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DOLPHIN
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Book 7
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Narayan Acharya
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Preface
Dolphin English Reader is an interactive multi-skill English course book designed
for the basic level students (grade 1-8) who are learning English as a foreign
or second language. It’s an integrated learner-friendly course that compiles
all the four skills of language: listening, speaking, reading and writing in a
selective and graded manner. The course aims at preparing the learners for
communicative challenges in real life and thus developing them into efficient
communicators in the changed arena of global communication.
The fundamental principle of modern day learning is “Learning must be fun.”
For the very purpose the classroom environment and the selected activities
of the textbook must be inclusive, participatory and entertaining to all the
learners. Dolphin English Reader carefully considers this principle and has ten
sections in each unit (except 8 with purpose in grade one and 9 in two and
three) to ensure that the selected activities address the varied intelligence,
interest, motivation and reinforcement of the learners. Latest concepts in
English Language Teaching (ELT) like: critical analysis, task-based approach
and interactive classroom are fairly adapted by the course.
The lessons selected for the course are of diverse types. Some of them are
borrowed in their original form and some are simplified versions of texts written
by famous writers as per the grade and maturity level of the learners. Some
lessons are purely original as they have been created by the author. The texts
include all genres of language and literature: stories, poems, essays, one act
plays, reports, speeches, diary entries, biographies, travelogues, letters and
notices, covering themes across the curriculum. The lessons and activities are
taken from almost all areas of knowledge like literature, geography, history,
nature, science and technology, mathematics, anthropology, economics,
entertainment and more.
Dolphin English Reader is loosely based on the curriculum prepared by
Curriculum Development Centre, Nepal. The author’s researches on Child
Psychology and ELT during the fifteen-year-long experience as a teacher have
a crucial influence on the selection of lessons and activities. Author’s frequent
interactions with educationists, parents and teachers have also contributed a
lot in the framing and sketching of this course book.
I acknowledge my sincere gratitude to the entire family of Guinness Publications,
Kathmandu, Nepal. My school teachers, professors, colleagues in the
profession and students who are the greatest sources of my learning deserve
my decent respect. I am thankful to Mr. Ishwor Poudel for his review. I’m
indebted to Mr. Ram Bahadur Mochi for the most productive tips I’ve received.
The authors and writers whose creations have been used in the course are
above the line of respect.
I would humbly accept the suggestions of experts and the other concerned for
the betterment of this course book. I believe that this book will be inclusive and
entertaining enough for teaching and learning English in the classroom.
Narayan Acharya
Contents
Unit Page No.
1 Seasons and Favourite .................................... 17
2 Walking out of Greed and Happiness ..................... 41
3 Friendship and Betrayal ................................... 63
4 Business and Innovation ................................. 87
5 Exploitation and Freedom Glory ..................... 110
6 Love and War ........................................... 129
7 Science and Religion ............................... 152
8 Woman and Mother .................................... 177
9 Politics: Struggle and Achievement ...................... 199
Class Six in Memory
Remember your class six and
do the following activities.
1. Answer the following questions.
a. Whose biography did you study? Tell his/her date of birth.
b. When did your first term-exam begin and end?
c. Did you participate in any indoor extra-curricular activities? If
yes, name them.
d. Did you go on an excursion/picnic with your classmates? Was
it fun?
e. Did you participate in any outdoor sports event? If yes, name
them.
f. Did you have an interaction with the principal? If yes, what
was it about?
2. Answer the following questions.
a. Write a paragraph about your most memorable event in class
six.
b. Prepare a report about a program your school observed.
c. Remember a story you read/heard in class six and tell it to the
class.
d. Prepare a notice to be pasted on the notice board of your school
informing the students to participate in a rally on the day of
Children’s Day.
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e. Look at the snapshot below and create a story or a poem based
on it.
F. Which of these places do you like more? Write any three
reasons that prove the place you like is really more beautiful.
3. Use the correct alternative to complete the sentences below.
a. Tsering is passionate to South Indian movies
and (so/neither/nor) is Arati.
b. Mrs. Yadav adulates her husband and so (is/
does/will) Mrs. Oli.
c. Kaliya was not interested in Facebook and (so/neither/nor)
was Alam.
d. I witnessed the accident (that/where/why)
killed a dozen passengers.
e. The lady took her last breath in a bungalow
(which/where/that) she had first stepped in on
her wedding day.
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f. She had been swabbing the wound regularly (so/however/
because) it didn’t get well soon.
g. Mr. Ahmed was flaying the buffalo when his friend (had handed/
was handing/ handed) him a big knife.
h. (A/The/Nothing) gold is probably the most
used metal for jewelry in Nepal.
i. The commander along with his soldiers (are/
is/will) going to traverse the forest at night.
j. Her parents, (among/between) others were quite privy to her
intelligence.
k. My father (got/had/made) me to push her aside.
l. I have my goods and chattels (pack/to pack/packed). I’m
leaving soon.
4. Reproduce the following sentences as indicated.
a. He didn’t render his service either. (affirmative)
b. He always waked up late. (yes-no question)
c. The Ambassador reported the minister that the people of Nepal
were developing an anti-India sentiment. (direct speech)
d. Suleman said to Daniel, “It was raining cats and dogs in Kingston
yesterday.” (indirect speech)
e. Saman said to his mother, “Why don’t you go to my school?”
(indirect speech)
f. Mukti asked Prastav when he got angry. direct speech)
g. The orange was peeled off by grandma. (active voice)
h. The officials will adjure the people soon to set off
for a safe place. (passive voice)
i. The gluttonous driver is licking the ketchup on the
wall. (passive voice)
j. This matter can be settled in a minute. (active voice)
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5. Pronounce the following words with the correct stress.
a. scour /skaʊər/ b. replenish /rɪˈplen.ɪʃ/
c. pedestrian /pəˈdes.tri.ən/ d. desert /ˈdez.ət/
e. anniversary /ˌæn.ɪˈvɜː.sər.i/ f. table/ˈteɪ.bəl/
g. fluorescent /flɔːˈres.ənt/ h. amateur/ˈæm.ə.tər/
i. dare /deər/ j. testify /ˈtes.tɪ.faɪ/
6. Write the following phonetically transcribed sentences in letters
and read them with the correct intonation.
a. teɪk jɔːr tʃɑːns mæn.
b. ə stɪtʃ ɪn taɪm seɪvs naɪn.
c. weər du juː lɪv ?
d. pliːz let miː tʃek ðɪs.
e. haʊ ɑːr juː?
7. Use the following words/phrases in your own sentences.
a. epidemic b. fall upon c. chatty
d. be all heart e. warehouse f. write off
g. achievement h. hastened i. advocacy
9. Use the words in the arrow to complete the paragraph below.
served patriotism icon brilliant glorious inspiring
hospital kind neurosurgeons alluring Tragic fellow
June 18, 2018 came with a ………………… news for the Nepalese. Upendra
Devkota, one of the finest ………………..of the world took his last breath on
the very day. Being born in a poor family in Gorkha district on December
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18, 1953 the man lived a………………………….. life of sixty four years. He
was a ………………..student at high school, a promising undergraduate at
college and a challenge seeking and research oriented
doctor at duty. He was an ………………… consultant for
the patients and an impelling colleague for his
……………….. professionals. He ………………… in Bir
Hospital, the first and biggest …………………….. of
Nepal and later established his own hospital named
National Institute of Neurological and Allied Sciences.
Despite insistent ………………;; offers from the foreign
countries he always preferred to serve his own
country. He cured many about-to-die patients and
his name stuck in the tip of their tongues. There are only a few people in
Nepal who haven’t heard of him. But the god was not …………… enough
for him. He suffered from Cholangiocarcinoma, a cancer of liver and that
took him away from us. Today he stands as an ………………. for the Nepalese
for his hard work,………………… and dedication to the profession. Let’s
wish that his departed soul enjoy eternal peace in heaven.
9. No Tears Left to Cry is a popular song released in 2018 in the
melodious voice of Ariana Grande. Listen to the song with the
help of your teacher, complete the lyrics below and sing it.
No Tears LefT To Cry
Right now, I’m in a …………… of mind
I wanna be in …………… all the time
Ain’t got no tears left to cry
So I’m pickin’ it up, pickin’ it up
I’m lovin’, I’m livin’, I’m pickin’ it up
I’m pickin’ it up, pickin’ it up
I’m lovin’, I’m livin’, I’m pickin’ it up (oh, yeah)
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I’m pickin’ it up (yeah), pickin’ it up (yeah)
Lovin’, I’m livin’, so we turnin’ up
Yeah, we turnin’ it up
Ain’t got no …………. in my body
I ran out, but …………….., I like it, I like it, I like it
Don’t ……………… how, what, where, who tries it
We’re out here vibin’, we vibin’, we vibin’
Comin’ out, even when it’s rainin’ down
Can’t stop now, can’t stop so shut your mouth
Shut your ………………, and if you don’t know
Then now you ……………. it, babe
Know it, babe, yeah
Right now, I’m in a state of mind
I wanna be in, like, all the time
Ain’t got no tears left to cry
So I’m pickin’ it up, pickin’ it up (oh yeah)
I’m lovin’, I’m livin’, I’m pickin’ it up
Oh, I ………… …………. you to come with me
We’re on another mentality
Ain’t got no tears left to cry
So I’m pickin’ it up, pickin’ it up
I’m lovin’, I’m livin’, I’m pickin’ it up
Pickin’ it up, pickin’ it up
I’m lovin’, I’m livin’, I’m pickin’ it up (oh, yeah)
Yeah, we turnin’ it up …………………………………………contd.
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10. Read the story below and do the activities.
The sTory of aN hour
Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great
care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her
husband’s death.
It was her sister Josephine who told her, in broken sentences; veiled
hints that revealed in half concealing. Her husband’s friend Richards
was there, too, near her. It was he who had been in the newspaper
office when intelligence of the railroad disaster was received, with
Brently Mallard’s name leading the list of “killed.” He had only taken
the time to assure himself of its truth by a second telegram, and had
hastened to forestall any less careful, less tender friend in bearing
the sad message.
She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same,
with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance. She wept at
once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister’s arms. When
the storm of grief had spent itself she went away to her room alone.
She would have no one follow her.
There stood, facing the open window, a comfortable, roomy
armchair. Into this she sank, pressed down by a physical exhaustion
that haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul.
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She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees
that were all aquiver with the new spring life. The delicious breath
of rain was in the air. In the street below a peddler was crying his
wares. The notes of a distant song which someone was singing
reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering in the
eaves.
There were patches of blue sky showing here and there through
the clouds that had met and piled one above the other in the west
facing her window.
She sat with her head thrown back upon the cushion of the chair,
quite motionless, except when a sob came up into her throat and
shook her, as a child who has cried itself to sleep continues to sob
in its dreams.
She was young, with a fair, calm face, whose lines bespoke repression
and even a certain strength. But now there was a dull stare in her
eyes, whose gaze was fixed away off yonder on one of those patches
of blue sky. It was not a glance of reflection, but rather indicated a
suspension of intelligent thought.
There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it,
fearfully. What was it? She did not know; it was too subtle and
elusive to name. But she felt it, creeping out of the sky, reaching
toward her through the sounds, the scents, the color that filled the
air.
Now her bosom rose fell tumultuously. She was beginning to
recognize this thing that was approaching to possess her, and she
was striving to beat it back with her will--as powerless as her two
white slender hands would have been. When she abandoned herself
a little whispered word escaped her slightly parted lips. She said it
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over and over under the breath: “free, free, free!” The vacant stare
and the look of terror that had followed it went from her eyes. They
stayed keen and bright. Her pulses beat fast, and the coursing blood
warmed and relaxed every inch of her body.
She did not stop to ask if it were or were not a monstrous joy that
held her. A clear and exalted perception enabled her to dismiss the
suggestion as trivial. She knew that she would weep again when she
saw the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that had never
looked save with love upon her, fixed and gray and dead. But she
saw beyond that bitter moment a long procession of years to come
that would belong to her absolutely. And she opened and spread
her arms out to them in welcome.
There would be no one to live for during those coming years; she
would live for herself. There would be no powerful will bending
hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe
they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow-creature.
A kind intention or a cruel intention made the act seem no less a
crime as she looked upon it in that brief moment of illumination.
And yet she had loved him--sometimes. Often she had not. What
did it matter! What could love, the unsolved mystery, count for in
the face of this possession of self-assertion which she suddenly
recognized as the strongest impulse of her being!
“Free! Body and soul free!” she kept whispering.
Josephine was kneeling before the closed door with her lips to the
keyhole, imploring for admission. “Louise, open the door! I beg;
open the door--you will make yourself ill. What are you doing,
Louise? For heaven’s sake open the door.”
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“Go away. I am not making myself ill.” No; she was drinking in a very
elixir of life through that open window.
Her fancy was running riot along those days ahead of her spring
days, and summer days, and all sorts of days that would be her
own. She breathed a quick prayer that life might be long. It was only
yesterday she had thought with a shudder that life might be long.
She arose at length and opened the door to her sister’s importunities.
There was a feverish triumph in her eyes, and she carried herself
unwittingly like a goddess of Victory. She clasped her sister’s waist,
and together they descended the stairs. Richards stood waiting for
them at the bottom.
Someone was opening the front door with a latchkey. It was Brently
Mallard who entered, a little travel-stained, composedly carrying
his grip-sack and umbrella. He had been far from the scene of the
accident, and did not even know there had been one. He stood
amazed at Josephine’s piercing cry; at Richards’ quick motion to
screen him from the view of his wife.
When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease--of
the joy that kills.
by Kate Chopin
Glossary
afflict : suffer from
forestall : prevention with a quick act
exhaustion : the state of being extremely tired
aquiver : shaking slightly
repression : use of force or violence to control
elusive : difficult to find, achieve or remember
exalted : very important
elixir : a liquid medicine believed to save life
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10.1. Match the following words with their meanings.
a. conceal i. still
b. motionless ii. entreat
c. tumultuously iii. hide
d. monstrous iv. purpose
e. intention v. disorderly
f. Implore vi. Grotesque
10.2.State whether the following sentences are true or false.
a. Mrs. Mallard had a heart disease.
b. Brently Mallard was the father of Louise.
c. Louise was misinformed that Brently was killed in an accident.
d. Mrs. Malard went to the room with her friends.
e. Josephine told Louise to stay in.
10.3. Rearrange the following sentences in the correct order.
a. Louise was terribly shocked at the news.
b. Richards brought the message that Brently was killed.
c. Brently came home with his grip sack and umbrella and was
amazed.
d. Louise was overwhelmed to see him alive.
e. Josephine kept comforting Louise.
f. She died of a heart disease- - the joy that kills.
10.4. Answer the following questions.
a. Who had brought the news of Mr. Mallard’s death?
b. Why did Richards and Josephine not directly deliver the news
of Mr. Mallard’s death to Louise?
c. What did Louise do after going to the room?
d. What did Louise hear from the room?
e. What made Louise worry more about the future?
f. How did Louise descend the stairs?
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g. Was Brently really killed? How do you know?
h. What happened to Louise in the end of the story?
10.5.Develop a readable story with the hints given and give it a
suitable title. (picture of a dead army soldier)
Dhan Bahadur – an Indian Army soldier – in war at Kashmir – reported
killed – father and wife go – see a different Dhan Bahadur – was Dhan
Bahadur Ale – not Dhan Bahadur Chhetry – very happy – see the wife
and children of late Dhan Bahadur Ale – saddened
11. Read and the enjoy the poem given.
faN Boy B-Movies
A party of film-makers go off into the wood,
If I were them I wouldn’t really think now that I
should,
And, yes, here comes the slasher and they’re
falling by the score,
He’s killing all the busty ones, but there’ll be
plenty more.
The killer’s name is Freddie, or maybe it was
Jason,
Who gives a damn, there’s lots of blood and it’s filling up a basin,
And the jolly B-film industry is doing rather well,
It is the realm of fan boys and their own private hell.
They make Harry Potter gore-fests that must be against the law,
Remakes of the Haunted Hill, Cujo, Fred and Saw,
They are the kings of raspberry juice and rubber severed heads,
And they’ll keep on making movies till they’re busted by the Feds.
www.poetrysoup.com
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Unit 1
Seasons and Favourites
1 Warm Up Time
1.1. Match the pictures with their names.
a. Celery
b. Marigold
c. Broad beans
d. Crocus
e. Dahlia
g. Begonia
h. Bottle gourd
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1.2. Look at the pictures and write which festivals they belong to.
a. b.
c. d.
1.3. Discuss the following questions with your friend.
a. Which season are the above vegetables and flowers grown?
b. Which season do the above festivals fall on?
c. How many seasons do we experience in Nepal?
d. Which is your favourite season?
2 Reading Time
Read the essay below and do the activities.
LAST night the waiter put the celery on with the cheese, and I knew that
summer was indeed dead. Other signs of autumn there may be—the
reddening leaf, the chill in the early-morning air, the misty evenings—but
none of these comes home to me so truly. There may be cool mornings in
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July; in a year of drought the
leaves may change before
their time; it is only with the
first celery that summer is
over.
I knew all along that it would
not last. Even in April I was
saying that winter would
soon be here. Yet somehow it
had begun to seem possible
lately that a miracle might
happen, that summer might
drift on and on through the
months—a final upheaval to
crown a wonderful year. The
celery settled that. Last night with the celery autumn came into its own.
There is a crispness about celery that is of the essence of October. It is as
fresh and clean as a rainy day after a spell of heat. It crackles pleasantly
in the mouth. Moreover it is excellent, I am told, for the complexion.
One is always hearing of things which are good for the complexion, but
there is no doubt that celery stands high on the list. After the burns and
freckles of summer one is in need of something. How good that celery
should be there at one’s elbow.
A week ago—(“A little more cheese, waiter”)—a week ago I grieved for
the dying summer. I wondered how I could possibly bear the waiting—
the eight long months till May. In vain to comfort myself with the thought
that I could get through more work in the winter undistracted by thoughts
of cricket grounds and country houses. In vain, equally, to tell myself that
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I could stay in bed later
in the mornings. Even
the thought of after-
breakfast pipes in front
of the fire left me cold.
But now, suddenly, I am
reconciled to autumn. I
see quite clearly that all
good things must come
to an end. The summer
has been splendid, but it
has lasted long enough.
This morning I welcomed the chill in the air; this morning I viewed the
falling leaves with cheerfulness; and this morning I said to myself, “Why,
of course, I’ll have celery for lunch.” (“More bread, waiter.”)
“Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,” said Keats, not actually
picking out celery in so many words, but plainly including it in the
general blessings of the autumn. Yet what an opportunity he missed
by not concentrating on that precious root. Apples, grapes, nuts, and
vegetable marrows he mentions specially—and how poor a selection!
For apples and grapes are not typical of any month, so ubiquitous are
they, vegetable marrows are vegetables pour rire and have no place in
any serious consideration of the seasons, while as for nuts, have we not
a national song which asserts distinctly, “Here we go gathering nuts in
May”? Season of mists and mellow celery, then let it be. A pat of butter
underneath the bough, a wedge of cheese, a loaf of bread and—Thou.
How delicate are the tender shoots unfolded layer by layer. Of what a
whiteness is the last baby one of all, of what a sweetness his flavor. It is
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well that this should be the last rite of the meal—finis coronat opus—so
that we may go straight on to the business of the pipe. Celery demands a
pipe rather than a cigar, and it can be eaten better in an inn or a London
tavern than in the home. Yes, and it should be eaten alone, for it is the only
food which one really wants to hear oneself eat. Besides, in company one
may have to consider the wants of others. Celery is not a thing to share
with any man. Alone in your country inn you may call for the celery; but
if you are wise you will see than no other traveler wanders into the room,
Take warning from one who has learnt a lesson. One day I lunched alone
at an inn, finishing with cheese and celery. Another traveler came in and
lunched too. We did not speak—I was busy with my celery. From the
other end of the table he reached across for the cheese. That was all right!
it was the public cheese. But he also reached across for the celery—my
private celery for which I owed. Foolishly—you know how one does—I
had left the sweetest and crispest shoots till the last, tantalizing myself
pleasantly with the thought of them. Horror! to see them snatched from
me by a stranger. He realized later what he had done and apologized,
but of what good is an apology in such circumstances? Yet at least the
tragedy was not without its value. Now one remembers to lock the door.
Yet, I can face the winter with calm. I suppose I had forgotten what it was
really like. I had been thinking of the winter as a horrid wet, dreary time
fit only for professional football. Now I can see other things—crisp and
sparkling days, long pleasant evenings, cheery fires. Good work shall be
done this winter. Life shall be lived well. The end of the summer is not
the end of the world. Here’s to October—and, waiter, some more celery.
by A A Milne
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Glossary
misty : having mist, foggy
upheaval : a great change that often causes a difficulty
pour rire : unserious, only for laughing (French phrase)
Reconciled: adjusted
mellow: : smooth and soft
finish coronat opus : the end crowns the work, the goal gives value to
the labour that produced it (French expression)
circumstance : situation, state
2.1. Tick the correct answer.
a. The narrator of the story thinks ………………………………… is an
essence of October.
cheese chill wind the crispness of celery
b. The summer had been …………………………..
splendid boring scorching
c. According to the narrator ………………………….. are a poor
selection for the autumn.
apples, grapes and nuts cigar and pipes
bread and cheese
d. …………………………. is a dreary time fit only for professional
football.
Autumn Winter Summer
e. The stranger …………………….. after he took the narrator’s celery.
argued thanked apologized
f. The word ‘tavern’ in the above text is closest in meaning to
………………………..
a restaurant an alcohol shop a library
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g. The narrator had his celery snatched but this tragedy was of a
value. The value was ………….
he will remember to safeguard his property
he will go home and lock the door
he won’t be out eating
2.2. Answer the following questions.
a. Which is the narrator’s favourite season?
b. What is the relation between autumn and celery according to
the narrator?
c. Write any three things the narrator did in that particular
morning.
d. How did Keats define autumn?
e. Where can celery be eaten better?
f. Who snatched the crispest shoots of celery while the narrator
was having it?
g. Why does the narrator suggest one should eat celery alone?
2.3. Read the essay again and find how the following expressions are
used and what they mean.
a. It is as fresh and clean as a rainy day after a spell of heat
b. Season of mists and mellow fruitlessness
c. Finis coronat opus
d. Now one remembers to lock the door
e. Life shall be lived well
2.4. Now elaborate any three of the expression in 2.3.
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2.5. Know the author.
A A Milne is a British author born on January 18, 1882. He
attended Cambridge University and started writing for the
literary magazines Grantha and Punch. He is an essayist,
novelist and a poet. He also served as a newspaper editor.
During World War II, he served in the British Army and
survived. Milne died on January 31, 1956.
3 Grammar Time
3.1. Read the following sentences and note the use of ‘a’ and ‘an’.
a. A dog is an animal.
b. Julee’s father is a doctor.
c. It was an hour and a half when I stopped the car.
d. What an irritating noise!
e. Nisan has a log nose.
• We use a/an …. To say what kind of thing or person
something/somebody is.
• We say that somebody has a round face, an irritating voice,
a strong throat etc.
• We use a/an when we say what somebody’s job is.
• We use a/an to denote a single number.
3.2. What are these things?
a. an ant? It’s an ant.
b. a brinjal? …………………………..
c. an eagle? ……………………………….
d. a guitar? ……………………………..
e. a hibiscus? …………………………..
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3.3. Who were these people?
a. b.
Pele? Albert Einstein?
He was a footballer. ………................................…….
c. d.
Laxmi Prasad Devkota? Mother Teresa?
………................................……. ………................................…….
e.
Ambar Gurung
………................................…….
3.4. Put a/an where necessary.
a. Ravi earns $6, 000 ………………. month.
b. Stella looks after …………… patients in hospital. She is
…….. nurse.
c. Would you like to be …………….. actor or ……………
writer?
d. …………….. hours passed but not …………….. single man
was seen.
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e. I don’t believe him. He is ……………… liar.
f. …………… milk is expensive these days. …………….. litre costs Rs.
80.
3.5. Study the following pair of sentences and write ‘A’ for active and
‘P’ for passive voice.
a. Shut the door. Let the door be shut.
b. Let me make the noise. Let the noise be made.
c. Give him a piece of loaf. Let a piece of loaf be given to him.
d. Don’t break the rules. Let the rules not be broken.
e. Let them not do the work. Let the work not be done.
f. Take no time to respond Let the time not be taken to respond.
3.6. Change the following sentences into passive voice.
a. Scrub the floor.
b. Don’t add ginger and pepper in the curry.
c. Let me challenge the rule.
d. Let her not reveal the secret.
e. Waste no money in buying candies.
f. Point out the differences between heat and temperature.
3.7. Change the following sentences in to active voice.
a. Let my hair be trimmed.
b. Let the report be analyzed by the experts.
c. Let the snake not be killed.
d. Let our social bond not be ruined by politics.
e. Let the Aloe Vera be grown in his bare field.
f. Let our Wi-Fi password not be given to the neighbor.
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4 Vocabulary Time
4.1. Wear/weər/ is a commonly used verb in English which means
to have particular clothing or jewelry on our body. Know these
idioms about wear.
wear and tear : damage to an object after a regular use, in bad
condition
use : Seat covers on buses take a lot of wear and tear.
wear off : disappear
use : The pain will gradually wear off after you are
injected.
wear away : become thin or disappear after a regular use
use : The towel will soon wear away if we use it clean
the table.
wear on : pass time slowly or tediously
use : She felt less confident about finishing the work
as the week wore on.
wear out : to make someone extremely tired
use : Please don’t wear him out, he may collapse.
wear through : to use something so much that it damages
use : I have worn through two boots since I started
the job.
wear down : make someone feel tired to make a negotiation
use : Government officials were waiting to wear the
demonstrators down and accept their proposal
for the settlement of dispute.
wear to a frazzle : to become mentally or physically tired because
of hard work or stress
use : She wore herself to a frazzle with the preparation
she had to make for her son’s birthday party.
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4.2. Use the idioms in 4.1 to complete the sentences below:
a. I have been using this satchel for more than two years. It has
got a lot of ………………….. I think I need to change it immediately.
b. Ravi has been busy for the whole month. He has to submit his
thesis the next month so he ……………… himself ………………………..
with its worry and work.
c. Wait them until they …………………………… We will then get the
deal signed in our favour.
d. Although I’m not much interested in this work, I’m doing it
anyway. I’m just waiting the days to …………………………
e. Don’t ………………. the servant ……………….. You’ll have to get him
to work the next day too.
5 Listening Time
Listen to the audio file or the teacher and do the given activities.
5.1. State true or false.
a. The woman expects the man to come to the party.
b. The party is on Sunday.
c. The man didn’t know he was invited.
d. Only a few from the winning team were invited.
e. The man wants to come to the party with his mom.
5.2. Answer the following questions in short.
a. Is there a dress code in the party?
b. Who will the man go to the party with?
c. Does the woman object the man in bringing a partner?
d. When does the man hope to see the woman next?
e. Who is invited in the party?
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6 Speaking Time
6.1. Practice the following conversations with your friend.
A.
Police : What were you doing when the
doorbell rang, Mrs. Mahato?
Mrs. Mahato : I watch stitching my clothes.
Police : What time was it?
Mrs. Mahato : About 10.40.
Police : What happened after you opened
the door?
Mrs. Mahato : One put a gun on my forehead and told me to cooperate
and the other two went on to look for the treasure.
Police : How long did it take?
Mrs. Mahato : About 30 minutes.
Police : Were you alone at home?
Mrs. Mahato : Yes, I was. My husband had been to Raxaul.
Police : Thank you Mrs. Mahato. We’ll call you later if needs be.
B.
Sanjog : When did you start this job,
Danny?
Danny : Twelve years ago.
Sanjog : How old were you when you
started the job?
Danny : Just eighteen. Wasn’t even able to distinguish whether
the job meets my purpose
of not.
Sanjog : That’s cool! Who referred you this job?
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Danny : My mom. She advised me to join the job and also carry
on my university studies.
Sanjog : Good guardianship, actually!
Danny : Yeah, she was an amazing lady.
6.2. Make similar conversations with the clues given and practice
with your friends.
a. Your stay at school
b. Your teachers when you were in grade six
7 Pronunciation and Spelling Time
7.1. Repeat the following words after your teacher.
incredible mobility visibility gravity
electricity university publicity maturity
hostility feasibility terrible virility
simplicity validity festivity calamity
austerity velocity fertility vicinity
The ‘i’ in some cases in the above words is pronounced /ə/. Check the
phonetics, it is di /də/, Li /lə/, vi /və/, ci /sə/ , si /sə/, ri /rə/, ni /
nə/, and mi /mə/.
7.2. Consult a dictionary. Find the phonetic transcriptions of the
following words, write them down and pronounce the words.
a. fecundity / ……………. / b. toxicity / ……………./
c. agility / ……………./ d. amenity / ……………./
e. edacity / ……………./ f. solubility / ……………./
g. ability / ……………./ h. equality / ……………./
i. elasticity / ……………./ j. virtuosity / ……………./
k. partiality / ……………./ l. capacity / ……………./
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m. permeability/ ……………./ n. diversity / ……………./
o. community / ……………./ p. individuality / ……………./
8 Fun Time
8.1. Let’s play Spelling Contest
To the teacher:
• Divide the whole class into different groups according to the class size. Each group
has three members. Use the remaining students to help you.
• Arrange individual seating with the help of lot.
• Select the words, the students have already learnt.
• Play the words on the computer with the help of a sound device.
• Conduct the contest in Reduction System.
• Make your own rules regarding time, turn and collection of spellings.
• Invite the principal/vice principal to declare and reward the winner.
8.2. Read and enjoy the poem
My Day
I get up in the morning,
Ride the bus to work,
Hoping it’ll be on time today,
Cause my boss a real jerk.
I sit at my desk,
In front of a computer screen,
I’m already getting dirty looks,
From patients waiting to be seen,
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Do this and that all at the same time,
I spend the day multitasking,
When will I get a break,
That’s what I keep asking.
Well at least I have a job,
And money has to be made,
Cause come the first of the month,
The rent has got to be paid.
by Just Maria
9 Writing Time
9.1. Know about the Narrative Essay.
The text you read in Reading Time is an example of a Narrative
Essay. A Narrative Essay is like a story told by the narrator from a
particular point of view. It makes and supports a point. It is filled
with precise detail. The narrator uses vivid verbs and modifiers to
empower its influence on the readers. Some conflicts and sequences
are also used like that in a story and often a dialogue is used too.
9.2. Answer the following questions.
a. Which is your favourite season?
b. How do you feel the arrival of this season?
c. What is special about this season?
d. What does your best friend say about this season?
e. What do you like to do most in this season?
f. Do you miss this season in other seasons? How do you cope
with the other seasons?
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9.3. Assemble your answers and add a few more ideas to prepare an
essay on “My Favourite Season.”
9.4. Write an essay about a holiday you recently enjoyed.
10 Reading Time 2
aN aDveNTure WiTh WoLves
Some forty years ago I passed
the winter in the wilderness
of northern Maine. I was
passionately fond of skating,
and the numerous lakes and
rivers, frozen by the intense
cold, offered an ample field
to the lover of this pastime.
Sometimes my skating
excursions were made by
moonlight; and it was on
such an occasion that I met
with an adventure which
even now I cannot recall
without a thrill of horror.
I had left our cabin one
evening just before dusk, with the intention of skating a short distance
up the Kennebec, which glided directly before the door. The night was
beautifully clear with the light of the full moon and millions of stars. Light
also came glinting from ice and snow-wreath and encrusted branches,
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as the eye followed for
miles the broad gleam
of the river, that like
a jeweled zone swept
between the mighty
forests that bordered
its banks.
And yet all was still. The
cold seemed to have
frozen tree, air, water,
and every living thing.
Even the ringing of my
skates echoed back
from the hill with a
startling clearness; and
the crackle of the ice, as
I passed over it in my
course, seemed to follow the tide of the river with lightning speed.
I had gone up the river nearly two miles, when, coming to a little stream
which flows into the larger, I turned into it to explore its course. Fir and
hemlock of a century’s growth met overhead, and formed an archway
radiant with frost-work. All was dark within; but I was young and
fearless, and I laughed and shouted with excitement and joy.
My wild hurrah rang through the silent woods, and I stood listening to
the echoes until all was hushed. Suddenly a sound arose,--it seemed to
come from beneath the ice. It was low and tremulous at first, but it ended
in one long wild howl.
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I was appalled. Never before had such a sound met my ears. Presently I
heard the brushwood on shore crash as though from the tread of some
animal. The blood rushed to my forehead; my energies returned, and I
looked around me for some means of escape.
The moon shone through the opening at the mouth of the creek by which
I had entered the forest; and, considering this the best way of escape, I
darted toward it like an arrow. It was hardly a hundred yards distant,
and the swallow could scarcely have excelled me in flight; yet, as I turned
my eyes to the shore, I could see several dark objects dashing through
the brushwood at a pace nearly double in speed to my own. By their
great speed, and the short yells which they occasionally gave, I knew at
once that these were the much-dreaded gray wolves.
The bushes that skirted the shore now seemed to rush past with the
velocity of lightning, as I dashed on in my flight to pass the narrow
opening. The outlet was nearly gained; a few seconds more, and I would
be comparatively safe. But in a moment my pursuers appeared on the
bank above me, which here rose to the height of ten or twelve feet. There
was no time for thought; I bent my head, and dashed wildly forward. The
wolves sprang, but, miscalculating my speed, they fell behind, as I glided
out upon the river!
I turned toward home. The light flakes of snow spun from the iron of
my skates, and I was some distance from my pursuers, when their fierce
howl told me they were still in hot pursuit. I did not look back; I did not
feel afraid, or sorry, or glad; one thought of home, of the bright faces
awaiting my return, and of their tears if they never should see me,--and
then all the energies of body and mind were exerted for escape.
I was perfectly at home on the ice. Many were the days that I had spent
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on my good skates,
never thinking that
they would one day
prove my only means
of safety.
Every half-minute a
furious yelp from my
fierce attendants made
me but too certain
that they were in close
pursuit. Nearer and
nearer they came. At
last I heard their feet
pattering on the ice;
I even felt their very
breath, and heard their
snuffing scent! Every
nerve and muscle in
my frame was strained
to the utmost.
The trees along the shore seemed to dance in an uncertain light, my
brain turned with my own breathless speed, my pursuers hissed forth
their breath with a sound truly horrible, when all at once an involuntary
motion on my part turned me out of my course.
The wolves close behind, unable to stop, and as unable to turn on smooth
ice, slipped and fell, still going on far ahead. Their tongues were lolling
out, their white tusks were gleaming from their bloody mouths, their
dark shaggy breasts were flecked with foam; and as they passed me
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their eyes glared, and they howled with fury.
The thought flashed on my mind that by turning aside whenever they
came too near I might avoid them; for, owing to the formation of their
feet, they are unable to run on ice except in a straight line. I immediately
acted upon this plan, but the wolves having regained their feet sprang
directly toward me.
The race was renewed for twenty yards up the stream; they were almost
close at my back, when I glided round and dashed directly past them.
A fierce yell greeted this movement, and the wolves, slipping on their
haunches, again slid onward, presenting a perfect picture of helplessness
and disappointed rage. Thus I gained nearly a hundred yards at each
turning. This was repeated two or three times, the baffled animals
becoming every moment more and more excited.
At one time, by delaying my turning too long, my bloodthirsty antagonists
came so near that they threw their white foam over my coat as they
sprang to seize me, and their teeth clashed together like the spring of a
fox-trap. Had my skates failed for one instant, had I tripped on a stick, or
had my foot been caught in a fissure, the story I am now telling would
never have been told.
I thought over all the chances. I knew where they would first seize me if
I fell. I thought how long it would be before I died, and then of the search
for my body: for oh, how fast man’s mind traces out all the dread colors
of death’s picture only those who have been near the grim original can
tell!
At last I came opposite the cabin, and my hounds--I knew their deep
voices--roused by the noise, bayed furiously from their kennels. I heard
their chains rattle--how I wished they would break them!--then I should
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have had protectors to match the fiercest dwellers of the forest. The
wolves, taking the hint conveyed by the dogs, stopped in their mad
career, and after a few moments turned and fled.
I watched them until their forms disappeared over a neighboring hill;
then, taking off my skates, I wended my way to the cabin with feelings
which may be better imagined than described. But even yet I never see a
broad sheet of ice by moonlight without thinking of that snuffing breath,
and those ferocious beasts that followed me so closely down that frozen
river.
Glossary
glinting : producing small bright flashes of light
encrusted : covered with a thin layer of something
tremulous : shaking slightly because of fear
excel : to be very good at doing something
exert : to make a big physical or mental effort
yelp : a sudden short cry, usually of pain
baffled : Completely confused
antagonist : a person who strongly opposes something
fissure : a long deep crack
wend : move slowly and carefully
ferocious : very aggressive, violent
10.1. Match the following words with their opposite meanings.
a. frozen i. frequently
b. escape ii. far
c. still iii. molten
d. close iv. trap
e. occasionally v. excited
f. disappointed vi. Moving
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10.2. Rearrange the following sentences in the correct order.
a. One year the narrator went to Northern Maine to spend his
winter.
b. The narrator was fond of skating.
c. He can never forget this adventure.
d. He was chased by number of wolves.
e. He had a narrow escape.
f. One evening he left his cabin to skate in the moonlight.
10.3. Answer the following questions.
a. What was the narrator fond of?
b. What happened soon after the narrator gave a loud wild
hurrah?
c. Why did the narrator have to think about an escape?
d. How was he able to escape the wolves every time they came
near?
e. Why were the muscles and nerves of the narrator strained to
the utmost?
f. What made the wolves return back to the jungle?
g. Why was this adventure a quite memorable event for the
narrator?
10.4. Know these tricks to prevent animal attacks on you.
a. If a bear attacks you, play dead immediately. Do not fight back
and cover the back of your neck toprotect it. Be silent until you
feel yourself completely safe.
b. If you encounter a cheetah or a cougar, stand tall and fight
back. Shout loudly, try to appear larger than the animal and
don’t take your eyes off the it. Do not crouch down or hide.
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c. If you happened to meet a shark, pound it on the nose and
scratch at its eyes and gills.
d. If you ever encounter an angry elephant, stay downwind from
the elephant at all times. Run in a zigzag pattern if it chases
you. Find something to keep between you and the elephant.
Climb up a strong tree, rock or get into a ditch deeper than the
elephant’s trunk and narrower than the elephant’s body.
e. If you happened to encounter a tiger, do not turn back and run.
Instead stand confident and back yourself slowly. Do not make
an eye contact with it. Try to appear larger and if you have
some metals, hit them to make a sound.
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Unit 2
Walking out of Greed and Happiness
1 Warm Up Time
1.1. Look at each pair of pictures and describe what differences you
notice.
a. a. a.
b. b. b.
c. c. c.
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1.2. Discuss the following questions with your friends and teacher.
a. What’s the use of wealth?
b. When is wealth best utilized?
c. Who wins in the long run, those who accumulate wealth or
those who utilize wealth for good works?
d. Is extravagance good during festivals?
1.3. Say which of the following you think is more satisfying.
a. Smriti had a grand party on her birthday. She spent Rs. 40,000
in it. But, Sahara spent only Rs 10,000 in her birthday party
and donated Rs. 20,000 to an orphanage.
b. Mr. Agrawal ordered his servants to carry on their work on
Holy and he enjoyed the festival very much. But, Mr. Golchcha
declared a holiday for the servants, did his work himself for
the day and enjoyed the festival.
c. Simran and Shreya both had Rs. 2,000 to spend on lunch.
Simran went to a Five Star and had a superb lunch with it. But,
Shreya went to an ordinary hotel, had her lunch for Rs. 500 and
bought some food with the remaining 1,500 and distributed to
the street children.
2 Reading Time
Read the story given and do the activities.
TiNy TiM
THERE was once a man who did not like Christmas. His name was Scrooge,
and he was a hard sour-tempered man of business, intent only on saving
and making money, and caring nothing for anyone. He paid the poor, hard-
working clerk in his office as little as he could possibly get the work done
for, and lived on as little as possible himself, alone, in two dismal rooms.
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He was never merry or comfortable,
or happy, and he hated other people
to be so, and that was the reason
why he hated Christmas, because
people will be happy at Christmas,
you know, if they possibly can.
Well, it was Christmas eve, a very
cold and foggy one, and Mr. Scrooge,
having given his poor clerk unwilling
permission to spend Christmas day at
home, locked up his office and went
home himself in a very bad temper.
After having taken some gruel as he
sat over a miserable fire in his dismal room, he got into bed, and had some
wonderful and disagreeable dreams, to which we will leave him, whilst
we see how Tiny Tim, the son of his poor clerk, spent Christmas day.
The name of this clerk was Bob Cratchet. He had a wife and five other children
beside Tim, who was a weak and delicate little cripple, gentle and patient
and loving, with a sweet face of his own, which no one could help looking at.
It was Mr. Cratchet’s delight to carry his little boy out on his shoulder to see the
shops and the people; and to-day he had taken him to church for the first time.
“Whatever has got your precious father, and your brother Tiny Tim!”
exclaimed Mrs. Cratchet, “here’s dinner all ready to be dished up. I’ve
never known him so late on Christmas day befor.”
“Here he is, mother!” cried Belinda, and “here he is!” cried the other
children, as Mr. Cratchet came in, his long comforter hanging three feet
from under his threadbare coat; for cold as it was the poor clerk had no
top-coat. Tiny Tim was perched on his father’s shoulder.
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“And how did Tim
behave?” asked Mrs.
Cratchet.
“As good as gold and
better,” replied his
father. “He told me,
coming home, that
he hoped the people
in church, who saw
he was a cripple,
would be pleased
to remember on
Christmas day who it
was who made the lame to walk.”
“Bless his sweet heart!” said the mother in a trembling voice.
Dinner was waiting to be dished up. Mrs. Cratchet proudly placed a goose
upon the table. Belinda brought in the apple sauce, and Peter the mashed
potatoes; the other children set chairs, Tim’s as usual close to his father’s;
and Tim was so excited that he rapped the table with his knife, and carried
“Hurrah.” After the goose came the pudding, all ablaze, with its sprig of holly
in the middle, and was eaten to the last morsel; then apples and oranges
were set upon the table, and a shovelful of chestnuts on the fire, and Mr.
Cratchet served round some hot sweet stuff out of a jug as they closed
round the fire, and said, “A Merry Christmas to us all, my dears, God bless
us.” “God bless us, everyone,” echoed Tiny Tim, and then they drank each
other’s health, and Mr. Scrooge’s health, and told stories and sang songs.
Now in one of Mr. Scrooge’s dreams on Christmas eve a Christmas spirit
showed him his clerk’s home; he saw them all, heard them drink his
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health, and he took special note of Tiny Tim himself.
How Mr. Scrooge spent Christmas day we do not know; but on Christmas
night he had more dreams, and the spirit took him again to his clerk’s
poor home.
Upstairs, the father, with his face hidden
in his hands, sat beside a little bed, on
which lay a tiny figure, white and still.
“Tiny Tim died because his father was
too poor to give him what was necessary
to make him well; you kept him poor,”
said the dream-spirit to Mr. Scrooge. The
father kissed the cold, little face on the
bed, and went down-stairs, where the
sprays of holly still remained about the
humble room; and taking his hat, went
out, with a wistful glance at the little
crutch in the corner as he shut the door.
Mr. Scrooge saw all this, but, wonderful to
relate, he woke the next morning feeling
as he had never felt in his life before.
“Why, I am as light as a feather, and as happy as an angel, and as merry as a
schoolboy,” he said to himself. “I hope everybody had a merry Christmas,
and here’s a happy New Year to all the world.”
Poor Bob Cratchet crept into the office a few minutes late, expecting
to be scolded for it, but his master was there with his back to a
good fire, and actually smiling, and he shook hands with his clerk,
telling him heartily he was going to raise his salary, and asking quite
affectionately after Tiny Tim! “And mind you make up a good fire in your
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room before you set to work, Bob,” he said, as he closed his own door.
Bob could hardly believe his eyes and ears, but it was all true. Such
doings as they had on New Year’s day had never been seen before in the
Cratchet’s home, nor such a turkey as Mr. Scrooge sent them for dinner.
Tiny Tim had his share too, for Tiny Tim did not die, not a bit of it. Mr.
Scrooge was a second father to him from that day, he wanted for nothing,
and grew up strong and hearty. Mr. Scrooge loved him, and well he might,
for was it not Tiny Tim who had unconsciously, through the Christmas
dream-spirit, touched his hard heart, and caused him to become a good
and happy man?
by Charles Dickens
Glossary
dismal : sad and without hope, very bad
gruel : a food item made of water, milk and oat
sprig : small branch of plant with leaves on it
morsel : a very small piece of food
wistful : sad and thinking about the impossible
crutch : a stick that helps people to walk when they have a
problem with legs
sour tempered : likely to get angry soon and in small matters
drink someone’s health : to raise a drink wishing for good health and take a sip
of it
2.1. Circle the odd one out.
a. goose turkey Scrooge
b. hat boat coat
c. salary pudding gruel
d. merry comfortable delicate
e. knife face heart
f. gentle patient cripple
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2.2. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false sentences.
a. Mr. Scrooge was a rich and generous man.
b. The clerk was not interested in his son, Tim.
c. Tim was a cripple boy.
d. Belinda and Peter are the siblings of Tim.
e. Mr. Scrooge visited his clerk’s house in Christmas.
f. Mr. Scrooge showed a great affection to his clerk in Christmas.
2.3. Answer the following questions.
a. What was Mr. Scrooge intent on?
b. Why did Mr. Scrooge hate celebrations?
c. What was Bob Catchet’s delight on the Chrismas eve?
d. Where did the dream-spirit take Mr. Scrooge?
e. How did Mr. Scrooge feel when he woke up on the day of
Christmas?
f. What was a surprise to Bob Catchet when he reached the
office?
2.4. Know the author.
Charles Dickens was an English writer and social critic. He
created some of world’s best-known fictional characters
and is regarded as one of the greatest novelists in the
history of English literature. He was born on February 7,
1812 in Portsmouth and died peacefully on June 9, 1870.
Besides writing, he vigorously fought for children’s rights,
education and other social reforms.
3 Grammar Time
3.1. Read the following sentences and note the use of ‘the’, the
indefinite article.
a. Ken’s brother is in prison for robbery.
b. The prison in Sundarijal is famous for its break.
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c. I go to school with my brother.
d. Every term parents are invited to the school to meet the
teachers.
e. Kindness is a great virtue.
f. The kindness you showed to the criminal was confusing.
g. Messi is one of the finest players in the history of football.
h. Bimal Gharti Magar is the Messi of Nepal.
i. Copper is a metal used it making electric wires.
j. The copper that is excavated in the hills is transported to the
city for processing.
There are certain nouns which do not take an article. But, they take
‘the’ when they are specified.
3.2. Use ‘the’ where necessary.
a. This morning I had breakfast in …………..bed.
b. Roshan is a seaman. He spends most of his
life at ……………….sea.
c. When Babin was ill, we all went to …………..
hospital to visit him.
d. ……….. crime is a problem in most big cities.
e. …………..robbery that took place in Diktel was funny.
f. ………..actors are paid more than ……….technicians.
g ………….scientists who visited our village
were from NASA.
h. ……….. elderly aren’t happy with the
government since the government didn’t
increase their allowances.
i. Ravi Hotel is a fine hotel in town but ………….Heranya Hotel is
beyond description.
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j. My son’s favourite sport is football. …………… football he has
now is imported.
3.3. Study the following pair of sentences and write which one is a
direct speech and which one is a reported speech
a. Sam said to Root, “Have a great time.”
Sam wished Root that he might have a great time.
b. Roban said to Kurmi, “Safe flight.”
Roban wished Kurmi that she might have a safe
flight.
c. The girl said to the gangster, “Go to hell.”
The girl cursed the gangster that he might go to
hell.
d. The mother said to her son, “Be fortunate.”
The mother blessed her son that he might be
fortunate.
e. Solida said to the couple, “Happy anniversary,
happiness forever.”
f. The Pasteur said to the devotees, “Stay blessed.”
The Pasteur blessed the devotee that they might stay blessed.
3.4. Transform the following sentences in to reported speech.
a. Subin said to Sushila, “May success follow you.”
b. The father said to the son, “Live long.”
c. The ugly woman said to the baby, “May the devil seize you
soon.”
d. Kabu said to Salma, “Congratulations.”
e. Bibidh said to Alistair, “Thanks for everything.”
f. Suhami said to Aastha, “Rule the world of glamour.”
3.5. Transform the following sentences in to direct speech.
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a. The Hazi blessed the man that he might have a son soon.
b. Bali cursed Mahali that her enemies might be stronger than
her.
c. The deer cursed the lion that it might be killed by a hunter.
d. She wished me good morning.
e. She wished that the street solar lights might last long.
f. The grandmother blessed her grandson that he might be wise
enough.
4 Vocabulary Time
4.1. Know these words.
cyborg : a hypothetical human being with physical abilities
that are beyond a normal human because mechanical
elements have been built into the body.
brunch : a large meal eaten at a time between breakfast and
lunch, replacing the two meals with one instead.
(Eating brunch is very common on weekend days in
America.)
blog : a regularly updated website, typically one run by
an individual or small group, that is written in an
informal or conversational style – this is a BLOG!
emoticon : keyboard symbols used to represent facial expression,
emoji
frenemy : a person who is a friend even though there is an
underlying dislike or rivalry in the relationship
glamping : high class camping, often in cabins or indoor
structures, instead of tents, with many modern
amenities, such as electricity, running water, cable
TV and internet
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