CLASS 7 ENGLISH WBBSE
REVISION LESSON
Let’s Do
ACTIVITY 1
Tick the correct answer from the given options: [āĻ¨ā§āĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ¸āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻĻāĻžāĻ:]
I [amâ/is] Nilofar. [āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻšāĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻĢāĻžāĻ°āĨ¤]
I [amâ/is] a girl. I study in class VII. [āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŽā§ā§ā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¸ VII-āĻ āĻĒā§āĻŋāĨ¤]
There [is/areâ] forty students in our class. [āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻļāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻā§|]
Some [is/areâ] boys and others [am/areâ] girls. [āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻ°āĻž āĻŽā§ā§ā§āĨ¤]
Sima, Shamim and Rohini [am/areâ] my friends. [āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻž, āĻļāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāĻŽ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ°ā§āĻšāĻŋāĻŖā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĨ¤]
Rohini [isâ/are] the best student in our class.[āĻ°ā§āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŦāĻā§ā§ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĨ¤]
She [isâ/are] very fond of me. [āĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻĒāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤]
ACTIVITY 2
Join the following sentences with ‘and’ or ‘but. One is done for you:
[āĻ¨ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻā§ and āĻŦāĻž but āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž āĻāĻā§]
(a) In India summer is hot. In India winter is cold.
[āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇā§āĻŽāĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻšāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°āĻŽāĨ¤ āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻļā§āĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻšāĻ˛ āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāĨ¤]
Ans. In India summer is hot but winter is cold.
[āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇā§āĻŽāĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻšāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°āĻŽ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļā§āĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāĨ¤]
(b) A mouse is a small animal. An elephant is a large animal. [āĻāĻāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻšāĻ˛ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻā§āĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖā§āĨ¤ āĻšāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻšāĻ˛ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖā§āĨ¤]
Ans. A mouse is a small animal but an elephant is a large animal. [āĻāĻāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻā§āĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻšāĻ˛ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖā§āĨ¤]
(c) I have a pen. I have a pencil. [āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤]
Ans. I have a pen and a pencil. [āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤]
(d) The sun rises in the east. The sun sets in the west. [āĻ¸ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻ ā§āĨ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¯āĻžā§ āĨ¤]
Ans. The sun rises in the east but sets in the west. [āĻ¸ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻ ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¯āĻžā§āĨ¤]
(e) My father is tall. He is lean. [āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āĻ˛āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻžāĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ°ā§āĻāĻžāĨ¤]
Ans. My father is tall and lean. [āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āĻ˛āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ°ā§āĻāĻžāĨ¤]
(f) Bees are small. Wasps are big. [āĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻ˛ āĻŦā§ā§āĨ¤]
Ans. Bees are small but wasps are big. [āĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻ˛ āĻŦā§ā§āĨ¤]
(g) In a cricket match we need a bat. We also need a ball. [āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§ā§āĻāĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻ°āĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§ā§āĻāĻ¨]
Ans. In a cricket match we need a bat and also a ball. [āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§ā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻāĨ¤]
ACTIVITY 3
Odd One Out [āĻŦā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨āĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻāĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§]
In each set there is a word that does not fit with rest of the words in the set. Identify and underline the word. One is done for you: [āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻāĻā§ āĻ¯ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻā§āĻā§ āĻŽā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¨ā§āĻā§ āĻĻāĻžāĻ āĻĻāĻžāĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž āĻāĻā§]
(a) Teacher, student, chalk, tall, duster [āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻ, āĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°, āĻāĻā§, āĻ˛āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻž, āĻĄāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻ°]
Ans. tall [āĻ˛āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻž] (āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻžāĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧā§)
(b) Football, goal, beautiful, field, player [āĻĢā§āĻāĻŦāĻ˛, āĻā§āĻ˛, āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ°, āĻŽāĻžāĻ , āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ā§āĻžā§]
Ans. beautiful [āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ°] (āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻĢā§āĻāĻŦāĻ˛ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧā§)
(c) Books, nice, pen, paper, table [āĻŦāĻ, āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ°, āĻāĻ˛āĻŽ, āĻāĻžāĻāĻ, āĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛]
Ans. nice [āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ°] (āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻžāĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻā§āĻ°ā§)
(d) Red, apple, guava, banana, watermelon [āĻ˛āĻžāĻ˛, āĻāĻĒā§āĻ˛, āĻĒā§ā§āĻžāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻ˛āĻž, āĻ¤āĻ°āĻŽā§āĻ]
Ans. red [āĻ˛āĻžāĻ˛] (āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻĢāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ)
(e) Rice, wheat, barley, cereals, golden [āĻāĻžāĻ˛, āĻāĻŽ, āĻ¯āĻŦ, āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻļāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯, āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ]
Ans. golden [āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ] (āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻā§āĻ°ā§)
(f) Spinach, cabbage, tasty, cauliflower, onions [āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻ, āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ§āĻžāĻāĻĒāĻŋ, āĻ¸ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§, āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻāĻĒāĻŋ, āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻžāĻ]
Ans. tasty [āĻ¸ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§] (āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ)
ACTIVITY 4
Fill in the blanks by choosing the correct form of verbs from the given alternatives: [āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻĨā§āĻā§ verb-āĻāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻ°ā§āĻĒāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻā§ āĻļā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°ā§:]
(a) My English text book _________ [have/has] hundred and forty pages. [āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦāĻā§ā§ āĻāĻāĻļā§ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻļāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻā§āĨ¤]
Ans. My English text book has hundred and forty pages.
(b) Our class ________ [has/have] thirty students. [āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¸ā§ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°āĻŋāĻļāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°-āĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤]
Ans. Our class has thirty students.
(c) My school [have/has] a big playground. [āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§ā§ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤]
Ans. My school has a big playground.
(d) We ________ [has/have] a beautiful garden. [āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤]
Ans. We have a beautiful garden.
(e) All my friends ________ [have/has] some interest in sports. [āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ˛āĻžā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻš āĻāĻā§āĨ¤]
Ans. All my friends have some interest in sports.
Let’s Talk : āĻāĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤
Describe your friend, using suitable adjectives. [āĻāĻĒāĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¤ Adjectives āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ¨āĻž āĻĻāĻžāĻāĨ¤]
Describe your house to the class.
[āĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžā§āĻŋāĻ° āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ¨āĻž āĻĻāĻžāĻāĨ¤]
Tell your class what you see everyday while coming to school. [āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻ¸āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻĨā§ āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻā§ āĻ¤āĻž āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¸ā§ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĨ¤]
Let’s Do :
ACTIVITY 5
Fill in the blanks with suitable articles and prepositions: [āĻāĻĒāĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¤ articles āĻāĻŦāĻ preposition āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻļā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°ā§:]
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar lived ______ the nineteenth century India when very few people went ______ school. [āĻāĻļā§āĻŦāĻ°āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻ° āĻāĻ¨āĻŋāĻļ āĻļāĻ¤āĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻ¤āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻˇā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨, āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻāĻŽ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛ā§ā§ āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤āĨ¤]
Ans. in, to
He founded _____ school ______ Calcutta which was later known as Vidyasagar College. [āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ˛āĻāĻžāĻ¤āĻžā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻ° āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽā§ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšā§āĨ¤]
Ans. a, in
He wrote ____ Bengali primer which is used even today. [āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻž āĻ¸āĻšāĻāĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻ˛āĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšā§āĻ¤ āĻšā§āĨ¤]
Ans. a
We are proud ____ Vidyasagar for his great work _____ the field ____ education. [āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻ° āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻ°āĻā§ āĻ¨āĻŋā§ā§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤]
Ans. of, in, of
ACTIVITY 6
Underline the correct form of the verbs given in brackets: [āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋā§āĻžāĻĒāĻĻāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻ°ā§āĻĒāĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻ¤āĻ˛āĻžā§ āĻĻāĻžāĻ āĻĻāĻžāĻ:]
(a) The sun [rise/rises/rose] in the east. [āĻ¸ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻ ā§āĨ¤]
Ans. rises (āĻāĻ āĻž)
(b) When do you [go/goes/went] to school ? [āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ?]
Ans. go (āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž)
(c) Two and two [make/makes/made] four. [āĻĻā§ā§ā§ āĻĻā§ā§ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻšā§āĨ¤]
Ans. make (āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋ) āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ âāĻšāĻ¯āĻŧâāĨ¤
(d) The great scholar Bopedev [write/writes/wrote] ‘Mugdha Bodh’. [āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻŦā§āĻĒāĻĻā§āĻŦ ‘āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻ§āĻŦā§āĻ§’ āĻ˛āĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤]
Ans. wrote (āĻ˛āĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛)
(e) Robert Bruce [fight/fights/fought] hard to regain his kingdom. [āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ°āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ āĻŦā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¸ āĻāĻ āĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ˛ā§āĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤]
Ans. fought (āĻ˛āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ, āĻ¯ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§)
ACTIVITY 7
Write the opposite of the following words: [āĻ¨ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ˛ā§āĻā§:]
good, fat, wise, dull, old, warm, kind, happy, tall
Ans.
Word | Opposite Word |
good [āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§] | bad [āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ] |
fat [āĻŽā§āĻāĻž] | thin [āĻ°ā§āĻāĻž] |
wise [āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§] | foolish [āĻŦā§āĻāĻž] |
dull [āĻŦā§āĻāĻž] | intelligent [āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨] |
old [āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¨ā§] | new [āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨] |
warm [āĻāĻ°āĻŽ] | cold [āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻž] |
kind [āĻĻā§āĻžāĻ˛ā§] | cruel [āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§] |
happy [āĻ¸ā§āĻā§] | unhappy [āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§] |
tall [āĻ˛āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻž] | short [āĻŦā§āĻāĻā§] |
ACTIVITY 8
Make new words by joining ‘-less’ to the words in the given box and fill in the blanks. One is done for you: [āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻ¸ā§ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻā§āĻā§ ‘less’ āĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻļā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž āĻāĻā§:]
help [āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯], harm [āĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻŋ], rest [āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽ], power [āĻā§āĻˇāĻŽāĻ¤āĻž], meaning [āĻ āĻ°ā§āĻĨ], colour [āĻ°āĻ], home [āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ]
(a) Water is a colourless liquid. [āĻāĻ˛ āĻšāĻ˛ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ°āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻ°āĻ˛]
Colourlessâ āĻ°āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
(b) Rita was ______ as she had fever. [āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻāĻĢāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¯ā§āĻšā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻŦāĻ° āĻšā§ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤]
Ans. restlessâ āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻžāĻŽ / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻžāĻŽāĻšā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
(c) People often become _______ during a natural calamity. [āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžā§āĻļāĻ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇ āĻ āĻ¸āĻšāĻžā§ āĻšā§ā§ āĻĒā§ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤]
Ans. helplessâ āĻ āĻ¸āĻšāĻžā§āĨ¤
(d) A snake is ________ if not disturbed. [āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻĒ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻš āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤]
Ans. harmlessâ āĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤
(e) The king became _______ after his brother betrayed him. [āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ° āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻž āĻā§āĻˇāĻŽāĻ¤āĻžāĻšā§āĻ¨ āĻšā§ā§ āĻĒā§ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤]
Ans. powerlessâ āĻā§āĻˇāĻŽāĻ¤āĻžāĻšā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
(f) A sentence is ________ without a verb. [āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋā§āĻžāĻĒāĻĻ āĻāĻžā§āĻž āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻ¯ āĻ āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻšā§āĻ¨āĨ¤]
Ans. meaninglessâ āĻ āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻšā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
Let’s Talk : āĻāĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤
Suppose, last Sunday, a visitor came to your house. Tell your friend what each of your family members was doing at that time.
[āĻŽāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻ°ā§, āĻāĻ¤ āĻ°āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°, āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻžā§āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĨāĻŋ āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻ¸āĻĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ āĻā§ āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤]
Hints: Your father (talking with friends) [āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž (āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨)]
Your mother (cooking) [āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻž (āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨)]
Your brother/sister (studying) [āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ/āĻŦā§āĻ¨ (āĻĒā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛)]
You (painting) [āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ (āĻāĻŦāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§)]
Tell your friends what you did last evening before going to sleep. [āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§, āĻāĻ¤ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻā§ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§ āĻā§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĨ¤]
Let’s Do :
ACTIVITY 9
Your friend has written this passage. But there are mistakes in every line. Underline the mistakes and correct them. One is done for you: [āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§ āĻāĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻāĻŋ āĻ˛āĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ° āĻ¨ā§āĻā§ āĻĻāĻžāĻ āĻĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¸āĻāĻļā§āĻ§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž āĻāĻā§:]
The History of Chess
Almost two thousand years ago a board-game was played at [inâ] India. It was call Chaturanga. It was very popular among kings, warriors and scholars. Chaturanga mean four limbs. It represent the four groups of the army: the warriors who fought on elephants, the cavalry, the charioteers and the infantry. From India the game went to the Persia where it was called Shatranj. Some of the words we now use in chess were use in Persia. The term, ‘checkmate’ was earlier call ‘Shah Mat’ or ‘the king is dead’. From Persia, the game went to the Europe. The game was now been called chess.
Ans.
The History of Chess
Almost two thousand years ago a board-game was played at [inâ] India. It was call [calledâ] Chaturanga. It was very popular among kings, warriors and scholars. Chaturanga mean [meansâ] four limbs. It represent [representsâ] the four groups of the army: the warriors who fought on elephants, the cavalry, the charioteer, and the infantry. From India the game went to the (remove âtheâ) Persia where it was called Shatranj. Some of the words we now use in chess were use [usedâ] in Persia. The term, ‘checkmate’, was earlier call [calledâ] ‘Shah Mat’ or ‘the king is dead’. From Persia, the game went to the (remove âtheâ) Europe The game is now called chess.
āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ¸
[āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžā§ āĻĻā§-āĻšāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻāĻ° āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻ¤āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻˇā§ āĻāĻāĻ§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻā§āĻ˛āĻž āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻāĻā§ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž āĻšāĻ¤ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻāĨ¤ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻž, āĻ¯ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻāĻ¨āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻāĻŋ āĻ āĻā§āĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžā§: āĻ¯ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻž āĻ¯āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻĒāĻŋāĻ ā§ āĻā§āĻĒā§ āĻ˛ā§āĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤, āĻ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻšā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯, āĻ°āĻĨā§ āĻā§āĻĒā§ āĻ¯ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻ¤āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻˇ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻž āĻ¯āĻžā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ āĻĻā§āĻļā§ āĻ¯ā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž āĻšāĻ¤ āĻļāĻ¤āĻ°āĻā§āĻāĨ¤ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻĻā§āĻļā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¤āĨ¤ ‘āĻā§āĻāĻŽā§āĻ’ āĻāĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻā§ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž āĻšāĻ¤ ‘āĻļāĻžāĻšāĻŽāĻ¤’ āĻŦāĻž ‘āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻž āĻŽā§āĻ¤’āĨ¤ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻĻā§āĻļ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻ¯āĻžā§ āĻāĻāĻ°ā§āĻĒā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž āĻšā§ āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĨ¤]
ACTIVITY 10
What do we call the people who living in the following countries ? One is done for you: [āĻ¨ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻļāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻŦāĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻā§ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻŋ ? āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž āĻāĻā§:]
Ans.
Country [āĻĻā§āĻļ] | Nationality [āĻāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ] |
India [āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻ¤āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻˇ] | Indian [āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ā§] |
Iran [āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ¨] | Iranian [āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ] |
Italy [āĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ] | Italian [āĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ˛ā§ā§] |
Russia [āĻ°āĻžāĻļāĻŋā§āĻž] | Russian [āĻ°ā§āĻļ] |
Canada [āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻĄāĻž] | Canadian [āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻĄā§ā§] |
America [āĻāĻŽā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻž] | American [āĻāĻŽā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ¨] |
China [āĻāĻŋāĻ¨] | Chinese [āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻž] |
Nepal [āĻ¨ā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛] | Nepali [āĻ¨ā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ] |
Japan [āĻāĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻ¨] | Japanese [āĻāĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ] |
Pakistan [āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¨] | Pakistani [āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ] |
England [āĻāĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ] | English [āĻāĻāĻ°ā§āĻ] |
ACTIVITY 11
Make sentences with the following adverbs: [āĻ¨āĻŋāĻŽā§āĻ¨āĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¤ adverb-āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻ¯ āĻ°āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§:]
slowly, fast, now, often, sometimes.
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slowlyâ [āĻ§ā§āĻ°ā§/āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§],
The truth will be revealed slowly. [āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŋ āĻ§ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ§ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻļāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤]
fastâ [āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤],
The boy learns everything very fast. [āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻļā§āĻā§āĨ¤]
nowâ [āĻāĻāĻ¨],
Now tell me what happened. [āĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§ āĻā§ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤]
oftenâ [āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžā§āĻ]
He often visits the place. [āĻ¸ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžā§āĻļāĻ āĻāĻžā§āĻāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¯āĻžā§āĨ¤]
sometimesâ [āĻāĻāĻ¨ā§-āĻāĻāĻ¨ā§],
Sometimes we have to tell lies. [āĻŽāĻžāĻā§āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§ āĻšā§āĨ¤]
Let’s Talk :
Suppose your friend was absent at the annual sports meet.
Tell your friend about your experiences there, using the adverbs given in Activity 11.
[āĻŽāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§ āĻŦāĻžā§āĻ¸āĻ°āĻŋāĻ āĻā§āĻ°ā§ā§āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¯ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĻžā§ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ Activity 11-āĻāĻ° adverb-āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¯ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻ¤āĻž āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§]
Ans. I am aware that you were ill and were unable to attend the annual sports at our school. Such things do occur occasionally. Allow me to tell you a little about sports now. Our Arjun emerged as the first-place winner in the 100-meter competition. Even though he started the race a little slowly, he eventually ran quite quickly. Our Headmaster gave out the rewards at the conclusion. Like always, he delivered a well-received talk.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯ā§ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻ āĻ§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ˛āĻž āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§ āĻĻāĻžāĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ āĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ¨ ā§§ā§Ļā§Ļ;āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¯ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ āĻ§āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋāĻ āĻ¸ā§ āĻĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻāĻž āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻ§ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻļā§āĻˇ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¸ā§ āĻŦā§āĻļ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻĻā§āĻĄāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻļā§āĻˇā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻļā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤āĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻ°āĻžāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§, āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻŦāĻā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
Let’s Do :
ACTIVITY 12
Write the past forms of the following words: [āĻ¨ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ° Past form āĻ˛ā§āĻā§:]
put, meet, jump, sleep, cry, kneel
Ans.
Words | Past forms |
put [āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻž] | put [āĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛] |
meet [āĻ¸āĻžāĻā§āĻˇāĻžā§ āĻāĻ°āĻž] | met [āĻ¸āĻžāĻā§āĻˇāĻžā§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛] |
jump [āĻāĻžāĻāĻĒ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻžāĨ¤ | jumped [āĻāĻžāĻāĻĒ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛] |
sleep [āĻā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§] | slept [āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋā§ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛] |
cry [āĻāĻŋā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž] | cried [āĻāĻŋā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛] |
kneel [āĻ¨āĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻšāĻā§āĻž] | knelt [āĻ¨āĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻšā§ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛] |
ACTIVITY 13
Fill in the blanks by choosing the correct form of verbs from the given alternatives: [āĻ¨ā§āĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻĨā§āĻā§ verb-āĻāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻ°ā§āĻĒāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻļā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°ā§:]
(a) They ________ (goes / are going / was going) to school. [āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤]
Ans. They are going to school.
(b) He _______ (live / lives / have lived) within his means. [āĻ¸ā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤]
Ans. He lives within his means.
(c) She and her friends ________ (go / went / goes) to the picnic yesterday. [āĻāĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻ° āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§ āĻŦāĻ¨āĻā§āĻāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻŋā§ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤]
Ans. She and her friends went to the picnic yesterday.
(d) Rahim and I _______ (eat / ate / were eating) when the bell rang. [āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻž āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¤āĻāĻ¨ āĻ°āĻšāĻŋāĻŽ āĻ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤]
Ans. Rahim and I were eating when the bell rang.
(e) The striker ______ (score / is scoring / scored) a goal in the football match yesterday.
Ans. The striker scored a goal in the football match yesterday. [āĻāĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻĢā§āĻāĻŦāĻ˛ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¯ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĻžā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤]
ACTIVITY 14
Classify the following nouns in the chart given below: [ āĻ¨ā§āĻā§āĻ° nounāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ° āĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻā§ āĻŦāĻ¸āĻžāĻ:]
cow, fleet, Vidyasagar, chalk, honesty, girl, dog, Robert Bruce, ring, friendship, table, herd, class, television, teacher, Rabindranath, truthfulness, bench, enmity, football
Common Noun [āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻˇā§āĻ¯]
cow [āĻā§āĻ°ā§]
girl [āĻŽā§ā§ā§]
dog [āĻā§āĻā§āĻ°]
ring [āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ]
table [āĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛]
bench [āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻ]
television [āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻļāĻ¨]
teacher [āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻ]
football [āĻĢā§āĻāĻŦāĻ˛]
Proper Noun [āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻˇā§āĻ¯]
Vidyasagar [āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻ°]
Robert Bruce [āĻ°āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ āĻŦā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¸]
Rabindranath [āĻ°āĻŦā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻ¨āĻžāĻĨ]
Material Noun [āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻˇā§āĻ¯]
chalk [āĻāĻ]
Abstract Noun [āĻā§āĻŖāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻˇā§āĻ¯]
honesty [āĻ¸āĻ¤āĻ¤āĻž]
friendship [āĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ]
truthfulness [āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĻž]
enmity [āĻļāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻž]
Collective Noun [āĻ¸āĻŽāĻˇā§āĻāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻˇā§āĻ¯]
fleet [āĻĻāĻ˛]
herd [āĻĻāĻ˛]
class [āĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻŋ]
ACTIVITY 15
Study the family tree of your friend Sabeena carefully. Then write a short paragraph about her family in about 50 words: [āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻāĻļāĻ¤āĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻ¯āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻšāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻĒā§ā§āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻĒāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ ā§Ģā§Ļ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ āĻ˛ā§āĻā§:]
Ans. Sabeena is my best friend. Irfan and Imran are her brothers. They read in primary school. Her father is Kazi Nurul. He works in an office. Shakeela is her mother. She is a housewife. On her father’s side, her grandfather and grandmother are Kazi Abdul and Nargis.
āĻ¸āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨āĻž āĻšāĻ˛ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŦāĻā§ā§ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻĢāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ āĻšāĻ˛ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻāĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻĒā§ā§āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āĻšāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻ¨ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻļāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĻž āĻšāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻā§āĻšāĻŦāĻ§ā§āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻžāĻĻā§ āĻ āĻ āĻžāĻā§āĻŽāĻž āĻšāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻŦāĻĻā§āĻ˛ āĻ āĻ¨āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¸āĨ¤
ACTIVITY 16
Write a short story in about 60 words using the following hints: [āĻ¨ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ ā§Ŧā§Ļ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻ˛ā§āĻā§:]
Hints: Crow looking for water [āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ˛ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻā§] â thirsty [āĻ¤ā§āĻˇā§āĻŖāĻž] â finds a pitcher [āĻāĻ˛āĻ¸āĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ˛] â water at the bottom [āĻ¤āĻ˛āĻžā§ āĻāĻ˛] â finds pebbles [ āĻ¨ā§ā§āĻŋ āĻā§āĻāĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻ˛] â drops pebbles [āĻ¨ā§ā§āĻŋ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻ˛] â water level rises [āĻāĻ˛āĻ¤āĻ˛ āĻāĻ ā§ āĻāĻ˛] â quenches thirst [āĻ¤ā§āĻˇā§āĻŖāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛āĨ¤]
Ans.
A Thirsty Crow
It was a hot summer day. A thirsty crow was looking for water. He could not find anything because all the ponds were dry. At last he found a pitcher of water. There was a little water at the bottom. he couldn’t get there. Suddenly, the crow had an idea. He gathered some pebbles and threw them into the jar. Gradually the water level rose and quenched his thirst.
Moral: Apply your knowledge to overcome the situation.
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