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11- Where all do you find these very busy people?

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12- Where have you seen crowds of people?

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13- Why do you think all these people are in a hurry?

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LANGUAGE BASED QUESTIONS

1- Match the following with their meanings.

Column A Column B

(i) Grumpy (a) Below

(ii) Subway (b) Footpath

(iii) Sidewalk (c) Bad-tempered

(iv) Elevator (d) An underground passage

(v) Underneath (e) Lift

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2- Write two words in the balloons that rhyme with the one mentioned in it.

3- Let's write the opposite of the following words.

slow .................... up ....................

back .................... tall ....................

below .................... crowd ....................

loud .................... go ....................

cry .................... hurry ....................

short .................... village ....................

4- Choose the right option from the choices given in brackets and complete the
sentences.

(i) My favourite .................... is chocolate ice-cream. (desert/dessert)

(ii) I write down my feeling and thoughts in a .................... (diary/dairy)

(iii) The driver applied the .................... to stop the bus. (brake/break)

(iv) A sculptress made an .................... of Goddess Durga

using dry fruits. (idol/idle)

(v) Many houses in the .................... of the Ganges get

flooded during heavy rains. (plains/planes)

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(vi) please make sure you .................... a coat when you go

outside. (wear/where)

(vii) I won the basketball game .................... only four

points (by/buy)

5- A collective noun is the name given to a group of people or things.

For example, group of people - crowd
Choose the correct word from the box to complete the collective noun.

bundle, herd, school, pack, litter, choir, pile, bunch, quiver, staff

(i) A .................... of singers
(ii) A .................... of puppies
(iii) A .................... of fishes
(iv) A .................... of wolves
(v) A .................... of sticks
(vi) A .................... of elephants
(vii) A .................... of keys
(viii) A .................... of books
(ix) A .................... of arrows
(x) A .................... of servants

6- Rewrite the following sentences using the punctuation marks and the capital
letters.
(i) may i help you

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(ii) riya went to agra yesterday

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(iii) what is your name

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(iv) he was an honest intelligent and sincere boy

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(v) the ganga is a holy river

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(vi) will he not come today

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7- Write one word for the following description. One has been done for you.
(i) A person who makes furniture of wood- Carpenter.
(ii) One who makes the ornaments of gold and silver- ....................
(iii) One who writes books- ....................
(iv) One who builds houses- ....................
(v) One who cures diseases- ....................
(vi) One who edits books- ....................
(vii) One who does farming- ....................
(viii) A place where food is prepared- ....................
(ix) A person who has no patience- ....................
(x) A child whose parents have died- ....................
(xi) One who does not believe in God- ....................

8- Fill in the blanks with the suitable prepositions.
by, upon, in, at, with, between, into, among, by beside, besides

(i) She lived .................... Tilak Nagar .................... Delhi.
(ii) She jumped .................... the river.
(iii) The cat jumped .................... the mouse.

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(iv) She is coming .................... the market.

(v) Saloni is sharpening her pencil .................... a sharpener.

(vi) The rat was killed .................... Tina with a rod.

(vii) Divide the mangoes .................... two brothers.

(viii) He is sitting .................... his friends.

(ix) .................... Hindi, she also speaks English.

(x) Madhu sat .................... her mother.

9- Use these words in sentences of your own.

(i) side walk .....................................................................................

(ii) subway .....................................................................................

(iii) underneath .....................................................................................

(iv) elevator .....................................................................................

(v) singly .....................................................................................

(vi) grumpy .....................................................................................

10- Look at the clues and find out the words.
(i) It rhymes with 'slow' and means to cut the grass in a lawn. ....................
(ii) It rhymes with 'ground' and means to get something which was lost.
....................
(iii) It rhymes with 'you' and is another word for 'less' ....................
(iv) It rhymes with 'crowd' and is the opposite of humble. ....................
(v) It rhymes with 'know' and means to ride a boat. ....................

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UNIT 9 CHAPTER 2

AROUND THE WORLD

TEXT BASED QUESTIONS

Objective Answer Type Questions

1- State 'T' for True and 'F' for False statements.

(i) A herd of cows stopped the train. 

(ii) The bridge crashed after the train passed through the Medicine

river. 

(iii) The train would go from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. 

(iv) The train was attacked by hundreds of Sioux Indians. 

(v) Some of the travellers had rifles. 

(vi) Passepartout was an American passenger. 

(vii) Mr. Fogg lays a bet to go around the world in 90 days. 

2- Read the following line and answer the questions that follow.

The train headed for the steep mountains. This was the
most difficult part of the journey with its winding roads.

(i) Why was this part the most difficult part of the journey?

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(ii) How were the roads of the mountain?

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(iii) The opposite word of the 'steep' is

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(iv) What is the meaning of the word 'winding'?

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(v) Find two nouns and two adjectives from the lines.
Nouns ............... ............... Adjectives ............... ...............

Very Short Answer Type Questions

3- Which country did Passepartout belong to?

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4- What was the distance between New York and San Fransisco?

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Short Answer Type Questions

5- What bet did Mr Fogg lay with his friends?

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6- How did the driver manage to pass the broken bridge?

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Long Answer Type Questions

7- How did Passepartout help in removing the Red Indians from the train?

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8- Which tribe of Red Indians attacked the travellers?

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9- Which was the highest point of their journey?

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10- Why did the train stop the first time?

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11- How many days would it take for the train to reach New York?

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12- Tick the correct answer.
(i) The first time the train stopped was because
(a)some robbers stopped the train. 

(b) a herd of buffaloes was passing 

(c)the tracks were broken. 

(ii) The bridge fell with a crash into the river
(a)after the train had passed through. 

(b) while the train was still on the bridge. 

(c)before the train passed over the bridge 

(iii) The train passed over the 
(a)Hudson river

(b) East river 

(c)Medicine river 

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LANGUAGE BASED QUESTIONS

1- Match the following words with their opposites.

Column A Column B

(i) Shrill (a) Maximum

(ii) Minimum (b) Quickly

(iii) Load (c) Low

(iv) Slowly (d) Separated

(v) Joined (e) Unload

2- Write two words that rhyme with each of the following. ...............
Rocky ............... ............... ............... ...............

Track ............... ............... ............... ............... ...............

3- The following words are taken from the chapter and are jumbled. Rearrange
them to make proper words.

(i) NDSFRIE ....................... (ii) NTNULE .......................

(iii) RINTA ....................... (iv) FICPACI .......................

4- Describe in your words your most memories journey so far.

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5- Complete the following sentences with the adjectives from the box.

funny, angry, strong, muddy, bitter, plastic

(i) The elephant is a ............... animal.
(ii) The ............... bull charged at the van.
(iii) Clean your shoes, they are ............... .
(iv) The ............... clown made us laugh.
(v) I saw some ............... toys in the shop.
(iv) I don't like ............... medicine.

6- Find the opposites of the following words from the text.

(i) Minimum speed ....................................

(ii) Moved forward ....................................

(iii) Disappeared ....................................

(iv) Closed ....................................

(v) Lowest ....................................

7- In the lesson you will find many words that describe sounds like whistling, roar-
ing, braking, crashing, raging. Can you list the things these sounds are related
to?

Sounds Things associated

whistling wind, policeman

roaring ..........................

braking ..........................

crashing ..........................

raging ..........................

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8- Match the sounds. Column B
Column A (a) Roar
(b) Bark
(i) Drinks (c) Chirp
(ii) Tiger (d) Fizz
(iii) Bee (e) Buzz
(iv) Policeman (e) Creak
(v) Bird (e) Whistle
(vi) Dog
(vii) Door

9- Match the subject and predicate to make sentences:

Subject Predicate

(i) Jaipur will reach Vadodara the next day

(ii) Good children has finished her work.

(iii) My parents always floats on water.

(iv) Ram is a beautiful city.

(v) Wood are never late for school.

10- Fill in the blanks choosing group words from the box.
clump, cluster, choir, bunch, flock, band

(i) The travellers rested under the ............... of trees.
(ii) The ............... sang beautifully.
(iii) The ............... of flowers was lying on the table.
(iv) The girl looked up at the ............... of stars.

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(v) The ............... of robbers escaped.

(vi) The hunter shot at the ............... of birds.

11- Complete the following sentences using suitable collective nouns given in the
help box:

flock, herd, swarm, committee, fleet, pack, suite, bouquet

(i) A .................... of cattle was grazing in the field.
(ii) The .................... unanimously chose him as the President.
(iii) I saw a .................... of wolves in the jungle.
(iv) My father booked a .................... of rooms for us in a resort.
(v) The pirates attacked the .................... of ships on the sea-shore.
(vi) Our Principal welcomed the chief guest with a .................... of flowers.
(vii) A .................... of bees flew out of the hive.
(viii) A .................... of sheep was seen in the meadow.

12- Some words describe actions. Many of them end in -ly.

The girl danced beautifully.
Fill in the blanks by changing the word in the brackets suitably.

(i) The girl slept .................... . (sound)
(ii) The children finished their work .................... . (quick)
(iii) The old man shouted .................... . (loud)
(iv) The boys played .................... . (quiet)
(v) Do your work .................... . (neat)
(vi) I can do the sum .................... . (easy)
(vii) The teacher spoke very .................... . (polite)
(viii) She is .................... dressed for the party. (beautiful)
(ix) She won the prize .................... . (lucky)
(x) They lived together .................... (happy)
(xi) She acted .................... sometimes. (foolish)

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13- Change the following sentences from plural to singular.

(i) The children were flying kites.

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(ii) The women carried babies.

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(iii) The policemen caught the thieves.

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(iv) The leaves fell from the trees.

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(v) The books are on the shelves.

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(vi) Mothers love their children.

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(vii) The men are getting haircuts.

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(viii) I have brothers and sisters.

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14- Complete the following sentences using can, could, may, might, must, should.
(i) Children .................... obey their parents.
(ii) Biloo .................... run fast when he was a child.
(iii) Passenger .................... not smoke in the compartment.
(iv) Everybody .................... help the needy.
(v) You .................... win lottery.
(vi) I .................... drive a car.
(vii) People .................... not drive fast.

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15- Find the synonyms of the following words from the text of the lesson.

(i) path ..........................

(ii) twisting ..........................

(iii) voyage ..........................

(iv) centre ..........................

(v) stop ..........................

(vi) continue ..........................

(vii) hold ..........................

(viii) completely ..........................

16- Use suitable prepositions to complete the sentences.
(i) There is a gate .................... the two houses.
(ii) The lighthouse is .................... the seashore.
(iii) The magician went .................... the hall asking for money.
(iv) I looked at the river flowing .................... the bridge.
(v) A cat was hiding .................... the trees.

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UNIT 10 CHAPTER 1

MALU BHALU

TEXT BASED QUESTIONS

Objective Answer Type Questions

1- State 'T' for True and 'F' for False statements. 
(i) Malu was a brave girl. 
(ii) Malu did not know how to catch fish.
(iii) Mother asked Malu to wait till summer when she wanted to 
go out. 
(iv) Malu was dumb. 
(v) Swimming came naturally to Malu. 
(vi) Polar bears live in desert. 
(vii) Malu Bhalu's mane was white and bright.

2- Read the following line and answer the questions that follow.
High up in an icy lair,
Lived a little polar bear
Snow white, snow bright was her mane,
Malu Bhalu was her name.

(i) What was the name of the Bhalu?

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(ii) Where did Malu live?

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(iii) What kind of bear was Malu?

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(iv) Write the meanings of the following words.

(a) Lair .........................................

(b) Mane .........................................

Very Short Answer Type Questions

3- Who is the main character of the poem?

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4- From which language was this poem translated?

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Short Answer Type Questions

5- What is the reason Malu gave to her mother for going out?

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6- Why are Malu and her mother called brave?

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7- Where did the polar bear live with her family?

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8- What did Malu learn to do from her parents?

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9- Where did Malu want to travel?

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10- What was it that Malu's parents wanted her to learn?

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11- Was Malu scared to swim? Did she learn it easily?

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12- Read the last two stanzas of the poem. Whom does 'she' stand for in both?

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13- Tick ({) the correct option. 
(i) The weather in Malu's home place is 
(a)ice cold 
(b) very warm
(c)pleasant 
(ii) Which season does Malu enjoy the most? 
(a)winter 
(b) summer
(c)autumn 
(iii) What does Malu like to eat? 
(a)cake 
(b) fish
(c)leaves

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(iv) What does Malu like to do?

(a)riding 
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(b) walking 

(c)swimming

LANGUAGE BASED QUESTIONS

1- Match the following with their opposites.

Column A Column B

(i) Special (a) Loose

(ii) Natural (b) Near

(iii) Patient (c) Ordinary

(iv) Far (d) Artificial

(v) Tight (e) Impatient

2- Look at this picture and write a few lines on it.

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3- Fill in the blanks with correct words.

Help Box

Whom, which, what, who, whose

(a) .................... is the matter?
(b) .................... do you want to see?
(c) .................... is your pencil?
(d) .................... house is that?
(e) .................... made that noise?

4- Use these words in sentences of your own.

(i) lair ..........................................................................................

(ii) mane ..........................................................................................

(iii) clasped ..........................................................................................

(iv) gripped ..........................................................................................

(v) might ..........................................................................................

5- Write down the third rhyming word for each of the given pairs of rhyming words.

(i) lair bear ....................

(ii) day play ....................

(iii) test rest ....................

(iv) way day ....................

(v) hand land ....................

(vi) might right ....................

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6- Use the future tense form of the verbs given in brackets to complete the following

sentences.

(i) We .................... (meet) him at the bank.

(ii) In the evening, my mother .................... (drive) us to the lake.

(iii) I .................... (speak) in front of the mike for the first time.

(iv) We .................... (sing) a welcome song in honour of the chief guest.

(v) The class .................... (write) about the trip to Mumbai.

(vi) They .................... (put) their bags on the shelf.

(vii) After leaving the station, the train .................... (head) for the steep
mountains.

(viii) The boy .................... (pass) the palace on his way to school.

(ix) The policeman .................... (blow) his whistle.

(x) A group of musicians .................... (play) the song.

7- Read the following passage carefully.

One day Meena plucks a mango and brings it home. Her grandmother gives the larger piece
to Raju because he is a boy. Meena protests. After all, she brought the mango and she is the
elder of the two. She insists she has a greater right over her share. Her father comes to her
help and divides the mango equally. Now answer the questions.

(a) Who brought the mango home?

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(b) Why did Meena's grandmother give a larger piece to Raju?

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(c) Who do you think should have got the larger piece?

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8- A sentence that expresses a sudden strong feeling is called an exclamatory sen-
tence:

Example: Thaks! They're very beautiful.
Make four more exclamatory sentences using-

(i) Bravo! ..........................................................................................

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(ii) Alas! ..........................................................................................

(iii) Oh! ..........................................................................................

(iv) Wow! ..........................................................................................

9- Fill in the blanks choosing correct form of the personal pronouns.
(i) Supriya and .................... often play together. (I/me)
(ii) The book with red cover is .................... (my/mine)
(iii) Nobody but .................... went to the party. (she/her)
(iv) She is taller than .................... (I/me)
(v) Let .................... go for a picnic toady. (we/us)
(vi) I gave .................... my notebook. (him/his)

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UNIT 10 CHAPTER 2

WHO WILL BE NINGTHOU?

TEXT BASED QUESTIONS

Objective Answer Type Questions

1- State 'T' for True and 'F' for False statements. 
(i) The king had four children. 
(ii) The eldest son was made the future king. 
(iii) Sanatombi was a kind child. 
(iv) The Ningthou stopped thinking about his meeyam. 
(v) Sanatombi was worthy of becoming the king.

2- Read the following lines of the story and answer the questions that follow.
The Ningthou and Leima were watching Sanatombi, their five year old daughter.
She looked sad and lonely.

(i) Why did Sanatombi look sad?

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(ii) What does Ningthou and Leima mean in English?

(a) Two nouns ........................ ........................

(b) One verb ........................

(c) One adjective ........................

(d) One pronoun ........................

(iii) Find the following from the lines.

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Very Short Answer Type Questions

3- Who is the author of this story?

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Short Answer Type Questions

4- How did Ningthou want to select the future king?

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5- What did Sanajaoba do in the contest?

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Long Answer Type Questions

6- Why were Ningthou and Leima loved by their meeyam?

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7- Draw a character sketch of Sanatombi.

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8- Name the place in Manipur where the Ningthou and Leima ruled.

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9- Why did the people of Kangleipak love their king and queen?

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10- Why did the ningthou want to choose a future king?

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11- What kind of child was Sanatombi?

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12- Have you ever seen an animal or a bird in pain? What did you do?

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LANGUAGE BASED QUESTIONS

1- Find the words from the chapter that mean the following.

(i) A four letter word that means 'quiet'. ..................................

(ii) To strike or bite something with its beak. ..................................

(iii) Stretch out one's body or neck in order to see ..................................
something.

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2- Make sentences from the following words.

(i) Mount ...............................................................................................

(ii) Relief ...............................................................................................

(iii) Soul ...............................................................................................

(iv) peace ...............................................................................................

(v) contest ...............................................................................................

(vi) spear ...............................................................................................

3- Describe any contest that you have participated in. How did you feel being a
contestant?

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4- List any four things that you can do to save our environment.
(i) ................................................................................................................
(ii) ................................................................................................................
(iii) ................................................................................................................
(iv) ................................................................................................................

5- Join the given sentences using 'who' or 'which'. Rewrite them.
(a) An optician is a person. He sells spectacles.

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(b) I want to meet Ms. Reema. She teaches fifth class.

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(c) I saw a story book. It belongs to Dr. Shubhra.

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(d) This is a huge banyan tree. It is the home of many birds.

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(e) I know that tall man. He is wearing a blue shirt.

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6- Match the languages to the states where they are spoken.

(i) Punjabi (a) Andhra Pradesh

(ii) Manipuri (b) Kerala

(iii) Oriya (c) Karnataka

(iv) Telugu (d) Manipur

(v) Kannada (e) Mizoram

(vi) Malayalam (f) Jammu & Kashmir

(vii) Kashmiri (g) Punjab

(viii) Mizo (h) Odisha

7- For each of the following root words, make two new words by adding a suffix and
a prefix to each of them. One is done for you.

Root Words

form, lone, rest, part, prove, round, clear, well

Words with an added prefix

deform ........................ ........................ ........................

........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Words with an added suffix

formation ........................ ........................ ........................

........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

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8- Read the lesson carefully and put a circle around all the action words with-ed

at the end. Then write them in one column and their present form in another.

One is done for you.

Action words with-ed at the end Action words in present form

admitted admit

.......................................................... ..........................................................

.......................................................... ..........................................................

.......................................................... ..........................................................

9- Fill in the given passage using suitable linkers.
A grasshopper ........................ an ant were good friends. The ant was hard
working. ........................ the grasshopper was very lazy. The ant spent its time
collecting food for winters ........................ the grasshopper wasted its time.
When it was winter season, the grasshopper started starving. Whereas the ant
was comfortable ........................ she had enough food. The grasshopper went to
the ant to ask for some food. ........................ the ant refused to give any food
to the lazy grasshopper. The grasshopper realized his mistake ........................ it
was too late.

10- Read the given story and write the past tense forms of the underlined verbs.
Sukhram is a poor farmer who works hard on his small plot but his yield is poor.
He depends on the monsoon to grow paddy. This year, the monsoon rains are
poor. sukhram knows that he cannot plant rice and his family will starve.

He sits under a tree and thinks about his plight. Just then, a car screeches
on the main road. Sukhram sees that the car topples over. Sukhram forgets his

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worries and rushes to the rescure of the lone passenger in the car. He manages
to pull him to safety, just as the car tumbles into the canal.

Sukhram learns that the man is a teacher. He helps him on to the bus to
get back home. Next day, he receives a strange packet through a courier deliver.
He finds in it a cheque along with a note that says, 'A small token for a big
favour'. It is for a handsome amount. Sukhram deposits it in the bank. He buys
an irrigation system with the money and lives as a prosperous farmer.

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