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Ch:1(a)- The Best Christmas Present in the World
I. Glossary:
1. Spotted it - saw it ; found it
2. Scorch marks - burn marks
3. Was going for - was selling for
4. Restore - (here) repair
5. Veneer - A thin layer of plastic or decorative wood on furniture of cheap wood
6. Taken their toll on - damaged
7. Stuck fast - shut tight
8. Scruples - feelings that make you hesitate to do something wrong
9. Standing up - taking up positions
10. Trenches - long deep ditches in the ground where soldiers hide from the enemy
11. Fritz - a name for a German Soldier
12. Tommy - a common English name, used here to refer to British soldiers
13. that would be that - that was all; that was the end of the matter
14. Schnapps - a German drink made from grain
15. Cello - a musical instrument like a large violin
16. Marzipan - a sweet covering on a cake made from sugar, eggs and almonds
17. dugout - a shelter for soldiers made by digging a hole in the ground and covering it
18. burned out - destroyed by fire
19. Boarded up - covered with wooden boats
20. Muddle-headed - confused
21. Lit up - became bright with happiness, excitement
22. Suffused with -( glow of happiness) spread all over her face
23. significant - sufficiently great or important to be worthy of attention; noteworthy.
24. Bridport - a market town in Dorset, England
25. Expensive - very costly
26. Clumsily - in an awkward and careless way.
27. Mend - repair (something that is broken or damaged).
28. Drawer - (here) a box-shaped storage compartment without a lid, made to slide horizontally in
and out of a desk,
29. Ease - absence of difficulty or effort.
30. Shallow - not deep
31. Underneath - situated directly below (something else).
II. Grammar:
A.Past Perfect Tense
Look at these sentences from the story.
I spotted it in a junk shop in Bridport… The man said it was made in the early nineteenth century… This
one was in a bad condition…
The italicized verbs are in the past tense. They tell us what happened in the past, before now.

(i) Read the passage below and underline the verb in the past tense.
A man got on the train and sat down. The compartment was empty except for one lady. She took her
gloves off. A few hours later the police arrested the man. They held him for 24 hours and then freed him.
Answer:
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A man got on the train and sat down. The compartment was empty except for one lady. She took her
gloves off. A few hours later the police arrested the man. They held him for 24 hours and then freed him.

Now look at these sentences.

The veneer had lifted almost everywhere. Both fire and water had taken their toll on this desk.

Notice the verb forms had lifted, had taken (their toll).
The author found and bought the desk in the past. The desk was damaged before the author found it and
bought it. Fire and water had damaged the desk before the author found it and bought it.

● We use verb forms like had damaged for an event in the ‘earlier past’. If there are two events in
the past, we used the ‘had ….’ form for the event that occurred first in the past.
● We also use the past perfect tense to show that something was wished for, or expected before a
particular time in the past. For example, I had always wanted one

(ii) Fill in the blanks using the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
My little sister is very naughty. When she———- (come) back from school yester-day, she had ———-
(tear) her dress. We——————————————————— (ask) her how it had——– (happen).
She—– (say) she——- (have, quarrel) with a boy. She———– (have, beat) him in a race and he———
(have, try) to push her. She——— (have, tell) the teacher and so he——- (have, chase) her and she——
—- (have, fall) down and——– (have, tear) her dress.
Answer:
My little sister is very naughty. When she came back from school yesterday, she had torn her dress. We
asked her how it had happened. She said she had quar­relled with a boy. She had beaten him in a
race and he had tried to push her. She had told the teacher and so he had chased her and she had
fallen down and had torn her dress.

(iii)Underline the verbs and arrange them in two columns, Past and Earlier past
(a) My friends set out to see the caves in the next town, but I stayed at home, because I had seen them
already.
(b) When they arrived at the station, their train had left. They came back home, but by that time I had
gone out to see a movie!
(c) So they sat outside and ate the lunch I had packed for them.
(d) By the time I returned, they had fallen asleep!
Answer:
Past Earlier past

(a)set out , stayed had seen

(b)arrived, came back had left, had gone

( c) sat, ate had picked

(d) returned had fallen

B.Phrasal Verbs
By the end of the journey, we had run out of drinking water.
Look at the verb run out of in this sentence.
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It is a phrasal verb: it has two parts, a verb and a preposition or an adverb. Phrasal verbs often have
meanings that are different from the meanings of their parts.

Find these phrasal verbs in the story

Write down the sentences in which they occur. Consult a dictionary and write down the meaning that you
think matches the meaning of the phrasal verb in the sentence.

Answer:
1. No. 12 turned out to be nothing but a burnt out shell, the roof gaping. (Page 14)
Meaning: 'Burnt out' here means 'completely destroyed by fire'.
2. That was the moment her eyes lit up with recognition and her face suffused with a sudden glow of
happiness. (Page 15)
Meaning: 'Lit up', here means 'became bright with happiness'.
Note: 'Burned out' and 'burnt out', both are correct.
3. Hans Wolf and I looked on and cheered. (Page 12)
Meaning: 'Looked on here' means 'continued to look' i.e., went on observing as long as they played.
4.... the schnapps and the rum and the sausage had long since run out. (Page 13)
Meaning: 'Run out' here means 'consumed'.
5. Hans wolf cheered clapping our hands and stamping our feet to keep out the cold as much as anything
(Page 12)
Meaning: 'Keep out' here means 'be away from'.

C. Noun Phrase (Order of Adjectives)

Read the following sentence.
I took out a small black tin box.

The phrase in italics is a noun phrase.

It has the noun—box—as the head word, and three adjectives preceding it.
Notice the order in which the adjectives occur—size (small), color (black) and material (tin) of which it is
made.
We rarely use more than four adjectives before a noun and there is no rigid order in which they are used,
though there is a preferred order of modifiers/adjectives in a noun phrase, as given below.
Determiner Modifier 1 Modifier 2 Modifier 3 Modifier 4 Head word
(opinion, (Size, shape, (color) (material)
feeling) age)

A/An/The Nice/ lazy/ tall / round/ old red/ white/ Silk/cotton Silk/cotton
beautiful / young light/dark woolen woolen
The table below contains a list of nouns and some adjectives. Use as many adjectives as you can to
describe each noun. You might come up with some funny descriptions!

Nouns Adjectives
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Elephant circular, striped, enormous,
multicolored, round, cheerful,
Face
wild, blue, red, chubby,
Building
large, medium-sized, cold
Water

Answer:
1. elephant—enormous, striped, wild
2. face—cheerful, round, chubby
3. building—circular, large, multicolored
4. water—blue, cold.

Ch:1(B) Poem : The Ant and the cricket

I. Glossary
1. Accustomed to sing - used to singing ; in the habit of singing
2. Famine - scarcity of food, having nothing to eat
3. Laying nothing by - save nothing
4. Quoth - (old English) said
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Ch:2(a) - The Tsunami

I.Glossary
1. Archipelago - a group of many islands and the surrounding sea
2. Tremor - a slight shake Earth tremors: the earth's shakes during an earthquake
3. Chaos - complete disorder or confusion
4. Relief helicopters - helicopter bringing help to people ( example - during floods)
5. Recede - move back from where it was
6. Traumatized - greatly shocked and distressed
7. Resort - a place where people go on holiday
8. Triggered - caused (describes a sudden, violent reaction - here an undersea earthquake caused
the tsunami)
9. Hysterical - when you are hysterical, you shout, laugh or cry in a wild excited way, without any
control over yourself
10. Refuge - shelter or protection from danger
11. Withstood - endure without collapsing
12. Surge - force; momentum
II. Grammar:
Question 1:
Go through Part-I carefully, and make a list of as many words as you can find that indicate movement of
different kinds. (There is one word that occurs repeatedly-count how many times!). Put them into three
categories.
fast movement slow movement neither slow nor fast Can you explain why there are many words in one
column and not in the others?
Fast movement Slow movement Neither fast nor slow
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Fall (once) Rising Floating
Rushed (3 times) Resede
Swept away (3 times)
Washed away (once)
There are more words in column A. These are related to fast movements of escape from the tsunami. It
was natural for men and animals to make fast movements in such situation. The waves also overtook
some people very fast and washed them away.

Question 2:
Fill in the blanks in the sentences below (the verbs given in brackets will give you a clue).

1. The earth trembled, but not many people felt the………………………… (tremble)
2. When the zoo was flooded, there was a lot of……………………. and many animals es-caped into
the countryside, (confuse)
3. We heard with………………. that the lion had been recaptured, (relieve)
4. The zookeeper was stuck in a tree and his ……………………… was filmed by the TV crew,
(rescue)
5. There was much……………….. in the village when the snake charmer came visit-ing. (excite)
Answer:
1. termbling/termors
2. confusion
3. relief
4. rescue
5. excitement.

Question 3:
Study the sentences in the columns A and B.
A B
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Meghna was swept away. The waves swept away Meghna.

Almas' grandfather was hit on the head. Something hit Almas' grandfather on the head.

Sixty visitors were washed away. The waves washed away sixty visitors.

No animal carcasses were found. People did not find any animal carcasses
Compare the sentences in A to the ones in B. Who is the ‘doer’ of the action in every case? Is the ‘doer’
mentioned in A, or in B?
Notice the verbs in A: ‘was swept away’, ‘was hit’, ‘were washed away’, ‘were found’. They are in the
passive form. The sentences are in the Passive Voice. In these sentences, the focus is not on the person
who does the action.
In B, the ‘doer’ of the action is named. The verbs are in the active form. The sentences are in the Active
Voice.
Say whether the following sentences are in the Active or the Passive voice. Write A or P after each
sentence as shown in the first sentence.

(i) Someone stole my bicycle. A

(ii) The tyres were deflated by the traffic police. ____________
(iii) I found it last night in a ditch near my house. _____________
(iv) It had been thrown there. ________
(v) My father gave it to the mechanic. __________
(vi) The mechanic repaired it for me. ___________

Answer:

(ii) P
(iii) A
(iv) P
(v) A
(vi) A
Ch:2(b) - Geography Lesson
II.Glossary
1. Inevitable - that cannot be avoided
2. Haphazard - without plan or order
3. Delineated - shown

Ch:3(a) Glimpses of the Past

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I. Grammar
In comics what the characters speak is put in bubbles. This is direct narration. When we report what the
characters speak, we use the method of indirect narration.
Study these examples:
First farmer: Why are your men taking away the entire crop?
Second farmer: Your men have taken away everything.
Officer: You are still in arrears. If you don’t pay tax next week, I’ll send you to jail.

● The first farmer asked the officer why his men were taking away the entire crop.
● The second farmer said that their men had taken away everything.
● The officer replied that they were still in arrears and warned them that if they did not pay tax the
following week, he (the officer) would send them (the farm-ers) to jail.
1.Change the following sentences into indirect speech.

(i) First man: We must educate our brothers.

Second man: And try to improve their material conditions.
Third man: For that we must convey our grievances to the British Parliament.
The first man said that________________ a__________________________________
The second man added that they _____b______________________________________
The third man suggested that___________ c__________________________________
(ii) First soldier: The white soldier gets huge pay, mansions and servants.
Second soldier: We get a pittance and slow promotions.
Third soldier: Who are the British to abolish our customs?
The first soldier said that______________ a___________________________________
The second soldier remarked that_____ b ______________________________________
The third soldier asked___________________ c________________________________

Answer:

(i)
(a) they must educate their brothers.
(b) should try to improve their material conditions,
(c) they must convey their grievances to the British Parliament.
(ii)
(a) the white soldier got huge pay, mansions and servants.
(b) they got a pittance and slow promotions.
(c) who the British were to abolish their customs.
Ch:3(b) Macavity : The Mystery Cat
I.Glossary
1. Defy - disobey or resist openly
2. Scotland Yard - the headquarters of the London police force
3. Flying Squad - a group of police or soldiers ready to move into action quickly
4. Levitation - floating in the air without support
5. Fiend - devil
6. Feline - of, or relating to, a cat
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7. Depravity - moral corruption

Ch:4(a) Bepin Choudhury’s Lapse of Memory

I. Glossary
1. idle chat - unnecessary routine conversation
2. Meek - quiet, humble
3. Utter disbelief - complete surprise
4. (His) head reeled - he was shocked and confused
5. Losing his mind - becoming mad
6. Intimate - very personal and private
7. Bracing - stimulating
8. Going nuts - going mad / crazy
9. Getting into people's hair - interfering with and annoying people
10. Sleuthing - investigating (an event)
11. Carry on - continue
12. Conscientious - careful and correct
13. Head was in a whirl - (here) confused and unable to think clearly
14. Gather his wits together - make an effort to become calm and think clearly
15. Having a rough time - having a lot of problems
16. Turning up like a bad penny - appearing at a place where one is not welcome
17. Didn't beat about the bush - came straight to the point
18. Off and on : now and then
19. Throw your mind back - think back and recall a past event
20. must see about consulting: (here) may have to consult
21. tranquilizer: a medicine to reduce stress and anxiety
22. procured: got (with a little difficulty)
23. came round: regained consciousness
24. in retribution of: as a punishment for
II. Grammar:
Question 1:
Look at these two sentences.
He had to buy at least five books to last him through the week.
Bepin had to ask Chuni to leave.

Had to is used to show that it was very important or necessary for Bepin Babu to do something. He had
no choice. We can also use “have to’/ ‘has to’ in the same way.

Fill in the blanks below using ‘had to’/have to’/ ‘has to’.
(i) I _________________ cut my hair every month.
(ii) We _______________ go for swimming lessons last year.
(iii) She_______________ tell the principal the truth.
(iv) They_____________ take the baby to the doctor.
(v) We________________ complain to the police about the noise.
(vi) Romit_________________ finish his homework before he could come out to play.
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(vii) I _________________ repair my cycle yesterday. ——————– Bepin Choudhury’s Lapse of
Memory

Answer:
(i) have to
(ii) had to
(iii) had
(iv) had to
(v) have to
(vi) had to
(vii) had to

Question 2:
Here are a few idioms that you will find in the story. Look for them in the dictionary in the following way.
First, arrange them in the order in which you would find them in a dictionary. (Clue: An idiom is usually
listed under the e first noun, verb, adjective or adverb in it. Ignore articles or prepositions in the idiom). To
help you, we have put in bold the word under which you must look for the idiom in the dictionary.)
(i) at/from close quarters (close: adjective)
(ii) break into
o a smile (break: verb; look under “break into something”)
(iii) carry on (carry: verb)
(iv) have a clean record (you may find related meanings under both these words).
(v) beat about the bush (verb) (verb)
Now refer to your dictionary and find out what they mean.
Answer:
Idiom Meaning

at/from close quarters From nearby

break into a smile Smile suddenly

carry on Continue the task

have a clean record Clean conduct throughout

beat about the bush To make guess without proper knowledge

To make a vague idea

Question 3:
Study the sentences in the columns below:
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Compare the sentences in the two columns, especially the verb forms. Answer the following questions
about each pair of sentences.

(i) Which column tells us that Bepin Babu is still working at the same place?
(ii) Which column suggests that Chunilal is now waiting for a reply from the publisher?
(iii) Which column suggests that the person still remembers the movie he saw?
(iv) Which column suggests that the experience of visiting Ranchi is still fresh in the speaker’s mind?

Answer:

(i) Column A_______

(ii) Column A_______________
(iii) Column B_____________
(iv) Column A________

Question 4:
Given below are jumbled sentences. Working in groups, rearrange the words in each sentence to form
correct sentences.
You will find that each sentence contains an idiomatic expression that you have come across in the
lesson. Underline the idiom and write down its meaning. Then use your dictionary to check the meaning.
One sentence has been worked out for you as an example.
Jumbled sentence: vanished/The car/seemed to/into thin/have/air.

Answer:
The car seemed to have vanished into thin air.
Idiom: vanished into thin air: disappeared or vanished in a mysterious way.

(i) Stop/and tell me/beating about/what you want/the bush.

Answer: Stop beating about the bush and tell me what you want.
Idiom: beating about the bush—talk vaguely

(ii) don’t pay/if you/attention/you might/the wrong train/to the announcement/ board.
Answer: If you don’t pay attention to the announcement, you might board the wrong train.
Idiom: Pay attention: be careful

(iii) The villagers/tried/the crime/on the young woman/to pin.

Answer: The villagers tried to pin the crime on the young woman.
Idiom: Pin the crime on (implicate the wrong person)

(iv) Bepin Babu/orders to/telling people/under/loved/doctor’s/eat early/that he was.

Answer: Bepin Babu loved telling people that he was under doctor’s order to eat early.
Idiom: Under one’s order (doctor’s): under instruction of someone

(v) the students/The teacher/his eyebrows/when/said that/all their lessons/ raised/they had revised.
Answer: The teacher raised his eyebrows when the students said that they had revised all their lessons,
(showed his assessment).
Idiom: Raise the eyebrows—to feel annoyed: showing annoyance.
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Ch:5(a) The Summit Within

I.Glossary
1. surged: arose suddenly and intensely
2. panorama: view of a wide area
3. jubilant: very happy because of success
4. tinge: trace/shade
5. Enthusiasm - fatigue/ tiredness
6. Exhilarating - very exciting
7. Communion -state or feeling of close relationship
8. Defied - frustrated; resisted
9. Mystical - Spiritual
10. firm in: make yourself firm
11. belays: fixes a rope
12. ascent: climb
13. make your obeisance: show your obedience or submission
14. ordeals: painful experiences
15. resolutely: with determination or firmness
II.Grammar
Question 1:
Look at the italicized phrases and their meanings given in brackets.
Mountains are nature at its best. (nature’s best form and appearance)
Your life is at risk. (in danger; you run the risk of losing your life.) (it was his best/worst performance.)
He was at his best/worst in the last meeting. (it was his best/worst performance.)
Fill in the blanks in the following dialogues choosing suitable phrases from those given in the box.

at hand at once at all at a low ebb at first sight

1. Teacher: You were away from school without permission. Go to the Principal________________
and submit your explanation.
Pupil: Yes, Madam. But would you help me write it first?
2. Arun: Are you unwell?
Ila: No, not___________________ Why do you ask?
Arun: If you were unwell. I would send you to my uncle.
He is a doctor.
3. Mary: Almost every Indian film has an episode of love________________________ .
David: Is that what makes them so popular in foreign countries?
4. Asif : You look depressed. Why are your spirits_______________________ today?
(Use such in the phrase)
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Ashok: I have to write ten sentences using words that I never heard before.
5. Shieba: Your big moment is close______________________ .
Jyoti: How should I welcome it?
Shieba: Get up and receive the trophy.

Answer:
1. at once
2. at all
3. at first sight
4. at such a low ebb
5. at hand.

Question 2:
Write the noun forms of the following words adding -ance or -ence to each.
1. endure ______________________
2. persist_____________
3. signify____________________
4. confide___________
5. maintain ___________________
6. abhor_____________
Answer:
1. endurance
2. persistence
3. significance
4. confidence
5. maintenance
6. abhorrence.

Question 3:
(i) Match words under A with their meanings under B.

A B

Remote 1. Difficult to overcome

Means 2. Most prominent
Dominant 3. Be overcome/ overpowered
Formidable 4. Method(s)
Overwhelmed 5. Far away from

Answer:
A B

Remote (5) 1. Difficult to overcome

Means (4) 2. Most prominent
Dominant (2) 3. Be overcome/ overpowered
Formidable (1) 4. Method(s)
Overwhelmed (3) 5. Far away from
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(ii) Fill in the blanks in the sentences below with appropriate words from under A.

1. There were ___________________ obstacles on the way, but we reached our destination safely.
2. We have no __________________ of finding out what happened there.
3. Why he lives in a house ______________________ from any town or village is more than I can
tell.
4. __________________ by gratitude, we bowed to the speaker for his valuable advice.
5. The old castle stands in a _______________________ position above the sleepy town.
Answer:
1. formidable
2. means
3. remote
4. Overwhelmed
5. dominant.
Ch:5(b) The School Boy
I.Glossary

1. nip’d: (nipped) ‘to nip something in the bud’ is to stop or destroy it at an early stage of its
development
2. strip’d: stripped
3. plants strip’d of joy: if joy is taken away from plants
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Ch:6(a) This is Jody’s Fawn

I.Glossary
1. Drift back to - go back to
2. Dilated - enlarged
3. A close shave - a narrow escape
4. Kept your head - stayed calm in a difficult situation
5. Hemmed in - (here) caught in a situation where one can't say 'no'
6. Acorns - small brown nuts
7. Sidled back - walked back quietly, trying not to be noticed
8. Every which way - in different directions
9. Makes a bearing - acts as a compass and helps to identify directions
10. Buzzard - a large bird like the vulture that eats the flesh of dead animals
11. Adjacent - nearby
12. Parted - moved or pushed aside
13. Quivering - shaking slightly
14. Delirious - (here) extremely excited
15. Convulsion - shiver
16. A china deer - a clay deer that is easily broken
17. Sleek - smooth and Shiny
18. Hoist - pull up higher
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19. Light-headed - unable to think clearly
20. Romp - play
21. Alarm - frighten
22. Balked - (also baulked) was unwilling ( to do something)
II.Grammar
Question 1:
Look at these pairs of sentences.
Penny said to Jody, “Will you be back before dinner?”
Penny asked Jody if he would be back before dinner.
“How are you feeling, Pa?” asked Jody.
Jody asked his father how he was feeling.

Here are some questions in direct speech. Put them into reported speech.
1. Penny said, “Do you really want it son?”
2. Mill-wheel said, “Will he ride back with me?”
3. He said to Mill-wheel, “Do you think the fawn is still there?”
4. He asked Mill-wheel, “Will you help me find him?”
5. He said, “Was it up here that Pa got bitten by the snake?”
Answer
1. Penny asked his son if he really wanted the fawn.
2. Mill-wheel enquired if Jody would ride back with him.
3. Jody asked Mill-wheel if he thought the fawn was still there.
4. He asked Mill-wheel if he would help him find the fawn.
5. Mill-wheel wanted to know if that was the place where Pa had got bitten by the snake.

Question 2:
Look at these two sentences.
He tumbled backward.
It turned its head.

The first sentence has an intransitive verb, a verb without an object. The second sentence has a transitive verb. It has
a direct object. We can ask: “What did it turn?” You can answer. “Its head. It turned its head.”
Say whether the verb in each sentence below is transitive or intransitive. Ask yourself a “what’ question about the
verb, as in the example above. (For some verbs, the object is a person, so ask the question ‘who’ instead of ‘what’).

(i) Jody then went to the kitchen.

(ii) The fawn wobbled after him.
(iii) You found him.
(iv) He picked it up.
(v) He dipped his fingers in the milk.
(vi) It bleated frantically and butted
(vii) The fawn sucked his fingers.
(viii) He lowered his fingers slowly into the milk.
(ix) It stamped its small hoofs impatiently.
(x) He held his fingers below the level of the milk,
(xi) The fawn followed
(xii) He walked all day.
(xiii) He stroked its sides.
(xiv) The fawn lifted its nose.
(xv) Its legs hung limply.
Answer:
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Question 3:
Here are some words from the lesson. Working in groups, arrange them in the order in which they would appear in
the dictionary. Write down some idioms and phrasal verbs connected to these words. Use the dictionary for more
idioms and phrasal verbs.

Answer:

Idioms or phrasal verbs connected to the above words.

● Clearing: clearing, campaign
● Close: close shave, close up, close quarters
● Draw: draw the curtain on/over, draw a blank
● Light: in the light of, bring to light
● Make: make the most of, make up
● Part: part
art with, parted comparing
● Pick: pick up, pick and choose
● Scrawny: the scrawny neck
● Sweet: have a sweet tooth, sweet seventeen, sweet tongued, sweet nothings
● Wonder: wonder world, wonder load, nine day’s wonder, wonder about, do wonders.

Ch:7(a) A Visit to Cambridge

I.Glossary
1. Astrophysicist - scholar of Astrophysics _ branch of Physics dealing with stars, planets etc.
2. Buoyant - intensely active and vibrant
3. Torso - upper part of the body
4. Incandescence - inner glow or light
5. Accessory - not essential but extra, though decorative
6. Inflection - rise and fall of the voice in speaking
7. Cliche' - phrase or Idea used so often that it loses its meaning
8. Claustrophobic - very small and suffocating (Claustrophobia is abnormal fear of being
bein in an
enclosed space)
9. Gleefully - very happily
10.
II.Grammar
Question 1:
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Fill in the blanks in the sentences below using the appropriate forms of the words given in the following box.

guide , succeed , chair , travel, pale , draw ,true

1. I met a_________ from an antique land.

2. I need special_________ in mathematics. I can’t count the number of times I have failed in the subject.
3. The guide called Stephen Hawking a worthy__________ to Issac Newton.
4. His other problems ________ into insignificance beside this unforeseen mis-hap.
5. The meeting was by the youngest member of the board.
6. Some people say “yours________ ’when they informally refer to themselves.
7. I wish it had been a________ We would have been spared the noise of celebrations, at least.
Answer:
1. traveller
2. guidance
3. successor
4. paled
5. chaired
6. truly
7. drawn

Question 2:
Look at the following words.
walk stick
Can you create a meaningful phrase using both these words? (It is simple. Add ing to the verb and use it before the
noun. Put an article at the beginning.) …a walking stick

Now make six such phrases using the words given in the box.
read / session smile / face revolve / chair
walk / tour dance / doll win / chance

Answer:

1. a reading session
2. a smiling face
3. a revolving chair
4. a walking tour
5. a dancing doll
6. a winning chance

Question 3:
Use all or both in the blanks. Tell your partner why you chose one or the other.
1. He has two brothers. _________are lawyers.
2. More than ten persons called. _________ of them wanted to see you.
3. They_________cheered the team.
4. _________ her parents are teachers.
5. How much have you got? Give me_____ of it.
Answer:
(i) Both (ii) All (iii) all (iv) Both (v) all

Question 4:
Complete each sentence using the right form of the adjective given in brackets,

1. My friend has one of the cars on the road, (fast)

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2. This is the _________ story I have ever read, (interesting)
3. What you are doing now is_________ than what you did yesterday, (easy)
4. Ramesh and his wife are both________ (short)
5. He arrived________ as usual. Even the chief guest came________than he did. (late, early)
Answer:
1. fastest
2. most interesting
3. easier
4. short
5. late, earlier

Question 5
Say the following words with correct stress. Pronounce the parts given in colour loudly and clearly.

(i) In a word having more than one syllable, the stressed syllable is the one that is more prominent than the other
syllable(s)
(ii) A word has as many syllables as it has vowels.

(iii) The mark (‘) indicates that the first syllable in ’manner’ is more prominent than the other.

Question 6:
Underline stressed syllables in the following words. Consult the dictionary or ask the teacher if necessary.
Artist. Mistake Accident moment
Compare. Satisfy Relation table
Illegal. Agree. Backward mountain

Answer:
Artist. Mistake Accident moment
Compare. Satisfy Relation table
Illegal. Agree. Backward mountain
Ch:7(b) When I set out for Lyonnesse

I.Glossary
1. Lyonnesse - (in Arthurian legend) the mythical birthplace of Sir Tristram, in England, believed to
have been submerged by the sea; here an imaginary place.
2. rime - frost
3. The spray - leaves and branches of trees; foliage
4. bechance - happen / chance to happen
5. Sojourn - stay
6. Radiance - glow
7. Fathomless - so deep that the depth cannot be measured
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Ch:8(a) A Short Monsoon Diary

I.Glossary
1. Melancholy - very sad ( the mist is called melancholy because it makes people feel melancholy)
2. Blankets - covers
3. Fern - a flowerless plant with feathery green leaves
4. Heralded - announced or brought the news of
5. Imprecations - curses
6. Bloodletting - losing blood ( Decades ago, leeches were used to remove blood from a patient's
body)
7. Scarlet minivet - bright red bird like a cuckoo
8. Drongo: a song - bird with a stout bill
9. Drumming - falling noisily
10. Disconsolately - unhappily
11. Ravine - valley
12. Crevices - narrow openings or cracks in rock or wall
13. Caress - touching or holding lovingly
14. Menace - threaten
II.Grammar -
Question 1:
Here are some words that are associated with the monsoon. Add as many words as you can to this list.
Can you find words for these in your languages?
Downpour Floods Mist Cloudy Power cuts Cold Umbrella
Answer:
rain, water, fog, raincoats, thunder, dampness, lakes etc.
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Question 2:
Look at the sentences below.
(i) Bijju wandered into the garden in the evening.
(ii) The trees were ringing with birdsong.
Notice the highlighted verb.
The verb wandered tells us what Bijju did that evening. But the verb was ringing tells us what was
happening continually at same time in the past (the birds were chirping in the trees).
Now look the at sentences below. They tell us about something that happened in the past. They also tell
us about other things that happened continually* at the same time in the past.
Put the verbs in the brackets into their proper forms. The first one is done for you.

1. We (get out) of the school bus. The bell (ring) and everyone (rush) to class.
2. The traffic (stop). Some people (sit) on the road and they (shout) slogans.
3. I (wear) my raincoat. It (rain) and people (get) wet.
4. She (see) a film. She (narrate) it to her friends who (listen) carefully.
5. We (go) to the exhibition. Some people (buy) clothes while others (play) games,
6. The class (is) quiet. Some children (read) books and the rest (draw).
Answer:

1. We got out of the school bus. The bell was ringing and everyone was rushing to class.
2. The traffic stopped. Some people were sitting on the road and they were shouting slogans.
3. I wore my raincoat. It was raining and people were getting wet.
4. She saw a film. She was narrating it to her friends who were listening carefully,
5. We went to the exhibition. Some people were buying clothes while others were playing games.
6. The class was quiet. Some children were reading books and the rest were drawing.

Question 3:
Here are some words from the lesson which describe different kinds of sounds.

drum swish tinkle caw drip

(i) Match these words with their correct meanings.

1. to fall in small drops.

2. to make a sound by hitting a surface repeatedly.
3. to move quickly through the air, making a soft sound.
4. harsh sound made by birds.
5. ringing sound (of a bell or breaking glass, etc.).

(ii) Now fill in the blanks using the correct form of the words given above.

1. Ramesh _______ on his desk in impatience.

2. Rain water_____ from the umbrella all over the carpet.
3. The pony______ its tail.
4. The_____ of breaking glass woke me up.
5. The_____ of the raven disturbed the child’s sleep.
Answer:
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(i) (1) drip (2) drum (3) swish (4) caw (5) tinkle.
(ii) (1) drummed (2) dripped (3) was swishing (4) tinkle (5) caw

Question 4:
And sure enough. I received a check in the mail.
Complete each sentence below by using appropriate phrases from the ones given below.

sure enough colourful enough serious enough

kind enough big enough fair enough
brave enough foolish enough anxious enough

1. I saw thick black clouds in the sky and___ ____ it soon started raining heavily.
2. The blue umbrella was___ ____ for the brother and sister.
3. The butterflies are___ _____ to get noticed.
4. The lady was___ _____to chase the leopard.
5. The boy was____ ____ to call out to his sister.
6. The man was____ ____ to offer help.
7. The victim’s injury was____ _____ for him to get admitted in hospital.
8. That person was____ _____ to repeat the same mistake again.
9. He told me he was sorry and he would compensate for the loss. I said, ‘___ _____’.

Answer:

1. sure enough
2. big enough
3. colourful enough
4. brave enough
5. anxious enough
6. kind enough
7. serious enough
8. foolish enough
9. Fair enough
Ch:8(b) On the Grasshopper and Cricket
I.Glossary
1. Wrought - brought about
2. Shrills - comes through loud and clear
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Ch:9(a) The Great Stone Face- I

I.Glossary
1. Perpendicular - (cliff or rock-face) rising very steeply
2. Immense - huge
3. Enormous - very big
4. Gigantic - immense
5. Clustering - gathering
6. Benign - kind, gentle
7. Prophecy - statement that tells what will happen in the future
8. Pensive - thoughtful
9. Inhabitants - people living in the valley; dwellers
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10. Labour - work
11. Sympathies - feelings (of sorrow, approval, understanding)
12. Beheld - saw
13. Renowned - famous
14. Banquet - feast
15. Proclaimed - (here) said loudly, announced
II.Grammar
Question 1:
Look at the following words.
Like — likeness
punctual — punctuality
The words on the left are adjectives and those on the right are their noun forms.
Write the noun forms of the following words by adding -ness or -itv to them appropriately. Check the
spelling of the new words.
1. lofty _____________
2. able _____________
3. happy _____________
4. near _____________
5. noble _____________
6. pleasant _____________
7. dense _____________
8. great _____________
9. stable _____________

Answer:

1. loftiness
2. ability
3. happiness
4. nearness
5. nobility
6. enormity
7. pleasantness
8. density
9. greatness
10. stability

Question 2:
Add-iv to each of the following adjectives, then use them to fill in the blanks.
Perfect Near Kind Pleasant Eager
1. Why didn’t you turn up at the meeting? We all were ______ waiting for you.
2. ______ write your name and address in capital letters.
3. I was______ surprised to see him at the railway station. I thought he was not coming.
4. It is______ believable that I am not responsible for this mess.
5. He fell over the step and ______ broke his arm.
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Answer:
1. eagerly
2. kindly
3. pleasantly
4. perfectly
5. nearly

Question 3:
Complete each sentence below using the appropriate forms of the verbs in brackets.
1. I ______ (phone) you when I (get) home from school.
2. Hurry up! Madam ______ (be) annoyed if we ______ (be) late.
3. If it ______ (rain) today, we ______ (not) go to the play.
4. When you ______ (see) Mandal again, you ______ (not/recognise) him. He is growing a beard.
5. We are off today. We ______ (write) to you after we ______ (be) back.

Answer:

1. shall phone: get

2. will be; are
3. rains, shall not go
4. see; will not recognise
5. shall write; are

Ch:10(a) The Great Stone Face - II

I.Glossary
1. Furrows - deep lines
2. Obscure - not well known
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3. Unawares - unknowingly
4. Customary toil - usual work
5. Hospitably - (here) gently, kindly
6. Corresponded - been in harmony with
7. Custom - habit
8. Harmonized with - corresponded with; agreed with
9. Sage - wise man
10. Diffused - spread all around
II.Grammar
Question 1:
Mark the meaning that best fits the word or a phrase in the story.

(i) (sun) going down

(a) becoming smaller (b) weakening (c) setting

(ii) brightening
(a) making (it) look bright and cheerful (b) lending (it) a special glow (c) causing (it) to appear hopeful

(iii) spacious

(a) lonely and wild. (b) big and wide (c) special and important

(iv) prophecy
(a) proverb (b) prediction (c) rumour

(v) marvellous
(a) wonderful (b) surprising (c) shocking

(vi) proclaim
(a) reveal (b) declare (c) shout

(vii) cease
(a) happen (b) stop (c) remain

(viii) (a night’s shelter)

(a) stay (b) safety (c) hospitality

(ix) gazed
(a) wandered about (b) stared at (c) thought of

(x) took on (an expression)

(a) challenged (b) resembled (c) assumed

Answers:

(i) c (ii) a (iii) b (iv) b (v) a (vi) b (vii) b (viii) a (ix) b (x) c

Question 2:
(i) Read the following sentences.

(a) I do hope I’ll live to see him.

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(b) He will come! Fear not, Earnest: the man will come.
(c) Gathergold is arriving tomorrow, people said.
(d) Blood-and-Thunder starts his journey back to the valley next week, everyone proclaimed.
(e) The great man is going to spend his old age in his native town.
Notice that in the above sentences, verbs in bold type are in four different forms, denoting four important ways of
expressing future time. None of these can be said to be exclusively used to show future time, though each is used to
refer to some action in future.

(ii) Which form of the verb is more natural in these sentences? Encircle your choice.
(a) I’m not free this evening. I will work/am working on a project.
(b) Have you decided where you will go for your higher secondary? Yes, I have. I will go/ am going to the Kendriya
Vidyalaya.
(c) Don’t worry about the dog. It won’t hurt/isn’t hurting you
(d) The weatherman has predicted that it will snow/is snowing in Ranikhet tonight.
(e) Swapna can’t go out this evening. Her father will come/is coming to see her.

Answers:

(a) am working
(b) am going
(c) won’t hurt
(d) will snow
(e) is coming.

Question 3:

(i) Complete these pieces of conversation using will or going to with the verbs
Answer:
(a) am going to listen
(b) will lend
(c) is going to rain
(d) will have
(e) am going to make
(f) will go
(g) am going to get, will get

Question 4
Underline the letter or letters representing / f/in each of the following words.

file slough faint lift

cough defence afford enough
photograph staff tough aloof
affront philosophy sophistry

Answer:
file slough faint life
cough defence afford enough
photograph staff tough aloof
affront philosophy sophistry