TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 7A P.T.Usha, the Golden Girl

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TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 7A P.T.Usha, the Golden Girl

Look at the picture and discuss the questions that follow :

Question 1.
Which sport is shown in the picture?
Answer:
It is a running race.

Question 2.
Which sport/gmne do you play?
Answer:
I play Cricket and Kho-kho.

Question 3.
What are the differences between the sports and games ?
Answer:
A sport pertains to only an individual’s skills and performance and a game involves more than one person.
Single person participates in sports. Sports take less time. More than one person participate in games. Games take more time.

Oral Discourse:

Question.
Talk on – Why sports and games are important for children?
Answer:
Worthy principal, teachers and students

Today I, Gowtham. am here to speak on the topic why sports and games are important for muldren. It is now universally acknowledged that mere book learning is not complete education. Sports and games are a necessary part. They keep physically fit but that is not all. They do much more which nothing else can do. They teach us how to work ,in a team, to be humble in victory and gracious in defeat. An able sportsman is able to keep his balance in most annoying situations. He learns the v&lue of cooperation and good will. Sports and games make a person active and smart. A good sportsman has a smile in his face. So for all round development the students must take part in sports and games.

Thanks a lot.

Comprehension:

1. Answer the following questions :

Question 1.
At what age was Usha’s sports talent recognized first ? Who did it ?
Answer:
Usha’s sports talent was recognized first when she was 9 years old. A dedicated physical education teacher did it.

Question 2.
What quality do you notice in Usha while she practised athletics from a young age ?
Answer:
I notice the qualities of instinctive nature, shyness and unassuming nature of Usha while she practised athletics from a young age.

Question 3.
How was Usha in her studies ?
Answer:
Academically, Usha was an extremely bright student. She was always amongst the top three in her class and was popular with her teachers. She passed her standard VII exams with a first class grade.

Question 4.
How does Usha’s life inspire the young girls of our country ?
Answer:
Though Usha came from a remote background town of rural origin, she achieved international success through sheer dedication and immense hard work. Thus she caught the imagination of youth. Her efforts really inspire the young girls of our country.

Question 5.
What qualities in Usha made her great in athletics ?
Answer:
Usha’s sheer dedication and immense hard work made her great in athletics.

Question 6.
Can you name some great Indian women athletes who may have been inspired byP.T.Usha?
Answer:
The athletes Aparna Popat, Soma Biswas, Shiny Abraham, Aswani Nachappa, Kamaljeet Sandhu, Manjeet Kaur, M.D. Valasamma, Geeta Zutshi may have been inspired by P.T. Usha.

Question 7.
List different events in Athletics.
Answer:
Different events in athletics :

1. Races, Hurdles & Relays
2. Javelin throw
3. Disc throw
4. High jump
5. Long jump
6. Shotput
7. Triple jump
8. Pole vault
9. Hammer throw etc.

II. Write on “the time line” given below the important events from the life of P.T. Usha.

Answer:

III. Write whether the following statements are True or False in the brackets.

Question 1.
P.T. Usha is also called the golden girl. [ ]
Answer:
True

Question 2.
She is the only daughter of her parents. [ ]
Answer:
False

Question 3.
Usha was the individual champion in the sub-junior District Meet. [ ]
Answer:
True

Question 4.
Usha was an average child in her studies. [ ]
Answer:
False

Question 5.
Madhavan Nambiar alone was responsible for her international fame. [ ]
Answer:
False

Vocabulary:

I. The following is the list of some sports and games. Classify them into sports and games. Add some other games or sports you know to the list.

Answer:

Sports (Single person participation and take less time)	Games (More than one participation and take more time)
Running	Volleyball
Badminton	Soccer
Swimming	Baseball
Table tennis	Carrom
Skiing	Crickets
Motor racing	Chess
Sailing
Lawn tennis

II. Pick out from the reading passage the synonyms of the following words.

Answer:
devoted : dedicated
small : tiny
talented : gifted
title-holder : champion
attained : achieved
tranquility : serenity
exceptional : extraordinary
increase : enhance
happily : joyfully

III. Look at the following sports goods. Write the number of the sports item and its name in your notebook. You may use the words from the box.

Answer:

1. shorts
2. football socks
3. running shoes
4. a hockey stick
5. a football skirt
6. a track suit
7. a tennis racket
8. a cricket ball
9. a shuttle cock
10. goggles
11. weights
12. running shoes
13. a volleyball & a football

Grammar:

1. Adjectives and their order in a phrase

Look at the following sentences from the reading passage :

Usha was a tiny vilage girl. She was an extremely bright student.

The underlined words are adjectives. They describe Usha. We may use more than one adjective to describe a person, place or thing or an object. They may give us information about things like quality, colour, age, size, shape etc., of a person, place, thing or an object.
Quality : a pleasant day
Size : a small room
Age : a young man
Temperature : a hot day
Shape : a square table
Colour : a black cat

Order of adjectives:

When we use two or more adjectives to describe a noun, we have to take care of the word order. The position of the adjectives depends on how closely they are related to the noun. Though hard and fast rules cannot be given, the following guidelines will be of some help.

Example: It is Rant’s beautiful old brown Indian handmade wooden table.

I. Rewrite the following sentences with the correct order of adjectives:

Question 1.
Usha was born at farm mother’s old her house.
Answer:
Usha was born at her mother’s old farm house.

Question 2.
Usha is dark little a shy girl.
Answer:
Usha is a shy little dark girl.

Question 3.
There are flowers some beautiful rose white in our garden.
Answer:
There are some beautiful white rose flowers in our garden.

Question 4.
It is new my textbook English.
Answer:
It is my new English textbook.

Question 5.
Sunitha was dressed in saree Kancheepurm expensive am silk.
Answer:
Sunitha was dressed in an expensive Kancheepuram silk saree.

II. ‘To + infinitive’ (To + V1) :

Look at the following sentences paying special attention to the underlined phrases:

• Usha joined the Sports Division at Cannanore to improve Her sport talent.
• Nambiar introduced the sand training in her programme to enhance her performance in athletics.

The underlined phrases in the above sentences are used to talk about the purpose of activity and answer the question “why” as shown below.

Why did Usha join the Sports Division at Cannanore?
… to improve her sports talent.

Why did Nambiar introduce his sand training?
… to enhance her performance.

Question 1.
Ask and answer the following questions as shown in the example:

A : Why do people go to library?
B : They go to library to read books.
A : Why do people go to school / post-office / the cinema / hospital / market / bus-stand/ railway station
R : Why do people use a watch / an umbrella / a toothbrush / a microscope / a mirror / shoes/…
Answer:
A : Why do people go to school ?
B : People go to school to study.
A : Why do people go to post-office ?
B : People go to post-office to post letters.
A : Why do people go to the cinema ?
B : People go to cinema to watch movies.
A : Why do people go to hospital ?
B : People go to hospital to get their diseases cured.
A : Why do people go to market ?
B : People go to market to buy vegetables.
A : Why do people go to bus-stand ?
B : People go to bus-stand to travel by a bus.
A : Why do people go to railway station ?
B : People go to railway station to travel by a train.
B : Why do people use a watch ?
A : People use a watch to know the time.
B : Why do people use an umbrella ?
A : People use an umbrella to protect themselves from severe heat and rain.
B : Why do people use a toothbrush ?
A : People use a toothbrush to brush their teeth.
B : Why do people use a microscope ?
A : People use a microscope to make small things look larger.
B : Why do people use a mirror ?
A : People use a mirror to look at themselves.
B : Why do people use shoes ?
A : People use shoes to protect their foot.

Question 2.
Make sentences using the clues given. The first one is done for you.

Smt. Lakshmi Devi is an old woman.
Eg- She / like / eat / sweets. – She likes to eat sweets.
She / like / eat / soft things – she / hate / eat / hard things – One day she / -want / eat/ palkova – She / ask / her neighbour / buy / some palkova – The young woman / agree/ get / some – She / promise / buy / a kilo – The old woman / promise / pay her later – In the market/ the young woman / remember / buy / something for Lakshmi Devi – She ( bought pakodis! – The old woman / refuse / pay.
Answer:
She likes to eat soft things.
She hates to eat hard things
One day she wants to eat palkova.
She asks her neighbour to buy some palkova.
The young woman agrees to get some palkova.
She promises to buy a kilo.
The old woman promises to pay her later.
In the market, the young woman remembers to buy something for Lakshmi Devi.
She bought pakodis !
The old woman refuses to pay.

3. Fill in the blank with the appropriate form of the verb in the brackets.

Question 1.
Reema is planning ___________ admission in French classes from next year, (take)
Answer:
to take

Question 2.
She practised ___________ with a pitcher on her head, (walk)
Answer:
to walk

Question 3.
My grandfather has promised ___________ care of Sheru, the dog, in our absence, (take)
Answer:
to take

Question 4.
I have no idea how they are planning ___________ the New year’s Eve this year, (celebrate)
Answer:
to celebrate

Question 5.
I have decided ___________ the job in view of my financial position, (accept)
Answer:
to accept

Question 6.
My mother dislikes ___________ alone in the kitchen, (work)
Answer:
to work

Writing:

I. You have read about P.T. Usha. Using that information and any other information you may have, try to write a short profile of this great athlete. You can use the following skeleton if you like.

Answer:

P.T. Usha – The Payyoli Express

Name : Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha.
Father’s Name : Paithal
Date of Birth : 20.05.1964
Place of Birth : Payyoli, Kozhikode dt., Kerala
Name of the Coach r’Madhavan Nambiar

Brief Biographical Sketch : P.T. Usha was born as the second daughter of Lakshmi Amma and Paithal on 20th May 4964 in the village of Payyoli, Kozhikode dt., Kerala. She has been associated with Indian athletics since 1979. She showed unusual talent from her childhood. She was good at her studies too. She reached her peak level under the coaching of Nambiar. She won two silver medals in 1982 New Delhi Asian Games and four gold medals and one silver medal in 1986 Seoul Asian Games. She was rightly called ‘The Payyoli Express’.

Achievements at Olympics : She partcipated in 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and missed the bronze medal in 400m. hurdles by 1/100 th second.

Achievements at Asian Games :

1. She won two silver medals in the 1982 New Delhi Asian Games.
2. She came in 4th place in the 400 m. at the 1984 Jakarta Asian Meet.
3. She won four gold medals and one silver medal at the 1986 Seoul Asian Games.

Records Set / Broken :

1. National record at state athletic meet at Kottaym, 1977.
2. First Keralite and first Indian woman to reach the final of an Olympic event.
3. She captured the limelight as a junior athlete in National inter state meet at Kolloim, 1978.

Medals won :

1. She won two silver medals in the 1982 New Delhi Asian Games.
2. She won four gold medals and one silver medal at the 1986 Seoul Asian Games.

Awards and Honours :

1. Arjuna award recipient – 1984.
2. Recipient of Padma Sri in 1984.
3. Greatest woman athlete in 1984 Jakarta Asian Meet.

II. Suppose you have Rs. 10,000 to spend on sports equipment. Write in your notebook the things you would want to buy. As the Secretary of The Sports Club in your school, write a letter to M/s India sports, Hyderabad for placing order for these sports goods. You should ask them to send you the price list of the goods before you place the final order.
Answer:

Sattupalli,
10th February, 20xx.

From
Regd. No. x x x x x,
H.No. 2-4/A, ‘
Sattupalli,
Khammam Dt.

To
M/s India sports,
Hyderabad.

Sirs,

As we are in great need of the sports goods mentioned here under, please send me the price list of the goods.

Name of the Item	No. of items
Cricket hats	10
Cricket balls	10
Stumps	6
Helmets	10

We want to spend Rs. 10,000/- on sports equipment. As soon as I receive the price list, I will place the final order. So, please send me the price list as early as possible.

Yours sincerely,
x x x x.

III. The Telangana Sports Club, Hyderabad has decided to collect data about the popularity of sports and games in schools. Write a message about the Telangana Sports Club’s visit to your school.
Answer:

MESSAGE

Date : 8th March, 20xx

Dear Students

Telangana Sports Club from Hyderabad is going to visit our school on 12th March. The club has decided to collect data about the popularity of games and sports in schools.

Please see that their visit is comfortable and without any inconvenience.

Gautam
Secretary
Sports Club

Study Skills:

Read this questionnaire and write your answers in the notebook. The points you get depends on your choice of answer, a, b, or c. Look at the table given below the questionnaire for points. For example, if your answer to question 1 is b, you will get 0 points. Mark your answers and calculate your score. Then you will know how sporty you are.

How sporty are you?

Question 1.
How often do you play sports per week? ( )
a. Three times
b. Never
c. Every day
Answer:
c. Every day

Question 2.
What do you like to do on a Sunday afternoon? ( )
a. Watch television
b. Study
c. Play sports with friends
Answer:
c. Play sports with friends

Question 3.
How often do you watch sports on television? ( )
a. Never
b. Sometimes
c. Often
Answer:
c. Often

Question 4.
During the last world cricket cup ( )
a. I watched some of the matches.
b. I watched most of the matches
c. I didn’t watch any of the matches.
Answer:
b. I watched most of the matche

Question 5.
What do you think of your physical education classes at school? ( )
a. I hate them.
b. I think they are O.K.
c. I love them.
Answer:
c. I love them.

Question 6.
Which of these do you have? ( )
a. A lot of sports books, magazines and equipment.
b. Some sports books, magazines and equipment.
c. No sports books, magazines and equipment.
Answer:
c. No sports books, magazines and equipment.

Question 7.
Do you ever think of becoming a famous sports player? ( )
a. Never
b. Sometimes
c. Often
Answer:
b. Sometimes

Question 8.
Do you plan to participate in sports this weekend? ( )
a. Yes
b. May be
c. No
Answer:
a. Yes

Score : Less than 5 points – you hate sports.
From 5 to 9 points – you like sports.
More than 9 points – you love sports.

Give the questionnaire to the members of your group and tell them how sporty they are.

I have scored 13 points, so, I love sports.

Listening and Speaking:

I. Your teacher will read the story, “The Olympic Champion and the Ducks.” Listen carefully and say whether the following statements are True or False. Write T for True and F for False statements in the brackets.

The Olympic Champion and the Ducks

The Greeks started the Olympic Games on the plains of Olympia. Their last Olympic Games were held in 261 A.D. These games were started again in 1896 and are being held once in every four years.

At the Olympic Games oi 1928 in Amsterdam. Bobby Pearce won a gold medal for rowing race. He also won the hearts of all who saw him win.

Bobby Pearce was born in Sidney in Australia. His father was a great sculling cham¬pion. (Sculling means ‘one man rowing with two oars’, one in each hand). When Bobby was five, he was rowing around Sidney harbour in a small boat. A Little later, he won his first race, competing against the olds. One of the judges asked him, ” How old are you, Bobby?” And he replied proudly, “Six”.

By the time he was twenty, Bobby was the sculling champion of Australia. 1’he fol¬lowing year he went to Amsterdam to compete in the Olympic Games. In the finals he competed against Ken Myers of America. From the start of the race, Bobby was in the lead At the half-way stage, he was still leading and very much ahead of Myers. It seemed that Bobby would easily win.

Then, suddenly, something happened. Bobby heard a shout from the bank and he looked over his shoulder. He saw a duck and her brood of ducklings swimming across the anal. They were swimming into the course of his boat and the boat was going to run into hem. The poor birds had no idea that they were in the middle of an Olympic race!

Immediately Bobby slowed his boat down. Myers was catching up very last. The people on the shore were shouting as if they were mad. But, Bobby waited patiently until all the ducklings were out of danger. Then he picked up speed again and went on to win the race easily.

Of all the Olympic heroes, it was.he who won everybody’s heart. A Dutch newspaper wrote, “He won the goodwill of the children of Amsterdam”. His friends in the Australian Olympic team were not surprised by the incident of the ducks. “Bobby is that kind of a man,” they said.

From the age of six, Bobby Pearce competed in races for thirty three years and retired from sports in 1945. How many of these races do you think he lost? Not a single race!

Question 1.
The first Olympic Games were held in Olympia. [ ]
Answer:
True

Question 2.
Olympic Games are held once in a year. [ ]
Answer:
False

Question 3.
Bobby Pearce learnt sculling from his father. [ ]
Answer:
True

Question 4.
When Bobby won his first race, he was six year old. [ ]
Answer:
True

Question 5.
Myers slowed down the boat because he loves animals. [ ]
Answer:
True

Question 6.
People praised Bobby for his kindness towards the ihnocent creatures. [ ]
Answer:
False

Question 7.
He lost only a single race. [ ]
Answer:
False

Question 8.
He completed thirty three races in his life. [ ]
Answer:
False

Oral Activity:

Group Work :

II. Given below are some statements expressing the views of some people about sports and games in schools. Discuss them in your group. Each member should either agree or disagree with the statement and give reasons.

Sports/games slow down students’ progress in their studies.
When school children participate in sports/games, they become tired.
Girls should not be encouraged to participate in sports/games.
When girls take part in sports/games, they become masculine and insensitive.
Participating in sports/games is a mere waste of time.
Sports/games spoil the entire career of students.
The success rate is very low in sports/games.

Answer:
Almost all our group members disagree with the first statement. Sports/games don’t slow down student’s progress in their studies. In fact, they make the students active so that they are good at their studies. Sports/games play a vital role in the all-round development of a child. As far as the second statement is concerned, all our group members disagreed with this.

When school children participate in sports/games, they are healthy. They don’t become tired. When we go to the third statement, all our group members disagreed. This statement shows our backwardness. In fact, girls are doing miracles. They prove their capability in all the fields. In some areas, they even dominate the men nowadays. So, girls should be encouraged to participate in sports/games, it is meaningless to say when girls take part in sports/games, they become masculine and insensitive. How can we say this ?

Then we go to the next statement that it is a mere waste of time participating in sports/games. Sports/games give us good health. They are good exercises for our body. We will be free from all kinds of diseases if we participate in sports/games regularly. The next statement is that sports/games spoil the entire career of students. In each and every level there are some seats reserved for sports persons. Even in getting employment, some jobs are reserved for sports persons. As far as the last statement is concerned, it may be right in some sports/games. Twenty five pecent of our group members agreed to this. But there are so many factors behind one’s success rate. Finally it is summarized that sports/games should be given top priority at school level.

P.T.Usha, the Golden Girl Summary in English

Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha was born as the second daughter of Paithal and Lakshmi Amma on 20th May 1964 in Payyoli, Kozhikode district, Kerala. In November 1973, a dedicated physical education teacher, Balakrishnan, recognized her talent and played an important role to make her a sprint queen. In 1975, when Usha was 11 years old, she practised vigorously for the Sub-junior District Meet. Though her heel was injured, she didn’t stop her practice. Even before the race started, she became the crowd’s favourite. She came first in all four events she participated and was the individual champion at the meet.

Usha was a very bright student. She was always amongst the top three in her class. She passed her standard VII exams with a first class grade. She joined the Sports Division at Cannanore to improve her talent. At Cannanore, another great master, Madhavan Nambiar fired her imagination. They were inseparable by 1977. She reached her peak level under his coaching. Nambiar introduced his sand training to enhance her performance. She won two silver medals in the 1982 New Delhi Asian Games. She stood in 4th place in the 400 m. at the 1984 Jakarta Asian Meet and she won four gold medals and one silver medal at the 1986 Asian Games in Seoul.

Glossary:

1) delay (n) : a period of time when somebody/something has to wait because of a
problem that makes something late I apologize you for the delay.

2) dedicated (adj) : working hard at something because it is very important
Mr. Raju is a dedicated teacher.

3) converse (v) : to have a conversation with somebody
He is conversing with his friend.

4) instinctive (adj) : arising from natural ability
Mr. Dhoni is an instinctive cricketer.

5) whisper (v) : to speak very quietly to somebody
She has whispered something to her mother.

6) unassuming (adj) : not wanting to draw attention to oneself
Miss Ramya .gave an unassuming answer.

7) vigorously (adv) : working with strength and energy
She completed her task vigorously.

8) puny (adj) : small and weak
He was an a punv little boy.

9) sympathy (n) : the feeling of being sorry for somebody; showing that you understand
and care about somebodys problems.
I have no sympathy for him.

10) earnest (adj): serious
He was an earnest young man.

11) meticulous (adj) : paying careful attention to every detail
He is always meticulous in completing his work.

12) serenity (n) : calmness, peace
I want a place of serenity.

13) enhance (v) : to make appear greater or better
This is the time to enhance your abilities.

14) immense (adj) : extremely great
There is an immense work to be completed.

15) remote (adj) : far away
She is living in a remote village.

16) origin (n) : a person’s social and family background
She came from humble origin.