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AP State Syllabus 7th Class English Important Questions Unit 2

7th Class English Important Questions Unit 2

Section – A: Reading Comprehension

A. Reading

1. Read the following passage carefully.

On the busy Bowbazaar Street in Calcutta there was an old building. It was the headquarters of the Indian Association for Cultivation of Science. In December, on a fine evening in 1927, there was much excitement in one of its laboratories. Chandrasekhar Venkata Raman was showing a visitor some of his instruments when a young man, K.S.Krishnan, rushed in and announced, “Professor Compton has won the Nobel Prize.”

Now answer the following questions:
1) What was there in the old building?
2) Where was the Indian Association for cultivation of Science located ?
3) When did this incident take place?
4) Why was there such an excitement in the laboratory?
5) Who was the famous scientist mentioned in the passage?
6) What was C.V. Raman doing?
7) Who was the young man mentioned in the passage?
8) What did K.S. Krishnan announce?
9) Who won the Nobel Prize?
10) When did professor Compton win Nobel Prize?
Answers:
1) In the old building there was the head quarters of the Indian Association for Cultivation of Science.
2) The head quarters of the Indian Association for Cultivation of Science was located in Bowbazaar street in Calcutta.
3) This incident took place in December of 1927.
4) C.V. Raman was showing a visitor some of his instruments.
5) C.V. Raman was the famous scientist mentioned in the passage.
6) C.V. Raman was showing a visitor some of his instruments.
7) The young man mentioned in this passage was K.S. Krishnan.
8) K.S. Krishnan announced that Professor Compton had won the Nobel Prize.
9) Professor Compton won the Nobel Prize.
10) Professor Compton won the Nobel Prize in 1927.

2. Read the following passage carefully.

Raman was equally delighted. “Excellent news,” he said, smiling at the visitor and then he was lost in thought. “But…. look here, Krishnan,” he said turning to the young man, “if this. Compton Effect is true of X-rays, it must be true of light too.”
A few years earlier, A.H.Compton had shown that the nature of X-rays changes when passed through matter. The change was dependent on the kind of matter. This effect was called the ‘Compton Effect.’

Now answer the following questions:
1) Why was Raman equally delighted?
2) What was the ‘Excellent news’?
3) “He was lost in thoughts” – What was he thinking?
4) What was the assumption made by C.V. Raman?
5) What do you mean by ‘Compton Effect’?
6) What did A.H. Compton show?
7) Does the nature of X-rays change in the same way when pass through all kinds matter?
8) “It must be true of light too” – What does ‘it’ refer to?
9) If A.H. Compton had not discovered the Compton Effect, do you think Raman would have discovered the ‘Raman Effect’?
10) What does the change of nature of X-rays depend on?
Answers:
1) “If the Compton Effect of X-rays is true. It must be true of light too.” It made C.V. Raman equally delighted.
2) The news that “Professor Compton has won the Nobel Prize” was excellent.
3) He was thinking that, if the Compton Effect of X-rays is true, it must be true of light too.
4) If Compton Effect is true of X-rays, it must be true of light too. ’
5) The nature of X-rays changes when passed through matter. The matter was dependent on the
kind of matter. The effect was known as ‘The Compton Effect”.
6) A.H. Compton showed that the nature of X- rays changes when passed through matter.
7) No. The nature of X-rays changes dependent on the kind of matter.
8) The assumption that the nature of light changes when it passes through matter.
9) From the passage we can understand that C.V. Raman had already formulated his theory and he was about to announce his ‘Raman Effect’. But the Compton Effect give him confidence. Hence I can say if Compton Effect had not been discovered C.V. Raman would have discovered his ‘Raman Effect’.
10) The nature of X-rays change when it passes through matter depending on the kind of matter.

3. Read the following passage.

Could light also change its nature when passed through a transparent medium? That was the question that Raman asked himself. For five years he had been doing research in optics, the science of light. No sophisticated equipment was available in his laboratory, but Raman was confident that he could find the answer with some modifications in his equipment.
Four months later, on March 16,1928, Raman announced his discovery of ‘new radiation’ (describing the behaviour of a beam of light passing through a liquid chemical) to an assembly of scientists at Bangalore (now called Bengaluru).

Now answer the following questions :
1) What was the question Raman asked himself?
2) How long had he been doing research on light?
3) What do you mean by optics?
4) What was the setback faced by C.V. Raman in his research?
5) How was C.V. Raman able to find solution to his problem?
6) When did Raman announce his discovery?
7) What was the discovery made by C.V. Raman?
8) How is Bangalore now called?
9) Where did Raman announce his discovery?
10) To whom did C.V. Raman reveal his discovery to?
Answers :
1) Raman asked himself whether light could also change its nature when passed through a transparent medium.
2) He had been doing research on light for five years.
3) Optics means the science of light.
4) No sophisticated equipment was available in his laboratory.
5) Ramart was able to find the answer with some modifications in his equipment.
6) Raman announced his discovery on 16th March, 19281
7) Raman discovered ‘new radiation’ describing the behaviour of a beam of light passing through a liquid chemical.
8) Bangalore is now called ‘Bengaluru’.
9) Raman announced his discovery in Bengaluru.
10) C.V. Raman described his discovery to an assembly of scientists.

4. Read the following passage.

The world hailed the discovery as the ‘Raman Effect’. For scientific research in this country, it was a red-letter day. His discovery caught the attention of the world. With equipment worth hardly Rs. 200/- and limited facilities, Raman was able to make a discovery which won him the Nobel Prize in physics in 1930.

Now answer the following questions :
1) How was C.V. Raman’s discovery hailed as?
2) What was a red-letter day?
3) What do you mean by the phrase “red-letter day “?
4) What was the day ‘a red-letter day’ for?
5) What was so special about Raman’s discovery?
6) What did his discovery fetch him?
7) When did C.V. Raman win the Nobel Prize?
8) In which subject did C.V. Raman win Nobel Prize?
9) “For his scientific research in his country” – Which country did he belong to?
10) What do you mean by ‘Raman Effect’?
Answers : .
1) C.V. Raman’s discovery was hailed as ‘Raman Effect’.
2) March, 16, 1928 was a red-letter day.
3) The phrase ‘a red-letter day’ means an important day.
4) The day was the red-letter day for scientific research in his country.
5) Raman was able to make a discovery with equipment worth hardly Rs. 200 and limited facilities.
6) His discovery fetched him the Nobel Prize.
7) C.V. Raman won the Nobel Prize in 1930.
8) C.V. Raman won the Nobel Prize in Physics.
9) C.V. Raman belonged to India.
10) Raman Effect means that the light change its nature when passed through a transparent medium.

5. Read the following passage.

Raman was born on November 7, 1888, at Tiruchirapalli in Tamil Nadu. His father was a college physics teacher. He was a brilliant student right from the start. When Raman passed his matriculation, his parents were keen to send him abroad for higher studies. But on medical grounds, a British surgeon advised them against it and Raman stayed in the country to do the M.A. course at Presidency College in Madras (now called Chennai).

Now answer the following questions:
1) When was C.V. Raman born?
2) Where was C.V Raman born?
3) What was C.V. Raman’s father?
4) “He was a brilliant student right from the start” – Who does ‘he’ here refer to?
5) What did his parents want to do when he passed matriculation?
6) Why could C.V. Raman not go abroad for higher studies?
7) What did the British surgeon advise him?
8) ” …….. a British surgeon advised them against it” — What does it refer to?
9) Where did C.V. Raman do his M.A. course?
10) How is Madras now called?
Answers:
1) C.V. Raman was born on November 7, 1888.
2) C.V. Raman was born at Tiruchirapalli in Tamil Nadu.
3) C.V. Raman’s father was a Physics teacher.
4) ‘He’ here refers to C.V. Raman.
5) When C.V. Raman passed his Matriculation his parents decided to send him to abroad for higher studies.
6) He was unable to go abroad for higher studies because a British surgeon advised him against it on medical grounds.
7) The British surgeon advised them not to send C.V. Raman abroad for higher studies because his, health did not support him.
8) It here refers to go abroad.
9) C.V. Raman did his M.A. course at Presidency College in Madras.
10) Madras is now called Chennai.

6. Read the following passage.

In his youth, Raman was mainly interested in acoustics, the science of sound. He studied how stringed instruments like the violin and the sitar could produce harmonious music.
He was elected to the Royal Society of London in 1924 and the British Government made him a knight of the British Empire in 1929. It was a high honour for any great scientist.
His advice to young scientists was to look at the world around them and not to confine themselves to their laboratories. “The essence of science,” he said, “is independent thinking and hard work, not equipment.”

Now answer the following questions:
1) What was Raman mainly interested in?
2) What do you mean by acoustics?
3) What did he study in acoustics?
4) How did the British Government honour him?
5) When was he elected to Royal Society of London?
6) What was an honour for any scientist?
7) What was Raman’s advice to young scientists?
8) What is ‘the essence of science’ according to C.V. Raman?
9) What are the stringed instruments mentioned in the passage?
10) What does the word ‘harmonious’ mean?
Answers:
1) Raman was mainly interested in acoustics.
2) Acoustics is a science of sound.
3) In acoustics he studied how stringed instruments such as the violin and the sitar could produce harmonious music.
4) The British government honoured him by making him the knight of the British Empire.
5) He was elected to Royal Society London in 1924.
6) Receiving the knighthood of the British Empire is an honour to any scientist.
7) Raman advised the young scientists not to confine themselves to their laboratories but to
look at the world.
8) According to C.V. Raman, the essence of science is independent thinking and hardwork not equipment.
9) The violin and the sitar are the stringed instruments mentioned in the passage.
10) The word ’harmonious’ means ‘very pleasant’.

7. Read the following passage.

C.V.Raman was the first Indian scholar who studied wholly in India and received the
Nobel Prize. He was the first Asian and the first non-white to win such a great award in science. He passed away in 1970 on November 21. But his memories are with us. February 28, the day on which he discovered the ‘Raman Effect’, is celebrated as National Science Day to commemorate his remarkable achievement in science.

Now answer the following questions:
1) Who was the first Indian scholar that studied wholly in India and received the Nobel Prize?
2) What was so special in C.V. Raman’s winning Nobel Prize?
3) When did C.V. Raman die?
4) When did C.V. Raman discover Raman Effect?
5) On which day do we celebrate the National Science Day in India?
6) Why do we celebrate the National Science day on 28th February?
7) What was the remarkable achievement of C.V. Raman?
8) Who was the first Asian to receive the Nobel Prize in science?
9) Who was the first non-white to receive the Nobel Peace Prize?
10) What does the phrase ‘pass away’ mean?
Answers :
1) C.V. Raman was the first Indian scholar who wholly studied in India and received the Nobel Prize.
2) a) C.V. Raman was the first Indian scholar who wholly studied in India and received the Nobel Prize.
b) C.V. Raman was the first Asian and the first non-white to win Nobel Prize in Science.
3) C.V. Raman died on 21st November 1970.
4) C.V. Raman discovered Raman Effect on 28th February 1928.
5) We celebrate National Science day on 28th February in India.
6) We celebrate our National Science day on 28th February because on the same day of 1928 Raman discovered Raman Effect. .
7) Discovering ‘Raman Effect’ was the remarkable achievement of C.V. Raman.
8) C.V. Raman was the first Indian to receive the Nobel Prize in science.
9) C.V. Raman was the first non-white to receive the Nobel Prize in science.
10) The phrase ‘pass away’ means ‘to die’.

B. Reading

1. Read the following lines.

Mum, I don’t want to go to school today,
‘Cause I fear our world is in decay.
I feel my teachers are part of the plot,
I’m the only one who sees through the rot.
Scientists are cloning pigs and sheep,
Saying, it’s change – a quantum leap.
Biologists are making stem cells grow,
Saying, it’s change – the way to go.

Now answer the following questions:
1) Who is the speaker of these lines?
2) I’m the only one who sees through the rot.
What is the poet trying to convey by the underlined words above?
3) Who are the parts of the plot to ruin the world?
4) What change are the biologists bringing in?
5) What is considered a quantum leap?
Answers:
1) The speaker of these lines is a school going child.
2) The speaker means that humans are destroying nature and the Earth. So, many changes are happening in the world now.
3) The speaker fears that teachers are part of the plot.
4) Biologists are making stem, cells grow.
5) Cloning of pigs and sheep is considered a quantum leap.

Additional Questions (i):
1) Who is the speaker of these lines?
2) Can you guess the age of the speaker?
3) What do you mean by ‘plot’?
4) What is the speaker’s complaint?
5) Pick out the rhyming words from above.
Answers:
1) School going girl.
2) The speaker is a small child. I can say that because she is a school-going girl.
Actually the poet “Emma Gorrie’ was an bight year old girl when she wrote the poem, she wrote this poem for a competition.
3) The scientists made a plot to destroy the world.
4) The speaker’s complaint is that the teachers are teaching her about the discoveries of scientists which she feels are causing the decay of the world.
5) today – decay; plot – rot; sheep – leap; grow – go.

Additional Questions (ii):
1) Why does not the speaker want to go to school?
2) “I fear our world is in decay” – How can you support the speaker’s statement?
3) Who are part of the secret plans to decay the world?
4) What are the teachers a part of?
5) What are the scientists doing?
6) How do the scientists feel about cloning?
7) What do you mean by cloning?
8) How would you feel if a scientist cloned you?
9) “I am the only one who sees through the rot” – What does ‘the rot’ here mean?
10) Why does the speaker only understand the plot?
Answers:
1) Because in her school she was taught many scientifical developments and discoveries which she fears leads to the decay of the world.
2) The scientists were able to find out so many things about the world that tells about the decay of the world. But scientists are not responsible for the decay of the world as the poet thinks of but the human beings are exploiting the nature and environment and in such a way they are causing the decay of the world.
3) According to the poet the teachers are part of the plot.
4) The teachers are the part of the plot made by scientists.
5) The scientists are cloning pigs and sheep.
6) The scientists feel that cloning as a quantum leap.
7) Producing an exact copy of an animal using DNA fragments, cells of the animals.
8) If a scientist cloned me I would be very much excited to see another ‘me’, with the same
appearances, mannerisms and resemblances of mine.
9) The rot here means that those worst things which cause the decay of the world.
10) The poet sees the negative side of the scientists findings and they cause a lot of concern to her.

2. Read the following lines.

Biologists are making stem cells grow,
Saying, it’s change — the way to go.
Geologists are finding cracks in our earth,
Saying, it’s change — predicting its birth.
Archaeologists are digging up fossils and bones,
Saying, it’s change — time for clones.
Yes, scientists are causing me great concern,
Giving us kids too much to learn!

Now answer the following questions:
1) What are the biologists doing?
2) What do the biologists say when they make the stem cells grow?
3) What do the geologists discover?
4) After finding the cracks what are the geologists able to discover?
5) What are the archaeologists doing?
6) What do the archaeologists say when they find out fossils and bones?
7) What do the archaeologists want to clone?
8) In what way are the scientists causing a great concern?
9) Who are causing a great concern to the students?
10) What do you mean by ‘stem cell’?
11) What do you mean by fossil?
12) What does an archaeologist do?
13) Pick out the word that describes the person who studies the life of plants and animals.
14) Pick out the word which describes a person who studies the interior of the earth and rocks.
15) Are the scientists actually causing a great concern? Support your answer.
Answers :
1) The biologists are making the stem cells grow.
2) When they make the stem cells grow, the biologists say that it is a change and it should be the’way to happen.
3) The geologists find the cracks in our earth.
4) After finding the cracks in the earth the geologists are able to*predict the process of the birth of the earth.
5) Archaeologists are digging up fossils and bones.
6) The archaeologists say it’s a change and they say it’s time to clone the ancient animals using fossils and bones.
7) The archaeologists want to clone fossils and bones.
8) The scientists are causing a great concern to students by discovering a lot of new things and making the students to learn all these things.
9) The scientists are causing a lot of concern to the students.
10) The stem cells means a basic type of cell from which all other cells develop.
11) The fossil means the remains of an animal or a plant which have become hard and turned into rock.
12) Archaeologist is a person who studies the buried remains of ancient times.
13) The person who studies the life of plant animals is called a biologist.
14) Geologist.
15) No. The scientists are not causing a great concern. When they find out something serious about the existence of the world they warn us. They also suggest us some measures to protect the environment and the nature.

C. Reading

1. Read the following passage.

It was midnight when Susruta was awakened by a frantic knocking at the door.
“Who’s out there?” asked the aged doctor, taking a lighted torch from its socket in the wall and approaching the door.
“I’m a traveller, my revered Susruta,” was the anguished reply. “A tragedy has befallen me. I need your help….”
Susruta opened the door. What he saw was a man kneeling before him, tears flowing from his eyes and blood from his disfigured nose.
“Get up, my son, and come in,” said Susruta. “Everything will be all right. But be quiet, now.”
He led the stranger to a neat and clean room.

Now answer the following questions:
a) Who was the aged doctor mentioned in the passage ?
b) How was the traveller when Susruta saw him?
c) What time of the day did the above incident take place?
d) Why did Susruta take the traveller into a room?
e) Who helped the traveller?
Answers:
a) Susrutha
b) tears flowing from his eyes and blood from his disfigured nose
c) It was midnight.
d) to treat his disfigured nose
e) Susrutha helped the traveller.

Additipnal Questions (i):
a) When was Susruta awakened?
b) What was the profession of Susruta?
c) How was the traveller’s nose?
d) Where was the lighted torch?
e) What did Susruta say to the traveller?
Answers:
1) At midnight
2) Doctor
3) Disfigured
4) It was in a socket in the wall.
5) Susruta told the traveller that everything would be alright and suggested him to be quiet
then.

Additional Questions (ii):
1) Who was Susruta?
2) Who awakened Susruta at midnight?
3) What do you mean by the word “Frantic”?
4) Why was the traveller anguished?
5) Why were there tears in the eyes of the traveller?
6) What did the traveller ask Susruta?
7) What was the tragedy befallen to him?
8) What help do you think did the traveller needed from Susruta?
9) How did Susruta receive him?
10) What do you understand about Susruta by the way he received the traveller?
Answers:
1) Susruta was an ancient surgeon.
2) A traveller awakened Susruta at midnight.
3) Quick and unorganised
4) Because his nose was disfigured and there was a lot of bleeding.
5) Because his nose was cut off and it was bleeding heavily.
6) The traveller asked Susnita for his help.
7) The tragedy befallen to him was his nose was cut off and it was bleeding heavily.
8) The traveller needed the treatment for Susruta. He wanted his nose to be operated.
9) Though it was a midnight, though he was very old he received the traveller with love and he assured him everything would be all right and he would be quite well very soon.
10) By the way he received the traveller we can understand that Susruta was very kind and considerate. He did not frighten the patient but gave him assurance that he Would be quite very soon.

2. Read the following passage.

He led the stranger to a neat and clean room, with surgical instruments on its walls. He washed his face with water and the juice of a medicinal plant. He then offered him a mug of wine and began preparing for the operation.
With a large leaf of a creeper brought from the garden, he measured the size of the stranger’s nose. Taking a knife and forceps from the wall, he held them over a flame and cut a strip of flesh from the stranger’s cheek. The man moaned, but the wine had numbed his senses.

Now answer the following questions:
1) Where did Susruta take him to?
2) How was the room?
3) What do you think was the room used as?
4) What did Susruta do as soon as he took the man inside the room?
5) Why do you think Susruta offered him a mug of wine?
6) How did Susruta use the leaf of a creeper?
7) What did Susruta do with knife and forceps?
8) Why did Susruta cut a strip of flesh from the traveller’s check?
9) How could the traveller bear the pain of the surgery?
10) What did Susruta use wine for?
Answers:
1) Susruta took the traveller to a neat and clean room.
2) The room was neat and clean with surgical instruments on its walls.
3) I think the room was used as an operation theatre.
4) As soon as Susruta took the man inside the room he washed his face with water and the juice of a medicinal plant.
5) I think Susruta offered him a mug of wine for making his senses ‘numb’ when he was being operated on.
6) Susruta used the leaf to measure his nose.
7) Susruta used the knife and forceps to cut a strip of flesh from the stranger’s cheek.
8) Susruta wanted to use the flesh to make up the cut off nose.
9) The traveller drank a mug of wine and it numbed his senses when he was operated upon
and thus he was able to bear the pain of the surgery.
10) Susruta used the wine as an anaesthesia.

3. Read the following passage.

In this manner Susruta mended a nose some 26 centuries ago. And what he did is not greatly different from what a plastic surgeon would do today. In fact, Susruta is today recognised as the father of plastic surgery all over the world. His treatise, Susruta samhita, has considerable medical knowledge of relevance even today. It indicates that India was far ahead of the rest of the world in medical knowledge.

Now answer the following questions:
1) When did Susruta live?
2) What did he do 26 centuries ago?
3) How is Susruta recognised today?
4) Who wrote ‘Susruta Samhita’?
5) What did ‘Susruta Samhita’ indicate?
Answers:
1) Susruta lived 26 centuries ago.
2) Susruta did a plastic surgery 26 centuries ago.
3) Susruta is recognised as the father of plastic surgery all over the world.
4) Susruta wrote Susruta Samhita.
5) Susruta Samhita indicates that India was far ahead of the rest of the world in medical knowledge.

4. Read the following passage.

Born in the sixth century B.C., Susruta was a descendant of the Vedic sage Viswamitra. He learnt surgery and medicine at the feet of Divodasa Dhanvantari in his hermitage at Varanasi. Later, he became an authority in not only surgery but also in other branches of medicine.

He was the first physician to advocate what is today known as the ‘caesarean’ operation. He was also an expert in removing urinary stones, locating and treating fractures and doing eye operations for cataract. His suggestion to give wine to patients about to be operated upon makes him also the father of anaesthesia.

Now answer the following questions:

1) When was Susruta born?
2) What relation did Susruta have with Viswamitra?
3) Where did Susruta learn surgery and medicine?
4) Who was the first physician to advocate ‘Caesarean operation’?
5) What was Susruta expert in?
6) Who is considered as the father of anaesthesia?
7) What makes him to consider as the father of anaesthesia?
8) Where was Dhanvantari’s hermitage?
9) Who was Dhanvantari?
10) What is ‘Caesation operation’ aimed at?
Answers:
1) Susruta was born in 6th century B.C.
2) Susruta was the descendent of Viswamitra.
3) Susruta learn surgdbry and medicine at the feet of Dhanvantari at his hermitage in Varanasi.
4) Susruta was the first physician to advocate caesarian operation.
5) Susaita was expert in removing in urinary stones, locating and treating fractures and doing eye operation, for-cataract.
6) Susruta is considered as the father of anaesthesia.
7) His suggestion to give wine to patients about to be operated upon makes him the father of anaesthesia.
8) Dhanvantari’s hermitage was in Varanasi.
9) Dhanvantari was an Indian ancient physician and he was the teacher of Susruta.
10) Caesarean operation is aimed at family planning.

5. Read the following passage.

Susrutha was born in the sixth century B.C. He belonged to the clan of Viswamitra. He learnt medicine and surgery at the feet of Divodasa Dhanvantari in his hermitage at Varanasi. Later, he became an authority in not only surgery but also in other branches of medicine.
Susrutha was the first physician to advocate what is today known as the ‘caesarean’ operation. He was also an expert in removing urinary stones, locating fractures and doing eye operations for cataract.

Now, answer the following questions.
1) Which period did Susrutha belong to?
2) What did Susrutha learn from Dhanvantari?
3) Pick out the Word which means ‘a shelter’.
4) Which operation did Susrutha recommend?
5) How did Susrutha great cataract?
Answers:
1) Susrutha belonged to sixth century B.C.
2) medicine and surgery
3) a hermitage
4) caesarean operation
5) by performing operations

Unseen Comprehension

1. Read the following passage carefully.

There seems to be a general opinion in this country that ‘Sardar Patel was slightly of a harsh and rough temperament. People call him ‘The Iron Man of India”. He was, no doubt, an iron man in the sense that one could rely on him for strict and efficient administration. But as a man, those who had the good fortune of coming into close contact with him, he was kind and considerate. At times he even became emotional, where his personal friends and followers were concerned. He knew the way of picking people and placing them in their proper places. When the native princes refused to amalgamate their kingdoms with the Indian Union, he was forced to take military action on the states like Kashmir, Nizam and Nawanagar. His mission was successful. At times he was not in good terms with Jawaharlal Nehru. Gandhiji used to intervene and cleared the differences between them.
Now answer the following questions.

1) What is the general opinion in the country about Sardar Patel?
Answer:
The general opinion in the country that Sardar Patel was of a harsh and rough temperament.

2) Why was Patel called ‘The Iron Man of India”?
Answer:
Patel was called “The Iron man of India” because everyone could rely on him for strict and efficient administration.

Choose the correct answer from the choices given.
3) What did Patel know? ( )
a) Putting the right man in the right job
b) Pacifying the differences with others
c) How to take military action on princely states
Answer:
a) Putting the right man in the right job

4) Why did Patel take military action on three native states? ( )
a) Because they refused to surrender their states
b) As they demanded high compensation
c) Since they supported the British rule
Answer:
a) Because they refused to surrender their states

5) What is the phrase used in the passage that means ‘be friendly with’? ( )
a) rough temperament b) picking people c) in good terms
Answer:
c) in good terms

2. Read the following passage carefully.

Swami Vivekananda, speaking in America, told a story in order to impress upon his hearers how very little as a rule, people really longed for God. He told of a young man who came to a religious teacher and said that he wanted to find God. The sage smiled and said nothing. The young man returned home. After many days he met the sage and put him the same question. The sage asked him to accompany him as he went to the river to take his morning bath; and when both were in the river, the sage took hold of the young man and plunged him under the surface of the water and held him there. The young man struggled and struggled to take off his hold. Finally the sage raised him out of the water, and said to him, “My son, what did you long for most when you were under the water ? “A breath of air”, gasped the youth. ‘Thus must the disciple long for God. If you have firm belief in God, you will find Him.”

Now answer the following questions.
1) What did the young man long for when he was under the surface of the water?
Answer:
The young man longed for a gasp of air when he was under the surface of the water.

2) When can one find God according to the sage?
Answer:
According to the sage, one can find God if he has a firm belief in Him. He longed for God as greatly as he longed for a gasp of air when he was under the surface of water.

Choose the correct answer from the choices given:
3) What was the intention of Swami Vivekananda? ( )
a) To tell the people that God exists
b) To impress on the people to follow his ideals
c) To treat him as a religious teacher
Answer:
c) To treat him as a religious teacher

4) What did the sage ask the young man to do? ( )
a) To take regular bath in the morning
b) Not to doubt the existence of God
c) To follow him to the river
Answer:
c) To follow him to the river

5) When both were in the river, what did the sage do with the young man? ( )
a) He plunged him under the surface of the water
b) He raised him out of the water
c) He made the young man realise the existence of God.
Answer:
a) He plunged him under the surface of the water

3. Read the following passage carefully.

Up the river Hudson in North America are the Catskill mountains. They are not so high as the Himalayas in India. In a certain village at the foot of these mountains there lived long ago a man called Rip Van Winkle. He was simple and good natured. A very kind neighbour and a great favourite of all the good wives in the neighbourhood. The women took his side and put the blame on Dam Van Winkle.
The children of the village too would shout with joy whenever they saw him. He made play things for them. He told them fairy tales. So they liked him.

Now answer the following questions.
1) Why did children like Rip Van Winkle?
Answer:
Rip Van Winkle used to make play things for children. He told them fairy tales. So children liked Rip Van Winkle very much.

2) What kind of man was Rip Van Winkle?
Answer:
Rip Van Winkle was simple and good natured. He was a very kind neighbour and a great favpurite of all the women and children in the village.

Choose the correct answer from the choices given:
3) Where are the Catskill mountains? ( )
a) In South America
b) In Africa
c) In North America
Answer:
c) In North America

4) Where did Rip Van Winkle live? ( )
a) On the top of Catskill mountains
b) In a village at the foot of the Catskill mountains
c) In a city in North America
Answer:
b) In a village at the foot of the Catskill mountains

5) Who liked Rip Van Winkle very much? ( )
a) All the wives in the neighbourhood
b) All the husband? in the neighbourhood
c) All the friends in the village
Answer:
a) All the wives in the neighbourhood

4. Read the following passage carefully.

In the American War of Independence, a Corporal and a party of soldiers were ordered to raise a heavy beam for a battery that was being repaired. There were too few men for the work, but the Corporal, full of his dignity did nothing but stand by and shout orders, pres-ently an officer, not in uniform rode up. “Hallo,” he said to Corporal, ’why don’t you lend your men a hand to get that beam up? “Don’t you know that I am a Corporal ? was the reply, “Are you ?” said the officer, who then got down from his horse and joined the men. He worked till the sweat streamed down his face. When the beam had been raised and put to its place, he turned to the Corporal and bade him a low bow, “Good day Mr. Corporal. Next time when you have too few men for this kind of work, send for the Commander in Chief and I shall be happy to.help you again.”
It was George Washington himself.

Now answer the following questions.
1) Why did the officer get down from the horse?
Answer:
The officer got down from his horse to help the men in their work.

2) Who was the person that helped the men and the Corporal?
Answer:
The person that helped the man and the Corporal was none other than the President of America, George Washington.

Choose the correct answer from the choices given:
3) What was to be raised? ( )
a) A battery
b) A cannon
c) A beam
Answer:
c) A beam

4) Who was the person that was having dignity? ( )
a) The Corporal
b) The Soldier
c) The President
Answer:
a) The Corporal

5) What did the Corporal have? ( )
a) Very few men
b) Many men
c) A lot of soldiers
Answer:
a) Very few men

5. Read the following passage carefully.

Thirteen hundred years ago, a great traveller from China came to India in search of wisdom and knowledge. His name was Hiuen Tsang and over the deserts and mountains of the north he came, braving many dangers, facing and overcoming man obstacles so great was his thirst for knowledge and he spent many years in India learning himself and teaching others. He stayed at the great university of Nalanda, which existed then near the city, that used to be called Pataliputra and is now known as Patna. Hiuen Tsang was given the ‘title of ‘Master of Law’ the law of the. Buddha. He journeyed all over India and saw and studied the people. Later he wrote a book of his travel known as Si-Yu-Ki.

Now answer the following questions.
1) How did Hiuen Tsang spend many years in India?
Answer:
Hiuen Tsang spent many years in India learning himself and teaching others.

2) What was the earlier name of the city, Patna?
Answer:
Pataliputra

Choose the correct answer from the choices given below.
3) What was the title given to Hiuen Tsang? ( )
a) Master of Wisdom
b) Master of Law
c) Master of Nalanda
Answer:
b) Master of Law

4) Hiuen Tsang came to India in search of ( )
a) Si-Yu-Ki.
b) deserts and mountains
c) wisdom and knowledge.
Answer:
c) wisdom and knowledge.

5) Choose the correct statement from the following. ( )
a) Hiuen Tsang spent a few years in India.
b) The book, ‘Si-Yu-Ki’ was written by Hiuen Tsang.
c) Hiuen Tsang went to China to teach at Nalanda University.
Answer:
b) The book, ‘Si-Yu-Ki’ was written by Hiuen Tsang.

Additional Questions:
1) Why did Hiuen Tsang come to India?
Answer:
Hiuen Tsang came to India in search of wisdom and knowledge.

2) How did Hiuen Tsang come to India?
Answer:
He crossed the deserts and mountains of the north. He overcame many dangers, many obstacles and came to India.

Choose the correct answer from the choices given.
3) What was the title given to Hiuen Tsang?
a) Master of science
b) Master of Arts
c) Master of Law
Answer:
c) Master of Law

4) What did Hiuen Tsang cross over?
a) Deserts and mountains
b) Rivers and plains
c) Valley and meadows
Answer:
a) Deserts and mountains

5) Where did he stay?
a) At Pataliputra
b) At Patna
c) At Nalanda
Answer:
c) At Nalanda

6. Read the following passage.

When you read a book, it feels great to put yourself into the world the writer has created for you. The habit of reading good content daily will act as an exercise for your mind and keep you mentally fit and flexible. Reading a book does not mean that you read a book only in English, it can be in any language in which you feel comfortable. If you have never given it a try then always remember that it’s never too late to start a good habit.
Books are of many types. Some books inspire us, some books give us a moral, some books act as a turning point in our lives. Reading books also improves our language and vocabulary. Sometimes books bring tears or laughter. The first book in the life of every person is their mother.
Books like the Gita, the Mahabharata, the Quran and the Bible inspire us and teach the best lessons of our life. Some books enlighten us with the great works, struggles and achievements of great people in the society. If you want to select a best friend in life, then it’s time to select books as your best friends because books give good company in our good or
bad times.

Now, answer the following questions.
1) Why can books be our best friends according to the passage?
Answer:
because books give good company in our good or bad times

2) Which books inspire us and teach us the best lessons?
Answer:
Books like the Gita, the Mahabharatha, the Bible and the Quran inspire us while reading.

Choose the correct answer from the choices given below.
3) The habit of reading good content in books helps us ( )
a) to stay physically healthy
b) to be away from friends
c) to be mentally fit and flexible
Answer:
c) to be mentally fit and flexible

4) Choose the first book for any person. ( )
a) The Gita
b) Our mother
c) The Bible
Answer:
b) Our mother

5) Which of the following statements is TRUE? ( )
a) We don’t need books if we have our mother’s company.
b) Books bring out different emotions in us.
c) We should read only holy books.
Answer:
b) Books bring out different emotions in us.

Unseen (Data Interpretation)

1. In the table given below the data is given about different age groups in different employment sectors.
Read the table and answer the following questions:

Employment	18-25	25-40	40-65
Sector	age group	age group	age group
agriculture	5	7	9
manufacturing	12	15	23
health	12	15	12
retail	23	7	6
accountancy	3	2	3
education	9	12	12

Now answer the following questions.
1) What does the above table show?
2) In which sector are very small member of people working?
3) In which sector are maximum number of people working?
4) In which sector are maximum number of young people working?
5) In which sector are maximum number of old people working?
Answers:
1) The above table shows people of different age groups working under different employment sectors.
2) In education sector very small number of people are working.
3) In manufacturing sector maximum number of people are working.
4) In retail sector maximum number of young people are working.
5) In manufacturing sector maximum number of old people are working.

2. Study the pie-charts and answer the questions given below them.

Now answer the following questions.
1. Which of the following constitute most of the weight in the human body? ( )
a) water
b) proteins
c) dry elements
d) bones
Answer:
a) water

2. Which of the following statements is correct? ( )
a) Proteins constitute 11 per cent of the human body.
b) Dry elements constitute 15 pet cent of the human body.
c) Hormones, enzymes and other proteins constitute 2/5 of the human body.
Answer:
c) Hormones, enzymes and other proteins constitute 2/5 of the human body.

3. If a person’s weight is 100 kilograms, how much do his bones weigh?
Answer:
20 kgs

4. If the proteins in a person weight 12 kilograms, what will be his weight?
Answer:
50 kgs

5. Are the bones in our body heavier than the water in our body? Support your answer.
Answer:
The weight of bones in our body (in %) = \(\frac{1}{5}\) × 100 = 20 %
∴ Hence the bones in our body are not heavier than water in our body.

3. Study the table given below and observe the changing patterns of unemployment in some advanced countries. Answer the questions that follow.

Now answer the following questions.
1. How many countries are compared in the given table?
2. What period does the table represent?
3. Which country has the least unemployment rate in 2005?
4. Which country has a decrease of nearly 6% in unemployment rate between 2000 and 2006?
5. In the case of every country we can notice that (Choose the correct answer.)
a) The unemployment rate is steadily increasing.
b) The unemployment rate is steadily decreasing.
c) The unemployment rate is fluctuating i.e., sometimes it rises and sometimes it falls.
6. Which year recorded the highest unemployment rate for many countries?
7. Which country recorded the least fluctuations in the unemployment rate?
Answers:
1) Eight countries are compared in the given table.
2) The table represents the period 2000 – 2006.
3) Japan has the least unemployment rate in 2005.
4) Spain has a decrease of nearly 6% in unemployment rate between 2000 and 2006.
5) c) The unemployment rate is fluctuating i.e., sometimes it rises and sometimes it falls.
6) 2003
7) Germany

4. Read the following tree diagram showing the constituents of blood.

Now answer the following questions.
1) What are red cells called?
2) How many main constituents are there in blood? What are they?
3) How many categories are there in granulocytes?
4) Under which category do monocytes come?
5) Are neutrophils granulocytes or agranulocytes?
Answers:
1) Red cells are called Erythrocytes.
2) There are three main constituents are there in blood.
They are 1) erythrocytes 2) thrombocytes 3) leucocytes.
3) There are three sub categories in granulocytes.
4) Monocytes come under agranulocytes.
5) Neutrophytes are granulocytes.

5. Read the following pie-chart which shows the spendings of a country on various sports.

Now answer the following questions.
1) On which sports maximum amount is spent?
2) How much percent more is spent oh hockey than on golf?
3) How much percent less is spent on football than that on cricket?
4) The sum of total spendings on tennis and golf is equal to the total spending on which game?
5) The difference of spendings on cricket and basketball is equal to the spending on which game?
Answers :
1) On cricket
2) 27% (63% – 36%)
3) 27% (81% – 54%)
4) Cricket (45 + 36 = 81%)
5) other games (81 – 50)

6. Read the following tree diagram carefully.

Now, answer the following questions.
1) What does the above diagram show?
2) What are the three main categories of musical instruments?
Choose the correct answer from the choices given below.
3) Which of the following is a stringed instrument? [ ]
a) Harp
b) Horn
c) Tabla
4) What type of musical instrument is Xylophone? [ ]
a) Percussion instrument
b) Wind instrument
c) Stringed instrument
5) Which of the following statements TRUE based on the information given. [ ]
a) All string instruments are a type of percussion instruments.
b) Wood block is a wind instrument.
c) Guitar and Violin are stringed instruments.
Answers :
1) The above diagram shows a tree-diagram of musical instruments.
2) Three catagories.
(1) Wind instruments,
(2) Percussion instruments,
(3) Stringed instruments.
3) a) Harp
4) a) Percussion instrument
5) c) Guitar and Violin are stringed instruments.

7. Study the family tree of Bala Krishna.

Now, answer the following questions.
1) Who are the grandparents of Praveen?
2) How many granddaughters does Bala Krishna have?
Choose the correct answer from the choices given below.
3) Medha is the daughter of   [ ]
a) Rohit b) Veena c) Bhavya
4) Praveen and Raasi are   [ ]
a) brothers b) cousins c) friends
5) Which of the following statements is TRUE based on the information given?
a) Rohit has two daughters.
b) Ananya and Raasi are cousins.   [ ]
c) Rohit’s wife is Bhavya.
Answers:
1) Balakrishna and Ragini
2) Five granddaughters
3) b) Veena
4) b) cousins
5) a) Rohit has two daughters.

Section – B: Creative Writing

1. In the lesson ‘C.V. Raman, the Pride of India’, you have read about the greatness of C.V. Raman. Now, imagine that you are the secretary of the Science Club of your school and prepare a script for a speech to deliver on the National Science Day.
Use the following hints to write a script for the speech.
C.V. Raman – bom on November 7, 1888 – at Tiruchirapalli in Tamil Nadu – interested in science – spent much time in his laboratory – became a great scientist – bright student from the beginning – discovered the Raman Effect – the world hailed – caught the attention of the world – won the Nobel Prize in 1930 in Physics – research in optics – elected to the Royal Society of London – studied wholly in India – passed away on November 21 in 1970 – National Science Day on 28 February is celebrated on the day on which he discovered the ‘Raman Effect’.
Answer:
Honourable Judges, Teachers, Guests and all my dear friends. I have been given the privilege of speaking on C.V. Raman on this National Science Day. You know National Science Day is celebrated every year on 28th February in order to remember the great invention of ‘Raman Effect’ by C.V. Raman on the same day in the year 1928.
It is very much proper to know about Sri. C.V. Raman on this occasion. C.V. Raman was born on 7, November 1888 at Tiruchirapalli in Tamil Nadu. He became a great scientist who became the pride of India. He was a brilliant student from the beginning. He was interested in science. He wrote many research papers for science journals. He became the member of the Indian Association for cultivation of Science at the age of 19. He was elected to the Royal Society of London in 1924. He started his own laboratory with no sophisticated equipment. He spent much time in his laboratory. C.V. Raman had been doing research in optics, the Science of Light. On 16, March, 1928 Raman announced his discovery of ‘new radiation’ to an assembly of scientists at Bangalore. The world hailed this discovery as “Raman Effect”. With this he made all Indians proud. With equipment worth hardly Rs. 200 and limited facilities, Raman was able to make discovery. For his Raman Effect he was given a Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930. He was made a knight of the British Empire in 1929.
C.V. Raman was the first – Indian scholar who studied wholly in India and received Nobel Prize. He was the first Asian and first non-white to win such a great award in science. He passed away on 21, November 1970. But his memories are with us. So it is appropriate to celebrate 28th February of every year as National Science Day to commemorate C.V. Raman’s remarkable achievement in Science.
Thank you one and all for giving me this wonderful opportunity.

2. Write a biographical sketch on the life of Sri C.V. Raman.
Answer:
C.V. Raman was bom on November 7, 1888 at Tiruchirapalli in Tamilnadu. He was a brilliant student right from the start. When he passed his matriculation, his parents are keen on sending him to abroad for higher studies. But the doctors advised not to send him abroad for , higher studies On medical grounds. So Raman completed his M.A. course at Presidency Col-lege In Madras. He was very much interested in science. He used to write research papers in science journals. At the age of 19, he became a member of the Indian Association for Cultivation of Science. He took up an administrative job in Finance Ministry in Calcutta. Though he joined in an administrative job his interest in science did not flag. He used to spend hours after office in the lab of the Association, Raman was mainly interested in acoustics, the science of sound. Later he built his own laboratory. He was elected to the Royal Society of London in 1924. For five years he had done research in optics, the science of light. No sophisticated equipment was available in his laboratory. Finally on 28 February, 1928 Raman announced his discovery, which is known as ‘Raman Effect’. With equipment worth hardly Rs. 200/- and limited facilities, Raman was able to make a discovery. The whole world hailed his discovery. For his Raman Effect he got Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930.
C.V. was the first Indian scientist who studied wholly in India and received the Nobel Prize. He was the first Asian and the first non-white to win such a great, award, in Science. C.V. Raman passed away on 21, November 1970 February 28 the day on which he discovered the ‘Raman Effect’ is celebrated as ‘National Science Day’ to commemorate his remarkable achievement in Science.

3. Write a paragraph on J.C. Bose using the hints given below. You must use the right linkers to join the sentences.
Answer:
Jagadish Chandra Bose (J.C. Bose) was a famous- Indian Scientist. He was born on 30th September, 1858.
J.C. Bose studied at St. Xavier’s School in Calcutta. Later he went abroad for higher stud¬ies. He returned to India in 1885. He published a Monograph which was about the response in the living and the non-living. He became famous by being a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1920.
J.C. Bose invented wireless telegraphy in 1895. He proved that plants have life.
J.C, Bose invented Crescograph, an instrument with which the growth in plants can be known.
J.C. Bose founded the Bose Institute in Calcutta. He devoted most of his life to the study of plants J.C. Bose passed away on 23rd November, 1937.

4. On the occasion of Science Day you have to deliver a speech about our ancient Indian scientist and doctor, surgeon Susruta. Prepare a script for the speech using the following hints.
Susruta – born in 6th century B.C. – father of plastic surgery – great surgeon – first person – Rhinoplasty, plastic surgery to nose – given about 101 types of instruments – book – Susruta Samhitha – still in use – excellent teacher – pupils – good physician – both theory and practice.
Answer:
Honourable teachers, guests and all my dear friends. I have been given the privilege of speaking on Susruta, the ancient Indian scientist, doctor and the first plastic surgeon, on this National Science Day. You know National Science day is celebrated every year on 28th February in order to remember the great invention of Raman Effect by C.V. Raman on the same day in the year 1928.
On this day, it is very much proper to know about another great ancient scientist and doctor Susrutha. Susrutha was born in 6th century B.C. He learnt surgery and medicine from Dhanvantri in Varanasi. He became a great surgeon and physician. He was considered as father of plastic surgery. He was the first doctor to conduct Rhinoplasty, plastic surgery to nose. He designed 101 types of surgical instruments useful to perform for various surgeries. His treatise “Susruta Samhita” is a great reference book even today. He was an excellent teacher too.
He advocated the importance of practical. He advised his pupils to use carcasses and models for practice.
Thank you for giving me this opportunity on this auspicious day.

(A)

1. The Marriage of your elder sister is going to be held on 25th July 20xx at Vasavi Kalyana Mandapam, in Nellore. The bridegroom is an engineer. He is not taking any dowry. Write a letter to your friend inviting him to the marriage.
Answer:

Nellore.
10. 7. 20xx.

Dear Ravi,
I hope that you are in good health and you are going along nicely in your studies. Here I’m very glad to inform you that my elder sister’s marriage is going to be take place on 25th July 20x x at Vasavi Kalyana Mandapam, Nellore. The bridegroom is an engineer. He is working in B.D.L. Hyderabad. Their is a nice family. They seem to be friendly and dignified people. One thing I want to mention here that they are I not taking any dowry and they did demand any greedy gifts. I shall be very glad to see at you and your family at the function. Please inform your parents about the same and tell them that my parents will be pleased if they attend the function. My father wants to call your father and mother and invite them on phone. I have already posted the invitation on your father’s name. I shall be very glad if you come two days before and help me in preparations.
Convey my regards to your parents and my best wishes to your,little brother. Hoping that you will come, I remain.

Yours lovingly,
xxxxxx

Address on the Envelope:
R Ravi Kumar,
S/o Surya Narayana,
H.No: 1 – 20 – 22/A,
Malladivari street,
Gandhinagar,
Vijayawada.

2. You are Ravi. You’ve received a letter from your friend Rahul. Inviting you and your family to his elder sister’s marriage. But on the same day you and your family are attending your neice’s marriage at Hyderabad. Hence write a letter to your friend apologising him for not attending his sister’s marriage.
Answer:

Vijayawada.
12. 7. 20xx.

Dear Rahul,
It was great to hear from you and I’m really glad that things are working out for you there in your school.
I’m very glad to know about your sisters marriage. My parents are also very happy to know this. We are very much happy when we know about the gentlemanship of your would be brother-in-law. What a nice people they are! Who will marry a girl without taking a dowry these days ? We are very much pleased to know this.
Here I want to apologize you. We are unable to attend your sister’s marriage. We’re extremely sorry for not attending your sister’s marriage because the same day. We have to attend our cousins marriage at Hyderabad. Since the bride has no father, my parents are performing the rituals of the marriage . So we cannot avoid it My father asked me to convey his apologies to your father. He will write a letter to your father personally.
My parents asked me to convey their blessings and best wishes to your sister. We’ll visit your home at a convenient day very soon after the marriage.
Hoping that you’ll excuse us, I remain.

Yours lovingly,
xxxxxx

Address on the Envelope:
To
R. Rahul,
S/o R. Srinivasa Rao,
H.No: 8 – 3 – 1/A.
Chaturvedula vari street,
Trunk Road,
Nellore.

3. Write a letter to your friend asking him/her to visit your village during Dasara vacation. Describe what activities he/she can participate in during the festival along with you.
Answer:
H.No.: 242/7B,
Komaravallipadu.
20. 03. 20xx.

Dear Shashank,
I am safe here and I hope the same with you. I am studying well and I hope the same with you.
Now, I would like to invite you to come to my village in Dasara vacation and spend at least a week in my village. Ours is a family of six members – grandparents, my parents, me and my younger sister. My grandparents are very friendly and looking after our fields and cattle. My father is a high school teacher. My mother is a house-wife. She takes care of us very much. My sister studies in class V in our village.
Ours is a very beautiful village. There are a lot of places worth watching in our village. Beautiful green fields, ancient Lord Shiva’s temple and running streams and some others are worth watching. My mother will prepare delicious dishes for us.
We are looking forward to seeing you, Convey my regards to your parents and my best wishes to your little sister.
Awaiting your arrival ………….

Yours lovingly,
xxxxxx

Address on the Envelope:
To
C. Shashank,
S/o C. Ravi Prakash,
D. No. 18 – 208,
Nagaram Town
Keesara Mandal,
Hyderabad.
PIN: 500001.

4. Recently you paid a visit to your relatives place. You spent your holidays there. You visited a temple. You met new friends. You also attended some family functions.
Now, write a letter to your friend describing your visit to your relatives place. Also, invite your friend to visit your place.
Answer:

Tenali.
13-3-xx.

Dear friend,
We are all safe here and I hope the same with you all there. I am doing very well here. I hope you are also doing well there. In this I would like to write to you about how I enjoyed myself in my relative’s place.
During the recent holidays I paid a visit to my relative’s house. I spent all my holidays there. There I visited Sri Janardhana Swamy Temple which is said to be built by Sri Krishnadevaraya. It was famous for its architecture. The idols of Sridevi, Bhudevi and Sri Janardhana Swamy are beautiful and full of life. I have made some new friends there. They are very much amiable and sociable. I also attended some family functions there. All my stay there was quite entertaining, hectic and full of energy and enthusiasm.
Convey my regards to your parents. Why don’t you visit our place during the Sankranthi holidays? I am looking forward to seeing you here. I will assure you I will make your stay here full of fun and entertainment.

Yours lovingly,
xxxx

Addres on the Envelope:
To
xxxxx
S/o K. Krishna Reddy,
Near Ramalayam,
Main Road,
Kollipara.

(B) Write a story using the following hints.
1. A crow – find a peice of meat – take the piece of meat fly – about to eat – a cunning fox – sees piece of meat – wants to take it – Fox says – crow has a sweat voice – to sing a song – vexed with his repeated requests – put the piece of meat – under his leg says – that he has already read the story – get away from there.
Answer:
One day a crow found a piece of meat somewhere. The crow took the piece of the meat in its beak and flew off to a tree nearby. As it was about to eat the meat, a cunning fox came there. The fox saw the piece of the meat. Somehow he wanted to take it away from the crow. Then the fox said that the crow had a sweet voice. He asked the crow to sing a song for him. He repeatedly requested the crow for a song. Having been vexed with his repeated requests the crow put the piece of the meat under his claw and asked the fox to get away from there. He told the fox that he had already read the story of stupid crow and cunning fox.

2. An old tiger – weak – unable to catch its prey – thinks of a plan – wants to draw his pray closer – showing a golden bangle – bait – a poor man – comes – the other side of the river – about to drink water – hears someone calls – sees the tiger – afraid – tries to run away – tiger’s call – great scholar – changed – sorry for sing – now a pious – accept the golden ring – poor man – sees the golden bangle – becomes greedy – greediness overcomes – fear – goes close to tiger – to accept the ring – tiger spring up – kill – eat.
Answer:
Once there was on old tiger. He was week. He was unable to catch his prey. So he thought of a plan. He wanted to draw his prey closer to him by showing the golden bangle as a bait.
One day a poor man came that way. He was on the other side of the river. When he was about to drink water, he heard someone calling him. He looked up and saw the tiger on the other side of the river. At first the poor man was afraid. He tried to ran away from there. At the same time he heard the tiger’s call again “Oh! great scholar, I don’t harm you. I am now a changed one. I am sorry for my sins. I am now a pious man ! please accept golden ring and help me to recede my sins.”
When the poor man saw the golden bangle, he became greedy. His greediness overcame his fear. He believed the tiger’s words. So he went close to the tiger to accept the golden ring. At once the tiger sprang upon him, killed him and ate him.
This story tells us “Greediness brings us misery”.

3. Two cats – quarrel – a cake – claim – the cake belongs to him – keeps on quarrel – not know – go to a monkey – known for his wisdom – to share the cake – cuts the cake – two equal parts – make them equal – eats a small piece – piece becomes smaller – monkey – eats the second piece – becomes smaller – repeats the same trick – eats up – goes away – disappointed.
Answer:
One day two cats were quarrelling over a cake. They both claimed that the cake belonged to him. They kept on quarrelling for a long time. But they did not know what to do. Then they went to a monkey. The monkey was noted for his wisdom. They asked him to share the cake between themselves. The monkey intentionally cut the cake into two unequal parts. To make them equal the monkey ate a small piece of the bigger piece. Now that piece became smaller. Then the monkey ate the second piece. Then it became smaller. Thus the monkey repeated the same trick several times and ate up all the cake. Then the two cats went away disappointedly.

4. Write a news report to a daily about how the inefficient garbage system in your city is affecting the people and the role of community and government in the disposal of garbage in a safe way.
Answer:
Need of efficient garbage system – Role of community and government in bringing UP cleanliness

Guntur,
24 – 10 – 20xx.

Guntur city is facing a severe problem of inefficient garbage system. A huge quantity of domestic wastes including kitchen wastes, vegetable peels, paper wastes and hazardous hospital wastes are produced daily. Due to the lack of proper disposal system, many health problems are prevailing in the city. There is an urgent need to establish an eco-friendly waste disposal system.
People have to play a key role in reducing the quantity of domestic wastes by practising 3 R’s principle (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle). Government has to take necessary steps to solve this problem by implementing the best solid waste management methods like incineration and sanitary landfills. Otherwise people will suffer from different ailments.

Vocabulary

Read the following paragraph and write the synonyms of the underlined words choosing the words from the words given in the box.

1. house; lived; prize; died; completely; intellectual
C.V. Raman has the first Indian scholar (a) who studied wholly (b) in India and received the Nobel Prize. He was the first Asian and the first non-white to win such a great award (c) in science. He passed away (d) in 1970 on November 21. But his memories ace with us.
Answer:
a) intellectual
b) completely
c) prize
d) died

2. thrill; friendship; organization; tools; development; farming
On the busy Bow bazaar street in Calcutta there was an old building. It was head quarters of the Indian Association (a) for cultivation (b) of science, In December on a fine evening in 1927, there was much excitement (c) in one of its laboratories. Chandrasekhar Venkata Raman was showing a visitor some of his instruments (d) in his laboratory.
Answer:
a) organisation
b) development
c) thrill
d) tools

3. laughing; overjoyed; consequence; good; magnificent; sad
Raman was equally delighted (a). “Excellent (b) news,” he said, smiling (c) at the visitor and then he was lost in thought. “But…. look here, Krishnan,” he said turning to the young man, “if this Compton Effect (d) is true of X-rays, it must be true of light too.”
Answer:
a) overjoyed
b) good
c) laughing
d) consequence

4. instruments; changes; quality; advanced; infrastructure; creation
Could light also change its nature (a) when passed through a transparent medium? That was the question that Raman asked himself. For five years he had been doing research in optics, the science of light. No sophisticated (b) equipment (c) was available in his laboratory, but Raman was confident that he could find the answer with some modifications (d) in his equipment.
Answer:
a) quality
b) advanced
c) instruments
d) changes

5. interested; causes; fields; clever; foreign countries; dull
C.V. Raman was a brilliant (a) student right from the start. When Raman passed his matriculation, his parents were keen (b) to send him abroad (c) for higher studies. But on medical grounds, (d) a British surgeon advised them against it.
Answer:
a) clever
b) interested
c) foreign countries
d) causes

6. desires; decline; impact; journey; magazine; imagination
Science had already made an impression (a) on him and he began to write research papers for science journals (b). When he was only 19, he became a member of the Indian Association for Cultivation of Science. Meanwhile, respecting his parents’ wishes (c) he took up an administrative job in the Finance Ministry in Calcutta. His interest in science, however, did not flag (d).
Answer:
a) impact
b) magazine
c) desires
d) decline

7. invention, nation, praised
The world hailed (a) the discovery as the ‘Raman Effect’. For scientific research in this country (b), it was a red-letter day.
Answer:
a) praised
b) nation

8. kingly, selected, divine
He was elected (a) to the Royal (b) Society of London in 1924 and the British Govt, made him knight of the British Empire.
Answer:
a) selected
b) kingly

9. The following sentences are from your lesson. Read them carefully and tick ( ✓ ) the correct meaning of the underlined word in each sentence.
1. His parents were keen to send him abroad for higher studies.
(a) particular (b) eager (c) worried
Answer:
(b) eager

2. The world hailed the discovery as the ‘Raman Effect’.
(a) admired (b) called (c) thought
Answer:
(a) admired

3. In his youth Raman was mainly interested in acoustics.
(a) primarily (b) simply (c) certainly
Answer:
(a) primarily

4. The British made Raman a knight of the British Empire.
(a) appointed (b) managed (c) placed
Answer:
(a) appointed

5. Raman passed awav on November 21, 1970.
(a) was killed (b) died (c) left
Answer:
(b) died

9. Read the following paragraph and write the antonyms of the underlined words.

1. On the busy (a) Bowbazaar Street in Calcutta there was an old (b) building. It was the head-quarters of the Indian Association for Cultivation of Science. In December, on a fine evening (c) in 1927. there was much excitement (d) in one of its laboratories.
Answer:
a) quiet
b) new
c) morning
d) boredom

2. Raman was equally (a) delighted (b) “Excellent (c) news” he said, smiling at the visitor and then he was lost (d) in thought.
Answer:
a) unequally
b) disappointed
c) unworthy
d) regained

3. Could light also change its nature when passed through a transparent (a) medium? That was the question (b) Raman asked himself. For five years he had been doing research in optics, the science of light. No sophisticated equipment was available (c) in his laboratory, but Raman was confident (d) that he could find the answer with some modifications in his equipment.
Answer:
a) opaque
b) answer
c) unavailable
d) diffident

4. C.V. Raman was a brilliant (a) student right from the start (b). When Raman passed (c) his matriculation, his parents were keen to send him abroad for higher (d) studies.
Answer:
a) dull
b) ending
c) failed
d) lower

5. C.V.Raman was the first (a) Indian scholar (b) who studied wholly (c) in India and received the Nobel Prize. He was the first Indian and the first non-white to win (d) such a great award in science.
Answer:
a) last
b) layman
c) partially
d) defeat/lose

6. Susruta led (a) the stranger (b) to a neat and clean (c) room, with surgical instruments on its walls. He washed his face with water and the juice of medicinal plant. He then offered him a mug of wine and began (d) preparing for the operation.
Answer:
a) followed
b) acquaintance
c) dirty
d) ended

10. Fill in the blanks with the right form of the words given in brackets.

1. It was the headquarters of the Indian ——– (a) (Associate/Association) for ——– (b) (Cultivation/Cultivate) of Science. In December, on a fine evening in 1927, there was much ——– (c) (excitement/excite) in one of its laboratories. Then K.S.Krishnan, rushed in and ——– (d) (announce/announced), “Professor Compton has won the Nobel Prize.”
Answer:
a) association
b) cultivation
c) excitement
d) announced

2. Raman was ——– (a) (equal/equally) delighted. “Excellent news,” he said, ——– (b) (smiling/smile) at the visitor and then he was ——– (c) (lose/lost) in thought. “But …. look here, Krishnan,” he said: ——– (d) (turn/turning) to the young man, “if this Comptpn Effect is true of X-rays, it must be true of light too.”
Answer:
a) equally
b) smillng
c) Lost
d) turning

3. No ——– (a) (sophisticated/sophisticate) equipment was ——– (b) (avail/available) in his laboratory, but Raman was ——– (c) (confidence/confident) that he could find the answer with some ——– (d) (modifications/modifies) in his equipment.
Answer:
a) sophisticated
b) available

4. a) He was shocked to see a snake in his room but he recovered from his ——– (shock/ shocking) in no time.
b) He pretended to look relieved but, in fact, he did not have any ——– (relieve/relief).
c) I can understand your (excitement/excite). But do not be so excited that you have health problems.
d) Raju, an auto driver, was very honest. His ——– (honest/honesty) was known to everybody when he returned the bag of jewellery a passenger had left in his auto.
Answer:
a) shock
b) relief
c) confident
d) modifcations

5. Raman was mainly ——– (a) (interested / interesting) in acoustics, the science of sound. He studied how stringed instruments like the violin and the sitar could ——– (produce/production) harmonious music.
Answer:
a) interested
b) produce
c) excitement
d) honesty

a) Complete the following words using ai, ea, ee, ia, ie, iu, oa, oo, ou, ua, ue, ui.

1. On the busy Bowbazaar (a) Str _ _ t in Calcutta there was an old (b) b _ _ lding.
2. A (a) y _ _ ng man named K.S. Krishnan.(b) ann _ _ nced, “Professor Compton, has won the Nobel Prize.”
3. “If this Compton Effect is (a) tr _ _ of X-rays, it must be true of light (b) t _ _ .”
4. Could light also change its nature when passed (a) thr _ _ gh a transparent (b) med _ _ m?
5. No sophisticated (a) eq _ _ pment was (b) av _ _ lable in his laboratory.
6. (a) F _ _ r months later, on March 16, 1928, Raman announced his discovery of ‘new (b) rad _ _ tion’.
7. For (a) sc _ _ ntific (b) res _ _ rch in this country, it was a red-letter day.
8. His parents were keen to send him (a) abr _ _ d for higher (b) stud _ _ s.
9. In his (a) y _ _ th, Raman was mainly interested in (b) ac _ _ sties.
10. He studied how stringed instruments like the violin (a) c _ _ ld produce” (b) harmoni _ _ s music.
Answer:
1. a) Street b) building
2. a) young b)announced
3. a) true b) too
4. a) through b) medium
5. a) equipment b) available
6. a) Four b) radiation
7. a) scientific b) research
8. a) abroad b) studies
9. a) youth b) acoustics
10. a) could b) harmonious

b) Complete the words with the correct suffixes given in brackets.

1. In December, on a fine evening in 1927, there was much (a) excite ——– (mant/ment) in one of its (b) laborato ——– (ries/rys).
2. Raman was (a) equa ——– (ly/lly) delighted, (b) “Excel ——– (ent/lent) news,” he said.
3. No sophisticated equipment was (a) avail ——– (able/ible) in his labora ——– (tary/tory).
4. Raman was (a) confi ——– (dant/dent) that he could find the answer with some (b) modifica ——– (tions/ssions) in his equipment.
5. His (a) disco ——– (very/vary) caught the (b) atten ——– (sion/tion) of the world.
6. With equipment worth hardly Rs. 200/- and (a) limi ——– (tted/ted) (b) facili ——– (ties/tys), Raman was able to make a discovery.
7. February 28, the day on which he discovered the ‘Raman Effect’, is celebrated as National
Science Day to commemorate his achieve ——– (mant/ ment) in science: His achievement was remark ——– (able/ible).
8. Raman was the first Indian scholar who Studied who ——– (ly / lly) in India.
9. a) Raman was equally delighted. “Exce ——– (llent/lent) news,” he said.
b) Raman announced the discovery of ‘new radia ——– ‘ (sion/tion).
10. a) transpa ——– (rant/rent) b) equip ——– (mant/ment).
Answer:
1. a) excitement b) laboratories
2. a) equally b) Excellent
3. a) available b) laboratory
4. a) confident b) modifications
5. a) discovery b) attention
6. a) limited b) facilities
7. achievement, remarkable
8. wholly
9. a) Excellent b) radiation
10. a) transparent b) equipment

c) Find the wrongly spelt words and write the correct spelling.

i) building; head quarter; associasion; science
ii) excitement; laboratary; instrument; visitor
iii) announce; professer; delight; excellent
iv) nature; resarch; effect; through
v) mediam; question; optics; answer
vi) transperant; sophisticated; equipment; available
vii) confident; dependent; brillient; government
viii) discovery; honesty; monky; wholly
ix) behaviur; radiation; facilities; matriculation
x) luggage; marriage; carriage; collage
xi) impression; journal; surgen; throughout
xii) accousists; violin; produce; harmonious
xiii) advice; scintist; confine; essence
xiv) scholer; driver; teacher; preacher
xv) recieve; relieve; believe; achieve
xvi) science; equipment; sociaty; instrument
Answer:
i) association
ii) laboratory
iii) professor
iv) research
v) medium
vi) transparent
vii) brilliant
viii) monkey
ix) behaviour
x) college
xi) surgeon
xii) acoustics
xiii) scientist
xiv) scholar
xv) receive
xvi) society

12. Put the following words under correct headings.

A.

Answer:

B.

Answer:

C.


Answer:

D.

Answer:

13. A) Write the meaningful sentences using the words given below.
i) much:
ii) excellent:
iii) equally:
iv) too:
v) earlier:
vi) through:
vii) some:
viii) hardly :
ix) keen :
x) against:
Answer:
xiii) throughout:
xiv) wholly:
xv) used to:
Answer:
i) I don’t have much money with me.
ii) Her speech was absolutely excellent.
iii) Diet and exercise are equally important.
iv) Can I come too?
v) He learnt to play the violin at an early age.
vi) The thief got in through the window.
vii) Do you want to have some more tea?
viii) There’s hardly anytime left.
ix) John was very keen to help.
x) We are fighting against terrorism.
xi) I’ve already eaten my lunch.
xii) The doctor will see you again next week, meanwhile use these medicines regularly.
xiii) The ceremony lasted two hours anti we had to stand throughout the ceremony.
xiv) The government is not wholly to be blamed for the raising of prices.
xv) I used to live in Guntur when I was a boy.

B) Write the other forms of the following adjectives.
i) busy:
ii) excellent:
iii) young:
iv) confident:
v) brilliant:
vi) high:
vii) great:
viii) neat:
ix) clean:
x) large:
Answer:

Positive	Comparative	Superlative
i) busy	busier	busiest
ii) excellent	more excellent	most excellent
iii) young	younger	youngest
iv) confident	more confident	most confident
v) brilliant	. more brilliant	most brilliant
vi) high	higher	highest
vii) great	greater	greatest
viii) neat	neater	neatest
ix) clean	cleaner	cleanest
x) large	larger	largest

C) Write the full forms of the following abbreviations.

Abbreviation    Full form
1) C.D.               ……………..
2) DVD.             ……………..
3) A.D.               ……………..
4) p.m.              ……………..
5) B.A.               ……………..
6) C.M               ……………..
7) B.C.               ……………..
Answer:
1. Compact Disk
2. Digital Video Disk
3. Anno Domini
4. Post meridian
5. Bachelor of Arts
6. Chief Minister
7. Before Christ

D) Write the full forms of the words in the blanks given against each of them.
(One is done for you as an example)
Short form of the word     Full form of the word
plane                                       aeroplane
kilo                                             ………….
para                                            ………….
specs                                          ………….
photo                                         ………….
Answer:
kilogram, paragraph, spectacles, photograph

Grammar

14. Edit the following passage correcting the underlined parts.

1. Dolphins are very interesting animals. They, looks (a) like fish’but they are not fish. Fish has (b) cold blood but dolphins have warm blood. Fish can live under water and (c) dolphins cannot. They can stay in (d) water for a long time.
2. An (a) Olympic Games are the great (b) celebrations of sport in the world. They are held once . in four years. The Olympic Games began at (c) Olympia in 776 B.C. They took place from time to time till (d) 393 A.D.
3. Dhyanchand is (a) a very well – known hockey player. He was born at (b) 29 August 1905 in Allahabad. He studied in the (c) local secondary high school. In 1922, he joined a (d) British army as a sepoy.
4. Vikram Sarabhai was responsible to (a) the setting up of the Rocket Launching station or (b) space science and technology centre in (c) Thumba in Kerala. A (d) Rocket and Launching Ranger at Srihari Kota in Andhra Pradesh was set up by Dr. Sarabhai only.
5. Kites are man’s older (a) play things. Before kites man is using (b) dolls as play things. Man first used kites at (c) war. He used them to lift battle supplies. He used kites to carrying (d) other things also.
6. One day, a group of frog (a) decided to make a race and get to the top of an (b) high tower. A lot of people came to see them and give him (c) their support, but the race had just begin (d) and everybody was already saying that the frogs would not get there: It doesn’t made (e) any sense. You’ll never reach the top of the tower!
Answer:
1. a) look
b)have
c) but
d) under
2. a) The
b) greatest
c) in
d) until
3. a) was
b) on
c) a
d) the
4. a) for
b) and
c) at
d) The
5. a) oldest
b) was using
c) in
d) carry
6. a) frogs
b) a
c) them
d) begun
e) make

15. Read the following passage and fill in the blanks with the correct options given against the number of blanks.

1. Have you ever ——– (1) people putting ——– (2) thumb impression on important documents? This is done mainly ——– (3) illiterate people ——– (4) they cannot put their signatures.
1) A) see B) sees C) seen D) seeing
2) A) its B) his C) their D) her
3) A) with B) from C) by D) of
4) A) so B) because C) as D) since

2. The finger prints ——– (1) the police to ——– (2) the thieves and criminals. ——– (3) keep a record of the finger prints of thieves and criminals ——– (4) to them.
1) A) helps B) help C) helped D) helping
2) A) identify B) identifying C) identified D) identifies
3) A) He B) She C) They D) It
4) A) knows B) know C) known D) knowing

3. A cell phone is ——– (1) extremely sophisticated radio. ——– (2) cell phones ——– (3) can talk to anyone ——– (4) the planet from just about anywhere.
1) A) a B) an C) the D) any
2) A) by B) with C) from D) n
3) A) she B) he C) they D) you
4) A) on B) in C) over D) above

4. Abdul is ——– (1) friend. One evening he ——– (2) home from school. He saw a boy ——– (3) in a tank suddenly he jumped ——– (4) the tank and saved the boy.
1) A) I B) my C) me D) mine
2) A) is returning B) returns C) was returning D) returned
3) A) drowns B) drowning C) drowned D) drown
4) A) in B) on C) into D) over

5. ——– (1) zoo is a place ——– (2) many kinds of birds ——– (3) animals are bred and protected. A visit to zoo is not only pleasure giving ——– (4) educative and informative.
I) A) The B) A C) An D) Any
2) A) there B) here C) where D) at
3) A) but B) or C) and D) yet
4) A) as well as B) and C) but also D) in addition to

6. Atmosphere makes ——– (1) earth a planet of life. It ——– (2) us with the air to breathe, protects ——– (3) from dangerous solar rays ——– (4) saves us from extremes of heat and cold.
1. A) a B) an C) the D) that
2. A) supply B) supplies C) supplied D) supplyinq
3. A) we B) us C) our D) ours
4. A) but B) yet C) or D) and

7. Yudhisthira was the name of ——– (1) poor potter who ——– (2) in a certain kingdom. One night, ——– (3) he was returning after drinking ——– (4) than he should, he stumbled and fell over some pots. When he got up, he saw blood was oozing out of his forehead. There was a deep cut due to a broken piece of pot.
1. A) a B) an C) the D) any
2. A) live B) lived C) living D) lives
3. A) which B) where C) who D) when
4. A) much B) more C) many D) lot
Answer:
1. 1 – C; 2 – C; 3 – C; 4 – B
2. 1 – B; 2 – A; 3 – C; 4 – C
3. 1 – B; 2 – B; 3 – D; 4 – A
4. 1 – B; 2 – C; 3 – B; 4 – C
5. 1 – B; 2 – C; 3 – C; 4 – C
6. 1 – C; 2 – B; 3 – B; 4 – D
7. 1 – A; 2 – B; 3 – D; 4 – B

16. A) Write the other forms of the following verbs.
Present tense Past tense Past Participle
1) show          ………………..  ………………..
2) announce
3) win
4) delight
5) lose
6) say
7) pass
8) hail
9) catch
10) make
11) bear
12) advise
13) begin
14) become
15) think
Answer:

Present tense	Past tense	Past Participle
1) show	showed	shown
2) announce	.announced	announced
3) win	won	won
4) delight	delighted	delighted
5) lose	lost	lost
6) say	said	said
7) pass	passed	passed
8) hail	hailed	hailed
9) catch	caught	caught
10) make	made	made
11) bear	bore	borne
12) advise	advised	advised
13) begin	began	begun
14) become	became	become
15) think	thought	thought

B) Read the following sentences and say what they mean. Choose the right answer from the choices given.

1. Shall I help you in carrying your luggage? ( )
(a) making a request
(b) asking for permission
(c) offering help
2. Could you please lend me your note book? ( )
(a) making a request
(b) asking for permission
(c) making an enquiry
3. Would you mind my leaving the class early? ( )
(a) asking for permission
(b) making a request
(c) giving permission
4. You had better join English tution. ( )
(a) Giving permission
(b) Making a request
(c) Giving a suggestion
5. I am afraid I can’t attend the party. ( )
(a) Expressing fear
(b) Expressing apology
(c) Refusing a request
6. Will you join us for a party? ( )
(a) questioning
(b) advising
(c) inviting
7. Could you please shut the door? ( )
(a) Making a request
(b) asking for permission
(c) Giving an order
8. Shoot the enemy ….. ( )
(a) Giving an order
(b) request
(c) advice
9. Work hard ( )
(a) Advice
(b) request
(c) order
10. Keep quiet, won’t you? ( )
(a) Advice
(b) request
(c) order
Answer:
1) c
2) a
3) a
4) c
5) b
6) c
7) a
8) a
9) a
10) c

C. Fill in the blanks with ‘a’, ‘an’ or ‘the’.

1. 1987, M.S. Swaminathan was awarded ______ Ramon Magsaysay Award.
2. We dined yesterday at ________ Maurya Sherton hotel.
3. Tejaswini lent me _________ interesting book.
4. My father is ____________ school teacher.
5. M.S.Swaminathan worked at _______ Indian Agricultural Research Institute.
6. Rekha bought _______ long notebook yesterday.
7. Sravani is eating ___________ mango now.
8. Ganesh always carries _______ umbrella with him.
9. Rambabu is _______ English teacher in a high school.
10. Manjula and Sruthi play______ guitar well.
11. 1)Raju is __________ honourable person.
2) That would make _________ good present.
3) Can you give me _________ books on the table?
12. 1)Suresh is _______ first ranker in the class.
2) The teacher gave me _______ interesting book.
3) Bhargavi is eating _______ biscuit now.
13. 1) In 1987, M.S. Swaminathan was awarded _______ Ramon Magsaysay Award.
2) We stayed yesterday at ________ Taj Mahal hotel.
3) Anusha lent me ________ interesting book.
Answer:
1) the
2) the
3) an
4) a
5) the
6) a
7) a
8) an
9) an
10) the
11) 1) an 2) a 3) the
12) 1) the 2) an 3) a
13) 1) the 2) the 3) an

D. Now fill in the blanks with ‘in’, ‘on’ and ‘at’.

1. Sarathchandra and Keerthana are brother and sister. Sarathchandra was born —(1)— 25th April —(2)— 2000. Keerthana was born —(3)— December 2, 2001. They are with their parents. They Live —(4)— Kondamudusupalem, a small village —(5)— Prakasam District. They play games —(6)— school. It is usually very hot —(7)— May —(8)— their village. So they spend their summer —(9)— Hyderabad —(10)— their uncle’s house.
Mr. Srisailam is their uncle. He resides —(11)— High Court Colony —(12)— Hyderabad with his wife, Jagadeeswan and his daughter, Vishnu Priya.

2. Sridevi was a famous Indian actress. She was born ——– 13 August 1963 ——– Sivakasi. Her parents were Ayyappan and Rajeswari. She acted ——– 285 films.

3. Raman was born ——– November 7, 1888 and did his M.A. Course ——– Presidency College ——– Madras.
Answer:
1. 1) on
2) in
3) on
4) at
5) in
6) at
7) in
8) at
9) in
10) at
11) at
12) in
2. on, at, in
3. on, at, in

E. Fill in the blanks with too, throughout; however ; meanwhile ; against ; later.

1) The house was painted white ——–.
2) They are fighting ——– terrorism.
3) Bob spent an hour with his computer, Ann ——– took care of the children of-her own.
4) He wanted to take no risks ——– small.
5) See you ——–.
6) When I’ve finished painting the hall, I’m going to do the kitchen ——–.
Answer:
1) throughout
2) against
3) meanwhile
4) however
5) later
6) too

F.
1) Ravi wants to buy a car but he doesn’t have enough to buy a car. How would Ravi express his wish using wish?
2) Sita was angry and spoke rudely to Gita. Later she thought It was wrong. She was not happy about the way she spoke to her friend. How would she express her unhappiness using ‘wish’?
3) Your father is smoking heavily these days. You are not happy with it and you want to change him. How would you express the same idea using ‘wish’?
4) You joined a job in a company. You are not happy with the job. How would you express your
unhappiness using ‘wish’?
5) Sarala is somewhat beautiful. She wants to be even more beautiful. How would she express the idea using ‘wish’?
Answer:
1) I wish I had more money.
2) I wish I had not said that.
3) I wish father would stop smoking.
4) I wish I had not joined the job.
5) I wish I were even more beautiful.

G. Add question tags to the following statements.

1) I will go home, ___________ ?
2) The story is interesting, ______________ ?
3) I am not a fool, ___________ ?
4) I am clever, ______________ ?
5) 1 can speak English, _____________ ?
6) She has paid the fees, _____________ ?
7) We have seen the film, ___________ ?
8) You are wise, ___________ ?
9) I shall go, ____________ ?
10) You must do this, _____________ ?
Answer:
1)won’t I?
2) Isn’t it?
3) am I?
4} aren’t I?
5) can’t I?
6} hasn’t she?
7) haven’t we?
8) aren’t you?
9) shan’t I?
10) mustn’t you?

AP State Syllabus 7th Class English Important Questions Unit 1

7th Class English Important Questions Unit 1

Section – A: Reading Comprehension

A. Reading

1. Read the following text.

The town mouse and the country mouse were cousins. They often wrote to each other. One day, the country mouse got this letter from his cousin.

Kitchen Cupboard,
Mouse Town.
11 March 2012.

Dear Cousin,

I have been ill with a cough and my doctor feels I need a holiday. He has asked me to spend a week in the countryside. May I stay with you? Please give me an early reply.

With warm regards,

Yours affectionately,
Town Mouse

To
Country Mouse, The Mouse Hole,
Mouse Country.

Now answer the following questions:
a) Who sent the letter to whom?
b) Where does the country mouse live?
c) Where does the town mouse live ?
d) What relation does the country mouse and town mouse have ?
e) How long does the town mouse want to stay in the country ?
f) Why does the town mouse want to visit the country mouse ?
Answers:
a) The town mouse sent the letter to the country mouse.
b) The country mouse lives in the mouse hole in Mouse Country.
c) The town mouse lives in kitchen cupboard in Mouse Town.
d) The country mouse and the town mouse are cousins.
e) The town mouse wants to stay for a week in the country.
f) The town mouse had been suffering from cough and cold and his doctor advised him to spend a week in the countryside.

2. Read the following passage.

Receiving the invitation from the country mouse, the town mouse packed his bags and caught the next train to the countryside. The day was bright and sunny and soon the town mouse began to feel hot in the train.
“I wish there was an air-conditioned coach,” he said to himself. “I feel very uncomfortable here.”
However, there was nothing he could do about it. So, he grumbled to himself while the train chugged’slowly into the country. The country mouse was waiting at the station.
“Oh, cousin,” the town mouse said as soon as he got off the train. “The train was dreadful, I feel terribly hot and thirsty. I hope you have something ice-cold for me to drink at home.”
“Well, I have some water,” said the country mouse. “But I can look around for some coconut water if you like.”
“Coconut water?” asked the town mouse in horror. “Don’t you have any orange juice or lemonade ?”
“I am afraid not,” replied his cousin. “But I found a very nice piece of root today and a tender bit of sugar-cane. I’m sure you will enjoy that.”

Now answer the following questions:
a) How was the day weather when the town mouse travelled to the country?
b) “I wish there was an air-conditioned coach,” he said to himself. “I feel very uncomfortable here” – What does this tell us about the town mouse?
c) How did the town mouse feel in the train?
d) What did the country mouse offer the town mouse as soon as he got off the train?
e) What did the town mouse ask the country mouse for ?
Answers:
a) The day was very bright and sunny when the town mouse travelled to the country.
b) It tells us that the town mouse was leading a luxurious, comfortable and civilised life in the town with all modern amenities and comforts.
c) The town mouse felt that the train was dreadful. He felt very hot and thirsty in the train.
d) The country mouse offered some water or coconut water to the town mouse as soon as he got off the train.
e) The town mouse asked the country mouse for orange juice or lemonade.

3. Read the following passage.

“I am afraid not, “ replied his cousin. “But I found a very nice piece of root today and a tender bit of sugar-cane. I’m sure you will enjoy that.”
“Root? Sugar-cane?” the town mouse exclaimed. “But I don’t eat raw food like that.”
The country mouse said, “This is what we eat in the country. So, I’m afraid you too have to eat this. Try it. It’s not bad.”
The town mouse did not enjoy his dinner at all. He nibbled at the root and the sugar-cane and then said he wanted to sleep. The country mouse showed a corner in the mouse hole and said, “There you are; you can sleep there.”
“On the ground?” asked the town mouse. “Do I have to sleep on the ground?”
“Yes, this is how we sleep in the country,” his cousin answered.
As the town mouse lay down on the hard, cold ground, he suddenly thought of something. “Cousin,” he called out.
“Yes, what is it?” the country mouse asked. .
“Why is it so quiet here? Where are all the cars and lorries? Where are the radios and the televisions? Where are all the lights ?”
“This is how it is in the country,” his cousin replied. “It’s always quiet in the country. Sometimes it is quieter than today. My grandfather says that our village is the quietest among all the villages in our district.” “Oh! Is it? The country is a strange place,” said the town mouse. But he said to himself, “I don’t think I like this place.”

Now answer the following questions:
a) What did the country mouse eat in the country?
b) What does the clause ‘I am afraid’ here mean?
c) Where did the country mouse sleep?
d) What did the town mouse worry about?
e) Why did the town mouse not like the country?
Answers:
a) The country mouse used to eat raw food like roots and sugar-cane.
b) ‘I am afraid’ here means ‘sorry’. It is used to express apology;
c) The country mouse used to sleep on the ground.
d) The town mouse worried why it was so quiet in the country, why there were no radios and televisions, why there were no cars and lorries, in the country.
e) There was no delicious food such as bread, jam, fruits and chocolates in the country. There was no comfortable bed to sleep There were no buses and lorries and there was no busy life in the country. Hence the town mouse did not like the country.

4. Read the following passage.

Next morning, the town mouse found that there was no breakfast ready. His cousin told him that they had to go to the nearby farm to search for food.
“We are sure to find something there,” he said. “A nice piece of root or a tender bit of sugar-cane.”
But the town mouse had enough. “Thank you, cousin,” he said. “But I think I’ll catch the next train home. I have suddenly remembered that I have forgotten something.”
A few days later, the country mouse wrote to his cousin, the town mouse. Here is the letter.

Mouse Hole,
Mouse Country.
22 March 2012.

My dear Cousin,

I hope you are well. I am worried about you. I would like to visit you and make sure you are alright.

With love,

Your cousin,
Country Mouse

To
Town Mouse,
Kitchen Cupboard,
Mouse Town.

The town mouse received the letter and read it. Since he was in a hurry, he sent a telegram to the country mouse. Here is his telegram.

OVERJOYED (.) COME SOON (.)
TOWN MOUSE

Now answer the following questions:
a) Where had the mice to go for collecting breakfast?
b) What might they get for their breakfast?
c) Why do you think the town mouse said that he would catch the next train?
d) What did the country mouse write in his letter to his cousin?
e) “Since he was in hurry, he sent a telegram to the countryside” – What does this line suggest us about the life of the town mouse?
Answers :
a) The mice had to go to the nearby farm to search for food.
b) They might get a nice piece of root or a tender bit of sugar-cane for their breakfast.
c) The town mouse did not like the style of living.in the countryside. He was unable to adjust to the ways of the village. So he wanted to go back to the town.
d) The country mouse wrote that he was very much worried about his sick cousin. He said that he would like to visit his cousin to see whether he was alright.
e) It suggests us that in town the life of people is very busy.

5. Read the following passage.
A few days later, the.country mouse arrived in the town. He was surprised by the noise and the lights.
“Why are there lights even in the middle of the night?” he asked.
“This is the town,” his cousin replied. “Here there are lights even in the middle of the day.” “And what is this dreadful noise that never stops?” asked the country mouse.
“That is the traffic,” the town mouse replied. “That is the noise made by buses, lorries, cars and aeroplanes.”
But the country mouse did not like it at all. “All this noise has made my head ache,” he said. “Could I have some water to drink?”
“Why only water?” said the town mouse. “Look at what there is for you – ice cold lemonade, orange juice … which one do you want?”
“Just some water,” answered the country mouse. “Some water and a little bit of food.”
“I have plenty of food, cousin,” said the town mouse proudly. “You can eat as much as you like.”
Sure enough, the house of the town mouse at the back of a kitchen cupboard was full of most delicious food.

Now answer the following questions:
a) What surprised the country mouse in the town?
b) Where did the noise come from?
c) Why did the country mouse not like the noise in the town?
d) What did the town mouse offer his cousin when he asked for water?
e) Why did the town mouse say proudly that he had a plenty of food?
Answers :
a) The country mouse was surprised by the noise and lights in the town.
b) The noise came from the traffic. This noise was made by buses, lorries, cars and aeroplanes.
c) His village was very peaceful. There was no traffic in the country. There were no buses, lorries, cars and aeroplanes in the village.
d) The town mouse offered his cousin ice-cold lemonade, orange juice.
e) In the town a lot of delicious food was available, but in the village every time they were
hungry they had to search for food here and there.

6. Read the following passage.

There was bread and jam, different kinds of fruits, slabs of chocolate and a huge piece of lovely cheese.
“Eat, cousin, eat,” said the town mouse. But just then, there was a sound like a thunder and the town mouse shouted. “Run, cousin, run, run.”
The town mouse pushed the country mouse out through a hole in the back of the cupboard. The country mouse felt his heart beating very fast, “But what is it?” he asked.
“Sssh. ..” whispered the town mouse. “Wait.”
When everything was silent again, the town mouse crept out of the hole. He was quite cheerful again.
“Come out now, cousin,” he said. “That was only somebody opening the cupboard door. We are safe now.”
But they were not safe for very long. Twice more, they had to run for safety when somebody opened the cupboard door.
The country mouse got quite tired of running and hiding. “I want to go back to the country, ” he said. “We may not get much food there, but at least we can eat in peace.”
So, the next day, the country mouse went back to his house in the country and the town mouse stayed on in his cupboard in the town. And as far as I know, they did not visit each other again.

Now answer the following questions.
a) “There was bread and jam, different kinds of fruits” What difference do you find between the food available in the country and that of the town?
b) Where did the town mouse live?
c) “But just then, there was a sound like a thunder” – Where did the sound come from?
d) “We are safe now” – Were they really safe now? Why / Why not?
e) The country mouse wanted to go back to the country. Why?
Answers:
a) In the country the mice had to search for food which was raw and traditional but in the town variety of food was readily available, cooked and delicious.
b) The town mouse lived at the back of the cupboard.
c) The sound came from the opening of the cupboard door.
d) No. They were not really safe. They had to run for safety every time the door of the cupboard was opened.
e) The country mouse got quite tired of running and hiding. Though he did not get much food in the country he could live peacefully and safely there.

7. Read the following passage.

The town mouse and the country mouse were cousins. They often wrote to each other. Receiving the invitation from the country mouse, the town mouse packed his bags and caught the next train to the countryside. The day was bright and sunny and soon the town mouse began to feel hot in the train.
“I wish there was an air-conditioned coach,” he said to himself. “I feel very uncomfortable here”. However, there was nothing he could do about it. So, he grumbled to himself while the train chugged slowly into the country. The country mouse was waiting at the station. “Oh, cousin,” the town mouse said as soon as he got off the train. “The train was dreadful, I feel terribly hot and thirsty. I hope you have something ice-cold for me to drink at home.”
“Well,’I have some water,” said the country mouse. “But I can look around for .some coconut water if you like.” “Coconut water?” asked the town mouse in’horror. “Don’t you have any orange juice or lemonade?”

Now, answer the following questions.
a) Describe how the town mouse felt in the train.
b) Why is the town mouse travelling to the countryside?
c) “Coconut water?” asked the town mouse in horror. “Don’t you have any orange juice or lemonade?”
Based on the above lines from the passage, what can we say about the town mouse?
d) What food was arranged by the country mouse for the town mouse?
e) Why was the town mouse feeling thirsty?
Answers:
a) The town mouse felt hot and uncomfortable in the train. He wished that there was an air- conditioned coach in the train. But he couldn’t do anything about it.
b) The country mouse invited the town mouse to visit the countryside. So, the town mouse was travelling to the countryside.
c) The town mouse was enjoying the varieties of food and luxuries available in the town. It felt strange as the countryside did not have those facilities. The town mouse was not happy and could not adjust with the simple and natural things of country life. He wanted to have all the luxurious items.
d) A nice piece of root and a tender bit of sugarcane was arranged for dinner.
e) The town mouse felt thirsty because he had travelled in a train on a sunny day and was feeling hot.

8. Read the following passage.

Receiving the invitation from the country mouse, the town mouse packed his bags and caught the next train to the countryside. The day was bright and sunny and soon the town mouse began to feel hot in the train.
“I wish there was an air-conditioned coach,” he said to himself. “I feel very uncomfortable here.”

Now, answer the following questions.
a) Who sent the invitation to the town mouse?
b) How was the town mouse going to the countryside?
c) How was the weather?
d) What did the town mouse wish to have?
e) Why did the town mouse wish to have it?
Answers :
a) The country mouse sent the invitation to the town mouse.
b) The town mouse was going to the countryside by a train,
c) The weather was very hot.
d) The town mouse wished to have an air conditioned coach.
e) In the town the town mouse used to live with all comforts such as air condition. He was unable to withstand the heat of the sun. So he wished to have an air-conditioned coach.

9. Read the following passage.

Next morning, the town mouse found that there was no breakfast ready. His cousin told him that they had to go to the nearby farm to search for food. ‘We are sure to find something there,” he said. “A nice piece of root or a tender bit of sugar-cane.” But the town mouse had enough. ‘Thank you, cousin,” he said. “But I think I’ll catch the next train home. I have suddenly remembered that I have forgotten something.”

Now, answer the following questions.
a) What did the town mouse find?
b) Where will they find the food?
c) Why did the town mouse want to go home?
d) What reason did the town mouse give for going home?
e) Identify two food items mentioned in the passage.
Answers:
a) that there was no breakfast ready
b) in a nearyby farm
c) The town mouse used to have varieties of ready made and delicious food in the town. But now here in the countryside it has to go the fields in search of raw food. So the town mouse wanted to go home.
d) The town mouse told that he suddenly remembered that he had forgotten something.
e) root and sugarcane

B. Reading

1. Read the following stanza.

I live in the town
In a street;
It is crowded with traffic
And feet;
There are buses and motors
And trams;
I wish there were meadows
And lambs.

Now answer the following questions:
a) Who does ‘I’ in the above stanza refer to?
b) Where does the speaker live?
c) How is the street where he lives?
d) Why is there a lot of traffic?
e) Does the speaker like the town?
f) What does he wish?
g) How does the speaker like his place to be?
h) Where does the speaker want to live?
i) Why does the speaker not like the town?
j) Where do you expect the meadows and lambs-in towns or in the country ?
k) Pick out the rhyming words from the stanza.
Answers :
a) ‘I’ in the above stanza refers to the town child.
b) The speaker lives in the town.
c) The street is full of traffic and pedestrians.
d) Because there are a lot of buses, motors and trams.
e) No. The speaker (the town child) does not like the town.
f) He wishes that there were meadows and lambs.
g) The speaker likes his place to be beautiful with meadows and animals.
h) The speaker wants to live in a village which is full of meadows and animals.
i) The town is completely congested with full of buildings and traffic. There are no meadows and animals which make the nature beautiful in the town. So he does not like to live in a town.
j) We can expect the meadows and lambs in the villages but not in the town.
k) 1) street…. feet; 2) trams – lambs.

2. Read the following stanza.

The houses all wait
In a row,
There is smoke everywhere
That I go.
I don’t like the noises
I hear.
I wish there were woods
Very near.

Now answer the following questions:
a) Who is speaking in this stanza?
b) How are the houses built?
c) ‘There is a smoke everywhere” – What does ‘there I here refer to? (Or) Where is the smoke?
d) Why is there a lot of smoke everywhere?
e) What does he not like?
f) Where do these noises come from?
g) What does the speaker wish?
h) Why does the speaker want to have ‘woods’ near his place?
i) What do you understand from the wish of the speaker?
j) Pick out the rhyming words from the stanza.
Answers :
a) The town child is speaking in this stanza.
b) The houses are built in a row.
c) ‘There’ here refers to the town. (Or) The smoke is everywhere in the town.
d) Because in town there are a lot of factories, hotels, industries and a lot of cars, buses, trams and lorries. They emit a lot of smoke.
e) He does not like the noises and smoke from the factories, industries and vehicles.
f) These noises come from the vehicles, industries and factories.
g) The speaker wishes to have forests or woods near his town.
h) The speaker wishes to have forests near his town because the trees of the forests help to control pollution by absorbing the carbon dioxide.
i) We understand that the speaker wants to live peacefully away from the noise and pollution of the town.
j) row – go; hear – near.

3. Read the following stanza.

There is only one thing
That I love,
And that is the sky
Far above,
There is plenty of room
In the blue
For castles of clouds
And me, too!

Now answer the following questions :
a) Who does ‘I’ here refer to?
b) What is the only thing the speaker loves?
c) Why does he like sky?
d) “In the blue” – What does the word ‘blue’ here mean?
e) What castles are there in the sky?
f) “And me too’ – Where does the speaker want to be?
g) Why does the speaker want himself to be in castles of clouds?
h) What is the plenty of room there in the sky for?
i) Which word in the above stanza means “large strong buildings”?
j) Pick out the rhyming words from the stanza.
Answers:
a) ‘I’ here refers to the town child.
b) The only thing the speaker (the town child) loves in the town is the sky.
c) Because in the sky there is a lot of room and there are no buildings and vehicles, noise and smoke in the sky.
d) The word ‘blue’ here means the ‘sky’.
e) In the sky there are castles of clouds.
f) The speaker wants to be in the sky.
g) Because in the castles of clouds there is no smoke and noise and there is a lot of open place in the sky. In the sky he can be away from pollution and helter- skelter of the town.
h) In the sky there is a lot of room for the castles of clouds.
i) Castles
j) love … above; blue – too.

4. Read the following stanza.

My home is a house
Near a wood
(I’d live in a street
If I could!)
The lanes are so quiet,
Oh, dear!
I do wish that someone Lived near.

Now answer the following questions:
a) Who is speaking in this stanza?
b) Where is the speaker’s house?
c) Where does he want to live?
d) How are the lanes?
e) Why are the lanes so quiet?
f) What does the speaker wish?
g) Which word in the stanza means “an area of trees smaller than a forest”?
h) Who does the speaker address as ‘dear’?
i) “I wish that someone lived near” – What do you understand from this sentence?
j) Pick out the rhyming words from the stanza.
Answers:
a) The country child is speaking in the stanza.
b) The speaker’s house is near a wood.
c) The speaker (The country child) wants to live in a street in the town.
d) The lanes in his village are so quiet.
e) Because there are a few people in the village.
f) The speaker wishes that someone lives near his house.
g) ‘wood’
h) The speaker addresses the readers as ‘dear’.
i) In the country very few people live and there are no one to play with him. So he wishes someone to live in his neighbourhood.
j) wood …. could ; dear …. near.

5. Read the following stanza.

There is no one to play with
At all,
The trees are so high
And so tall;
And I should be lonely
For hours,
Were it not for the birds
And the flowers.

Now answer the following questions:
a) Why is there no one to play with?
b) How are the trees?
c) Why are the trees so high and tall?
d) How is he in the country?
e) Were it not for the birds and the flowers’ – What does this clause mean?
f) Who are the friends for him in the country?
g) When should he be lonely?
h) What does the poet want to describe in the stanza?
i) Why does the speaker not want to live in the village?
j) Pick out the rhyming words from the stanza.
Answers:
a) Because it is the country and very few people live there.
b) The trees are high and tall.
c) Because in the country there is a lot of place. In the town all the trees are cut down for want of site for construction of houses, factories and roads.
d) He is lonely in the country.
e) It means that if the birds and flowers were not there, he should be lonely in the country.
f) The birds and flowers are his friends in the country.
g) If the birds and animals were not there, he should be lonely.
h) The poet wants to describe why the country child does not like to live in the „ country.
i) The speaker does not like to live in the country because there are no one to give company to him in the country.
j) all – tall; hours – flowers.

6. Read the following stanza.

I wish that I lived
In a town
To see all the trams
Going down
A twinkling street
That is bright
With wonderful colours
At night!

Now answer the following questions:
a) Who does ‘I’ here refer to?
b) Where does the speaker live?
c) What does the speaker wish?
d) Why does he want to live in a town?
e) What attracts him to the town life?
f) How are the streets in the town at night?
g) What does the poet want to describe in the stanza?
h) Pick out the rhyming words in the stanza.
i) Why are the nights colourful in towns?
j) If you were given an option to live in a town or a country, where would you prefer to live?
Answers:
a) ‘I’ here refers to the country child.
b) The speaker lives in a country.
c) The speaker wishes to live in a town.
d) In a town he can see the trams, the bright lights, colourful nights. They make him wish to live in a town.
e) The trams, the colourful nights and the bright lights attract him to the town life.
f) The streets are bright and colourful in the town at night.
g) The poet wants to describe why people are attracted to the city life in the stanza.
h) town – down; bright – night.
i) The town wakes up all the night and some activity or other goes on all the night in the town. So the nights are bright and colourful in the town.
j) If I were given an option to live in a town or in a country, I would prefer to live in a country.

7. Read the following stanza.

The Town Child

I live in the town
In a street;
It is crowded with traffic
And feet;
There are buses and motors
And trams;
I wish there were meadows
And lambs.
The houses all wait
In a row,
There is smoke everywhere
That I go.
I don’t like the noises
I hear –
I wish there were woods
Very near.

Now, answer the following questions:
a) Where does the ‘speaker’ live?
b) Pick out any two vehicles from the poem.
c) What does the speaker find everywhere?
d) Pick out the word that rhymes with ‘trams’.
e) What does the speaker want to be very near?
Answers:
a) The speaker lives in a town.
b) Buses and trams
c) The speaker finds smoke everywhere.
d) ‘lambs’
e) The speaker wants to have woods very near.

C. Reading

1. Read the following passage.

When spring came to the city of Cleveland in 1909, it did not change Gates Avenue.
People who lived on the pretty streets near Gates Avenue were making gardens and painting their houses. But Gates Avenue continued to ‘look dirty and ugly.
Gates Avenue was a short street, but it seemed longer because it was so ugly. Most of the families who lived there had very little money. They never expected to have any more. Their houses had not been painted in many years, and they did not even have n.inning water.
The street itself was ugly too. There was no pavement, there was no streetlight; and the railroad’ at the end of Gates Avenue added noise and dirt.

Now answer the following questions:
a) Why did Gates Avenue seem longer though it was short?
b) Why were the houses not painted in Gates Avenue?
c) What facilities did they not have in Gates Avenue street?
d) What added noise and dirt to Gates Avenue?
e) Who were making gardens and painting their houses?
Answers:
a) Gates Avenue seemed very long because it was very much ugly and dirty.
b) because the people in Gates Avenue were very poor.
c) Gates Avenue did not have pavement and streetlight.
d) The rail road at the end of the street added noise and dirt to Gates Avenue.
e) People who lived on the pretty streets near Gates Avenue were making gardens and painting their houses.

Additional Questions
a) What is the name of the street mentioned in the passage?
b) En what way was Gates Avenue different from other streets?
c) Why was Gates Avenue ugly and dirty?
d) What made Gates Avenue look very ugly?
e) Where is Gates Avenue?
f) Why did the other streets in Cleveland look pretty?
g) “….. they did not even have running water’ – What does the phrase ‘running water’ here mean?
Answers:
a) Gates Avenue was the name of the street.
b) While all the other streets were made-beautiful by growing gardens and painting houses Gates Avenue looked dirty and ugly.
c) 1. The people living in Gates Avenue were very poor.
2. They could not afford to paint their houses.
3. There was no proper drainage system in the Avenue.
4. The street itself was ugly.
5. Lack of pavements and drainage system and the existence of the rail gate at the end of the street made the street even more ugly.
d) The rail road at the end of the street made the street even more ugly.
e) Gates Avenue is in Cleveland.
f) The people in other streets made their streets look beautiful by growing gardens and painting their houses.
g) Water supply system through pipes and taps

2. Read the following passage.

The other girls in the school near Gates Avenue wore new and pretty clothes that spring. But the little girl from Gates Avenue still wore the dirty dress that she had worn all winter. Probably that was the only dress she owned.
Her teacher was very unhappy. The little girl was so nice! She always worked hard in school; she was always friendly and polite. Her face was dirty and her hair was untidy, but anyone could see that she was pretty under the dirt.
One day the teacher said, “Won’t you wash your face before you come to school tomorrow morning? Please do that, just for me.
The next morning the child’s pretty face was clean, and her hair tidy. Before the little girl went home that afternoon, the teacher said, “Now, dear, please ask your mother to wash your dress.”
But the girl continued to wear the same dirty dress, “Her mother is probably not interested in her,” the teacher thought. So she bought a bright blue dress and gave it to the little girl. The child took the gift eagerly and rushed home.

Now answer the following questions:
a) Why did the girl wear the dirty dress?
b) “Probably that was the only dress she owned” – How can you say?
c) Why was the teacher unhappy?
d) Why would all the people say, “She was pretty under the dirt”?
e) What kind of girl was she?
f) “Please do that just for me.” – What does the word ‘that’ here mean?
g) Why did the girl look pretty the next day?
h) What did the teacher request the girl the next day?
i) Why did the girl continue to wear the same dirty dress?
j) What did the teacher do on the third day to make her look beautiful?
Answers:
a) Because the girl was poor and she owned only one dress.
b) 1. She was very poor.
2. She used to wear the same dress every day.
c) Because though the girl was so nice her face was dirty and her hair was untidy.
d) Naturally she was very pretty and beautiful but her face was dirty and her hair was untidy. So everyone would say she was pretty under the dirt.
e) She was a nice girl. She always worked hard in school. She was always friendly and polite.
f) ‘That’ here means washing her face before coming to school.
g) Because the next morning the girl washed her face and had her hair combed.
h) The next morning the teacher requested the girl to get her dress washed.
i) Because she had only one dress and she would not have had another dress if she had got it washed.
j) On the third day the teacher bought a new blue dress and gave it to the girl to make her look beautiful.

3. Read the following passage.

The next morning she came to school in the new blue dress, and she was very clean and tidy. She told her teacher, “My mother couldn’t believe her eyes when she saw me this morning in my new dress. My father wasn’t at home, but he’ll see me at supper tonight.” She was full of excitement.
When her father saw her in her new blue dress, he was amazed to find that he had a very pretty little girl. When the family ate supper, he was even more amazed to see a cloth on the kitchen table-, The family had never used a table cloth before. “We’re going to begin to be tidier here,” his wife said. “I’m ashamed to be dirty when our daughter is so clean.”
After supper, the mother began to wash the kitchen floor. Her husband watched silently for several moments. Then he went outside and began to repair the fence. The next evening, with the family’s help, he began to make a garden.

Now answer the following questions:
a) How did the girl look the next morning when she came to school?
b) Why was she very clean and tidy the next morning?
c) Why could her mother not believe her eyes?
d) Why was the girl full of excitement?
e) What made her father amazed?
f) What made her father even more amazed?
g) What did her father decide?
h) Why was her mother ashamed?
i) What did her mother do to be tidier?
j) What did her father do to keep the surroundings clean?
Answers:
a) The girl was very clean and tidy the next day.
b) Because she washed her face, combed her hair and wore a new blue dress.
c) Because the girl looked beautiful in her blue dress.
d) Because she looked beautiful in her blue dress and her parents were happy to see her beautiful face.
e) Her father was amazed to know that his daughter was very beautiful.
f) When he saw a cloth on the kitchen table he was even more amazed.
g) Her father decided to begin to be tidier thereafter.
h) Her mother was ashamed to be dirty when their daughter was so clean.
i) She began to wash the kitchen floor after supper.
j) Her father repaired the fence and he began to grow a garden to make the surroundings clean.

4. Read the following passage.

During the following week, the man in the next house watched what his neighbour was doing. And by the end of the week, the man began to paint his house — for the first time in ten years. A few days later, the young minister of a church near Gates Avenue passed these two houses and saw two men working. For the first time he noticed that there was no pavement on Gates Avenue, and no streetlight, and no running water. “People who are trying so hard to make decent homes here deserve help,” the minister thought. He asked some important citizens in the city to help them.

Now answer the following questions:
a) How did girl’s father inspire his neighbour?
b) Who came to Gates Avenue?
c) What did the young minister notice?
d) What inspired the young minister to build a pavement?
e) Why did the minister feel that the people deserved help?
f) “He asked some important citizens to help them” – Who does ‘they’ here refer to?
g) What did the minister ask the important citizens to do?
h) What were the problems the minister noticed in Gates Avenue?
i) What did the minister see at first?
j) How long had the house not been painted?
Answers:
a) When the neighbour of the girl watched her father growing a garden he was inspired and began to paint his house.
b) The young minister of a church came to Gates Avenue.
c) The young minister noticed that the pavement, streetlights and running water were not there at Gates Avenue.
d) When he came to Gates Avenue he saw two men working in front of their houses to make their surroundings clean. It inspired the minister to build a pavement.
e) When he came to Gates Avenue he saw the people working to clean their surroundings; so he felt they deserved the help.
f) ‘They’ here refers to the people of Gates Avenue.
g) The minister asked the important citizens to help the people of Gates Avenue.
h) Lack of pavements, streetlights and proper running water system were the problems in Gates Avenue.
i) At first the minister saw the men working to clean their surroundings.
j) The house had not been painted for years.

5. Read the following passage.

A few months later, because of the young minister, there was a pavement on Gates Avenue.
There was a streetlight on the corner, and the houses had running water. Six months after the little girl got her new blue dress, Gates Avenue had become a tidy street where respectable citizens lived.
When people in other places heard the story of Gates Avenue, they began to organise their own ‘clean up’ campaigns. Since 1913, more than seven thousand towns and cities have organised campaigns for painting and repairing homes and making better lives for the people who live in them.
Who knows what will happen when a teacher gives a little girl a new blue dress?

Now answer the following questions:
a) Who was responsible for building a pavement?
b) What were the other services provided by the minister?
c) How long did it take to get a tidy street for Gates Avenue?
d) Now what type of citizens live in Gates Avenue?
e) How did the experience of Gates Avenue inspire the other places in the city?
f) When did the ‘clean up’ campaign begin in Cleveland?
g) Who do you think initiated the’clean up’campaign in Gates Avenue?
h) What type of activities were taken up as a part of ‘cleaning up campaign’?
i) Do you know any such campaign is going on in our country now? Name that campaign.
j) According the passage, how many towns and cities have organized ‘clean up’ campaigns since 1913?
Answers:
a) The young minister of the church was responsible for building a pavement.
b) The minister provided streetlight, and running water system in addition to the pavement in Gates Avenue.
c) Gates Avenue took six months after the girl had got a new dress to get a tidy street.
d) Now respectable citizens live ip Gates Avenue.
e) Having been inspired by the people of Gates Avenue the people of other places began to organise their own ‘clean up’ campaigns.
f) The ‘clean up’ campaign began in 1913 in Cleveland.
g) The ‘clean up’ campaign was actually initiated by the teacher who bought a new dress for the poor girl.
h) As a part of cleaning up campaign people took up painting, and repairing homes and making better lives for the people who live in it.
i) Yes. One such ‘clean up’ campaign is going on in our country now. The massive ‘clean up’ programme is called ‘Swatchch Bharath’ (Clean India). It was started by our Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 2nd October 2014.
j) More than seven thousand towns and cities.

6. Read the following passage.

The little girl from Gates Avenue wore the dirty dress that she had worn all winter. Probably that was the only dress she owned. Her teacher was very unhappy. The little girl was so nice! She always worked hard in school; she was always friendly and polite. Her face was dirty and her hair was untidy, but anyone could see that she was pretty under the dirt. One day the teacher said, “Won’t you wash your face before you come to school tomorrow morning? Please do that, just for me.”
The next morning the child’s pretty face was clean, and her hair tidy. Before the little girl went home that afternoon, the teacher said, “Now, dear, please ask your mother to wash your dress. “But the girl continued to wear the same dirty dress, “Her mother is probably not interested in her” the teacher thought. So she bought a bright blue dress and gave it to the little girl. The child took the gift eagerly and rushed home. The next morning she came to school in the new blue dress, and she was very clean and tidy. She told her teacher, “My mother couldn’t believe her eyes when she saw me this morning in my new dress. My father wasn’t at home, but he’ll see me at supper tonight.” She was full of excitement. When her father saw her in her new-blue dress, he was amazed to find that he had a very pretty little girl.

Now, answer the following questions.
a) What was the teacher’s opinion about the girl’s mother?
b) Why was the teacher unhappy?
c) What kind of girl was the little girl in the. above passage?
d) Why would all people say “She was pretty under the dirt”?
e) Describe the nature of the teacher based on the story.
Answers:
a) The teacher’s opinion was that that the girl’s mother was probably not interested in the tidy appearance of her daughter.
b) Because the girl wore the same dirty dress every day and had an untidy appearance.
c) She was a nice girl. She always worked hard in school. She was always friendly and polite.
d) Naturally she was very pretty and beautiful but her face was dirty and her hair was untidy.
So everyone would say she was pretty under the dirt.
e) The teacher was kind, caring and helpful in nature. She gave good advice to the girl and also brought Tier a new dress. She was really interested in her well-being. She wanted to help her to maintain a tidy appearance.

Unseen Comprehension

1. Read the following passage carefully.

An elephant does not work mechanically, like many other animals. He never stops learn¬ing because he is always thinking. Not even really a good sheep – dog can compare with an elephant in intelligence. An elephant never forgets. His little actions reveal an intelligence which finds in prompt solutions for new difficulties. If he cannot reach with his trunk some part of his body that itches, he does not rub it against a tree; he may pick up a long stick and give Himself a good stretch with that instead. If he pulls up some grass, and it comes up by the roots with a lump of earth, he will smack it against his foot until all the earth is shaken off or, if the water is handy, he will wash it clean, before putting it into his mouth.

Now answer the following questions.
a) Why does the elephant never stop learning?
Answer:
The elephant never stops learning because he is always thinking.

b) Write at least two actions which prove that the elephant is an intelligent.
Answer:
i) If he cannot reach with his trunk some part of his body that itches, he picks up a long stick and gives himself a good stretch with that instead.
ii) If he pulls up some grass, and it comes up by .the roots with a lump of earth, he will smack it against his foot, until the earth is shaken off.

Choose the correct answer from the choices given.
c) Why does an elephant want a long stick? ( )
i) To dig out a lump of earth
ii) To smack it against his foot
iii) To rub that part of his body that itches
iv) To defend himself from the enemy
Answer:
iii) To rub that part of his body that itches

d) Why does the elephant smack some grass against his foot? ( )
i) To grind it
ii) To shake off the grass
iii) To rub his body with it
iv) To chew the roots
Answer:
ii) To shake off the grass

e) What does the elephant do before putting the grass roots with a lump of earth into his mouth ? ( )
i) He smacks it against his foot.
ii) He washes it clean.
iii) He either smacks it against the foot or washes it clean.
iv) He lifts it with his trunk and grinds it under his feet.
Answer:
iii) He either smacks it against the foot or washes it clean.

2. Read the following passage carefully.

Newton had a little dog. He called it Diamond. One day it was lying in his reading room. In the room there were heaps of papers and writings and a lighted candle on a table. Newton left the room for a few minutes and suddenly Diamond jumped upon the table. This caused the lighted candle to fall on the papers. All the papers caught fire and were burnt to ashes. On coming back, Newton saw to his surprise, what Diamond had done. But he did not strike the dog. He rather patted his head and said, ‘Diamond, you do not know-what mischief you have done.”

Now answer the following questions.
a) What were the things lying on the table?
Answer:
There were heaps of papers and writings and a burning candle on the table.

b) How did the papers catch fire?
Answer:
Newton was away for a short time. Then his pet dog suddenly jumped upon the table. This caused the lighted candle to fall on the papers and they caught fire.

Choose the correct answer from the choices given.
c) Newton called his dog ( )
i) Prince
ii) Pearl
iii) Diamond
iv) Ruby
Answer:
iii) Diamond

d) From the passage we can understand that Newton was ( )
i) kind and cool tempered
ii) cruel and short-tempered
iii) angry and ferocious
iv) Mad and vicious
Answer:
i) kind and cool tempered

e) What did Newton do when he found that his dog burnt his papers to ashes? ( )
i) He beat the dog.
ii) He killed the dog.
iii) He patted the dog.
iv) He shouted at the dog.
Answer:
iii) He patted the dog.

3. Read the following passage carefully.

Every day I walk a half-mile from my home to the tramcar lines in the morning, and from the lines to my home in the evening. The walk is pleasant. The road on either side is flanked by red and green-roofed bungalows, green lawns and gardens. The exercise is good for me and now and then I learn something from a little incident One morning, about half-way between my front gate and the tram track, I noticed two little boys one was four years old perhaps, the other five. Playing in the garden of one of the more modest cottages. The bigger of the two was a sturdy youngster, very dark, with a mat of coarse hair on his head and coal black eyes. He was definitely a little Jamaican – a strong little Jamaican. The other little fellow was smaller but also sturdy – he was white with hazel eyes and light-brown hair. Both were dressed in blue shirts and kaki pants: they wore no shoes and their feet were muddy. They were not conscious of my standing there.

Now answer the following questions.
a) He was definitely a Jamaican. How could the writer guess it?
Answer:
His dark colour and the mat of coarse hair on his head made the writer guess that he was a little Jamaican.

b) What is the exercise for the writer?
Answer:
A half a mile walk from home to the tramcar lines in the morning and from tramcar lines to the home in the evening was an exercise for the writer.

Choose the correct answer from the choices given.
c) How was the cottage where the boys were playing? ( )
i) beautiful
ii) modest
iii) modern
iv) ugly
Answer:
ii) modest

d) What are there on either side of the road? ( )
i) green lawns and gardens
ii) red and green-roofed bungalows
iii) small cottages with tild roofs
iv) big cottages with tiled roofs
Answer:
ii) red and green-roofed bungalows

e) How old was the black boy? ( )
i) six years
ii) four years
iii) five years
iv) eight years
Answer:
iii) five years

4. Read the following passage carefully.

Of all the weapons of destruction invented by science till today, the most destructive one is the Atom bomb. Scientists have succeeded in making this after years of research. These researches first started in Germany about the beginning of the Second World War. The German scientists were afterwards engaged by America, and a big laboratory covering several square miles was set up in that country. Constant researches were carried on in America very secretly and in 1944, the scientists succeeded in making the Atom bomb. During that time the Second World War was almost coming to an end. Germany was defeated. But the small country, Japan, was still waging the war against the mighty forces of England, France and Russia and America was forced to enter the war. An Atom bomb was flown from America to Japan, and was dropped on a city, in 1945, called Hiroshima, where a Japanese army was stationed. It was a great populous city. The bomb not only killed the whole army but also levelled all the houses to the ground and nothing was left but heaps of debris. Even many people living for away received severe burns by the rays that came out of the bursting bomb.

Now answer the following questions.
a) Why was the Atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima?
Answer:
to defeat Japan.

b) What was the achievement of the scientists in 1944?
Answer:
The Atom bomb was invented.

Choose the correct answer from the choices given.
c) Who invented the Atom bomb?
i) The American scientists
ii) The German scientists
iii) The Russian scientists
iv) The French scientists
Answer:
i) The American scientists

d) Where was a big laboratory set up?
i) In America
ii) In Germany
iii) In France
iv) In Japan
Answer:
i) In America

e) When was the Atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima?
i) in 1944
ii) in 1945
iii) At the beginning of the Second World War
iv) in 1946
Answer:
ii) in 1945

5. Read the following passage carefully.

Sharks have lived on earth for more than 180 million years. Although they live in all the oceans of the world, they are found mostly in sub-tropical and tropical waters. There are about 350 kinds of sharks. The largest sharks are the whale shark and the basking shark, which feed on plankton and small fish. The adult whale shark grows to about 13 metres long, while the basking shark extends a little over 8 metres. Most of the sharks are not ferocious. On the other hand, there are a number of sharks which have killed swimmers. These killer sharks include mako, the great hammerhead, lemon, blue and of course the great white shark. The great white shark is the largest and the most dangerous of all animals known to attack hu¬mans. It weighs more than 1,300 kilograms. It can swim through rough water also at a speed of 32 kilometres per hour. However, the fastest swimmer in the shark family is the blue shark, which can swim at a speed of nearly 72 kilometres per hour.

Now answer the following questions.
a) Name some killer sharks.
Answer:
Mako, the great hammerhead, lemon, blue and the great white shark are killer sharks.

b) Where are the sharks mostly found ?
Answer:
The sharks are mostly found in sub-tropical and tropical ocean waters.

Choose the correct answer from the choices given.
c) Which shark is the most ferocious shark? ( )
i) The lemon shark
ii) The great white shark
iii) The mako shark
iv) The great hammerhead shark
Answer:
ii) The great white shark

d) What is the average speed of a white shark? ( )
i) 40 kilometres per hour
ii) 32 kilometres per hour
iii) 65 kilometres per hour
iv) 72 kilometres per hour
Answer:
ii) 32 kilometres per hour

e) What is the fastest swimmer in the shark family? ( )
i) The lemon shark
ii) The blue shark
iii) The white shark
iv) The mako shark
Answer:
ii) The blue shark

Unseen (Data Interpretation)

1. Read the following table showing fat soluble vitamins, their sources and deficiency diseases.

Now answer the following questions.
a) Name some sources of carotene.
Answer:
Carrots, sweet potato and spinach

b) What is the scientific name of vitamin D?
Answer:
Calciferol

c) Which vitamin deficiency causes infertility in men?
Answer:
Vitamin E

d) The deficiency of which vitamin causes defective coagulation of blood?
Answer:
Vitamin K

e) Write the names of fat soluble vitamins.
Answer:
Vitamins A, D, E & K are fat soluble vitamins.

2. Study the following table.

List of Doctors in NRI Hospital, Guntur

Sl. No.	Name	Age	Specialisation	Native Place
1.	Ramesh	50	Cardiologist	Vijayawada
2.	Govind	52	Surgeon	Chittoor
3.	Latha	38	Gynaecologist	Guntur
4.	Mohan	44	Physician	Nellore
5.	Sindhu	28	Dentist	Ongole

Now answer the following questions.
a) Who is the youngest doctor of all?
Answer:
Sindhu is the youngest doctor of all.

b) Which doctor performs operations?
Answer:
Govind performs operations

Choose the correct answer from the choices given.
c) Sindhu treats the problems of ………….. ( )
i) heart
ii) teeth
iii) eyes
Answer:
ii) teeth

d) Who treats the problems of women? ( )
i) Latha
ii) Sindhu
iii) Ramesh
Answer:
i) Latha

e) Which of the following statements is true according to the data given in the table? ( )
i) Two doctors come from Guntur.
ii) Govind comes from Ongole.
iii) There is only one physician in the hospital.
Answer:
iii) There is only one physician in the hospital.

3. Read the following information of Murthy’s family.

Now answer the following questions.
a) Who is Latha?
Answer:
Latha is the wife of Murthy.

b) How many grandchildren does Murthy have?
Answer:
Murthy has five grandchildren.

Choose the correct answer from the choices given.
c) Akhil is the son of ( )
i) Veena
ii) Swapna
iii) Bhagya
Answer:
iii) Bhagya

d) Aneesh and Ananya are: ( )
i) cousins
ii) brother and sister
iii) wife and husband
Answer:
ii) brother and sister

e) Which of the following is true with reference to the information given above? ( )
i) Surya has one daughter.
ii) Swapna and Veena are sisters.
iii) There are 13 members in the family.
Answer:
iii) There are 13 members in the family.

4. Study the following table given below. The table shows the average life span of some animals and birds.

Sl. No.	Name of the animal / bird	Average life span in years
1.	Asian Elephant	80
2.	African Elephant	70
3.	Dog	20
4.	Eagle	60
5.	Turtle	125
6.	Human beings	78
7.	Humming Bird	8
8.	Queen been	5

Now answer the following questions.
a) Which animal has the highest life span?
Answer:
Turtle has the highest life span.

b) What is the average life span of human beings?
Choose the correct answer from the choices given.
Answer:
78 years

c) The creatures which have less than 10 years of life span are ( )
i) Dog and eagle
ii) Asian elephant and African elephant
iii) Humming bird and queen bee
Answer:
iii) Humming bird and queen bee

d) The life span of an eagle is …… years. ( )
i) 70
ii) 80
iii) 60
Answer:
iii) 60

e) Which of the following statement is true as per the data? ( )
i) Human beings have less than that of the African elephant.
ii) The life span of the eagle is higher than that of the Asian elephant.
iii) The only animal which has more than a hundred years of life span is the turtle.
Answer:
iii) The only animal which has more than a hundred years of life span is the turtle.

5. Read the following pie chart showing the percentage distribution of the expenditure incurred in publishing a book.

Now answer the following questions.
a) What does the above pie-chart show?
Answer:
The pie chart shows the percentage of distribution of the expenditure incurred in publishing a book.

b) Of all the expenditures of publishing a book which costs maximum?
Answer:
Of all the expenditures of publishing a book the cost of the paper is maximum.

Choose the correct answer from the choices given.
c) Which two expenditures cost the same? ( )
i) Paper cost and royalty
ii) Royalty and Binding
iii) Printing cost and Binding
Answer:
iii) Printing cost and Binding

d) The printing cost is equal to the sum of the following two expenditures ( )
i) Binding and Royalty
ii) Transport and Royalty
iii) Transport and promotion costs
Answer:
iii) Transport and promotion costs

e) Which of the following statements is true according to the pie-chart? ( )
i) Paper cost is more than the sum of printing and transport costs.
ii) Printing cost is more than the paper cost.
iii) Expenditure on transport is equal to the expenditure of promotion.
Answer:
iii) Expenditure on transport is equal to the expenditure of promotion.

6. Study the table carefully.

Percentage of sales of fruits in India in 2015

S.No.	Fruits	Percentage
1.	Apples	20%
2.	Mangoes	10%
3.	Bananas	50%
4.	Cherries	12%
5.	Guavas	8%

Now, answer Hie following questions.
a) What does the table represent?
Answer:
Percentage of sales of fruits in India in 2015

b) Which fruit do Indians eat the most?
Answer:
Bananas

Choose the correct answer from the choices given.
c) Which fruit has the least demand? ( )
i) Apples
ii) Guavas
iii) Bananas
Answer:
ii) Guavas

d) What is the % of difference between the sales of guavas and bananas? ( )
i) 8%
ii) 20%
iii) 42%
Answer:
iii) 42%

e) Choose the correct statement from the following. ( )
i) Indians do not eat guavas.
ii) Apples are not available in India.
iii) The banana is the best selling fruit.
Answer:
iii) The banana is the best selling fruit.

Section – B: Creative Writing

1. In the lesson “The Town Mouse and The Country Mouse”
You have read the country mouse visited the town mouse. The country mouse could not spend his time happily in the town. He liked nothing in the town. He thought that there was ho peace in town life. He wanted to take leave of the town mouse.
Write the possible conversation between the village mouse and the town mouse. The conversation should have at least 5 exchanges.
Answer:
The Country Mouse: I’m very much thankful for your hospitality, my dear cousin. I want to take leave of you,
The Town Mouse: Why are you in hasty ? You’ve stayed here for only two days. I wont let you leave now. Stay here for a week.
The Country Mouse: My dear cousin. Thank you for your affection. But I have to go today itself.
The Town Mouse: What will you do by going there? Stay here some more time. Many worth seeing places are there in this town. I’ll show you them all if you stay some more days.
The Country Mouse: No. I can’t stay here for a minute at least.
The Town Mouse: Why can’t you stay here? Here you can have delicious, fruit juice, lemonade, air condition and so many comforts you can enjoy.
The Country Mouse: We are habituated to live with minimum needs. We can live with out all these comforts but we can not live without peace.
The Town Mouse: Only twice or thrice we have to run and hide for a day. The rest of time we can enjoy here.
The Country Mouse: Not only that, here you have a lot of noise and pollution. But in our village it is very calm. The environment is pure and fresh. We can be healthy here.
The Town Mouse: If it is so how can all the people live in the cities and towns? I have been living here since my birth. What happened to me?
The Country Mouse: It is because of this polluted atmosphere your health has been spoiled and you are advised to stay for some time in village. I cant stay here I’m going. Take care of you. Take care of your health.
The Town Mouse: Take care. Write a letter as soon as you reach village.

2. Imagine you were the town mouse.
Write a paragraph describing your feelings about your journey in the train.
Answer:
I had a lot of inconvenience in the train journey to Mouse Country. The train moved slowly. The day was bright and sunny and soon I began to feel hot in the train. The train was dreadful. It was an ordinary train. I felt terribly hot and thirsty. I wished there’was an air-conditioned coach. I felt very uncomfortable in the train.

3. You’ve read the lesson “The Country Mouse and The Town Mouse” and you have understood the sense of the lesson. People run after the city life. The glittering lights of the city, comforts of and opportunities of city life attract all the people to the city life. But there are so many things that make the city life impossible.
So write a letter to your friend describing him how the cities have become uninhabitable.
Answer:

Tenali.
22.4.20xx.

Dear Suneeth,

I’m doing very well here. I expect you are all fine and that you are also doing very well. What lesson is going for you in English. For us the first lesson ‘The Town Mouse and The Country Mouse’ has just been completed. There is a lot of message in that lesson. The lesson teachers us how the cities and cities have become uninhabitable (un-livable) these days. From the lesson we can understand that there is a lot of noisy and pollution in cities. Lakhs of vehicles and hundreds of factories emit out a lot of poisonous gases in towns and cities. Not only that the city life is not that much peaceful because of terroristic activities and other vulner-able conditions.

But unlike these uninhabitable conditions in the cities, villages are peaceful and calm. Though there are no comforts and luxuries in villages, there is a lot of peace and serenity in villages. In villages we can enjoy fresh and clean environment. People in villages are amiable, innocent and helpful. They are sympathetic with others. Hence I too feel that the villages are habitable in all respects.

I think the lesson has been completed for you. Write your feelings about the lesson. Please convey my regards to your parents and best wishes to your sister.

Yours lovingly,
xxxxxx

Address on the Envelope:
E. Vineeth.
H.No.: 1-27-30/1,
Kothapet,
Tenali,
Guntur (dt).

4. You are the Town Mouse. On your doctor’s advise you have gone to the village to spend some days there. But you have felt the life in village is very difficult. There are no comforts and conveniences in village what you enjoy in city life. You have to go out searching for food.
Write a diary entry about your feelings of your stay in the village.
Answer:
The village life – a horrible experience

22.4.20xx (Friday),
Dear Diary,

Last week the doctor advised me to spend a week in the country because I had been suffering from cough. So I went to my cousin’s village. My cousin is an innocent man with a genuine love. 1 boarded a train. There began my difficulties. There was no an air-conditioned coach in the train. 1 felt terribly hot and thirsty. My cousin received me at the station. I asked for some cool drink either lemonade or an orange juice. But he offered me some water or coconut water. I eat delicious food such as bread and jam; different kinds of fruits, chocolate and cheese. But in the village I was offered roots and sugarcane. We had to go into the fields in search of food. There are no vehicles in the village. Village is very quiet. There are no glittering lights in the village. The life there is very slow. People are .uncivilised. At night I was asked to lie on the hard cold ground. There was no any kind of entertainment in the village – no TVs and radios. In the country the life is horrible. I was unable to adjust with it. So I returned to the town. And I have decided not to visit the village again in my life.

5. In the poem The Town Child, you have read about the feelings of a boy who lives in a town. Imagine that you were a town child. Describe your feelings as expressed in the poem.
Use the following hints to describe your feelings:
Live in a town – crowded roads – heavy traffic – buses, motors and trams – wish to have meadows – houses in a row in town – smoke is seen everywhere – do not like noise – wish to have woods very near – love the sky and the castles of clouds.
Answer:
I live in a town. The roads of our town are very much crowded. There is a heavy traffic on the roads of our town. The roads are always busy with buses, motors and trams. I wish our town had beautiful meadows and lambs.
The houses in our town are in a row. In our town smoke is seen everywhere. 1 don’t like the noise. I wish we had woods very near to our town. Sky is the only place in our town which has plenty of room. I love the sky and the castles of clouds.

6. In the poem The Country Child’ you have read about the feelings of a boy who lives in a village. Imagine that you were a country child. Describe your feelings as expressed in the poem.
Use the following hints to describe your feelings:
Live in a country – quiet streets -few children to play with – feels lonely for hours – tall trees – useful only for birds and flowers – no trams or vehicles – no twinkling streets – wishes to have streets full of wonderful colours and bright lights.
Answer:
I live in a country. The streets in our countryside are very quiet. We have only very few children to play with. I feel lonely for being alone for hours. There are tall trees in our country. They are useful only for birds and flowers. There are no trams and vehicles in our village. There are no twinkling streets in our village. 1 wish my village had full of wonderful colours and bright lights.

7. In the lesson The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse’ there is a description of town life and country life. Your school is celebrating ‘World Environment Day’. You wish to give a speech about the greatness of village life.
You can use the following hints and write a script for the speech:
Village life – peaceful – pure air – water – green trees -fruits – crops – songs of birds – innocent people – no pollution – no disturbing sounds from factories – vehicles – loud speakers – well connected to outside world – low cost of living – good for health.
Answer:
Respected teachers and my dear friends,
Good morning to everyone. Today on the occasion of ‘World Environment Day’ I would like to speak about the greatness of village life.
Village life, is very peaceful. Air is pure. Water is pure and plenty in villages. There is no water scarcity. There are green trees everywhere. We can have different types of fruits. Differ¬ent types of crops are grown in villages. People are innocent. There is no pollution in villages. There are no disturbing sounds from factories, vehicles and loudspeakers. Villages are well connected to outside world. Cost of living in villages is very low. Village life is good for health. Thank you one and all for giving me this opportunity.

8. In the lesson The Town Mouse and Country Mouse’, you have read about the feelings of the country mouse when it visited the town. There were different food . items in the cupboard.
Write a description of the Country Mouse when it saw the food items in kitchen. Include the details of kitchen cupboard.
Use the following hints to describe the feelings.
Bread and jam, fruits, chocolate, piece of lovely cheese and others.
Answer:
The house of the town mouse at the back of a kitchen cupboard was full of most delicious food. Different kinds of food items in large amounts are there in his house. There was bread and jam; different kinds of fruits : slabs of chocolate and a huge piece of lovely cheese. The town mouse proudly offered all these items to the country mouse and asked him to eat as much as he wanted. The country mouse was surprised when he saw the food items in the kitchen. Someone opened the cupboard door. The town mouse and the country mouse had to run for safety. The country mouse got tired of running and hiding. He could eat nothing.

9. In the lesson The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse’, you have read about the feelings of the Town Mouse who lives in a town. He does not get his favourite food. It is very hot outside. He does not get even drinks like lemonade. Imagine that you were a town mouse. Describe your feelings as expressed in the context.
Use the following hints to describe your feelings: very hot – no lemonade- no orange juice – only coconut water – sugar cane and roots – wish to go back to town.
Answer:
My visit to Mouse Country is a horrible experience. It was very hot outside in the village. I could not get even drinks like lemonade or orange juice. My cousin offered me some water or coconut water. I eat delicious food such as bread and jam, different kinds of fruits, chocolate and cheese. But in the village I was offered roots and sugarcane. We had to go into the fields in search of food. Village life was very quiet. There were no vehicles in the village. There were no glittering lights. There was no any kind of entertainment in the village. So I returned to the town.

10. You must have read the lesson “The New Blue Dress” It is about how one can fascinate the people about the cleanliness and hygiene. Initiated by a school teacher the people of Gates Avenue got influenced and tried to improve hygiene in their locality. On seeing them ‘clean up’ campaigns were organised in whole city to make it clean.
In our country also our Prime Minister initiated the clean India (Swatchch Bharat) programme. You must have read about it. You must have also partici¬pated in Swatchch Bharat programmes organised by your school. Write a report on Swatchch Bharat that is organised in your school.
Answer:
Swatchch Bharat in Municipal Boy’s High School, Tenali
Tenali.
21.4.20xx.
Responding to the call of the our honourable Prime Minister Swatchch Bharat is organised . by the Municipal Boys High School, Tenali. The programme was started with a small meeting. The M.R.O of Tenali presided over the meeting. The local M.L.A and the R.D.O were the chief guests. The chief guests stressed the need of cleanliness in their speeches. They taught about the need to maintain basic hygiene and sanitation in schools, in their surroundings and in all over the city. Later all the students cleaned their classrooms, whole campus and cleaned their ‘ toilets and removed the filth from the school compound. Teachers, leaders and even the M.L.A, M.R.O, and R.D.O participated in cleaning programme. M.L.A made all the students and teachers swear to keep their surroundings of school always clean. A march was organised and it was led by the M.L.A. All the children gave slogans “Cleanliness is next to godliness”, “Health is wealth” and “Cleanliness brings dignity to people, and the country”’ The programme ended with all the children forming a human chain at Sivaji Chowk. The programme ended with the singing of the national anthem Jana Gana Mana”.

11. You are going to celebrate your birthday next Saturday You want to celebrate it in grandscale at your house. 1-7-2/A; Malladivari Street; Nazer pet, Tenali.
Write a letter to your friend inviting him to the celebration.
Answer:

Tenali.
25. 4. 20xx.

Hello Prasanna,
I think this letter finds all of you in best of health and spirits. Ail of us are doing fine here. It has been a very long time since we met or write to each other. So I thought of penning down a few lines to check things with you. In addition to that I would like to invite you for my birthday celebrations.
I am going to celebrate my 12th birthday on the Friday next. I want to celebrate it in grandscale inviting all the friends and relatives. My parents planned to celebrate it at my home itself. I shall be very pleased if you attend my birthday party along with your parents and your little brother, Chintu. On the pretext of my birthday we can meet each other and enjoy ourselves of the functions.
Convey my regards to your parents and my wishes to your brother.

Yours lovingly,
xxxxxx

Address on the Envelope :
To
M. Kiran,
S/O. RS.R. Anjaneyulu,
1-27-30/1,
Near Balaji Temple,
Kothapet,
Vijayawada.

3. ‘Ammaku Vandanam’ programme was recently celebrated in your school. All the mothers of the school students were invited to the school. Your village Sarpanch also attended the programme. Mothers were felicitated by the students. The students honoured their mothers with flowers, garlands and shawls. They took selfies and group photos with their mothers and friends. All the teachers participated in the programme. The whole programme was very colourful.
Now, write a letter to your friend describing the programme ‘Ammaku Vandanam’ programme celebrated in your school.
Answer:

Tenali.
12-3-xx.

Dear friend,
We are all fine here. 1 hope the same with yop. I am doing very well here. I hope you are , also doing well there. In this letter I would like to describe you about ‘Ammaku Vandanam” programme celebreated in our school.
Last Friday ‘Ammaku Vandanam’ programme was celebrated in our school. All the mothers of the school students were invited to the school. Our village Sarpanch also attended the programme. Mothers were felicitated by the students. The students honoured their mothers by offering flowers, garlands and shawls. We took selfies and group photos with our mothers and friends. All the teachers participated in the programme. The whole programme was very colourful. We were all very happy for participating in the programme. With this programme we were able to thank our mothers by worshipping them.
Convey my regards to your parents and my wishes to your little sister. In your next letter describe how Ammaku Vandanam was celebrated in your school.

Yours lovingly,
xxxx

Addres on the Envelope:
To
xxxxxxx
S/o Rama Rao, K.
H.No: 7-95/A,
Church Street,
Ambedkar Nagar,
Vemuru.
Guntur (Dist).

Write a story using the following hints.
a) A crow – lives on a tree – felt like drinking water – found a pot – went to the pot – level of water low – crow not able to reach – crow picked small stones – dropped one by one – slowly – the level came up – the crow drank water.
Answer:
It was a very hot day. The sun was shining hot. A crow who lived on a tree was thirsty. It searched for water here and there. But it could not find water anywhere. She found a pot under a tree. There was very little water in it. Its beak could not reach the water. It found some small stones nearby. The crow brought them and dropped them into the pot one by one. The water level raised slowly. It drank water to its full and flew away.

b) A Farmer – lives in a village – happy – with wife and a little child – domesticates a mangoose – faithful – boy – plays with it – farmer’s wife – goes to fetch water – asks mangoose to take care – boy falls asleep – a snake enters – creeps towards the boy – mangoose – springs on the snake – kills it – mother – comes back – understands – what has happened – very happy – pats the mangoose thankfully.
Answer:
Once there lived a farmer in a village. He lived happily with his wife and a little child. He domesticated a mangoose. It was a very faithful animal. The little boy used to play with the mangoose.
One day the farmer’s wife went away to fetch water. The boy was playing with the mangoose. Mother asked the mangoose to take care of the boy. After a while the boy fell asleep. The mangoose was watching the boy. Then a snake entered the house. It was creeping towards the little boy. At once the mangoose sprang on the snake and killed it. Mother came back after a while. She understood what had happened. She was very happy because the mangoose , saved the boy from the danger. She patted the mangoose thankfully.

c) Two boys – go to the zoo – watch the animals – enjoy themselves – delighted – the playing monkeys – frighten – the tiger roar – huge elephant – feel thirsty – drink water – steps forward
– boys – mischievous – tease elephant – drink to its full – zoo keeper – brings water – elephant drinks – blows water – teasing boys – become wet and cry – not to tease or harm.
Answer:
Two boys went to the zc|p on a Sunday. They enjoyed themselves by watching all the animals at a place. They were very much delighted to see the playing monkeys. They were a little frightened when the tiger roared in the cage. Then they saw the huge elephant. They felt thirsty and began to drink water. The elephant stepped forward as if it too wanted to drink water. They turned to be mischievous and teased the elephant. The zoo keeper brought some water in a. bucket. The elephant drank to its full. At once the elephant blew out water on the teasing boys. They became wet and they began to cry.
So we should not tease or harm the animals for fun.

d) Once – a hunter – good at hunting – places net – catch birds – doves caught in the net – every dove – tries to free – in vain – crow sees – crow – a symbol of unity – crow – flies down – advises – to make a united effort – fly away – carry the net with them.
Answer:
Once there was a hunter. He was good at hunting birds. One day as usual, he placed a net for catching birds. After some time a group of doves were caught in the net. Every dove tried to free himself but in vain. A crow saw this. Crow was a symbol of unity. Unlike the dogs, the crows are always united. The crow then flew-down to the doves and advised them to make a united effort and fly away. They flew away carrying the net with him.
Moral: Unity is strength.

5. Look at the following details and write a biographical sketch of M.S. Dhoni.
Name: Mahendra Sìngh Dhoni.
Birth on: 7th July 1981, Ranchi, Bihar.
Education: DAV, Jawthar Vìdya Mandir.
Other Interests: Football and badminton.
Achievements: ICC, ODI Player of the Year award in 2008 and 2009; Rajiv Gandhi Khel Rama Award: Padma Sri -2009; Padma Bhushan -2018.
Answer:
Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the famous Indian cricketer. He was born on 7th July 1981 at Ranchi, Bihar. He had his education in DAV, Jawahar Vidya Mandir. His other interests are football and badminton. There are so many achievements on his name. He was declared ODI Player of the Year award in 2008 and 2009 by ICC. He was given Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award. He was honoured with Padma Sri in 2009 and Padma Bhushan in 2018.

Vocabulary

Read the following paragraph and write the synonyms of the underlined words choosing the words from the words given in the box.

1. celebration, village, lovingly, sick, a day of rest, friendly

Dear cousin,
I have been ill (a) with a cough and my doctor feels I need a holiday (b). He has asked me to spend a week in the countryside (c). May I stay with you? Please give me an early reply.
With warm regards,

Yours affectionately (d)
Town Mouse

Answer:
a) sick
b) a day of rest
c) village
d) lovingly

2. very badly, terrible, protested, moved, moaned, drank

However there was something he could do about it. So, he grumbled (a) to himself while the train chugged (b) slowly into the country. The country mouse was waiting at the station. “Oh, cousin”, the town mouse said as soon as he got off the train.” The train was dreadful (c), I feel terribly (d) hot and thirsty. I hope you have something ice-cold for me to drink at home”
Answer:
a) protested
b) moved
c) terrible
d) very badly

3. uncooked, soft, fear, surprised, young, worried

“Coconut water ?” asked the town mouse in horror, (a) “Don’t you have any orange juice or lemonade ?”
“I’m afraid not”, replied his cousin. “But I found a very nice piece of root today and a tender (b) bit of sugar-cane. I’m sure you will enjoy that.”
“Root ? Sugar-cane ? ” the town mouse exclaimed (c).
“But I don’t eat raw (d) food like that.”
Answer:
a) fear
b) soft
c) surprised
d) uncooked

4. almirah, fresh, tasty, safe, a lot of, pain

But the country mouse did not like it at all. “That the noise has made my head ache. (a)”he said. “Could I have some water to drink?” “Why only water?” said the town mouse. “Look at what there is for you – ice cold lemonade, orange juice … which one do you want?”
“Just some water,” answered the country mouse. “Some water and a little bit of food.”
“I have plenty (b) of food, cousin,” said the town mouse proudly. “You can eat as much as you like.”
Sure enough, the house of the town mouse at the back of a kitchen cupboard (c) was full of most delicious (d) food.
Answer:
a) pain
b) a lot of
c) almirah
d) tasty

5. beautiful, quiet, completely, enjoyable, very big, happy

There was bread and jam, different kinds of fruits, slabs of chocolate and a huge (a) piece of lovely (b) cheese.
“Eat, cousin, eat,” said the town mouse. But just then, there was a sound like a thunder and the town mouse shouted. “Run, cousin, run, run.”
The town mouse pushed the country mouse out through a hole in the back of the cupboard. The country mouse felt his heart beating very fast, “But what is it?” he asked.
“Sssh….” whispered the town mouse. “Wait”.
When everything was silent (c) again, the town mouse crept out of the hole. He was quite (d) cheerful (e) again.
Answer:
a) very big
b) enjoyable
c) quiet
d) completely
e) happy

6. a twisted piece of metal; unattractive ; a street; beautiful, impure ; the season between winter and summer

When spring (a) came to the city of Cleveland in 1909, it did not change Gates Avenue (b). People who lived on the pretty (c) streets near Gates Avenue were making gardens and painting their houses. But Gates Avenue continued to look dirty and ugly (d).
Answer:
a) the season between winter and summer
b) street
c) beautiful
d) unattractive

7. worried ; dirty ; clean ; bad; sad; mannerly

Her teacher was very unhappy, (a) The little girl was so nice! (b) She always worked hard in school; she was always friendly and polite (c). Her face was dirty and her hair was untidy (d), but anyone could see that she was pretty under the dirt.
Answer:
a) sad
b)good
c) mannerly
d) dirty

8. surprised, worried; thrill, neat and clean, shy, sad

The next morning she came to school in the new blue dress, and she was very clean and tidy (a). She told her teacher, “My mother couldn’t believe her eyes when she saw me this morning in my new dress. My father wasn’t at home, but he’ll see me at supper tonight.” She was full of excitement (b).
When her father saw her in her new blue dress, he was amazed (c) to find that he had a very pretty little girl. When the family ate supper, he was even more amazed to see a cloth on the kitchen table, The family had never used a table cloth before. “We’re going to begin to be tidier here,” his wife said. “I’m ashamed (d) to be dirty when our daughter is so clean.”
Answer:
a) neat and clean
b) thrill
c) surprised
d)shy

9. have the right to ; drive ; respectable ; establish ; movement; needed

“People who are trying so hard to make decent (a) homes here deserve (b) help,” the minister thought. He asked some important citizens in the city to help them.
When people in other citizens heard the story of Gates Avenue, they began to organise (c) their own clean up campaigns (d).
Answer:
a) respectable
b) have the right to
c) established
d) drive

Read the following paragraph and write the antonyms of the underlined words.

1. I have been ill (a) with a cough and my doctor feels I need a holiday, (b) He has asked me to spend a week in the countryside (c). May I stay with you ? Please give me an early (d) reply.
Answer:
a) well
b) working day
c) city
d) late

2. Receiving the invitation from the country mouse, the town mouse packed his bags and caught the next train to the countryside. The day was bright (a) and sunny and soon the town mouse began (b) to feel hot (c) in the train.
“I wish there was an air-conditioned coach,” he said to himself. “I feel very uncomfortable (d) here”.
Answer:
a) dull
b) finished
c) cold
d) comfortable

3. “Coconut water?” asked the town mouse in horror, (a) “Don’t you have any orange juice or lemonade?”
“I am afraid not,” replied his cousin. “But I found a very nice (b) piece of root today and a tender (c) bit of sugar-cane. I’m sure you will enjoy (d) that.”
Answer:
a) pleasure
b) bad
c) tough
d) hate

4. “As the town mouse lay down on the hard (a), cold (b) ground, he suddenly (c) thought of something. “Cousin,” he called out.
“Yes, what is it?” the country mouse asked.
“Why is it so quiet (d) here? Where are all the cars and lorries? Where are the radios and the televisions? Where are all the lights?”
Answer:
a) soft
b) hot
c) gradually
d) noisy

5. “Oh! Is it? The country is a strange (a) place,” said the town mouse. But he said to himself, “I don’t think I like (b) this place.”
Next (c) morning, the town mouse found that there was no breakfast ready. His cousin told him that they had to go to the nearby (d) farm to search for food.
Answer:
a) familiar
b) dislike
c) previous
d) far away

6. I hope (a) you are well. I am worried about you. I would like to visit you and make sure (b) you are alright (c) with love (d).
Answer:
a) despair
b) doubtful
c) sick
d) hatred

7. A few days later, the country mouse arrived (a) in the town. He was surprised (b) by the noise (c) and the lights.
“Why are there lights even in the middle of the night?” he asked.
“This is the town,” his cousin replied. “Here, there are lights even in the middle of the day.”
“And what is this dreadful (d) noise that never stops?” asked the country mouse.
Answer:
a) departed
b) unsurprised
c) silence
d) pleasant

8. “I have plenty (a) of food, cousin,” said the town mouse proudly, (b) “You can eat as much as you like.”
Sure enough, the house of the town mouse at the back of a kitchen cupboard was full of most delicious (c) food.
There was bread and jam, different kinds of fruits, slabs of chocolate and a huge (d) piece of lovely cheese.
Answer:
a) scarcity
b) modestly
c) distasteful
d) tiny

9. When everything was silent (a) again, the town mouse crept out of the hole. He was quite cheerful (b) again.
“Come out now, cousin,” he said. “That was only somebody opening (c) the cupboard door. We are safe (d) now.”
Answer:
a) noisy
b) gloomy
c) closing
d) unsafe

Fill in the blanks with the right form of the words given in brackets.

1. ——– (Receive/Receiving) (a) the invitation from the country mouse, the town mouse packed his bags and caught the next train to the ——– (countryside/country) (b). The day was bright and ——– (sun/sunny) (c) and soon the town mouse began to feel ——– (hot/ heat) (d) in the train.
Answer:
a) Receiving
b) countryside
c) sunny
d) hot

2. However, there was nothing he could do about it so, he grumbled to himself while the train chugged ——– (slowly/slow) (a) into the country. The country mouse was waiting at the station.
“Oh, cousin”, the town mouse said as soon as he got off the train. ‘The train was ——– (dread/dreadful) (b), I feel ——– (terrible/terribly) (c) hot and thirsty. I hope you have something ice-cold for me to ——– (drinking/drink) (d) at home.
Answer:
a) slowly
b) dreadful
c) terribly
d) drink

3. The town mouse pushed the country mouse out through a hole in the back of the cupboard. The country mouse felt his heart ——– (beat/beating) (a) very fast. “But what is it?” he asked.
“Sssh ” whispered the town mouse, “wait”.
When everything was ——– (silently/silent) (b) again, the twon mouse crept out of the hole. He was quite ——– (cheerful/cheer) (c) again.
“Come out now, cousin” he said,” That was only some body ——– (open/opening) (d) the cup board door. We are safe now.
Answer:
a) beating
b) silent
c) cheerful
d) opening

4. But they were not safe for very long. Twice more, they had to ——– (running/run) (a) for ——– (safety/safe) (b) when somebody opened the cupboard door.
The country mouse was ——– (tire/tired) (c) of running and ——– (hide/hiding) (d).
Answer:
a) run
b) safety
c) tired
d) hiding

5. When people in other places heard the story of Gates Avenue, they began to ——– (organization/organize) (a) their own ——– (cleanly/clean) (b) up campaigns. Since 1913, more than seven thousand towns and cities have organised campaigns for ——– (paint/painting) (c) and repairing homes and making better lives for the people who ——– (live/lived) (d) in them.
Answer:
a) organise
b) clean
c) painting
d) live

6. The town mouse pushed the country mouse out through a ——– (whole / hole) (a) in the back of the cupboard. The country mouse felt his heart beating very fast. “But what is it?” he asked “Sssh ….” whispered the town mouse.” ——– (Weight/Wait) (b).
Answer:
a) hole
b) Wait

Complete the following words using ai, ae, ea, ee, ei, ie,io, oi, oo, ou, ui.

1. The town (a) m _ _ se and the country mouse were (b) c _ _ sins.
2. (a) Pl _ _ se give me an (b) _ _ rly reply.
3. The day was bright and sunny and (a) s _ _ n the town mouse began to feel hot in the (b) tr _ _ n.
4. “I wish there was an (a) air-condit _ _ ned (b) c _ _ ch.” I (c) f _ _ l very uncomfortable here.
5. “I (a) f _ _ nd a very nice piece of (b) r _ _ t today.”
6. “(a) R _ _ t ? Sugarcane ?” the town mouse (b) excl _ _ med.
7. The country mouse was (a) w _ _ ting at the (b) stat _ _ n.
8. “I don’t (a) _ _ t raw (b) f _ _ d like that.”
9. “Do I have to (a) sl _ _ p on the gr _ _ nd ?”
10. “Why is it so (a) q _ _ et here ? Where are all the cars and (b) lorr _ _ s ?”
11. “Where are the (a) rad _ _ s and the (b) televis _ _ ns ?”
12. His cousin told him that they had to go to the (a) n _ _ rby farm to (b) s _ _ rch for food.
13. “And what is this (a) dr _ _ dful (b) n _ _ se that never stops ?”
14. The town mouse (a) rec _ _ ved the letter and (b) r _ _ d it.
15. He was (a) q _ _ te (b) ch _ _ rful again.
16. They had to run for safety when somebody opened the (a) cupb_ _ rd (b) d _ _ r.
Answer:
1. a) mouse b) cousins
2. a) please b) early
3. a) soon b) train
4. a) air-conditioned b)coach c) feel
5. a) found b) root
6. a) Root b) exclaimed
7. a) waiting b) station
8. a) eat b) food
9. a) sleep b) ground
10. a) quiet b) lorries
11. a) radios b) televisions
12. a) nearby b) search
13. a) dread ful b) noise
14. a) received b) read
15. a) quite b) cheerful
16. a) cupboard b) door

b) Complete the words with the correct suffixes given in brackets.

1. (a) Receiv ——–(eing/ing) the (b) invita ——– (tion/ssion) from the country mouse, the town mouse left for the countryside.
2. (a) I feel very uncomfort ——– (ible/able) here.
(b) Sometimes it is quiet ——– (er/or) than today.
3. “The train was (a) dread ——– (full/ful), I feel terribly hot and (b) thirst ——– (y/ty).”
4. “I have (a) sudden ——– (ly/lly) remembered that I have (b) forgo ——– (ten/tten) something.
5. (a) He sent a tele ——– (grame/gram) to the country mouse.
(b) “I have plenty of food, cousin,” said the town mouse proud ——– (ley/ly).”
6. (a) There was bread and jam, differ ——– (ent/ant) kinds of fruits, etc.
(b) The country mouse felt his heart beat ——– (ting/ing) very fast.
7. (a) He was quite cheer ——– (full/ful) again.
(b)They had to run for safe ——– (ty/ly).
Answer:
1. a) Receiving b) invitation
2. a) uncomfortable b) quieter
3. a) dreadful b) thirsty
4. a) suddenly b) forgotten
5. a) telegram b) proudly
6. a) different b) beating
7. a) cheerful b) safety

c) Find the wrongly spelt word and write the correct spelling.

a) i) countriside; cousin; cupboard; affectionate
ii) recieve; believe; invitation; peace
b) i) condition; permition; invitation; passion
ii) dreadfull; houseful; full; goodwill
c) i) surpraise; suddenly; aeroplane; whispered,
ii) lemonade ; thunder; answer; delicous
d) i) traffic; country; cusin; mouse
ii) cheerfull; mouthful; plateful; beautiful
e) i) noice; voice ; piece ; peace
ii) vigit; vigil; rigid ; begin
iii) lemonade; gremble; traffic; receive
Answer:
a) i) countryside
ii) receive
b) i) permission
ii) dreadful
c) i) surprise
ii) delicious
d) i) cousin
ii) cheerful
e) i) noise
ii) visit
iii) grumble

I. Put the following words under correct headings.

A.

Answer:

Places	Things
1)   town 2)   village 3)   station 4)    mouse hole	1)  bag 2)  cupboard 3)  radio 4)  television

B.

Answer:

Drinks	Food
1)   water 2)   coconut water 3)    lemonade 4)   juice	1)  bread 2)  fruits 3)  chocolate 4)  cheese

C.

Answer:

Country food	Town food
1)   root 2)   sugarcane 3)    coconut water 4)   nuts	1)  cheese 2)  bread 3)  chocolate 4)  jam

D.

Answer:

Things related	Thing related
to country life	to city life
1) peace	1) radios
2) quiet	2) noise
3) silent	3) traffic
4) safety	4) lights

E.

Answer:

Things related to transmit information	Things related to travel
1) radio	1) cars
2) letter	2) buses
3) telegram	3) lorries
,4) television	4) trains

F.

Answer:

Adjectives	Adverbs
1)   lovely 2)   huge 3)   dreadful 4)   bright	1) proudly 2)  suddenly 3)  terribly 4)  affectionately

II. Choose one word from each set, in any order, to make any two compound nouns.
One is done for you.

Set – A                                         Set – B
(birth, sea, dragon, worm) (fly, day, earth, gull) Ex: birthday
Choose one word from each set to make compound noun.
Answer:
1. birthday 2. seagull 3. dragonfly 4. earthworm

I. Write meaningful sentences using the words given below.

a) i) often:
ii) need:
b) i) early:
ii) soon:
c) i) wish:
ii) however:
d) i) terribly:
ii) nearby:
e) i) later:
ii) plenty:
f) i) lovely:
ii) quite:
g) i) much:
ii) each other:
h) i) probably:
ii) still:
Answer:
a) i) He often goes to pictures.
ii) You need not come to school tomorrow.
b) i) He is in his early twenties.
ii) We’ll be home very soon.
c) i) I wish I had a car.
ii) However you look at it it’s going to cost a lot.
d) i) I was terribly upset when I heard that news.
ii) My uncle works in a nearby town.
e) i) See you later.
ii) I have a plenty of cheese. Do you want to have some?
f) i) She has a lovely voice.
ii) He plays quite well.
g) i) I don’t have much money with me.
ii) They looked each other and laughed.
h) i) Probably you are right.
ii) Do you still live at the same address?

II. Write the other forms of the following adjectives.

1.

Positive	Comparative	Superlative
i) small	smaller	smallest
ii) bright	brighter	brightest

2.

Positive	Comparative	Superlative
i) rich	richer	richest
ii) clever	cleverer	cleverest

3.

Positive	Comparative	Superlative
i) useful	more useful	most useful
ii) tall	taller	tallest

4.

Positive	Comparative	Superlative
i) beautiful	more beautiful	most beautiful
ii) interested	more interested	most interested

5.

Positive	Comparative	Superlative
i) doubtful	more doubtful	most doubtful
ii) precious	more precious	most precious

6.

Positive	Comparative	Superlative
i) delicious	more delicious	most delicious
ii) dreadful	more dreadful	most dreadful

7.

Positive	Comparative	Superlative
i) cheerful	more cheerful	most cheerful
ii) much	more	most

8.

Positive	Comparative	Superlative
i) good	better	best
ii) bad	worse	worst

9.

Positive	Comparative	Superlative
i) far	farther	farthest
ii) little	less	least

III. Fill in the blanks with appropriate phrases.

(crushed to death, nest of, homes of, swarm of, herd of)
Long time ago there lived a ——– (i) mice under a tree peacefully. One day a ——– (ii) of elephants in search of water came that way and destroyed the ——– (iii) of the rats and many of them were ——– (iv).
Answer:
i) nest of
ii) herd
iii) homes
iv) crushed to death

Grammar

Edit the following passage correcting the underlined parts.

1. Speech is a great blessing, and (a) it can also be an (b) great – curse, for it helped (c) us to make our intentions and desires knowing (d) to our friends.
2. Once upon a time there lived a king in central India. He is (a) handsome and (b) very vain. He looked after (c) himself constantly in mirrors, in pools of water even in other people’s eyes when they spoke to him.
“I am the handsomest (d) king on earth” he said to his courtiers.
3. The green cells of leaves are wonderful little laboratories, there (a) all the starch in the world is produced. Since starch forms a (b) important part of the food of men and animals, their life depend (c) on the work done by the green cells of plants. Thus trees are such great friends to (d) man.
4. Deforestation in a (a) Himalayas have become (b) major ecological problem. Its results are felt not only in the hill regions and (c) hundreds of miles downstream in the Ganges plain, who (d) feeds and waters about one – third of India’s 840 million people.
5. Fourteen hundred years ago, a great traveller of (a) China has come (b) to India in search of wisdom or (c) knowledge. He spent many years in India. Huen Tsang was given the title “Master of Law” of a (d) Buddha.
6. Sardar Vallabhai Patel know (a) as “An (b) Iron Man of India”. He was, no doubt, the (c) iron man in the sense that one could rely for (d) him for strict and efficient administration.
Answer:
1. a) but
b) a
c) helps
d) known

2. a) was
b) but
c) at
d) most handsome

3. a) where
b) an
c) depends
d) of

4. a) the
b) has become
c) but
d) which

5. a) from
b) came
c) and
d) the

6. a) is known
b) The
c) an
d) on

Grammar

Complete the passage choosing the right words from those given below. Each blank in numbered and for each blank four choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) in the blanks.

1. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam ——– (1) born in ——– (2) middle-class Tamil family in the island town ——– (3) Rameswaram. He was a short boy with rather ordinary looks ——– (4) his parents were tall and handsome. His father was neither highly educated nor very rich.
1. A) is         B) was             C) being           D) were
2. A) one     B) the              C) a                  D) an
3. A) of        B) near            C) by                D) off
4. A) and     B) if                 C) though        D) but
Answer:
1 – B
2 – C
3 – A
4 – D

2. Ramesh ——– (1) Mohan went ——– (2) the cinema on Saturday ——– (3) was a long queue. It was a cold evening and they ——– (4) to stand in the queue for nearly an hour.
1. A) or         B) and         C) but        D) so
2. A) to         B) for           C) by         D) into
3. A) Their    B) There       C) They     D) The
4. A) have     B) had         C) has        D) will Nave
Answer:
1 – B
2 – A
3 – B
4 – B

3. Lai Bahadur Shastri ——– (1) born on 2nd October, 1904 ——– (2) Mogul Sarai ——– (3) Varanasi. His father was ——– (4) ordinary teacher and died when he was below two years of age.
1. A) is         B) was           C) are       D) were
2. A) at        B) in              C) from     D) on
3. A) of        B) from         C) in          D) at
4. A) the      B) an             C) a           D) one
Answer:
1 – B
2 – A
3 – C
4 – B

4. One day a Brahmin was walking ——– (1) a forest ——– (2) suddenly he ——– (3) someone crying out for help. He ——– (4) in the direction of the sound and came upon a well that was dried up.
1. A) by          B) through          C) in           D) from
2. A) or           B) through          C) when     D) but
3. A) heard     B) hear                C) hears     D) hearing
4. A) go          B) went               C) goes      D) going
Answer:
1 – B
2 – C
3 – A
4 – B

5. There ——– (1) two very long rivers in the United States of America. They are the Missouri ——– (2) is roughly 3,000 kms. long, and the Mississippi, which is ——– (3) 2,500 kms long. Along the way the Missouri ——–(4) the Mississippi and the two then flow together as one river.
1. A) is             B) are        C) was        D) were
2. A) which      B) who      C) that        D) what
3. A) nearly      B) about   C) above     D) over
4. A) joined      B) join      C) joins       D) joining
Answer:
1 – B
2 – A
3 – B
4 – C

A. Write the other forms of the following verbs.

1.

Present tense	Past tense
i) catch	i) caught
ii) begin	ii) began

2.

Present tense	Past tense
i) feel	i) felt
ii) is	ii) was

3.

Present tense	Past tense
i) have	i) had
ii) at	ii) ate

4.

Present tense	Past tense
i) enjoy	i) enjoyed
ii) do	ii) did

5.

Present tense	Past tense
i) show	i) showed
ii) know	ii) knew

6.

Present tense	Past tense
i) sleep	i) slept
ii) think	ii) thought

7.

Present tense	Past tense
i) find	i) found
ii) forget	ii) forgot

8.

Present tense	Pest tense
i) write	i) wrote
ii) send	i) sent

9.

Present tense
i) say	i) said
ii) make	ii) made

10.

Present tense	Past tense
i) creep	i) crept
ii) go	ii) went

B. Choose the right answers.

Read the following sentences and say what they mean. Choose the right answer from the choices given.

1. May I come in, Sir? ( )
(a) giving permission
(b) taking permission
(c) expressing possibility
Answer:
(b) taking permission

2. It may rain today. ( )
a) Expressing possibility
b) Making an offer
c) Giving permission
Answer:
a) Expressing possibility

3. Sindhu may come to India next month. ( )
(a) giving permission
(b) taking permission
(c) expressing possibility
Answer:
(c) expressing possibility

4. You may use my cell phone if you need. ( )
(a) giving permission
(b) taking permission
(c) expressing possibility
Answer:
(a) giving permission

5. Can I take leave of you? ( )
(a) taking permission in a formal way
(b) taking permission in an informal way
(c) expressing possibility
Answer:
(b) taking permission in an informal way

6. The dog may attack you if you run. ( )
(a) giving permission
(b) taking permission
(c) expressing possibility
Answer:
(c) expressing possibility

7. You may use my camera if you need, ( )
a) taking permission
b) giving permission
c) expressing possibility
Answer:
b) giving permission

8. It may rain this evening. ( )
a) asking for help
b) expressing inability
c) expressing possibility
Answer:
c) expressing possibility

9. May I leave the class now? ( )
a) taking permission in a formal way
b) taking permission in an informal way
c) expressing ability
Answer:
a) taking permission in a formal way

10. Tomorrow may be a holiday on account of heavy rains. ( )
a) giving permission
b) taking permission
c) expressing possibility
Answer:
c) expressing possibility

11. Sheela can speak Tamil. ( )
a) taking permission in a formal way
b) taking permission in an informal way
c) expressing ability
Answer:
c) expressing ability

2) i) Rewrite the following sentences as directed.

1. The boy seems to cry if you do not buy an ice-cream for him. (Express this using ‘may’.)
2. You can use my camera if you need. (Give permission using ‘may’.)
3. He seems to be a nice man. (Express this possibility using‘may’.)
4. You want to leave the class now. (Take permission using ‘may’.)
5. Raju wants to use your water bottle. (Give permission using‘may’.)
Answer:
1. The boy may cry if you do not buy an ice cream.
2. You may use my camera.
3. He may be a nice man.
4. May I leave the class now ?
5. Raju may use your water bottle.

ii) Read the following sentences. Rewrite them in a sentence using ‘may’.
6. You can use my pen if needed.
7. Somu will come to India next month.
Answer:
6. You may use my pen.
7. Somu may come to India next month.

C. Fill in the blanks with a, an or the.

Exercise – 1

1. Do you take ——– sugar in ——–, coffee?
1) a, none
2) an, the
3) the, a
4) none

2. He had ——– alibi.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

3. You will get ——– shock if you touch the wire.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

4. He is ——– vegetarian. You won’t get ——– meat at his house.
1) a, an
2) an, the
3) a, none
4) the, none

5. I have ——– hour and ——– half for lunch.
1) a, an
2) an, the
3) the, none
4) an, a

6. ——– Nile is a long river.
1) A
2) An
3) The
4) None

7. He has been suffering for ——– last two days.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

8. We must attend up on ——– sick.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

9. ——– knowledge of Macaulay is good.
1) A
2) An
3) The
4) None

10. ——– writing of that man is good.
1) A
2) An
3) The
4) None
Answers:
1) 1
2) 2
3) 1
4) 3
5) 4
6) 3
7) 3
8) 3
9) 3
10) 3

Exercise – 2

1. ——– man is ——– reasoning animal.
1) A, an
2) An, the
3) The, none
4) None, a

2. I have ——– little money left.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

3. I will pay you ——– hundred in ——– week.
1) a, a
2) an, the
3) the, the
4) the, a

4. I had ——– amazing experience last night.
l)a
2) an
3) the
4) none

5. You mean you had ——– nightmare.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

6. This is ——– only medicine available.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

7. He called me from ——– distance.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

8. I am in ——– hurry.
l) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

9. He goes for ——– walk.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

10. They went to ——– church to see its architecture
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none
Answers:
1) 4
2) 1
3) 1
4) 2
5) 1
6) 3
7) 1
8) 1
9) 1
10) 3

Exercise – 3

1. I see your house is built of ——– wood.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

2. I want ——– assistant with ——–knowledge of French.
1) a, an
2) an, the
3) a, the
4) an, none

3. It is time you had ——– holiday. You haven’t had ——– day off for ——– month.
1) a, a, a
2) an, an, an
3) the, a, an
4) the, the, the

4. He broke ——– leg in skying accident.
1) a, the
2) an, the
3) the,a
4) none

5. I am having ——– few friends.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

6. Many ——– fool thinks he is wise.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

7. My brother is ——– engineer.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

8. He came by ——– train which was derailed.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

9. ——– gold chain is mine.
1) A
2) An
3) The
4) None

10. Like many women she loves ——– tea parties and ——–.
1) a, an
2) an, the
3) the, a
4) none, none
Answers:
1) 4
2) 2
3) 1
4) 1
5) 1
6) 1
7) 2
8) 3
9) 3
10) 4

Exercise – 4

1. Few people know that there is ——– secret.
1) A, an
2) An, the
3) A, a
4) The, the

2. ——– Mr. John called while you were out.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

3. I have ——– headache and ——– sore throat.
1) a, a
2) an, a
3) the, a
4) none, a

4. I hope you have ——– lovely time.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

5. I only have ——– half ——– hour barley.
1) a, an
2) an, none
3) a, none
4) none, an

6. There was ——– knock on ——– door.
1) a, a
2) an, the
3) a, the
4) the, a

7. He was ——– employee of ——– gas company.
1) a, an
2) an, the
3) the, an
4) none

8. I had ——– suspicion that he wasn’t speaking.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

9. There was ——– leak in ——– gas pipe.
1) a, the
2) an, the
3) the, a
4) none

10. I said in ——– surprise.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none
Answers:
1) 3
2) 1
3) 1
4) 1
5) 1
6) 3
7) 2
8) 1
9) 1
10) 1

Exercise – 5

1. Then you are not ——– worker, you are ——– capitalist.
1) a, a
2) an, a
3) the, a
4) a, the

2. Let us ask him for ——– advice.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

3. ——– travel agent would give you ——– Information.
1) A, none
2) An, none
3) The, none
4) None, a

4. I can write ——– cheque for fifty five ——– and ——– half pence.
1) a, none, a
2) an, none, an
3) a, none, the
4) none, a, a

5. Her eldest bro is at ——– college.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

6. I can’t remember ——– date of ——– storm.
1) a, a
2) an, an
3) the, the
4) a, the

7. ——– apples are sold by ——– pound.
1) A, none
2) An, a
3) A, an
4) None, a

8. It is quite ——– nice house.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

9. We are going to tea with ——– Smiths today.
1) a, none
2) none, the
3) the, none
4) an, none

10. He got ——– job in ——– south.
1) a, the
2) an, the
3) the, a
4)none
Answers:
1) 1
2) 4
3) 3
4) 1
5) 1
6) 3
7) 4
8) 1
9) 2
10) 1

Exercise – 6

1. ——– book you want is out of print.
1) A
2) An
3) The
4) None

2. At last ——– warrior in him was aroused.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

3. This is ——– best book.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

4. He was ——– first man to arrive.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

5. He can play ——– flute.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

6. I first met him ——– year ago.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

7. Yesterday ——– European called at my office.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

8. The guide knows ——– way.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

9. Ceylon is ——– island.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

10. Let us discuss ——– matter.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none
Answers:
1) 3
2) 3
3) 3
4) 3
5) 3
6) 1
7) 1
8) 3
9) 2
10) 3

Exercise – 7

1. ——– poor are always with us.
1) A
2) An
3) The
4) None

2. ——– more merrier.
1) The, a
2) A, the
3) The, the
4) None, the

3. Twelve inches make ——– foot.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

4. Not ——– word was said.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

5 ——– word to wise is sufficient.
1) A, the
2) The, a
3) A, a
4) The, the

6. Sanskrit is ——– difficult language.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

7. You are ——– fool to say that.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

8. ——– French defeated ——– Germans .
1) A, a
2) An, a
3) The, the
4) None, none

9. Which is ——– longest river in India?
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

10. He has come without ——– umbrella.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none
Answers:
1) 3
2) 3
3) 1
4) 1
5) 1
6) 1
7) 1
8) 3
9) 3
10) 2

Exercise – 8

1. ——– more they get more they want.
1) A, a
2) The, the
3) A, the
4) The, a

2. ——– bird in hand is worth two in ——– bush.
1) A, the
2) The, a
3) A, a
4) The, the

3. ——– pupil should obey his teacher.
1) A
2) An
3) The
4) None

4. ——– gold is precious ——– metal.
1) None, none
2) None, the
3) None, a
4) A, none

5. ——– wisdom is the gift of Heaven.
1) A
2) An
3) The
4) None

6. Mumbai is ——– very dear place.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

7. She is ——– untidy girl.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

8. The children found ——– egg.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

9. I bought ——– horse, ——– ox and ——– buffalo.
1) a, an, a
2) the, the, the
3) a, the, a
4) the, a, the

10. If you see him, give him ——– message.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none
Answers:
1) 2
2) 1
3) 1
4) 3
5) 4
6) 1
7) 2
8) 3
9) 1
10) 1

Exercise – 9

1. My uncle is still in ——– hospital.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

2. I met him at ——– church.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

3. ——– copper is ——– useful metal.
1) A, the
2) An, a
3) The, a
4) None, a

4. He is not ——– honourable man.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

5. Honest men speak ——– truth.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

6. Man, thou art ——– wonderful animal.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

7. He looks as stupid as ——– owl.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

8. He is ——– honour to his profession.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

9. I like to live in ——– open air.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

10. Have you ever seen ——– elephant?
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none
Answers:
1) 3
2) 1
3) 4
4) 2
5) 4
6) 1
7) 2
8) 2
9) 3
10) 2

Exercise – 10

1. Benares is ——– holy city.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

2. Aladdin had ——– wonderful lamp.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

3. The world is ——– happy place.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

4. He returned after ——– hour.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

5. Rustum is ——– young Parsee.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

6. Draw ——– map of India.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

7. How blue ——– sky looks?
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

8. Who wishes to take ——– walk with me?
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

9. They never fall who die in ——– great cause.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none

10. I have not seen him since he was ——– child.
1) a
2) an
3) the
4) none
Answers:
1) 1
2) 1
3) 1
4) 2
5) 1
6) 3
7) 3
8) 1
9) 1
10) 1

D. Fill in the blanks with appropriate forms of the verbs given in the brackets.

1) The manager ——– (ask) the employee, why he ——– (be) late.
2) When she ——– (cook) she ——– (hear) someone knock on the door.
3) Many ——– (decide) that she ——–(go) to the shop the next day.
4) If it ——– (rain) you ——– (got) wet.
5) Rohan ——– (meet) with an accident when he ——– (walk) back home.
6) While we ——– (walk) in the fields we ——– (see) a snake.
7) When Prabhu ——– (reach) the airport the plane ——– (leave) already.
8) When I ——– (see) her, she ——– (play) chess.
9) The train ——– (leave) the station before I ——– (reach) there.
10) If you ——– (go) now, you ——– (catch) the train.
11) We ——– (go) as soon as you ——– (be) ready.
12) Don’t ——– (get) off the train till it ——– (stop).
13) I ——– (find) this letter while I ——– (search) for a book.
14) He ——– (jump) off the train when it ——– (move).
15) The thief ——– (escape) before I ——– (open) the door.
Answer:
1) asked; was
2) was cooking; heard
3) decided; would go
4) rains; will get
5) met; was walking
6) were walking; saw
7) reached; had already left
8) saw; was playing
9) had left; reached
10) go; can catch
11) shall go; are
12) get; stops
13) found; was searching
14) jumped; was moving
15) had escaped; opened

E. Fill in the blanks using until, till, as long as, as soon as, from – to, since, for, between – and.

1) I have been waiting here ——– an hour.
2) It has been raining ——– morning.
3) The school works ——– 9 a.m. ——– 5 p.m.
4) The office works ——– 10 a.m. ——– 5 p.m.
5) We shall go ——– you are ready.
6) Can’t you wait ——– we get home?
7) The shop is open ——– 6 o’ clock.
8) Let’s wait ——– the rain stops.
9) You are not going out ——– you’ve finished this.
10) We shall go ——– the weather is good.
11) I’ll call you ——– we get the information.
12) She has been working in this office ——– 2000.
Answer:
1) for
2) since
3) from; to
4) between – and
5) as soon as
6) till
7) till
8) until
9) until
10) as long as
11) as soon as
12) since

F. Now express the wishes of the people mentioned below using unreal past (wish + subject + past tense). The first one is done for you.

1. Sindhu has missed her school bus. She has to go to school urgently. She wishes to have a car.
How would Sindhu express her wish?
2. Sneha did not visit Ooty. She wishes to visit that place. How would Sneha express her wish ?
3. Ramesh wants to watch a film. But, he did not have money. How would Ramesh express his wish of having money?
4. Anita wants to abolish the system of exams. She wishes to be the Prime Minister. How would Anita express her wish ?
5. Srinu’s father has a car. He wishes to drive that car. But he doesn’t know how to drive a car. How would Srinu express his wish?
6. Sharmila wants to play tennis. But she doesn’t have a tennis racket. How would Sharmila
express her wish?
7. Mahendra wants to get first rank in the class. But he can’t. How would Mahendra express his wish?
Answer:
1. I wish I had a car.
2. I wish I visited Ooty.
3. I wish I had money.
4. I wish I were the Prime Minister.
5. I wish I drove a car.
6. I wish I had a racket.
7. I wish I got a first rank.

G. Rewrite the following sentences using the contracted forms of the underlined parts.

1) I am not a fool.
2) You are not a student.
3) The story is not interesting.
4) He can not speak English.
5) He did not write homework.
6) She does not eat meat.
7) We do not play cricket.
8) She has not finished the work.
9) I have not seen the film.
10) She would pay the fees.
11) He had done it.
12) I am a good boy.
13) I have two brothers.
14) I shall go.
15) He will come.
16) It is nice.
17) You are beautiful.
18) Let us go.
19) We shall not do this.
20) You should not leave your slippers here.
Answer:

1. I’m not a fool.
2. You aren’t a student.
3. The story isn’t interesting.
4. He can’t speak English.
5. He didn’t write homework.
6. She doesn’t eat meat.
7. We don’t play cricket.
8. She hasn’t finished the work.
9. I haven’t seen the film.
10. She’d pay the fees.
11. He’d done it.
12. I’m a good boy.
13. I’ve two brothers.
14. I’ll go.
15. He’ll come.
16. It’s nice.
17. You’re beautiful.
18. Let’s go.
19. We shan’t do this.
20. You shouldn’t leave your slippers here.

AP State Syllabus AP Board 6th Class Maths Solutions Chapter 12 Data Handling Unit Exercise Textbook Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 6th Class Maths Solutions 12th Lesson Handling Unit Exercise

Question 1.
Given below are the ages of 20 Students of Class VI in a School.
i) Organise the data and represent in the form of a frequency distribution table using tally marks.
ii) Find out the age having more number of students.
iii) How many students are there in 10 Years age?
iv) Find out No. of Students who are having more age.
13, 10, 11, 12, 10, 11, 11, 13, 12, 11
10, 11, 12,11, 13, 11, 10, 13, 10, 12
Solution:
i)

ii) More number of students have 11 years age.
iii) 5 students are there in 10 years age.
iv) 7 students having more age.

Question 2.
A dice was thrown 30 times and following scores were obtained

i) Prepare a frequency table of the scores.
ii) Which number obtained more times?
iii) How many times was a score greater than 4 obtained,
iv) Find the total number of times an odd number obtained.
Solution:

ii) 2 and 3 numbers obtained more times.
iii) Total numbers of times obtained greater than 4 are 22,
iv) Two times an odd number is obtained.

Question 3.
Following is the data regarding pass percentage of students in different classes.

Draw a vertical bar graph to represent the above data.
Solution:

Bar graph showing pass percentage of different classes from VI to X.

Steps of construction:

1. Draw two mutually perpendicular lines on a graph sheet – one horizontal (X-axis) and one vertical (Y-axis) mark. Number of class on the X-axis and their pass percentage on the Y-axis.
2. Take the 10 as scale on the Y-axis i.e., 1 cm = 10%
3. Calculate the lengths or heights of the bars by dividing the pass percentage with the scale.
   Class VI = 65 ÷ 10 = 6.5 cm
   Class VII = 75 ÷ 10 = 7.5 cm
   Class VIII = 85 ÷ 10 = 8.5 cm
   Class IX = 60 ÷ 10 = 6 cm
   Class X = 80 ÷ 10 = 8 cm
4. Draw rectangular vertical bars of same width (I cm) on the X-axis with their calculated heights.
   Hence, required vertical bar graph was constructed.

Question 4.
The number of Mathematics books sold by a shopkeeper on Six consecutive days is shown below.

Draw a Horizontal Bar graph to represent the above data.
Solution:

Bar graph showing the percentage of books sold In a week days.

Steps of construction:

1. Draw two mutually perpendicular lines on a graph sheet – one horizontal (X-axis) and one vertical (Y-axis).
2. Mark name of the day on the Y-axis and the number of books sold on the X-axis.
3. Take the 10 as scale on the X-axis i.e., 1cm = 5 books.
   On Monday = 65 ÷ 5 = 13 cm
   On Wednesday = 30 ÷ 5 = 6 cm
   On Friday = 70 ÷ 5 = 14 cm
   On Tuesday = 40 ÷ 5 = 8 cm
   On Thursday = 50 ÷ 5 = 10 cm
   On Saturday = 20 ÷ 5 = 4 cm
4. Calculate the lengths of the bars by dividing the number of books with the scale.
5. Draw rectangular horizontal bars of same width (1cm) on the Y-axis with their calculated lengths.
   Hence, required horizontal bar graph was constructed.

AP State Syllabus AP Board 6th Class Maths Solutions Chapter 12 Data Handling Ex 12.3 Textbook Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 6th Class Maths Solutions 12th Lesson Data Handling Ex 12.3

Question 1.
The life spans of some animals are given below:
Bear – 40 years, Camel – 50 years, Cat – 25 years, Donkey – 45 years, Goat -15 years, Horse -10 years, Elephant – 70 years.
Draw a horizontal bar graph to represent the data.
Solution:

Steps of construction:

1. Draw two mutually perpendicular lines on a graph sheet – one horizontal (X-axis) and one vertical (Y – axis).
2. Mark name of the animal on the Y-axis and their life span (Number of years) on the X-axis.
3. Take the GCD or HCF of given numbers as scale on the X-axis i.e., 1cm = 5 years.
4. Calculate lengths or heights of the bars by dividing the life spans with the scale :
   Bear = 40 ÷ 5 = 8 cm; Camel = 50 ÷ 5 = 10 cm
   Cat = 25 ÷ 5 = 5 cm; Donkey = 45 ÷ 5 = 9 cm
   Goat = 15 ÷ 5 = 3 cm; Horse = 10 ÷ 5 = 2 cm
   Elephant = 70 ÷ 5 = 14 cm
5. Draw rectangular horizontal bars of same width (1cm) on the Y-axis with their calculated heights.
   Hence, required horizontal bar graph was constructed.

Question 2.
Travelling time from Hyderabad to Thirupathi by different means of transport are- Car – 8 hours, Bus – 15 hours, Train – 12 hours, Aeroplane – 1 hour. Represent the information using a bar diagram.
Solution:

Bar graph showing travel time by different vehicles from Hyderabad to Tirupathi.

Steps of construction :

1. Draw two mutually perpendicular lines on a graph sheet – one horizontal (X-axis) and one vertical (Y-axis).
2. Mark name of the vehicle on the X-axis and their travelling time (Number of hours) on the Y-axis.
3. Take the 2 as scale on the Y-axis i.e., 1 cm = 2 hours.
4. Calculate lengths or heights of the bars by dividing the travelling time with the scale.
   Car = 8 ÷ 2 = 4 cm
   Bus = 15 ÷ 2 = 7.5 cm
   Train = 12 ÷ 2 = 6 cm
   Aeroplane = 1 ÷ 2 = 0.5 cm
5. Draw rectangular vertical bars of same width (1cm) on the X-axis, with their calculated heights.
   Hence, required vertical bar graph was constructed.

Question 3.
A survey of 120 school students was conducted to find which activity they prefer to do in their free time.

Draw a bar graph to illustrate the above data.
Solution:

Bar graph showing the students can prefer to do Activities in free time.

Steps of construction :

1. Draw two mutually perpendicular lines on a graph sheet – one horizontal (X-axis) and one vertical (Y-axis).
2. Mark name of the activity on the X-axis and the number of students on the Y-axis.
3. Take the 5 as scale on the Y-axis i.e., 1cm = 5 students.
4. Calculate length or heights of the bars by dividing the number of students-with the scale.
   Playing = 25 ÷ 5 = 5 cm
   Reading story books = 10 ÷ 5 = 2 cm
   Watching TV = 40 ÷ 5 = 8 cm
   Listening to music = 10 ÷ 5 = 2 cm
   Painting = 15 ÷ 5 = 3 cm
5. Draw rectangular vertical bars of same width (1cm) on the X-axis with their calculated heights.
   Hence, required vertical bar graph was constructed.

AP State Syllabus AP Board 6th Class Maths Solutions Chapter 12 Data Handling Ex 12.2 Textbook Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 6th Class Maths Solutions 12th Lesson Data Handling Ex 12.2

Question 1.
The number of wrist watches as manufactured by a factory in a week are as fallows.

Represent the data using a pictograph. Choose a suitable scale.
Solution:
GCD of the given numbers is 25.
So, Scale : 1 watch symbol = 25 watches.

Note:
To represent 300 watches. \(\frac{300}{25}\) = 12 symbols.
To represent 350 watches, \(\frac{350}{25}\) = 14 symbols.
To represent 250 watches, \(\frac{250}{25}\) = 10 symbols.
To represent 400 watches, \(\frac{400}{25}\) = 16 symbols.
To represent 400 watches, \(\frac{300}{25}\) = 12 symbols.
To represent 400 watches, \(\frac{275}{25}\) = 11 symbols.

Question 2.
Votes polled for various candidates in a Sarpanch election are shown below, against their symbols in the following table.

Represent the data using a pictograph. Choose a suitable scale. Answer the following questions:
(i) Which symbol got least votes?
(ii) Which symbol candidate won in the election?
Solution:
GCD or HCF of the given numbers is 50.
So, scale : 1 symbol : 50 votes
To represent 400 votes, \(\frac{400}{50}\) = 8 symbols of Sun.
To represent 550 votes, \(\frac{550}{50}\)= 11 symbols of Pot.
To represent 350 votes, \(\frac{350}{50}\)= 7 symbols of Tree.
To represent 200 votes, \(\frac{200}{50}\) = 4 symbols of Watch

i) Watch symbol got least votes than the other.
ii) Among all symbols pot symbol got more votes that is 550. So, Pot symbol candidate won in the election.

AP State Syllabus AP Board 6th Class Maths Solutions Chapter 12 Data Handling Ex 12.1 Textbook Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 6th Class Maths Solutions 12th Lesson Data Handling Ex 12.1

Question 1.
The favourite colours of 25 students in a class are given below:
Blue, Red, Green, White, Blue, Green, White, Red, Orange, Green, Blue, White, Blue, Orange, Blue, Blue, White, Red, White, White, Red, Green, Blue, Blue, White. Write a frequency distribution table using tally marks for the data. Which is the east favourite colour for the students?
Solution:

From the above distribution table least favourite colour is Orange. Because, less number of students liked Orange colour.

Question 2.
A TV channel invited a SMS poll on ‘Ban of Liquor’ giving options :
A – Complete ban
B – Partial ban
C – Continue sales
They received the following SMS, in the first hour.

Represent the data in a frequency distribution table using tally marks.
Solution:

Question 3.
Vehicles that crossed a checkpost between 10 AM and 11 AM are as follows:
car, lorry, bus, lorry, auto, lorry, lorry, bus, auto, bike, bus, lorry, lorry, jeep, lorry, bus, jeep, car, bike, bus, car, lorry, bus, lorry, bus, bike, car, jeep, bus, lorry, lorry, bus, car, car, bike, auto.
Represent the data in a frequency distribution table using tally marks.
Solution:

AP State Syllabus AP Board 6th Class Maths Solutions Chapter 11 Perimeter and Area Unit Exercise Textbook Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 6th Class Maths Solutions 11th Lesson Perimeter and Area Unit Exercise

Question 1
Find the area of the square whose perimeter is 48 cm.
Solution:
Given perimeter of the square = 4 x s = 48 cm
Divide with 4 on both sides, \(\frac{4 \times \mathrm{s}}{4}=\frac{48}{4}\)
side (s) = 12 cm
Area of the square A = s x s = 12 x 12 = 144 sq. cm

Question 2.
If the length of a rectangle is 14cm and its perimeter is 3 times of its length. Find its area.
Solution:
Given the length of a rectangle l = 14 cm
Breadth of a rectangle b = ? cm
Perimeter of the rectangle = 2(l + b) = 3 times of length.
2(14 + b) = 3 x 14
Divide with 2 on both sides,
\(\frac{2(14+b)}{2}=\frac{3 \times 14}{2}\)
14 + b = 21
Subtract with 14 on both sides.
14 + b – 14 = 21 – 14
Breadth b = 7cm
Area of the rectangle A = l x b = 14 x 7 = 98 sq.cm

Question 3.
Find circumference of the circle whose diameter is 14 cm.
Solution:
Given the diameter of circle d = 14 cm
Circumference of the circle C = π.d
\(\frac{22}{7}\) x 14 =44 cm

Question 4.
14cm and 12cm are the length and breadth of a rectangle. If the breadth is increased by 6cm and length is decreased by 6cm, find the difference in areas.
Sol. Given length of the rectanglel = 14 cm
Breadth of the rectangle b = 12 cm
Area of the rectangle A₁ = l x b
= 14 x 12 = 168 sq. cm
If length decreased by 6 cm, then length l = 14-6 = 8 cm
If breadth increased by 6cm, then breadth b = 12 + 6 = 18 cm
Then, the area of the rectangle A2 = l x b = 8 x 18 = 144 sq. cm
Difference of the areas = A₁ – A₂ = 168 – 144 = 24 sq. cm

Question 5.
Find the perimeter of the following figures. What did you observe?

Solution:
i) Perimeter =12 cm + 8cm + 12cm + 8 cm = 40 cm
ii) Perimeter = 3cm + 2cm + 3cm + 2cm + 3cm + 2cm + 3cm + 2cm + 12cm + 8 cm = 40 cm
iii) Perimeter = 5cm + 3cm + 2cm + 3cm + 5cm + 2cm + 5cm + 3cm + 2cm + 3cm + 5cm + 2cm = 40 cm
By observing the perimeters of the above figures perimeters are same for the different shaped figures.

Question 6.
A square sheet of 8cm side was taken and made into 64 equal small squares. Find the perimeter of square sheet and also find the sum of the perimeters of all 64 small squares. What did you observe?
Solution:
Side of the square sheet s = 8cm
Perimeter of the square sheet = 4 x s = 4 x 8 = 32 cm
Side of the small square = 1cm
Perimeter of each small square = 4 x side = 4 x 1 = 4 cm
Perimeter of 64 small squares = 4 x 64 = 256 cm.
By observing sum of perimeters of all 64 small squares = 8 x perimeter of all squares.

AP State Syllabus AP Board 6th Class Maths Solutions Chapter 11 Perimeter and Area Ex 11.3 Textbook Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 6th Class Maths Solutions 11th Lesson Perimeter and Area Ex 11.3

Question 1.
Find the area of the rectangle of measurements 15 cm and 8 cm as length and breadth respectively.
Solution:
Given length of the rectangle l = 15 cm
breadth of the rectangle b = 8 cm
Area of the rectangle A = l x b
= 15 x 8 = 120 sq.cm

Question 2.
Find the area of a square whose perimeter is 64 m.
Solution:
Given perimeter of a square = 4 x side = 64 m
Divide with 4 on both sides,
\(\frac{4 \times \operatorname{side}}{4}=\frac{64}{4}\)
side (s) = 16 m
Area of the square = s.s = 16xl6 = 256 sq.m

Question 3.
Perimeters of a rectangle and square are equal. If the length of the rectangle is 14 cm and the perimeter of the square is 44 cm, find the area of the rectangle.
Solution:
Given the length of the rectangle l = 14 cm
breadth of the rectangle b = ?
Perimeter of the square = 44 cm
Given perimeter of the rectangle = Perimeter of the square ‘
2(l + b) = 44
2(14 + b) = 44
Divide with 2 on both sides,
\(\frac{2(14+b)}{2}=\frac{44}{2}\)
14 + b = 22
Subtract 14 on both sides,
14 + b – 14 = 22 – 14
Breadth of the rectangle b = 8 cm
Area of the rectangle = l x b = 14 x 8 = 112 sq. cm

Question 4.
Find the perimeters and areas of the following and answer the questions.
A) A rectangle with length and breadth as 16 cm and 8 cm respectively.
B) A rectangle with length and breadth as 14 cm and 10 cm respectively.
C) A square with side 12 cm.
(i) Which of the above perimeters are equal ?
(ii) Are all these areas equal? If not, which one has the bigger area?
Solution:
A) Given length of the rectangle l =16 cm
– Breadth of the rectangle b = 8 cm
Perimeter of the rectangle P = 2(1 + b)
= 2(16 + 8) = 2×24 = 48 cm
Area of the rectangle A = l x b
= 16 x 8 = 128 sq. cm

B) Given length of the rectangle l = 14 cm
Breadth of the rectangle b = 10 cm
Perimeter of the rectangle P = 2(l + b)
= 2(14 + 10) = 2 x 24 = 48 cm
Area of the rectangle A = l x b
= 14 x 10 = 140 sq.cm

C) Given side of the square s = 12 cm
Perimeter of the square P = 4 x s = 4 x 12 = 48 cm
Area of the square A = s x s = 12 x 12 = 144 sq. cm
i) Perimeters of rectangle A and rectangle B and square are equal.
ii) No. Areas are not equal and area of the square is greater than the areas of rectangles.

AP State Syllabus AP Board 7th Class English Textbook Solutions Chapter 5C Sindbad, the Sailor Textbook Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 7th Class English Solutions Chapter 5C Sindbad, the Sailor

7th Class English Chapter 5C Sindbad, the Sailor Textbook Questions and Answers

I. Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
Who changed the fate of Sindbad? How?
Answer:
The huge mighty birds, the rocs changed Sindbad’s fate as they dropped him in the valley of diamonds and later dropped him in one of their nests where the local merchants were. They helped Sindbad go home safely with the diamonds.

Question 2.
What would you want to become in your life? Would you like to become a sailor? Why/Why not?
Answer:
I would like to become an engineer in my life. I would not like to be a sailor»because the job of a sailor is rather risky.

Question 3.
How would you have handled the encounter with a roc?
Answer:
I would have not lost my courage when I faced a roc. I would have used my brain sharply and do what Sindbad had done as it would be the only possible thing to get on to a safer place.

Question 4.
What factors would you change to make the story more adventurous and thrilling?
Answer:
Unlike what was said in the story that Sindbad was dropped into a nest by a roc, and helped by the local merchants, the roc should have dropped him onto the land where wild and uncultured humans inhabited. Then how Sindbad would tackle with them and reach home would be more adventurous and thrilling.

Question 5.
Describe Sindbad’s preparations for his journey.
Answer:
To make his journey peaceful and comfortable, Sindbad bought a substantial stock of goods to trade and packed some food and got water-stored cans. He kept all these in the ship and sailed with a large number of his merchant friends.

What is a palindrome?
Answer:
A palindrome is a word (or a number), phrase or sentence which reads the same backwards or forwards. Look at the following examples and try to discover some more palindromes.
WORDS: madam, bib, level, Malayalam
PHRASES: dog’s god, lion oil, too hot to hoot
SENTENCES: Madam, I’m Adam; Was it a cat I saw? Rise to vote, Sir.

Sindbad, the Sailor Summary in English

Sindbad was sailing along with many other merchants on a ship with his stock of goods to trade. Soon they reached an island. All his friends went to gather fruits and flowers there. But Sindbad went to a shady place and there he had his meal. Later he slept under the trees. When he woke up, he found that the ship had gone and he was alone there. Then he went to something which appeared like a huge white ball. It was so high and so smooth that he could not climb to the top of it. Later he saw a great, huge and wonderful bird called ‘roc’ coming towards the ball- like object. Then he realized that it was the egg of the ‘roc’ and the bird was coming for it. When the bird came there, he quickly tied himself with his turban to one of the legs of the huge bird. Then the bird flew away, carrying Sindbad. It landed on the ground among huge and great mountains. At once Sindbad untied the turban. The bird caught up a snake and flew away.

Sindbad could not know what to do. The sides of the valley looked so steep that there was no possibility of climbing them. Sindbad looked around the valley. He found large diamonds lying on the ground. All around the valley, there were huge snakes which could eat even an elephant. At nightfall, they came out of their holes. During the day, the snakes hid themselves from the huge mighty birds, the rocs.

Sindbad found a small cave and decided to spend the night in it. He put a large stone at the entrance of the cave so as to prevent the snakes from entering it. But he could not sleep well because of the hissing sound outside the cave. As day light came on, all the snakes went into their holes. Sindbad came out of the cave. He walked upon the diamonds. He ate food and slept for a while. Suddenly Sindbad woke up as a huge piece of meat had fallen near him. Some more pieces of meat fell down. He remembered how the local merchants would use huge eagles (rocs) to carry up the diamonds for them, and how they would throw huge pieces of meat into the valley as food for them, etc.

At once, Sindbad collected a large number of diamonds. He put them in his wallet and tied it to his waist. Next he tied one large piece of meat to the middle of his back with his turban. He lay down with his face to the ground. Then a huge roc flew down and picked up the piece of meat along with Sindbad and flew away to the top of the rocky walls of the valley. He was dropped into a nest. There were already some local merchants in that nest. They heard the story of Sindbad. So they helped him to find a ship to go home. Thus Sindbad got back to Baghdad. He became very rich. He gave money to the poor and lived peacefully in his home.

Sindbad, the Sailor Glossary

sailor (n): a person who works on a ship as a member

crept (v): moved slowly, quietly and carefully

day break: dawn or the time of sun rising

immense (adj): very large or huge

steep (adj): a slope on which rising/falling ¡s quick

frightened (v): made somebody suddenly feel afraid

serpents (n): snakes

suppose (v): guess/think/imagine

hissing (n): sound produced by the snakes

huge (adj): very large/big

believed (v): thought something to be true

merchants (n): people doing some trade

consider (u): think about something carefully

wallet (n): a small flat folding casa of leather/plastic used for keeping paper/money in

wealthy (adj): rich

AP State Syllabus AP Board 7th Class English Textbook Solutions Chapter 5B My Trip to the Moon Textbook Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 7th Class English Solutions Chapter 5B My Trip to the Moon

7th Class English Chapter 5B My Trip to the Moon Textbook Questions and Answers

I. Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
Do you think the: child really went to the moon?
Answer:
No, I don’t think so. It’s only the imagination of the child.

Question 2.
What was the child’s feeling about his trip to the moon?
Answer:
The child felt very happy, and amused. It was a lot of fun to the child.

Question 3.
Why couldn’t the astronaut and the. child walk on the moon?
Answer:
The astronaut and the child could not walk on the moon because the gravitational force of the moon is much less than that of the earth. A person becomes lighter in terms of weight, on the moon.

Question 4.
How would you feel if you were in the child’s place?
Answer:
If I were in the child’s place, I would feel even more amused and very happy.

Question 5.
If you were given a chance, which planet would you visit?
Answer:
If I were given a chance, I would visit the planet Mars, as there are guessings of the presence of water on that planet.

Question 6.
Can you guess the secret that dwells inside the child’s mind?
Answer:
I think the secret that dwells inside the child’s mind is the unexpected happiness in the mind of the child because of the dream he had about his trip to the moon.

Project

Take a few important tourist places in your district / state, collect a few pictures and paste them on a big chart with a small write up under each picture. Display this in your classroom. The write up should include the following.

• The name of the place
• Its importance
• Salient features of the place

1. THE TAJ MAHAL: The Taj Mahal looms fairytale-like from the banks of the Yamuna River. It’s actually a tomb that contains the body of Mumtaz Mahal – the wife of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. He had it built as an ode to his love for her. Dating back to 1630 AD, the Taj Mahal is made out of marble and took 22 years and 20,000 workers to complete. One of the most captivating things about it is the way its colour appears to gradually alter in the changing light of the day.

2. HAMPI: Now a relegated village, Hampi was once the last capital of Vijayanagar, one of the greatest Hindu empires in India’s history. It has some extremely captivating ruins, intriguingly intermingled with large boulders that rear up all over the landscape. The ruins, which date back to the 14th century, stretch for just over 25 kilometers (10 miles) and comprise more than 500 monuments.

3. AJANTA AND ELLORA CAVES:
Astonishingly carved into hillside rock in the middle of nowhere are the Ajanta and Ellora caves. There are 34 caves at Ellora dating from between the 6th and 11th centuries AD, and 29 caves at Ajanta dating back to between the 2nd century BC and 6th century AD. While the Ajanta caves are rich in paintings and sculpture, the Ellora caves are renowned for their extraordinary architecture. The most incredible thing about these caves is that they were crafted by hand, with only a hammer and chisel.

4. FATEHPUR SIKRI: A city that was once the proud capital of the Mughal Empire in the 16th century, Fatehpur Sikri
now stands deserted as a well preserved ghost town. It was abandoned by its occupants after only 15 years due to insufficient water supply. Constructed out of red sandstone, Fatehphur Sikri is full of regal palaces and courtyards.

My Trip to the Moon Summary in English

The poem was an imagination by the poet of his trip to the moon. The writer was a student appearing for his exams. He had already taken exams in four subjects. Now he is to study for and write the science examination, going to be held the very next day.

The writer was sitting alone in his house. He was studying the structure of a mouse. Suddenly the lights went out. Then he heard a loud burst. He thought that someone was there outside. So he went out, full of fright. There he saw a big rocket. An astronaut was there inside the rocket. He invited the writer on a flight to the moon. The writer readily agreed. He went in and sat by his side.

The writer along with the astronaut reached the moon by afternoon. But they could not walk on the ground of the moon as the gravitational force of the moon is much less than that of the moon. So they jumped around. It was a lot of fun to the writer. The writer along with the astronaut started their return journey.

The writer reached home before the setting sun. To his surprise and also to the surprise of his parents, the writer fared his science test very well. But no one knew the secret as to how his science test had gone very well. The secret still dwelled inside the writer.

My Trip to the Moon Glossary

structure (n): a particular arrangement of the parts

a loud burst: a huge/big sound

full of fright: full of fear caused by something

huge (adj): very big/large

astronaut (n): a person whose job involves travelling and working in a spacecraft.

fun (n): enjoyment/pleasure

dwells (v): lives

AP State Syllabus AP Board 6th Class Maths Solutions Chapter 8 Basic Geometric Concepts Ex 8.2 Textbook Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 6th Class Maths Solutions 8th Lesson Basic Geometric Concepts Ex 8.2

Question 1.
Measure the lengths of the given line segments.

Solution:
i) \(\overline{\mathrm{AB}}\) = 2.4 cm
ii) \(\overline{\mathrm{PQ}}\) = 1.5 cm
iii) \(\overline{\mathrm{KL}}\) = 1cm, \(\overline{\mathrm{LM}}\) = 1 cm
\(\overline{\mathrm{KM}}=\overline{\mathrm{KL}}+\overline{\mathrm{LM}}\) =1 + 1 = 2 cm

Question 2.
Draw the following line segments.
i) AB = 6.3 centimeters ii) MN = 3.6 centimeters

Question 3.
Draw PQ = 4.6 cm and extend upto R such that PR = 6 cm.
Solution:

\(\overline{\mathrm{PR}}=\overline{\mathrm{PQ}}+\overline{\mathrm{QR}}\) = 4.6 + 1.4 = 6 cm

Question 4.
Draw a line segment \(\overline{\mathrm{OP}}\) with certain length and mark a point Q on it.
Check whether \(\overline{\mathrm{OP}}-\overline{\mathrm{PQ}}=\overline{\mathrm{OQ}}\)
Solution:

Given, \(\overline{\mathrm{OP}}\) = 8 cm; \(\overline{\mathrm{PQ}}\) = 3 cm
\(\overline{\mathrm{OP}}-\overline{\mathrm{PQ}}\) = 8cm – 3cm = 5 cm = \(\overline{\mathrm{OQ}}\)
∴ \(\overline{\mathrm{OP}}-\overline{\mathrm{PQ}}=\overline{\mathrm{OQ}}\) = 5cm

AP State Syllabus AP Board 6th Class Maths Solutions Chapter 7 Introduction to Algebra InText Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 6th Class Maths Solutions 7th Lesson Introduction to Algebra InText Questions

Let’s Explore (Page No. 102)

Question 1.
Arrange 2 matchsticks to form the shape Continue the same shape for 2 times, 3 times and 4 times. Frame the rule for repeating the pattern.
Solution:
To make the given shape 2 matchsticks are needed.
To make the given 2 shapes 4 matchsticks are needed.
To make the given 3 shapes 6 matchsticks are needed.
To make the given 4 shapes 8 matchsticks are needed.
Continue and arrange the information in the following table.

Number of matchsticks required = 2 × Number of shapes to be formed
= 2 × x = 2x

Question 2.
Rita took matchsticks to form the shape
She repeated the pattern and gave a rule.
Number of matchsticks needed = 6.y, where y is the number of shapes to be formed. Is it correct ? Explain.
What is the number of sticks needed to form 5 such shapes ?
Solution:

To make the given shape 6 matchsticks are needed.
To make the given 2 shapes 12 matchsticks are needed.
To make the given 3 shapes 18 matchsticks are needed.
Continue and arrange the information in the following table.

Yes, it is correct.
Number of matchsticks required = 2 × Number of shapes to be formed
= 2 × y = 2y
Number of matchsticks needed to form 5 such shapes = 6 × 5 = 30

Let’s Explore (Page No. 103)

Question 1.
A line of shapes is constructed using matchsticks.

Shape-1 Shape-2 Shape-3 Shape-4
i) Find the rule that shows how many sticks are needed to make a line of such shapes ?
ii) How many matchsticks are needed to form shape -12 ?
Solution:

Number of matchsticks 3 5 7 9
i) Let us know the pattern
S₁ = 3 = 2 + 1 = (1 × 2) + 1
S₂ = 5 = 4 + 1 = (2 × 2) + 1
S₃ = 7 = 6 + 1 = (3 × 2) + 1
S₄ – 9 = 8 + 1 = (4 × 2) + 1
Now the rule for this pattern is number of matchsticks.

ii) Used to make ‘n’ number of shapes is Sn = (n × 2) + 1 = 2n + 1
Number of matchsticks needed to form shape – 12 is
S₁₂ = 2(12) + 1 = 24 + 1 = 25 sticks.

Check Your Progress (Page No. 105)

Question 1.
Fill the following table as instructed. One is shown for you.

S.No.	Expression	Verbal Form
1.	y + 3	Three more than y
2.	2x – 1
3.	5z
4.	\(<table border=”2″>\)

Solution:

S.No.	Expression	Verbal Form
1.	y + 3	Three more than y
2.	2x – 1	One less than the double of x
3.	5z	5 times of z
4.	\(<table border=”2″>\)	Half of the m

Let’s Explore ? (Page No. 106)

Question 1.
Find the general rule for the perimeter of a rectangle. Use variables T and ‘b’ for length and breadth of the rectangle respectively.
Solution:
Given length of rectangle = l
breadth of rectangle = b
We know that the perimeter of rectangle is twice the sum of its length and breadth.
Sum of length and breadth = l + b
Twice the sum of length and breadth = 2 × (l + b)
Rule for the perimeter of a rectangle = 2(l + b)

Question 2.
Find the general rule for the area of a square by using the variable ‘s’ for the side of a square.
Answer:
Given side of a square = s
We know that the area of a square is the product of side and side.
Area of a square = side × side
Rule for the area of a square = s.s

Side	Area
1	1 × 1
2	2 × 2
3	3 × 3
4	4 × 4
………..	…………
s	S × s

(Page No. 107)

Question 1.
Find the nth term in the following sequences.
0 3, 6, 9, 12, ii) 2, 5, 8, 11, iii) 1, 4, 9, 16,
Solution:
i) Given number pattern is 3, 6, 9, 12,……………..
To find the nth term in the given pattern, we put the sequence in a table.

First number = 3 × 1
Second number = 3 × 2
nth number = 3 × n = 3n
So, the nth term of the pattern 3, 6, 9, 12, is 3n.

ii) Given number pattern is 2, 5, 8, 11,
To find the nth term in the given pattern, we put the sequence in a table.

First number = 2 = 3 × 1 – 1
Second number = 5 = 3 × 2 – 1
Third number = 8 = 3 × 3 – 1
nth number = 3 × n – 1 = 3n – 1
So, the nth term of the pattern 2, 5, 8, 11 is 3n – 1.

iii) Given number pattern is 1, 4, 9, 16,
To find the nth term in the given pattern, we put the sequence in a table.

First number =1 = 1 × 1
Second number = 4 = 2 × 2
Third number =9 = 3 × 3
nth number = n × n = n²
So, the nth term of the pattern 1, 4, 9, 16 is n².

Check Your Progress (Page No. 108)

Question 1.
Complete the table and find the value of ‘p’ for the equation \(\frac{\mathbf{p}}{\mathbf{3}}\) = 4

p	\(\frac{\mathbf{p}}{3}\) = 4	Condition satisfied ? Yes/ No
3
6
9
12

Solution:

p	\(\frac{\mathbf{p}}{3}\) = 4	Condition satisfied ? Yes/ No
3	\(\frac{3}{3}\) ≠1 ≠ 4	No
6	\(\frac{6}{3}\) ≠2 ≠ 4	No
9	\(\frac{9}{3}\) ≠ 3 ≠ 4	No
12	\(\frac{12}{3}\) ≠ 4 ≠ 4	Yes

Question 2.
Write LHS and RHS of following simple equations.
i) 2x + 1 = 10
ii) 9 = y – 2
iii) 3p + 5 = 2p + 10
Solution;
i) 2x+ 1 = 10
Given equation is 2x + 1 = 10
L.H.S = 2x + 1
R.H.S = 10

ii) 9 = y – 2
Given equation is 9 = y – 2
LHS = 9
RHS = y – 2

iii) 3p + 5 = 2p + 10
Given equation is 3p + 5 = 2p + 10
LHS = 3p + 5
RHS = 2p + 10

Question 3.
Write any two simple equations and write their LHS and RHS.
Solution:
i) Consider 8x + 3 = 4 is a simple equation.
L.H.S = 8x + 3
RHS = 4

ii) Consider 5a + 6 = 8a – 3 is a simple equation.
LHS = 5a + 6
RHS = 8a – 3

Let’s Explore (Page No. 109)

Observe for what value of m, the equation 3m = 15 has both LHS and RHS become equal.
Solution:
Given equation is 3m = 15
If m = 1, then the value of 3m = 3(1) = 3≠15 ∴ LHS ≠RHS
If m = 2, then the value of 3m = 3(2) = 6 ≠ 15 ∴ LHS ≠ RHS
If m = 3, then the value of 3m = 3(3) = 9≠15 ∴ LHS ≠ RHS
If m = 4, then the value of 3m = 3(4) = 12 ≠ 15 ∴ LHS ≠ RHS
If m = 5, then the value of 3m = 3(5) = 15 = 15 ∴ LHS = RHS
From the above when m = 5 the both LHS and RHS are equal