focus : the point below the earth’s surface where
an earthquake generates
c. epicenter : the part of the earth’s surface where an
earthquake is felt first
d. seismograph : an instrument that measures and records
the strength of an earthquake
e. Richter Scale : the system or unit used to measure the
strength of an earthquake
f. aftershock : a less powerful tremor that follows a
powerful earthquake
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g. seismic wave : a vibration that travels through the earth
carrying the energy released during an
earthquake
h. compression : a type of squeeze that causes rocks to
break or fold
i. magnitude : the measurement of the total strength
or amount of energy released by an
earthquake
j. tsunami : an extremely large wave caused by the
underwater earthquake
k. fault : a break in earth’s crust where movement
of rocks occurs
l. stress : a force that causes rocks to change shape
4.2. Complete the following sentences using the words above.
a. My mother was the first to feel the ................ She felt it while
sleeping.
b. The ............ of the earthquake was more than seven Richter
Scale.
c. An ............ hit Gorkha at 11 am. It is the 14th one after the
powerful earthquake on Baisakh 12.
d. The ......... in the Indian ocean in 2004 killed thousands of people.
e. The ................ of the Baisakh 12 earthquake was Barpak, Gorkha.
f. ................................. take less than a minute to reach the earth’s
surface from the focus.
g. The magnitude of earthquake is measured by an instrument
called ...........................................
4.3. Use the following words in your own sentences.
a. stress b. Richter Scale c. compression d. fault
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5 Listening Time
Listen to the device or the teacher and do the activities.
5.1. Match the following
a. Rebecca and Karuna i. neighbouring tole of the girls
b. Karuna ii. sounds like a good idea
c. Rangeli Tole iii. friends
d. Rebecca iv. helping her mother
e. Playing Bhaili v. arranging Bhaili
5.2. Tick the correct answer.
a. Where is Karuna at the moment?
home school park
b. What have Rebecca and friends planned to?
go swimming clean the tole play Bhaili
c. When will the Bhaili start?
1 pm 9 pm 11 am
d. What will Karuna do before she calls back?
take a bath change her dress talk to her mother
e. What does Rebecca tell Karun to do fast?
join Bhaili help the mother call her back
6 Speaking Time
6.1. Make a group of four and practice the following conversation.
Teacher : What do you like to do in
your free time?
Elena : I like to play with my
brother and sister.
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Bijaya : I like to work on my school project.
Namrata : I like work in the garden.
Teacher : Do you like to watch TV?
Elena : No, I don’t have enough time.
Bijaya : es, because it is relaxing.
Namrata : Yes, I like TV stories of families.
Teacher : Which sport is your favourite? Why?
Elena : Dancing, because it is beautiful and fun.
Bijaya : Car racing. It’s exciting.
Namrata : Swimming, because it is relaxing and good for health.
Teacher : Is there a park near your house?
Elena : Yes, I go there everyday with my parents.
Bijaya : No, there is not.
Namrata : Yes, it’s across the street.
Teacher : Thank you guys for your patience and good answers.
All : You’re welcome teacher!
6.2. Make a similar conversation and practice in a group of three
with the hints below.
Teacher Jange Bhasme
favourite music / why soft rock / pleasant and folk / represent our
melodious social life
a temple near house yes / go on every no / but a church
Saturday with
grandparents
profession you want to medicine / sacred and business / better
join prestigious income
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7 Pronunciation and Spelling Time
7.1. Pronounce the following words yourself.
a. patience /ˈpeɪ.ʃəns/ b. folk /fəʊk/
c. hydrophobia/ˌhaɪ.drəˈfəʊ.bi.ə/ d. business /ˈbɪz.nɪs/
e. damn /dæm/ f. anatomy /əˈnæt.ə.mi/
g. horticulture /ˈhɔː.tɪ.kʌl.tʃər/ h. ceiling/ˈsiː.lɪŋ/
j. illumination /ɪˌluː.mɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ i. shit /ʃɪt/
k. technology /tekˈnɒl.ə.dʒi/ o. tamper/ˈtæm•pər/
i. aback/əˈbæk/ j. dynamic /daɪˈnæm.ɪk/
m. geothermal /ˌdʒiː.əʊˈθɜː.məl/ n. racial /ˈreɪ.ʃəl/
7.2. Write the following phonetically transcribed sentences in letters
and read them.
a. pliːz kiːp ˈpeɪ.ʃəns.
b. fəʊk ˈmjuː.zɪk ɪz ˈpɒp.jə.lər ɪn neˈpɔːl.
c. haɪ.drəˈfəʊ.bi.ə ɪz ðə fɪər əv ˈwɔː.tər.
d. hɪz ˈbɪz.nɪs ɪz ɡʊd.
e. nəʊ ʃɔːt ˈtæm•pər pliːz!
f. tekˈnɒl.ə.dʒi tʃeɪndʒd aʊər laɪvz.
g. ðeɪ ɑːr daɪˈnæm.ɪk.
h. dʒiː.əʊˈθɜː.məl ˈen.ə.dʒi ɪz ˈnætʃ.ər.əl.
i. aʊərˈsiː.lɪŋ lʊks ˈbjuː.tɪ.fəl.
j. ʃɪt! ɪt ɪz dæm tʌf.
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8 Fun Time
8.1. Solve the following crossword puzzle. (puzzle at side)
1 2
3 4
5
6
7
8
Down : 1. Ability Across : 1. a small boat
2. An adult female sheep 4. To plant
3. Opposite of after 5. Take notice of
4. Pirates rob this 6. A person engaged to
6. The deer lives in the be married
7. A metal used in
electric wires
8. Young frog
To the teacher:
• Conduct it as a group contest and reward on the basis of accuracy and time.
8.2. Read and enjoy
Little Johny is on his first day to school.
He is in the nursery class and the teacher
wants to know his competency in math.
They have an interaction.
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Teacher : Do you know Johny, what comes after one?
Johny : (confidently) two.
Teacher : Very good! What comes after five?
Johny : It’s six.
Teacher : You are good at numbers at this age. It’s superb. Who
teaches you this stuff?
Johny : (proudly) My dad!
Teacher : Can you now tell me what comes after ten?
Johny : A jack! (teacher shocked, laughter bursts)
9 Writing Time
9.2. Complete the passage below with the words from the arrow.
secure tournaments passion merely believe dream student aggressive
I am a grade six ........................... from Nepal. I am good at studies and
often .............................. an A in the school tests. I like to play football
very much. It’s not .......................... a sport for me. It’s actually my
.............................. I want to be a footballer in my future and play as an
........................................... forward. I have a dream of winning a cap for
the Nepalese National Football Team. My father says, “Dream big
to achieve big,” and I ................................. it. I want to score more and
more. I want to see Nepal playing in the world class .............................
................. and be an important member of it. FIFA World Cup is my
.............................. tournament. I’ll call my life a great success if I reach
this platform.
9.2. Write a couple of paragraphs about your aim in life.
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10 Reading Time 2
Read the essay below and do the activities.
DreAMs
Dreams are very different from waking
life, but it is extremely difficult to define
in what the difference exists. When we
are dreaming, we are nearly always
convinced that we are awake, and in
some cases real experiences have been
mistaken for dreams.
The latter mistake forms the subject of
a celebrated Spanish play called Life a
Dream, and of an amusing story in the
Arabian Nights, in which a poor man is
for a jest treated as a mighty monarch,
and it is contrived that he should
afterwards think that all the honourable
treatment he had actually received was
merely a vivid dream.
Sometimes even after waking, we may be doubtful whether our dream
was a reality or not, especially if we happen to fall asleep in our chair and
do not remember the circumstance of having fallen to sleep. Of course
this doubt can only arise when there has been nothing in our dream that
seems impossible to our wakened mind.
It is, however, only in rare cases that a dream exactly copies the experience
of our waking hours. As a rule, in our sleep all kinds of events seem to
happen which, in our waking hours we should know to be impossible. In
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our dreams we see and
con¬verse with friends
who are at the other
side of the world or have
been long dead. We may
even meet historical or
fictitious char¬acters
that we have read about
in books. We often lose
our identity and dream
that we are someone
else, and in the course of
a single dream may be
in turn several different
persons. Space and
time to the dreamer
lose their reality.
It is possible in a dream
that lasts a few seconds
to appear to have gone through the experience of many years. The
limitations of space may also vanish into nothing, so that we seem to
travel the most distant parts of the universe with the rapidity of thought.
Our imagination gains in some cases such complete control over our
reason that we can contemplate all such contradictions to our ordinary
experience without the least feeling of wonder. But this is not always the
case. It is impossible to assert as a universal rule that in a dream nothing,
however extraordinary, can surprise us.
Sometimes dreamers do have feeling of wonder at their strange
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experiences. Nor can we say that the moral reason loses all control in
our sleep.
It does indeed sometimes happen that good men in their dreams seem to
do without the slightest compunction, horribly wicked deeds, but, on the
other hand, even the dreamer sometimes hears the voice of conscience.
The origin of dreams may in many cases be traced to internal or external
causes. Nightmare is frequently due to indigestion or ill-health.
When a dream is connected with an external cause, it is often possible
to trace some resemblance between the cause and the effect, although
our imagination erects a great dream fabric on a very small foundation.
Instances are quoted of a dreamer who dreamt that he was wandering
through regions of polar ice and woke up to find that he had kicked off
his bed¬clothes; and of another who, going to sleep with a hot bottle at
his feet, dream that he was walking over the crater of a volcano.
The sound of a whistle heard at the moment of waking may make us
dream of a long-continued struggle to catch a railway train on the point
of starting.
In other cases a dream originates in something that the dreamer saw or
was thinking about just before sleep came upon him. Coleridge once fell
asleep in his chair after reading how Kublai Khan ordered a palace to be
made. The idea worked upon his imagination, and the consequence was
that he composed a fine poem in his sleep.
When he woke up, he remembered perfectly the lines that had presented
themselves to his mind in the form of a dream, and he immediately began
to write them down. Unfortunately he was interrupted in the middle of
his task by a visitor, after whose departure he could remember no more,
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so that the poem is only a fragment.
Not only the imagination but also the reason has been known to do good
work in dreams. There are instances of mathemati¬cians solving in their
sleep problems that they had vainly puzzled over when awake.
All the fact that we have been considering are so various that they chiefly
illustrate the extreme difficulty of making any general statement about
dreams.
They show that in many cases dream- life is very different from real life,
and that in other cases mind of a sleeping man works much in the same
way as if he was awake.
Perhaps the only definite general statement that can be made on the
subject is that imagination even in sleep cannot originate anything,
although it has an almost unlimited power of uniting together in more or
less unusual or even in impossible combinations what we have actually
experienced.
10.1. Match the following words with their antonyms.
a. difference i. collapse
b. doubtful ii. mild
c. catch iii. similarity
d. fictitious iv. confident
e. erect v. release
f. extreme vi. real
10.2. State whether the following sentences are true or false.
a. Dreams are different from a real life.
b. Arabian Nights is a play and Life a Dream is a story.
c. We can sometimes misunderstand a real life event as a dream.
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d. Dreams exactly copy the happenings of wakened life more
often.
e. Coleridge composed a nice poem about Kublai Khan while he
was awake.
f. There are instances that mathematicians have solved a difficult
problem during their sleep.
g. It is very difficult to make a general statement about dreams.
10.3. Tick the most suitable answer.
a. The word ‘vivid’ as used in the text is closest in meaning to .....
apparent vague comfortable
b. The name of a legendary Chinese emperor mentioned in the
text is ...................
Coleridge Kublai Khan Jerk
c. Dreams are often the product of our ....................................
imagination fatigue sickness
d. We may often get to play with Motu Patlu in .............
Sonic channel video game dreams
e. The arrival of ............ had Coleridge forget the lines of his poem.
Kublai Khan a visitor a dream
f. Indigestion or ill health may sometimes result in a ...........................
pleasant dream train travel nightmare
10.4. Answer the following questions.
a. What had the jerk to think about his honourable treatment in
the Arabian Nights?
b. When are we more confused about our dream and the real life?
c. When is it possible to trace some resemblance between dreams
and the real life?
d. Why is it difficult to interpret a dream?
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e. Why did the poem of Coleridge remain only a fragment?
f. Is there a common statement about the causes and
consequences of dreams?
10.5. Project Work.
People usually dream during their sleep. How often do you
remember your dream? Try to remember an interesting dream
you have recently seen and prepare a description of it and present
it in the class.
• Everyone has a talent and so do you. Let it shine out. It’s all
you have to do.
• In life nobody and nothing helps you until you start helping
yourself.
• Every problem might not have a solution right now but
remember every solution was once a problem.
• Listen to your teachers when they tell you what to do. But
more importantly, think about it later and ask yourself why
they told you to do it.
Congratulations on
completing grade
six! All the best for
grade seven.
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LISTeNING SCrIpT
Unit 1
Once there lived a shepherd boy. He used to take his flock of sheep near a forest to
graze them. One day being bored by loneliness, he wanted to make a fun. There were
farmers working near the fields nearby. He shouted, “Help, help! A tiger is killing my
sheep. Please somebody help me.” The farmers heard it and rushed to the boy but saw
no tiger. The sheep were grazing peacefully and the boy was laughing at them. Thy boy
repeated the same the next day. On the third day, a real tiger came and started killing
his sheep. He shouted for help but the farmers thought it a fun. He was not helped. His
sheep were killed.
Unit 2
Wahida : Hey Brinda, wait! Where are you going?
Brinda : Malekhu. Why? What’s the matter, Wahida?
Wahida : I have to send this package to Muglin.
Brinda : You can send it through a micro-bus.
Wahida : Is it reliable?
Brinda : Yeah, it is. Take the bus number and the driver’s phone number, send it and
inform the recipient.
Wahida : Great idea, my friend! I’ll do it immediately.
Brinda : Listen, you’d better go to Kalanki for this.
Wahida : I’ll do that. I’m leaving, bye!
Brinda : Bye! All the best!
Unit 3
This is Pappu Jha. He’s Indian but he lives in Nepal. He is a prisoner. Mr. Jha is 35 years
old. He doesn’t work or study. He can not read or write but he can play the flute very
well. He plays the flute everyday at 8.30 pm after dinner. The other prisoners like his
music. Mr. Jha likes the Hindi folk and Bhojpuri music but he does not like modern music.
His room number is 24 on the second floor. Mr. Jha is a happy prisoner. He wakes up at 5
am and has breakfast. He has black tea and chapati in the morning but doesn’t eat fruit
or drink milk.
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Unit 4
Every year thousands of visitors come to Muktinath, a sacred pilgrimage for both the
Hindus and the Buddhists. Pilgrims and trekkers from all over the world climb up from
the valley of the Kaligandaki, going eastwards on the path, which goes over the high
Thorang La pass to Manang. The country is like the moon because it is so dry. Nothing
grows. There are only bare brown rocky hillsides. And there is Muktinath with its tree-
line streets and apple, plum and peach orchards. In a peaceful park, there are old twisted
trees covered with prayer flags and a temple surrounded by 108 water spouts.
Unit 5
Dear students, I feel proud to announce that our school has been declared the best
school of the district for the year 2073. I, as the principal of the principal of the school
would like to congratulate all my beloved students, respected teachers and parents on
achieving this feat. I believe this achievement is a great inspiration for us and also a
feeling of responsibility that we should maintain it. I’m hopeful that all our teachers and
students will labour hard to keep this up. Tomorrow the school will remain closed on the
occasion of Rakshya Bandhan and resume the next day. Thank you!
Unit 6
Boy : When are you going to Nepalgunj, Puspa?
Girl : Next week.
Boy : Will your parents be with you?
Girl : Yes, we will be five: my parents, my brother, me and Kanchhi, our housemaid.
Boy : How long will you stay there?
Girl : Umm... we are planning to stay there for five days. Dad will go to Butwal
from there and we’ll be back.
Boy : Any shopping plan?
Girl : I don’t know.
Boy : Bring me a warm jacket from there. I’ll give you the money after you return.
Girl : Sure, I will. Ok Prem, time to take the leave now.
Boy : Bye Puspa! Take care!
Unit 7
Child marriage is a great social problem of Nepal. It is mostly practiced in the rural areas.
Every year thousands of teenagers, mostly, girls get married at an early age. It disturbs
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the education, health and income of those girls. They become mother at an early age
and sometimes bear too many children. According to the law of Nepal, 20 years is the
marriageable age but many bear a few children within that age. Awareness is needed to
reduce this problem.
Unit 8
Hari Khadka is a great football player of Nepal. He was born on November 26, 1976
in Jhapa district. He started his professional football in 1994 making his debut for
Ranipokhari Corner Team (RCT). He is a forward. He was also called the goal machine of
Nepal. He has played forty one international matches for Nepal. He has scored thirteen
international goals which the joint highest by a Nepali footballer along with Nirajan
Rayamajhi. He retired as a player in 2006. After his retirement he has been sharing his
knowledge as a coach. He also took part in the FIFA ‘A’ level training course.
Unit 9
Rebecca : Hey, Karuna! Where are you?
Karuna : Hello, Rebecca! I’m at home helping my mom.
Rebecca : Listen, we have planned to play Bhaili. Would you like to join us?
Karuna : That sounds like a good idea! Who will be the other friends?
Rebecca : There are many from our tole and a few from Rangeli Tole.
Karuna : When are you going to start?
Rebecca : Today at 1 pm. We’ll play the whole day, stop at 9 pm and restart at 11 am
tomorrow.
Karuna : Well! I’ll talk to my mother and call you back.
Rebecca : Ok! But do it fast.
Karuna : Sure! Bye!
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