The Harp of the Dagda - Unit 7

GulMohar: Reader 3

More Reading
Worksheet 1
Read the passage and answer the questions

Sunil loves to play his drums. He practises on them every day. The drums are
a deep brown and smooth on the outside. People stop to listen whenever he plays
them.
Masha is very fond of her guitar. It has six strings on it and she strums on her guitar as people
sing songs. At times Sunil joins her and they play beautiful music together.
Preeti spends all her spare time playing the violin. Her father had
got it for her ninth birthday. She was overjoyed to see it and started
learning to play the violin from Aunt Prema.

A. Read the sentences and state whether they are True or Not True
1. Sunil practises every Sunday.
2. Preeti got her guitar from her aunt.

Not True
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3. Mashas guitar has eight strings on it.

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4. Preeti and Masha play together.

_______________

5. The drums are smooth to touch.

_______________

B. Answer the following questions

1. What do people do when they hear Sunil playing the drums?
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2. How does Masha play her guitar?

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3. When did Preeti get her violin?

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4. What did Preeti do as soon as she got her gift?

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Structures
Worksheet 2
A. Underline the prepositional phrases and state whether they are prepositional phrases of
time or place

1. Ill see you in the morning. ________________________________

2. They waited at the bus stop. _______________________________
3. My brother met his friend last Friday. _______________________
4. The bus will be leaving in a few minutes. ____________________
5. Ill meet you at the corner of the lane. _______________________
6. You can see the moon at night. _____________________________
7. She spends all day sitting in the garden. ______________________
8. You should not play in the streets. __________________________
9. You will find the plates on the shelf. ________________________
10. We arrived at the same time. __________________________________

B. Complete the sentences with the adjective phrases in the box

windy day/beautiful picture/fearful cry/sickly
patient/tiring week/graceful swan/burnt food/rainy
days

1. Prem painted a ___________________

2. The doctor took care of the _______________________
3. The _________________moved smoothly in the lake
4. We could not eat the _________________________
5. We did not go sailing as it was a ___________________
6. I do not like to go out on __________________
7. It was a ________________ and I needed some rest
8. They heard a ______________at night.

Words in Use
Worksheet 3
Add suitable word endings from the box, to the following words
ion; ship; ness; ist; ful

1.

Happy

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2.

Direct

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3.

Leader

_____________________

4.

Fear

_____________________

5.

Art

_____________________

6.

Friend

_____________________

7.

Create

_____________________

8.

Dark

_____________________

9.

Tour

_____________________

10. Thought _____________________

Speech Practice
Worksheet 4
Write five words having the sound ch
For Example: watch/ church

1. _______________
2. _______________
3. _______________

Write five words having the sound j

For Example: judge/ large

1. _______________
2. _______________
3. _______________
4. _______________
5. _______________

Writing
Worksheet 5
Complete the story with the help of the words in the box
rich man now/gave bird to King/King gave large sum of money/bird
sad/stopped singing/set bird free/bird happy/flew back to the tree top

A beautiful little bird lived on a mountain. It flew from tree to tree and sang sweet songs. It was
a happy bird. Every morning this little bird sang from the tops of trees and some grains of gold
fell from its mouth.
One day a man saw this bird and decided to catch it. He spread a net on the ground and caught it
and took it home. In a few days there was a lot of gold in his house..........
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Answers
More Reading
Worksheet 1
A.
1. Not True
2. Not True
3. Not True
4. Not True
5. True.
B.
1. People enjoy the drumbeats and stop to listen whenever Sunil plays his drums.
2. Masha strums on her guitar/Masha plays the guitar by strumming on it.
3. Preeti got the violin for her ninth birthday
4. Preeti was overjoyed and started learning to play the violin from her aunt.
Structures
Worksheet 2
A.
1. Ill see you in the morning

(prepositional phrase of time)

2. They waited at the bus stop

(prepositional phrase of place)

3. My brother met his friend last Friday

(prepositional phrase of time)

4. The bus will be leaving in a few minutes

(prepositional phrase of time)

5. Ill meet you at the corner of the lane.

(prepositional phrase of place)

6. You can see the moon at night

(prepositional phrase of time)

7. She spends all day sitting in the garden

(prepositional phrase of place)

8. You should not play in the streets

(prepositional phrase of place)

9. You will find the plates on the shelf

(prepositional phrase of place)

10. We arrived at the same time

(prepositional phrase of time)

B.
1.

Prem painted a beautiful picture

2. The doctor took care of the sickly patient

3. The graceful swan moved smoothly in the lake
4. We could not eat the burnt food
5. We did not go sailing as it was a windy day
6. I do not like to go out on rainy days
7. It was a tiring week and I needed some rest
8. They heard a fearful cry at night.
Words in Use
Worksheet 3
1. Happy

Happiness

2. Direct

Direction

3. Leader

Leadership

4. Fear

Fearful

5. Art

Artist

6. Friend

Friendship

7. Create

Creation

8. Dark

Darkness

9. Tour

Tourist

10. Thought

Thoughtful

Speech Practice
Worksheet 4
Encourage free response
Writing
Worksheet 5
Encourage free response