CHAPTER – 17

SING A SONG OF PEOPLE

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Question 1: Which modes of transport do the people use to move around
in the city?
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People use buses and taxis to move around in the city.

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Question 2: What are the things that the people carry with them, while
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People carry their hats and umbrellas with them while moving around.
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Question 3: Where all do you find these very busy people?
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We find busy people on sidewalk, subway, tall buildings and riding
elevators.

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Question 4: Where have you seen crowds of people?
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I have seen crowds of people in a mall.

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Question 5: Why do you think all these people are in a hurry?
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These people are in a hurry because they have got a list of things to do in
less amount of time.

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Question 1: Let’s write the opposites of the following words.

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slow _________ up _________
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back _________ tall _________

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below _________ crowd _________

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loud _________ go _________

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slow fast up down

back forward tall short

below up crowd individual

loud silent go come

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Question 1: Read and listen to these two poems with your partner and
find out what are the things that the village child and the city childlike.
The Village Child The City Child
My home is a house I live in a city
Near a wood In a street; It is crowded with traffic
I’d live in a street And feet; There are buses and motors

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If I could! I do wish someone Lived And trams. I wish there were

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near. There’s no one to play with meadows

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At all. The trees are so high And so And lambs. The houses all wait

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tall: And I should be lonely For
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In a row There is smoke everywhere
hours, Were it not for the birds And
That I go. I don’t like the noises I hear
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I wish there were woods Very near.

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Disclaimer: Students are advised to read this poem on their own.

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Question 1: The people who live in cities often wish they could live in
quiet towns. Do you like the place you live in?
Tell your partner two things you like and don’t like about the place you
live in.
Answer
Disclaimer: This is a sample answer. Students are advised to write the
answer based on their own experiences and observations.
I live in Gwalior. It is a small city but extremely pleasant. The life is very
slow here. I like its simplicity and greenery. However, I don’t like the
roads because they are not properly constructed and there is only one
shopping mall over here.

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Question 1: Did you observe that in the poem, the last words in every
second and fourth line rhyme with each other? Can you write a four-line

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poem?

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Together we go, whenever we are low Always keep in mind Wherever

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you are sad I will always know.

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Question 2: Find out how many people are there in our country. Do we
have enough land for all people on this earth? Is there enough food and
water for all people?
Answer
Disclaimer: This is a sample answer provided to you. Students are
advised to write the answer based on their own experiences and
observations.
The population of India is 1.237 billion. I don’t think we have enough
land for all people on this earth.
No, there is not enough food and water for all people.
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Question 3: Find out the following from ten families living in your
neighbourhood.
Count the number of F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 Total

children below 5 years of age

children from 5-14 years

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grown up children from 15-20

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elders from 21-50 years
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old people who are above 50 years
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total number of people in the family

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F = Family
(i) How many members are educated in each family?
(ii) From amongst the ten families, how many are educated?
Now talk to your partner and then write a report about your
neighbourhood.
Answer
Disclaimer: This is a sample answer. Students are advised to
write the answer based on their own experiences and observations.
(i) Following is the information of the number of members educated in
each family:
Family Name No. of educated members F1 8
F2 7 F3 6 F4 5
F5 7 F6 7 F7 5
F8 5 F9 7 F10 7
(ii) Amongst the ten families, nine families are educated.
(iii) There are total 85 members in ten families. Out of 85 members, there
are 11 children below 5 years of age. There are 15 children from 5-14
years. There are 14 grown up children from the age group of 15-20. There

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Question 1: Interview your teacher and get her responses for the
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following questions.
(i) Why did you become a teacher?
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(ii) How do you come to school every day?

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(iii) Do you have any pets?

(iv) What kinds of books do you like to read?
(v) What are your hobbies?
Answer
Disclaimer: These are sample answers. Students are advised to write the
answers based on their own experiences and observations.
(i) I became a teacher because teaching is my passion.
(ii) I come to school in my car every day.
(iii) Yes, I have two pets.
(iv) I like to read romantic fiction.
(v) I like to read and write short stories.

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Question 2: Now write a paragraph about your teacher with the
information you have gathered.
My Teacher
My teacher says she became a teacher because

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My teacher says she became a teacher because teaching is her passion.
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She comes to school in her car every day. She has two pets. She likes to
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read romantic fiction. Reading and writing short stories are her hobbies.