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DOLPHIN
ENGLISH READER
Book 5
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. Ishowor 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
List of Contents
Unit/Page Warm up Time Reading Time Speaking Time Vocabulary Grammar Time Listening Time Pronunciation Fun Time Writing Time
Time Time
Class 4 in Memory Testing The Upside-Down cake Practicing Practicing Su-doku
Memory Reading aloud grammar matching words
1/17 Describing picture Peony Describing Idioms Who-question Tiger /θ/,/ð/ and /ə/ Word game Completing
Discussing Reading individuals sound conversation
aloud Malala Yousatzai
2/34 Interpreting captions The Mirror Getting things done Natural Past perfect Book shopping /ʃ /, /s/ and/ʌ/ Singing Rearranging sentences
Interacting with causative disasters progressive tense sound to make a story
Reading aloud Dubai verbs preposition since
/ for
3/55 Matching pictures The Mighty Letter Explaining rules Idioms with Concord Adverbs Junk foods /t ʃ/, /ɜ/ and /ɜː/ Spelling contest Completing Paragraph
Discussing about the Vacation ‘stand’ sound
Reading aloud
4/74 Matching pictures Who is strong Past habits Geographical Question by Much Africa /dɜ/, /ŋ/and / ə I/ Tongue misters Diary entry
Discussing names and many sound Joke
Reading aloud The Road no Taken
5/97 Detuning picture Near Death Reporting pains Suffix ‘Mania’ Past perfect New dragon /r/, /eI/ and/ɔI/ Matching words Reporting acident
Discussing Reading wishing continuous tense sound
aloud The Fisherman little and few
6/116 Describing picture Pandora’s Box Offering servia Words show Voice Reason Rohanis back /e ə/, /I ə/ and /j/ Funny play Story writing
Discussing Reading present habit human feelings connectives sound
aloud Email
7/136 Interpreting captions One Art Convrincing to Prefix and suffix Adjectives T.V show /w/, / əʊ/,/ʊə/ and Punctuating Letter writing
Discussing Reading aplogise Adverbs some any / əʊ sound
aloud Beautiful Swan
8/155 Labelling picture Violets Inviting Idioms Modal verbs Pagans Fulham Ommission of L Transcribing Essay writing
Discussing Reading Connectives Sherpa letter phonetics into
aloud Kurt cobain’s Diary letters
Unit/Page Warm up Time Reading Time Speaking Time Vocabulary Grammar Time Listening Time Pronunciation Fun Time Writing Time
Time Time
Class 4 in Memory Testing The Upside-Down cake Practicing Practicing Su-doku
Memory Reading aloud grammar matching words
1/17 Describing picture Peony Describing Idioms Who-question Tiger /θ/,/ð/ and /ə/ Word game Completing
Discussing Reading individuals sound conversation
aloud Malala Yousatzai
2/34 Interpreting captions The Mirror Getting things done Natural Past perfect Book shopping /ʃ /, /s/ and/ʌ/ Singing Rearranging sentences
Interacting with causative disasters progressive tense sound to make a story
Reading aloud Dubai verbs preposition since
/ for
3/55 Matching pictures The Mighty Letter Explaining rules Idioms with Concord Adverbs Junk foods /t ʃ/, /ɜ/ and /ɜː/ Spelling contest Completing Paragraph
Discussing about the Vacation ‘stand’ sound
Reading aloud
4/74 Matching pictures Who is strong Past habits Geographical Question by Much Africa /dɜ/, /ŋ/and / ə I/ Tongue misters Diary entry
Discussing names and many sound Joke
Reading aloud The Road no Taken
5/97 Detuning picture Near Death Reporting pains Suffix ‘Mania’ Past perfect New dragon /r/, /eI/ and/ɔI/ Matching words Reporting acident
Discussing Reading wishing continuous tense sound
aloud The Fisherman little and few
6/116 Describing picture Pandora’s Box Offering servia Words show Voice Reason Rohanis back /e ə/, /I ə/ and /j/ Funny play Story writing
Discussing Reading present habit human feelings connectives sound
aloud Email
7/136 Interpreting captions One Art Convrincing to Prefix and suffix Adjectives T.V show /w/, / əʊ/,/ʊə/ and Punctuating Letter writing
Discussing Reading aplogise Adverbs some any / əʊ sound
aloud Beautiful Swan
8/155 Labelling picture Violets Inviting Idioms Modal verbs Pagans Fulham Ommission of L Transcribing Essay writing
Discussing Reading Connectives Sherpa letter phonetics into
aloud Kurt cobain’s Diary letters
CoNTeNTs
UNIT 1 UNIT 6
17 116
UNIT 2 UNIT 7
34 136
UNIT 3 UNIT 8
55 155
UNIT 4
74
UNIT 5
97
Class Four in Memory
Remember your class four and
do the following activities.
1. Discuss the answers to the following questions.
a. Who was your English teacher?
b. How many textbooks did you have to study?
c. Who used to sit on your left and right?
d. Did you participate in any indoor competition?
e. Which position did you get?
f. Did you compete in any outdoor sports event?
g. What position did you get?
h. How was your result in the final test?
i. Who do you think was the best dancer in your class?
j. Who do you think was the most intelligent fellow in
your class?
2. Write the answers in your exercise book.
a. Did you go on a picnic / excursion? Write about it in
five sentences.
b. Was there a very special day for you at school? Write
any four sentences about it.
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c. Who was your best teacher? Write about him in five
sentences.
d. Was there something you disliked about your school?
Write about it.
e. Did your school organize the Parents’ Day? Write
about it in five sentences.
f. Whose biography did you study? Write any five
sentences about him/her.
3. Now say aloud:
a. We must respect the faith and devotion of others.
b. Wealth is not everything. We need people around to
live with.
c. Sport can be a great entertainment and profession.
d. We should not tamper with the things of others.
e. Trying is better than crying.
4. Use the correct option and rewrite the following
sentences.
a. The deer got lost (between/among) the trees.
b. I had already prepared the bacons when you (arrive/
will arrive/arrived)
c. She (have/had/will have) sold a dozen more packets
by the evening.
d. Hydrophobia is the fear of (water/women/
meat).
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e. The word ‘sick’ becomes (an adverb/a noun/a verb) if
‘ness’ is added to it.
f. My wallet (mended/was mended/will be mended) by a
tailor.
g. They had sent an email yesterday, (hadn’t/didn’t/did)
they?
h. The plural form of louse is (louses/lice/
license).
i. Sachita couldn’t pay the bill (so/because/
to) she didn’t have the money.
j. The carpenter drilled the wood (to/so/because) fit a
screw.
5. Change the following sentences as directed.
a. Joya was sent back to Philippines. (into negative)
b. I won’t play the right back. (into affirmative)
c. Kabi took a class on safe driving.
(into passive voice)
d. Wahid felt the water in his knees.
(into yes-no question)
e. She makes a nice a tea. (into future perfect tense)
f. Tambe prays for a good job everyday.
(into passive voice)
g. Anup Kumar plays for Mumbai.
(into past perfect tense)
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6. Pronounce the following words yourself.
a. table /ˈteɪ.bəl/ b. brother/ˈbrʌð.ər/
c. archive /ˈɑː.kaɪv/ d. natural /ˈnætʃ.ər.əl/
e. care /keər/ f. down /daʊn/
g. cautious/ˈkɔː.ʃəs/ h. camera /ˈkæm.rə/
i. latrine /ləˈtriːn/
7. Match the word with its description.
a. plant i. the origin or
main cause of
something
b. vegetation ii. we play
badminton with it
c. train iii. rose
d. bus iv. a machine used in
factory
e. bat v. part of a plant
f. racket vi. Living being
g. root vii. we travel in it
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h. v of rise viii. to teach
i. flower ix. a flying mammal
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8. Solve the following Su Doku.
Rules:
1. Place the numbers 1 – 6 in each column, row and the
bold box.
2. The numbers should not be repeated.
3. Each column, row and the bold box should contain all
the six numbers.
5 1
1 5
2 6
3
4 5 2
1 4
9. Read the passage given and do the activities.
The Upside-down Cake
My name is Mark. I went to a small village school when I was
a boy of your age. There were only fifty students in the whole
school. Classes were small. We had the infant’s class, the middle-
class and the top class.
My teacher was called Miss Tweedy. She was very kind. She
noticed that every child was different. Some were shy and quiet
and some were loud and confident and there were others in
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between. Miss Tweedy used to joke about herself and make us
laugh when she made a mistake. Sometimes I thought she made
mistakes on purpose just to make us feel better about ourselves
when we messed something up.
One day she came to school with an upside-down cake to share
with the class who were the winners of the month. Every month
one class was the winner. I did notice that we seemed to take
it in turns to be the winner. It was called the “Good Behaviour
Prize”, and every month a different class won it and shared
out the cake with them. Sometimes it was chocolate cake and
sometimes lemon cake. I used to like the cherry cake so if our
class won I would ask if we could have the cherry cake for our
prize.
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“Now, let’s see Mark, we could have a cherry cake, but only if
everyone agrees,” Miss Tweedy used to say, “We could have
some suggestions first and then count how many hands go up
for each one.”
We always voted like that and sometimes I was lucky. I didn’t
mind because I like chocolate cake and lemon cake too.
I was telling you about the Upside-down cake, wasn’t I? Well
my class won the best behavior prize, but we forgot to vote for
what kind of cake to have. Miss Tweedy just got on and made
one anyway.
She asked the class if they had ever heard of upside-down cake.
One of the girls put her hand up and said her grandma made it
sometimes.
“Ah,” said Miss Tweedy, “then I must tell you about my silly
mistake. I thought I might get away without letting you know
about it, but as Sarah knows what upside-down cake should be
like, I can’t pretend, Can I?”
Miss Tweedy took the lid of the tin and showed us the cake.
I jumped up and down and clapped my hands. Cherries were
gathered at the top of the cake, so many that there was hardly
any yellow cake to be seen! Everyone giggled and shouted. They
all liked the cherry cake too.
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“Can you guess what happened?” asked Miss Tweedy looking
embarrassed, hanging her head and sucking her finger; I
thought she was play-acting but Sarah went up to Miss Tweedy
and patted her arm.
“It’s alright miss Tweedy,” she said, “Don’t worry, we all make
mistakes. I’m sure we will want to eat it even if all the cherries
sank to the bottom and you turned it upside down.” “Yes, that’s
right miss,” we all chimed in, “Don’t worry miss, we will eat it!”
Delighted, we all sat around and had a piece of upside-down
cherry cake. I turned mine the right way to make it tasted as
good as it usually did.
Later on that day Timmy, one of the youngest boys in the class
was writing some of his letters upside down. He was a shy, quiet
boy and when Miss Tweedy showed him how to change them
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round, he hung his head and sucked his finger and tears started
to fall on his work.
“Never mind Timmy, your letter is a bit like my upside-down
cake, isn’t it? It’s the right shape. It’s just upside down. All we
have to do is turn it over. Look, we all make mistakes sometimes.
It’s how we learn. We do it wrong until we learn to do it right!”
Timmy smiled and so did we, thinking about the taste of the
delicious cherry cake and the kindness of Miss Tweedy.
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9.1. Match the words with their meanings.
a. mess up i. very tasty
b. giggle ii. fortunate
c. delicious iii. ashamed
d. embarrassed iv. to damage / make a disorder
e. lucky v. award
f. prize vi. laugh in a giddy way
9.2. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false sentences.
a. Mark’s school was in a town.
b. Miss Tweedy used to joke about Mark.
c. Miss Tweedy was a kind teacher.
d. Sarah knew about the upside-down cake.
e. Mark didn’t like the cherry cake.
f. We do things wrong until we learn to do them right.
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9.3. Tick the correct answer.
a. Mark’s school was a ........................... school.
small medium big
b. Timmy was a ..................................... boy.
confident shy cheerful
c. The good behaviour prize was given.........................................
everyday every week every month
d. ............................. used to decide what type of cake to eat.
Miss Tweedy The class The principal
e. ‘I’ in the first line of the sixth paragraph refers to .............
Miss Tweedy Sarah Mark
9.4. Answer the following questions.
a. How many students were there in Mark’s school?
b. What did Miss Tweedy do to make the students laugh?
c. Why did Miss Tweedy bring a cake to the class?
d. How was the type of cake selected?
e. Who knew about the upside-down cake?
f. What type of boy was Timmy?
g. Why did the students smile in the end?
9.5. Can you prepare a food item? Tell your class how to
prepare it.
10. Write a short essay on “My Favourite Cartoon”.
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Unit 1
1 Warm Up Time
1.1. Write what you see in the following pictures.
a
b
c
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1.2. Discuss the following questions with your friends and
teacher.
a. Have you seen a new born baby?
b. Has anyone recently died in your family or locality?
c. How do people react when a new baby is born?
d. How do people react when a person is dead?
1.3. Now say aloud:
a. Every life is followed by death.
b. We can’t prevent death.
c. We must try to make our life great with good deeds.
2 Reading Time
Read the poem given and do the activities.
peony
Why must I tell you this story, O little one
You are just a bud-of-girl who knows nothing
Now you are full faced, bright as sun
Now you open your skirts pink, layered, brazen
Suffering is alchemy, change is God
Now you drop your head, heavy with rust
Sit, contemplate, what did Buddha say?
Old age, sickness death no one owns eternity
Detach, detach, look away from the sun
Let your petals fall aimlessly
Don’t despair, little one we are done
by Marilyn Chin
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Glossary
brazen : obvious, without any attempt to be
hidden
alchemy : effective process like a magic
rust : a plant disease that causes reddish-
brown spots
contemplate : think about the possible future action
eternity : time that never ends
detach : disconnect / separate
despair : be hopeless
2.1. Tick the correct answer.
a. ‘You’ in the poem refers to ...............................
a girl Buddha a flower
b. Nothing on earth owns.................................
life eternity wealth
c. When the peony is full of rust it......................................
drops its head gives a sweet smell
opens its skirts
d. The peony is as bright as the sun when ...............................
it is full faced it has a rust it drops its head
e. Flowers have ................................. life.
an unlimited a limited don’t have a
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2.2. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false sentences.
a. The narrator in the poem is speaking to a flower.
b. Flowers shine like the sun when they are full of rust.
c. Like flowers, we have a certain period in life.
d. Suffering and death are obvious to all.
e. Beauty has eternity.
2.3. Answer the following questions.
a. Who is a bud-of-girl?
b. How are the skirts of the flower?
c. When is the flower as shiny as the sun?
d. What does the poet ask the flower to sit and
contemplate?
e. Do the petals fall with a purpose?
3 Speaking Time
3.1. Practice the following conversations with your friend.
Madhu : Did you see that boy with
tattered clothes?
Mishika : That scrawny one?
A
Madhu : Yes, he lost his parents in
an accident.
Mishika : That’s a pity!
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Ashes : Ramu, Did you know the man
who gave you the blink?
Ramu : That lanky one?
B Ashes : Yes, that lanky! He saved a
child from being drowned.
Ramu : That’s brave!
3.2. Work in pair. Make similar conversations and practice
with your partner with the clues given.
a. woman – fat – ate the whole chicken – wonderful
b. boy – short – dived in to the big river for 50 rupees –
crazy
4 Vocabulary Time
4.1. Know the following idioms.
a. speak the devil : when a person we are
talking about arrives
Use : Look, Astha has come, we
were talking about her
and she’s here. Speak the
devil!
b. let sleeping dogs lie : not to disturb a situation
Use : You can not change this
situation so let sleeping
dogs lie.
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c. hit the nail on the head : to say exactly right
Use : That’s exactly right. You
hit the nail on the head.
d. costs an arm and a leg : very expensive
Use : I can not afford to buy
this car. This costs me an
arm and a leg
e. barking up the wrong tree :accusing the wrong person
Use : I’m sure Raju didn’t steal
the money. You are just
barking up the wrong
tree.
f. last straw : final problem
Use : This is the last straw in a
line of problems for me
this month.
g. Once in a blue moon : something that happens
very rarely
Use : Kenechi does his
homework himself once
in a blue moon.
4.2. Use the following idioms in your own sentences.
a. barking up the wrong tree b. once in a blue moon
c. speak the devil d. last straw
e. hit the nail on the head
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5 Grammar Time
5.1. Read the following sentences and try to answer.
a. Why does the oil float on water?
b. Where did you have your breakfast yesterday?
c. When was Laxmi Prasad Devekota born?
d. What makes you feel sad at home?
e. How could the bear escape the hunter?
f. Who killed Ravan in the epic of The Ramayana?
The above sentences are interrogative sentences. They start with
a ‘wh’ word. They are called ‘wh-questions’.
5.2. Make wh-questions for the following statements.
a. Jackie Chang won an Oscar. (what)
b. Suru found her lost puppy in the
bush. (where)
c. Prachanda became the prime minister of
Nepal in 2065. (when)
d. Dhurmus and Suntali built homes for earthquake
victims. (who)
e. Pal’s sister is very intelligent. (whose)
f. KP Oli met Narendra Modi in his visit to India. (whom)
g. He went uphill with the help of a stick. (how)
h. There are 38 students in our section. (how many)
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5.3. Rearrange the following words to make wh-questions
and add the suitable end mark.
a. do / father / your / does / What
b. him / Why / the principal / did / call
c. Where / we / our / should / put / shoes
d. Taleju Bhawani / is / the temple / When
/ for / public / of / open
e. is / the / best / school / player / of / Who
/ your / soccer
f. discipline / does / study / How / affect
g. How much / had / your buffalo / milk /
given
6 Listening Time
Listen to the device or the teacher and state true or false.
a. They were sitting on a big tree.
b. Guru tried to run away.
c. All of them stood still.
d. The tiger stared at them for a while.
e. The narrator shut his eyes.
f. They were attacked by the tiger.
g. They kissed each other in the end.
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7 Spelling and Pronunciation Time
7.1. See the sound and words. Then say the words after your
teacher.
Sound Words Sound Type Alphabet
thank throw moth
sloth thesis health
/θ/ thin bath thick consonant TH/th
thigh booth mouth
think thresh thread
then t h e
breathe
bathe mother this
/ð/ consonant TH/th
though rather thus
feather leather bother
thee wither
flock cottage hot
rock pot moth
/ɒ/ rob slot sloppy vowel O/o
trot pop jog
box cock dot
7.2. Write any two words having each of the above sounds.
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8 Fun Time
Let’s play a word game.
To the teacher:
• Divide the whole class into five groups.
• Give each group a set of questions and grant them a maximum of five minutes time
to solve.
• Evaluate on the basis of accuracy and time.
• Invite the principal or the vice principal to declare the winner and reward.
• Make more rules if required
Set 1
Write the single words for the following descriptions that
start with ‘D’.
a. baby duck .........................
b. the person who treats us when we are sick .........................
c. early morning .........................
d. the people of Netherland .........................
e. an intelligent mammal that lives in water .........................
Set 2
Write the single words for the following descriptions that
start with ‘C’.
a. the person who mends our shoes .........................
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b. national animal of Nepal .........................
c. Paras Khadka belongs to this sport .........................
d. a desert plant .........................
e. ‘herd’ is the collective noun for .........................
Set 3
Write the single words for the following descriptions that
start with ‘A’.
a. the place where boxing is played .........................
b. the person who designs buildings .........................
c. a fruit grown in the Himalayan region of Nepal .........................
d. it flies in the air .........................
e. the season after monsoon .........................
Set 4
Write the single words for the following descriptions that
start with ‘P’.
a. Collective noun for wolf .........................
b. the person who fits pipes .........................
c. a beautiful bird that copies our voice .........................
d. opposite of medicine .........................
e. momo is served in a .........................
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Set 5
Write the single words for the following descriptions that
start with ‘W’.
a. the biggest animal on earth .........................
b. the person who serves in a restaurant .........................
c. It shows us time .........................
d. swimming is done in .........................
e. birds fly with the help of .........................
9 Writing Time
9.1 Complete the dialogue below using the expressions
from the box.
Student : ...................................., sir.
Teacher : Yes, please. ...................................................?
Student : We need a dustbin in our class.
Teacher : ..............................................?
Student : It’s damaged, sir.
Teacher : Oh, alright! I’ll get you a new one..............................
Student : Thank you, sir.
Teacher : .........................................................!
How can I help you You are welcome Now you can go to your class
What about the older one Excuse me
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9.2 Prepare a short essay on “Natural Resources of My
Area” using the hints below.
a. What are natural resources?
b. What resources are there in your area?
c. Are they important? Why?
d. How do you use them?
10 Reading Time 2
Read the biography given and do the activities.
Malala yoUsafzai
Malala Yousafzai was born
on 12 July 1997 in the Swat
Valley in northwest Pakistan
as the first child of Ziauddin
Yousafzai and Tor Pekai
Yousafzai. Her father Ziauddin
was a poet, school owner and
an education activitist. She
had a pleasant childhood with
her parents and two small
brothers at home. Because of her father’s passion to education,
she was happily sent to school where at the time it was quite
difficult for a Muslim girl to attend school.
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While Malala was in her primary education, that region of
Pakistan was in the influence of Taliban, a Muslim extremist
group fighting to enforce the strict Muslim law. The Taliban
didn’t permit the girls to attend schools. Most people in her
region didn’t send their daughters to school and didn’t like
others sending either.
Malala started developing a deep concern on girl education
in her region. She started encouraging people to send their
daughters to school. Her father was always there with her.
In September 2008, Malala spoke in Peshawar about female
education. She clearly stated that education was a basic right of
girls and No one should prevent girls from attending schools.
Her speech was covered by televisions and newspapers and it
brought a new wave in the entire region.
By 2009, Malala was widely
recognized as a child education
activist. She was regularly
featured in radio, television and
newspapers. A documentary was
made about her. She received
the National Peace Award for
Youth in 2011. A secondary school was renamed in her honour.
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By then she was recognized as a popular activist and a strong
opponent of Taliban.
As Malala became more recognized, dangers began hovering
around her. It was the afternoon of 9 October 2012, Malala was
in her school bus back to home. A
gunman attacked her with a pistol.
He fired three shots on her. But
luckily she was saved. She was
taken to England for her treatment.
After the attack, support grew for
her. She became more popular
and her movement became much
stronger. She was honoured with
a number of prizes and titles. In 2014 she was awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize, the most reputed prize ever and became the
youngest ever laureate, aged only 17, of the prize.
Since then she has been living in England and continuing her
study. She is an excellent student. She has planned to join politics
after her study. Let’s pray that the dream of this girl come true.
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10.1. Match the words with their meanings.
a. passion i. attacking
b. influence ii. strong command / law
c. extremist iii. deep interest
d. aggressive iv. a person who owns a
prize / title
e. edict v. most strict / those with
the highest degree of
something
f. hover vi. impression / effect
g. laureate vii. to stay near
10.2. Write any two of the following from the passage.
i. countries ii. two places of Pakistan
iii. works Malala did iv. prizes Malala won
10.3. Tick the correct answer.
a. The above text is ........................................
a biography an autobiography an essay
b. Malala is from a ........................... family.
Hindu Muslim Buddhist
c. .............................. was denied by Taliban for Muslim girls.
Household work Speaking in public
School education
d. Malala began writing a ...................... for BBC.
letter column blog
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e. Malala wants to be a ...........................................
doctor politician Taliban cadre
f. After the attack, Malala’s ................................. became
much stronger.
head movement father
10.4. Answer the following questions.
a. Where and when was Malala Yousufzai born?
b. What was quite difficult for Muslim girls in Malala’s
region?
c. What did Malala state in her speech in Peshawar?
d. Why were the girl’s schools shut in Mingora?
e. Why did dangers began hovering around her?
f. Who is the youngest Nobel Prize laureate? How old
was she when she received the prize?
10.5. Project Work
Ask your teacher.
a. Has anybody from Nepal won the Nobel Prize?
b. Who is the latest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize?
c. In 2014 two persons had won the Nobel Peace Prize.
One of them is Malala, who is the other?
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Unit 2
1 Warm Up Time
1.1. Read the following captions and discuss the questions
below.
A woman looks at the mirror and runs to an older woman.
“Look mother, your
son has brought
another woman
What? Let me see.
The older woman goes to the room only to see herself in
the mirror
“Oofs! Should have
brought a younger
one.”
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The woman goes to her son to complain. The son brings
both the women to the mirror.
Mother it’s a mirror, we see
ourselves in it.
All three seen in the mirror and laugh.
1.2. Ask your teacher.
a. How can we see ourselves in the mirror?
b. Can the mirror show us at night?
c. Light can’t pass to your room through the wooden
doors but it passes through the window glasses. How?
1.3. Now say aloud.
a. Glass is a transparent object.
b. Light passes through it.
c. We can see ourselves in mirror because it is glass-
made.
2 Reading Time
Read the story given and do the activities.
The Mirror
In ancient times there lived in a remote part of Japan a man and
his wife. They were blessed with a little girl who was the pet
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and idol of her parents. On one occasion the man was called
away on business in distant Kyoto. Before he went he told his
daughter that if she were good and dutiful to her mother he
would bring her back a present she would prize very highly.
Then the man took his departure. The mother and the daughter
watched him go.
After a few days
the man returned,
and after his
wife and child
had taken off his
large hat and
sandals he sat
down upon the
white mats and
opened a bamboo
basket, watching
the eager gaze
of his little child.
He took out a
wonderful doll and lacquer box of cakes and put them into her
outstretched hands. Once more he dived into his basket and
presented his wife with a metal mirror.
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The man’s wife had never seen a mirror before. On gazing onto it,
she thought another woman looked out upon her. Her husband
explained the mystery and asked her to take great care of the
mirror.
Soon after this happy homecoming and distribution of presents
the woman became very ill. Just before she died she called her
little daughter and said, “Dear child, when I’m dead take every
care of your father. You will miss me when I have left you. But
this mirror will give you my glimpse. So when you feel lonely
look into this mirror and there you’ll find me.” These were the
last words of the mother.
In due time the man
married again, and his
wife was not at all kind to
her stepdaughter. But the
little one, remembering
her mother’s words,
would retire to a corner
and eagerly look into
the mirror. But she was
surprised at the face she
saw in the mirror. It was
not like the face drawn in
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pain as she had seen in her mother’s deathbed, but young and
beautiful.
One day the girl’s stepmother chanced to see her crouching in
a corner over an object she could not quite see. This ignorant
woman used to detest this girl and believed that she detested
her in return. She fancied that the little one was performing
some witchcraft to kill her. She then went to her husband and
told him that his wicked child was doing her best to kill her by
witchcraft.
When the man heard this he went to his daughter’s room. He
took her by surprise and she immediately slipped the mirror
into her sleeve. For the first time her doting father grew angry.
He feared that there was some truth in what his wife had said,
and repeated her tale forthwith.
When the daughter heard this she was amazed at her father’s
words. She told him that she loved him far too well ever to
attempt or wish to kill his wife, who she knew was dear to him.
“What have you hidden in your sleeve?” said the father, only
half convinced and still much puzzled.
“The mirror you gave my mother, and which she, on her
deathbed gave to me. Every time I look into its shining surface
I see the face of my dear mother, young and beautiful. When
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my heart aches—and oh! It has ached-I take out the mirror and
watch her. My mother’s face, with sweet and kind smile brings
me peace and helps me to bear hard words and cross looks.”
Then the man understood and loved the child more. He didn’t
explain her that the image on the mirror wasn’t her mother’s.
The stepmother was ashamed of what she had thought. She
apologized, the girl forgave and they lived happily thereafter.
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Glossary
distant : far away
departure : leave
gaze : look intently with surprise
lacquer : painted
detest: : hate
puzzled : confused
bear : tolerate / accept
2.1. Arrange the following set of words in the correct
alphabetical order.
a. detest distant deathbed departure
b. beautiful bear bring bed
c. present prize performing peace
d. mother mystery man mirror
e. still slipped sleeve smile
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2.2. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false sentences.
a. The man and woman had a son.
b. The man brought his daughter a mirror in his return.
c. The woman had never seen a mirror before.
d. The man had two wives at once.
e. The girl really saw her mother in the mirror.
2.3. Rearrange the following sentences in the correct order.
a. The Mother fell ill.
b. Once there lived a husband and wife with their
daughter.
c. The man married again.
d. The mother gave her mirror to the daughter before
she died.
e. The stepmother detested the little girl.
2.4. Answer the following questions.
a. Why was the man called away?
b. What presents did he bring in his return?
c. Had the woman seen a mirror before?
d. What was the girl given by her mother before she
died?
e. What would the girl do when she missed her mother?
f. Why was the father angry with the little girl?
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3 Speaking Time
3.1. Antonio is a student of grade five in Venice. He can’t do
all his works by himself. He gets other people to do it.
Read what Antonio says.
I get a barber I get my brother to I get my parents to
to cut my hair. polish my shoes. pay my school fees.
I get my mother to I get a tailor to I get my father to drop
cook for me. stitch my clothes. me to the school.
3.2. Tell any three things you get your father to do for you.
3.3. Tell any four things you get your mother to do for you.
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4 Vocabulary Time
4.1. Know these natural disasters.
a. earthquake : sudden movement
of the earth surface
something causing a
great damage
b. volcano : a mountain with a
large opening at the
top through which
gases and hot liquid
rock are forced out
into the air.
c. flood : condition of becoming
covered with water
causing problems
d. landslide : sudden movement of
rock and earth quickly
down a steep slope
e. avalanche : falling of ice or snow
quickly at the side of a
mountain
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f. hurricane : a violent wind that
causes circular
movement
g. tornado : a strong wind that
makes an upside
down spinning cone
and is able to destroy
building
4.2. Use the above words and complete the sentences below.
th
a. On 12 Baisakh 2072 there occurred a powerful ..........
........................... in Nepal.
b. Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, the first Nepali woman to climb
the Everest was buried in an ...............................
c. The level of water was in the danger level because of
the ...............
d. When the .................. erupts there forms a new mountain.
e. ............ and ........ are powerful winds common to America.
5 Grammar Time
5.1. Read the following sentences.
a. I have been working here for six years.
b. She has been living in Berlin since 2014.
c. Astha and Birasat have been practicing since yesterday.
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d. I’m tired. I’ve been running.
e. It has been raining, the pavement is wet.f. The girl
has been cooking for the last three hours.
g. My grand parents have been attending
the yoga class since 2074.
The above sentences are in the structure s+has/have+been+v4+o.
These sentences state how long an unfinished action continued or
An action started in the past and is still on or finished but has a
result.
This form of tense is called the Present Perfect Continuous/
Progressive Tense.
5.2. Rearrange the following words to make a sentence.
a. have been / three hours / dancing / for / The girls
b. since / have been / my parents / my birthday / staying
/ with / I
c. two hours / has been / the / he / invitation card / the
last / for / designing
d. fighting / for / been / long / the cocks / have
e. the rabbit / the / has been / black dog / chasing
f. last Sunday/ have been / the plumbers / fixing the
pipes / since
g. has been / PUBG / playing / one month / we / for
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5.3. Use the correct form of the verb in bracket and complete
the sentence.
a. Paul (drill) the wall for five minutes.
b. Jack (beat) the nail for two minutes.
c. The doctor (advise), I will take a bed rest.
d. The people (demonstrate), I think the prime minister
will resign.
e. The birds (flap) their wings but they haven’t been able
to fly.
f. They(struggle) for years but no one is ready to address
their demands.
g. He (snore) for the whole height.
5.4. Take help from the teacher. Use ‘for’ or ‘since’ in the
following blanks.
a. The cat has been mewing .............. twenty minutes.
b. Tare has been driving my car ................ January.
c. Sahil has been digging the hole .................................. 8.30.
d. Swastik and Prakriti have been chewing the gum
......................... two hours.
e. The lions have been following the zebras .........................
....... fifteen minutes.
f. We have been living together ....................... Mangsir.
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6 Listening Time
Listen to the device or the teacher and tick the correct answer.
a. The woman needs a book on ...............................
literature music cookery
b. The book she wants is on ........................................
Indian cookery Italian cookery
Italian history
c. The cost of the book is ...............................................
thirteen dollars thirty dollars
thirteen rupees
d. The ...................... has a full description on Italian cookery.
CD book shop
e. Payment can be done ................................................
by cheque in cash by cards or in cash
f. The woman pays the price .........................................
in cash by card by cheque
g. The man suggests the woman to .................................. after he
takes the money.
go and read the book visit again
take more books on cookery
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7 Spelling and Pronunciation Time
7.1. See the sound and words. Then say the words after your
teacher.
Sound Words Sound Type Alphabet
ship shirt shoe
shy push mu sh -
SH/sh,
room
/ʃ/ Consonant CH/ch,
shock action machine
TIO/tio,
sheer lush shut
shall cash education
same seed miss
select soon sun
S/s,
juice lice purse
/s/ Consonant SS/ss,
sell seven cinema
C/c
simple song pace
sour
but up sun
tough cup tub U/u,
/ʌ/ Vowel
rough nut pub OU/ou
luck
7.2. Circle any nine words; three each for the above sounds.
The words are horizontal or vertical.
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s h o u l d e r
s o u p u b o o
o m r s h a t u
n a n i a t u g
g s o d i s h h
a s h e r r u b
8 Fun Time
To the teacher:
• Play the song “Temple of the King” by Rainbow
• Ask the students to read the lyrics and practice singing.
TeMple of The king
One day in the year of the fox
Came a time remembered well
When the strong young man of the rising sun
Heard the tolling of the great black bell
One day in the year of the fox
When the bell began to ring
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Meant the time had cometh
For one to go
To the temple of the king
There in the middle of the circle he stands
Searching, seeking
With just one touch of his trembling hand
The answer will be found
Daylight waits while the old man sings
Heaven help me
And then like the rush of a thousand wings
It shines upon the one
And the day had just begun
One day in the year of the fox
Came a time remembered well
When the strong young man of the rising sun
Heard the tolling of the great black bell
.................................................................
...................................................... continue
9 Writing Time
Rearrange the following sentences to make a story and give
the story a suitable title.
a. Once a boy fell into a bad company.
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b. The mother thought of an idea.
c. The boy got the lesson and left the company.
d. She called the boy, gave a few good and a few rotten apples
and asked the boy to keep them in the same basket.
e. After a few days she asked the boy to check the apples.
f. The boy disobeyed his mother’s warning insisting that he
won’t be influenced by the company.
g. The boy found all the apples rotten.
h. His mother warned him to leave the company.
10 Reading Time 2
Read about Dubai, the beautiful city and do the activities.
dUbai
Dubai is the biggest city of the
United Arab Emirates. It is in the
middle-east region of the globe. It’s
a fast growing city with bigger and
bolder structures added to it every
month. It’s a great tourist spot that
attracts people for shopping and
entertainment.
Dubai lies in the gulf region. It is very dry and the rainfall is
rare. The climate is sub-tropical with summer temperatures
up to 50 degrees. The period from December to March is
relatively cool. The average temperature during this period is
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