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• Read and understand the simple story “The Mountain Goat” in English

• Use nature word

• Understand about a brave mountain goat and justifies the title of the lesson

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Once there lived a young mountain goat in a valley of the Himalayas. The valley was covered

with beautiful green grass. So he had become a strong animal ready to face any danger. One

day while grazing the grass, he saw a tiger. There was no time to run away. He got ready to face

the tiger. He was confident of his safety due to his pair of strong and large horns.

Seeing the goat ready to face him, the tiger was afraid of being hurt. He advised him to tell

three truths, then he would let the goat go away in peace. Instead of three truths, the goat told

him four truths. The tiger called him a clever fellow but threatened to kill him on the next meeting.

The goat replied that he would never catch him another time. Saying these words the goat ran

away.

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1. Where did the mountain goat live?

2. What was the first truth that the goat told the tiger?

3. What was the second truth that the goat told the tiger?

4. What was the third truth that the goat told the tiger?

5. What was the last truth that the goat told the tiger?

6. Do you think the tiger met the goat again? Why?

7. How could the mountain goat face the tiger?

8. Where was the goat grazing?

9. Who was following the goat?

10. What should the goat do to avoid the tiger?

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Secondary Course English

Question - Bank and Key

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1. The mountain goat lived in a valley at the foot of the Himalayas.

2. The first truth was that the tiger did not kill the goat would not be believed by other tigers.

3. The second truth was that the tiger did not kill the goat would not be believed by othergoats.

4. The third truth was that the tiger did not kill the goat because he was not really hungry.

5. The last truth was that the tiger would never catch the goat another time.

6. The tiger might not have caught the goat another time because the goat took good care ofhimself.

7. The mountain goat could face the tiger with his strong horns.

8. The goat was grazing on the patch of the green grass.

9. A tiger was following the goat.

10. The goat had to tell three truths to avoid the tiger.

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• Read and understand the simple story “The Most Difficult Job in the World” in English

• Know about Tenali Raman, who was a witty and wise jester in the court of King KrishnadevaRaya.

• The story states that the obstinacy of a child is most difficult to fulfill.

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This is a very good story that tells about the wisdom and smartness of a court jester named

Tenali Raman. In the 14th Century there was one of the greatest Hindu Emperors. His name was

Raja Krishnadeva Raya of Vijayanagaram Kingdom. Tenali Raman was his court jester. The

Emperor asked his courtiers about the most difficult job in the world. They were unable to give

proper reply. It was Tenali Raman who answered that it was very difficult to keep a child happy

than to rule a nation. Thus the story states that the obstinacy of a child is most difficult to fulfil. It

cautions us against the flatterers.

Tenali Raman was a very wise and witty man in the court of the king Krishnadeva Raya. He

was his court jester and entertained the king with his wise discourses. The king was the ruler of

Vijayanagar kingdom. Tenali Raman was a fearless and straight forward person. He was never

in a mood to show flattery to his ruler though he was his subordinate.

When asked by the king about the most difficult job in the world, he openly spoke that a

mother’s job was the most difficult one in the world. It was easy to look after the kingdom than to

make the child happy. On hearing his statement all the courtiers broke into peals of laughter. He

did not mid their untimely mocking. Rather than he brought a woman along with her boy. He

established the truth of his statement. Thus Tenali Raman was a practical man full of worldly

wisdom.

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1. Who was Krishnadevaraya?

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2. Who was Tenali Raman?

3. What kind of a man was Tenali Raman?

4. What did Krishnadevaraya ask his courtiers?

5. According to the courtiers, what was the most difficult job?

6. Did Tenali Raman agree with the courtiers?

7. According to Tenali Raman, what was the most difficult job in the World?

8. Who did Raman bring to the court?

9. What did the boy ask for?

10. What did the boy ask the king to do?

11. Why did the boy want to take the elephant home?

12. Why did the boy start crying?

13. While the boy was crying, what did the mother say to Raman?

14. What did the mother tell the boy?

15. Did the King agree with Raman in the end?

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1. Krishnadevaraya was the ruler of the Vijayanagara Kingdom.

2. Tenali Raman was the court jester in Krishnadevaraya’s court.

3. Tenali Raman was wise and witty.

4. Krishnadevaraya asked his courtiers to tell him the most difficult job in the World.

5. According to the courtiers, ruling the country is the most difficult job.

6. Tenali Raman did not agree with the courtiers.

7. According to Tenali Raman, a mother’s job is the most difficult job in the World.

8. Raman brought a woman and her son to court.

9. The boy asked for an elephant.

10. The boy asked the king to put the elephant into his basket.

11. The boy wanted to take the elephant home in order to show him to his friends.

12. As the king could not put the elephant into the basket, the boy started crying.

13. While the boy was crying, the mother told Raman to get a toy elephant.

14. The mother said to the boy that the toy elephant was more beautiful would fit easily into hisbasket.

15. In the end, the king agreed with Tenali Raman.

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• Read and understand the simple story “Snake Bite” in English

• In the story Raja is a narrator and a small boy having a mischievous nature

• Grand Mother was a focal character of sympathetic and lovely nature

• This lesson gives a message that we should not disturb the peaceful life of livingcreatures on this earth.

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This is a story of a small boy Raja. He seems to be a very mischievous boy. He disturbs the

life of a crawling snake. But he is left unharmed. Then in the evening Raja tries to catch a bee. It

stings him on his finger and the boy cries in pain. His grandmother thinks that Raja has been

bitten by a snake. So the grandfather takes Raja to a man who cures for bite. He is cured.

People thank the old man for curing Raja with his magical powers. In reality we should not disturb

the peaceful life of living creatures on this earth.

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1. What did the boy see in the compound?

2. Where did the snake hide itself?

3. Why did the grandmother cry for help?

4. When the grandfather learnt that the boy had a snake in the shell?

5. What happened when the boy tried to catch a bee?

6. When the boy said he had been bitten, what did the grandmother think of?

7. What did the grandfather do when he noticed a blue mark on the boy’s finger?

8. According to the grandfather, what did the old grey haired man know?

9. What did the old grey haired man do?

10. Why couldn’t the boy tell the grandfather that a been had bitten him?

11. What did the old man tell the grandparents?

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12. Why did the grandfather send the old man gifts?

13. Did the old man really cure the boy?

14. The boy did not feel the pain after sometime. Does it mean the old man really cured of thebite?

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1. The boy saw a snake in the compound.

2. The snake did himself in a coconut shell.

3. As the boy said he caught a snake, the grandmother was shocked and cried for help.

4. When the grandfather learnt that the boy had a snake in the shell, he snatched the shell andthrew it away.

5. When the boy tried to catch a bee, it string him on the finger.

6. When the boy said he had been bitten, the grandmother thought of snake bite.

7. When the grandmother noticed a blue mark on the boy’s finger, he took the boy into hisarms and started running.

8. The grandfather believed that the old grey haired man knew the cure for snake bite.

9. The old grey haired man took some water in a brass vessel, sat infront of the boy and thegrandfather and started reviling mantras.

10. The boy could not tell the grandfather a bee had bitten him because the grandfather holdhim tight and did not allow him to talk.

11. The old man told the grandparents that the boy was out of danger.

12. The grandfather sent the old man gifts as he saved the boy.

13. The old man did not cure the boy at all.

14. A bee bit the boy and there was a pain after sometime.

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• Read the understand the simple story “How the Squirrel Got His Stripes” in English.

• He understand that God showers his affection equally on everything.

• It is a very good lesson that warns us not to be proud of one’s strength. We should neithermake fun of the small not should laugh at them.

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This is a very moral presenting story taken from the Ramayana. The army of Rama was

building a bridge over the sea. The monkeys were bringing huge stones from the hills. A small

brown squirrel was carrying little pebbles in his mouth. By chance it came in the path of a monkey.

It felt sorry and told that it was helping Rama to build the bridge. One of the monkeys threw the

squirrel and it fell in Rama’s hands. Rama held it close to his heart and passed his fingers gently

over the back of the squirrel. Since then we can see three white stripes on its back. Here it is

noteworthy that it is the love that matters the most. God showers his affection equally on everything.

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1. What did Rama ask his army to do?

2. How did the monkeys build the bridge?

3. What did Rama see one day?

4. What was the squirrel doing?

5. Why did the monkey jump back?

6. What did the squirrel tell the monkey?

7. What was the funny story for the monkeys?

8. What did the monkeys tell the squirrel?

9. What did one of the monkeys do?

10. What did Rama tell the monkeys?

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11. How did the squirrel get white straps on his back?

12. How many white straps were there on the squirrels back?

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1. Rama asked his army to build the bridge over the sea.

2. The monkeys pulled out rocks, cut them into shape and began to build the bridge.

3. One day, Rama saw a small brown squirrel.

4. The squirrel carried pebbles from seashore and dropped them into the sea.

5. The monkey jumped back as the squirrel came in his way.

6. The squirrel told the monkeys that he was helping Rama build the bridge.

7. A squirrel’s building a bridge was a funny story for the monkeys.

8. The monkeys told the squirrel to go home and not to get in their way.

9. One of the monkeys picked up the squirrel by its tail and threw him far away.

10. Rama told the monkeys not to make fun of the weak and the small.

11. Rama gently passed his fingers over the squirrel’s back and there were white straps on hisback.

12. There were three white straps on the squirrel’s back.

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• Read and understand the simple story “Making Movies” in English.

• Read and understand an autobiographical piece of writing.

• In this autobiographical piece of writing, Ray tells about a problem he faced and how hesolved it.

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Satyajit Ray decided to shoot a film Pather Panchali in which the dog has an important

role. To make it more interesting, he wanted that the dog Bhulo, should run after Apu and Durga.

In the first show, he desired the children looking at the sweet-seller standing near a wall. The dog

was sitting under a guava tree. In the next shot, first Durga, then Apu and after then the dog

would be shown running after the sweet-seller. The film-maker found the master of the dog. In the

rehearsal, the dog reacted according to his master’s desire.

Then the shooting started and the dog did not respond. He did not move and spoiled the

whole shooting. He spoiled eleven takes. In the twelth take the dog behaved as desired by the

film-maker. It showed the sweet-seller, Apu and Durga. The dog was after her. She had a large

sweet in her hands which were on her back. The dog was lured towards the sweets.

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1. When did the author face trouble?

2. Who caused the trouble while shooting?

3. What did the author thought would make the scene more interesting?

4. Where would Apu, Durga and the dog be placed?

5. How did the rehearsal go?

6. Did the dog run on the first call?

7. How much did the thousand feet film cost?

8. How many takes did the dog waste?

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9. What made the dog run as the author wanted?

10. What shot went exactly as per the plan?

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1. The author faced trouble whilte shooting the scene with sweet seller.

2. ‘Bhulo’ the dog caused the trouble.

3. The author thought the dog too running with the children would make the scene interesting.

4. Apu and Durga stand near a wall and the dog sit under a guava tree.

5. The rehearsal went smoothly.

6. No, it didnot.

7. The thousand feet film cost hundred and fifty rupees.

8. The dog wasted eleven takes.

9. A piece of sweet in the hands of Durga made the dog run.

10. The twelth shot went as per the plan.

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• Read and understand the simple story “Kondiba - A Hero” in English.

• Read and appreciate a short story.

• Talk about brave people.

• Describe people.

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This is a short story about a blind beggar named Kondiba. It tells his deeds of heroism. He

did not allow blindness to come in his way. He showed utmost determination and courage to

save the life of a small boy named Arvind. His story of daring rescue was published in many

papers. Now he leads a happy married life. He has stopped begging.

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1. How did kondiba become blind?

2. When did kondiba become blind?

3. Where is Golibar?

4. Why did the people not build a wall round the well?

5. When had kondiba learnt how to swim?

6. What made kondiba weak and tired?

7. What did kondiba find at the bottom of the well?

8. How did the crowd react when kondiba came out without Arvind?

9. What was kondiba doing when he heard a cry?

10. Did kondiba succeed when he dived the second time?

11. What did kondiba miss most during his search for Arvind?

12. Where was the boy’s body held?

13. How did he pull Arvind’s body out of the mud?

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14. What made Arvind vomit water?

15. What did the policeman tell kondiba?

16. How did Arvind express his gratitude?

17. What reward did kondiba get?

18. Where did kondiba get a home?

19. What did kondiba learn at Home for the blind?

20. What publicity did kondiba get?

21. What changed kondiba’s life?

22. Give two qualities of kondiba?

23. Why did the people of the colony dig a well?

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1. Kondiba became blind with small pox.

2. Kondiba became blind at the age of eight.

3. Golibar is in Ghatkapar, North-East of Mumbai.

4. The people never had any money to build a wall round the well.

5. Kondiba learnt swimming when he was young.

6. Years of poverty made kondiba weak and tired.

7. Kondiba found soft mud and slippery weeds.

8. The crowd gave a sigh of disappointment.

9. Kondiba was talking his meals.

10. No, he did not.

11. Kondiba missed his vision much.

12. The boy’s body was held in the mud and weeds.

13. Kondiba pulled Arvind by holding his belt tightly.

14. Artifical respiration given by kondiba made Arvind vomit water.

15. The policeman told him that Arvind would be all right.

16. Arvind expressed his gratitude by touching kondiba’s feet.

17. Kondiba got the reward of Rs. 12,970 in total.

18. Kondiba got a home in a home for the blind.

19. Kondiba learnt bottling and weaving of chair seats.

20. Kondiba’s story of daring rescue and his picture were published in many newspapers.

21. Bravery and determination to find the boy in the well changed kondiba’s life.

22. Bravery and determination.

23. People dug the well as the water tap was not enough for the slum’s population.

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• Read and understand the simple story “The King And The Tamarind Drum” in English

• Understand and appreciate a folk tale with a moral

• Compare and contrast two persons with very different qualities

• Use adjectives of quality

• Write descriptions of people

• This story warns us not to become vain. A person who is proud of anything, has his fall

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Once there lived a king in central India. He was handsome but proud. One day he boasted

in court that he was probably more handsome than all the gods. A bad-tempered god heard this.

He punished the king by making two horns grow on his head. The king lost all his handsomeness.

He looked ugly. The king sent for the royal barber who managed to cover the horns partially with

hair. The king had to put the night cap on to hid the rest of his uncovered hair. He warned the

barber not to tell the secret of his horns to anyone. The barber, being a talkative fellow, whispered

the secret to the Tamarind tree standing in the courtyard. That night the tree was blown down by

a fierce storm. The royal musician made a drum from the trunk of the tree and played on it. The

drum intoned that the king had horns on his head. The courtiers laughed at this. The king grew

angry. He took the drum and went to the forest. He learnt many good things there. He cared for

the small creatures. He grew wise and selfless. He also learnt how to play the drum. The spirits

of the trees were pleased with king’s playing the drum. They met the bad-tempered god and

requrested him to withdraw the curse. He agreed. The king’s horns were gone. He was happy.

His courtiers came and requested him to come back to his kingdom. He once again became

the king and ruled the people wisely. He spared the life of the barber. But he dismissed the

barber form service.

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1. How did the king spend his time?

2. What did the king neglect?

3. What did the king boast one day?

4. Who got angry on the king’s words?

5. Who punished the king?

6. What was the king’s punishment?

7. Describe the royal barber?

8. Did the barber succed in covering the horns completely?

9. What did the king say he would do if the barber talked about his horns?

10. What did the guards find on the king’s head?

11. Whom did the barber share the secret with?

12. What happened to the tamarind tree?

13. What were the king’s orders for the fallen tree?

14. What did the drum intone?

15. How did the courtiers react on the drums song?

16. Why did the king run away to the forest?

17. Was the king along in the forest?

18. Who accompained the king in the forest?

19. What change came over the king?

20. Who requested the god to forgive the king?

21. How did the drum help the king in the forest?

22. What punishment did the barber get?

23. Did the king accept his courties? what did he do then?

24. “I am probably more handsome than all the gods” who is ‘I’ in the line?

25. ‘I’ ll die if I don’t tell someone’ who said this line?

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1. The king spent his time having his hair combed and body oiled.

2. The king neglected his duties to rule his kingdom.

3. The king boasted that he was probably most handsome than all the gods.

4. A bad tempered god got angry.

5. A bad tempered god punished the king.

6. The king’s punishment was getting two horns like a bull.

7. The royal barber was a talkative man.

8. No, he could not cover them completely.

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9. The king said he would have him beaten and hanged.

10. The guards found a large pillow on the king’s head.

11. The barber shared the secret with the Tamarind Tree.

12. The tamarind tree fell down due to a force storm.

13. The king ordered to make a drum with the trunk of the fallen tree.

14. The drum intoned that Raja has horns on his head.

15. The courties burst out laughing as they heard the drum.

16. As the people started laughing, the king got angry and ran away.

17. No, we was not.

18. Tamarind drum accompanied.

19. The king grew strong, wise and humble.

20. Spirits of the trees requested the God.

21. The drum gave him good advice when he beat it.

22. The barber kept his head, but lost his job.

23. Yes, he accepted and went back to his kingdom.

24. ‘I’ refers to the king.

25. The royal barber.

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• Read and understand the simple story “Naina’s Village” in English

• Identify the feelings of the people in the story from the words used

• Locate words that express sounds

• Understand and use words that relate to life and work in villages

• Understand what ‘recycling’ means

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This is the story of a city girl who visits a village. She gets to know the villagers and begins

to understand their way of living. She sees the women building a wall to keep out animals. She

finds some other women doing other jobs like cutting grass, feeding the cattle, harvesting the

crops and so on. She starts getting interest in the lives of the village. Ultimately she starts

participating in their work.

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1. According to Naina, what was the cause of the noises?

2. Why were the men and women carrying stones and passing them?

3. Which animals were the villagers trying to protect their crops from?

4. Who was the city girl?

5. Why were the women cutting the grass?

6. According to the village women, what do the men do?

7. How is the cow dung used?

8. What is the name of the village that Anusha visiting?

9. ‘Everything was connected in the village to everything’ - explain?

10. Where was chameli’s husband?

11. Was Anusha able to cut grass easily?

12. What made the task easier for Anusha?

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13. How did the girls try to help the women?

14. Why did the women sing as they worked?

15. How did Anusha feel for the villagers after her visit?

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1. Naina says the noises are made by the people who are repairing the wall.

2. The men and women were passing the stones to repair the wall.

3. The villagers were trying to protect their crops from boar and deer.

4. Anusha was the city girl.

5. The women were cutting the grass to feed the cows.

6. The women said men plough the fields, drink or migrate.

7. Cow dung was used as manure.

8. Anusha visited a village named Peeda.

9. Forests were connected to animals, animals to agriculture, and agriculture to people’sfood.

10. Chameli’s husband was in Kanpur.

11. No, she was not.

12. Singing made the task easier.

13. The girls took the sickles and started cutting the grass.

14. Singing made the task easier for the women.

15. Anusha’s respect for villagers grew with her visit to the village.

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• Read and understand the simple story “Tall Trees (Poem)” in English

• Enjoy a simple poem about nature

• Appreciate convey a sense of beauty

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In this poem the poet compares the activities of the trees. These are similar to human

beings. The trees watch the clouds and provide shelter and safety to the birds.

Activities of the Trees: On seeing the tall trees, the poet sees them with their roots (feet) in

the earth. Their leaves (heads) are in the sky. They watch the floating clouds. When the dusk

appears, the birds seek shelter. They rest in their nest which are built in the trees.

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1. Which parts of the tree are called its head and feet?

2. What are the tall trees watching?

3. Are the trees behaving like human beings?

4. Where do the birds have their nests?

5. What do the tall trees provide to the birds?

6. When do the birds come back to their nests?

7. What do the tall trees peep?

8. “The birds to rest

Safe in a nest

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1. Branches of the tree are called as head and the roots as the feet.

2. The tall trees are watching the moving clouds.

3. Yes, they are.

4. Birds have their nests in the branches of the tree.

5. The tall trees provide shelter and a safe nest to the birds.

6. When the sunsets the birds came back to their nests.

7. The tall trees peep the moon shining in the night.

8. Test, best.

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• Read and understand the simple story “A Tiger Comes To Town - 1” in English

• In the present story a tiger fails to understand why people acted unreasonable when he didnot want to harm anybody

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This is a very interesting story about a huge tiger which is told by the tiger himself. He

escapes from the circus and starts moving in the town. On seeing him, people start running.

They close their windows and doors. But the tiger does not want to harm anyone. Ultimately he

enters the school room. It is the room of the headmaster. He likes the place and sleeps. Seeing

him sleeping, he is locked. A teacher calls him ‘brute’. The master of the tiger appears and asks

the teacher not to use such words.

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1. Why were the shutters pulled down?

2. What did the people do when they saw the tiger?

3. What did the tiger think about human beings when he saw in the circus?

4. What did the passengers do when the tiger attacked the horse?

5. Why did the tiger change his opinion?

6. When do tigers attack?

7. Why didn’t the tiger kill people?

8. Why were the children so excited?

9. Where was the tiger at the restaurant?

10. Which room did the tiger enter in the school?

11. What did the tiger want to do in the room?

12. What are the two words that made the master get angry?

13. What happened when the tiger entered the headmaster’s room?

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14. ‘The human being thinks all other creatures are beasts - who said these lines?

15. ‘When I entered market’ - Who does I refer to?

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1. The shutters were pulled down because a tiger had came to the to the market place.

2. The people had in drains, a trees and behing pillars when they saw the tiger.

3. The tiger thought that the human beings are strong and fearless.

4. The passengers fill out of the Tonga and ran to save their lives.

5. The tiger changed his opinion when he saw people running to save their lives.

6. Tigers attack only when they feel hungry.

7. The tiger did not kill people as its stomach was full.

8. The children were excited as the schools were being closed.

9. The tiger was at the threshold of the restaurant.

10. The tiger entered the headmaster’s room.

11. The tiger wanted to sleep for a while.

12. Brute and beast are the words that made the master angry.

13. The headmaster jumped on to his table and heared himself up into an attic.

14. The master said these lines.

15. I refers to the tiger.

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• Read and understand the simple story “A Tiger Comes To Town - 2” in English

• There are many amusing incidents in this lesson

• A slave can never enjoy real peace of mind

• Freedom is the birth-right and most precious and proud possession of human beings,birds and animals

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In this story, the tiger gets up from his sleep. He hears some voices outside. The headmaster

is in the attic. When the tiger growls slowly, the headmaster becomes nervous. The chairman of

the tiger committee asks the tiger’s master to sign an affidavit and absolve from all responsibility.

He signs the documents in Sanskrit. Then he opens the headmaster’s room. He tells the tiger

that human beings are timid creatures.

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1. Why was the headmaster nervous?

2. What was the tiger trying to convey to the headmaster?

3. Why were the people outside preventing the master from entering the classroom?

4. What made the chairman confused?

5. What affidavit would the master have to sign?

6. Who prevented the magistrate from entering the room?

7. What did the master write on a paper?

8. Why was the chairman shocked to see the affidavit?

9. What was written in the affidavit?

10. Why was the master not happy about signing the affidavit?

11. Why did the master choose sanskrit to write the affidavit?

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12. What advice did the master give before leaving?

13. How many other languages does the master know?

14. Why did the master want to enter the room?

15. What realization did the master want the tiger to have?

16. ‘I can’t accept it’ - who said this lines?

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1. Headmaster was nervous of the roar of the tiger.

2. Tiger was trying to assure him that he was not going to hurt him.

3. Because they thought he would be killed by the tiger.

4. The statement that he is going to risk his own life made the chairman confused.

5. No one would be blamed for his death.

6. The chairman prevented the master.

7. The master wrote the chairman’s dictatition.

8. The affidavit was in the language he did not understand.

9. Everybody was absolved of the blame.

10. Master felt that it was not necessary.

11. Master thought that it was the language of Gods and scriptures are written in sanskrit.

12. Master advised the tiger not to look at human beings to maintain peace of mind.

13. The master knew ten other languages including Japanese.

14. The master could tame the tigers so he wanted to enter the room.

15. The master wanted it to realize that human beings are timid creatures.

16. The chairman

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• Read and understand the simple story “The Story of Anju Dua” in English

• Use the simple past tense

• Use compound words

• This is the true story of a very special girl who was deaf and dumb

• She is an inspiration for all the disabled persons in the world

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This is the true story of a very special girl named Anju Dua. She is both deaf and dumb. But

she did not allow her physical incompetency in her way. By dint of courage, determination, hard

labour and will power she won many medals. She won the Arjun Award in 1998. She is an

inspiration for all the disabled persons in the world. At present she has been working as a

Assistant Gymanstics Coach with the Haryana Sports Department at War Heroes Memorial

Stadium in Ambala.

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1. Who is Anju Dua?

2. Why has Anju been called a special person?

3. What are the medals she received during 1987 to 1990?

4. When did Anju develop interest for gymnastics?

5. When and where was Anju declared the best gymnastics?

6. Which event was Anju specially good at?

7. Name two other sports, Anju interested in?

8. Name Anju’s interests in other areas.

9. Which award did Anju receive in 1998?

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10. Did Anju’s handicap come in the way of her ambition?

11. How did Anju’s parents react when they came to know of her interest?

12. What does Anju do these days?

13. In which year did Anju come into line light?

14. What is Anju very particular about?

15. Which department is Anju working in?

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1. Anju Dua is one of the most well known gymanstics coach.

2. Because she is deaf and dumb.

3. Anju won ten gold, twenty three silver and eleven bronze medals.

4. Anju developed interest in gymnastics when she was just eight years old.

5. She was declared the best gymnastics in Senior Nationals, Kottayam, in 1989.

6. Anju was specially good at vaulting horse.

7. Anju was interested in volleyball and badminton.

8. Anju loves to paint and create art on glasses.

9. Anju received the Arjuna Award in 1998.

10. No, it did not.

11. Anju’s parents helped her in her venture.

12. Anju coaches in gymnastics.

13. In 1984, Anju came into line light.

14. Anju was very particular about her fitness.

15. Anju is working as an Assistant Gymnastic Coach with Haryana Sports Department.

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• Read and understand the simple story “Shining Things” in English

• Enjoy a simple poem

• Appreciate pictures in words like “twinkling starts”, “gold sun” etc

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This is a very simple poem that speaks about the beautiful things of nature. The poet is in

love with nature and he likes all shining things like - the hills, the rain, the flower and the moonlight

night. The poet is creating a fine picture of natural beauty.

Fascination towards other things: The poet is much fascinated by the glinting wings of

bees and the butterflies. Most of all he loves to see his purring cat’s green and shining eyes.

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1. Where is the rainbow seen?

2. What does the poet like?

3. How are the wings of bees and butterflies similar?

4. How are the pussy’s eyes?

5. When do the stars shine?

6. When does the sun shine?

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1. The rainbow is seen in a stormy sky.

2. The poet likes all shining things.

3. The wings of the bees and butterflies are shining.

4. The pussy’s eyes are light and green.

5. The stars shine at night.

6. The sun shines at noon.

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• Read and understand the simple story “The Mares” in English

• This is an interesting story of how the wise Nana solved the tricky question of a merchantwho happened to asked him. This shows the wit of a man

• It also reveals the intelligence of animals too

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Once a merchant brought two similar Arab mares for the Poona Durbar. He wanted to find

out the wisdom of the Durbar as he had beard. Both the mares were handsome and alike in all

respects. They were beautiful, equal in gait, height and swiftness. It was a problem for all to

distinguish the two mares. All were puzzled to hear this.

The merchant asked the Durbar to tell which was the mother and, which her daughter.

Nana accepted the challenge and requested the merchant to wait for some time. He drove the

mares to the flooded river. He asked his men to enter the mares in the angry water. Both entered

but one wavered in the middle. The mother took the lead. Nana answered the first as mother and

the other her daughter. The merchant bowed before Nana on having the problem solved correctly.

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1. What did the merchant bring with him?

2. How were the two Arab mares?

3. How did the mares look like?

4. Why did many people want to buy the mares?

5. Why didn’t the merchant sell the mares?

6. What was the condition put by the merchant?

7. Why couldn’t Baji Rao find the difference?

8. What were the mars made to do?

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9. According to Nana, how was the mother different from the filly?

10. Whom did the merchant present the mares?

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1. The merchant brought two Arab mares with him.

2. The two mares were handsome and glossy white.

3. The two mares looked like twins.

4. Many people wanted to buy the two mares.

5. The merchant did not want to sell the mares because he wanted to present them to theruler Baji Rao.

6. The condition was that the king had to find the mother and the filly.

7. Baji Rao could not find the difference between the two mares because they were exactlythe same.

8. The two mares were made to swim across the angry river.

9. According to Nana, the mother horse was so experienced that she led the way in the river.

10. The merchant presented the two mares to Nana.

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• Read and understand the simple story “A Birthday Letter” in English

• This lesson tells us that Gandhiji was a great leader he was full of love those who suffer

• Nehru wishes Indira to grow up in to brave soldier in India’s service

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In 1930 many of Indian leaders were put in prison. Pandit Nehru was in Nalini Prison. He

wrote this letter to his daughter Indira. It was the occasion of her 13th birthday. He writes that he

dislikes sermonizing. It was always good to have discussion. He says that the study of history

can be inspiring. History tells us how ordinary men and women can do heroic deeds. He also

tells her of the qualities that would make her a brave soldier in India’s freedom movement.

On Indira’s 13th birthday, Nehru was in Naini prison. So he could not send her material or

solid presents. He sent her presents of mind and spirit which could not be stopped even by the

high walls of prison. He told her that we should follow discussion to get truth. The world is very

wide and we should not think that we have learnt everything. Sometimes history creates heroes

who belong to common mass and a new chapter of history is written. India is writing her own

history under the freedom message of Bapuji.

Nehru wishes her to grow open, transparent and straight-forward. We should never do

anything in secret as it creates fear. He asks Indira to be brave and grow up a child of the light,

unafraid, and serene and unruffled, whatever may happen. She must take part in the making of

new history and do her utmost to become a brave soldier in India’s service.

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1. Who did Nehru write the birthday letter?

2. What was common on a birthday?

3. How was Nehru’s present different from routine presents?

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4. According to Nehru, how can the difference between good and bad be recognised?

5. How is a letter different from a talk?

6. What does history tell us?

7. What character inspired Indira?

8. According to Nehru, who was the great leader?

9. How was Bapuji’s message significant?

10. How did Gandhiji’s message inspire the people of India?

11. What was the part to be played by Nehru and Indira?

12. When do people hide things?

13. How did Nehru want Indira to grow up?

14. According to Nehru, how would Indira serve the country?

15. What does ‘working in the light’ mean?

16. What does ‘making friends with the sun’ mean?

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1. Nehru wrote the birthday letter to his daughter Indira.

2. Receiving presents and good wishes is common on a birthday.

3. Unlike other presents, Nehru’s present was of the mind and the spirit.

4. According to Nehru, the difference between good and bad can be recognised by talks anddiscussions.

5. Unlike a talk, a letter is a one-sided affair.

6. History tells us about great periods in the life of nations and persons.

7. The character of Jeanned’ Arc inspired young Indira.

8. According to Nehru, Gandhiji was the great leader of India.

9. Gandhiji’s message stole the hearts of millions of Indians.

10. Bapuji’s message made the Indians come out of their limitations and fight for the cause ofthe nation.

11. Nehru and Indira had to act as soldiers for the honour of the country.

12. People hide things when they are afraid.

13. Nehru wanted Indira to grow up without fear and disturbance.

14. According to Nehru, Indira should serve the country like a soldier.

15. ‘Working in the light’ means being open in our conduct.

16. ‘Making friends with the sun’ means being fearless.

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• Read and understand the simple story “Noise: How it Effects Our Lives” in English

• Read and understand factual prose

• Sound converts into noise when into noise when it becomes unpleasant to our ears

• Sound is pleasant, sweet and comfortable but noise is unpleasant

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The writer has given a good difference between Noise and Sound. We hear both and both are

very harmful to us. Any unpleasant sound is noise. It is something that we do not like. We have to

cover our ears. Sound is measured in decibels. Noise pollutes our environment just as much as

smoke, foul water, dirty air and litter.

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1. What is noise?

2. How is sound measured?

3. What is the desirable range?

4. Where did Naseer live?

5. How did the noise affect Naseer?

6. What conclusion did the doctor in Germany give?

7. How does the noise affect the blood vessels?

8. What is used to register sound?

9. Does the human body get used tonoise?

10. Which part of the ear gets damaged due to the loud noise?

11. What can we do at school to reduce noise?

12. How can you reduce noise at home?

13. What have the cities done to control noise?

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14. How can we get rid of the sounds around us?

15. At which level does the noise damage the ears?

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1. Any unpleasant sound is noise.

2. Sound is measured in decibel

3. The desirable range is between 45 to 75 decibels.

4. Naseer lived in an apartment on a busy street.

5. Naseer had headache.

6. The doctor in Germany concluded that sounds heard by a sleeping person causes dangerto their hearts.

7. Noise causes the blood vessels to expand.

8. A decibel meter is used to register sound.

9. No, the human body never gets used to noises.

10. It damages the sensitive part of the inner ear.

11. We can keep the books quitely on a desk, and walk quietly.

12. At home we can use one mechanical device at a time.

13. Many cities passed strong anti-noise regulations.

14. Being quiet ourselves we can get rid of the sounds around us.

15. Noise damages ears at 85 decibles.

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• Read and understand the simple story “My Elder Brother” in English

• Read and understand a story and locate important facts and ideas

• Appreciate the value of forgiveness

• Use abstract words

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This is a story about two brothers Nicky and Valodya. Nicky is younger than Valodya. Both

study and play together. There was no difference of elder and younger. Valodya was aware of

his superiority and was proud of it. One day suddenly Nicky broke an empty bottle of scent. This

made Valodya utmost angry. Valodya asked him never to touch his things and dragged him out

of room. That day Nicky did not speak with Valodya. In the afternoon Nicky was feeling ashamed.

When he was passing, Valodya looked at Nicky. He asked his forgiveness. A deep stream of

tears passed in Nicky’s eyes. Thus having petty quarrels, a deep surge of affection flows in both

the brothers.

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1. What action of elder brother irritated Nicky?

2. What were Valodya’s hobbies?

3. What qualities of Valodya was focused by the author?

4. How did the quarrel between Valodya and the narrator begin?

5. Did the narrator break the bottle intentionally?

6. What was Valodya’s reaction on breaking the bottle?

7. Why did Nicky smile as Valodya scolded?

8. Why did the narrator think that it was all over between them?

9. How did Nicky feel after the day’s incident?

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10. How was Valodya’s reaction different from that of Nicky?

11. How did Valodya show that he was keen to make friend with Nicky?

12. What do the tears in Nicky’s eyes speak about his feelings?

13. Which action of Nicky showed that he was sorry?

14. Why didn’t Nicky say sorry soon after breaking the bottle?

15. Did the brothers quarrel forever?

16. “I am not going to quarrely with you.” - who is the speaker.

17. “I knocked it over by accident....” who does I refer to?

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1. Elder brother’s arranging colour made Nicky irritated.

2. Painting, collecting curios and book reading were his hobbies.

3. The two qualities are honesty and impulsiveness.

4. Nicky dropped and broken the empty colored bottle.

5. No, it was accidentally broken.

6. Valodya shouted at Nicky not to touch anything that belongs to him.

7. Nicky wanted to tease Valodya.

8. He had broken all that Valodya loved immensely.

9. He realized he was wrong.

10. He looked normal and did his routine actively.

11. He went to Nicky and apologized in very natural voice.

12. It shows that he was emotionally moved by Valoday’s action.

13. Nicky too asked for Valodya’s forgiveness with tears in his eyes.

14. Nicky thought he wan’t wrong.

15. No, they quarreled upto evening.

16. Valodya is the speaker.

17. ‘I’ refers to the narrator Nicky.

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• Read and understand the simple poem “Indian Weavers (Poem)” in English

• Read and appreciate a poem

• Discover the special use of language in a poem

• Notice the use of comparisons

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Weaving in the morning chill: she found them weaving in the moonlight chill. They were

weaving solemn and still. She asked them the reason for it. They replied that they weave the

funeral shroud for a dead man.

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1. Who is the poet addressing to?2. The poem speaks of three dresses. What are they?3. Name the colours of the three dresses?4. For whose dress are the weavers weaving the cloth in the first stanza?5. What is the similarity between break of day and birth of a baby?6. What does the blue colour of the dress compared to?7. When are the weavers weaving the marriage veil?8. What are the weavers weaving at midnight?9. Which three stages of life does the poem speak of?

10. What are the stages of day compared to the stages of life?11. Give two words that rhyme with ‘day’?12. Give two words that rhyme with ‘chill’?

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1. The poet is addressing the weavers.2. Dress for the new-born, marriage veil and shroud.

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3. Blue, Purple, and Green and White.4. The weavers are waning the cloth for the dress of a baby.5. Morning is the beginning of a day and birth of a baby is the beginning of life.6. The wing of halcyon bird.7. Weavers are weaning the marriage veil at night.8. Weavers are weaning cloth for a shroud at midnight.9. The three stages of life ar birth, youth and death.

10. The three stages of a day are morning, noon and night.11. Gay, Say.12. Still, bill.

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• Read and understand the simple story “Professor Amartya Sen” in English

• Read and understand a biographical text

• Talk about famous people

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This lesson depicts a good account of world famous economist named Mr. Amartya Sen.

He was born in 1933 in Shantiniketan. Rabindranath Tagore gave him the name of Amartya i.e.,

immortal. He was the first Asian economist to get the Nobel Prize in 1998 and the Bharat Ratna

in 1999. He has seen and written about the horrors of famine.

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1. Who is Amartya Sen?

2. What is the importance of the year 1998 in Amartya Sen’s life?

3. What made Sen receive the Nobel Prize?

4. Where and when was Amartya born?

5. Which incident of Amartya’s childhood made him work for famines?

6. Who named Amartya?

7. Name the Universities where Amartya taught?

8. What made Sen win admirers?

9. What was Sen’s greatest contribution to Economics?

10. What was the primary concern found in Sen’s books?

11. What did Sen emphasize?

12. What did Sen do with the prize money?

13. What is the name of the trust run by Sen and where is it?

14. Where does the Sen’s trust spend the money?

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15. How did Sen’s work on poverty lead the World?

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1. Amartya Sen is a Nobel Economist.

2. He won the Nobel Prize in 1998.

3. Sen got the Nobel Prize for his contribution to the study of famines.

4. Amartya was born in Shantiniketan in 1933.

5. The incident of people dying infront of his house in the Bengal famine of 1943.

6. Rabindranath Tagore named Amartya.

7. Jadavpur, Delhi, London, Oxford, Harvard, Cambridge.

8. His books and teaching won Sen win admirers.

9. He contributed to the causes of poverty and famines.

10. Sen’s primary concern was the well-being of the poor people.

11. Sen emphasized the need for education for an all-round development of the personality.

12. Sen shared the prize money with a Charity Trust.

13. Pratite Trust situated in Shantiniketan.

14. The Trust spends money on education and health care.

15. Sen’s work led the World in drawing of the poverty line.

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• Read and understand the simple poem “The Last Stone Mason” in English

• Salim was an orphan

• The old man admired Salim for sincerity of work and dedication

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Here the writer wants to express that love and affection are like art. They cannot be restricted

by religion or blood relations. This story clearly indicates a good relationship between a father,

son, a teacher and his ardent learner.

Salim was an orphan. He had come to stay with old man. He wanted to learn the art of

stone carving from him. When the old man’s son Gopal left him, it was Salim who served him

with tea and food. He cooked his food and made purchases from the market for the old man. He

looked after the old man like a real son. The old man was completely tired with work of carving

the statues with the hammer and the chisel. He fainted. Gopal put him on the cot and looked

after him.

He learnt the work of carving secretly for two years in a quarry. The old man was his teacher

whom he called Masterjee. He helped the old man in the hour of need. Being a Muslim boy, he

finished the statues of Radha and Krishna. He told the old man that it was the inner urge that

encouraged him to learn the art. He was a truly talented youth.

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1. What did the old man do for his living?

2. How did the old man learn carving statues?

3. Which statue was the old man carving when his son left him?

4. Why was the young man angry?

5. Who was Salim?

6. What work did Salim do for the old man?

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7. Why does the old man wish Gopal was there?

8. “I have very little strength”. Who does I refer to?

9. What was the old man worried about?

10. Where do the artists go to earn money?

11. Which items fetch the artists more money?

12. What was the old man’s only desire?

13. Where was the old man when he opened his eyes?

14. What made him think that his son is back?

15. Who was working in the workshop?

16. What was Salim carving?

17. What is the most difficult thing to carve in a statue?

18. “I’ll learn....if you teach me” - who does I refer to?

19. How long has Salim been practicing?

20. What made the old man admire Salim?

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1. The old man carved stone statues for his living.

2. The old man learnt carving statues from his father.

3. The old man was carving the statue of Radha Krishna.

4. The youngman was angry because his father’s work didn’t earn much.

5. Salim was an orphan.

6. Salim cooked food and brought things for the old man.

7. He wished Gopal was there to help him complete the statue.

8. I refers to the old man.

9. The old man was worried about the completion of the statue.

10. The artists go to Agra to make money.

11. Ashtrays and plates fetch the artists more money.

12. The old man’s only desire was to finish the sculpture.

13. The old man found himself on the cot.

14. The sound of the chipping from the workshop.

15. Salim was working in the workshop.

16. Salim was carving the face of the sculpture.

17. Carving face is the difficult thing.

18. ‘I’ refers to Salim.

19. Salim has been practicing.

20. Salim’s sincerity of work and dedication.

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• Read and understand the simple story “The Wonderful World” in English

• See the world around you in a new way

• Appreciate better the relationship between man and the world he lives in

• Learn how comparisons add to the beauty of the poem

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This poem describes the natural wonders of the world. They surround us in a new way and

fill our heart with mysteries of this great universe. The poet has vividly described things like

water, air, mountains and seas that make our world a wonderful place. They provide us thrilling

experiences and transport us to the another world. The poet has given a good comparison of

things that add charm and beauty to this song of nature and the man.

A Good Comparison: He tells the Earth that she is so great and he is so small. He trembles

to think of her and the world. But his inner conscience tells him during his prayer that he is more

than the Earth and is like a dot. It is because he can love and think which the Earth cannot.

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1. “What does the wonderful water round you curled” - refers to?

2. Why does the poet call the earth ‘friendly earth’?

3. “You are so great”.....who does ‘you’ refer to?

4. Name the activities that air can do like us?

5. Who whispers from inside?

6. What does the whispering say?

7. When did the poet hear the whisper?

8. How is the poet more than the earth?

9. What is the poem “The wonderful world” about?

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10. Give two more words that rhyme with ‘me, tree’?

11. Name the things that poet identified as wonderful in the poem?

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1. The sea which surrounds the land.

2. The earth has wheat fields, rivers, cities and gardens.

3. ‘You’ refers to the earth.

4. The air can shake, walk and talk like us.

5. The poet’s own self whispered.

6. The whisper says ‘you are move than the earth’.

7. When the poet said his prayers he heard the whisper.

8. The poet can think and love which the earth cannot.

9. The poem is about the wonderful world and the man who is more wonderful

10. Free, bee...

11. Water, air, mountains, isles, etc.,

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• Read and understand the simple story “Stealing And Atonement” in English

• Read and understand and autobiographical piece of writing

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When Gandhiji was twelve or thirteen, he desired to emit the clouds of smoke like his

uncle. First they used stumps of cigarettes, then they took porous stalks of a certain plant. There

was no satisfaction. At that time he even thought of suicide. But he gave up the thought of suicide

and smoking.

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1. Whom did Gandhiji try to imitate?

2. From where did Gandhiji got many first?

3. Why did Gandhiji go to Ramji’s Mandir?

4. Why did Gandhiji want to smoke?

5. Out of disgust, they wanted to do something, what was that?

6. What fear came to their mind when they decided to commit suicide?

7. When did they decide to give up the idea of smoking?

8. How did Gandhiji regard the habit of smoking as he grew up?

9. Why did Gandhiji take out pieces of gold from the armlet?

10. What did Gandhiji do with the bits of gold?

11. How did Gandhiji decide to confess to his father?

12. Who taught Gandhiji, the lesson of Ahimsa?

13. What do Ahimsa mean?

14. What lesson did Gandhiji learn from his father’s behaviour?

15. What impact did Gandhiji’s confession made on his father?

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1. Gandhiji tried to imitate his uncle.

2. He got the money from the servant’s pocket money.

3. They went to Mandir to calm themselves and give up the idea of suicide.

4. To enoy the pleasure of emitting clouds of smoke.

5. They wanted to commit suicide.

6. The fear of not being killed instantly.

7. When they went to Ramji Mandir.

8. He regarded it as barbarous, dirty and harmful.

9. He took them to repay his brother’s debt.

10. He cleared the debts.

11. He decided to write a confession.

12. Gandhiji’s father taught him Ahimsa.

13. Ahimsa means reforming/changing things without violence.

14. Gandhiji learnt the lesson of Ahimsa.

15. His father felt absolutely safe about Gandhi and increased his affection.

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• Read and analyze a biographical piece

• Pinpoint important events in a peron’s life

• Explain the cause and effect of relationship

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The Red Cross Society is an organization that serves the wounded soldiers during the

battlefield. It does not differentiate between an enemy or a friend. Its importance can never be

ignored. It was started by Henri Dunant in 1864. He was popularly known as the “Gentleman in

White”.

While travelling, Henri Dunant reached the battlefield at Solferino. There he saw wounded

and dying soldiers lying here and there. He was deeply moved to their troubled condition. He

was very much hurt at his heart. He decided to work at once. Several village women came to

assist him. He formed an Ambulance service. He brought water, medicines and mattresses for

the comfort of the wounded soldiers.

He set up his headquarters in a nearly chruch. He took help from all the people who were

ready to look after the wounded. He himself dressed the wound soldiers. He gave hope to the

hopeless and prayed for the dying soldiers. He said that a wounded enemy is no longer an

enemy. The horrible scene had an indelible effect on Henri.

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1. Who is called ‘The gentleman in white’?

2. What was Henri doing in 1859?

3. How did Henri appear by his dress?

4. Name the Countries fighting aganist Austria?

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5. What role did the village women playh in helping the wounded?

6. What quality of Dunant could we get from his answre?

7. Where was the headquarters fo the “ambulance service” set up?

8. How did the wounded men think of Dunant?

9. Why did many soldiers die?

10. What is the name of the book written by Dunant?

11. How did the public react to Dunant’s book?

12. Name the person who was greatly moved by the book?

13. How many delegated attended the meeting?

14. Which was the symbol chosen for the international organization?

15. How old was Dunant at the time of his death?

16. What was so special of Dunant receiving the Nobel Prize in 1901?

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1. Henri Dunant is called the gentleman in white.

2. Henri was travelling in Italy.

3. Henri appeared to be very rich.

4. Italy and France were fighting against Austria.

5. She played the role of helper assistant in forming the ambulance services.

6. Dunant’s spirit of humanity.

7. Ambulance service headquarter was setup in a little church.

8. Wounded men thought Dunant to be an angel.

9. As there was no body to look after them many soldiers died.

10. A memory of Solferino.

11. Public was shocked by the bloodshed he described.

12. Gustav Meunier, a wealthy lawyer in Geneva.

13. Thirty six delegates from fourteen Nations attended the meeting.

14. Red Cross.

15. Dunant was 82 years old.

16. Dunant was the first person to receive the Nobel Prize for peace.

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• Read and understand the simple story “My Visions For India (A Speech)” in English

• Understand a speech

• Talk about future plans

• Write formal/informal letters

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This is a speech delivered by our President, Professor A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in which he his

three visions for India. Freedom is his first vision and he insists that we must protect, nurture and

build on it. Development in his second vision and we are to see her a developed nation. In his

third vision he wants India to stand up to the world. No one will respect us unless India stands up

to the world. Only strength respects strength. India must be strong as an economic power as well

as military power.

This lesson is a speech by our President, Professor A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. It completely

revolves round his three visions about India. With a pricked heart he apprises the people of

India how their country was invaded, exploited, looted and enslaved. The Indians never grabbed

others lands or cultures. He aspires that the roots of India’s freedom should be firm.

Dr.A.P.J.Pities that inspite of half a century after independence, India is still a developing

country. He urges the people not to criticize one another but to work on the solid development in

the country. He quotes examples of strong nations. He wishes that India should also be as strong

as the strongest nations both militarily and economically. So the title is apt and justified.

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1. How many visions does the speaker have?

2. Who is talking about his visions?

3. In which year did the war of Independance start in India?

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4. How should we treat our fredom?

5. What is the speaker’s first vision?

6. What is the speaker’s third vision?

7. What is India’s rank in the world in terms of GDP?

8. What is the third vision of the speaker?

9. What is the goal of the 14 year old girl?

10. What does the speaker think India is?

11. What was the speaker’s good fortune?

13. Who is the father of nuclear material?

14. Why should are be strong?

15. What do Indians lack according to the speakers?

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1. The speaker has three visions

2. Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam.

3. In the year 1857.

4. We should protect, nurture and build on our freedom.

5. The speaker’s first vision is freedom.

6. The speaker’s second vision is development.

7. 5th rank.

8. His third vision is to see India stand up to the world.

9. Her goal was to live in developed India.

10. He thinks that India is a highly developed nation?

11. His good fortune was to work with many great minds.

12. Dr. Vikram Sarabhai, Prof. Satish Dhawan and Dr. Brahm Prakash.

13. Dr. Brahm Prakash.

14. One must be strong as strength repeats strength.

15. He feels we lack self-confidence.

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• Read and understand the simple story “Caring For Others” in English

• Read and understand an interview and a newspaper report

• Read about people who care for others

• This lesson tells us about Mother Teresa who devoted her life for the sake of the poor andthe needy

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This lesson tells us about Mother Teresa who devoted her life for the sake of the poor and

the needy. She was born in South Yugoslavia in 1912. At the age of nineteen, she came to

Darjeeling, India to teach. In 1931 she decided to serve the poorest of the poor. She belonged

to the order of MIssionaries of the Charity. They run forty schools, where 30,000 children are

educated. They also have mobile dispensaries, training centers and destitute home for poor

and needy. In 1979 she received the Nobel Prize for her services to the poor. She was also

given the Bharat Ratna by the Government of India in 1980.

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1. How old was Mother Teresa when she came to India?

2. Who did Mother Teresa run homes, schools and hospitals for?

3. When did Mother Teresa receive Nobel Prize?

4. When did Mother Teresa open the first Home for the dying?

5. Why did Mother help for dying?

6. Which place did the health officer show Mother Teresa?

7. What is Anand Bharati?

8. What are the working hours of Anand Bharthi?

9. Why do girls school has timings?

10. Who was Bhagya, and how old was she when the story was written?

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11. How many sisters did Bhagya have?

12. What did Bhagya buy with the money she earned as domestic servant?

13. Who gets admission to Anand Bharathi?

14. What did people like about Anand Bharathi?

15. Who is Janaki Iyer?

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1. Mother Teresa was Nineeteen.

2. Mother run homes, schools and hospitals for the poor and needy.

3. In 1979.

4. In 1952.

5. To make them feel wanted.

6. The health officer showed Mother Teresa a dharmashala near Kali Temple.

7. Anand Bharathi is an institution for Domestic workers.

8. Working hours are from 2 pm to 5 pm.

9. So that they are free from their morning duties.

10. Bhagya was the student of Anand Bharathi, she was ten years old.

11. Bhagya had two sisters.

12. Bhagya bought bangles and clothes.

13. Domestic workers get admission to Anand Bharathi.

14. People liked the combination of studies with vocational training.

15. Janaki Iyer is the person who run Anand Bharathi.

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• Read and understand a passage on Darjeeling and answer the questions based on it

• Darjeeling is a place of surprising cheerfulness. Everyone appears to be feeling just splendid

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Darjeeling is one of the most famous Hill Stations in India. It is a small hill station and very

difficult to locate on the map of India. One has to travel vast scorched plains to get over to it from

Kolkata. The toy train will take you indefatigably putting through the forests and the tea gardens

to the hill resort. Darjeeling is a place of surprising cheerfulness. Everyone appears to be feeling

just splendid.

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1. Where is Darjeeling?

2. How does Darjeeling town appear?

3. How are the people of Darjeeling?

4. Describe the weather of Darjeeling?

5. Name the most popular place in Darjeeling?

6. What can you see from Darjeeling an a clear day?

7. Why does Darjeeling look like a microcosm of the world?

8. How is the town of Darjeeling built in?

9. Why is Darjeeling famous?

10. How high is Darjeeling situated?

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1. Darjeeling is near Calcutta.

2. Darjeeling town appears like an exhibition town.

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3. People of Darjeeling are very cheerful and friendly.

4. The weather is cool and seldom too hot.

5. Chaurasta is the most popular place.

6. Kanchangunga.

7. Because Darjeeling has many kinds, types and manners of people all over the world.

8. The town of Darjeeling is built in layers.

9. Darjeeling is famous as the most celebrated hill station.

10. Darjeeling is situated at about 7000 feet up.

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• Read and understand the simple story “A Prayer For Healing” in English

• The earth and the people come together to make the human community better, to help topromote justice and peace, to remember the children (and to make their future secure)

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We live on this pious earth. Whether we live in towns, village, cities, forests or mountains,

we need air, water and food. The earth and its atmosphere give us all these. Thus earth has

been a good home for us but we have never been good to it. We are not protecting it properly.

Let us pray for fresh air and water. We should not pollute it.

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1. What does the poet mean by we join with the earth and with each other?2. What does the words ‘to restore’ ‘to refresh’ etc., mean?3. What does the poet want us to take care of?4. Why is the poet happy to think of the sea, the sun, and stars?5. What two things does the poet want us to promote?6. Who is the poet praying to?7. What does the poet mean when he says ‘to rember our children’?8. What does the poet want us to recreate?

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1. The poet means that we agree to work together.2. It means that the life, air, water and forests should be brought back to their good state.3. The poet wants us to take care of water, air, forests, plants and creature.4. Because the sea, the sun and the stars support life.5. The poet want us to promote peace and justice6. His fellow men.7. The poet meant that we should leave behind for our children a good world.8. The poet wants us to recreate the human community.

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• Read and understand the simple story “The Way You Look” in English

• Read and understand a passage on genes

• Gregor Mendel is the Father of Genetics, the science of heredity

• Mendel was interested in experiments with breeding of plants

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This lesson awares us about the genes of which we are all made of. When we see a newly

born baby. It appears to us like his father or mother. Sometimes it looks like his grandparents. It

reality our body features are inherited from our parents. We get genes from our parents. The

genes decide even before a person is born how he or she would look like and how tall the

person would become. Gregor Mendel discovered how genes appear in various generations.

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1. Expand DNA?

2. Where do we get our genes from?

3. Who studied about genes?

4. Where and when was Mendel born?

5. Where was Mendel actually interested in?

6. What was Mendel’s discovery?

7. Did the scientists understand Mendel’s ideas easily?

8. What did Mendel experiment with?

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1. Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid.

2. We get our genes from our parents.

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3. Gregory Mendel.

4. Mendel was born in 1822, in Central Europe.

5. Mendel was actually interested in the breeding of the plants.

6. Mendel discovered that genes give certain qualities to plants.

7. No, it was not easy for them to understand.

8. Mendel experimented with peas.

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• Read and understand the simple story “New Goods From Rubbish” in English

• Read and answer questions based on an informative piece

• Identify words which refer to our natural resources

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This is very informative type of lesson. It tells us about how we can make new useful things

from waste things like paper, metal, glass and plastics. This method is called recycling. This

method provides a new item and the same can be put to use again. Many countries now promote

recycling. New technologies are developing these days to allow more waste material to reuse.

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1. How does recycling rubbish help the environment?

2. What saves trees?

3. Why is it difficult to recycle plastic?

4. What can be made out of plastic scrap?

5. What is the result of recycling Aluminum?

6. What is ‘cullet’?

7. What is a bottle bank?

8. How is glass shaped into new bottles?

9. Why do many countries import waste paper?

10. How is glass separated?

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1. Recycling rubbish lessens the pollution.

2. Recycling used papers saves trees.

3. It is difficult to recycle plastic because it comes in many varieties.

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4. Products of lower quality can be made out of plastic scrap.

5. Due to the recycling of Aluminum, the energy used to make Aluminum has fallen by aquarter.

6. Broken glass in known as ‘cullet’.

7. Bottle bank is a bin into which used bottles are thrown.

8. Broken glass is melted in furnaces and shaped into new bottles.

9. Many countries import waste paper for recycling.

10. Grain is separated by colour.

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• Read and understand the simple story “Studies In The Park” in English

• Use the correct form of verbs

• Talk about a place of your interest

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Noise is very harmful. It distracts our attention and disturbs our mental peace. Here is a

story of a young student named Suno. He is preparing for his examinations and wants to study

quietly. But the household atmosphere is very noisy. Ultimately he takes resort to King Edward’s

Park. There he finds a quiet atmosphere for studies.

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1. Why didn’t Suno like his house?

2. What did Suno’s father advise him?

3. Where did Suno go at first?

4. Was Suno happy at the tea shop? Why?

5. When did Suno go in the end?

6. How did Suno feel in the park? Why?

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1. Suno did not like his house because there was a lot of noise.

2. Suno’s father advised him to study hard.

3. At first, Suno went to the tea shop.

4. Suno was not happy at the tea shop because the owner of the tea shop kept in complainingabout the new waiter and the high prices.

5. In the end, Suno went to the park.

6. Suno was comfortable in the park because there was no noise.

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• Read and understand the simple story “Truth” in English

• Notice how words and ideas are used creatively in it

• Distinguish between the use of words and ideas in a poem and a prose piece

• Appreciate the message of the poem

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The poet wants to aware the common man that truth (words) can cause sometimes pain or

hurt more than any physical or bodily pain. The piercing by swords, stones, sticks and arrows

etc can be healed. But the pain left through words can never be forgotten.

The cuts and bruises get healed as time passes away. But the effect of hurting words is

long lasting on one’s tender mind. We cannot forget the words. They go on causing us pain

forever.

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1. How do sticks and stones hurt the poet?

2. How does words hurt the poet?

3. Why does the poet call words ‘ghosts’?

4. How do slant and curved words hurt the poet?

5. What can mortify the poet?

6. What do physical injuries leave?

7. Where do words leave the marks?

8. How do the injuries caused by words different?

9. How are bats and bricks similar?

10. How are the impressions of words different from cuts and bruises?

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1. Sticks and stones can break the poet’s bones.2. Words hurt the poet’s mind.

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3. The poets calls words ‘ghost’ because they trouble the mind for a long time.4. Slant and curved words hurt the poet like swords.5. Harsh words can mortify the poet.6. Physical injuries leave their scars.7. Words leave their scars in the mind.8. The injuries caused by words are never healed.9. Bats and bricks may cause physical injuries.

10. The impressions caused by words are always remembered by the poet.

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• Read and understand the simple story “The Return Of The Lion” in English

• Read and enjoy a play

• Use adverbs

• This is a small play about the great Hindu Warrior King, Chatarpati Shivaji

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This is a small play about the great Hindu warrior king, Chatarpati Shivaji. Once Aurangzeb,

invites him to Agra as a guest. But fraudulently he imprisons Shivaji there. In between Aurangzeb

sends a letter to Jijabai-Shivaji’s mother informing her of Shivaji’s death. But Jijabai does not

believe. She calls her ministers to raise the pay of the soldiers. She seeks everybody’s help.

Then an attendant enters the fort and tells about the arrival of three holy men. They are allowed to

come. She asks for their blessings. Two sadhus bless her. She asks the third one to curse her

so that she may die peacefully. He falls at her feet. She passes her hands over his face. She

recognizes Shivaji. All shout long live Shivaji! Long live Jijabai! Long live Maharashtra!

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1. Who was Jijabai?

2. According to Jijaba, who was the slave of Aurangazeb?

3. Why didn’t Jijabai believe the letter?

4. What did Jijabai tell the minister?

5. Who was Ramdas?

6. Why was Jijabai sad?

7. Who wanted to see Jijabai?

8. According to Jijabai, who was the lion?

9. Why didn’t the third sadhu bless Jijabai?

10. According to Jijabai, who was the fox?

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11. Why was Jijabai sad?

12. What did Shivaji tell about Shambhaji?

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1. Jijabai was Shivaji’s mother.

2. According to Jijabai, Jai Singh was the slave of Aurangazeb.

3. Jijabai did not believe the letter because it was sent by Aurangazeb.

4. Jijabai told the minister to keep the solidiers and priests happy.

5. Ramdas was Shivaji’s teacher and companion.

6. Jijabai was sad because she was old and ill and likely to die soon.

7. Three holy men wanted to see Jijabai.

8. According to Jijabai, Shivaji was the lion.

9. The third sadhu did not bless Jijabai because he was her son.

10. According to Jijabai, Aurangazeb was the fox.

11. Jijabai was sad because her son did not come back.

12. Shivaji said that Shambhaji was safe with his friends and would come in a few days.

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• Read and understand the simple story “Reading With Understanding” in English

• Understand and interpret maps

• Understand stories or any new literary texts

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You must understand whatever you read-whether it is your history lesson, the lesson in your

English textbook, a notice on the school/office notice board, a story, a newspaper article, or

even a pamphlet describing something you bought at the local fair.

It is not important to understand every word that your read. It is, however, important to

understand the message that is being conveyed, or the information that is given.

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I. 1. Whose birthday was it?

2. Who prepared the birthday cake?

3. Who made frequent trips to the kitchen?

4. How many trips did Gautham make?

5. Whom did Gautham see in the kitchen?

6. What happened to the cake?

II. 7. Why did the writer go to Hampton?

8. Why was the writer send when he parted with his mother?

9. How did the writer reach Richmond?

10. How did the writer feel in Richmond? Why?

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1. It was Gautham’s birthday.

2. Gautham’s mother prepared the birthday cake.

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3. Gautham and his father made frequent trips to the kitchen.

4. Gautham made ten trips to the kitchen.

5. Gautham saw his father in the kitchen.

6. The cake fell on the table and fell on the kitchen floor.

7. The writer wanted to go to Hampton to study.

8. The writer was sad when he parted with his mother because she was rather weak and ill.

9. The writer reached Richmond by walking and begging for rides.

10. The writer was not happy in Richmond because he did not have money and did not knowanyone there.