About the passage 4 Understand and answer 1 Choose the correct anawer to comuplete the sentences a) Scheduling bath tine was Ho j 1) evervane wanted co bathe ar the same time 1 there was only one bathroom, Ji) there wasn't enough water. 1b) The writer was given iii) an alarm clock, 2 a wristwatch ii) a wind-up toy. ©) The writer's mother did washing, depaetat. facie tiecsh «© Gadget, p d) She awoke at i) 4:00am. ii) 5:30am. iii) 6:00 a.m. ©) She sang as she worked because / i) it was her favourite pastime. ii) ir helped her remain awake, ili) it helped her enjoy her work. f) The writer's father did his paperwork in the morning because ___— time of the day. i) he felt fresh — at thar ii) he enjoyed working iii) there was less disturbance g) The writer helped his mother by i) washing small items of clothing. ii) cleaning the lint collector. ironing the clothes. Answer the following questions. a) How old was the writer when he learned to rise early? When did he wake up?bb) Which line in che passage tells us that che writer's family had to save money to buy things? ©) Did the other children in the writer's family help in housework? How do you know? d) How did the writer feel when he learned to do small jobs? ¢) What important lesson were the writer and his siblings taught by their parents? B. Think and answer 1. Why do you think the writer's mother praised him although he dropped most of the clothes? 2. Why does the writer look back fondly on those days spent in the old basement? Expand words Pa ‘week 1, Find names of ten houschold items in this word search. Read from top to bottom and from. left to right. AES J PDORGMKTL yaACUUMCLEANER fo) fh 1h Ne ay fey Uhr po Cel ak ay 15. 3 BRS HOVENEATIEC RIsDAS AKYTTPE Oo0OoOES EVOS S AH c OoOpRRTKTREU 'S 0 0 MGS UEOUARZ.1 NO QNXOR TGBLEUEK Ree eR eG ee Re Oi Rae) waAs TE BAS KET X R 2. We use the word weekly for something that happens once a week. What frequency do t words show? a) bi-weekly b) fortnightly ) monthly d) bi-monthly ©) bi-annually f) annually4 The Half-Built House £10 Visie score d him Al. 10 reg ste is pus »PDY one ®@ Solve this puzae, ids have to cross a river, but they do not have a boat. There are no \ywhere, nor can they make a raft of logs. The river is very deep and broad, so they cannot swim. Yer, they are able to cross the river. How do they do ir? The Chitnis children were enjoying their summer holidays with their grandmother, Alpana Chitnis. Grandma's farm was an exciting place for Atharva and Neha, and their cousins, Disha, Dhruy, and Dev. The children always had plenty to do outdoors—climb trees, go swimming, fly kites, or just play football in the open meadow, and sometimes have an adventure! ‘Let us go and explore the bamboo grove after tea today. It will be nice and cool in the evening,’ said Atharva, who was eleven years old, He was the oldest, so he decided what everyone would do. Dev, the youngest, was just eight, but he would always say, ‘I can look after myself’ ‘Be careful there, children!” said Grandma. ‘Yes, Grandma, we will be careful. We promise” said Atharva. The children got onto their bicycles. It was five o'clock in the evening. On the way to the bamboo grove, they noticed a house only half built. 1 What a nice place to play hide-and-seek!’ said Disha, who was almost the same age as Atharva, ‘Let’s play here. We will nor go to the bamboo grove.’ readow an open field of grass ‘ove a small group of trees“But what if there are mad dogs there?” asked Neha jokingly. “Then, only Disha and I will go in first. We will see if it is safe to play there,’ said Athary, The other children were cager for an adventure, They waited at a distance for the ewo older children to give the sign that all was fine, But they were taking long, Minutes passeg The three waiting children were getting impatient. They decided to go and find out for themselves what was happening, Just chen, Atharva and Disha came running back. “Quick, let us get back to Grandma's house at once!’ said Atharva. “We shall tell Dad right away what we saw? said Disha “And what did you see?” asked Dev, curious to know what had happened in the half-buil, house. When the children reached Grandma’s house, they were surprised to find Disha’s father, Inspector Chitnis, already there. ‘Dad, Dad,’ said Disha excitedly, ‘you will never guess what we discovered! Do you remember those pictures of the three “Wanted” criminals that we had seen in your office? Those three men are here. They are in that half-built house. Atharva and I saw the men in the back room.” ‘Yes, those men almost caught us, but we hid behind two empty drums, said Atharva. ‘And one man said to the others, “Oh, it is just a cat somewhere!” “The two children laughed. ‘Bur that was dangerous, children!’ Grandma cried out in alarm, excited about something; wanting something very much not wanting to, or able to, wait calmly or involved eager impatient criminals people connected in crime‘oh, Grandma! But they had an adventure! said Dev. swe had a feeling that those crooks were somewhere here,’ said Dad. “So, I drove down to our Grandma’s farm. I must call Headquarters and tell them to send a police patrol at once. You did the tight thing, children. Well done? ‘Alice later, the police patrol arrived. Atharva and Disha asked if they could accompany che officers. The officers said they could but only if they would obey instructions. The ewo children eagerly accompanied the policemen to the half-built house. Very quietly, the four policemen and the children approached the room. Then, quick as lightning, the police burst jnvo the room and got hold of the three crooks and handcuffed chem. More officers arrived, and the crooks were taken away. ‘The chief officer was very pleased. ‘Good work, children!” he said. ‘You were very brave,’ said Dad. oes individuals who have done something that is against the law patrol 4 person or persons who guard an area by making regular trips around or through the place W7pich pare ofthe story shows us accompany 0 go with someone | chat we can avoid trouble through handcuffed put handcuffs (meral rings for locking wrists, quick thinking? as joined by a chain or bar) on someone About the passage nn Dnata A. Understand and answer 1. Complete this paragraph with correct words. Use only proper nouns and cardinal numbers. were enjoying their summer holidays. years old. was years old. On their way to a bamboo grove, they saw a completed. Inside the house, and men who were criminals wanted by the police. They The grandchildren of ___was the oldest. He was the youngest. He was house that was only saw | hid behind drums. They returned home and informed the police. Later, they accompanied. __ policemen to catch the crooks.2. Answer the following questions. a) Why was Grandma's farm an exciting place? b) Who was the leader of the group? How did he show his leadership? ©) How did the youngest child feel about himself? d) Why did the ewo older children take a long time at the house? ¢) Where had they seen the men before? £) Whac were the two sensible things that the children did? g) Why had Inspector Chitnis driven down to Graridma’s farm? h) On what condition were the children allowed to accompany the policemen? B. Think and answer How do you think Atharva and Disha fle when they recognized the criminals? 2. “Bue chat was dangerous, children!” What made Grandma say this? In what way wast dangerous? Expand words SD Read this sentence. The police burst into the room and got hold of the three crooks. In the above sentence, get hold of means ‘to take someone or something into ‘one’s hands’, d 1, Look at these other phrases with get and match them to their meanings. mae RPE errs’ ara eer 2) getaway tp male no progr b) get going to come to know of something ©) gettheberterof to escape to leave a place d) get nowhere to win a victory over someone eget wind of 2. Complete chese sentences by using the phrastl verbs from the previous exercise, Make chat where needed. now if you want to reach the schoo! on time. a) You betterb) The police ______ where the criminals were hiding. ) Actiminal from the hold of the police last night. d) He was disappointed as he was in his work, ¢) India their opponents in yesterday's match. right Say It rigl -ed sounds Listen and say these words aloud. All the words given below end with -ed, but they have different sounds. Write the words in the correct columns. accompanied approached —_—_ arrived decided handcuffed happened reached surprised waited wanted Time to refer (nent Here are the meanings of seven words from the story. Scan the text to find and complete the ords. . theditections on what istobedone = tt , the flash of light you see in the sky | to be interested in knowing something to travel around a new place to learn about it the time spent away ftom work for rest and pleasure aol ia the place that serves as the main office of a group ee s something that can be harmful - 2-8 LuScammer J Personat, possessive, and relesive pronouns U nderline the ‘5 ertine the pronouns in these sentences and state the {ype N Does he have a bag that red tag on i? How does a frog defend itself when in danger? They got off the bicycles and ran indoors to have lunch 4. Could you please come over and help us with the luggage? > I pushed myself not to give up but to try harder the next time. 6. - Everyone's luggage arrived very soon, but theirs rook a long time to come. B. Possessive pronouns Read these sentences. + This bag is Robin's. > This bag is his, Robin’s tells us that the bag belongs to a person named Robin. The pronoun his is used in place of Robin's. It is a possessive pronoun. A possessive pronoun shows that something belongs to somebody. Do not confuse possessive pronouns with possessive adjectives. A possessive pronoun is used in place of a noun. Example: The blue pen is Rita's. The blue pen is hers, (possessive pronoun) A possessive adjective is used to describe a noun. Example: The blue pen is her pen. (possessive adjective) Read this table to learn about the different possessive pronouns and the possessive adjectives related to them. Possessive pronouns mine, ours, yours, hs, hers, theirs Possessive adjectives. my, our, your, his, her, ther, itsP. Take mens to make a sentence with a posse sentence by using the sexsive pronoun related to it 1. Lave thar your book? » Isn't that book 2. These are my sketch pens, = These sketch pens are 3, Way it our tule > Was the fault 4. Aren't those his clothes? Atel those clothes That girl is her good friend. That girl is a good friend of 6. Isn't this their red car? Isn'c this red car 1, Rahul and J will share the pizza. This is This is Tve got a new bicycle. This old one is not She'll bring ‘Is this . Also, toys. You bring along a seat?” ‘Yes, it's Neetha and Vinod study in V-A. They live across the street from fathers are childhood friends. Cc Demonstrative pronouns Read these sentences. + This is Alpana Chitnis’ house. + These are her grandchildren. « That is Alpana Chitnis’ garden. + Those are her grandchildren. In the above entences, this, these, that, and those point out nouns. They are demonstrative pronouns. We use this and that ro point out singular nouns, Pair Work jacmnssnstevremnsnstniitvinenenstmnesasseer &3 jeudjective and your partner will say the same Complete these sentences with suitable possessive pronouns and possessive adjectives. share and this is house. My cousins live nearby. That house is : fi red in colour, too. house. When this, these, and those ibe nouns, they are demonstrative adjectives. Example: This house belongs co Me De‘We use these and those to point out plural nouns. 1 ‘We use this and these to point out nouns that are near. ‘We use that and those to point out nouns that are far. Yi 1 ) 1. Fill in the blanks with suitable demonstrative pronouns: ; a) Look over there, vwas the school where I studied up ill Class3. 2 3 b) ____ate the sweets you bought last week. will help you with your project, 4 and distribute them among the 5 c) Here is an encyclopaedia for you. d) I’ve brought some chocolates. Take children, 5 ©) Do you like the shirt I'm wearing? I got on my birthday. f) Did you like the shirt I wore yesterday? I got on my birthday. tr Now look at these sentences. g + This is Mrs Chitnis’ house. j + Mrs Chitnis lives in this house. 2 ) + That is Alpana Chitnis’ garden. + Those are her grandchildren. In the first sentence, this refers ro and points out to the noun house. It is a demonstrative pronoun. In the next sentence, this describes the noun house, as well as shows its position. It acts asa demonstrative adjective. Remember, a demonstrative adjective will always be followed byanoun. 2. State whether the highlighted words are demonstrative pronouns (DP) or demonstrative adjectives (DA). a) Look at these beautiful roses! [ b) Can you pass me that book with the red cover? ee ©) These are the lowers I picked from the garden. ooo: d) This is the house where I spent my childhood. ooo. e) We have watched this film several rimes, _ £) Those ate the pups that need a home in cold weather. ure» What do dogs eat atthe cinema? How isa dog like a coin? Ph j % What do dogs love to collect? + Which dog can tell the time? aph The Puppy cannot mew or talk, He has a funny kind of walk, His tail is difficult to wag giAnd cha's what makes him walk zigeag. _/ He is the kitten of a dog, / From morn till night he’s all agog— » Forever seeking something new Thar’s good but isn’t meant to chew. Se re be he ap cel ‘And chews the flowers white and red, ‘And when the gardener comes to see tees sure to blame mamma or me. (One game that cannot ever fail To please him is to chase his tail— (To catch one’s tail, rwixt me and you, Is not an easy thing to do.) IFhe has not a pretty face The puppy's heart is in its place. Pm sorry he must grow into A horrid, noisy dog—aren’t you? Ouver Herron agog very excited romps plays roughly and noisily ‘wit contraction of betwixt; between horrid very badAbout the poem reel deta a + Answer the following questions. a) Why does the puppy walk zigzag? 4) What is ic always looking for? ©) Who will the gardener say has broken the flowers? d) What game does the puppy like the best? ; ©) What do the firs two lines of the last stanza mean? Choose the correct option. i) The puppy is healthy though it isn’e pretty. ii) The puppy is kind and good-looking. iii) The puppy is good and kind though it isn’t pretty. £) What is the poet sorry about? 8) Why do you think the poet does not want the puppy to grow up? Look at this picture of a dog family and talk about it. How are these puppies like the the poem? iseay « uioodng @ cwamsuy Bop-yrem y 1 pur peay v aaey yroq day5 Who Is to Blame? ® Solve this riddle, The answer is at the end of the play. {What alvays runs but never walks, often murmurs but never talks, has a bed bbut never sleeps, has a mouth but never eats? Characters in the play Cock PRAWN Boar SNAKE Bat . CHIMCHONG, a fisherman ANT LEADER Woop-AprLé TREE OLD Woman, his mother CHEF Toa PLANTAIN. TREE ELerHant BOULDER Scene 1. A river pases through this village. A young fisherman is (A small bil-tp village in Myanmn small hut can be scen a some visting on the bank ofthis river, sharpening his axe on a stone. A vhatance tothe left A path leading into a thick fret is present to the right) If) Ah, now it’s geting sharp; just a Few strokes more SHIMCHONG (Happily 10 bimsel and...Ouch! Ouch! What was that? sound of the axe being sharpened on the ‘2 wood-apple sree, cutting it deep. The ‘He is bitten on his leg by a prawn who is irritated by th tone, The axe flies out of | his hand and hits the trunk of ree is angry with the fisherman.) ritated upset; angry 2% ha ae en eeWoop-Aprie Tree Oh! That's not fair, fisherman! Take that for hitting me! (Saying so, the tree drops a wood-apple to hit Chimchong. He is still jumping around because y she pratwn's bite. The fruit hits a cock instead. The cock is shocked!) Cock How dare you, you great bully! You know that I cannot match your, and strength, so you hit me? Wait, I'll get even with you! (The cock scratches up a nest of busy ants, thinking that they would crawl up all over the tree) ANT LEADER OK, so you want to have fun, don’t you, Cocky? Well, here goes. (7; the other ant) You know what you have to do! When the ants get the command, they crawl forward and attack a passing snake instead. The snake is bitten all over. SNAKE Don’t pick on me, you cheats! Let me go! The snake wriggles free, rushes towards the forest, and bites a boar on his leg.) oully rude person who is cruel to weaker people yet even with (someone) cause someone harm in return ick on (someone) to treat someone unfairlyBoAR What on earth did you do that for? SNAKE You were the first and the easiest target for me. BOAR Well, I can’t bite you back! I’ll have to find some medicinal roots. (He rushes off and furiously digs up the roots of a plantain tree. This causes the tree to fall. A bat sleeping on the tree is disturbed when it falls, He flies about blindly, and accidentally rushes into the ear of an elephant drinking water from the river.) Bat Oh, goodness! Where am I? It’s all dark and hairy, and a bit smelly too! But, I might as well have a bite while food is so close. (Saying this, the bat bites the elephant inside her ear. The elephant trumpets wildly in pain. She vaists her front legs and kicks a boulder lying nearby. The boulder goes crashing into the hut in th tistance, breaking one of its walls. An old woman, who lives in the hut, sees the broken wall and bouts at the boulder.) uget object of attack sriously with great violence and energyOto woman You stupid boulder! Look at what you've done! Now you pay me to rebuild my house or else... Whar? You want me to pay you? Why should I? I didn’t want to bre, BouLpeR your wall. I was minding my own business. It was the elephant who kicked me before I could say anything. OLp woman Is that so? All right, I'll get hold of that nasty elephant! (She hurries off, Meanwhile, the bat has somehow managed to escape from the elephant's ear. elephant is calm now. The woman comes at her from behind.) So, you're enjoying yourself, Jumbo-lina? ELernant Oh, you startled me! minding my own business not troubling anyone nasty unpleasant startled surprised and a little frightened a?ry : wa pay me t0 “onan You'll be more startled when { tell you that you have €0 PAY ou rebuild my house. fi at bat sleeping awst Don't bothcr met I've already been bothered enough PY, that pe over there in that tee. He bit me, so I kicked the boulder: spear bears the accusation, and shouts out aloud fiom his resting place in the Wee ) ( 7 i suddenly ' How is it my fault? 1 was sleeping and then that cree ee Everyone Ba decided to throw me out for no reason. 1 can't see by the day-, knows that! Go and get your payment from that plantain oon Ob, I will ishegoer”? the plantain tree, which is lying on the ground.) And what’s your excuse? , : dy had enough J pasta TREE Can't you SEE my excuse? Go and get the boat. I've already trouble for a lifetime. (The old woman spies the boar nursing his bitten leg. On seeing the angry woman he ties run.) (uD WOMAN Stop there, Boar! You have to pay for the damage you've done to my house, or else the whole village will... BoAR Oh, no! Ie wasn’t my fault! The snake bit my leg. If it weren’t for the snake, your house would be fine. Go get the snake! (Ghe rushes off to find the snake. When she finds him, she lifis him by his tail.) SNAKE Oh please let me go! What have I done to.you? 01D WoMAN You've broken my house, that’s what you've done! Now pay for the damage or else you'll become a handbag! SNAKE Sssssssorry. ..Ssssssomeantssssstung me, Asssssk them to pay. bother to trouble; to irritate accusation a statement that says someone has done something wrong excuse a reason to avoid blame spies catches sight of locates; watches(She lets the snake go and he wrigeles away to save his skin, The woman finds the anthill ang Anocks on in) : ai oul Oto wont Comte out, you mini beasts! [have a quarrel with yout ANT Lian And why do you have a quarrel with us? What have WE done to y, Ow woman You've destroyed my house! You must pay for the damage. Or else» bring the anteater here. ANT Leaner First ask Mr Cock sitting there why he destroyed OUR house! (The cock suarts fluttering his feathers on heaving the ants’ accusation.) Cock Don’t blame me! First ask that monster tree why it tried to kill met (The tree. ‘joins in the conversation.) Wooo-Arrts Tree Wait a minute! That was not supposed to hit you. It was meant for, careless man who cut me with his axe. The woman sees the man and finds that it is her own son, Chimchong OLD woman Son, you will have to rebuild our house. CHIMCHONG ‘Yes, of course, Mother. But first, let me catch that mean prawn! Th; litele thing started all this trouble. (( ‘Chimchong throws a small net into the river and catches the prawn. Meanwhile, all the othe Creatures gather around the fisherman and the old woman, They surn to the prawn angrily) Cumcone You deserve to die forall the mischief you have caused. Call Chef" He knows how to make delicious prawn soup. Get the water ready (Chef Toad set: up the pot and takes the prawn from Chimchong. Everyone leaves Chef Toad that e can make the soup. Afier a while, the soup is almost ready.) Cur Toa Come, my lovely; let me test how tender you are, mean hateful tender soft, easy to chewa id very csapng this, Def Toad bites offa small piece of the prawn. One piece becomes Hee eee 7 inom, be finishes offall the prawn in the soup. When the others arrive to have the soup, appointed that the soup doesn't taste of prawn at all.) (burp) Ooops, sorry 1... (he oshers ques what the crafty tod has done. He runs, ane everyone chases him into the river ) ‘Adapted from a Chinese folk tale eafty able 10 get what one wants, usually by being dishonest or cheating other people ets find the part of the story which tells us that ‘a tiny spark can cause a great fire’.Anaver the following questions. 4) Why did the prawn bi Chimmchong? bp) How did the bat take ad age of his situat ant startled? How did it react to the old woman's statement? c) Why was the elep a), Why did the boar dig up the plantain tree? co) What threat did the old woman use against i) the snake? ii) the ants? “Can't you SEE my excuse?! f i) Who said this and to whom? ii) What did the speaker mean by saying thar the ‘excuse’ could be seen? g) ‘And why do you have a quarrel with us? What have WE done to you?” i) Who said this and to whom? ii) What solution did the speaker give when his question was answered? h) ‘You deserve to die for all the mischief you have caused.” i) Who said this and to whom? ii) What was the punishment decided by the speaker for the ‘mischief? ‘Come, my lovely; let me test how tender you are.” i) Who said this and to whom? ii) What was the speaker testing? iii) What was the effect of this? 3. Think and answer |. Which of these do you think is the better thing to do when you are harmed by someone? 2) forgive the person, and try to talk to him/her and solve che problem b) get even with the person by harming him/her Give a reason for your answer. ‘An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind.’ What do you think this means? PicoExpand words > ds nae ds in cach of the given co}, ae i There ate four sets of synonyms in this box. Write three words Be careful, there are some extra words! i I glide - cul annoyed soft al ie delicate displeased a i leathery seal ‘ el slither calm tender Synonyms set 4 Synonyms sce Smmongmssce2 Synonyms 8 Say it right Tongue twisters GD Listen and say these tongue twisters. Have a competition in the class. Who can say these) ) fastest without any mistakes? 1. Whether the weather be cold, Whether the weather be hot, Well weather the weather, ‘Whatever the weather, Whether we like it or not. . If ewo witches would watch two watches, ) which witch would watch which watch? nv 3. that I was where I would be, ‘Then would | be where I am not; But where I am I must be, And where I would be I cannot.time to refer Ee ge are the meanin, eet words beside ‘he ficial: begin with the word ten. Check the dictionary and write the 1. agame , someone who rents @ house 3, cocare for someone 4, tobehave or actin particular way 5, soft, easy to chew 6, astrong, thick cord that joins muscle to bone 7, nervous oF Worried g, ashelter Make your own sentences with any five words in your notebook. Grammar anton? Articles ‘The three articles that we use are a, an, and the. We use a and an for ordinary nouns. We use the for special nouns. Here are some rules regarding the use of articles, We do not use an article with the name of a single island, lake, or mountain. Example: Greenland is an island, Pichola is a lake, and Mt Everest is a mountain. We do not use articles with the names of meals and transport. xamples: # We had sandwiches for lunch. ¥ We go to school by bus. Vedo not use articles with the names of languages, subjects, and sports. xamples: » Hindi is the official language of the Government of India. + Who teaches you Maths at school? ¥ [love to play table tennis with my brother. fue