24 degrees. Large part of the
city is connected to the sea.
Some area of it is covered
with deserts.
There are so many great sites
to visit in Dubai. Jumeirah
Beach Park, Umm Suqeim Beach and Al
Mamzar Beach Park are some of the most
happening beaches in the world. The
Burj Khalifa located in the Downtown is
the tallest structure ever made. It stands
828.8 metres. The Burj Al Arab is the
most expensive hotel in Dubai. It’s built
on an artificial island near the Jumeirah
Beach Park. Palm island, the biggest and
the most artistic artificial island is the
other attraction of Dubai. Dubai desert
and Rash Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary are two natural sites that
attract nature lovers. The Wonderland is a family fun park
with a number of fun activities in it. The Dubai Mall and The
Dubai fountain and Wild Wadi Water Park are the other sites
worth-visit.
Shopping becomes a great
experience in Dubai. Almost all
popular brands are available
here. World’s longest and
biggest shopping festival is
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organized in December and January. Visitors like to enjoy the
water sports. Hot air balloon flight is the other adventure.
Desert Safari and sand boarding are just more than great.
Seaplane flight is an adventure on demand.
Dubai is a great place for
holiday. Visiting Dubai is
easy and less expensive
for Nepali people. We can
easily get the tourist visa
and a direct flight from
Kathmandu to Dubai.
December to March is a suitable time to visit this land of
beauty. Agencies have packages for Dubai visit.
by authors
10.1. Match the following words with their meanings.
a. structures i. a risky and exciting
activity often
played as a sport
b. growing ii. joined
c. rare iii. buildings
d. connected iv. expanding /
becoming bigger
e. adventure v. ask for
f. demand vi. not common
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10.2. Match the places / structures with their names.
Burj Khalifa
Burj Al Arab
Palm Island
Wonderland
Dubai Fountain
Dubai Desert
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10.3. Complete the following sentences using the words from
the above passage.
a. Dubai is the biggest city of ..................................................
b. Dubai has a ....................................................... climate.
c. Temperatures in Dubai are cool from .................................
d. ..................................... is the tallest structure ever made.
e. Agencies have ...................................... for Dubai visit.
f. Burj Al Arab is built on an ................................ island.
g. Visiting Dubai is easy and ................ for the Nepali.
10.4. Answer the following questions.
a. Why do people visit Dubai?
b. How tall is the Burj Khalifa?
c. What is the large part of Dubai connected to?
d. Write any two beaches of Dubai.
e. Which is the most expensive hotel in Dubai?
f. Write any two adventure sports that are enjoyed in
deserts.
g. When is the Dubai shopping festival organized?
10.5. Ask your teacher.
a. Which is the official language of Dubai?
b. What is the currency of Dubai called?
c. There are a number of Nepalese in Dubai. Why do
most Nepalese go there?
d. Which animal is called the Ship of Desert?
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Unit 3
1 Warm Up Time
1.1. Match the pictures with its description.
The biggest
animal on land
The biggest
animal in water
Small and
intelligent animal
A carnivores
animal known as
the king of forest
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1.2. Match the picture with the story title.
The Hare and the
a.
Tortoise
The Clever
b.
Rabbit
The Lion and the
c.
Mouse
1.3. Discuss the following questions with your friends.
a. Can a big elephant kill a small rabbit living inside a
hole?
b. If a horse and a fish compete in a swimming race,
which one will win?
c. When the lion is caught in a net, who can free him,
another lion or a small mouse?
d. In ‘Motu Patlu’ can Motu perform the best without
Patlu’s mind?
1.4. Now say aloud:
a. All animals have their own strength.
b. We should not be proud of our strength.
c. Wisdom is greater than power.
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2 Reading Time
Read the play below, act it out in the class and do the activities.
who is sTrong
Narrator 1 : A big whale lived in the water. He was a very big
whale.
Whale : I am the biggest whale in the water. I am the
biggest whale in the world. I am the biggest and
strongest animal. I am the king of the world.
Narrator 1 : One day the whale looked out of the water. He saw
a big elephant. The whale looked at the elephant.
He looked at the elephant’s big head. He looked
at the elephant’s big feet.
Whale : Who are you?
Elephant : I am the biggest elephant of the world. I am the
strongest animal of the world. I am the king of
the whole world.
Whale : No, No! You are not the strongest animal. You are
not the king. I am the king of the world.
Narrator 1 : A little rabbit lived in the woods. He heard what
the whale said. He also heard what the elephant
said. The rabbit said:
Rabbit : The elephant is the king of all the world? The
whale is the king of all the world? I’ll find who
the real king is.
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Narrator 2 : The next day the rabbit said:
Rabbit : I will see just who the king is.
Narrator 1 : He ran to the water with a big rope.
Rabbit : Will you help me? My cow fell into the mud and
got stuck. I can not pull her out.
Narrator 2 : He called to the whale.
Whale : I am the biggest whale of the world. I am the king.
I can pull your cow out of the mud.
Rabbit : Come here... I will tie one end of the rope to your
tail. I will tie the other end to my cow. You pull the
rope when you hear my drum.
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Narrator 1 : Away ran the little rabbit to get his drum.
Narrator 2 : The little rabbit ran to the elephant.
Rabbit : Will you help me? My cow fell into the mud and
got stuck. I can not pull her out.
Elephant : I am the strongest elephant in the world. I am the
king. I can pull your cow out the mud.
Rabbit : Then I will tie one end of the rope to your head. I
will tie the other end to my cow. You pull the rope
when you hear my drum.
Narrator 1 : Away ran the rabbit.
Narrator 2 : The elephant heard the drum; he pulled and
pulled the rope.
Narrator 1 : The whale heard the drum; he put his tail down
into the water. He pulled and pulled.
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Whale : What a big and strong cow!
Elephant : What a big and strong cow!
Narrator 2 : The big rope broke. Over fell the elephant on some
little trees. Down went the whale into the water.
Narrator 1 : The little rabbit ran away. He did not find out
who was the strongest. He did not find out who
the king was. Do you know?
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Glossary
Woods : forest
Mud : wet soil / earth mixed with water
stuck : unable to move
2.1. Match the following words with their opposite meanings.
a. strong i. rose
b. pull ii. weak
c. find out iii. untie
d. fell iv. push
e. tie v. lose
2.2. Write any two from the above play.
a. big animals .......................................
b. adjectives used for the elephant .......................................
c. words that start with ‘r’. .......................................
d. words that end in ‘e’. .......................................
e. body parts of animals .......................................
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2.3. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false sentences.
a. The whale was not the biggest one.
b. The elephant lived in water.
c. Both the whale and the elephant were proud.
d. The hare wanted to test the power of the whale and
the elephant.
e. The cow of the rabbit was really stuck to the mud.
f. The rabbit ran away in the end.
2.4. Answer the following questions.
a. What did the whale see when he looked out of the
water?
b. Who heard the conversation between the whale and
the elephant?
c. What did the rabbit want to find out?
d. When would the whale and the elephant pull the
rabbit’s cow?
e. Why did the whale and the elephant think that the
cow was big and strong?
f. What happened to the whale and the elephant in the
end?
g. Who do you think was the strongest, the whale, the
elephant or the rabbit?
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3 Speaking Time
3.1. Practice the following conversations with your friend.
Watchman : Hello, good boy. What’s
there in your hand?
Reman : I t’s a packet of noodles.
Watchman : You can not take the
noodles inside the school.
Reman : Sorry, I didn’t get you.
A Watchman : Our school is a junk free
area. So noodles are not allowed here.
Reman : I’m really sorry. I’ll throw it into the
dustbin.
Watchman : That’s nice.
Barun : What are you doing Mr.
Brown?
Mr. Brown : I’m putting off my shoes.
Barun : You need not. Shoes are
B
allowed here.
Mr. Brown : Oh, really! Thank you for
the information.
Barun : Mention not!
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3.2. Work in pairs. Make similar conversation and practice
with your partner.
a. dogs – allowed in restaurant (watchman and customer)
b. mothers – not allowed in nursery class (teacher and mother)
4 Vocabulary Time
4.1. Stand /stænd/ generally means to put or remain in a
vertical state by making the legs straight. Know these
idioms related to stand.
a. stand aside : to step sideways to make a space
for someone else
Use : Here comes our respected guest.
Please stand aside to make him
the way to the stage.
b. stand back : to maintain a safe distance from
a hazard
Use : We are going to have hard times.
I think we should stand back.
c. stand down : to wait / to stop fighting
Use : The commander ordered the
soldiers to stand down.
d. stand for : to support / represent
Use : We went to Giranchaur to stand
for Dhurmus and Shuntali
Foundation.
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e. stand out : to be obvious / unique in contrast
to the surroundings
Use : The traffic police wear a glowing
yellow jacket to stand out in the
crowd.
f. stand pat : to resist / bear a change
Use : When I shifted to Biratnagar
from Jiri, I tried hard to stand pat
to the weather.
g. stand on one’s own feet : to be independent / to
live without help
Use : Gary has a job. He can
now stand on his own
feet.
4.2. Use the above idioms to complete the sentences below.
a. The engineers are using a yellow hat to
..................... in the crowd.
b. Shaina has started a new business. She
can now ...............................................
c. Many Nepali went to Rio in 2016 to ...........
............................ Gaurika Singh.
d. Sikha is a far-sighted woman. She can
....................... a difficult situation.
e. The people in the crowd were asked to .............................
...... to make the way for the injured.
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5 Grammar Time
5.1. Choose the correct option and complete the sentences
below.
a. There (is/am/are) a boy beside the peach tree.
b. There (was/were) lice running all over his head.
c. Everybody in the class (has/have) worn the tie.
d. Both of the girls (are/is/am) from France.
e. One of the boys (speak/speaks/are speaking) German.
f. The injured (was/were) taken to the hospital.
g. Either of the players (has/have) arrived.
h. Light (travel/travels/were travelling) in a straight line.
i. English (is/are/were) is my favourite subject.
j. Each of the hippies (has/have/is) worn baggy pants.
5.2. Read the following sentences.
a. Nepal has already reached the semi finals.
b. The visitors haven’t got the ticket yet.
c. They are still waiting for the bus.
d. Have you wiped the glasses yet?
e. I think John already knows about the surprise party.
f. Nepali women are still fasting for their husband’s long
life.
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Already, yet and still are adverbs.
Already is used when an action has happened sooner than
expected but only with the present and the past tense and
affirmative sentences.
Yet is used to ask if something expected has happened or to say
something expected hasn’t happened.
Still is used to show situations that continue to the present time,
sometimes longer than expected.
5.3. Use already, yet or still to complete the given sentences.
a. Sabanam has ................................ started the job.
b. Has the driver been released ...................?
c. The boys are ............. arguing on a silly
matter.
d. Jitman is ........................... a married fellow.
e. Are you .......................... in the bathroom?
It’s too long!
f. The Rautes have not adopted the city
life .......................
6 Listening Time
Listen to the device or the teacher and tick the correct answer.
a. The passage is about ..........................................
junk foods schools cancer
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b. Junk foods are.......................... to our health.
useful harmful nutritious
c. Junk foods can cause.....................................
wounds cancer dandruff
d. Junk foods are ......................... to eat.
easy fast tasty
e. ....................... is an example of junk foods.
boiled rice canned drink fruit
f. Many schools don’t ........................... junk foods to the students.
allow produce buy
g. Junk foods should be banned at home and the ......................
swimming pool society park
7 Spelling and Pronunciation Time
7.1. See the sound and words. Then say the words after your
teacher.
Sound Words Sound Type Alphabet
chalk chain watch
match question church
CH/ch,
check chin choke
/tʃ/ Consonant TIO/tio
rich teach preach
TCH/tch,
latch
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vision zipper zone
zoo zero reason
measure rose zebra Z/z,
/ʒ/ Consonant
maize leisure lazy S/s
busy chase
bird shirt firm
dirt curve curd
IR/ir,
/ɜ:/ turn turtle murky Vowel
UR/ur
murder absurd chirp
urn burn hurdle
7.2. Write any two words having each of the above mentioned
sounds.
8 Fun Time
8.1. Read and enjoy the poem.
Missing
I’ve hunted near, I’ve hunted far
I even looked inside my car.
I’ve lost my glasses, I’m in need,
To have them now so I can read.
I loudly swear and I curse
Did I leave them in my purse?
Are they behind the sofa, under the bed?
Oh there they are - on my head! by Anne Scott
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8.2 Let’s Play Spelling Contest
To the teacher:
• Make a list of twenty words students have already read/heard.
• Divide the whole class into five groups.
• Don’t pronounce the words yourself. Get a computer and a sound device to play the
word.
• Conduct the contest in reduction system; i.e. grant 100 points to each group at first
and reduce one point for a wrong spelling or no-attempt. Give the word to all the five
groups.
• Ask the students to write the spellings and their group code in a piece of paper and
submit.
• Make the rules for seating and time yourself.
• Invite the principal / vice principal to declare the winner and reward.
9 Writing Time
9.1. Use the words in the arrow and complete the passage
below
formats travelled oldest soon craze originated produce
standards child progressing
Cricket is one of the ............... sports in the world. It is still a
th
highly popular game. The game is said to have ............. in the 16
century in England. It started out as a ........... game but the adult
th
version of the game is said to have started in the 17 century.
International cricket matches were officially started in 1844.
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The game being started by the British reached to every place
where the British .................... It came to South Asia and North
America along with the British. Australia, South Africa and New
Zealand ........................ developed a deep ................... in cricket.
Today, cricket is a major sport that attracts players, spectators,
media and financers. The International Cricket Council has
over time expanded the development of cricket and it hopes to
................... more national teams.
Currently there are three .................. of the game. The test, the One
Day International (ODI) and the T20. Only ten nations have met
the .......................... to play the test cricket. Nepal has gradually
been .................... in cricket. It plays the ODI and the T20 cricket.
9.2. Look at the pictures below and prepare a story that
best represents the pictures.
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10 Reading Time 2
Read the poem and do the activities
The road noT Taken
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as jus as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves to step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads onto way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood and I-
I took the one less travelled by,
And that has made all the difference.
By Robert Frost
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10.1. Find the single words for the following descriptions
from the poem.
a. divided, directed to a different directio .............................
b. pressed with the foot .............................
c. mass of small plants .............................
d. couldn’t be sure of .............................
e. opposite of follows .............................
10.2. Complete the summary of the poem using the words
given.
different roads narrator fork unlikely thinks again
The .............................. comes upon a ............................. in the
road while travelling through a yellow wood. He considers
both paths and .......................... that each one is equally well-
travelled and beautiful. After choosing one of the .................
................ the narrator expects to come ............................. to try
the other. However he realizes that it is ...................................
that he will ever have the opportunity. The narrator ends
the poem in a nostalgic note, wondering how ..........................
........ things would have been had he chosen the other path.
10.3. Answer the following questions.
a. Who wrote the poem ‘The Road Not Taken’?
b. Where are the two roads diverged?
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c. What does the narrator expect?
d. Is the narrator sure that he would try the other road
some day?
10.4. Learn more:
* Check the pattern of the above poem.
* It has four stanzas of five lines.
* The rhyming pattern is ABAAB. It means the first line
rhymes with the third and the fourth line and the second
line rhymes with the fifth.
* Now try to write your own poem with one or more stanzas
as you can in the above pattern.
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Unit 4
1 Warm Up Time
1.1. Match the pictures with their descriptions
A lion in a board
meeting
A man in a wild
feast
A dog in his
class
A bird in his
travel
A kangaroo in his
game
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1.2. Discuss the following questions with your friends.
a. Are the above activities possible?
b. Have you got a pet at home?
c. Have you ever taken your pet to your school or travel?
d. Which animal you think is more likely to be our friend?
1.3. Now say aloud:
a. Animals and birds are the creation of nature.
b. They live in the nature and learn from the nature.
c. They can be our good friends if we love them.
2 Reading Time
Read the story and do the activities.
The advenTUres of bird
Once upon a time there was a very
large bird. His name was Bird.
Although he had a bad memory
it was an easy name for him to
remember – children were always
pointing at him saying, “Look at that
bird!” which helped him remember
his name. But one day Bird could
not fly. He tried but he couldn’t.
He loved to soar high in the sky,
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loop-the-loop and dive-bomb chickens. He made the chickens
envious as they couldn’t fly, and they ran at full pelt towards
him in an attempt to get off the ground and chase him away.
But to no avail.
The reason that Bird could no longer fly was because he loved
eating – too much. This would not have mattered, but he had
eaten too much many times and had become even larger. He
loved the tasty leftover morsels in the fast food cartoons that
were littered on the sidewalks by untidy people. So Bird grew
and grew and grew and got heavier and heavier. But his wings
stayed the same size. So no matter how fast he flapped, he
could not take off from the ground any more. He could not
just fly. His furious attempts to fly just scattered the empty
food cartoons all over the road. And his bottom only rose an
inch above the ground before bouncing three times back on
the sidewalk. Bird was flying nowhere and decided to walk
down the street and flap at a bus to stop for him with one of
his wings.
A sign on the bus said: “NO BIRDS – DEFINITELY NO LARGE
BIRDS.” Bird could not read signs other than reading the word
‘BIRD’, so thought that it must be a bus especially for birds and
hopped on anyway. Bird did not have any money but the driver
liked birds. He kept homing pigeons as pets and thought that
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Bird must need homing too and felt sorry for him, and turned
a blind eye.
Bird perched on a comfy seat hoping no one would notice him.
But there were two children: twins Sally and James, sitting
right behind Bird who were on their way home from school.
They noticed him and together said, “Look at that bird.”
Bird didn’t know where he was going. He hoped that the bus
would take him to his place. Sally spoke to Bird, “Where are
you going?” Bird was confused and didn’t know how or what
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or where to answer. The bus arrived at Sally and James’s bus
stop and they beckoned to Bird to hop off too. “Let’s take him
home”, they both said together.
Soon they got home and were greeted by their mom. Waving a
pointed finger to Bird mom said, “What on earth is that?”
“That’s Bird that is,” was the reply, “I don’t think he can fly
anymore. Can he live with us?”
“Definitely ...... NOT!” said their mom in her most annoyed
voice.
“Oh, p-l-e-a-s-e! p-l-e-a-s-e p-l-e-a-s-e mom!” was the twin’s
chorus.
Finally mom agreed to keep Bird for one night. That evening
they all settled down in front of the telly to watch a nature
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program about exotic birds living in hot countries far way.
Bird’s beak flopped open wide in wonder. He definitely was not
exotic and had never flown to far away countries. Afterwards
they found a nice roost for bird on top of the banister rails,
upstairs on the landing, outside the bedroom. Bird was very
tired and after a few pecks of breakfast cereals and a dip of
water, tucked his head under his wing, drifted off to sleep,
dreaming of flying again.
The next morning Sally and James asked Bird if he would like
to go school with them. Bird didn’t really know what school
was but as it sounded such a nice place, hopped off his perch
and followed them.
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They took Bird to the school putting a school blazer over his
wings. They went to the morning assembly and sat with the
rest of their class, who all shouted at the same time: “Look at
that bird.”
And the teachers all noticed too, and then the whole school
shouted: “LOOK AT THAT BIRD.”
The head teacher came over to Sally and James and Bird and
said, “We have a large bird in the school, excellent! Do come
to the front of the school Bird, we are pleased to see you.” And
then he spoke to the whole school, “We are very lucky to have
a special visitor. And here he is, a very large bird. And what do
we always say to important visitors?”
The whole school answered as one “Good morning Mr. Bird.”
“Would anyone like to ask him a question?” the head teacher
said.
The hands shot up and the questions followed up.
Where do you live? Can you fly? Do you have any brothers or
sisters? How old are you? Do you lay eggs? Why aren’t you so
pretty? And many more.
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And then something magical happened. Bird could suddenly
understand some English words. Up to then he could only
understand Bird language and the word bird. He had been
taken to school, it was his first day and he was learning already.
Although Bird couldn’t speak he made signing actions with
his wings and tweets and squawks with his beak to answer
the children’s questions as best he could. He enjoyed his first
day at school and thought to himself: “I’m learning such a lot
already. I wonder if the teachers can teach me to fly again!”
“What an adventure!” Bird thought to himself.
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Glossary
envious : jealous
pelt : move or throw quickly
morsel : small piece of food
scatter : to cause to move far apart
perch : to sit near the edge of something
comfy : comfortable
beckon : to ask to come near with signals
banister : the row of bars at the side of stairs
annoyed : angry
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2.1. Match the idioms with their meanings.
a. drift off i. to ignore
b. follow up ii. to fall asleep
slowly
c. turn a blind eye iii. hunt / make
others run away
d. chase away iv. to continue / get
back to
2.2. Choose the correct option from the bracket and complete
the given sentences.
a. Bird ate (too much/little) and grew bigger.
b. Bird didn’t have to pay the bus fare because (it was
free / the driver loved birds)
c. The mother of Sally and James was (angry/happy) to
see Bird.
d. The next day Sally and James took Bird to (forest/
school)
e. The school family was (annoyed/pleased) to see Bird.
f. At school Bird could suddenly (understand/speak)
some English words.
2.3. Rearrange the following sentences in the correct order.
a. Once a bird named Bird ate too much and could not fly.
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b. He hopped into a bus but didn’t know where to go.
c. He met two boys in the bus, Sally and James.
d. They took him to their home and kept.
e. The next day he was taken to school.
f. He felt happy at the school and learned some English
too.
2.4. Answer the following questions.
a. Why were the chickens envious of Bird?
b. What did Bird love to eat?
c. Why didn’t the bus driver ask for money with Bird?
d. What did Sally, James and Bird watch on television?
e. Where did Bird sleep in Sally’s home?
f. How was Bird treated in the school?
g. Did Bird enjoy his first day at school?
3 Speaking Time
3.1. Read the following sentences.
a. Binam used to pee on bed when
he was a small child.
b. Roji used to go to school on foot
but now she goes by bus.
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c. Pemba used to live in Taplejung,
now he lives in Lalitpur.
d. Sharon used to work in a bank,
now she works in a restaurant.
e. This place used to be quiet but
now it’s too noisy.
The first part of the above sentences has the structure s + used to
+ v1 + o.
This structure is used to express a past habit or situation that no
longer exists.
3.2. Rearrange the following words to make a sentence and
read aloud.
a. sandwich / Namita / in the USA / used to / eat /
when / she / was
b. when/ used to / child / believe in / ghosts / he / Som
/ was / a
c. scold / she / My mother / me / when / was / used to
/ angry
d. India / wear / used to / she / Salwar Kurta / Diva /
when / was /in
3.3. Tell the class any three things you used to do when you
were in grade one.
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3.4. Practice the following conversation with your partner.
Sangit : What did you use to eat
when you were in Italy,
Sandy?
Sandy : I used to eat pizza and
pasta.
Sangit : You used to eat pizza
as lunch and pasta as
A dinner, didn’t you?
Sandy : Exactly! I used to have some juice with the
pizza and coffee with the pasta.
Sangit : Did you use to have noodles or other Chinese
food?
Sandy : No I didn’t.
Sangit : Thank you for the interaction!
Sandy : You’re welcome!
4 Vocabulary Time
4.1. Know these landforms.
a. mountain : The highest land form
b. hill : raised part of the earth higher
than the surrounding plain
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c. plateau : raised part of the earth that is flat
at the top
d. valley : a low flat land between mountains
or hills
e. island : a piece of land completely
surrounded by water
f. desert : an area often covered with sand
or rocks, where only little grows
g. peninsula : a long piece of land that sticks out
from a larger area of land into the
sea or into a lake
h. isthmus : a narrow piece of land with water
on each side that joins two larger
areas of land
i. ridge : a long, raised part of a surface,
especially a high edge along a
mountain
j. cliff : a high area of rock with a very
steep side
4.2. Complete the following sentences with the words above.
a. Annapurna is a ................................... range.
b. Pokhara is a ............................................
c. Sahara is the biggest .............................. in the world.
d. Sri Lanka is an ..................................... country.
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4.3. Use the words in 4.1 to name the following pictures.
a. b. c. d.
5 Grammar Time
5.1. Supply the correct question tags for the following
sentences.
a. I am the patron of this club, ..............................?
b. Don’t tread the leaves, ......................................?
c. She is preparing to leave tomorrow,.................................?
d. They left their luggage in the car, ..................................?
e. The duck quacks so loud, ...............................................?
f. Please keep your cell phone in silent mode, .......................?
g. Let’s go for an evening walk, ...............................?
h. There were a few mice on the table, ..................................?
i. She used to sing in the bathroom, ................................?
j. We don’t believe in ethnicity, ................................?
5.2. Read the following sentences and note the use of much
and many.
a. I didn’t get much rice to eat.
b. How much is the weight of this pumpkin?
c. There were not many people in the street.
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d. Many apples were rotten due to the hot weather.
e. There is not much sand on the beach this year.
f. You can’t see many people standing in the queue.
Many and much mean a lot of.
We use many for countable nouns and much for uncountable
nouns.
5.3. Write much or many before the following nouns.
a. .................... cars
b. .................... music
c. .................... pictures
d. .................... tea
e. .................... apples
f. .................... money
g. .................... earphones
h. .................... land
5.4. Use much or many to complete the following sentences.
a. Too ...................... cooks spoil the broth.
b. Hurry up! I don’t have ................. time.
c. There are so ........................ good people in t he
world.
d. My father doesn’t drink .................... coffee.
e. How .................... of you have seen the rhino?
f. There are .............. jaguars in the Amazon.
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g. We don’t think ................. on foods.
h. We can’t buy ..................... houses. We are
not very rich.
i. There was so .................... water in the
tank that it was overflowing.
6 Listening Time
Listen to the device or the teacher and tick the correct answer.
a. There are ................ countries in Africa.
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b. There are deserts in the ................. of Africa.
north east west
c. Africa is very famous for....................
whales wild animals rainfall
d. About 380 million Africans are ......................
farmers black poor
e. Africa is rich in language and ................. also.
culture plants fishes
f. Kalahari desert is in ................................
Africa Asia Nepal
g. Lions and crocodiles are ..................................
herbivores carnivores omnivores
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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
jug jacket jail
junction cage gesture
/dʒ/ joule German junk Consonant J/j, G/g
jaw jolt jet
jeep June join
sing wrong linger
dung fling hang
N/n,
/ŋ/ jungle junk swing Consonant
NG/ng
triangle single pink
uncle prank
five ripe night
bite my thy
I/i, Y/y,
spy fly kite
YE/ye,
/aɪ/ guy buy bye Vowel
UY/uy,
slight bride try
IE/ie
wipe flight tie
high
7.2. Solve the crossword puzzle with the words having the
above sounds.
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1 2 3
4
5
6
7
Across
1. There is darkness at night but ..................... at day.
4. The person who makes us laugh.
5. We .................. songs when we are happy.
6. People go to the .................. for physical exercise.
7. ....................... is the place where prisoners are kept.
Down 1. Antonym of short ................
2. The people and language of Germany .............
3. The clock or watch shows us the ...........................
8 Fun Time
8.1. Practice the following tongue twisters.
a. Give papa a cup of proper coffee in a copper coffee cup.
b. If two witches were watching two watches, which
witch would watch which watch?
c. I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream.
d. Thirty three thieves thought that they thrilled the
throne throughout Thursday.
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e. Betty bought some butter, but the butter was bitter so
she bought some more butter to make bitter butter
better.
8.2. Read and enjoy.
Little Johny’s parents are making preparations
to attend a friend’s party.
Johny’s mother : Johny’s pa, how about
wearing a pair of silver
coloured shoes?
Johny’s father : Great choice dear! That
matches your hair.
Confused Johny goes to the father, points to his bald head and
says, “So dad, are you going barefoot?”
9 Writing Time
Dhulan Shah did the following things on his last Saturday.
Prepare his diary and give it the date.
• get up at 6.30
• have breakfast at 7.30
• go to his tennis class and return at 9.30
• have lunch at 10.30
• participate in the street cleaning program and get a prize
• get back to home at 4
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• parents feel happy with his work and prize
• father take him to a night-show movie
• have dinner at 10.30 and sleep
• a memorable day
You may start like this:
Last Saturday was a memorable day for Dhulan. He got up at
..................... and had his ....................... ...........................................................
................................................................................................................
10 Reading Time 2
Below is a part of speech given by a grade five student of
Bangladesh about building a new multi-purpose store in his
neighbourhood. Read it and do the activities.
I support the idea of building a new large multi-purpose store
near my neighbourhood. It will provide convenience to me
and my neighbours and additional jobs, as well as eliminating
unattractive areas to the neighbourhood.
Having such a store near our neighbourhood will provide
convenience. Currently we have to travel in one direction for
grocery store, another direction for clothing stores, and several
other places for other types of stores. All of these stores are
at least several miles from our neighbourhood. We will have
much less travel time to this one store. Because this store
combines a number of different product classes, we can avoid
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going to different stores for everything we want to buy. We
will be able to buy our groceries, clothing, electronic items and
other products all at one time. And we will also have the added
convenience of shopping at any hour of the day when we are
too busy to shop during normal hours.
At the present time, there are students who would like to
work after class, but there are not sufficient jobs available. In
addition, there are retired people in our neighbourhood who
would like to supplement their meager income with some
light work. A multi-purpose store like the one that is proposed
for our neighbourhood will provide a number of different job
opportunities for these two classes of people as well as others
in the community who need full-time jobs. This benefits the
overall economic base of the community.
Now, there are two abandoned homes, one occupied home
with junk cars and another with debris in the yard, and several
overgrown vacant lots on the property where this store will be
built. There is nothing beneficial about any of those properties.
They contribute to rodent and insect growth, contain hiding
places for criminals and are dangerous for young children like
us. Replacing these lots with the store will eliminate these
dangers.
As I discussed, the multi-purpose store has many benefits for
us and we should all support it.
Thank you!
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10.1. Match the words with their meanings.
a. convenience i. enough / adequate
b. eliminate ii. empty
c. sufficient iii. easiness
d. beneficial iv. little / small
e. vacant v. remove completely
f. meager vi. broken or torn pieces
g. debris vii. helpful / advantageous
10.2. Match the objects with their type.
a. i. electronic
b. ii. cosmetic
c. iii. grocery
d. iv. electrical
e. v. clothing
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10.3.Copy the true sentences in your exercise book and (x)
the false ones.
a. The speaker supports the idea of building a new multi-
purpose building.
b. The building will make the area unattractive.
c. Up to now, they don’t get to buy all things at the same
place.
d. The store will create jobs for the locals.
e. The vacant lots are good for children.
10.4. Answer the following questions.
a. What will eliminate the unattractive areas of the
neighbourhood?
b. How will the store be beneficial for students and
retired people?
c. Are there enough job opportunities in the
neighbourhood?
d. What do the vacant lots contribute to?
e. Write any two benefits of the store for the locals.
10.5. Project Work.
Work in groups. Prepare a short speech; one by a group,
supporting the building of a children park in your locality
and deliver it in the class by one from a group.
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Unit 5
1 Warm Up Time
1.1. Use the balloons to define the pictures below.
building
ship fire
wreck
building army
collapse attack
plane car
crash accident
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1.2. Discuss the following questions with your friends.
a. Have you seen a road accident? When and where?
How many people were killed and injured?
b. Is any of your relatives injured or deceased in any type
of accident? Who?
c. Have you seen the fire alarms? When are they used?
d. Passengers are likely to be burnt in plane crash. What
are sailors in ship wreck likely to be?
1.3. Now say aloud:
a. Accidents can not be foreseen.
b. Life is short. It should not be taken for granted.
c. We should value our life.
2 Reading Time
Read the real story below and do the activities.
near deaTh
On July 19, 2005, on my brother’s birthday, I was in an accident.
When I woke up that morning, I knew something was not going
to be right. I knew something bad was going to happen, but I
got in to the truck anyway. Something told me not to, but I did
not follow that feeling. I still wish to this day I had.
I went off Highway 20 in Ukiah, California above the Kayen
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camp grounds at Lake Mendocino. We were found off the road
150 feet, wedged between two trees. We had been going 55
miles an hour and the impact was hard. The driver had been up
all night previously fishing at the Russian river. Being a parolee
at the time, he was worried about being caught for doing things
wrong. There were five people in his truck: two in the back and
three of us in front. My fiancé Tom had just gotten out of the
hospital with his back the night before. We could not find his
seatbelt that morning, and I felt there must have been a reason
why. Maybe it was so he could save my life.
The driver’s name was “Tiny”. He drove a blue early ‘80s Ford
250 truck with a guard rail on the front. As he drove to Ukiah,
things were going well until he realized he left his cell phone
behind. So he turned around to head back to Lake Mendocino...
and fell asleep at the wheel. We were not all the way there
when I felt the truck go down the embankment. Just seconds
before this happened, I had a premonition I was going to be in
an accident. Sure enough, that’s what happened.
It was a scary experience to have lived through. California
highway patrol said we all were lucky to be alive, and he didn’t
know how we survived that wreck. As I woke up screaming my
head off, “Oh my god, Tiny! We went off the road!” I heard a
voice say, “Now is not your time to die.” My life flashed before
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my eyes, and that second I thought it was all over. I would be
leaving my boys behind for good. At that second, we hit the tree.
My head went forward and Tom braced himself in front of me
and the dashboard.
I felt like guardian
angels or my
deceased relatives
were there to save
my life. I had seen
them with my own
eyes. I thought that
was it when we hit
the tree. I saw my
cousin Rae Jean, my
great grandfather,
Julius Stevens,
whom I never met,
and many more.
I felt their energy
around me. I was
close to seeing the
light we all see before we die. I thought of my boys -- and that
brought me back to reality. Everything missed the dashboard
but my left knee.
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