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Unit-6 Lesson-11

Celebrating Id

For the Teacher

Ask the children how do they celebrate different festivals? Tell them to love
and respect the festivals of people of different religions.

For the Children

Name some of the festivals celebrated by the Hindus, the Muslims, the
Sikhs and the Christians.

Hindus Muslims Sikhs Christians

Scan Here

Now read the text.

Audio Script

Ramzan is a holy month for the Muslims. It is a month of fasting for the
Muslims. In this month, the Muslims keep fasting and offer 'Namaz' to show
their devotion to God (Allah).

The long month of Ramzan is over. Today is the festival of Id. The village is
buzzing with preparations for celebrating the festival. The beauty of nature is
beyond description.

All children, young and even elderly people of the village are happy. All are
getting ready to go to the mosque to offer 'Namaz'. The children are very
much exited. They have been waiting for this day for so long. First of all they
would accompany their elders to the mosque to offer 'Namaz'. Then they
would go to the Idgah fair to eat sweets and enjoy.

Hamid is a young boy of four. He lives in the village with his grandmother,
Amina. He is a lean and thin boy. His parents are dead. The economical
condition of this family is not good. Any how, Amina is pulling on this family.
Hamid has no good clothes to wear on this occasion.

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But still he is happy to think that he will go to
the fair with his friends.

Amina is sad. She thinks, “Today is Id. All
other fathers will take their children to the
fair. Who will take her little Hamid to the
fair? How will he go to mosque for prayers?”
She is also worried.

“Hamid doesn't have even a pair of shoes.
How will he walk without shoes? I may go
with him and carry him in my lap if he gets
tired. But then who will make 'sevian' for him to eat when he returns home?”,
says she to herself.

Hamid smiles at his grandmother. “Don't worry, Ammijan”, he says “I'm going
to the Idgah fair with my friends. I will return home before dark”.

Hamid has only three paise in his pocket. But he is not worried at all.

All streets leading to the fair are crowded. Children and grown up people are
wearing new clothes. All are very happy. Hamid and his friends reach the fair.
All rush to different shops. Some rush to food stall, some to toy stall.

Hamid's friends; Mohsin, Mahmood
and Amir rush to a giant wheel. It only
costs one paise to have ten rounds.
But Hamid does not take interest in it.
He wants to save the money to buy
something special. He does not want
to spend his money away just for a joy
ride.

Next, all come to toy stalls filled with
many kinds of toys. There are
soldiers, kings, saints, washerman,
milkmaids, water– carriers, etc. They
look so life-like. Each toy costs two paise. Hamid watches as Mohsin buys a
water carrier. Mahmood buys a soldier in khaki with a gun on his shoulder.

Hamid looks sadly at the toys. He also wants to buy one, but then he thinks to
himself, “They are only made of clay. They will break if they fall. Even a drop
of water will make their paint run.”

Rattle Your Brain

Discuss few lines on the month of ramzan.
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Then all walk to the sweet shop. Hamid watches his friends buy juicy gulab
jamuns, laddus and sweet halwa. Hamid watches these sweets hungrily. His
friends ask him, “Hamid, why don't you buy some sweets to eat? You have
three paise in your pocket.” But Hamid decides to keep the money to buy
something special.

There are some other stalls which sell metal pots and pans. The children are
not interested in these stalls. They move on. But Hamid stops at one stall to
see things. Suddenly he sees a pair of iron tongs. He thinks of his grand
mother. The fire burns her fingers every time she bakes rotis. How happy she
would be if he gave her the tong!

For him it was a useful thing to buy, not like
toys that would break, or sweets that give
stomachache.

He knows his friends would laugh at him.
But who cares?

“How much does this tong cost?”, timidly he
asks the shopkeeper.

“Six paise”, says the shopkeeper.

“Please, may I have it for three paise?”,
asks Hamid, “I have only this amount with

me”.

“Are you sure?”, asks the kind shopkeeper.

“Yes!” replies Hamid.

“Okay, you may take it”, says the
shopkeeper.

Hamid buys the tong. His friends laugh at
him as he carries the tong like a gun on his
shoulder.

As soon as Hamid reaches home, his
grandmother Amina, rushes towards him.
She sees the tong in his hand.

“Where did you get this?” she asks in
surprise.

“You always burn your fingers on the fire
while baking rotis.” That is why I bought this for you,” said Hamid proudly.

“What a kind heart you have!”, Amina cried out with joy. “Even at the fair you
thought of your old grandmother!” Tears fall from Amina's eyes and she takes
Hamid in her arms and blesses him.

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Words to Remember

fasting : not taking food for certain period of time
devotion : strong love/respect/loyality for someone
buzzing : a continuous sound like that made by bees
mosque : place of worship of muslims
occasion : suitable/particular time for a work
pull on : carry on
lap : area between stomach and knees of a person

sevian in his/her sitting position
stall : a sweet dish made of milk, noodle and sugar
juicy : shop
ache : full of juice
bless : pain
clay : to ask of god's favour
tong : earth/made of earth
timidly : an iron device to pick up hot things
: feeling shy and slightly afraid

Exercises

Reading and Understanding

A. Write whether the statements are true or false in the given boxes.
1. After a month of Ramzan, the festival Id is celebrated.
2. The Muslims go to the mosque for offering Namaz.
3. Hamid is very sad on this day because he has got
no money.
4. Hamid goes to the mosque with his friends.
5. To enjoy the wheel, it costs only one paise.

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7. Hamid wants to buy an iron tong for his grandmother.
8. Amina is very angry to see the iron tong bought for

her by Hamid.

B. Answer the following questions.
1. Why are children in the village exited?
2. Who is Hamid? Where does he live and with whom?
3. Why is Amina, Hamid's gramdmother sad?
4. Name Hamid's friends, who accompany him to the fair?
5. Why does Hamid not take interest in the giant wheel?
6. What does Hamid think when he sees iron tong at a
stall?
7. Why did the shopkeeper give the iron tong to Hamid
in three paise?
8. Why did Amina cry out with joy when Hamid gave her
the iron tong?

C. Synonyms: Similar meaning words.
Read this sentence.
Ramzan is a holy month for the Muslims. The word sacred can be
used in place of holy because both have same meaning. Holy and
sacred are synonyms.

Now rewrite the sentences using synonyms for the underlined words

in the given space.

1. All children of the village are very happy today. ____________

2. Hamid is a young boy of four. ____________
3. Who can take her little Hamid to the fair? ____________
4. Hamid's friends rush to a giant wheel. ____________
5. The toy stalls are filled with different kinds of toys. ____________
6. Amina looks at the long with surprise. ____________

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D. Match the words of column 'A' and 'B' to make meaningful sentences.

A B
1. Id is a (a) lean and thin boy.
2. Children are getting ready (b) how Hamid will go to

3. Hamid is a the fair.
4. Amina is worried (c) in the Idgah fair.
5. There is too much crowd (d) cost of the tong.
6. For Hamid, the tong is (e) festival of joy.
7. Six paise is the (f) blesses him.
8. Amina take Hamid in her arms and (g) to go to the fair.
(h) a useful thing to buy.

Communication Skills

Listening and Speaking

The teacher will speak some words with the letter 'C'. The teacher gives
prior information that 'C' can be pronounced both as 'K' or 'S'. The
students are instructed to listen to the words and pay attention to the
pronunciation of the words.

cab cage calcium camera cancel capital cease cell come circle
cite civil clash cook cold cloth century trace dice pace slice
uncle ice icon

After speaking, the teacher will write these words on the whiteboard. He

will also underline the letter 'c' (as done above) in all words. Then he

will ask the students to speak these words loudly to find out the

pronunciation of the letter 'c' i.e. is it 's' or 'k'? Scan Here

(i) Words with 'k' sound

___________ ______________ _____________

___________ ______________ _____________

Audio Script

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(ii) Words with 's' sound

___________ ______________ _____________
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___________ ______________

Project Work

A. Writing a Letter: You are Rakesh/Rajni, living at Nilakantha, 7
Dhading. Write a letter to your friend Anil/Arti about your first
day at the school.
(The format of the letter is given for your help).
6th September ____________
Dear Anil/Arti
Yesterday, it was my first day at school. When the bell rang I
entered the class.
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With love
Yours
Rakesh/Rajni

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B. Vocabulary: (Looking for a word in the dictionary)

The word 'break' means “to make something turn into more than one
pieces by applying a force. This word takes some preposition with it to
become 'phrasal verb' and gives different meanings.

Look for these phrasal verbs in the dictionary and match the
words of Column 'A' with their meanings given in Column 'B'.

(A) (B)

1. break up (a) to stop working.

2. break out (b) to come to an end.

3. break down (c) to enter silently/secretly.

4. break into (d) to start suddenly.

5. break off (e) to weep bitterly.

C. Making sentences: Make sentences with the following words.

1. holy ________________________________________

2. festival ________________________________________

3. mosque ________________________________________

4. occasion ________________________________________

5. crowded ________________________________________

6. shoulder ________________________________________

7. mental ________________________________________

8. tong ________________________________________

9. surprise ________________________________________

10. bless ________________________________________

Mind Puzzle

Do you know where these things are kept? Think and fill in the blanks.

1. pistol ____________ 2. birds ____________

3. money ____________ 4. fish ____________

5. clothes ____________ 6. water ____________

7. arrows ____________ 8. ants ____________

9. thieves ____________ 10. books ____________

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Lesson-12 If I Know

For the Teacher

Discuss with the children different qualities of human beings. Tell them to
adopt some good qualities.

For the Children

Write two positive and two negative qualities of human beings:

Positive Qualities Negative Qualities

(i) __________________ (i) __________________

(ii) __________________ (ii) __________________

Scan Here

Now read the poem.

If I knew the box where the smiles were kept, Audio Script
No matter how large the key
Or strong the bolt, I would try so hard,
It would open, I know, for me;
Then over the land and sea, broadcast
I'd scatter the smiles to play,
That the children's faces might hold them fast
For many and many a day.

Rattle Your Brain

What are some good qualities you want to adapt?
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If I knew a box that was large enough
To hold all the frowns I meet,
I would gather them, every one,
From nursery, school and street;
Then folding and holding I'd pack them in
And turn the monster key,
And hire a giant to drop the box
To the depths of the deep, deep sea.

Words to Remember

bolt : a narrow piece of metal that slides across the door to lock it
broadcast : to send out some information
scatter : to throw something here and there
frown : to become angry/angry person
depth : the distance from the top to bottom
monster : giant

Exercises

Reading and Understanding

A. Write whether the statements are true or false in the given boxes.
1. The poet is looking for a box containing smiles.
2. The poet is worried about the people who are sad.
3. The poet wants to spread smiles all over the world.
4. The poet wants to keep all angry people in a box.
5. The poet wants to drop the box with all the wise
people into the deep sea.

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B. Rhyming words: Pick up the rhyming words for the followings and
write them in the given space.

1. key ______________ 2. hand ______________

3. play ______________ 4. meet ______________

C. Answer the following questions.

1. What kind of box is the poet talking about in the first stanza?
2. Where does the poet want to scatter the box full of smiles?
3. What is the purpose of the poet to scatter the box of smiles?
4. What kind of box is the poet talking about in the second stanza?
5. From where would the poet gather the frowns for the box?
6. Where does the poet want to throw the box full of frowns?
7. Who does the poet want to hire to drop the box into the deep

sea?
D. Making new words: Make five new words each standup with 'sm'

and 'fr'.
sm fr

(i) sm + ______ = _______ (i) fr + _____ = ______
(ii) sm + ______ = _______ (ii) fr + _____ = ______
(iii) sm + ______ = _______ (iii) fr + _____ = ______
(iv) sm + ______ = _______ (iv) fr + _____ = ______
(v) sm + ______ = _______ (v) fr + _____ = ______

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Communication Skills
Listening and Speaking

Listen to the following poem recited by the teacher loudly in the class
room. Pay attention to the pronunciation of the words.
(You can also listen to the audio)

The sun has long been set,
The stars are out by twos and threes,
The little birds are piping yet
Among the bushed and trees:
There's a cuckoo, and one or two thrushes,
And a far-off wind that rushes,
And a sound of water that gushes,
And the cuckoo's sovereign cry

You have listened to the above poem carefully. Now the teacher will ask

some questions based on the poem. The students will answer them

loudly and orally. Scan Here
Questions:

1. What has happened to the sun?

2. How are the stars appearing in the sky?

3. What are the little birds doing?

4. Name the birds described in the poem. Audio Script

5. What are the sounds heard in this poem?

6. What fills the hollow of the sky?

7. Cuckoo is a singing bird. Name another singing word.

8. Say rhyming words for set, threes, thrushes and cry.

Fun with Grammar

Conjunctions: Conjunctions are words which join two words or two
sentences together.

Examples: (i) Two and three are five.
(ii) Ravi must do exercises or he will become ill.

Here 'and' is joining two words i.e, two and three and 'or' is joining two
sentence i.e. Ravi must do exercise and he will become ill. So 'and' and 'or'
are conjunctions.

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Some commonly used conjunctions are and, or, but, yet, still, because, if, till,
that, when, since, while, unless and otherwise.
Some conjunctions are used in pairs.

Examples: (i) Either he or I am ill.
(ii) I can speak English as well as Hindi.
(iii) He was not only fired but also imprisoned.
(iv) We both loved and respected our teacher.

A. Fill in the blanks taking suitable conjunctions from the brackets.
1. Make hay ___________ the sun shines. (and/while)
2. Take an umbrella ___________ it rains (or/if)
3. Mr. Kapoor is poor ___________ honest. (but/still)
4. Uday ___________ Seema came together. (or/and)
5. Wait here ___________ I return. (when/till)
6. ___________ he is a fool ___________ he is a rogue. (Both …
and/Either… or)
7. The boy was ___________ caught ___________ beaten. (either…
or/not only but also)
8. Will you have tea ___________ coffee? (and/or)
9. He did not go to school ___________ it was raining.
(because/till)
10.My father was angry ___________ he kept quiet. (still/yet)

B. Join each of the following pairs of sentences using the conjunctions
given in the brackets. The first has been done for you.
1. The culprit was hanged. He was found guilty of murder.
(because)
The culprit was hanged because he was found of murder.
2. Lily can speak French. Lily can speak English. (as well as)
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3. He did not study. He failed. (so)
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4. Let us wait. The rain stops. (till)
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5. He is not a teacher. He is not a doctor. (neither… nor)
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6. Two months have passed. He came here. (since)
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7. A monkey can climb a tree. A dog cannot climb a tree. (but)
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8. I am young. I played hockey. (as)
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9. Keep away from fire. You may burn yourself. (or)
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10. Man proposes. God disposes. (and)
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C. Writing a poem: You have read many poems. Do you remember one?
Write the poem in the given space.
Title
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D. Vocabulary: Simile
Sometimes a comparison is made between two objects of different
kinds which have at least one point in common. This is called simile.
We use 'as' or 'like' to make a simile.
Examples: (i) as clear as crystal
(ii) creaking like a snail
Match the suitable comparisons.

AB

1. as blind as a (a) mouse
3. as happy as a (c) day
4. as white as (d) miser
5. as simple as (e) air
6. as sweet as (f) child
7. as timid as (g) bank notes
8. as mean as (h) honey
9. as new as (i) bat
10. as invisible as (j) snow

E. Making sentences: Homophones are words pronounced like another

word but have different meanings. Below some such words are
given. Make sentences with these words.

1. knew _________________________________________

new _________________________________________

2. meet _________________________________________

meat _________________________________________

3. nursery _________________________________________

nursary _________________________________________

4. deep _________________________________________

dip _________________________________________

5. sea _________________________________________

see _________________________________________

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Fun Time

You have come to visit Malekhu, Dhading with your parents. You are
staying in a hotel. From the window of the hotel room, you see a
beautiful sight. See the picture given above and describe the beauty of
nature in 80 words.
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Word Search Puzzle

Search the box and find the underlined words from the poem.

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Unit-7 Lesson-13

The Talkative Barber
For the Teacher

Ask the children about their visits to the barber.

For the Children

Write here some experiences of your visit to the barber.

(i) _____________________ (ii) _________________

(iii) _____________________ (iv) _________________

(v) _____________________ (vi) _________________

Scan Here

Now read the text.

Audio Script

This story is about a man who cannot stop talking. In the city of Cashgar, lived a
barber who was a great talker. Once the Sultan called the barber to shave his
head. The barber started talking non-stop instead of shaving him. The Sultan got
angry. “When are you going to stop talking and begin to do your work?” The
Barber replied, “You do me an injury by calling me a chatterer. For, everyone
says I am very quiet. I have six brothers whom you might call chatterers. Their
names are Bacbone (buk-bon), Bakbarea (buk-buria), Bakbac (buk-buk),
Alcouz (ul-kooz), Alnaschee (ul-nashi) and Schacabac (shaka-bak). One is
humpbacked, one is toothless, one is half blind, one is quite blind, one is deaf
and the other has a defect in his speech and they are all great talkers, but I am
the youngest of my family,

Rattle Your Brain

Recite any other story from the Arabian Nights.
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“Give him three
pieces of gold,” the
Sultan cried, losing all
patience, “and send
him away. I will not be
shaved today.” “My
Master,” cried the
Barber, “it was not I
who came to seek
you, it was you who
ordered me to come.
So I will not quit your
house till I have
shaved you.” He then
began narrating
another story, which
lasted half an hour.
“Stop making your
fine speeches and let me go quickly. I have an affair of the greatest
importance. I have to go out at noon,” said the Sultan. When he saw that the
Sultan was really angry with him, the Barber said, “O Master, do not be angry,
I will begin to shave you.” Saying this, he washed the Sultan’s head and
began to shave. But he had not touched him even four times with the razor,
when he stopped and said, “My Master, you are acting hastily in this matter.”
“Go on shaving me, speak no more”, ordered the Sultan.

“Be patient,” said the barber, “perhaps you have not considered well what you
were going to do. I wish you would tell me what this matter of great
importance is all about and then I will give you my opinion on it.” “Finish
shaving at once,” the Sultan exclaimed. But, instead of doing this, the Barber
left the Sultan half shaved to go and see what time it was.“ My patience is
exhausted,” the Sultan cried. “Be calm, my Master and you shall be shaved in
a moment,” said the Barber and saying this, he continued shaving the Sultan.
But while he was doing this, he could not help talking. “If you could inform me
what this important affair is, I would give more advice, which you might find
useful,” he said. The Sultan was completely fed up by now and decided to
satisfy the barber. He told him that he was giving a feast to some friends at
noon which was why he was in a hurry to leave.

When the barber heard the Sultan mention a feast he exclaimed, “That

reminds me.

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Yesterday, I invited four or five friends to come to my house today. But I had quite
forgotten it and have not made any preparations for them.” The Sultan who was
at the mercy of the Barber, was ready to do anything to get rid of him.

“Be quick and finish your work,” the Sultan replied,“and you shall have all the
food that has been prepared for me today.”

“Please show me the food so that I may judge if it is enough for my five friends.” “I
have enough food for you!” the Sultan exclaimed.

But he ordered that all the food prepared for his feast be brought in. The Barber
looked over the food and said “This is very good but I shall want some fruit for the
dessert also.”

The Sultan, in desperation, since his head was half shaved, ordered that the
fruits should also be brought in. The Barber left off shaving the Sultan to
examine.

Rattle Your Brain

What do you learn from the story?
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Words to Remember

chatterer : someone who talks a lot
defect : a fault
opinion : what a person feels about a person, thing or subject
exhausted : tired and fed up
dessert : a sweet dish served after the main meal
examine : to look at something very carefully
at length : at a stretch

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Exercises

Reading and Understanding

A. Answer these questions.

1. How many brothers did the Barber have?
2. Why was the Sultan in a hurry?
3. Why did the Barber take so long to shave the Sultan?
4. Why did the Barber want a lot of food?
5. Did the Sultan enjoy the Barber’s talk? Why do you say so?
6. Which part of the story did you find the funniest?
7. What are the things the Sultan gave to the Barber?
8. Do you think the Sultan was really very generous? Why do you

say so?
9. Write True or False.

(i) The Barber was shaving the Sultan’s beard. ________
(ii) The Sultan gave him three gold coins. _________
(iii) The Barber refused to leave the Sultan’s palace. _______
(iv) There were seven brothers altogether in the Sultan’s

family. ____________

B. Choose the correct answer and mark a tick (ü) in the box.

1. In the city of _______, lived a barber who was a great talker.

(a) Persia (b) Arab

(c) Cashnagar (d) Sultan

2. ‘‘My patience is exhausted,’’ the ________ cried.

(a) Master (b) Sultan

(c) Barber (d) Bakbac

3. The barber was a _________

(a) chatterer (b) patient

(c) narrator (d) storyteller

4. The barber had _________ brothers.

(a) two (b) four

(c) eight (d) six

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5. _________ was ready to do anything to be rid of him.

(a) Barber (b) Alcouz

(c) Master (d) Sultan

Communication Skills

Listening and Speaking

Listen to the following poem recited by the teacher loudly in the class
room. Pay attention to the pronunciation of the words.

(You can also listen to the audio) Scan Here

A Lion

A lion emerged from his lair Audio Script
For a short summer cut to his hair,
But the barber he wept,
While his customers slept
As they waited their turn in the chair.

JOSEPH G. FRANCIS

Project Work

A. Study the words in the first column and see the changes in them in

the second column. The words in Column II are the opposites of the

words in Column I.

I II

important unimportant

patient impatient

pleasure displeasure

Now write the opposites of the following words.

i. believe ________________

ii. shaved ________________

iii. perfect ________________

iv. satisfy ________________

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v. polite ________________
vi. respect ________________
vii. pure ________________
viii.expected ________________
ix. obedient ________________

B. Fill in the blanks by adding un-, im- or dis- to the words given in
the box.
tidy patient kind like
able appear possible
(i) The teacher got upset with Rani because her work was ___________.
(ii) The dog was_________________ to climb the tree to chase the cat.
(iii) I _________________hot milk, I like it cold.
(iv) It is _________________ to cross the road during peak traffic hours.
(v) The magician waved his magic wand and made the rabbit _________.
(vi) The passengers became_________________when the train was late
again.

(vii) It is very_________________to make fun of another person’s
weaknesses.

C. Notice the highlighted words in the sentence given below.

You ordered me to come, I will not quit your house I have

shaved you. While he was shaving me, he could not stop talking.

Now use the joining words given in the box to fill in the blanks.

if or till where unless so while

(i) Please wait with me _______ the bus arrives.

(ii) Do you like football _______ cricket?

(iii) My father packed my lunch _______ my mother combed my

hair.

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Fun Time

In groups of five, discuss what you enjoy doing
alone and what you like doing in a group.
Now prepare a list as shown below.

Things I like doing alone Things I like doing in a group

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Lesson-14 Teamwork

For the Teacher

Discus with the children about the word “Teamwork”

For the Children

Write two games that you play in team.

(I) _____________________ (ii) _________________

Now read the poem. Scan Here

Teamwork, teamwork, Audio Script
Together we can make our dream work.
Then we'll share the joy of what we've done,

Teamwork, everyone!
It's fun to shoot the basketball through the hoop,

But if nobody passes then nobody shoots.
And the relay race just can't go on,
If nobody wants to pass the baton.

We're the parts that make up the whole,
And we've got our eyes on a common goal.

Sometimes it can be a big plus,
When a you or a me becomes an us!

Rattle Your Brain

What do you learn from this poem?
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Words to Remember

teamwork : combined effort of a group
hoop : (here) wooden or iron ring

passes trundled along by child
relay race : move onward
: race between teams of which
baton
each person does part of the
distance
: short tube or stick carried in

Exercises

Reading and Understanding

A. Complete the following sentences.
1. If nobody passes the ball in a basketball game, then you
can’t______________________________________.
2. In a relay race, if no one passes the baton, then
__________________________________________.

B. Name the team members needed for the following.

Example: To play cricket we need

batsmen, bowlers, fielders, coaches

1. To make a film we need
__________________________________________________

2. To run a good school we need
__________________________________________________

3. To run a restaurant we need
__________________________________________________

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Communication Skills
Listening and Speaking

A. Complete the sets of rhyming words One has been done for you

Words from the poem team plus done hoop shoot goal joy
Your own words beam

B. Read the poem. Scan Here

For Want of a Nail

For want of a nail the shoe was lost,

For want of a shoe the horse was lost, Audio Script

For want of a horse the rider was lost,

For want of a rider the battle was lost,

For want of a battle the kingdom was lost,

And all for the want of a horseshoe nail!
[traditional rhyme]

Now form the questions for the answers given in the speech bubbles.

Q. ............................ Q. ............................................
A. The kingdom was lost because
A. The shoe was lost the battle could not be fought.
because of the nail.
Q. ....................................
A. The battle was lost
because there was no rider .

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C. Team work: Now make three more questions and answers from the
poem.

Q. __________________ Q. __________________
_____________________ _____________________

A. __________________ A. __________________
_____________________ _____________________

Q. __________________
_____________________

A. __________________
_____________________

D. Look at the picture and answer the questions in one sentence, using
the word clues given in the box.

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plumber painter mason gardener
electrician labourer carpenter

1. Who is laying the bricks?
______________________________________________________

2. Who is holding the ladder?
______________________________________________________

3. Who is the man on the ladder?
______________________________________________________

4. Who is making the door?
______________________________________________________

5. Who is painting the walls?
______________________________________________________

Now make up a story about the picture. Give names to the people. Write
the story showing the importance of teamwork.

Fun with Grammar

Present Tense– Continuous and Perfect Continuous
Present continuous tense shows an action going on at the time of
speaking.
Examples: (i) I am reading a story.

It also shows an action expected to take place in future.
Examples: (i) I am going home tomorrow.

(ii) My father is arriving home tonight.
Present perfect continuous tense shows an action that started at some
time in the past and is continuing up in the present time.
Examples: (i) Uday has been waiting for me for three hours.

(ii) Seema has been cooking food since morning.
‘For’ is used in period of time and ‘since’ is used in point of time.

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A. Fill in the blanks using correct form of verbs given in the brackets.
1. James ________________ a movie now. (watch)

2. The cattle ________________ in the field. (graze)

3. Meena ________________ in the field with her friends for two

hours. (play)

4. The teacher ________________ to retire from his service

tomorrow. (go)

5. The boys ________________ to the radio since morning.

(listen)

6. My father ________________ his teeth now. (brush)

7. It ________________ to rain tonight. (go)

8. The dog ________________ at the beggars on the road. (bark)

9. I ________________ Ramesh for a week. (see).

10.The students ________________ for a book for thirty minutes.

(quarrel)

B. Write complete sentences using the given verb forms in the space

provided.

1. has been painting _____________________________

2. is weeping _____________________________

3. have been practising _____________________________

4. has been ill _____________________________

5. have been in the park _____________________________

6. are hoping for the best _____________________________

7. are crying _____________________________

8. has been taking exercises _____________________________

9. is going to cook _____________________________

10.am waiting _____________________________

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C. Writing a paragraph: Think of yourself visiting a hospital where
doctors and nurses take great care of patients. Pay attention to the
cleanliness of the hospital. Note the number of beds in each ward.
Also find out if the hospital has beds for poor patients or not. After
completing the visit, write a small paragraph on “A Visit to Hospital”
in the space given here.

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________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________

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D. Vocabulary: A compound noun is made of two words. It has a
meaning which is different from the meanings of the two separate
words. Most compound nouns are formed by a noun and another
noun or an adjective.

Make atleast two compound nouns with the following words. One has

been done for you.

1. head head phone, head light

2. back __________________, __________________

3. shoe __________________, __________________

4. book __________________, __________________

5. hand __________________, __________________

6. foot __________________, __________________

7. good __________________, __________________

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E. In your family, what activities are done individually and as a group?

My mother decides _________________________________.

My father decides _________________________________.

I decide _________________________________.

We decide _________________________________.

F. In a group, mime an activity (picnic, fair/mela, cricket match, etc.)
which you enjoy. The rest of the class should guess the activity and
say whether it is done in a group/alone.

Word Search Puzzle

In the puzzle find the words given in the column. Notice that these words
are formed by joining two words. One is done for you. Find some more
such words.

sometime a c h g m k e v e r y o n e m f s

everyone b c d e g l n m p r s u v x n l s

basketball a b t e a m w o r k f g i l o w u

nobody s m b c e g l m p r s u v x b t n

teamwork k b s o m e t i m e u g v n o r d

baton em b c mwm p r q x z w r d q a

t qwbab s t an db y c y p y

b ac a d e f g h i j k l mp s r

amb t e t me c a n p o t x b t

l f g oh cn p t y suwda x f

l zwn x y v h an d s omeu s

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Unit-8 Lesson-15

The Little Bully

For the Teacher

Discuss with the children about the word “Bully”.

(i) _____________________ (ii) _________________

(iii) _____________________ (iv) _________________

(v) _____________________ (vi) _________________

For the Children

Do you know of any child who teases others or pushes them around?
What would you call such a child?

Now read the text.

Once upon a time, not so very long ago,
there was a small boy called Hari. Although
he wasn’t very big, he was strong, and he
loved to tease all the boys and girls who went
to school with him. What he loved to do most
was to pinch. He could make a big bruise
appear in half a second. Another trick he
played was pricking people with a pin. So
you can guess how all the children hated
him. They tried pinching him back, but that was no good because he could
always pinch harder. They didn't like telling their teacher, because that was
telling tales. It so happened that the class went for a picnic to the seaside for a
whole day. All the children were most excited.

Rattle Your Brain

Describe any one of your picnic trip you enjoyed the most.
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On that day, the sun shone bright, and all the children were wild with excitement.

They crowded into the train and sat down — Scan Here

Audio Script

but nobody wanted to sit next to Hari because he always pinched.
When they arrived at the seaside, out jumped all the children with a shout of joy.
Down to the sands they raced, hand in hand — but nobody took Hari’s hand.
Nobody went near him.
Hari was angry. He went to a sandy corner near a rocky pool and sat down by
himself. He took out his lunch and looked at it. It was a good lunch. There were
two hard-boiled eggs, six jam sandwiches, three pieces of bread and butter, a
ginger cake, and a bar of chocolate. He would eat it all by himself. He wouldn't
offer anything to anyone!

Just as he was beginning on the eggs, he heard a hoarse voice near him.
“Good morning! I am so pleased to meet a boy like you.” Hari turned around
and stared in fright. Whatever do you think he saw?

Hari saw a monster crab
walking sideways out of the
pool. His eyes were on the
ends of short stalks and he
looked most queer. He held
out his front claw to Hari.
Hari put out his hand to
shake the crab’s claw, but to
his surprise and anger the
crab opened his pincers and
nipped his hand so hard that
the little boy yelled.

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“Ah, here is my good cousin,” said the crab pleasantly, and, to Hari’s horror, he
saw a large sandy lobster crawling heavily out of the pool. Before the little boy
could stop him the lobster took his hand in his great pincer-like claws and
pinched it so hard that Hari yelled in pain.

Then he stared at the pool in surprise, for, out came sandy-coloured shrimps and
prawns, more crabs, and another large lobster and they pricked Hari till he was
soon black and blue with their pinching. “Don’t you like it?” said all the creatures
in surprise. “Why, we were told you would love to see us because you were a
champion pincher and pricker yourself. Come, come join in the fun!” Hari leapt to
his feet, crying loudly. His lunch rolled into the pool, and when the crabs and
lobsters saw it they ran to it and began to feast eagerly. Hari saw that they had
forgotten him for a time, and he turned and ran for his life, tears streaming down
his cheeks. “They only did to me what I keep doing to the other children,” he
thought. “But how it hurt! And how I hated those crabs and lobsters! I suppose the
other children hate me too. Well, I jolly well shan’t pinch or prick any more.”

Rattle Your Brain

What is the moral of the story?
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Words to Remember

bruise : injury by blow to body
horrid : terrible
hoarse : rough and deep sounding
pincer : gripping tool
stalk : main stem
nipped : pinched

Exercises

Reading and Understanding

A. Now that you have read and understood the lesson, can you
answer these questions? You can put a (ü) on the right answer.
1. Why did all the children hate Hari?
(i) Because he would not talk to anyone.
(ii) Because he always pinched them.
(iii) Because he loved stealing their food.
2. “Nobody took Hari’s hand. Nobody went near him. Nobody
played with him.” This shows that Hari had
(i) many friends.
(ii) few friends.
(iii) no friends.
3. Which of the following actions would make a friendly person?
Write them down.
Respecting other people
Eating a small child’s tiffin
Calling people rude names
Pushing a smaller boy and making him cry
Being helpful to everyone
Helping your classmates in school
Mocking at friends and hurting their feelings
Protecting a weaker person

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Actions which would make a friendly person
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
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4. Hari was pinched till he was ‘Black and blue’ means

i. Hari fell down in pain.

ii. There were bruises on his body.

iii. Hari painted himself in colours.

iv. Hari had a black and blue shirt.

5. ‘I pinch anyone anymore’. Shan’t means.

i. shall

ii. should

iii. shall not

iv. will not

6. Give the full forms of

1. won’t ______________________

2. weren’t ______________________

3. wouldn’t ______________________

4. couldn’t ______________________

7. A girl was sitting quietly beside him. Hari leapt to his feet, crying loudly.
The words tell us how an action is being done. Find five more words
ending in which denote how something is done.
(i) ______________________ ly
(ii) ______________________ ly
(iii) ______________________ ly
(iv) ______________________ ly

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Add - ly to the following words.

clear merry weary double
bad fond
dreary bright

Now can you make sentences with these words?
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8. Find out words which are opposites or are closest to being the opposites of
the words given below. Then write down the opposites in the grid.

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Down Across S
1. smile 3. quiet
3 O SY

2. happy 5. punish LR
4. strong
4

W

5 EWA

B. Write whether the statements are true or false in the given boxes.
1. Everybody wanted to sit next to Hari.
2. Hari leapt to his feet, crying loudly.
3. All the children hated hari.
4. Hari loved to tease only boys.
5. The class went for a picnic to the seaside.
6. Hari was able to eat his lunch all by himself.

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Communication Skills
Listening and Speaking

A. Let’s practice P and F. Scan Here
Audio Script
pleased pricked pinched punished
forgotten
fat fruit fell parade
fish
palm pair proud

farm fare frown

B. Complete the blanks with rhyming words of the following and
practice aloud.

bruise c _________ creatures fe ___________
carriage m _________ teachers pr ___________

C. How did the seaside creatures, the crab, the lobster etc. teach
Hari a lesson? Write in a few lines.
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________

D. Read these sentences carefully.
I ate an apple.
A boy is standing under the tree.
The sun rises in the east.
‘A’ and ‘an’ do not point out any definite or particular person
or thing whereas, the is used when we speak of some
particular person or thing. ‘A’ ,‘an’ and ‘the’ are called articles.
Remember ‘an’ is used before words beginning with a vowel a,e,i,o,u.
Now fill in the blanks with appropriate articles.
(i) Hari was ______________ unpopular boy.
(ii) The boys and girls went to ______________ seaside for a picnic.
(iii) He saw ______________big crab coming towards him.
(iv) I found______________empty bottle, floating in the water.
(v) ______________sea creatures ate his food.

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E. A crab has a hard shell whereas a frog does not have one. There
are many animals that protect themselves from their enemies with
their outer cover/shells/quills. In the box given below are the names
of some animals. Encircle the ones that can protect themselves
with their hard cover.

crocodile snail lizard snake
turtle tortoise gorilla frog
hedgehog porcupine

Now paste/draw the picture of any one animal. Write five lines about it.

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_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
F. Can you tell the difference between a turtle and a tortoise? Write a
few lines.

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_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
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G. Describe what is happening in the picture. Use is / are and ____ to
make your sentences. Clues are given in the box.

swing sit climb
lick slid kick

For example: Krishna is swinging.
(i) Mary _____________ up the slide.
(ii) Hari _____________ and boxing her.
(iii) Little Bitoo _____________ a lollipop.
(iv) Rita_____________ down the slide.

Imagine what the children will do in the playground tomorrow. You can
take some hints from the words given in the box. e.g. John will play
kabbadi tomorrow.

Play football jump

race badminton run

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________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________

Fun Time

Work in groups of fours. See the pictures of a shipwreck at the bottom of
the ocean.
Suppose you went deep-sea diving. What would you find? Think of all
the words that come to your mind, then build a paragraph. Share your
story with other groups

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Lesson-16 Nobody’s Friend

For the Teacher

Discuss with the children about value of the word “friend”

For the Children

Do you like making friends?
Do you like to share your things with others?
Do you think there is any child who has no friends?

Now read the poem.

She had some sweets that she wouldn’t share,
She had a book that she wouldn’t lend,
She wouldn’t let anyone play with her doll,
She’s nobody’s friend!

Rattle Your Brain

Do you know who is nightingle? Discuss.
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Scan Here

Audio Script

He had some toffee, and ate every bit,
He had a tricycle he wouldn’t lend,
He never let anyone play with his train,
He’s nobody’s friend!
But I’ll shar e all of my sweets with you,
My ball and my books and my games I will lend,
Her e’s half my apple and half my cake

— I’m your friend!
ENID BLYTON

Rattle Your Brain

What are the things you would never want to share?
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Exercises

Reading and Understanding

A. Answer the following questions

1. What are the things the girl does not want to share?
2. Did the boy share his toffee and tricycle with others?
3. Why are the two children nobody’s friends?
4. What does the child in the last stanza want to share?
5. Do you like to share your favourite food or toys with others? Why?
6. Who is your best friend? Can you describe him/her?
7. Suppose you and your friends were very thirsty and there was

only one glass of water. What would you do?
8. If you had a bat, could you play cricket by yourself?

B. Match the rhyming words from the poem from column A to column B.

A B
1. bend a. sweet
2. grapple b. doll
3. tweet c. train
4. make d. apple
5. ball e. cake
6. brain f. lend

Word Building

1. Can you find more words ending with -less
friendless, homeless, _______________________
_______________________ _______________________

2. Can you write the opposite of
(i) lend b ________________ w
(ii) nobody s ________________ y

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What are no words

1. Several words mean no. The word never is one. It means at no time or

not ever.

Here are some other words read them.

nobody no no where

no one none nothing

2. Read the given sentences and underline the ‘no word’ in each.
(i) Nobody is at home.
(ii) Ram has no book.
(iii) None of the two boys came.
(iv) There is nothing to do.
(v) I have no coat.

Communication Skills

Listening and Speaking

The teacher will read the following passage loudly and clearly. The
children will listen to him very carefully. They will also pay attention to
the pronunciation of different words. (You can also listen to the audio)

A young man was looking for a job. He bought several newspapers and
looked at the “Classified” advertisements for positions as a clerk. He circled
the ones that looked interesting.

The next day, he went for an interview. He lied to the manager about his
previous work experience. After the interview, he was offered the job.

The young man started work immediately. Later that week, the manager
asked to see him. He had discovered his lie. “Why did you say you had work
experience when you have none?” he asked. The young man replied, “Didn't
your company advertise for someone with imagination?”

The manager laughed. The young man was right. He liked his sense of
humour, and thought to himself that the company needed more people like
him working for it. He let him keep his job.

Several months later, the young man even got a promotion!

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After reading the passage, the teacher will ask some questions related

to the passage. The students will answer the questions one by one

orally and loudly so that others may listen to them. Scan Here

Questions
1. Where did the young man look for a job?

2. For what did the young man look at the advertisements? Audio Script
3. What did the young man lie about?

4. What did the manager find about the young man?

5. What did the manager ask the young man?

6. What did the young man reply to the manager?

7. What did the manager like about the young man?

8. What happened to the young man after some months?

9. Tell similar word for 'humour'.

10.Tell opposite word for 'young'.

Fun with Grammar

Past Tense– Indefinite and Continuous.
Past indefinite tense indicates an action done in the past time.
It also indicates a habitual action in the past.
Examples: (i) Mohit saw a tiger yesterday.
(ii) My father used to take a glass of milk everyday.
Past continuous tense indicates an action going on at same time
in the past.
Examples: (i) Mona was dancing when the lights went off.
(ii) The children were watching the television when the
father came.

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A. Fill in the blanks using correct form of the verbs given in the
brackets.
1. My younger brother _______________ tennis in this court. (play)
2. Mohit _______________ when the teacher entered the class room. (to
make noise)
3. The children ______________ at the stars in the morning. (look)
4. Uday _______________ to Baitadi yesterday with his family. (go)
5. These students _______________ through this way in the morning.
(pass)
6. We _______________ on the road when it started raining. (walk)
7. The postman _______________ the letter a week ago. (deliver)
8. My mother _______________ a purse when she went to the office.
(carry)
9. The farmers _______________ the plants when it became dark. (water)
10.The teacher _______________ the lesson when Ramesh got up and
asked a question. (teach)
11.We _______________ here when we were students of this college. (sit)

B. Write whether the verbs in the sentences are in past indefinite or
past continuous tense in the given space.
1. Ram went to forest for fourteen years. ___________________
2. The boy was taking bath when the bell rang._______________
3. I took an umbrella because it started raining._______________
4. The children were waiting for the school bus in the morning. _________
5. Monica sang a very melodious song. ____________________
6. The officers used to visit this office every week._____________
7. My mother did not attend the meeting yesterday. ____________
8. Who was walking on the road early in the morning? ___________
9. Mr. Verma worked in this office from 15th April to 6th June. __________
10.Was Sunita reciting the poem in the class? ________________

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C. Diary writing: When Vasco da Gama started his sea journey from
Lisbon, Portugal in the ship, he started writing the details of his
journey, problems and difficulties faced by him and the crew and the
feelings he had when he reached Calicut, India.

Complete his diary entry which starts in this way–

I started my sea journey from Lisbon, Portugal, on 8th July 1497.

___________________

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D. Vocabulary: Learning new words. Look at these words.

man woman child

Here man refers to a male, woman refers to a female and child refers

to both male and female.

Some words are given below. Put these words into the category
which they belong to.

porter son hen mother host

priest teacher doctor bull uncle

princess tigress conductor waitress

milkmaid gentleman friend hunter

student nurse painter artist

sir poetess niece nun

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male female male and female
_____________ ______________ ______________
_____________ ______________ ______________
_____________ ______________ ______________
_____________ ______________ ______________
_____________ ______________ ______________
_____________ ______________ ______________
_____________ ______________ ______________

E. Read the passage and put full stops, commas or question marks
wherever needed. Also use capital letters wherever necessary.

Once there was a man he was wandering in the forest suddenly he saw a
fox deer and a tiger the tiger was following the deer and the fox was
standing and waiting for the left out dead body of the deer the tiger
stopped the man and asked, what are you doing here go away or you will
be killed the man ran away.

F. Make sentences with the following verbs.

1. precious ________________________________________

2. invader ________________________________________

3. spices ________________________________________

4. expedition ________________________________________

5. voyage ________________________________________

6. diamond ________________________________________

7. quantity: ________________________________________

8. interest: ________________________________________

9. fruitful: ________________________________________

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